Planes. Vic lee has details from oakland international, in the story youll see only on abc 7 news. There are new signs now posted on doors in the terminals, leading to secured areas of the airport, signs that were not here when abc 7 news shot our story in early july. The signs say there are new restrictions on what airport workers can carry into the secured areas. They are now limited to two small items, like a purse or computer bag. Reporter airport officials also say they have increased random screenings of workers who go into the restricted areas and into planes. And background checks are more thorough. All of this as a result of the breeches here, three of them in the past four months. Keith mayfield seen here leaving court and two other baggage handlers were arrested in may and charged with smuggling drugs. Abc 7 news discovered two other cases from federal Court Documents involving Oakland Airport workers. In april, Southwest Airlines baggage handler Christopher Cross was arrest
Emergency man. No resident, no chief, wants to have a lot of officers out there booking multiple shifts in a week knowing they may have to make critical conditions. I had a neighbor threatening me. Called pd five times. I got relatives on the force that wanted to come. They couldnt get here. It is an emergency. The chief and mayor consider this a band aid. For now, under the plan, mandatory overtime will not go away. In san jose, david louie, abc7 news. Now, the bomb squad responded this afternoon to a suspicious device found in an Apartment Building across the street from san jose state. Sky 7 was over the scene on south 4th near san carlos street. Police say they found the device investigating the burglary of a storage unit. People who evacuated buildings have been allowed back in. Happening now, a wildfire tearing through brush forced several hundred people from their homes. 300 firefighters and a dozen aircraft are battling the flames. Look at the flames there. The fire is 5 contai
Officers to work patrol. Abc7 news is live in San Jose City hall with the latest details in the ramifications of this. Reporter san jose never had enough officers to patrol streets without forcing them to work overtime. The force dwindled down 300 from authorized strength. The city Council Voted to declare that state of emergency. The Emergency Declaration will allow the chief to transfer 47 officers to patrol duties if other divisions so to put it simply, san jose run out of officers to patrol the city of 1 million people, it takes mandatory overtime and as officers retire, 348, 10hour shifts go unfilled. San jose would like to have 500 on the streets. Weve held officers over 1400 times between march and okay and. The union agreed with the emergency man. No resident, no chief, wants to have a lot of officers out there booking multiple shifts in a week knowing they may have to make critical conditions. I had a neighbor threatening me. Called pd five times. I got relatives on the force