In addition the department of the interior will give contractors flexibility to get water to farms and caution on facilities. How far do initiatives go . Abc7 news is in sonoma county. Local farmers there are hurting. They have a lot to worry about, still. If you think just because we had rain the drought has been alleviated youre wrong. Youre not a cattle rancher. Youre looking at what should be a large field of tall and growing hay. But in winter 2014 that would be wishful thinking. Nobody knew how bad its going to get now, were finding out hes a hay farmer with nothing left to sell. This barn is on the brink of emptiness contents speak to the shortage. Of the year would be half full. Now, i cant give what i dont have. Two rock region of sonoma county. I have a load of hay come out of texas the other day. The load costs 11,000 he only had to go to oregon to get i the consumer doesnt realize this is unless we get help from someone. It may put me out of business two more links in the c
Contra costa county is recovering from a big delay tonight. This is because of a tree that fell on to the tracks in the past hour or so. A spokesperson tells us the tree fell at about5 00. A train hit the tree and no one on board was hurt bart was single tracking trains as they worked to clear trackways all tracks open again now. Bart says sked yulz are returning to normal. President obama today announced 160 million to help california farmers struggling with the worst drought in state history the president met with farmers to see the impact of the drought firsthand. And he spoke at a farm that will go unplanted this year. California is area biggest economy, our biggest agricultural producer, what happens here matters to every working american. Down to the cost of food the governor declared a state of emergency directing state officials to prepare for officials and our administration launched a coordinated response. In addition the department of the interior will give contractors flexi
Yesterday after the trains got stuck in snow drifts but could not reach trains because of the bad weather. Many passengers arent faring better, airlines cancelled 2000 flights today, bringing totals to 11,000. Jet blue shut down operations in boston and new york airports yesterday, altogether, almost 50,000 jet blue passengers were affected nationwide this travel nightmare is affecting a lot of passengers at sfo. Were live from the airport with more on baggage nightmare as a result of the delays and cancellations. Leanne . This nightmare started over the weekend here at sfo there were 30 cancellations of cities back east, today only 18. This is the united baggage area. The stories are endless. We caught a flight to oakland, our luggage was flying here to San Francisco. Christy spent 24 hours try toing make to it San Francisco via washington, d. C. She got on a plane at 6 00 in the morning. Turns out on a later flight some used their luggage as a pillow. These friends from australia had
Of there. We were both terrified. She was scareed and said im scared i said i know, im scared too. It took us both to calm down. Its not something that i i have a son the same age. Its just a bizarre situation. That i need to get out officially. Douglas told us he was expecting police to show up and they did at the marina where hes been living in his car after two months he says his family kicked him out, he sedz they stopped at sefrm hotels he says looking for more comfortable accommodations douglas denies being mentally ill but says woe like to speak to a psychologist if he says that could help get what he calls government conspiracy off his back. Did he offer a long and tear afl polling to the little girl and her family, and said he is sorry for terrifying them. Tonight hes being held on 4 million bond. Thank you. Breaking news we brought you on abc7 news at 5 00 a woman died of the flu in contra costa county. Officials say the 48yearold had h1n1 strain of the virus, theyre in the r
Kidnapper why he snatched a 7yearold girl from her n. Front of her home. Good evening. That kidnapping happened friday night. The 6yearold girl was snatched from the driveway of her antioch home. An amber alert led police to their suspect, david allen douglas, hes talking from jail about what happened on friday. Jonathan . Well, for starters David Douglas admits he did it. He also says that it wasnt his fault that he kidnapped the little girl and he has a bizarre explanation. Douglas sat down with us for a jail house interview here in martinez the first thing he did is explain what he calls a conspiracy to control every aspect of his life, including the decision to linger and abducting one that he says would be easiest to gravenl he detailed what he says happened next. I actually just walked up to her and she came with me yale tiffly easy i appear to be someone that could be familiar to her. You know . With her ethnicity. She put her hand out and came with me. Then, turned back and sai