Rid of these tollbooths. Why the heck does it take so long . John grubb, the council coo, says tollbooths at the plaza have been in place since the 1950s and dont fit with the way people drive now. He says caltrans and toll authorities should have removed the tollbooths as soon as they stopped being used. And the impact is can be really catastrophic and tragic where someone is dying, you know, crashing into tollbooths. Following mondays crash, he says they should remove them immediately. Caltrans says they are currently evaluating how to fix it. Were still waiting to come up with a game plan of how we can remove that damaged equipment and replace it. But the toll booths arent the only issue. According to grubb, the way the traffic is jammed leads to an increased risk of car pollution. Its now the largest source of pm 2. 5 emissions. These are really harmful chemicals that get into the lungs of people is from the morning backup, he says. The state needs to make changes to the bridge or
And we start with the latest on the greek debt crisis. Tonight, the Prime Minister said that he has submitted a new proposal to the euro zone. This wednesday all 28 leaders will gather to try to det get a deal to rescue greece. The president encouraged them to come to a agreement to keep greece in the euro zone. The alternative could be devastating to greek businesses. The foot of mount hamito, christophs grapes are ripening fast under the assurance and they wont wait for greece to solve its financial problems. If they arent picked in september, he will be ruined. He cant get money from the bank to pay his precious suppliers. Very soon the harvest starts and then everything needs to happen. I only hope that a solution will be found soon. Wine is one of greeces old effort industries. Christoph inherited his vineyard from his father. But he needs more than generations of expertise to save it now. Almost everything in this vineyard apart from the grapes themselves is important. The glass
Hometown East Liverpool is one of ohios trouble spots to put a face on the crisis the town publicized this photo of a couple in their car high on heroin their grandson in the back seat right now the community and the police have stepped up to fight against this epidemic. Burke the. Good work they dont know. Its been raining in East Liverpool since early morning. Like to think that the weather doesnt keep them from not wanting their drugs and i. Think its on really bad it dont matter if its. Sun rain snow though come out for. Jacob talbot grew up in this small town in ohio he knows every street an alleyway tony its on river road heading towards downtown. Headquarters received a tip that a house in this area was being used as a drug house when the dealers used to sell their product. Yeah that one back there we just got some tips on it that. We havent got out exactly. The time location as far as to narrow down on what ship that might be running on. What they they called and so the challen
Wallet but critics say it causes more problems both financially and relationship lies. Right now they are charging parents or legal guardians up to 30 a day to keep a juvenile in custody. For electronic monitoring its up to 17 a day and these fees are charged based on a sliding scale based on the parents income. Today they will hear arguments on whether or not to place a moratorium on these charges but obviously its become controversial. It cost it will cost the county 120,000 a quarter. The other issue option is to refer the issue to the Racial Justice task force which would then make a recommendation to the board. Live in the newsroom kpix 5. This has really become a statewide discussion. Most recently, Alameda County placed a moratorium on the collection of its fees in march. Ann, thank you. Election day is two weeks away and the president ial candidates are holding dueling rallies in the state of florida today. Donald trump is standing by the claim that polls show him falling furth
Over oakland clearing out as the storm system continues to make its way through the south, and we are expecting another band of storms, but is that going to affect your football sunday . Well, i will have details on exactly what you can expect. Here of your highs for today. In the 50s. Overall a pretty chilly day, but we are finally going to get a little bit of that sunshine as we head into later part of the evening. Here is a live look right now at your Doppler Radar. You can see the majority of those storms tracking north to south. The north bay already seeing some clearing. Out near San Francisco, just a few drizzles, but all in all, we should be in the clear for the rain for now though. I cant say if its exited all the way through. Ill have more details coming up in a bit. Thats good news. A Christmas Tree with my familys name on it and i was hoping we could get it and some sunshine. Vianey, thank you very much. You probably heard it while you were sleeping, the spurts of heavy rai