Chain was paying this person effectively 1. 69 an hour because they were providing a 5. 60 hourly tip credit which was calculated to include a meal that they would throw in. Thats 1. 69 an hour. They claimed to satisfy the federal minimum wage of 7. 25 when you add the two together but in reality she absolutely was not making 5 and 60 cents an hour. They figure and tips and the fact that employer have the nerve to make her work 20 of her time on nontip work in the kitchen. 1. 69 an hour in america, 2015. This is an honest person working hard to make ends meet and i dont care who you are, theres something fundamentally wrong with that. We have a system that would take advantage of someone like her following the rules working hard only to make that person more wealthy. There is story after story of that happening in our country. While this may seem i can say that there is hope and it starts here. We are in a unique historic moment in the Progressive Movement. For the first time the donor
Background checks to make sure that they are able to handle a gun. We think there opportunities for awareness and education, not that it is mandatory, an opportunity for people to know how to handle weapons. We think there needs to be better education in our schools, big effort we have in our Education System is to make sure we dont have bullying that goes on. Violence starts at a younger age when we see bullying that is uncontained. Teaching goodteaching good values and good principles is a very significant part of the issue. It is not necessary, just new rules and regulations. My wife, the 1st lady, as a conference every year called up the families. Families of all kinds can come in and be taught parenting skills. Skills. If we teach our children is good values and good principles to reduce crime late and violence. Thats where i would start. The shortterm and longterm. Creating some some kind of a law prohibiting the procuring weapons. You were in the news recently when a federal jud
How to stay safe if you found one under your tree. And good morning, america. Dan and paula are off. Im tom llamas here along with someone let us come in this moing. Rachel, good to see you. You too, indra. Good to see you. And roro hope you had a happy holiday. Cant leave ron out. The regular. We want to start with showing you the incredible video that were getting out of Southern California right now. Yeah, take a look at this. The hills blazing all along this highway, drivers blinded by the thick smoke. The flames whipped up by strong winds, ab well, and that fire right now is still growing. Families in the path forced to evacuate. Firefighters cutting short their christmas to fight these flames overnight, and abcs Kayna Whitworth is right there in Ventura County with more. Kayna, good morning to you. Very fast winddriven fire that has literally exploded overnight. You can clearly see the dramatic flames behind me and this road is closed but as these cars are passing me, these are o
Season however, and experts hope the storms keep coming. What we are really shooting for at this site at a normal peak would be about 37 inches of water content. So right now we are at 15. 9, we are not quite half of the way to the normal peak about, that is what we are shooting for, but hopefully we get way more snow than that. Snow surveys are a good indicator of how much water we will have for summer and how much water we will have in our reservoirs. Well still likely be drought because over the last four years. Weve missed a whole years worth of precipitation. Hes 15 years old andas of todayhes charged with murder. But in order to try him as an adult, the district attorneys office, will have to tred new legal ground. Kolo 8 news nows ed pearce has the story. 00 25 25 36 361 23 last tuesday a fight at pat baker park in northeast reno ends in gunfire. Shots fired into a car strike a 16 year old in the head. Saturday he died of those wounds and a 15 year old arrested days earlier is r
Put in new softball, baseball and soccer fields. With possibly a football practice field as well. You dont see two Government Agencies often working together in unison. But Officials Say this project will benefit residents. In both the city and the county. Nats andy bass, dir. , parks rec. , city of reno, so from the city of reno we have been told for many of years by many different users there is a strong need in the community for athletic fields and so we really started brainstorming we can provide more athletic fields. One way is for the city of reno to partner with Washoe County who has land they lease from the bureau of land management. Jennifer budge, park operations, Washoe County, right now we are located on the very east side of North Valleys Regional Park and this parcel behind me is an 80 acre site. Washoe county has one point two Million Dollars from water rights it sold from sierra sage golf course. Dollars needed would come from the city of reno. This money would come fro