Hundreds of homes swamped, thousands evacuated. Millions in losses. Water officials tonight are pointing the finger saying it was a failure to act. Good evening. San jose water officials broke their silence just a few hours ago in a letter saying the flood warnings were there, apparently ignored. The Water District says it wants answers, accusing the city of failing to act on warnings that the coyote creek would flood. David, the citys response . Reporter the city of san jose has questions as well, which it posed to the Water District several weeks ago. The two sides exchanged duelling letters pointing the finger today. Were waiting to see whether or not two entrenched a very airs can Work Together to prevent another disaster. Well see the two sides face a off again in public. San jose blaming flawed data and the Water District blaming the city for not heeding a potential for flooding. Something more could have been done and were not saying what the trigger was. What was the city waiti
Charges and will now face more of the same. As for a possible motive for the attack, the sheriff could not confirm reports the attack might havebeen gang related. grant happening now. Police are looking for a teenage girl after part of a San Francisco mall had to close down because of a pepper spray attack. A girl between 15 and 17 years old unleashed the pepper spray into the air inside a Clothing Store at stownstown galleria just after 8 00 last night. 16 people were affeceted. Three were hospitalized. Officers say the girl with the peper spray ran away with a few other teenagers. It probably must have been multiple people because it got everywhere in the mall yeah. The mall was not evacuated, but several Stores Closed. No arrests have been made. Hillary clinton it is great to be back in San Francisco. Nats of applause vicki Hillary Clinton is back in the bay area and shes taking on the trump administation in some of her first and sharpest political comments since her president ial l
steve tonight. An alarming revalation for anyone who drives or rides in california. That deadly Greyhound Bus crash last year in san jose. Was caused by inadequate traffic signs. pam thats according to the National Transportation safety boards report. Which was released late today. Grant lodes is here to break down the specifics. grant this was on highway 101 in san jose in january of last year. It was dark and raining at the time. The ntsb says the bus was exiting the freeway and because markings were worn or missing. The driver thought he was in the exit lane. It turns out we was not and went up a barrier. Rolling the bus. It wound up on its side. The ntsb says the barrier should have been visible. Even in the bad weather. But it was not. The ntsb faults the state for not properly marking the roadway. Also, investigators say the bus had seatbelts but only two of the 21 passengers were wearing them. The two passengers who died in the crash were not belted, and were thrown from the bus
Are accusations that conditions inside the building were deplorable. Including impassable hallways filled with trash. steve kron4s aleica reid is live tonight in oakland with an update. Alecia . Its still a very active scene out here tonight 24 hours after that deadly fire. Surviving families are concerned about whats next for them. Theyre also mourning their neighbors that passed away. Pkgsot this is only gonna last a couple of days so its going to get even tougher than thisvictims of the san pablo avenue fire are currently lodging at the Oakland Youth Center nearby. Red cross has been a staple since monday. Families are receiving some aid. Sot i lost everything so the 125 they just gave me helps a littleclothing donations from the community have been pouring in. Sot i lost everything. Everything in my room gone. The whole house gonesome folks immediately rummaged through to find anything that could fit. Daryle allums oakland sot they dont have no clothes, no hygienes right now so wer
Allie rasmus was with the governor. Reporter the governor and lawmakers are selling this plan as the only viable way to fix problems like potholes. They even put out a breakdown of what each city and county would get. Orinda, where we are, that city, for example would get 4 million to fix local roads over the next 10 years. Oakland on the other end of the spectrum would get nearly 100 million to foxpitt holes over the next decade. What makes this a tough sell in some cases is the fact that this would be paid for through a fuel tax and higher registration fees. The fuel tax would cost drivers an extra 12 cents a gallon if passed. At a News Conference this morning Governor Brown says he knows that new taxes are not politically popular but he says there is really no other choice. You have to pay for it with new money. Our present gas tax, vehicle fees pay for the highway patrol, they pay for the road maintenance. This is where it is. I know a lot of people can say, oh my god, just get it