What was the city waiting for to decide whether or not to call for mandatory evacuations . The mayor had not received the water districts letter when he spoke to me and other reporters at 12 45 today. City spokesman said our understanding of the situation at the time was based on the districts information and its hydrological model and that the peak flows in the creek would not be as high as originally anticipated that and the creek channel was adequate for those kind of flows. The reservoirspilled when last months storm exceeded its capacity. So far neither side is showing any willingness to concede. We need to collaborate and figure out anything that went wrong so we can reduce this ever happening in the same way again. Reporter in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. 35 million, thats the historic price of freedom for a h hillsboro woman accused of killing her childrens father. Abc7 News Reporter vic lee broke this story tonight at 5 00, that is a lot of money. Reporter dan, i did chec
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
Police say he will stay at a variety of shortterm rentals and could stay anywhere. He must check in every 30 days. Police say hes being supervised 247 to keep him from reoffending. Tonight, uc berkeley administrators have a plan to fight Sexual Misconduct that comes after how the university handled several cases. 31 female students have filed federal complaints that the university failed to protect them against Sexual Harassment and assault. The plan is aimed at providing quicker investigations, more consistent sanctions and training and education about Sexual Misconduct. Just this month, cal fire its assistant basketball coach for violating the policy, and former Law School Dean resigned after faculty complained he was allowed to keep his job after a campus investigation found he sexually harassed his executive assistant last year. B. A. R. T. Is considering new ideas to solve the ongoing electrical problem on one section of track in the east bay. As delays continue, passengers and ev
Precipitation shield is moving off the coast. Well be getting a light brush of snow. From the south to the north at 10 00 tonight until 1 00 in the morning with periods of on and off light snow and wet roads and it end between 9 00 a. M. And noon and ill talk about what to expect from this system and another system over the weekend. The Action News Morning Team will get an early start to help navigate the snowy commute. We ask you to join us a half hour early for the latest forecast and traffic conditions. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wanted everybody to know, no he was not taken hostage tuesday night despite a shell shock look in his eyes as he stood behind donald trump. The governor had a lot to say during a press conference in trenton. Nora muchanic is live now. Reporter well jim, he is taking a lot of heat lately, this is part of what is going on. A number of newspapers calling on him to resign and he says he will absolutely not do that. He is focused on new jersey. I have be
Below 45 a barrel. A design of 4. 13 . Energy the least well werg sector. Also its a quadruple expiration day. That will put more pressure as art cashin has mentioned. Utilities are holding in decently, one sector not getting crushed as investors do hunt for yield and safety. Is now the time to jump into the beaten down sector . Its down 10 this year. We will hear from both sides coming snup thats one we keep looking to when the market goes lower utilities somehow hang in there as a defensive play of some kind. Plus could apples bottom line get a boost next quarter because of a calendar shift . One wall street firm thinks so. We have details on that story plus much more regarding apple coming snup lets get more on this sell off with our man on the floor at the stock exchange. Bob pisani, happy friday. Thank you. A long one but quadruple witching. Slower Global Growth, look at the Global Industry names, ingersollrand, flur, couple minutes, the big truer manufacturer, everything is down