Off again. Wendy has more on the chaos its caused all over the country. Lines are terribly long. Its crazy. Reporter air travelers nightmare as more than 1,000 flights in and out of chicagos Ohare Airport areded o busy friday morning. Im afraid its going to be an allday. We dont really know whats going on. Reporter a fire it at the faa center that controls radar for flights at midway and Ohare Airports brought air traffic to a halt. According to investigators, the fire was intentionally set, but they stress, it was not an act of terrorism. This is a local issue with a contract employee and nothing else. Reporter but it is a national issue, as travelers across the country wait. Im really tired. I want to go home. I want to sleep. I want to get to my destination. And i want to lay my baby down. I wish you could see this line. Reporter understandable frustration as passengers navigate long lines and huge crowds to get to their final destination. No word yet on when normal schedules will r
The sticks to punish those who dont. We begin with abc 7 News Reporter tonight. Reporter Governor Brown made history announcing the first ever mandatory water restrictions in california. Make no mistake this executive order has the force of law. The water board has enforcement power. That enforcement power will go down to water districts and individuals and companies will be required to comply. Reporter the mandatory water restrictions call on water agencies to start charging more for excessive water use. Requires new homes to have water efficient drip irrigation. Requires golf courses, cemeteries and other large spaces to use less water. All of that because of the snow pack which accounts for 30 of the states water supply has dipped to 19 below normal to date. If californians dont cut usage by 25 it means water districts would begin charging extra. Double or triple the rate or do you have a graduation that increases for someone whos really wasting water. 25 will be measured against wa
What we do know is and i asked this gentleman over here have you ever stood on this meadow on this day there wasnt snow. He said no. You might ask him about that. So its a different world. We have to act differently. The executive order calls for farreaching Water Conservation. It requires golf courses and other large landscaped spaces to reduce water consumption. 50 million square feet of lawns statewide will be replaced with drought tolerant landscaping. The state will create a Rebate Program to replace old appliances with Energy Efficient new ones and local agencies must have new pricing models to discourage excessive water use by making people pay more for using more. Drastic steps. As the governor enacts these new mandatory water restrictions one bay area town is already doing its part to conserve. Carolyn tyler is live in benicia to explain. Carolyn. Reporter yes this is the second year for benicias mandatory water restrictions. It starts from now until october 15th. City officia
Traffic there at the bay bridge toll plaza where it is a heavy drive from the east bay to San Francisco and right now it is 13 minutes commute to make it from the macarthur maze up to San Francisco and that is a look at the macarthur maze with traffic still trickling in so it is light and accident free. In the news the city of san jose is preparing for a somber send off to one of its own an officer killed in the line of cut. Michael johnson a 14year veteran of the for was shot and killed and his memorial today is drawing support from around the community and the country. Our reporter is at s. A. P. Center where the memorial is held. This is an emotional day for the officers of officer Michael Johnson and for the community the process begins in los gatos at 10 00 a. M. And will head to the s. A. P. Center expecting to arrive at 10 30 with the service the starting at 11 oclock the first speaker for the service is the assistant police chief welcoming everyone to the memorial and the chief
Cool this evening at 54 to 62. Leyla . We will experience traffic impact because of the Memorial Service that is take place later on this morning but right now traffic is quiet and that is the san mateo bridge as you make it across between hayward ands step city the tail lights show flashing lights early and a couple of minutes ago and that is an indication of where we have construction taking place eastbound traction not going to be a problem and san jose 87 near the s. A. P. Center where the people will take place. Traffic there is light. Expect delays. In the news this morning the streets of san jose will be filled with mourners and officers from around the country as the city said goodbye to a Fallen Police officer. 14 year san jose veteran Michael Johnson was killed in the line of duty much the memorial is attempted by Police Officers from all over the state and the country. Abc7 reporter matt keller is s. A. P. Center where the memorial is held. Matt . The procession starts at 10