Caught up with some people moving back into their homes. What did they return to . Bruce, for the most part they came back to a house that sustained little or in most cases no water damage at all. Still, i didnt hear any regrets about heeding the call to evacuate or the time and effort required to moving take a lot longer than picking up and moving out. One owner figured it took less than a day to remove belongings from a basement including the water heater and even the furnace. She thought it might take two weeks to gradually move everything back. Part of that was theres no pressure to hurry now. And theres no regrets about all the work and expense that proved to be unnecessary. If we didnt remove everything have gotten a foot in our upstairs so. And now my house is super clean most homeowners got no water inside at all. One exception was the handful of homes on ellis blvd on the wet side of the citys temporary flood barriers. But even here, the crest of 22 feet stopped well short of
From the basement but also fixtures like a water heater and the furnace. It wasnt necessary but after the lessons of 2008 they didnt want to take any chances at all. At todays final briefing on the flood situation, city Officials Say inspectors have visited a number of homes in the evacuation areas. So far, the number sustaining any water damage at all is considered a small number. Dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. Today, people started dropping off wet and dry their homes and businesses in cedar rapids. The city set up a collection site this morning at noelridge pool. A second collection site will open tomorrow in ellis park at 7 am. The city plans to start picking up sandbags from peoples front curbs a week from monday, october 10th. So if you cat haul sandbags to a collection site, put them out in front of your home. Lets turn now to meteorologist joe winters. Hes live in mount vernon where the mustangs are night lights game. Joe, as we wait for the water to recede, our dry weather will
Right now patchy fog around sfo at 47 degrees. Cool in livermore. 37 in santa rosa. We have rain back in the forecast and, yeah, a sunny weekend, too. Well talk about that straight ahead. And this is very exciting for people in traffic. We can actually see the zipper truck. We have been waiting for this to time it out just ride so it fits in with one of our traffic reports but they are opening another southbound lane in the commute direction. So they are adjusting the new safety median. You can see the crews out there. The zipper crews as we call them now. And everything is fine. Everything is moving like clockwork so far out of sausalito. Far less foggy, as well. We had an earlier Traffic Alert in burlingame. Slowed things down to a halt overnight. Everything is cleared before 4 30. So now youre looking great along the peninsula into redwood city and palo alto. And westbound 580 if your commute takes you near the dublin interchange thats what it looks like. It looks okay on the approa
Her suicide, she became the face of the nations right to die debate. She had to leave california to end her life. Today the right to die with dignity debate heads to the state capital. Good afternoon, im frank mallicoat. Im michelle griego. Its a lifeordeath decision that some california lawmakers want you to be able to make. Anne makovec has more from the newsroom. Reporter it would allow california doctors to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to their patients. The lawmakers proposing it will be joined by the woman who inspired it. Debra ziegler was with there with her daughter when she died. It happened in november less than a year after the 29year old was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer just weeks before her death, brittney speaking to cbs news about her decision. I wouldnt want to suffer for weeks or be unconscious or lose the ability to speak or all these terrible things that could happen. Reporter she went to oregon where they have legally assisted suicide. So we went f
Look at google. Look at that stock up another buck, almost two. Ten year gain up more than 1,000 . Near its all time highs today. Is this stock worth 1100 . Maybe even more, do i hear 1200 . A lot of big movers today. Sue will tell you about some of them at the new york stock exchange. I sure am, thank you. Lets get a check of the markets, first. The dow is down a little today, about 78 points on the trading session. The s p is flat, the nasdaq is up but the big picture doesnt really tell the story today. So we have several really big movers. Remember when we used to talk taser . All the time, practically . The stock is up big today on new orders. Riverbed technology also up big as Elliott Management offers to acquire that company. Soda stream got an upgrade. The stock is bubbling higher and sandisc is up. Plus, theres forest labs, which is buying apdales and micron and constellation are up on earnings. Sales of Mckesson Corporation up as well. Fleer announcing a new product for smartp