After years of waiting, a legendary San Francisco bar welcomes customers to its new location. Celebrations in San Francisco go back to the roots of the city council the official event at golden gate park. Oakland it was Baseball Team is sprucing up its future home in a neglected neighborhood. Looking at all the people who have committed a beautiful saturday to coming out and hanging out at the park is pretty incredible. The morning, it is sunday april 21st and i am shawn chitnis. We start with a developing story in southern california. At least 15 people have been injured in a accident at the Universal Studios theme park. Officials responded to the scene around 9 00 last night. According to the l. A. County Sheriffs Office there was a mechanical failure involving one of the cars traveling down a hill. Over reports that it may have been a break issue. The victim suffered minor injuries. The Sheriffs Office is investigating. Universal studios said it is working to understand what happene
Built to replace it is sinking as well. Were talking about the Friant Kern Canal near the San Joaquin Valley. The system starts at Millerton Lake north of fresno and runs 152 miles south powered entirely by gravity, but gravity means going downhill and that has gotten complicated, simple as it sound. Decades of groundwater pumping have caused valley floors to sink and the canal right along with it. To convey this water south through this section, weve lost over 60 of the carrying capacity. So we first showed you the solution back in august 2022. It is a new canal built right alongside the old one, only its higher so the water can still flow downhill. That new canal will go into service in the next couple weeks and as Wilson Walker shows us, its already facing the very same challenge as the first one. Reporter youre looking at in the foreground the old canal and over that dirt pile there is the new canal. This is typically an image people look at and think oh, my gosh, what kind of prob
Japans Meteorological Agency immediately issued a tsunami advisory for the southern part of the country, but that advisory has since been lifted. That region is still recovering from a strong earthquake that hit yesterday. This is a video of a baby being rescued. At least nine people were killed in yesterdays shaking that also injured hundreds. People reported buildings swaying and even crumbling. That baby was fine. Well continue to follow this breaking story and bring you the very latest as soon as it comes into our newsroom. Back here at home, traffic finally getting back to normal after a big rig crash that blocked lanes on 880 early this morning. Quite the mess out there. Our chopper caught this video of the wreck that slowed traffic to a crawl for hours during this mornings commute. We have Team Coverage and start with bob redell live along the freeway in hayward. Bob, people were waiting for hours for this thing to get cleared up. Finally the freeway is clear. Reporter it is. Cr
Two San Joaquin Valley water districts voted to break away from the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency this month, clearing a path for them to form their own agencies and groundwater plans in the next six months.