Thank you for joining us. We begin with an issue where every second counts. The bay areas rarjest Emergency Response systems. We take you to alamedaty and our sixmonth investigation. Paramedics pointing to potentially dangerous decisions with critical Emergency Responses. I afraid for anyone that needs help in the 911 system. They dont know that the units are getting dispatched offshootings for people that are dizzy, intoxicated, complaining of headaches. Hes a veteran paramedic working in Alameda County. Code tlooe delta level. I dont see who somebodys vomiting is in more dire strait than someone whos been shot. 20 months ago, Alameda County changed its entire dispatch system. Including how paramedics respond to shootings and stabbings. What it says to me is that we prioritize wrong. Shes also a veteran emergency responder, both want to keep their jobs. They asked us to disguise their identity ps. Can you get fired for sitting in front of our camera . Yes. 52 response for medical. You
South bay leaving two teenagers dead, one of them the driver. The car was speeding when the driver lost control and crashed into a tree about midnight. Kimberly tere joins us from the scene with the latest. Reporter that car crashed into a tree in the Center Median here. You can see thats where friends and family have come to pay tribute to the teenagers who were killed. Right after the crash last night they could hear the teenagers crying out for help. Friends and family gathered in the spot where two teenagers were killed overnight. I had to see it for myself. Its something that is hard to see. Reporter this is video from somebody who lives on the avenue. The driver was killed. A passenger, a 16yearold was taken to the hospital, where he died. His family says he was an only child in a tight knit family. He was funny, always smiling, always joking with me. A cheerful person. Someone someone someone that you would want to be around. He was a wonderful person. For this to happen is deva
Away from another major transit strike. Good evening, everyone. Happening now, at this late hour, negotiations continue between a. C. Transit and its union. The clock is ticking. The deadline to avoid a strike is midnight. If no deal is reached, nearly 200,000 bay area bus riders will be out of luck tomorrow morning. Terry mcsweeney is in oakland. Where are we right now . Reporter theyre as close as you can get, raj, without having a settlement. Were told by the union, representing the a. C. Transit workers, they have agreed to a threeyear contract, as far as wages go. The hangup is medical. And thats very, very close. Were expecting someone to come down any minute now. Its looking good. There is no settlement. In the meantime, 180,000 a. C. Transit riders are left in the lurch. If these buses arent running tomorrow, that means about 180,000 riders will have to find another way to get around the east bay. It could be a major inconvenience for many, such as precious jordan. I go to take
Grade level, 46 do not complete high school and 51 are unemployed. We are in a crisis. And you know, were calling a call to action. Reporter its gilberts job to find every child in crisis a home. A job that has become more difficult over the last year. We are in the need of the community, homes that could take elder kids. We need homes that are able to take sibling groups. Reporter jasmine eventually found the right home, a nurturing family who would help her get to college and the 21yearold is now unofficially her nephews foster mom with adoption on the horizon. I didnt want to see him str struggle the way i did. I wanted him to know that somebody loved him and would be there for him all the time. Reporter a young woman who defied the statistics and some solution. And in Santa Clara County right now there are 59 homes licensed to provide foster care. That is half as many as there were in the last fiscal year. If you would like to find out how to become a foster parent, log on to our w
They dont know that the students are getting dispatched off shootings for people who with dizzy, intoxicated, complaining of head aches. Hes a veteran paramedic work in al immediate a da county. I dont see how someone who is vomiting is in more dire straits than somebody who has been shot. 20 months ago Alameda County hired a new Paramedic Company and changed its entire dispatch system. What it says to me is that we prioritize wrong. Shes also a veteran emergency responder. Both want to keep their jobs. They asked us to disguise their identities. Can you get fired for sitting in front of your camera . Yes. You heard shots . Yeah, i heard some shots. I called 911 and, you know, i want to send an ambulance right away. Less than two months after the countys Emergency Response transition, gabriels fiveyearold son was shot near his taco truck in oakland. My son died in my hands. He died in your hands . Yeah. When martinez called 911 following protocols dispatchers categorized the shooting a