As a long Time Employee of valley water, i know the operations, i know how to basically navigate within the community. But i think i bring a unique view, especially at this time right now, being able to make sure we have equity in everything we do. Both internally and externally with this organization. Calendar worked at valley water for 24 years and was chief of external affairs. He might be best known in the community for his role as the president of the Silicon Valley chapter of the naacp from 2000 to 2008. The current president called his appointment as ceo of the water district, historic. Most water districts in the boards across the state and the nation have been dominated by the white majority. And hes concerned about the latino and African American communities who have been left out of water policies and water considerations in the past. Calendar will have his hands full leading the water agency through the pandemic and the ever looming possibility of drought. While still overs
Property, it defeats our cause. Homes, that sht nity activet ofs are people incredibly angry with her . Yeah. Thd police department. Can you tell us where that stands right now . Well, as we speak right now, pandemic. Talking about cutting 14. 6 million from the Oakland Police budget. The mayors opponents say that is smoke and mirrors. That not all of that money is actually being pulled from the Police Budget and this move to defund the police. And thats part of the reason for the vandalism and fire works and very Early Morning protests. Veronica . Andrea, we appreciate it. Thank you. New finds just approved for people who dont follow the Health Orders in marin county. Kpix 5 emily turner is live to explain how they plan to enforce that. Emily . As if protecting your fellow man wasnt enough of a reason to wear a mask, now you can also protect your purse. Last week the county launched its complaint hotline. Its gotten about 60 complaints a day. Most around businesses, but now theyre lau
For the past two decades, david troop watched the triangle change as neighbors have been priced out. Affordability for housing has gotten worse. And theres a shortage of it. When a local developer announced plans to build market rate apartments on market street. He didnt fight it. Instead, he and his neighbors fought for an affordability component. The neighborhood is pushing for as many affordability units as we can get. Neighbors endured six years of construction only to find out they werent going to be the apartments they expected. Saunder, a Hospitality Company leased and furnished a majority of the units, turning the building into a corporate rental. Neighbors were furious. We were shocked as an organization, and as a neighborhood. It felt like a real betrayal. Then the pandemic hit. Now saunder wants out. In a lawsuit against the developer, the 1. 3 billion company says regulations put in place by the city and the state are crippling saunders ability to make money. The lawsuit si
The Alameda Community doesnt stand for this and we are here to support them. Once we realized people were coming over we thought maybe we can come over to you and help out. It was nice to see it turn into more of a community thing. What someone meant as a harmful and hurtful act, god turned into a beautiful outpouring of love. Reporter Alameda Police say they are investigating this incident as well as one other this weekend where another car was also found vandalized just a couple of blocks away. So far there are no suspects in this case and police have not made any arrests. Because of this now we are hearing about donations . Reporter right, alan. Theres a gofundme page that some of the neighbors set up to help repaint projects cars. They were hoping for 10,000 but that gofundme page right now at about 16,000 in donations. Frederick said whatever he doesnt need to repair his cars hes going to donate to projects that promote racial equality. Its been a fantastic report. Katie nielsen a
Soaring. If im going to go camp out in the desert, no water, no look ups, i want to take good water with me. Hes getting familiar with the hv he just bought. He and his family are ready to roll as counties release the brakes on shelter in place orders. Theyre not the only ones. These are all class c motor homes. Sales associate robert smith says covid19 is generating another kind of surge. Sales are through the roof right now. Thats like double last year. Thats right. Rvs are selling so fast, formally this lot is full with more than 200. Today, its half empty. The vacaville store has rung up about 40 rvs each week in the last month. Motor homes ranging from 10,000 to more than 200,000 each. Customers are looking for the comforts of home. Not just kitchen basics, beds, and bathrooms, but extras like st ar power, storage, and soisis urr nyyers want str ared es ke ho we find that this is probably the safest way in terms of exposure to the virus. Its a small quarantined hotel on wheels. Na