Drought, a kind of situation that faces many of our communities throughout the country. El nino has brought some relief, unheard of rains and flooding in some areas. But will it be enough to stave off californias thirst . America tonight michael okwu traveled had to find out. Dominated by a huge agricultural business, 25 of all fruits and vegetables consumeconsumed in america grow. What happens when the towns run dry . Five miles north of l. A. , we enter fermi, we asked thelma about the drought. In the seven or eight years since youve been here have you noticed this used to be green. Now its so dry. Warm up your water before you wash the dishes, make sure you have enough to flush, water for the cooler, you dont just do the regular routine. The fact that you dont have water. No water. When did you know that that was happening . Did you get a warning . Opened the tap and that was it. Thelma has gone without Running Water for five years. As the drought got worse her well water started sh
Drought, a kind of situation that faces many of our communities throughout the country. El nino has brought some relief, unheard of rains and flooding in some areas. But will it be enough to stave off californias thirst . America tonight michael okwu traveled had to find out. Dominated by a huge agricultural business, 25 of all fruits and vegetables consumeconsumed in america grow. What happens when the towns run dry . Five miles north of l. A. , we enter fermi, we asked thelma about the drought. In the seven or eight years since youve been here have you noticed this used to be green. Now its so dry. Warm up your water before you wash the dishes, make sure you have enough to flush, water for the cooler, you dont just do the regular routine. The fact that you dont have water. No water. When did you know that that was happening . Did you get a warning . Opened the tap and that was it. Thelma has gone without Running Water for five years. As the drought got worse her well water started sh
Oakland Police Department stepping up patrols. The will talk 20 officers to see what drivers can expect. 100 days until the us olympic trials for womens gymnastics. They are live with very lucrative. Special treat for oakland as fans in the right place at the right time. Handing out the game tickets to lucky writers. Happy 54th. Speaking of flashy dancers. The Golden State Warriors talked up another win. As for the other oakland team, there is stop her. And life picture in oakland. Stopper is handing out Opening Night tickets. Randomly. Good morning stopper. They are taking on the white sox monday and i. We can tell you how you can get your hands on those free tickets. Thats cool. You pulled out the legit to quit that have happened because the. Hammer with younger than i was. 54. He looks good. Pedestrian safety. Oakland police kicked off an effort to promote pedestrian safety. A live picture at 24th and broadway where the oakland pedestrian project is underway. Theyre focusing on trou
I knew something had happened. P as ninors clean up the damage left behind were looking at the potential for more rough weatheo this week. The news at 10 starts now. Good evening, everyone, thanks e so much for joining us tonight,g im matt ackland and im marina maracco. We start tonight with a deadly amtrak crash in pennsylvania. Shi two workers were killed when a h train carrying more than 340 people derailed. Erai dozens of passengers were injured. Fox5s Alexandra Limon is life i at Union Station tonight where o some passengers had to deal with the latest today. Tod alex. Reporter thats right, that fatal train wreck left people le here in our region unable to t travel in some cases because the northeast rail corridor wasorri either shutdown or partially shutdown for a large part of the day. But the latest update from amtrak is that on monday, so tomorrow, trains will operate on a regular schedule. Take a look at this video from o earlier today after that cras happened. About 15 miles
Moment. Let me refrain the question. Is it ever permissible to go to a hair salon or your personal gym unrelated to that exemption for you or your family or to purchase gift cards in using a governmentissued debit card, purchase card, credit card . Not unless it has a government associated use, an approved use. And are the policies you look at epa explicit about that prohibition . They are not explicit about the prohibition. They are not . Right, that was part of our recommendation in the report is that they be more explicit about the issues of gym memberships and gift cards, that they need to improve controls there. Epa is in the process of improving their policies in that area, but they have not completed their policies in that area. That doesnt sound complicated. What goes through one ones mind if you have a federally issued credit card and decide i need groceries tonight. Why not just put it on the government card . Im not saying anyone has ever done that, but clearly some alarm be