From cbs news bay area, thi is the afternoon edition. It is back to school in oakland, whats different for teachers this time around. Thousands of San Jose City workers vote to strike, the services that could take a hit. And an suv ends up in the river after an east bay sideshow. We hear from fed up neighbors. Good afternoon. Im elizabet cook. It was the first day of school for thousands of student in oakland unified. Lets get right to anne makovec with how people in the district are feeling to start the school year. This is all in the wake o that teacher strike in the spring, anne. Yeah. Certainly a chaotic en to last school year, but like Many School Districts around th country, oakland unified is still facing budget deficits an staffing shortages, but there i a lot of optimism in the bay areas second largest district. Roughly 34,000 Students Attend School in oakland and we talked to a bunch of parents at school like hoover elementary and Claremont Middle School and the said as much
Way to potentially cut down on wildfires or at least limit the fuel available for them to burn. As well hear, those efforts are facing a major roadblock. As you can tell, these woods had a small amount of logging within them. Reporter Jared Childress is one of just a handful of burn bosses in california who is certified to lead prescribed burns. What we need to be doing in california to help alleviate some of these wildfire problems is burning at a massive scale, you know, the million plus acre range, which were nowhere close to. Reporter jareds team works with land owners to safely clear outfields and forests by using what they call good fire. Slowly work the fire downhill against the direction the fire wants to go so that that dead down wood will slowly burn up. Reporter jared says prescribed burns are one of the most effective ways to prevent catastrophic wildfires because they get rid of all the flammable debris like leaves and dead wood lining the forest floor. The state wants to