Water to address the rise in sea level. And that includes most of San Francisco International Airport and both sides in the bay. More on how one city may align. Reporter 85 of the wetlands here in the bay area have been trained. The process of restoring them is underway, but now, Scientists Say the effort needs to speed up. Scientists say time is running out. Sea levels are rising faster than expected and restoring wetlands is a key to keeping animals and people safe. Climate change is pushing us to work faster. Sea level rise is going slowly. In 2050 or 2070 its going to ramp up, quickly. Instead of relying on levies and sea walls it would be better to let nature do the work. Wetlands can knock down waves, absorb waters and filter pollution. This is getting warmer. The seas are rising. Storms, over time are going to get worse. The only question is what do we do about it. We need to restore the wetlands faster, and redesign how we manage the land and water so streams keep over time. So
Take a look at our seismograph. You can see when the quake struck around 4 00 this afternoon, hitting just six seconds after a weaker 2. 8 quake struck, leading the usgs to believe it was measuring identical twin earthquakes. A weaker one hit about 12 minutes ago. Theyve all centered around san ramone. Seismologists say swarms like this one are not unusual. And are not any reason for extra concern. They are starting to worry residents, however. Its enough to where im thinking about calling to get earthquake insurance. You feel the house move a little bit. And you think bit. Like, oh, man. You know . That is an earthquake. Residents tweeted as soon as the first quake hit. Mark tweeted a boom shake, and dan said just had another earthquake in Oakland Hills. Sea level rise is going to start accelerating. Faster and higher, there is new concern sea levels in the bay area are heading to potentially catastrophic levels and sooner than we this. Osha believes all of the lowlying areas highligh
With scott pelley. Good evening. Scotts off tonight. Im jeff glor. Abohio grand jury today declined to indict two White Cleveland police officers, Timothy Loehmann and frank garmback, in the shooting death of 12yearold tamir rice. Rice was shot in november of last year after being spotted waving a gun in a park. It turned out to be a toy. The prosecutor called the incident an absolute tragedy, but not a crime. Demarco morgan is in cleveland. Simply put, given this perfect storm of human error, the states miscommunication by all involved that day, the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct by police. Reporter Cuyahoga County prosecutor tim mcginty says this enhanced video shows 12yearold tamir rice was pulling a pellet gun out of his waistband when it was shot. Over to the officers or show it wasnt real gun, but there was no way for the officers to know it. They saw the events unfolding in front of them from a different perspective. Reporter the prosecutor said the radio dispatcher
Were trapped when it collapsed on top of them, rescuers pulled them out with only minor injuries. Jeff, tonight they are back here at home with the help of neighbors, salvaging what they can. David begnaud in rowlett, texas. The cbs overnight news will be right back. With three simple words. My name is chris noth and i will listen. From maine to maui, thousands of High School Students across the country are getting in on the action by volunteering in their communities. Chris young action teams of High School Students are joining volunteers of america and Major League Baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. Carlos pea its easy to start an action team at your school so you, too, can get in on the action. Its the dawning of the age of aquarius. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What . Osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on if you dig your bones, protect them. All cbs cares all of this is creating huge problems at airports. S
If you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. Its the dawning of the age of aquariri. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What . Osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on ifou dig your bones, protect them. All cbcbcares all of this is creating hu problems at airprpts. Since yesterday more than 10,000 flights have been delayed. About 4,100 canceled. Many of those in chicago and dallasfort worth. Eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs boston station, wbz. Eric, where are these storms headed next . Reporter jeff, this whole huge stoto system starting to move its way off toward the north and east. Tonight, were watching heavy midwest. All this moving into the northeast tomorrow. Places that were 70 degrees on ristmas eve now getting their first winter storm of the season, a mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow that will cause travel issues out the door tomorrow morning before all this finally moves off to the north and east and out to sea as we head into l