The South Texas Lighthouse for the Blind has employees that are either blind or visually impaired and have safety measures that would guide them if there were a fire.
The campaign theme for this year, “Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety”, focuses on educating the public about the sounds smoke alarms make, what those sounds mean, and how to respond to them.
The campaign theme for this year, “Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety”, focuses on educating the public about the sounds smoke alarms make, what those sounds mean, and how to respond to them.
genetic blueprint in a giant government criminal database. reporter: an attorney with the aclu of northern california, currently in litigation to try to block california s law. in california, on the other hand, we have a law that requires people arrested not convicted of laws like simple drug possession of joyriding, of writing a bad check, they have to give dna in california. is that a serious offense as the supreme court defines it? it s impossible to know at this point. reporter: richard believes california s law is still subject to challenge. it certainly upholds some aspects of california s law but doesn t really allow the police to seize and analyze the dna sample from somebody arrested for simple drug possession never charged or goes in front of a drug. we don t think it does. reporter: but the professor says he believes many state laws even broad ones like california s are likely to be upheld. practically speaking, i think any law like this including calif
bring us down to 66 firefighters on duty. in a county this size, it s unheard of. reporter: the plan so far is to close one station in july and another next year. supervisor mitchoff says she is optimistic they can find other options but unfortunately, dipping into the general fund might not be one of them. i know there is a feeling that we are going to be asked to use general fund dollars. and at this point, i have to weigh that against other needs in the county. reporter: today, the budget was just up for up for general discussion. the board of supervisors will make a final decision on it on may 14. cate caugiran, kpix 5. we have learned that station 87 in pittsburg could be one of the stations forced to close. well, if you want proof the economy is rebuilding, look around. chances are you will see a construction crane somewhere. bay area builders are breaking ground left and right and leaving the recession in the dust. kpix 5 reporter elissa harrington telling us