As we go through the weekend. Chilly start, cool temperatures, but we are going to see the sunshine around most of the bay area today and there is a chance of showers for tomorrow. Well give you more details on that coming up in a few minutes. Farmers across california are looking for alternate ways to get water to their crops. Water flowing to them from the state has stopped. The state department of Water Resources says the drought is so serious for the first time in 50 years, the state will not deliver any water from state reservoirs. With water levels dropping, the Department Says it needs to preserve what it can and all of us need to help. What this should moon to every homeowner is we are in a crisis here and Everyone Needs to pitch in to help save water. Local Water Districts serve about 25 Million People and a million acres of farmland statewide. The San Francisco p. U. C. Is asking its customers, almost 3 million of them to cut back on water usage. It wants 10 voluntary rationi
Directors illegally broke an agreement on a new contract. Mark kelly is live at the courthouse with the very latest developments. Mark . Reporter well, michelle, this lawsuit makes three major claims. One, bart cant take back the total package agreement without good cause. And the unions say calling one part of that agreement a mistake is not good cause. Claim 2 bart must execute the final agreement and claim 3, bart cant snip out one part of the agreement and essentially say no negotiating just take it or leave it. So heres a little background on this whole thing. The uproar has been over paid family leave. November 21, the bart board instructed management that paid family leave is costly. So they said first, get the family leave provision out of the contract. Then and only then could they sign the contract saying it being in the final deal was a mistake. No surprise that is not sitting well with the unions. Sei and atu say this only prolongs labor negotiations. Plus management and un
Area near third street and south park. Kpix 5s mark kelly is there now where streets have finally reopened. Mark . Reporter they are back to normal around here. Thats the construction site right over my shoulder. Pg e trucks, they left here in about the last [ no audio ] all right, well that was mark kelly reporting and as we were saying that there was a gas line leak this morning. Forcing evacuations. Street closures in the south park near market area. And construction crews have cleared up the area and fortunately things are back to normal again. In the meantime, a neighborhood in Alameda County is blocked off this noon after a sheriffs deputy fatally shot a man an armed man with a bat. Kpix 5s cate caugurian reports authorities are familiar with the victim. Theyve been called to his home 19 times in the past few years. Cate . Reporter juliette, were hearing two different stories about what happened now in this home on pas grandse. You can take a look here. Sheriffs say the man who l
Fremont. This quarterback follows a series of small this quake follows a series of small quakes since friday. Yesterday afternoon 2. 9 quake rattled san ramon. No damage reported. The situation in the philippines is growing desperate. So far, more than 2300 bodies have been found and the spread of disease and lack of food and water threaten the lives of survivors. As alfonso van marsh shows us, violence in the streets isnt helping recovery. Reporter more Security Forces are on the streets of tacloban after mobs broke into a rice storage house. A wall collapsed killing 8 people. Looters hauled away thousands of stacks of food while hundreds of typhoon victims waited in line hoping to get something to eat. Disdisaster specialists are desperate for supplies. Its a logistical nightmare. 90 of the city is in ruins, the airport is destroyed. With hundreds of bodies on the street, there is fear disease will spread. This woman say, the smell is overpowering. There are so many dead bodies that
Afternoon. Michelle is off this afternoon. More action on the streets and in the court today. The family met with doctors in court this morning. Kate . Reporter the court has appointed an independent dr. From the childrens hospital, a dr. Paul fisher, head of pediatric neurology. I can tell you that the family sat in the front row as a judge ordered the test start this afternoon. Hospital Officials Say they will include an eeg and the stand to look at blood flow to the brain and then its back to court again tomorrow morning. Christmas eve they will present the findings. Meanwhile, a mother beside herself not knowing what will happen next. You never know when. Im just praying on it. It is very unusual to have a hospital telling the family that they will remove someone from life support. We just dont understand what childrens her he is. According to court documents, three doctors have determined she is braindead. We are very sorry about the complications. We feel a great deal of sympathy