While they wait for santa. E bay area neighborhood still threatened by floods d evacautions with sandbagging while they wait for santa. The bay area neighborhoods that are still threatened by floods and evacuations with another storm coming for christmas. Dozens of former Prison Inmates hardened on Christmas Eve. And there is nothing in here. Everything is gone. Reporter and a painful night for the christmas procrastinators. The slim picking that has some going home empty handed, im allen martin. Im elizabeth cook. Not a way anyone would want to spend Christmas Eve. Tonight a bay area neighborhood is nervously watching a fast moving creek that is threatening a Christmas Day flood. Cbs 5 reporter is in east pal alto where people spent the evening sandbagging around their homes. Reporter thats right. And right behind me is the levy where crews are hard at work, reeling in the truckloads of sandbags, gearing up for more rain tomorrow. While most people spend Christmas Eve stacking present
Concerns. We know what to look for and we can keep a look reporter rest didnt appreciate the e at that sand bags but would like a permanent solution to the flooding problem. Does mean something but its kind of ill be right back trying to heal a wound thats already been cut. You know. They could have done something preventive, they have not done anything influential to let us know that were already safe. The creek also runs through San Francisco park and palo alto. In palo alto, crews sets up sand bags. Back in east palo alto, all residents can do is watch the rain forecast for tonight. Back to a live picture here at bay here is road, the flood stage is 15 feet. We checked the water gauge a short time ago. The creek is only running at 3 feet right now so there is no danger. But with the heavy rains just beginning a little bit to the north of us, obviously, thats a waiting game right here now to see what happens to this creek later tonight. Back to you. Thanks, mark. Now to north of the
Says that he hopes that the sand bags help prevent any more blooding. That makes you safer . A little bit. Maybe it runs again, like were going to be along the way, several houses which were flooded still have their driveways blocked off by yellow caution tape. While the creeks overflowed in some areas, sit cry officials noticed seepages along the boil. Ishmael rosales lives along the way, but says that while residents appreciate the sand bags, they would like a more permanent solution. Its something, but its like trying to heal a wound thats already been cut. You know. They have not done anything influential to make sure that we are safe. Reporter the creek is running along the area, and all residents can did right now is run the rain forecast for tonight. Its not horrible today. We hope. Reporter and back to a live picture here in east palo alto, this is bay shore road here. The flood stage here is 15 feet. We just checked the river gauges, the creek gauges a short time ago, only abo
And welfare programs. The dreaded fiscal cliff can potentially affect a wide range of health programs. Cbs news Wyatt Andrews explains. Reporter professor mallen like hundreds of medical researchers has already fallen off the fiscal cliff. Her budget which relies on federal grants is being cut by 10 now. As the nih, the National Institutes of health, prepares for the possibility of budget cuts later. Its as much bigger than just my lab. Its affecting allacademic labs across the country. Reporter mallen understands the nih decision but calls it a setback. My lab will have to shut down Research Projects that we know would could have profound impacts on curing human disease. We may have to get rid of some staff members. Reporter the nih tells us because of uncertainty in the budget awards at 90 of what was perhapsed to researchers promised to researchers will be the standard at least for now and the threat of the cut raised alarms. Some of the cuts reporter at Johns Hopkins the doctor is
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