Have skills. Okay . If you work in mcdonalds, its about the same. Although you have more customers. Reporter he says the higher minimum wage will help the working poor and jobs like this in San Mateo County will help the middle class. Brian webb, kpix 5. While some counties arent hiring, others are, just to staff the covered california insurance rollout. A key part of the Affordable Care act kicks in two weeks from today. Starting october 1, people will be able to start signing up for health plans. Reporter camby brown tells us how prepared state call centers are when it comes to educating the public about their options. Reporter the countdown is on and covered california is hoping they are ready for their call centers to open on october 1. We are learning every, single day. Reporter not all Call Center Agents are prepared. Hundreds still need to be trained so they can answer the broad range of questions people across the state will have. People dont buy a car on the first visit to the
We are at lake marion where tonight people held the candlelight vigil for Trayvon Martin. This peaceful gathering capped protests in oakland in response to last saturdays verdict. None of them. About 50 people stood in a circle near lake mara tonight holding candles and reflecting on a week full of outrage. Peaceful protests and violence that at times spilled into the streets of oakland. People have been angry about it, and have every right to be angry about it, but whats going to get us through this and whats going to transform our nation to make sure theres no more trayvons . Thats love. About 200 people gathered in front of the Federal Building in oak labor day to demand that the Justice Department pursue a civil rights case against george zimmerman. That rally was organized by 17yearold justin jones, who just graduated from high school. He is the same age as Trayvon Martin was when he was killed. Also calling for peace in our Community Within the neighborhoods and within oakland an
Some young people at youth uprising to talk about ways to prevent this type of violence. Absolutely unacceptable that we have children being shot while they sleep in their beds. It is horrific. Work with the federal and local resources to make sure we end this whole cycle of retaliation. Reporter the chief and the mayor originally called a press conference to talk about oaklands crimefighting strategy. But they decided to cancel that press conference to focus on this little boy who was shot dead this morning. They believe ceasefire is still working but not everybody apparently believes thats the case given the killings in recent weeks. Live here in oakland, im da lin, kpix 5. A car chase through oakland lot of a trail of damage behind. It started at frank ogawa plaza. The suspect plowed into car after car before finally crashing at isabella and san pablo streets. Multiple ambulances responded to the scene. That was about 3 p. M. This afternoon. Not clear whether the driver was under th
Vehicle the model x which will begin rolling off the Assembly Line late next year. In a Conference Call with investors, the ceo says the company is also hard at work on a mass market vehicle with a target price of about 35,000 and a 200mile range. [ indiscernible ] i have high confidence that we can create a compelling car for around 35,000. Reporter he also says he remains a believer in the future of sustainable transport. Kind of wish it was going faster than it is. Reporter in that investor Conference Call this afternoon, elon musk also revealed one of the biggest problems the company is having is with its suppliers. It doesnt have suppliers that can provide enough specialized parts, elizabeth, for them to get all the cars off this Assembly Line that they would like to do. They are hoping to solve that in the near future. Yeah. Speaking of the near future, tesla purchased more land at the plant . Reporter they have purchased 31 acres here. He was not specific about the plans for the
Release more chemicals into the air. Valero is assuring folks it wont bring in the dirtier heavier crude oil that its primary goal is to use the trains to bring in 70,000 barrels a day. The chamber supports it. Reporter the Benicia Chamber of commerce believes it will bring in money and jobs. They say valero has been a good neighbor. They have an exemplary track record for safety, probably the greatest one around here. Reporter it could be weeks if not months before the city makes a final decision on this project. They are still in the Environmental Impact report process. Its still early. Not that the city would have an official position on it yet. But individually are leaders speaking out on this . Reporter not really. They are trying to be in the middle because this project is so controversial. We talked to a lot of folks on the streets and a lot of them are against the project having the concern that a Train Derailment or something bad environmentallyfriendly so the city is saying t