That area. So because those fires there could threaten the neighbors. How the county said it is every Property Owners responsibility to maintain a Defensible Space around their home or business. And by weeds they mean all wild plants, brush, vegetation and litter and anything around your property. If you have not complied, you get two notices and if you ignore those, well it is going to cost you. We will quickly issue work orders with our contractor who covers the entire county. They will abate the weeds. Property owners will get a lien on their property for the cost of those that abatement work and theyll not be happy because it will be expensive. It will probably be at least 200 of what it might have cost them to do it themselves. Reporter and in the north bay nor additional efforts to prevent wildfires. Cal fire is suspending burn permits for counties meaning no residential outdoor burning of any kind ofrd leaves. And back here in contra costa county, if you are in the western part
Working partnerships usa applauds the tech giant. The Technology Industry and go google here as one of the first is beginning to recognize their responsibility for the housing crisis. They have contributed to rising rents. They have contributed to overcrowding and displacement. Reporter they plan to establish a 250 Million Investment plan to build 5,000 Affordable Housing units across the bay area and spend 750 million to build housing on its own land, but that may require rezoning to residential. Its up to negotiations and discussions, not just with google but the community and the council. Reporter sam liccardo say the as google gets ready to build a mega complex for 20,000 employees in downtown san jose the company has made it clear that any housing it builds will be offered to everyone, not just google employees. Google ceo says the goal is to build a lot of these new homes in the next couple of years, but there are a lot of moving parties here, environmental review, possibly rezon
Lets head over to cinthia pimentel. What are you seeing . Good morning. Yeah, we are definitely picking it up here. I want to give you a closer look at what we have picked up. This is happening down there in morgan hill around ten minutes ago. Its along this fault, that runs through the south bay down here, through parts of the east bay. Where is it picked up . From san jose to morgan hill, you might pass the community of coyote on 101. This is coming up on the hills, a magnitude of 3. 5, still gath everything the details on that. It is a little more shallow there, so when these quakes are within a couple of miles of the surface, more people feel it. I was checking on the usgs which does the latest info of earthquakes. Right now, theyre telling us about 10, 15 people felt it. If you did, call us and tell us what you felt about ten minutes ago. But it was pretty small here compared to other quakes we have had in the bay area. If you are local, youve been through it before. A little more
Swamp. Good afternoon, im audrey asistio. Welcome to nbc bay area news at 4 30. Our ian cull spoke to some people from the bay area who are deciding to stick it out for a little longer to avoid that mass exodus from the festival. Also good news for labor day travelers, westbound i80 in Contra Costa County is now set to open ahead of schedule. When crews expect the highway to be back open after being closed all Holiday Weekend. Plus, are the robots taking your jobs . That was the argument today from protesters outside of cruise headquarters in San Francisco. They say the robotaxis are threatening jobs and street safety, how cruise is responding today. And can a star chef help revitalize San Franciscos struggling union square. Two new cafes going into recently closed coffee shops. We sit down with celebrity chef Tyler Florence about his decision to come to the city. Well get to those stories in just a moment. First were going to start with breaking news out of oakland. We are learning an
Im ellison barber. Nbc news daily starts now. Today is friday, october 6th. Shifting gears. The United Auto Workers strike enters its fourth week now. Could negotiators be speeding towards a deal. The work force adds hundreds of thousands of new jobs. And hard to stomach. Weight loss drugs are changing out americans eat and why thats a concern for americas Food Industry. And highs and lows as our hormone levels change as we add, a doctor has tips for finding balance. Well begin with progress in the contract negotiations between the big three American Automakers and the United Auto Workers union. Union president sean fain said they had a major break through on talks. Take a listen. Were making significant progress. In just three weeks we have moved these companies further than anyone thought possible. The union says theyre making Good Progress on issues like better pay and cost of living adjustments but theres still no finished contract in site. Whats also noticeable that the Union Pres