Individual donors, and thats dramatically down. Nonprofits wonder if people dont have more to give after donate to go Natural Disaster like hurricanes, and the fires in california. We also dont know if the new tax law is causing people to pause and rethink their strategies at the end of the year. Reporter its possible the new tax law is prompting people to prepay their property taxes, due in april, and now theyre cashstrapped. In 2018, the standard deduction married couples filing jointly can take is increasing from just under 13,000 to 24,000. Theyre going to get a free deduction of 24,000. So they may not need that charitable deduction to get them up to that level anymore. Reporter Second Harvest food bank hopes people will still want to give. Their depending on it. There are certainly a lot of changes as a result of tax reform, including property tax and mortgage deductions. You can read all about it and hear what local accountants recommend at our website, abc7news. Com. Starting o
Drop in donations. It could get worse in the new year. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im dion lim. Im dan ashley. The big change for 2018, the tax reform law, will take effect. It doubles the standard deduction, which means less incentive to itemize your taxes. That could lead to fewer people donating. Already the Second Harvest food bank is in danger of not reaching its goal for next year. Reporter a free meal means so much to those struggling to survive in the bay area. The ceo of Second Harvest food bank worries how much the nonprofit will be able to provide in 2018. The food bank set out to raise 16. 5 million this year. Theyre still 8 million short. We have many new pantry openings planned. We have many new partners we want to bring on board. And we will have to look at whether or not well be able to open those programs. Reporter Second Harvest says in the last ten years, the number of clients it clara and counties has nearly doubled. Corporate funding is strong, but half
World marks the passing of a butal dictator who oppressed his own people for nearly six decades. For more than four decade fidel castro, the cigar chewing cuban dictator, personified antiamericanism. In 1959 fit el led a group of revolutionaries to overthrow a u. S. Backed dictator with the promise of deck okay see. Instead, at the height of the cold war, castro put a communist government in place 90 miles from american with the soviet union that started the cuban missile crisis and pushed the world to the brink of nuclear war. U. S. Struck back spearheading a 1961 invasion at the bay of pigs castro personally led the resistance and the American Invasion failed miserably. A major embarrassment for president kenly. Less tan a year later they pulled missiles from cuba. In the 1960s the United States put a trade embargo in lace that still stands with the cub an economy failing, thousands began their livesp a 90 mile trip to the u. S. In declining health, castro often known as just fiddle
Its going with the devil. Because he is the devil. Castro ruled cuba for 50 years. Failing health forced him to hand over power to his brother in 2006. Known as a tyrant for imprisoning critics and committing human rights abuses. Some looked at him as a revolutionary. He is loved around the world because hes standing up to the american power. Center of a custody battle is among those remembering castro. He says he became like a father figure. Students unfurled a gigantic flag at havana university. They are observing nine days of mourning. The funeral will be december 4th. Don champion cbs news miami. Castros death was welcomed. The owner of the old havana restaurant left cuba in the 1950s and came to boston. He says family and friends suffered under castros rule. The death brings new hope. What does he leave . People suffering. People suffered a lot from him. He killed a lot of people. He divided families. A lot of people die orn the sea go out of cuba. More than 11,000 cuban americans
Leader. To his followers commindante or just fidel. He graduated with a law degree and doctorate. He toppled baptiste and marched into havana. At first the young leader promised democracy that he the communist dictator soozed property, silenced the press and jailed dissidents. By then a declared socialist he dramatically improved health care and literacy but also accepted missiles leading to almost nuclear war. The russians pulled become a deklaed ago and in declining Health Castro turned over power to brother raul. He died at the age of 90. President obama, who moved to impact of the singular figure of the person and the people around him. But others say its a legacy of firing squads, theft, poverty, denial of fundamental human rights. The cuban american leaders in congress did not mince words. The truth is he was a sadistic murderer who brought great surfing to the people of cuba. He should not be revered. He should be reviled. All sadness and tragedy and death is terrorism and narco