From the 39. 6 to 37 . Now, one of the biggest questions, especially for californians, is the fate of the state and local Tax Deductions. Those allowed you to deduct what you pay in state and local taxes from your federal tax bill. Save ace lot of people money, but both bills eliminate those deductions but allow property Tax Deductions of up to 10,000 a year. Right now we dont know how that all was ironed out. California republicans largely backed the bill in the house but they came under pressure during the conference negotiations to push for an expansion of the state and local deduction in order to avoid tax increases. And the announcement on tax reform came just hours after Democratic Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer called the republicans to hit pause on their tax bill until newly elected Democrat Doug Jones takes his seat. Nbc news projects jones won the special election in alabama. He holds about a 1. 5 lead or 20,000 votes over republican roy moore. Moore has refused to conc
Three gift cards at 1,000 each. A few hours later the scammers called dr. Tomasini to get the code numbers from the back of the cards and then the reality hit. I was at work and my sister called and said oh, my god, dad just got scammed out of 3,000. Reporter her father then filed a Police Report with the Oakland Police department and his case is not the first. In fact, best buy has posted warnings about this scam on its web page, but inside the emeryville store at the register we found no such warnings. Best buy knows about the scam and the real corker is best buy keeps the money because the cards cannot be converted to cash. They can only be used at best buy. So my money goes back to best buy. They buy goods and then they sell them on the black market for whatever they can get. Reporter best buy says it works closely with Law Enforcement once a crime has been reported and its employees have been trained to spot seniors buying large dollar amounts of gift cards, but no one stopped dr.
4 news. grant another big story were following. A heated meeting tonight over proposed budget cuts within the Oakland School district. The district was initially facing a shortfall of 15pointone Million Dollars. That number has now dropped to nine Million Dollars. Tonight hundreds of parents packed tonights meeting. Pushing Board Members to keep their school open. Labor unions and Community Groups are trying to get school Board Members to reconsider their calculations. They want access to how the budget is being analyzed, so the community can help come up with proposals for the allocation of funds. Those opposing cuts to schools say high paid administrators should feel the brunt of it, but students will no doubt be affected. In a place where they could go into state receivership. Thats where the state would come in and make cuts without asking any questions or hearing public comment. Which is the reason why the board wants to make the cuts themselves. If it passes. Some layoffs will co
Providers to prioritize their own content. Opponents say this could give certain Internet Companies an advantage over others and prevent new websites from getting their content delivered faster. Theres also the fear that one day internet providers could begin charging higher prices for customers to watch movies and download content. As a result of todays misguided action, our broadband providers will get extraordinary new powers. They will have the power to block websites, the power to throttle services and the power to sensor online content. They will have the right to discriminate and favor the internet traffic of those companies with whom they have a pay for play arrangement. The sec chairman, however, voted yes and said the end of Net Neutrality will help providers such as comcast and at t to invest more and provide more Service Options to customers and promote competition. Now the changes wont take place immediately. The rules must be entered into the federal register which could
Francisco General Hospital and is in serious condition from that bite. The soft waves at aquatic park lured swimmers into the waters of the San Francisco bay where exercise comes with the chilly lap of Mother Nature and her inhabitants, including the sea lions who call this pier 39 home. It was a few years back. But just somebodys toes nibble on the outside, nothing to fear. Reporter this afternoon, around 2 00 p. M. , a swimmer was outside the cove entrance when a sea lion began pursuing him. He originally said the sea lion was coming at him and he felt threatened. Thats when he started splashing water and yelled at him to get away. Reporter but the sea lion persisted and attacked. He yelled at it and then the sea lion came up and bit him on the arm. He used his Arapahoe County to push it away. It went away and he never saw it again. Reporter that swimmer, a man in his 50s, bloodied and injured made his way to the cove. A sailboat headed back to saucily doe. It turns out sausalito. It