Increasing and a countywide head count revealed 5600 homeless and the bulk in oakland. With 859 living in shelters and over 1900 living on the streets. At this point in time, count only confirms what we all know, what we all see and feel every day. Reporter at a press conference, the mayor announced plans to expand a Pilot Program for the homeless from serving 60 to serving 400. As part of the Controversial Program the city provided portapotty and trash collection but there was problems like fires. The city has learned lessons and will open a homeless camp at an undisclosed location this summer. By improving safety and health for our unsheltered residents, we are improving it for the surrounding communitity. This is a good starting point. To have showers and somewhere to throw our garbage in the can instead of just out on the street. Defying stereotypes the census revealed money problems is the main reason homeless are living on the street. Not Mental Health or Substance Abuse issues.
Hurt and treated at the scene. It is not clear if they had to go to the hospital. Well keep you updated on abc 7 news 6 00. Im eric thomas in for dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Homelessness is in in the east bay is skyrocketing but the numbers defy the stereo types about who is on the streets. And the east bay city most plagued by a homeless crisis, leslie joins us from oakland. It is more prevalent and noticeable in oakland according to a census just taken by the nonprofit everyone home. They say that more development is pushing people out of hidden corners, out of back alleyways and out into the open. Reporter city crews dumped two blocks worth of discarded clothes and broken bikes and mounds of garbage from under interstate 980 today. As far as cleaning up the sidewalk. And what are you going to do after they finish the clean up . Move back. There is nowhere else to go. Reporter homelessness is increasing and a countywide head count revealed 5600 homeless and the bulk in oakland. Wit
Future. On highway 1 near pacifica, devon, kpix 5. A crash killed a man today in pleasant hill. It happened on taylor boulevard north of withers avenue. The chp says a woman lost control of a toyota mini van, veered to the left and hit a lexus, the impact partially ejected a passenger from the lexus, even though he was wearing a seat belt. He died from head trauma. Two other people in the lexus were hurt. In neighboring walnut creek one intersection has seen dozen of serious crashes over several years. Kpix 5 is at the spot on ignacio valley road where there have been lots of wrecks. Hey brian, of all of the accidents in recent years, 8 of them happen at this busy intersection. And this is not the only trouble spot here. Ignacio valley road, the busiest and most dangerous road. Traffic gets really going. A study produced for the Apple Law Firm and shared with the Bay Area News Group looks at the 800 plus accidents in walnut creek from 2010 to 2015. 65 of those happen at the intersectio
Bay bridge wb 80 no problems from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Sam jose acciden nb 880 at brokaw our top story this morning President Donald Trump delivers his Mission Statement to a joint session of congress and to the country. The president focused on broad themes, but also provided more details on his new agenda. Karin caifa has the story from washington. The white house had said President Trump would strike a more optimistic tone in his first speech before a joint session of congress and he did. He reiterated many of the priorities he talked about during his campaign and the first few weeks of his administration and even encouraged a little bipartisan cooperation, on the hotbutton issues of health care and immigration. In one of his most important speeches to date. President donald trump laying out a sweeping agenda to a joint session of congress. President donald trump im here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength. On his todo lis
Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. The clock is ticking for the raiders. Hours until the relocation vote and the mayor of oakland tells us they are not giving up efforts. Kpix 5s joe vasquez is live in the newsroom. Reporter she is packing her bags and heading to the nfl owners meeting. The raider nation is angry. They are hurt. Reporter oakland mayor is on her way to arizona to try to save the raiders. This is not just a business. A professional the ball team is culture. It is identity. Reporter the nfl owners begin meeting tomorrow in phoenix and the mayor told us she and her team will try to sway those owners to reject a move to las vegas. We are trying every angle, every connection, every relationship that we have to get to the owners directly. We will not stop doing that until we have a vote in our favor. Reporter despite large rallies like this one over the weekend, it is not looking likely. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell sent a letter obtained by the east b