The city of gilroy hosted a Gun Buyback Program just months after the deadly festival shooting. And as kpix 5s devin fehely reports, its the countys first in more than two decades. Reporter its impossible to ignore the backdrop against which this gun buyback happens in south santa clara county. This is a community thats been touched by tragedy, thats been scarred by recent incidents of gun violence, so the goal of getting guns off the street has extra significance and resonance. The cars stretched down the block, lined up to turn in their guns, many motivated by the tragic shooting at the garlic festival. When they had that shooting, we felt so bad for everybody, and its our community, and so whats left is we can get some of the guns out of our community. Reporter the District Attorneys Office partnered with the morgan hill and Gilroy Police departments. We dont want a firearm taken and used to commit a crime. Reporter the District Attorneys Office offered 100 for every hand gun and ri
Instead of people ice skating, ice slowly melting. The own ev says his ice rink was vandalized. Tracking showers, now were seeing two more storms on the horizon. Well show you when they arrive. Here is a picture of a young man who went to the very first Oakland Raiders game at the coliseum. Tomorrow hes hoping to go to the very last game as well. An east bay ice rink is melting after vandals tampered with the valves. But the community isnt letting them put a damper on christmas. Luz pena explains for the time being the ice rink is more like a lake. Reporter while the 37th annual brentwood holiday parade is in full swing, once it turned on second street, things turned from joyful to disappointed. Reporter 10 to 12 birthday parties were planned. At least 200 people were expected to skate. But instead, take a look, the ice rink is empty. We came in this morning. It was a lake instead of an east rink. Reporter once tom get to the back of the rink he found water running down his parking lot
Take over, in the 50s. Breezy, cool but a lot of sunshine and a frosty night ahead. Liz . Thank you. We want to start with a developing story, pg e has until tuesday now to amend its bankruptcy reorganization plan. Experts say it will be almost impossible to make enough changes to please Governor Newsom. The governor rejected the utilities plan and says it doesnt do enough to improve management or beef up procedures under the state wildfire in july. A bankruptcy professor says the company is focused on survival. It is fair for Governor Newsom to criticize this company and fair for him i think to criticize this plan, but i think its somewhat unrealistic to expect the bankruptcy process to fix all the problems the company has. Pg es power lines have been implicated in sefrl deadly fires and the bankruptcy plans relies on the company tapping into a state fund to pay more than 13 billion in claims. Newsom appears to wants the option of breaking up the utility if the bankruptcy plan falls a
Eric. Organizers say the goal is to get these guns off the streets and out of communities and for the most part it was a very successful day all across the bay area. First there was a vigil for gun violence victims at this church. A vigil at Third Baptist Church to remember lives lost to gun violence. Chase kowalski. Christine pelosi, daughter of nancy pelosi, read the names of 26 victims, most of them children from the sandy hook mass shooting in connecticut. Seven years ago today, Little Angels who have now been dead longer than they have been alive. Reporter in San Francisco, dozens of people traded in their unwanted guns for cash. There are no questions asked. You dont have to say where you got the weapon or if you have any more left. We just want to get the guns we can off the street. Reporter a Violence Prevention Group partnered with the sfpd on the buyback. 317 weapons twururned in, 93 ril rifles, 75 pistols. They are trying to save lives as opposed to being promoters of taking
Look at our next rain chance or chances coming up. Liz . Thank you. And we start with a developing news story. Pg e has until to use tuesday to amend its bankruptcy reorganization plan. An expert says it will be almost impossible to make enough changes to please Governor Newsom. He rejected the utilities plan and says it doesnt do enough to improve management or beef up Safety Improvement procedures under procedures enacted in july. A professor of Bankruptcy Law at uc hastings says the company is focused on survival. It is fair for Governor Newsom to criticize this company and fair for him i think to criticize this plan, but i think its somewhat unrealistic to expect the bankruptcy process to fix all the problems the company has. Pg es power lines have been implicated in several deadly fires and the bankruptcy plans relies on the company tapping into a state fund to pay more than 13 billion in claims. Newsom appears to wants the option of breaking up the utility if the bankruptcy plan