Seating area next to the cafeteria. Another popular camp site at yosemite will close down because of a dangerous bacterial infection. Park workers just finished spraying insecticide. I child became ill and had to be hospitalized. Two squirrels have died. The camp will close monday through friday for spring. It is carried by rodents and spread by flees. Health Officials Say the risk to humans is low. Here is a startling number. 400 San Jose Police officers have left since voters approved pension benefit cuts three years ago. There is new hope that that exodus will stop with a tentative contract deal reached today. David louie is live at city hall with details. Reporter measure b passed in 2012 was a really tough pension benefit cut program. The San Jose Police force dwindled down to 900. It has been very difficult to recruit and retain officers. Peace may be at hand between the city skplt police union. It has been a long time since you have seen the mayor smiling in the presence. They t
Sentence for a convicted rapist. Shifts to the judge, who handed it down. Good evening im pam moore. And im steve aveson. Steve controversy swirling around judge aaron persky who gave former stanford swimmer brock turner six months in jail. Grant lodes joins us now with more on the backlash against persky. And who is coming to his defense. You cant go on social media. Especially facebook and twitter,,without seeing people all over the country talking about this sentence. Grant now. A national womans Advocacy Group called ultra violet. Says its collected nearly 800 thousand signatures on a petition. Which calls for the removal of judge aaron persky. But some are coming to the judges defense. We talked to a deputy public defender who says hes appeared in perskys courtroom many times. And disagrees with any attempt to recall the judge. Calling him fair and honest. Following the rules persky is up for reelection. Hes running unopposed in the upcoming november election. The santa clara regi
Pressure moving through with much more cooler air moving in. The breezes are picking up and i think we are seeing some guests after 35 milesperhour some Sierra Nevada will do with more snow later than now when it is not as silly but there are Winter Weather advisories at. Alex, what do you have . We have rate on the Golden Gate Bridge but farther south toward the south bay it appears as though the roadways are dry. Based on the radar. Let me take you out here and show you the situation in the south bay. It doesnt look like it is a hard rain coming down. That is 280 in san jose and a good ride. Overall in the south bay we are not showing any crashes and that is the good news. Let me show you but the situation is on the san mateo bridge we are seeing traffic beginning to build across the peninsula and you could have a bit of slowing but nothing much to speak up. On the maps here here is a big picture of the east bay and because looking good on highway 4 and 680. That is certainly a good
Thundershowers later on. To the north it looks like rain has lessened up considerably. Today if you miss out on the rain yesterday, it will move in with south bay and santa cruz mountain. 50s on the temperatures and some areas are getting gas up to 25 in the hills of 240 miles perhour. Send it back to you, alex. Still we are keeping an eye on the roadways for you this morning and we will take you outside and chili what things look like at the bay bridge toll plaza. They shot taken some hits you can tell things are beginning to pick up ever so slightly though it still looks like a good ride. Here is a look at our camera in oakland and you can see a lot of folks making that trip this morning but no slowdowns reported in the area. We will also show you but the situation is, 880 going past the coliseum. That is a smooth ride this morning. As he moved throughout the morning it could be a messy commute especially with rain moving in in the north bay. More rain coming in with the possibility
Broken jaw. It wasnt discovered until it manifested in what appeared to be an abscessed tooth. Reporter a spokesperson told abc7 news garcia got injured during a fight with another inmate. Powell says garcia told them there was an inmate on inmate scuffle, but it was later and lasted 30 seconds. He said i already had the blood on my face. Reporter in a statement, a Sheriffs Office spokesperson said our detectives are blocking at the evidence and documents to determine if there were any issues with the original documentation. Powell says he will file a civil lawsuit that will name the county, and two correctional deputies. He may be representing additional inmates in the near future. You cant discount these stories. There are too many of them. Reporter the attorney told me he is considering filing a march type of claim. He says if he does, it would say that there is some false, or failure in the pattern, practices and policies surrounding the deputies training. In the newsroom, abc7 new