Call. Firefighters arrived to find huge flames eating away at one of the eight unit apartment buildings in the middle of a large complex on ranch o drive near monterey road. Firefighters advanced to three alarms within minutes of arrival. This family watched it all apartment frall happen from their apartment across the way capturing video on their cell phone. What did it feel like . Fireball. Reporter the timing couldnt have been worse. Downstairs unit in this building in the front. Reporter a fire like this in the middle of the night while most people are sleeping can often turn tragic. Kenny and his family barely escaped the flames leave almost everything behind. Not much. My phone is still working, thats a good thing, to get it out and my car keys. Reporter amazingly, no one was hurt in the fire. All 16 residents including five kids and some pets, were accounted for. Firefighters and neighbors say some Good Samaritans like juan and his uncle banged on doors and windows waking everyo
We have the stories. Now to our lead. Amazon has narrowed the field for hq2, its second proposed headquarters in the u. S. 20 cities made the cut. The project is expected to cost 5 billion and create 50,000 jobs. We caught up with our reporter for amazon along with a ceo. I wound read too much into the three areas around washington, d. C. , because amazon is likely targeting labor pools, and those very often cross geographic lines. Even though that could simply be amazon focusing on that general area, but it has to negotiate with different political groups because of geographic boundaries. I know your intel has been digging into the tech hubs in the country. What did you find . We looked at a lot of our data, which we have on almost half a billion people in terms of their skills and capabilities. What you find is that a lot of the bigger cities like new york and los angeles tend to have the most candidates to pull from him about when you look at the list, you have proximity to universi
36 effective overall in preventing flu illness severe no to send the patient to the doctors office. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Parenti and this is bloomberg. Chang and thisy is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, peter till Silicon Valley retreat. On he is pulling the plug the bank and setting up shop in l. A. And googles new plan to eliminate popups. And then the new punishment for repeat offenders. And the ceo of the biggest supplier of Semiconductor Hardware expects the industry to keep booming. We will get perspective from Applied Materials Gary Dickerson later this hour. Billionaire peter thiel is calling it quits in san francisco. He is relocating his personal funds and their 50 member staff to los angeles. According to the wall street journal, the tech worlds bestknown conservative and trump supporter has discussed resigning from the facebook board. Peter thiel set off a firestorm when he supported don
1. 8 million undocumented immigrants brought into the u. S. As minors a path to citizenship. The measure was six votes shy of the 60 needed to advance. The bill was crafted by moderate republicans and democrats billing themselves as the common sense coalition. Health Officials Say the flu vaccine is not effectively protecting Older Americans and others against the bug that is causing most illnesses. The cdc said the vaccine is only 36 effective overall in preventing flu illness severe enough to send the patient to the doctors office. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im Alisa Parenti and this is bloomberg. Emily im emily chang and this is bloomberg technology. Coming up, peter thiels Silicon Valley retreat. Why the tech worlds most conservative billionaire and trump supporter is pulling the plug on the bay and setting up shop in l. A. Plus googles new plan to , limit popups. We will weigh in on the new default the
You see the recovery. Reporter good morning to you, laura. Bart is considering a number of options to raise the revenue and cut the budget deficit. The bart board will be looking at raising fare to 225. People with disabilities from 62 and a half to 50 . And it goes up to 18 years of age. Enacting a surcharge on tickets and pushing ride tore were clipper cards which generate more knew. Here is what they think of barts proposals. I cant stand the transit. How much more can it be . Cents. Yeah. It will help keep trains on time yeah, sure, it makes accepts. Id like to know how much money they put into salaries there at bart versus the train. And people that use it. Among other ideas, bart is considering delaying service until 5 00 a. M. Letting Companies Pay to advertise around the train cars. Bart considering letting companies to advertise and through sponsorships through kiosks and video screens in the stations. Bart blames the budget devastate on lower ridership. You look at the trains