To have them try Something Else is just dumb. Reporter some may think its done, but some regulators think its necessary. The Public Utilities commission is floating the idea of taxing texting. Its a very complicated and complex proposal they have put forward. Theres a lot of questions. And one of them is the legality of retro activity taxing texts going back five years. Reporter one question this proposal raises, according to rufus jeffers. He along with several other business groups are against it. The tax presumably would support services that the state provides to low income residents, low income consumers. But the fund that they have for that is already flush. Reporter state regulators say the program is not flush, but instead breaking the bank. They say its budget has increased over 300 million in six years. I think its very unfair, especially for the people that can barely pay for their cell phones already. Reporter some think no matter how the commission votes, we will have to p
Im terry mcsweeney. If you stepped outside, you might have noticed this, the smoky skies and the haze. Its going to be sticking around a bit longer. Live look outside walnut creek, palo alto. You see the haze as smoke from fires in central and Southern California moves in. That air quality advisory we have been under now extended through at least monday. Lets check in with vianay. Weve got a system moving in and thats bringing the cloud cover and also the cooler weather. As far as the haze goes, depending where you were today, it sort of mixed into the clouds. We have a live look in dublin right now. I want to show you the current air quality sensors because it really shows us where we stand when it comes to that index. Now, notice for the most part we are seeing a lot of green on the map which is good air quality but a couple of spots with moderate air quality including near san jose. There could be areas or pockets where some of that smoke drifts in and sits there. Aside from that ar