Providers to prioritize their own content. Opponents say this could give certain Internet Companies an advantage over others and prevent new websites from getting their content delivered faster. Theres also the fear that one day internet providers could begin charging higher prices for customers to watch movies and download content. As a result of todays misguided action, our broadband providers will get extraordinary new powers. They will have the power to block websites, the power to throttle services and the power to sensor online content. They will have the right to discriminate and favor the internet traffic of those companies with whom they have a pay for play arrangement. The sec chairman, however, voted yes and said the end of Net Neutrality will help providers such as comcast and at t to invest more and provide more Service Options to customers and promote competition. Now the changes wont take place immediately. The rules must be entered into the federal register which could
Haze and smoke. Everything is trapped again. There is a good breeze coming off of the east bay hills also above the oakland zoo and above the caldecott. So some of that will make it down to the bay and over to the coast which means they will be the warmer temps. Everything right now is not changing until maybe the weekend. The system will clip and come over land. Were not expecting any rain. Were expecting the wind to pick up on saturday. Highs will be in the 60s today. 7 01. Did they clean up all of the overnight construction or what was that, sal . Road work . It is a broken down piece of Construction Equipment reportedly. But there was something that we have known about it for a while. Southbound 880 between 23rd and 29th. Lanes have remained closed. They were doing road work there. That stretch is being revitalized. Theyre doing overpasses near 23rd. They were redoing that whole area the way that you get off to alameda and that kind of thing. It has been going on for a while. They
Evening, the alerts are the 12th and 13th of the winter season issued by the bay quality notes is bay area Quality Management. We have a reporter in oakland speaking with officials, one person said christmas wont be the same because of the band. Thats right christina. Reporter if you were one of the families who wants to sit around the fire for the Holiday Season, nothing says christmas like listening to the crackle of that fire, but if you live in the bay area this year, its not an option. There crazy. You cant have a fire . Its not the dry season its winter. I get it in the summer. But its winter. Reporter the stag family has an issue with the latest winter spare the air alert. This family says its part of their christmas tradition. Having a fire is cozy and fun. You can sit around the fire and have people talk and read out relax. Reporter the bay area air quality district has issued to further alerts. Christmas day tomorrow will be the fourth day in a row and this next will be the f
Accident was on the freeway. Traffic investigators have been going back and forth between the two cars. One of them was a chp car that was destroyed by the impact. We have called them several times. They are not providing details on the officers conditions. Two officers have been injured. The conditions of the driver of the red car is not known. We do not know what led to the accident. We have confirmed that around 11 45 on Christmas Eve, the cars collided near winston avenue. It appears that the driver of the red car crash into the chp vehicle from behind. After that it went across the freeway and across the offramp. We called chp a few minutes ago, they said they would not provide updates on the investigation or those injured until a News Conference, plan this morning at 9 00, takes place. As it gets later in the morning and more cars get on the road, many people will wonder about the freeway closure. We are at 880 s. Near southland mall. Both cars are still here. It will be a while
Territory for the year. The features are telling a different story. Loss on the dow futures this morning. Again, volatility in the bull market coming on the nineyear anniversary next month we will ask the question. The economy still strong. The atlanta fed reserve to lower their firstquarter gdp forecast to 4 . That is down from 524 last week. In europe, stocks are heading higher. The flood of gains across the board. Asia overnight stocks mostly lower. The kospi and south korea the worst performer there. The nikkei managing to eke out a small gain. The budget battles looming. Small banks tomorrow night to keep the government running as the house stopgap spending bill to fight now turns to the senate where immigration remains a positive issue. President trump waiting for the white house yesterday. If we dont change it, lets have a shutdown. We will do is will do a shutdown as we do for our country. I would love to see a shutdown if we dont get this stuff taken care of. Train to the late