Just wanted to get started as mayor to repair relations with groups such as the police union who he fought with over pension reform. Im going to sit down with them as soon as theyre ready to sit down and look forward the finding ways to Work Together on issues of common concern. Reporter the police union is skeptical. Politics is rough and tumble. We all know that. And its the day after the election. And what happens is you try to leave that behind you. The adults come out, meet in a room and try to ork through the issues. Reporter San Jose State University political analyst Melinda Jackson is optimistic. Once we do have a final result, i think everybody will dust themselves off and get back to work. And i think that if liccardo is the new mayor of san jose, the police union will have to work with him. Reporter sot at this point, the citys direction remains uncertain, just like before the election. Live in san jose, robert handa, nbc bay area news. Also too close to call, the congressi
Good morning. Im dara brown. A dramatic kidnapping case out of pennsylvania has ended on a positive note. 22yearold Carlesha Freeland Gaither was snatched off the streets on sunday. Shes been found alive and is now recovering in a maryland hospital. Her alleged kidnapper is behind bars. Nbcs jay gray is following the story live from maryland. Good morning to you, jay. What is the latest there . Reporter good morning, dara. This is the parking lot where federal agents close cloze ed i their suspect and found the woman that was held captive for three days. Alive and safe. Carlesha freeland has been rescued. Her abductor has been arrested. Reporter the best possible news for a family and community on edge for three days now. I was elated. I was just very happy they found my granddaughter alive. Reporter 22yearold Carlesha Freeland Gaither was kidnapped, grabbed off the streets of philadelphia sunday night. Captured on surveillance video, it was the video and surveillance cameras at a bank
The bay bridge pretty typical. They cleared the overnight roadwork already westbound just satisfying slight delays in the cash lanes but if you have one of those fastrak passes youre all good into the city from the east bay. Heres a live look at the san mateo bridge problemfree in both direction now to a 14 minute commute. They should have cleared this overnight roadwork now. We have been talking about it the last halfhour in fremont between fremont boulevard and Alvarado Niles but it was scheduled to wrap up by 5 00 which as you pointed out was about a minute ago. We had it right to the second. A minute and 24 seconds ago. Exactly. Thank you, liz. New this morning, a moderate earthquake hitting near the californiaoregon border. It was a magnitude 4. 5 hitting just after midnight this morning. The epicenter was southeast of lakeview, oregon. There have been more than 20 quakes in the area in the magnitude 2 and 3 ranges in the past 24 hours, no reports of significant problems. A bay ar
This city council to push for sound policies that allow richmond to grow and thrive. They havent tried to be a partner. What they have tried to do is buy city council that they own. And this is what they failed to do. Reporter this relationship isnt going to be strengthened overnight and no one thinks compromise will come easily but doesnt expect any huge butt doesnt expect any huge confrontation with chevron. Many issues were resolved by regulators after the refinery fire two years ago but he wonders, if city elections might change. Richmond has what he calls a tradition of behind the scenes machines controlling elections. I think the part thats different is it doesnt work anymore. Reporter whats interesting to note is that voters clearly rejected the chevronbacked candidates, but last year, people in richmond were asked to outline their priorities. At the very top was safety on the streets, crime reduction. They are also concerned about the condition of the roads. The refinery wasnt
Reporter police are looking at Surveillance Video from this parking lot in front of the Nordstrom Rack. It all started with a little girl who was being loud and her mother was not able to calm her down. I told her to go to hell and she said, ill see you there. Reporter that was in the checkout line between that woman and the mother. Heres what happened directly afterward. The woman said she was punched twice in the face but still defends her choice. She told me not to tell her child what to do and i said i didnt tell your child what to do. I asked you very nicely to calm down your child just a little bit. Reporter today her mouth is black and blue and she may end up losing three teeth. The little girl who sparked this whole fight was between the ages of 4 and 6. In colma, anne makovec, kpix 5. The Surveillance Video of the attack is available at kpix. Com. Sam liccardo has declared victory in the san jose mayors race. His lead over Santa Clara County supervisor dave cortese is about 2