The things that has happened since the Great Recession is hollowing out of the middle of the labor market. What that means is growth that has been happening has been happening in the highestpaid, highest skilled jobs. Unfortunately the lowest paid jobs have a shrinking. So we focus on making very deep connections with employers in those sectors that do still offer middleaged jobs and then building up Career Pathways, Training Programs in partnership with those employers and health sectors. I will just tell you a little bit more about what that looks like. Looks like connecting people with skill building training, the hard skills, Technical Skills and soft skills for communication skills. Followed by a paid Work Experience in partnership with the employer often paid by the employer and then a direct connection to employment, with a goal of getting people into jobs somewhere in between 40 and 80,000 a year. So communities throughout the country face this issue and every community has a l
On the peninsula. Good afternoon, welcome to nbc bay area news at 4 30 pm. Outside the jail in san bruno trying to get more information. And tracking other stories including details on the protesters who blocked the Golden Gate Bridge. The semper cisco da talked moments ago, the reason she says she is not filing charges right now. Back in court to try to get his conviction overturned. Scott peterson begins a series of hearings today, we were there for what happened today and what is to come. At an alltime high, it has never been better to own gold, why the price has shot up and where it is likely to go from here. Lets begin with the situation at the jail in san bruno that brought out a tactical team, two prisoners refused to come out of theres cell and after a week of lockdown. Sent them out there, would you learning . Reporter it lasted about two hours, looks very different than what it did before before when we saw sky ranger ahead, they tell me its all because two inmates refused to
We are looking at 65 and up in mount pocono, slightly chillier at 61 degrees. We will have a complete look at your forecast, coming up next. And new this morning a violent night in philadelphia, police are investigating four homicide, Eyewitness News reporter justin finch is live, to tell us more, but just so much violence, good morning a lot of violence indeed. Three shooting and one stabbing, the youngest victim just 17 years old lets go to video of that scene from overnight here at 3 30, in the morning, a 17 yearold girl was found stabbed severely near wall street, park and hunting avenue he did die overnight. About that time in olney police were on the scene of the double shooting, first man found, on the 52 block of masher. Reportedly shot nearby on front street and duncannon in the leg and foot. Was taken to einstein in stable condition, now nearby, second man was found shot and killed on the 5100 block have of north front street. Now hours earlier in kensington about 1 00 in the
Idea that these visa workers are taking jobs from americans . Not at all because americans dont want this type of work. Reporter even if the worker visas were approved today, by the time they were processed, the main texas shrimp season would be almost over. Strassmann, cbs news, brownsville, texas. For the first time in several years, u. S. Marines are on the ground in Helmand Province in southern afghanistan. Theyve returned because so have the taliban. Charlie dagata is there. [ gunfire ] reporter the last time u. S. Marines were here, a force of 20,000 all but drove the taliban out of their stronghold of Helmand Province. Back then, Brigadier General roger turner was a colonel. Did you think hed be back here . No, i didnt. I didnt really. I left here as we discussed. I left here in 2012, and we knew that the mission was going to end in 2014. So i didnt think id be back here. Reporter this time, his mission is dramatically different. In command of just 300 marines, training afghans
Steve stunned commuters say it sounded like a bomb went off and that they were going just too fast coming into the station. But its unclear why. Thank you for joining us im steve aveson. And im pam moore. Pam tonight we look into whether a horrific crash like this. Could happen here in the bay area . But first tonight, we start our Team Coverage with justine waldman. She is here now with what happened this morning in hoboken. Reporter horror during the morning rushhour. People on their way to work. Waiting for the train. When suddenly. The train plows into the platform. We have also learned about the woman who died. Fabiola bittar de kroon was standing in a waiting area when the train crashed through a barrier. The 34year old was killed by falling debris. Most of the injuries were to people aboard the train. Half of the first car was crumpled, and the roof crushed down to the seats. Witnesses say people were pulling concrete off of victims. Some passengers kicked out the windows of the