To create a cancer presumption for firefighter and Police Officer disability and death as a result of duty requirement benefits. Thank you president chiu. President chair, we had a discussion about some science and data that have impacted how we think about public policy. This item, and i ask for your support, is also one in which i first learned about Scientific Evidence of the link between cancer and First Responders and frankly, the data, if you have not had a chance to look at it, is stunning. Weve had 230 firefighters since the year 2000 who have been impacted by cancer. Earlier this year over a three month period we had five firefighters who passed away during a three period. Theres a study of 30,000 firefighters around the country that shows sharply elevated learn that the men and women who put their lives on the line have also had to fight to get industrial disability retirement in the face of work caused cancer. The legislation in front of us today we drafted it in order to ta
Youre watching cbs 5 Eyewitness News in high definition. A chaotic night in one bay area city. Four People Killed in six hours in four separate shootings. Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. Im ken bastida. The most recent shooting happening a few blocks away from Bishop High School in east oakland. Juliette goodrich is in oakland tonight. Juliette, looks like 2013 is coming in the way 2012 went out. Reporter ken, these suspects still at large. It has been a chaotic and very deadly day today in oakland. Were talking about four reported homicides in a span of six hours today. This latest deadly incident phoned in at 8 15 tonight. Chopper 5 giving you some pictures above the crime scene. It happened along 94th avenue on hillside street. Neighbors reported hearing 20 to 30 gunshots. Police are looking for the suspects. Bullet casings are found everywhere in the area. One man is confirmed dead. Now, this is following three other homicides. Those three homicides happening within a twohour time
One man is confirmed dead. Now, this is following three other homicides. Those three homicides happening within a twohour time period today, this afternoon. Tonight, police are looking for the suspects in all of todays homicides. There have been no arrests. But they are especially concentrating their efforts along 94th avenue, where this latest deadly shooting occurred. Police still remain at the scene at 94th avenue. We are here at the eastmont subdivision here in oakland, just a few blocks away from that deadly crime scene. But were here obviously for safety. Juliette goodrich in oakland, thank you for that. A man hunt is underway for a prisoner who escaped, even though he was being guarded. Anthony hoskins, an inmate from santa rita escaped custody while he was being taken to Highland Hospital in oakland. Authorities searched for him all day long. So far, all they found are his clothes. Alameda county sheriffs deputies say hoskins somehow broke free of his leg and arm shackles and r
Strangely. No one was injured. The deputy is an eightyear veteran. He was placed on administrative leave. A fivealarm fire destroyed a popular comedy club in fairfield. Check out those flames. That roof collapsed as the fire tore through the original Pepper Belly Comedy Club last night. 25 engines from around Solano County responded to the fire. Crews say it may have started inside the building. They are still trying to determine what exactly started it. San mateo county is holding a gun buyback today at the fairgrounds on delaware street. The county will offer 100 for handguns, shotguns and rifles. Turning in an Assault Rifle would earn you up to 200. In recent months, San Francisco, oakland and some other bay area cities have held gun buyback programs, with overwhelming response. The San Francisco giants fan who suffered brain damage after a beating attack is back in the hospital. Bryan stows family says he is now getting treatment for a large blood clot. His family says his doctors
Arm and elsewhere, we have to find out from the hospital. This is our deputy on the job for a while . He has been on eight years, a very well respected deputy. He was confronted with a difficult situation, someone coming at you with a rambostyle knife and he took immediate action and he was able to render the suspect in custody. Finally, the investigators are out here. What happens next . The crime scene investigators will be here for a while and they will do a search warrant on the house to get information and find out exactly what was going on. They will find out why this person decided on this day to charge a deputy with a knife. Sergeant, thank you very much. So that is the latest from here, one man injured, 28 years old, no other injuries and no impact at automatic on the local Elementary School just a short distance from here. The assault went down so quickly there was no need for shelter in place. Police are looking for an armed robber in sunnyvale and ordered a lockdown of Cupe