Chuck coppola joins us from the Santa Clara County registrar of voters office. Someone recently activated the fire alarm there . Reporter yes. This is a breaking story that we are covering right now here at the registrar of voters. We see behind me there about 50 people who were working inside the the registrar of voters tabulation room. Theyve been evicted outside because of a fire drill. A fire alarm was sounded about ten minutes ago. With me is anita torres with the registrar of voters. Tell me, this wasnt planned, was it . Were looking into it, chuck. We dont believe its planned. Were looking into it and doing everything we can to get to the bottom of the situation u. Is this going to disrupt the process so far . I would say the disruption so far has been minimal. The alarm went off just a couple minutes ago. We did, of course, have to evacuate the staff for safety. The ballots are locked up safely in our office. So we are not concerned about the safety of the ballots. But its resu
Francisco. Average 64, 59. 89 the record. Plenty of low clouds in place. More on the north coast than we had yesterday. Thats for sure. Now fog, i think you know, it will head back to the coast and bay. 40s for some. Low 50s, a little cool there this morning. You can actually a couple other 40s near concord, lafayette, walnut creek. Antioch and brentwood are 5, degrees warmer. A few highs clouds for the north bay. This system will inch towards by friday. That will cool down the ip land areas. Coast stays 50s, 60s. Low clouds. Sunny for most. Warm inland. Cool coast. Upper 50s or low 60s by the beaches today. 70s and lowtomid 80s inland. Sal, 7 01, what do you have for us, sir . Some slow traffic, steve. We are going to start off with the this crash is clearing out of the lanes now. Southbound 680 is slow out of the dublin pleasanton area. 580 not too bad. This is a look at the san mateo bridge. This traffic is busier as you drive over to the peninsula. Of course, at the bay bridge we h
We brought you through mornings on 2. A Police Shooting in san jose. Police shot a man who they say was attacking his mother with an ax this morning. The 9s janine de la vega live at the scene after talking with police just now. Janine. Reporter yes, it is hard for police to make sense of all this. A son attacking his mother. Let me show you what the scene looks like. A heavy Police Presence here. We know that officers were called from all over the city to respond here on lancing. This is right near jarvis close to almaden elementary school. There are detectives here interviewing witnesses who apparently saw a 26yearold man start hitting his mother with an ax. Now, there was two officers who had responded initially to this scene. It unfolded at about 7 10 this morning. And as they were driving up, they got out, they knew there was some sort of domestic incident happening and they actually did also see the suspect swing an ax at his mother. They then said they were forced to shoot at th
Just getting some pmi data on euroacturing for the area and the figure is 51. 7, a slight uptick from the earlier 51. 5. 51. 7 showing the Manufacturing Industry is expanding. Any number above 50 shows expansion. Economycourse is an that grew 0. 6 in the last quarter. Still, inflation is a bit of an issue. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news desk. Nejra halliburton and baker hughes have called off their 28 billion merger, citing challenging regulatory conditions. The proposed union between the oil Service Firms admit antitrust resistance in the u. S. And europe. Halliburton must pay a termination fee of 3. 5 billion. Puerto rico will default on a 420 million bond payment today, escalating the biggest crisis ever in the 3. 7 trillion municipal debt market. The governor warned the itsrnment would miss obligation, saying the commonwealth needs to focus on providing essential services. Investors hold 900 million of its debt. Creditors would accept a potential haircut according to the
And calculating the new sales tax the malaysian government hales a fairer way to pay but not earn agrees. The Opposition Leader and former military leader mohamed is set to become the next president of nigeria he feeted incumbent Goodluck Jonathan. In conceding defeat, Goodluck Jonathan became the first nigerian president to peacefully hand overpower to a competitor. Now a report from abuja. Reporter hes a president elect in africas most populous country, but when we spoke to mohammedded bow half i just hours after his victory he appeared come and relaxed. How does it feel to have won the election and how will you tackle nigerias problems . I would like to answer those questions i have formally been given the certificate. Thank you very much. Reporter you know you are the winner house does it feel . How does it feel inside after 12 years . What feels . Yes. Reporter in abuja lagos and across many of nigeria cities, buhari supporters celebrated. It was a historic day. The first time no