It is a cool morning, 41 degrees and santa rosa and san jose, 45 degrees in oakland and 40 degrees in livermore, i will have more on your new years eve forecast coming up. Here is a quick look at the bay area roadways. That is highway 24 in lafayette, that is looking good in both directions, so if you do have to work today, it looks like some people are up and they do have to go to work if they are on 24, heading to the east bay, you are looking just fine this morning. There is the approach to the toll bridge, bay bridge toll plaza right there, a few more cars coming in, and 880 and oakland, going right by the coliseum, down the interstate right now. Several bay areas are celebrating to make your new years eve fun, caltrain, the transit, bta are also providing rights. They are still charging fares, and charging by more than 5 starts tomorrow. We are following breaking news, thousands of angry protesters gathered outside of the u. S. Embassy and the group that made it inside the compoun
Call 18003419716. Right now on fox 5 news at ten. Is a terrifying scene in park a tree falls on on suspected visitors setting people to the hospital. Broke off. Five people suffered non lifethreatening injuries. It has been a string of incidents about trees falling in parks. Allison as you can imagine the park in a warm summer day was a really crowded, five people were injured when that tree fell, likely they are all going to survive their injuries. They were treated in bellevue hospital. As you. As you mention it isnt the first time it happened. Tonight crews remove a dead larger branch snapped off. You heard you heard a crack, the top part where came down a little bit and that over it went. It fell on in injured by people. Other people in the park at injured. The tree was on his right ankle and he was needing help to move the tree. Hes okay, he tried to get up in this area bryant park, people usually try to sit at outdoor tables and play games under the trees. They mostly looked down
The man flying the drone, a 26yearold, a new York City Public School Science Teacher at the academy of Innovative Technology in brooklyn. Police say he turned himself in last night. This morning, he was charged with Reckless Endangerment and operating a drone in a new york city park outside of a prescribed area. Mark haynes, a neighbor down the block in queens, believes he saw the drone in the neighborhood a month ago. I was sitting in my car up the block from here. I saw something hovering over this house over here. Reporter neighbors who know him say they dont think he meant to cause trouble. What do i think about it . He wanted to look at the game or whatever is there. I dont think nothing bad about it. I dont think he should be get any punishment. You know, he loved the kids. Hes a teacher. Hes a good, honest guy. He made a mistake. Everybody makes mistakes. Reporter well, the department of education says while this is not a schoolrelated matter, they will be monitoring development
Mrechltd in a spirit of moderation. This helps the economic so adapt it please. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners im lee. I do a lot of work with buster implies in the city i want to lend my support to the general plan of the rose. I think anything we can do in this generation to secure those remaining jowls transcends anyone in this room. I think youre at the same place that the folks who put the National Parks together did that i hope youll listen to the winded managing trees become the third rail of the generation there are more to that. Its the experience that is about to blink out its not even the kraefrnz so i want to cross any fingers when we look back youll do the right things. Recently, i heard art talk about be the commonwealth and he said conservation is a choice to please when all is said or done let the commissions choice fall think the side of protecting diversity and not the hometion of history thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon. Im here
Conditioners from the alliance and the second is policy 4. 2 that treats all open space requiring the same sort of management as the program. I think so that it may not be intended to be that way but the wortd saying says in this case this should be given to the governmental entity is controls the managed of those areas this sounds like it will be a tack over. The nature Areas Program is a program that plans are cutting down several trees and youre going pesticides those could impact the cities open space and from the citywide point of view and recreation. The trees provide important eco system they slow the water run off and fight pollution and absorb sound and provides habitat for species the birds and animals. The birds dont care whether or not the trees are native or nonnative. They dont allow for ancestor and pets to go off trails to pick a flower it is especially the ones that are left we think with the recreational element is too important and effects two many people to be pushe