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contractor. san francisco bay s thumbtack built a system to connect you with contractors you can trust, but we found many you can t trust, many breaking the law from the moment they make contact. when carrie paulik wanted to landscape her front yard carrie: and then every year, i do a project on the house. chris: she went online to find a landscaper. she was drawn to thumbtack, the site that boasts, we bring you the right pros for every project. carrie: let me try thumbtack. chris: carrie found a landscaper and agreed to pay him nearly eight grand. but he bolted before the job was done. carrie: i feel like he stole from me. he ripped me off. chris: carrie hired a second landscaper through thumbtack to finish the job, and he did, for another $9,000. carrie: it s been very painful. i m glad it s done. chris: both landscapers carrie hired through thumbtack were unlicensed, even though state law requires a license. the first landscaper used to be licensed, but the state ....
answers. some complain they pump out their basements but the floodwaters just come back. checks totaling $65,000 were to help victims. the mayor stopped by with doughnuts and coffee to thank first responders. where is where the rescue team is based that saved 330 trapped residents in rock springs. the mayor said they will hold public hearings in response to the flood. the bureaucratic finger pointing stops today. this happened in my city, i m responsible. reporter: in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. volunteers are needed tomorrow to help clean up after the floods. if you can help maybe shovel mud or clean some homes or garages, meet at roosevelt park starting at 7:00 tomorrow morning. the city will be providing gloves, tools and trash bags to anybody who comes down to help. you can show up until 3:00 in the afternoon. tomorrow the city of san jose plans to open a flood assistance center. it s going to be a multip-agenc one-stop shop. the center will be open f ....
spencer we have been waiting for this kind of weekend. we have indeed dan. we have what we bargain for perhaps more. raining across the bay area and rain steady heavy throughout the weekend. let s go to live doppler 7hd. this is how things look. see all the green on the screen there. we have a couple pockets of fairly heavy downpour writ now especially in the north bay up around the beach and parts of pa written county. heavy downpour eastward toward vallejo. wide area of moderate heavy rain fall and look south ward down into the south bay and parts of the santa cruz mountains. wide year of steady rain fall and of course it s snowing in the sierra chain requirements on the highway there. let s get back to the bay area here. look at our rainfall total impressive and growing. nearly inch and a half at santa rose. over inch and a half so far last 24 hours at napa. 2 and two-thirds, 2 and 2 third inch at mount tam. 1 and one-third inch at mount saint helena anti-totals ar ....
Amid graduation season, Connecticut experts are advising the public to avoid releasing balloons, as hundreds end up in the Long Island Sound each year. ....
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