Theyre hard at work at some of the bridges as well. A lot of road work there as well. Ill break it down for you coming up. On a tuesday. Thats right. The city council in san leandro has voted to move forward with a purchase of the Armored Vehicle despite concerns from some residents. The bear cat medevac will be mostly paid for with a federal grant. Its essentially an ambulance that can withstand bullets. Police say it can keep them safe when dealing with violent criminals. In which it can be put on standby because we may have to use it to introduce those medical personnel to save people. Or have it as a First Response unit. I want to be safe. You know i dont have a problem with the police keeping us safe. But i do have a problem with the militarization. San leandro will share the vehicle with Fremont Police and Alameda County fire. There are now 92 cases of measles reported in california. And our Christin Ayers found out theres a new ultimatum in berkeley. Reporter berkeley mom say th
Usually dont have to but we can and we have nor . Southern california the daisy cancer at . Reporter Southern California the Day Care Center is also closed. All 14 infants who attend that day care are now quarantined for three weeks. By the way, day cares operate under the same state law as schools. Immunizations are required but parents can still file personal belief exemptions if they dont want their children vaccinated. Live in the news room, ryan takeo, kpix 5. Rye i cant believe thanks. Health Officials Say one reason for the quarantine is a sick person rather is contagious up to four days before symptoms actually show up. Well, a bay area traffic it might be tough but at least you know whats going to be. Thats true a Study Suggests the bay area has the most predictable freeway commute times among the largest metro areas in the u. S. The metropolitan Transportation Commission says that means the traffic is somewhat consistent daytoday for better or worse. Which at least you know w
This week, this precipitation is prompting preparation. We live on the top of a mountain, so were making sure we have extra gas for the generator far from town. Ive seen an increased number of accidents already when it started raining this morning. And well be ready for whatever comes our way. Reporter from roof leaks to new puddles to gav nate, the rain can be a nuisance but breathing new life into the river and temporary quenching the south bays thirst. Chp officers are out here patrolling highway 17 right now. They tell me that they want to remind you to drive slower and also try to keep a distance of five car lengths between you and the car in front of you. Reporting live at the highway 17 summit, Marianne Favro, nbc bay area news. We see that chp cruiser behind you. From 17 lets go to 880. A live look in fremont. Its sluggish to say the least. The evening commute much slower tonight. This is the nimitz freeway. Well have the update in a moment, but lets check in with the forecast
Spokesperson to get a back story to what happened here. He said listen, they got to the mountain and found there were several thousand, as opposed to tens of thousands of refugees still there and said many of them actually will want to stay, their homes are on the mountain and for those who want to go, go to safer ground, that they are comfortable. The pentagon is comfortable with the ability of local forces, these are the Kurdish Militia forces who have been able to ferry some of these refugees off in recent days. They are comfortable these forces with u. S. Air strikes can get the people that want to get off the mountain safely. And im told over the last several days, they have been able to get off about 1,000 per nig night, so a fast clip there and this takes away something weve been talking about, wolf, you and i less than an hour ago, the possibility of a Mass Evacuation, largely takes that off the table for now. Thats a dramatic development. What is the administration, jim, sayin
For the most part there was throwing of rocks but not the type of looting and riots. Coming head to head with armed police who were shooting tear gas at them, firing rubber bullets. A tense scene. A lot of clouds of tear gas in the air. It was quite the event here last night. And westerly, what are the people involved in the protest, for example, the one you say, for the most part peaceful. What were they telling you. Why are they protesting . Theyre so upset. When i talk to residents here, so many of them describe the idea of the built up the pent up anger and frustration. You have to remember here in ferguson, you have a town that is twothirds africanamerican, twothirds black but has little black representation in term of the elected officials and black members of the Police Department. You have a lot of racial tensions here according to residents. And so many of them would come up to me and say that could have been my son or daughter. Theyre frustrated by how little theyve seen in i