Responders and the Community Safe when dealing with violent criminals. Its not something 16yearold cocoa jones wants to see on her street. I think it will protect more the police than it will for the community. Its not going out on regular patrol. Its not going to be used in protests. Its going to be used in times where theres a Critical Incident in which it can either 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. Reporter san leandro would buy the vehicle with other agencies including Fremont Police and Alameda County fire. I want to be safe. I dont have a problem with the police keeping us safe, but i do have a problem with the militarization. Reporter last year san jose and Davis Police Departments returned military surplus vehicles through the federal government after similar criticism. It was not enough to make a difference tonight. In san leandro betty yu, kpix5. It will be about a year bef
Packed with stateoftheart monitors and gadgets. The team will also launch weather balloons some with devices that measure pollution that can alter the course of the river. Once the balloons pop the data floats back to earth thanks to an orange parachute. These may be coming down in california over the next couple weeks. Reporter holding a key to what could end our devastating drought. If they can figure out what makes these rivers tick, they can help california better manage its water supply. If they know were coming we can do things about t. They thought the rivers would pull water or moisture or energy out of the ocean, but with the two rivers theyve already monitored that did not happen. Thats quite interesting. What does an Atmospheric River look like in real time . Theres one on your Television Screen right now. Theres an Atmospheric Riverheading toward us. Thats why were doing the story. A lot of rainfall is coming toward california. Lets talk about the timing. We have futurecast
Live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. A big fight in san leandro tonight over this, a vehicle built for war. The decision came down just an hour ago and betty yu was there. Reporter protesters said no thanks to a rescue vehicle they say is hardly that. This is not a medical vehicle. This is like putting a red cross on a taser and calling it a defibrillator. This launches grenades. It has gun turrets. It has metal rails on the front of it to push away people and crowds of people. Im very supportive to. This. Reporter tonight the city Council Voted 61 to accept a bearcat medevac and mostly paid for with a 200,000 federal grant. Its a super ambulance that can withstand bullets and police say it will keep First Responders and the Community Safe when dealing with violent criminals. Its not something 16yearold cocoa jones wants to see on her street. I think it will protect more the police than it will for the community. Its not going out on regular patrol. Its not going to b
A good thursday morning to you. Craig melvin here. We are in the bronx. Yesterday, of course, just two miles away, roughly, at a testing location. Today were at st. Barnabas hospital. In just the past 30 minutes or so weve seen balance after balance pull in. Weve seen a number of taxis pull in as well. Around 200 covid19 patients are inside this hospital right now. More than 100 patients have died at this hospital so far. Roughly 300 have been treated and discharged. This hour theres an organization on site handing out care packages to the Health Care Workers on the front line. Thats that white truck on the right that you see. Meanwhile, this tent to the left, were told this tent you see right now, thats where the Health Care Workers themselves are being been tested for covid19. You can see some of the doctors and nurses in line for those care packages. Well get you caught up on the situation at st. Barnabas in just a moment. First, we want you to know the facts. In 30 minutes well hea