And we had to lift the vehicle off her ankle to get her out. That meant rescue crews were feeling around in the water for the part of the pickup they could jack up to free the woman. All told she was in the water for an hour and a half. She was showing signs of a mild case of hypothermia. She was in Good Condition at the hospital. A scary scene but good work buy rescuers. Sharon chin, kpix 5. After backtoback el nino storms brought heavy rain to the bay area now comes the good news. Our reservoirs are starting to fill up. Kpix 5s len ramirez is at lexington reservoir and how are things looking . Reporter things are starting to fill up. What was a trickle last month has become a tonight into the reservoirs in some places thanks to this very powerful and very wet series of storms. From whiteout to washout these storms are putting water everywhere including the places where its needed most finally. The good news is that the water sheds are beginning to be saturated so that we are starting
This city council to push for sound policies that allow richmond to grow and thrive. They havent tried to be a partner. What they have tried to do is buy city council that they own. And this is what they failed to do. Reporter this relationship isnt going to be strengthened overnight and no one thinks compromise will come easily but doesnt expect any huge butt doesnt expect any huge confrontation with chevron. Many issues were resolved by regulators after the refinery fire two years ago but he wonders, if city elections might change. Richmond has what he calls a tradition of behind the scenes machines controlling elections. I think the part thats different is it doesnt work anymore. Reporter whats interesting to note is that voters clearly rejected the chevronbacked candidates, but last year, people in richmond were asked to outline their priorities. At the very top was safety on the streets, crime reduction. They are also concerned about the condition of the roads. The refinery wasnt
Supporters. Rob. Evidently they are having some problems of the software at the Registrars Office this evening the cortis supporters are hanging in there hoping for some good news in san jose cortis came and took the podium with the speech 11 months i stood before many of you when we kicked off the campaign and i did what i said i promised to do which is to meet people where they are with have i am standing for a city that will not ever vilify its employes again he is referencing at the Public Safety issue out here in san jose meanwhile here to marry it folks are standing around looking at at the screen for some good news continuing our Team Coverage. Kron4s alecia reid is live in san jose with sam liccardos supporters. Alecia . Well sam just talk to the hundreds of reporters here talking about the thousands of door knocks and phone calls to get them to where they are tonight aside from his achievements and personality i know deep in my heart that he is a genuine character a family man
Good evening. Im thuy vu. Welcome to kqed newsroom. Hundreds of students stage protests this week at the university of california as they consider tuition increases. [ chanting ] president Janet Napolitano says its necessary to raise tuition by 5 a year over the next five years. The move pits her against students and against governor jerry brown who argued against the plan. The governor also expressed outrage over recent salary increases for three chancellors making more than 300,000 a year. Passed the tuition hike on thursday. Napolitano sat down with scott shafer to get her reaction. Thank you for coming in. Thank you. Big vote on tuition this week, 147 vote. You and the governor are sort of at logger heads. The governor saying the University Needs to look for new ways to cut, even though youve already cut. Looking for creativity. Youre saying no, this is important for the longterm stability and viability of the university. Where is the governor getting it wrong . I think the issue i
Gwen and republicans mount a fierce pushback. When, president obama, do you mean to cease abusing our patience . Some people seem to have forgotten this already, but we just had an election gwen the white house sets the stage for two years of confrontation that could yet define the obama legacy. We examine that standoff tonight, with contributing correspondent john harwood chief washington correspondent for cnbc. Fawn johnson, correspondent for national journal. Jeff zeleny, senior washington correspondent for abc news. And John Dickerson of slate magazine and political director for cbs news. Award winning reporting and analysis covering history as it happens. Live from our nations capitol, this is Washington Week with gwen ifill. Corporate funding for Washington Week is provided by how much money do you have in your pocket right now . 40. 21. Could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement . If you start putting that money towards your retirement and l