Seating area next to the cafeteria. Another popular camp site at yosemite will close down because of a dangerous bacterial infection. Park workers just finished spraying insecticide. I child became ill and had to be hospitalized. Two squirrels have died. The camp will close monday through friday for spring. It is carried by rodents and spread by flees. Health Officials Say the risk to humans is low. Here is a startling number. 400 San Jose Police officers have left since voters approved pension benefit cuts three years ago. There is new hope that that exodus will stop with a tentative contract deal reached today. David louie is live at city hall with details. Reporter measure b passed in 2012 was a really tough pension benefit cut program. The San Jose Police force dwindled down to 900. It has been very difficult to recruit and retain officers. Peace may be at hand between the city skplt police union. It has been a long time since you have seen the mayor smiling in the presence. They t
The former secretary of state is on a media blitz, but polls show her support may be slipping and the right to die california becomes the fifth state where doctors can help patients end their own lives good evening, im antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. The relief and rescue effort is under way in South Carolina after an historic storm wreaked havoc on the state this weekend. The death toll stands at 11. More than 20 inches of rain flooded the state. Schools and colleges across South Carolina were closed. 381 roads were shut down. And 30,000 homes and businesses are still without power. Robert ray is in South Carolina with the latest. Monday night is the calm after the storm. Its peaceful. The rain has stopped here, and the system is gone away. That doesnt mean its not minute to minute still. Search and rescue essentially ended in the state of carolina, and moved to safety of the damage. President obama signed a disaster declaration on the state, and its a law that people will n
Accounts of the day match those of banks and martinez. Then, they opened other rooms, multiple deputies, no d dad badges. They beat this individual so badly that he lost control of his bowels. They stripped him naked and locked him in an isolation room covered in his own feces for two days. Reporter swieger believes there is a pattern of abuse at the jail. Many inmates says please, help us this, is not the first time. Reporter the inmates say a lieutenant and supervising deputy was in control. This is a bad tree. Reporter the inmates say beatings lasted five and a half hours. And there should be video of whatever happened. The Attorney Says jail policy requires deputies to record all forced cell extractions. The Sheriffs Office did not respond to our request for comments. A man died after his car plunged 40 feet down an enbankment. You can see the gray toyota tundra, crushed and on its side. The driver of the other truck was not hurt. Terminally ill patients in california have a choice
End of life bill is a huge victory. The fact that other people into the future are not going to have to suffer painfully, i think all of those people, this is going to mean the world. And if i played a small part in that, im very happy to do it. Former lapd detective Christy Odonnell has lung cancer. The governors signature brought tears of joy to odonnell even though she doesnt believe shell live to take advantage of this new law which takes effect early next year. Giving victims of Human Trafficking more time to sue their abusers. Theyll now have ten years rather than two to five years to file their case. California is a top destination for traffickers. And doctors say two years is just not enough time to gather evidence in a complex case. Children are sometimes trafficked as young as 10 or 12. The president of the organization is introducing a resolution at tonights meeting to get all staff trained to recognize signs is of Human Trafficking among children. In other laws include new
One of the inmates a north bay jail. These inmates claim they were beaten and tortured by guards. Good evening, im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. That inmate is one of two who filed a federal lawsuit today, claimed they were beaten and tortured in the Sonoma County jail and theyre not the only ones. Its an interview youll only see on abc7 news, vic . Reporter there are two names on the lawsuit, but many inmates may sue later. Now, the lawsuit charges merciless beatings and threats. Guys in black came in, wearing masks. Hitting us. And calling us [ bleep ] its their house, that they can beat us. Reporter danny says he and two dozen others were beaten viciously, may 28th in the maximum Security Unit of the jail. Attorney isaac swieger represents banks and marquis martinez. I felt someone punch on the back of my neck. I couldnt breathe. Reporter other inmates have written letters and their accounts of the day match those of banks and martinez. Then, they opened other rooms, multiple deputies,