Good evening. Welcome to kqed newsroom, im thuy vu. Tonight we will reflect on the past year and look at what may lie forward in 2014. Joining me is carla maranucci, paul rodgers environment writer and managing editor for kqed science, and joshua johnson, kqed morning newscaster. First a quick review of some highlights of 2013. 2013, the year of the california comeback and governor jerry brown rising. He visited china in april to establish a trade relationship and ended the year with a big Budget Surplus for the state. A stalemate in congress led to the sequester and a federal Government Shutdown for more than two weeks. Shuttering attractions and furloughing workers. It was a bumpy launch for the Affordable Care act while the covered california rollout went more smoothly. The push for comprehensive Immigration Reform stalled. President obamas Approval Ratings took a big hit even in solidly blue california. Samesex marriage advocates celebrated rulings by the u. S. Supreme court. Edwar
Pension funds are the healthiest they have been in six years. Why that could bode well for corporate earnings in 2013. That and more tonight on nightly Business Report for friday, january 3rd. Good evening, everyone. And welcome. Im tyler mathisen. Susie gharib is off tonight. Well, no time for panic or even a double cocktail, but stocks arent exactly off to a great start so far this year. Day dtwo in the markets and day two of decline, the biggest losing streak to begin a year since 2005. Fraction l but loses they were on this mixed and chilly day on wall street. Traders watched out going fed chairman ben bernanke give what may be his final big speech before stepping down speaking to the American Economic association in philadelphia, bernanke had generally positive things to say about the u. S. Economy. The combination of financial healing, greater balance in the housing market, less fiscal restraint and policy accommodation bodes well for u. S. Economic growth in coming quarters. The
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to mornings on 2. It is saturday, march 15. Im mike mibach. And im claudine wong. Lets start off with a quick look at the weather. Rosemary, shaping up to be a nice weekend . It is going to be a beautiful weekend. 20 minutes until the official sunrise. Skies are beginning to lighten a bit over San Francisco and the bay bridge. A quiet start out there. Temperatures will warm well above the seasonal average, but well have a ways until we get there. Take a look at these numbers, a cool start in some areas. 43 santa rosa, 41 in napa. Widespread 40s to low 50s around the bay. 53 in San Francisco. 46 in foster city. 44 menlo park. Palo alto. Waking up with 46. 47 in sunnyvale, as well as saratoga. Cool for you as well. Walnut creek in the mid40s. 48 for lafayette, upper 50s in areas around pittsburg this morning. If youre going to the st. Pattys day parade in San Francisco, going to be a nice one. Low 60s at 11 00. Then into the afternoon, low 70s in store for
Reporter Concord Police are searching for a hitandrun driver who they say hit a woman walking along the sidewalk late last night. And the crash is clear. But the backup remains on the bay bridge. How things are looking if you are headed into San Francisco and the other route into the city looking much better. Also an earlymorning car chase across the south bay. The ending that had officers running through a santa clara neighborhood jst hours ago. Mornings on 2 startings now. Good morning. Well come to mornings on 2. A live look at concord where an investigation is underway into a hit and run the. The victim is dead. The suspect is still on the loose. Its monday, march 17th. Im tori campbell. Welcomeback. Good to be back. Good to see you as well. Im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. The weather is good over the weekend. Much cooler. Drizzle reports. Richmond, marina, Mendocino County and lake county. Hardly anything here. But the breeze has carnged up somewhat. It will be
The recommendation is that gt work to present the finding and recommendations to the board at a future date on the current radio facilities conditions, including recommendations on the future use and City Department user needs, technical requirements, timeline of funding. So, would you agree to come back and present to the board on your findings on this work . Yes. Okay, great. And the same with the would you accept this recommendation by the budget analyst . The department of Emergency Management . Yes, supervisors, department of Emergency Management agrees with those recommendations. Well be very happy to come back and provide an update. Thank you so much. You know, i know that this has come back to the Budget Committee several times at this point. I think its great that were updating our radio system that is out of date and, you know, probably is not as efficient as it could be. Also doesnt currently comply with fcc standards. Im glad were able to do this finally. But i still contin