For the next 30 minutes, were going to take you behind some of the years biggest headlines, using data and expert analysis to get to the truth. And we start this evening with a very sensitive subject, one that has left communities and families in tears gun violence on School Grounds. Few disagree its a very serious problem, which we were reminded of this year again in roseburg, oregon. Gun safety group everytown has tracked School Shootings in the us since sandy hook. The findings are both staggering and insightful in figuring out how we define school shooting. Male exchanging shots with him. Hes in a classroom. Sam three months ago. Male massacre on campus, a mass shooting at an oregon college, police rushing to the scene. Sam four months ago. Female one student was killed and two others wounded by gunfire thursday at Sacramento City college. Sam and maybe the worst of them all 3 years ago. Announcer heres lester holt. Lester holt good day, were back on the air with our continuing cov
Finally Kath Tsakalakis we have to get guns out of american schools. Sam gun violence on School Grounds. Male its a mass shooting at an oregon college. Sam making headlines and leaving families in grief. Some tallies estimate one incident per week, but are those numbers reliable . We look at the data and get to the truth in tonights reality check. And a good evening, and thank you for joining us on this special edition of reality check. Im sam brock. Tonight, we take a look at our top stories from 2015. For the next 30 minutes, were going to take you behind some of the years biggest headlines, using data and expert analysis to get to the truth. And we start this evening with a very sensitive subject, one that has left communities and families in tears gun violence on School Grounds. Few disagree its a very serious problem, which we were reminded of this year again in roseburg, oregon. Gun safety group everytown has tracked School Shootings in the us since sandy hook. The findings are b
A few more clouds, maybe some mist and drizzle for the second half of the weekend. Ill explain more coming up. Matt . Developing news out of san leandro. Crews working to clean up a Chemical Spill after a crash involving two big rig. Around 4 30 on northbound interstate 880 near the washington avenue onramp. Investigation say the driver of a big rig without a trailer slammed into another big rig parked on the shoulder. That driver was taken to the hospital. The other driver was not hurt. Police believe fatigue may have been a factor. The shoulder remains blocked while crews work to clear the area. A Violent Arrest in the east bay has some claiming police brutality. But the story doesnt stop there the real issue may be what happened after the cameras were turned off. The arrest was recorded, but when Police Spotted the cameras, witnesses claimed officers confronted them. Abc7 News Reporter allen wong has the story from antioch. This is Youtube Video of Antioch Police arresting a man on
Performers in the s p and google and microsoft both reporting in three hours time from now. Plus the water crisis in california. Beverly hills making a big move in the last few hours. Were spending much of our time in the golden state covering the Economic Impact of this severe drought. By the way, that is where we find Brian Sullivan. Hes right off the 5 just northeast of los angeles in castaic castaic. How are you going . Reporter im going all right. I think im going better than this reservoir here. This is a major crisis in california and the Economic Impact too, not just environmental, cannot be overstated. Los angeles today saying it is going to rewrite the water rule book cutting landscape watering to two days a week from three. Officials are debating what parts of los angeles are worth spending water money on and which parts are simply not. Too far gone already. Beverly hills, the posh enclave issuing its open water rules. Fining Property Owners 1,000 each for water violations f
Context. We will give you a reality check behind the numbers and talk about the impact of drought on your home and discuss the importance of rain and snow on the future of our water supply. And well give you a longrange look at where we go from here. But before we look at where were going, lets start with where we are. The map behind me is a Drought Monitor map. There is not one part of the state that is untouched from the drought. Everyone is gripped with bonedry conditions across the state. Many experts say we will likely end up as one of the top ten driest rainfall seasons ever. 2013 was the driest calendar year. And now were on track for probably about the third driest rainfall season, so, and right now most places in the state are 35 to 45 of normal. And what i want to do right now is go ahead and take a look closer into the bay area. What youre going to find here is some parts of the bay are doing worst than others when it comes to the drought. This lighter color of orange is the