The problem is there are too many empty classrooms. Enrollment is down. The district is losing money. A lot of parents in the south bay are worried about several Elementary Schools that could be shutting down soon because of a 12million budget deficit because of declining enrollment. The Oak Grove School district in south san jose will be closing several Elementary Schools and moving those students to other campuses. The goal is to save money as the district deals with a serious budget deficit. District leaders have identified eight Elementary Schools that may be shut down. I just got here. It makes things harder. There are no other schools close by. And make things harder. Reporter those include miner, anderson, baldwin, del roble, frost, glider, oak ridge and santa teresa. This process has left many families feeling anxious wondering where their children will wind up. This parent has 2 girls at minor elementary. She is preparing them. It was tough on her this morning. She is older an
Over the weekend. Near frying pan road. It has burned 300 acres. At last check, crews had the fire 15 contained. No evacuations have been ordered. And to the east of that fire. Reopened earlier this morning. It closed late last night because of a fire that was burning right near the highway. The winds are so dangerous. Yeah, they are. Belen is in the backyard to talk more about that. Fall fires are how they can impact the fire danger. Exactly, and the weather in colorado has really been dry, so, you pick up those winds and you add in some warm temperatures and were talking about trouble. Lets take a look right now at those graphics. First stop, the view over the city is calm right now. We do have a red flag warning, but it doesnt go into effect until 11 00. Sunrise by the way happening at 7 15. We do have several wind happen in the mountains, we had peek wind gusts up to 40 and 50 Miles Per Hour in the high country and driving along these roads is going to be difficult at times, especi
Low 60s for some, 50s for others, and cool along the financial in the low 50s, woodside 47, atherton 52, and pacifica as well. Are some chilly but warming up quickly except for that fog, lots of sunshine in warmer for many. Nice and cool in the coast, not as breezy, mid to upper 90s inland and 60s and 70s closer to the water. Has the issue at menlo park been resolved . It is still a problem and it will be there for a while, and we will talk about that in a moment with this map that is being made and we will talk about it at the end of the traffic update. I promised the east shore freeway a look, and here we go, hes well eastbound and westbound to the carquinez bridge, traffic is moving okay, but slow traffic is building in richmond. Looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, already a 50 minute delay. Not too bad, but you have to wait to get onto the bridge. We have been talking about the santa cruz avenue between elder and olive, shut down for repair work that pg e is doing after an overni
Viewers have also been sending us flooding pictures from along highway 395 in newberry. Our mike desumma has been checking out flooding all along the Newberry County area this afternoon. Newberry. Charles, sam the city shows no signs of drying out at this point. Over the last hour another another heavy downpour made its way through. Thats been happening frequently since late this morning. Here you can see scotts creek off wheeler street where the water levels been much higher today. Higher waters been the common thing along several creeks and streams in and around the city. In one part of silverstreet today theyve been keeping their eye on the saluda river. It topped its banks months ago during the historic floods causing a lot of damage to homes that sit at the saluda river resort. Residents told me there are several people who are still left trying to recover from that. Larry bennett silverstreet uhh it got bad. Campers right there. They was all under water. It was all messed up. Tab
The day and then down to 30 that night. High 71 new years day will be partly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. High 60 the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy. Newberry county is under a Flash Flood Warning until 3 15 this afternoon. Your wednesday will feature another round of showers and occasional thunderstorms as an area of low pressure moves out of the gulf of mexico and across the southeast along a draped over South Carolina. Todays rain chance goes up to 90 with 1 rain totals possible across the midlands. The daytime high will reach the upper 70s. On thursday the rain chance falls to 50 during the day and then down to 30 slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. High 60 the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy. Newberry county is under a Flash Flood Warning until 3 15 this afternoon. Were joined by sheriff lee foster who has more details on the conditions out there. Sheriff foster. Wh