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Transcripts For KRON KRON 4 News At 10 20170214

Of problems. And well walk you through what went wrong. And whats being done to at least temporarily stabalize the situation. This is a daily mail map. The problem at Lake Oroville started last tuesday when a massive hole opened up here in the main spillway. Lets check out video of the hole from last week. It may be hard to tell here. But its 30 feet deep. 200 feet wide. That hole prompted water managers to stop using the main spillway. That meant water in the lake. Swollen from all this winters storms. Started coming over the emergency spillway. The emergency spillway. Built in 1968. Is just dirt and rocks. And yesterday water was coming over the top. And carving small craters in the land below. Which is not paved like the main spillway. The concern is that the dirt and rock at the top of the emergency spillway might collapse. And that would be catasprophic. A 30 foot wall of water would come charging down the hill. Like a tsunami. Some would quickly fill up the the Feather River below. But tons and tons would keep coming downstream. Flooding towns as far south as marysville. 30 miles south of the lake. So for much of today. Crews have been bagging up boulders, rocks and other material. And then two helicopters are dropping them into the compromised area at the top of the emercency spillway. The key is to get as much of this work done as possible before more rain comes wednesday night. Today the governor. Asked the federal asked the governor. Today the night. Today the governor. Asked the federal government for help. And its hard to ever state the affect this is having on nearly two thousand people. When the Evacuation Orders went out last night. Traffic was heres a list of a few Evacuation Centers. The red cross has set up in chico. At the Silver Dollar fairgrounds. On fair street. The glenn county fairgrounds on east yolo street in woodland the yolo county fairgrounds is also open for those who need to stay there. For a full list of Evacuation Centers in the area go to kron4. Com. Our Team Coverage continues tonight. We have crews at some the Evacuation Centers. Kron4s alecia reid is live in woodland. Alecia how concerned are people there about the situation. Within the last hour an 18 wheeler came to drop off food for the hundreds of people staying here. And the county held a meeting with evacuees as they tried to answer as many questions as possible. Pkg sot we had no clue it was that badevacuees are trying to get as comfortable as they can in their new living quarters. Sot theyre gonna bring more beds, we just dont know when. And with my babies standing there its just horrible. Sot they had cots but we got here too late so we slept in the car sot these parents, considering the stress that they are under, theyre doing a marvelous job. While the state continues to work on ways to prevent the oroville reservoirs retaining wall from collapsing, evacuees at the yolo county fairgrounds Evacuation Center are coping as best they can. Meddie lozano evacuee sot spacing out and rushing i packed clothes for 2 days, but i left socks, and my thyroid medication that i have to take every day. Meddis husband was able to drive back to their home to get her lifesaving meds. At the Evacuation Center, hundreds of children are embracing the experience. Sot it feels great because we get to do the same thing we would back home. We have showers, bathrooms, food, games. Family pets are being taken care of, and seniors in need of care have been placed in a separate area. Sot some of them have alzeimers so its a little hard for them, but theyre doing ok theyre getting a lot of care and lovestandupmany of the families staying here have not been back to work because everything is closed in their hometown. Another thing they now have to worry about. No work means no pay. Reporting live from yolo county nearly 600 inmates have been evacuated from oroville and taken to alameda county. It is the first time there has been an Evacuation Order at the butte county jail. The evacuation included all levels of offenders. The inmates will stay at the santa rita jail as long as it is necessary. Alameda officials say, there is plenty of room at the jail. Which can house 5thousand inmates a day. Happening now a flash flooding warning in effect in the oroville area. Kron4 chief meteorlogist Brittney Shipp is tracking the danger zones. And brittney more rain also on the way for the area . New at ten with the evacuations in place theres not many people left in oroville. And unfortunately some criminals are taking advantage of the situation. Reporter doug johnson has more from downtown oroville. Where police are on patrol. That was doug johnson reporting. Oroville police say, they are getting a lot of calls for welfare checks. People who want to make sure their relatives got out okay. Police are also dealing with the problem of those who have decided to stay in their homes. People who are getting too close to the river and the dam. We have more coverage on the situation in oroville ahead. Coming up 10 30 a look at the warning signs years before the breach and why nothing was done about it. And our coverage of this big story also continues online. On kron4dotcom. We have a complete list of the evacuations centers. Harrowing stories from evacuees who arent sure when they will be able to return to their homes. And how you can help. We have a link to the red cross. Breaking news Michael Flynn is now one of the shortestserving senior president ial advisers in modern history. The Embattled White House National Security adviser resigned tonight. His resignation comes after less than a month into the job. His departure comes after reports surfaced. The Justice Department warned the Trump Administration last month, that flynn misled administration officials, regarding his communications with the Russian Ambassador to the united states. The department added flynn was potentially vulnerable to blackmail by the russians. Flynn was not able to debunk the story that his conversations with the Russian Ambassador included communication about u. S. Sanctions. It is illegal for unauthorized private citizens, to negotiate with foreign governments on behalf of the us. In flynns Resignation Letter he wrote in part. I inadvertently briefed the Vice President elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the Russian Ambassador. I have sincerely apologized to the president and the Vice President. General Keith Kellogg will be the interim National Security adviser. Coming up new at ten a fire at the happiest place on earth. We have new video from inside the disneyland parking garage. Where several cars went up in flames. Then also new at ten commuter crunch. Tonight we go indepth on bart and the problems causing riders the biggest headaches. And next new at ten a bay area couple paid thousands of dollars to adopt. But now they say. They are not getting a child or a refund. Find out why. After the break. New at ten imagine planning to adopt a child. Spending thousands of dollars doing so, and then waking up one morning to find out it was all for nothing. Thats what happened to one peninsula family last month. Kron 4s j. R. Stone is following the story and joins us live from san mateo. J. R. , what happened . This agency went bankrupt and the couple that i talked with had already paid thousands of dollars which is now gone. Sot i wish i had some piece of advice to give those out there who are considering adoption. We thought we did what we needed to do. We thought we did our research. We thought we chose the best one out there but low and behold. Yes low and behold the Adoption Agency chosen by James Raycraft and his husband mark went bankrupt. The same agency the couple had used to adopt their daughter malia closed shop overnight. Heartbreaking to the small family and to four year old malia. Sot are you excited to be a big sister. Yea. Did you want a baby brother or baby sister . A baby brotherthe agency that closed was called the independent adoption center, based out of concord. They were one of the biggest Adoption Agencys in the country. Sot we looked at other agencies and they were licensed in most states so we thought we were going with a refutable agency. Mark and james been together for 15 years and married since 2013. They love their daughter, who always seems to be up for a game of hopscotch, but have been a bit shaken by the closure of the independent Adoption Agency. They took a serious financial hit. Sot were probably about 25 thousand out. Starting from scratch to be honest. We have to find another agency. Start saving our money. We dont have the cash to start over immediately so thats a process for us. James and mark say they are trying not to get discouraged. It may take time but they do plan on growing their family and making malia a big sister. Highway 37 in marin is still closed and still flooded from last weeks storms. Now, caltrans says, it has created a plan to prevent this kind of problem from happening again. Crews will begin an emergency road work project to raise the level of the roadway. This will hopefully prevent flooding from shutting down the roadway in the future. Now all the entrances to the road off highway 101 have been closed and east bound traffic has to use atherton road to detour around the flooded section. Caltrans is running pumps in an attempt to divert he water off the busy route. But it has not successfully gotten rid of the flooding. No word on when the highway might reopen. Days after a mudslide blocked lanes along heavily traveled highway 17. It seems not much has changed. Debris from the mudslide in the santa cruz mountains. Is still blocking lanes in the northbound direction. Kron 4s dan kerman went back to the scene today. To find out when the lanes may reopen. And Soquel San Jose road is now closed indefinitely. Between amaya ridge and olsen road. The road there is starting to sink. County officials say, there are no detours available around the area. Motorists have been advised to use state highways 17, 92 or 129. Toss weather more rain in still ahead a father shot and killed while driving with his wife and kids in the car. Tonight what police the crime. And next a fire breaks out at the happiest place on earth disneyland. The dramatic pictures. Next. Nobody told me to expect it. Intercourse thats painful due to menopausal changes. Its not likely to go away on its own. It took my most honest friend to help me do something about it. 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Several cars caught fire in the main parking structure at disneyland, and about a halfdozen people are being treated for smoke inhalation. Anaheim police say that the fires that broke out at the mickey friends parking structure. The flames have been extinguished and firefighters are working to clean up. This is new video from inside the parking garage. It was shot by woman who was stuck there. You can see smoke filling the back of the garage. No word on what sparked the flames. Tonight police are looking for the gunman who shot and killed a man driving in a car with his family. It happened last night in san leandro. Police say they believe it was a case of a road rage. It happened near Marina Boulevard and verna court. Just before ten oclock. After the shooting the wife drove to a nearby kaiser. Where she was found screaming for help. Doctors were not able to save her husband. The identity of the victim has not yet been released. No description of the shooter is available. 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And the best news tonight is the lakes water level as the emergency spillway is being repaired. For a little perspective well use this daily mail map. The problem at Lake Oroville started last tuesday when a massive hole opened up in the main spillway. The hole. 30 feet deep. 200 feet wide. That issue prompted water managers to stop using the main spillway. That meant water in the lake. Swollen from all this winters storms. Started coming over the emergency spillway. The emergency spillway is just dirt and rocks. And with all the pressure from the water level so high. The concern. Espec the concern. Especially yesterday. Was that the dirt and rock could collapse. And that would mean a 30 foot wall of water would come charging down this dirt hill. Some into the Feather River. But tons and tons would keep coming downstream. Flooding towns as far south as marysville. 30 miles south of the lake. Tonight the governor gov brown said he spoke with a Trump Administration official today about thei issue. And though the governor has criticized President Trump on many of his initiatives, today he appluded the president s plan to invest 1 trillion on infrastructure. Heres a list of a few Evacuation Centers. The red cross has set up in chico. At the Silver Dollar fairgrounds. On fair street. The glenn county fairgrounds on east yolo street. And in woodland the yolo county fairgrounds is also open for those who need to stay there. For a full list of Evacuation Centers in the area go to kron4. Com. Our Team Coverage continues one of the largest Evacuation Centers is in chico about 20 miles northwest of oroville. Kron4s Spencer Blake has been talking to people there. People who are worried about whats next. The Silver Dollar fairgrounds are the temporary home for about 15 hundred evacuees monday night about twice as many as slept here sunday. We have kids. I cant just go and put myself in harms way with the children. The red cross closed the shelter in paradise and moved those three or four hundred evacuees to chico in the afternoon. We opened one wing of that last night, and were filling the other wing and kind of the connecting piece. Those who preferred a hotel bed over sleeping on a cot had to be either fast or lucky. I was calling everywhere. Chicos all booked out. So finally i got a hold of somebody here in red bluff at this hotel. That hotel is another 45 minutes beyond even chico. But one 12yearold is putting his boredom to good use. Ive been helping people like with their dogs and stuff, taking them outside to get em, take them to go to the bathroom and taking them back up to their hotel. Back in chico, the chico state Mens Soccer Team stopped by to help kids with cabin fever burn some energy. This man brought his guitar and his dog hank just to cheer up evacuees in the best way he knows how. Volunteers didnt forget about the pets, either. Shes a mixture of chihuahua. I adopted her about a month ago. Huge bags of dog food were among the piles of donations, and one of the fair buildings is being used as a ke

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