live from the bay area studios this is kpix5 news. working to avoid a strike. some bay area teachers in the district say they are close to a new deal but there is one issue

on the table. good afternoon i'm michelle agreeable. >> i'm kenny choi. they are agreeing with nearly a dozen items in the proposal. what they will not budge on. >> reporter: the teachers are encouraged by the results of the recent strikes in oakland and los angeles. while the union and the district have come to an agreement on 11 items that are still, still one major sticking point. >> san ramon valley 1700 teachers have voted 98% to authorize a strike. the two sides have come to an agreement on pay but there is an impasse in class size negotiations. a contingency clause that the teachers say would allow the district to withdraw any improvements after three years. >> that is unacceptable to our members. they want to have something firm on the class size. the

union said if the strike occurs it will happen in april. today a spokesperson said she is confident it can be avoided. >> we are concentrating on negotiations. we haven't started that process. should we go longer and not be able to find an agreement we will begin that. >>reporter: at this point no new negotiations are expected although both sides are going to be back at the table soon. >> the hill will be the class- size and getting the resources in making the opportunities that students need to succeed. >>reporter: if and when an agreement is reached the union will place this for a vote. the union is planning a rally outside district headquarters tuesday evening. in danville, kpix5. this pump on the heels of a strike resulting in an 11% pay increase and class size reductions. meanwhile richmond high school is closed again today following

tuesday's power outage. they sent out a message saying the ions repairs forced them to extend the closure. the goal is to reopen tomorrow. on doppler this afternoo a few spotty showers around the bay area but the rain is tapering off and the latest round has been nothing like the downpours we saw last week. in the past hour the sonoma county board of supervisors approved $2.5 million to be used to remove toxic debris from the flood damaged areas. how the funds will be implement them. >> so far they have not talked about this funding and that is why they are stepping up to help with this emergency. >> it's hard for people to lost everything walking down the road to see this trash. it wasn't there a week and a half ago. this was all the things that

they lived with every day. >> linda hopkins represents this region including some of the low-lying areas hit by the flooding. this morning she asked her colleagues to approve the funding to help remove the debris littering the neighborhoods. >> we have to get the streets cleared up. we are a resilient community. this is the first flood and i won't be the last but we need to address the current health hazards and environmental hazards that are there so we can start to get back together. reporter: there are centralized dumpster locations and the debris will be picked up from the curb. >> there were a lot of details to take care of and i think we found a path forward. >> reporter: so far sonoma county has not received any funding from fema because it is not deemed a federal disaster. in order for this to happen president trump would have to sign a declaration. jackie ward, kpix5 . sonoma county estimates $50

, $50 million in flood damage. police say an officer tried to arrest a wanted fugitive when the shooting occurred in rockford, illinois 80 miles from chicago. floyd brown is in his car after he was stopped by police. for now the identity of the u.s. marshall has not been released. a former florida police officer has been convicted of killing a man whose car was stalled on the highway back in 2015. he shot corey jones while undercover and prosecutors say the officer never identified himself taking jones to leave he was getting robbed and led him to flee with his gun but never firing it. the officer faces life in prison. president trump's formal attorney, former suing the trump organization saying that the company broke a contract and refused to pay his

legal fees after he started to cooperate with federal prosecutors. he said he is owed nearly $2 million. in august he pleaded guilty to tax crimes and lying to congress and campaign finance violations. in a few moments manafort will learn his fate. he is in the courtroom today for the first of two sentencing hearings. he is facing 25 years in prison for charges of tax and bank fraud. sentencing is related to other counts of witness tampering and money laundering next week. the legal problems are stacking up for r kelly. days after posting bail for sexual abuse charges a judge locked him up for failure to pay child support. kelly talked about his money problems in an interview with cbs news. kenneth crag has more.>>reporter: r kelly remains in jail today and they said he will stay s up with

$161,000 in unpaid child support bills. before his latest arrest kelly discussed his finances in an king. >> how can i pay child support? how? my exe deroying my name and i can't work. how can i work? how can i get paid? how can i take care of my kids? how? >>reporter: last month he was charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sex abuse. authorities say three out of the four victims were under age when these crimes happen. gayle king also spoke exclusively with two women currently living with kelly. savage is 23 and clary is 21. r kelly is 22. >>, 52. >> is it a three-way sexual relationship? i'm not here to talk about my personal life. i

would not share with anyone what i would do inside or outside the bedroom and i'm sure you would not, either. ldn >> okay, then. x question. >> you're right and i would not but this is a different circumstance. >> it's not a different circumstance. there are people all over the world with multiple girlfriends. it's no different. reporter: the parents of both women claim that kelly has rain washed their daughter's. >> when i saw a tv this morning and the way he got upset i can't imagine what he does behind closed doors. >> when i first met robert my parents told me to lie about my age. when i met him he thought i was 18. on top of that when i was 17 my parents were making me, trying to get me to take photos with him and take sexual videos with him. all kinds of stuff. >>reporter: kelly has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. during his interview with cbs news kelly repeatedly claimed everyone accusing him of physical and sexual abuse is lying.

kenneth craig, cbs news new york. >> the chicago station reports please in detroit are looking into a new allegation that kelly had sex with an underage girl there in 2001. a former air force pilot revealed she was sexually assaulted while in the air force and now she is talking about her experience. natalie brand asked why she came forward after all these years. >> i thought i was strong but felt powerless.>>reporter: this senator stunned the room on wednesday during a hearing on sexual assault in the military when she called herself a survivor. >> the perpetrators of use their positions of power in profound ways. in one case i was preyed upon and by his superior officer. reporter: mcsally, the first female fighter pilot sat down

with nora o'donnell and said she is going public now to help others in similar situations. don't let your assaulted rob you of your future. don't do it. i hope this helps inspire others. to get through their own dark times. >> reporter: she is fighting to change how the military response to sexual assault because in her words she said it felt like the system raped her again. >> i am advocating for women in the military and they have to step up and do their job. >> reporter: the air force apologized and issued a statement saying we are appalled and sorry for senator mcsally experience and we stand behind her and all victims of sexual assault. we are steadfast in our commitment to eliminate this reprehensible behavior and breach of trust in our ranks. natalie brand, cbs news,

capitol hill. we will have more from her interview tomorrow on cbs this morning including what the senator thinks should happen to protect military victims of sexual assault. still ahead, it may be a bait and switch. seafood was found to have the wrong labels. the first four a queen. what have the monarch taking her glove off. catching a bit of a break from the rain. still tracking a few spotty showers this afternoon. i will let you know when we will see some sunshine on the future cast coming up.

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more state workers are retiring with massive payouts for unused vacation and other leave. la time reports and analysis of the people data shows the state it employs nearly $300 million for thanked time off last year. according to the report much of the blame goes to lax enforcement of the rules. the seafood at the supermarket may not be what it says on the label. this group collected 449 samples from restaurants and small markets and grocery stores in 24 states in washington dc and found that one out of five samples were mislabeled. the biggest offenders were snapper and seabass. this can cheat consumers and they continue to find the vulnerable species mislabeled. it may not sound appetizing but it's the latest food craze. activated charcoal is showing

up in everything from ice cream to drinks. is it safe? >> it's trendy right now and you see other people doing in you want to try it, too. >> you can watch this report tonight on the news at 7. let's see how wall street is doing. banks and tech companies had some big losses in early trading. the dow is down more than 255 points. soon there will be just one blockbuster rental store left on the entire planet. a blockbuster in australia is closing later this month and the stores in alaska closed last year and that means a blockbuster in bend, oregon will be the last one standing. queen elizabeth removed her glove today to publish her first instagram post. she walked up to the podium to press the button. she took a moment stare at the phone and smiled when the

host publishes and puts her glove back on. here is what the 92-year-old posted. a letter sent to her great great grandfather, prince albert. this was at the science museum in london. she's got a long way to go to catch up on all of her posts. >> i think we are the same. >> yes, we have two teach michelle about all the instagram stuff. you can see patches of blue out there, isn't that a pretty sight ? we haven't seen that in quite some time. we saw some sunshine picking through earlier and now we are looking at temperatures in the low to mid 50s currently. that's show you the doppler. spotty showers across the bay area in some spots. we are catching a bit of a break in some locations with wet weather in some spots. oakland, alameda and san leandro you can see the strong south air and as well over livermore and across the

peninsula and redwood city and a few spotty showers in palo alto. in the south bay there is a cell pushing into seven tree and the area. enough instability to fire off those isolated showers. unsettled weather continues and to the south and we are right in the middle. looking at conditions today with an isolated shower at 5 pm. a little more sunshine for tomorrow. a slight chance for a shower it otherwise, we are looking at a little more sun for friday to end the work week. looking ahead to the weekend we are tracking a quick moving wer systemthatill bring sh evening into sunday morning. it's not going to be heavy but we are looking at some wet weather for the weekend. not a wash out but some showers in the forecast this weekend. sunset at 6:09 and sunrise at

6:31. daytime highs below average in the mid 50s. 54 in san francisco 56 in oakland. here is the seven-day forecast. catching a break tomorrow and looking fantastic with a mix of sun and clouds and showers again saturday afternoon into sunday morning. a break monday and showers tuesday and right now wednesday all the way through next weekend that looks dry. let's hope it stays that way. thank you. check this out. nasa has released the first images showing supersonic jets interacting with shockwaves in a sonic boom. they captured this. the jets flew in formation directly below a playing and they have to break the sound barrier at the precise moment they passed underneath. nasa said this data may allow future jets to be designed to

break the sound barrier without the loud sonic boom. still ahead, fighting the decline in bees and butterflies. how one woman is taking action. >> if you have a consumer problem or question email us or call the hotline at 888 5 helpsu. to simone, i leave the van gogh.

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welcome back. when she learned about the troubling decline in bees and butterflies this retard park supervisor decided to do something. this week's jefferson award winner. >> this is your job -- mixer. >> reporter: it is a money best as the kids makes soil with c's. when you segermate they will attract bees and butterfly like this monarch. >> this is monarchs can eat. >> thisyear-old nonprofit has volunteers that teach children and others to create

pollinator-friendly spaces. >> it's how we look at it. how we do our landscaping to be aesthetically pleasing to humans not paying attention to how everything we do in the landscape affects the local ecosystem. >> she learned how to make a difference. >> we are trying to make plants grow and also to make more butterflies and bees. >> reporter: how the kids get the see balls into the ground speaks to her creativity. at the golf course children whacked the see balls to outlying areas. >> you are helping the planet. >> reporter: by planting these gardens torah ee monarch caterpillars and build habitats to increase the numbers of native bees which don't live in hives. , finder,

cofounder said she is the reason this has bloomed to 650 members. >> she makes the connection between people and ideas. it makes you want to join the fun. >> reporter: for increasing pollinators to education and landscaping this week's award goes to torah rocha. >> she also founded the autumn lights festival, a three night fundraiser at the gardens. nominate your local hero at kpix .com/hero. we will be right back.

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