county. it involves sometimes faxing over documents. having a sing statewide system will make it easier for an individual to move from one county to another. in terms of delivery of service and timely issuance of benefits. >> i'm glad that we're moving forward s. there anything that we fear losing by moving to a consolidated system because mr. caplan had mentioned that those that are on the calwins system tend to be countis that really invest and believe in human services. so is there something systematically that we could lose by being in one statewide system with countis that may have differing prioritis from san francisco's? >> in terms of policies, we have federal and state regulations to abide by. i believe that with a single statewide system, some counties will be given some leeway to introduce policis that will forward our goals and philosophies as a city and county. there will be some room for that. however, the goal is standardization and consistency across counties. >> in the work we have done so far in moving towards a single statewid

because we are a city and a county, and made the process that much easier. a lot of people ask why we are a city and a county and what benefits there are, but in this instance, it was a direct benefit. we have the ability as a county representative. we have representatives from three clinics here today. two of which are represented in my district. there is many more all over san francisco. they are all over the city. mission neighbourhood health centre his, clinic by the bay, others that are basically dealing with low income families that would not otherwise have access to good, affordable medication and good affordable health care. so we believe today that this is a strong step in the promise that we have made to bring full universal healthcare to san franciscans. we are also being respectful and i know supervisor peskin joined us here today. he is here today. he is a very conscious of protecting our oceans and our water stream and the committees that he sits on. this takes medication out of the waste stream and not polluting our oceans and water streams and

a glimmer of good news from napa county. the state )s newest wildfire, burning north of lake berryessa, is now burning away from the lake and homes. the snell fire has burned almost 25-hundred acres and is now 30-percent contained. nbc bay area )s mark matthews was in the berryessa estate neighborhood as families started coming home, after spending the weekend in evacuation shelters. mark? interstate -5 in shasta county is now open after being shutdown for nearly a week. the freeway was closed 5 days ago, as the "delta fire" burned along both sides of the interstate near redding. there are still restrictions , the 17 mile stretch, between redding and mount shasta is just one lane in each direction. the delta fire dsa acres so far. its ) just 5 percent contained. crews expect it will be at least 2 weeks before it )s fully under control. there )s a battle about trees in contra costa county pg&e says hundreds of trees need to come down in lafayette.... and that isn )t sitting well with the neighbors. tonight, those angry reside

a homeless facility. now, santa clara county executive jeff smith says he thinks it's a bad idea and took us inside to tryprove it. >> hopefully, it doesn't fall apart while we're inside. >> reporter: santa clara county executive jeff smith doesn't hide his disgust at the idea of turning the old san jose city hall into a homeless facility and isn't impressed with proposals that call for a major overhaul even if it's funded with private money. >> this is the mechanical room. here is where the water tiller is for the water supply. this technology was out of date 20, 25 years ago. it uses freon. down here in the corner we have the two elevators that are in the building. they do not meet code, either for a.d.a. -- it's not designed as a residential building at all. got big open spaces. vermin. pests. water damage. >> it's got wide open spaces. is that not a good thing? >> well, not for privacy. >> reporter: san jose doesn't appear to be discouraged. late this afternoon the city' council's rule committee voted to fast track the project. mayor sam liccardo is not deterred by in asayers since much of the funding

florence is expected to become this to be a full state vent and not just a coastal county event. so i think that needs to be a part of the planning process. it could very easily be a full state vent. >> right now, storm florence is in the central atlantic barreling west. it is forecast to hit the southeast coast by late next week. >>> a 51-year-old man is recovering after falling into a water fountain and nearly drowning. authorities say he was intoxicated at the time. it happened last night at the marketplace shopping center, which is in san ro money, bystanders discovered the man in the fountain. they called 911. dispatcher helped one caller worm cpr until witnesses arrived. he may have hit his head, he was taken to hospital. he se listed in critical but stable condition. >>> a fire rips through a home in pittsburg, fire fighters say the home is in total loss. right now, though, they're trying to figure out what caused the fire. ? sonoma county, emergency leaders say they've made major changes to address the backlash after last october's deadly fires. some criticized the county'

county because it takes way too long. >> it remains a work in progress. the first test of this kind anywhere in the western united states, sonoma county, burn once shame on you. burn twice, shame on me. around here they take that seriously. >> learn from our mistake and don't wait for this to smack you in the face. >> reporter: that survey asked questions like where were you when you received the alert, what were you doing? how did you receive that alert? it's interesting to note here that more than 1300 people speaking english responded to that survey. only 54 respondents spoke spanish. the county will be looking hard at that. live in santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> all right, wayne, thank you. last week a zillow study found that san jose is the least affordable area in the country. on average, homeowners spent 54% of their income. on paying off mortgages in san jose. in san francisco and oakland, it's 45%. nationally it is only 17%. with that as context, today a campaign kicked off to help teachers afford homes in the south bay. abc7 news repor

a lot evacuated out of the county. what we are trying to do is encourage everyone to continue moving forward, having patience as we start the recovery process. and, again, it's going to be a lengthy process especially with the amount of rain we are still experiencing. we just have a great county. i'm so proud of what our citizens do to work together. they even help us with law enforcement. we have had an outpouring of support, wanting to help our first responders, making sure they are fed and taken care of. we have had family members from other states calling and wanting to check on a love one. we have tried to make that could in the case and make sure they are okay. just a number of situations that make us proud to live where we do. >> you should be proud, sheriff. i have been to your county on many occasions. i will second that. you have wonderful people there. john ingram, best of luck to you and your residents. we are pulling for you. thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much. take care. >> relentless rain. man

: with the fairfax county department of taxation, a link has to be established to the county. >> it's say how many are evading the taxes. 14% end up being assessed. >> reporter: that's why the county wants to increase the program. military vehicles are exempt. in fairfax county, adam tuss, news4. >>> well,come back, everybody. we have a dense fog advisory out there right now. dens fog advisory will continue until about0:00 a.m. as we go through the morning. we are looking at fgy conditions. n to alities are d quarter of a mile. the fog is beaking to lift out of the -- is beginning to lift out of the region. it was dicey this morning with the thick, dense fo 60s and 70s across the board. we are headed to 90 degrees today. we have only an isolated chance of an afternoon storm, that's it. mainly to the west. nothing happening on the radar right now. we have a few showers off to the eastern shore. if your travels take you there, that's where we could see actually some showers and some thunderstorms later on this afternoon. but for us around the d.c. area we are looking good.ha 9:00 a.m. w

strike team and task force from various departments across the county. that way we can get a heavy response during the fire's early stages.since last year, fire officials have also worked on improving their fire detection capabilities. last month, the county approved nearly half a million dollars to build a camera network that will watch for problems.sotto have early detection and warning of fire that are starting. that way we can get word out to the public about that. to have early notification to get resources on the scene and hopefully supress the fire very quickly. the county has also worked to improve it's public outreach to ask for the public's help in preventing wildfires.sot in sonoma county, charles clifford kron 4 news. lawrence the valleys with highs in the 90s today.fog near the coast kept temperatures much cooler and in the 60s. fire danger will be lower tonight with decreasing winds. on the satellite you can see highs pressure as it slides toward california. it will make for hotter weather tomorrow with some highs moving into the upper 90s inland but co

so the line for hamilton county is stretched one quarter of a mile. what they are are designed to do is that voters. the line in miami is seven hours. five hours in maricopa county. it is designed to demoralize. >> let's go back to alabama and i don't want you to leave people with a demoralizing message. and the courts are obviously not the best friend and voting rights anymore, that's more in the roberts lineage of upholding restrictions on voting rights. so what you're people do? >> one of the things i love about that alabama story, they have applied every method of voters suppression, civil society like with moral purpose to, instead of doing the heavy lifting of democracy, so they started with the moral fortitude, they started sending out doing a massive publicity campaign. both on radio and social media. then they set up restorations clinics where people can come in and have their records looked at to determine whether they had been convicted of a crime and then of moral to pursued and then they had people there who could get them registered. you'

first of all, i left a rewarding job in san joaquin county as a child care worker to come work for the city of san francisco where i wanted to work for since i was eight years old and give back to the forgotten communities, oppressed communities because i do know what it's like to be on the other side of receiving services when you come from a family of nine and you are living in public housing, you know what the experience is like. so, always my desire as a little girl to give back to this community. i experienced on the job racism, targeted, bullying from my supervisor and things of that nature and i'll leave you guys with this. i had an accident where i was rear ended in a county vehicle. i was rear ended, i was injured. i left for medical leave, i had two weeks 'til my probation was up. they fired me as one of my sisters said, they didn't release me from termination, from probation, they -- [microphone is silent] >> supervisor kim: thank you, miss branch. thank you. >> good afternoon, ida mccray, i work for the sheriff's department, i have masters degrees, and this is a window of o

is a beautiful county. people want to live by the water. it's usually a very beautiful place and i haven't seen storms like this in very long time. when you have people living near the water and the chanlz. maybe more than just live on the edge of the beach. frors >> that's really what we've seen with the rescue we apprec you times and you just thought maybe they're underestimate thing storm and the devastation but you realize when it comes to health or financial situation and. >> and i want to go to wilmington, north carolina. when i saw you yesterday you were holding up that wind meter. it looks like it's picked significantly since then. >> i've had to turn oover that wind meeter to my colleague. i have underestimated how strong the wind gust were. the rain, as you can see, has picked up considerably ein wilmington. this is going to persist for hours and it's egoing to be around for a number of days. we are right on the cape fear river. for those of you who know a elittle bit about a geography between atla

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. >>> an horrific crash on a dangerous stretch of road in prince george's county. we'll have details copping s c news 4. >>> news 4 at 11:00in b with breaking news. >>> there is a new accusation against brett kavanaugh. is senate is lking int an allegation that kavanaugh physically assaulted a woman 20 year ago. >> when he was in his 30. that story coming hours after another woman accused the judge of misconduct, and hours before kavanaugh's senate hearing tomorrow. e have team coverage for you tonight. we start off on capitol hill. nymo y b christine blasey ford, the woman accusing supreme court nomineeb t kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. ford writing, "i thought that bret was accidentlyoing to kill me," saying years later the incident "caused panic attacks and anxiety." kavanaugh expected to continue his strong denials. >> it is totally appalling. i know the people in america are oitching how we're to too with these credible reports. >> reporter: tomorrow's testimon coming on the heels of a third accuser bringing explosive new claims. julie swetnick claiming during

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, neighbors of a belovedandyman are pledging for the driver who hit and forward.m to come a county park ranger saw alvyi smith l in the middle of route 1 tuesday evening. before the ranger could check on him, a man drivi a blue car hit smith. the driver stopped to che for damage and then took off. wednesday, alvin smith's loved ones brought flowers to the spot where he died. >> that's somebody's son, somebody's father. you just left him there like he was nobody, like he didn't have anybody. >> police say it's possible the driver of the blue vehicle didn't know he hit a peon. itsn't clear why smith was lying in the road. >>> ten minutes after the hour now. there are new details about the supreme court confirmation controversy. the lawyer for the woman accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual assault wants additional witnesses to testify as well. right now only two people are set for monday's hearing. judge kavanaugh and his accuser, dr. christine blasey ford. ford's lawyer says multiple witnesses whose names have should beublicly included in any proceeding and that the rush to a hearing i

from this fire near the county border. staff outlined aone around the fire to blast out the warning. >> i thought they're on it. >> reporter: afterwards ux county shafrs surveyed 28 residents to see how many received the alert? >> we had a 40% success rate which is not great. >> reporter: godly says at&t users got the alert and verizon customers did not. in part, because of how the alert was targeted. the zone may not have been drawn wide enough to include certain cell phone towers, something the county is studies to improve target zones. how modern the cell phone is could make a difference whether the messages come through. when's the biggest misconception? >> that they're foolproof. >> reporter: he urges everyone to take personal responsibility, know the hazards where you live and connect with neighbors. old-fashioned but effective when there's an emergency. >> people coming the aid of people. that's what we want to emphasize. >> next week, the county will test the alert system and get data of carriers having trouble. he says the informa

. >>> we're following a developing story in fairfax county this morning. a woman and two children were found dead in a home in herndon last night. >> chopper 4 was there as police began their investigation. officers came to their home after a man who was in the homemade a her if iing discovery. >> two sons were laying in the house in cold blood. >> there's no threat to anyon else inhe area. this is likely a domestic case. no names have beenreleased. >>> now, to video of a heart-stopping moment. a power line fell on a woman's car and caught fire in northwest washington. take a look. surveillance vwseo s people running to help her. this happened yesterday and the situation became more dangerous because the fires were still live and the fireas spreading. the flames engulfed the car. wealked to a couple of witnesses that ran in to help. >> it w the first time i'd seen anything like it. >> this was my first exp sience. i was ck. >> look at the damage there. the woman ista in the hos and will be okay. >>> a man was found dead when he was pinned against his home w

we continue to follow breaking news of a wildfire burning in marin county. ( james ) we are also following james ) and students at an east bay high school get sick after eating a snack laced with marijuana... and parents say they are not surprised. (ácommercialá) (áábreakáá) out of oakland. oakland police are looking for a one year old boy who is missing. ( darya ) this is a picture of hasani chandler who was last seen in hayward at a mcdonald's parking lot around noon yesterday. the baby was dropped off with the babysitter. hasani was last seen wearing a gray onesie and green shoes. call 9-1-1 if you see this baby. ( darya ) that breaking news we are following is out of the north bay... a wildfire in marin county is forcing evacuations this morning.( james ) we have brand new video of the fire from overnight. this video was shot by the c-h-p. the fire is burning in rough terrain in samuel p taylor state park.. which is just north of lagunitas. it is being called the irving fire, and it has now spread to 100 acres. it is 10 percent contained this morning. it is expected to grow.( darya ) h

we have just learned that a sacramento county sheriff's deputy has been killed. ty was hurt during an exchange of gunfire with a suspect that suspect is in custody. suspect is in custody. the shooting happened this ternoon at a 'pep boys' auto parts store on a busy street in rancho cordova.. right outside sacramento. it's not clear yet what led to the shooting. we'll have an update coming up on kron4 news at six. (catherine) a federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit against u-c regents and others, filed by a fan of milo yian-nopoulos. he's the right wing speaker whose cancelled speech at u-c berkeley in 2017 - led to violence and rioting. oakland resident kiara robles had alleged that u-c officials withheld police protection to her and others in the crowd - because they were expressing a conservative viewpoint. a judge dismissed nearly all her claims, saying she hasn't provided enough evidence. she was allowed to re-file one charge against an alleged member of a far-left activist group - who she says shined a flashlight in her face, leaving her vulnerable to attack

all the carstoad to on a prince george's county road overnight after a deadly accident.n that crash straight ahead. >> the rain is being measured in feet and not inches in north carolina. the latest on the devastation is coming up right here on news 4 today. fi >>> gunre overnight. two people are dead and children are fighting for their lives y ter a shooting in montgom county. >> the storm is weakening over the carolinas and deadly rain is still hammering the region. news 4 is on the ground as the massive relief effort continues. >> an accuser comes forward days after a woman claimed the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her. she tells more of her story to the washington post. >> good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us as we start a busy morning. >> florencend look at rain for the day ahead. >> still more rain across the region this afternoon. what's left of florence is still spinning away out here acrossth far sestern west virginia and out ahead of it is another band of heavy rn now. moved through parts of central vir virgia and these thund

we're all in a flood zone here, the entire county is in a flood zone. we're taking our essential vehicles and fire apparatus and things of that nature across the bridge and into a safer location. so we'll be doing that. we're manning our eoc, our emergency operations center, here tomorrow. we suspended all the town operations other than focusing on the storm. >> and tim, i mean, we're looking, the forecast and information i'm looking at is 6 to 12-foot storm surge and also the fact that in the latest track, the storm is slowing down. which can be in the aftermath, after landfall, can be where much of the devastation can happen. if it just sits on top of the coastline and sits on top of your town and just keeps dumping rain and wind, what could that mean? >> you know, that's a concern for the town, but it's a concern for the region in general. we have a lot of people coming from out of state helping us recover, and a lot of times you have flooding on i-40 or 95 because of the rains. so that's a big concern. you know, how these folks get in to help us rec

a homicide"> sgt. jd nelson says it was sunday around 2:45pm when the alameda county sheriff's office received a call fromking in this area who came across the body just below highway 84 near palomares roadsot investigators are trying to determine if the murder took place here or at some other location and the body brought to this location. sgt. nelson says either way location itself is a bit of a mysterysot

. >>> a prince george's county man has been charged with sex assault while hea worked a montgomery county childcare central. police tell us tlig-year-old thomas henry ridges working at horizon childcare center in silver spring faces twoount of sexual abuse of a minor. police sayidges worked as a teacher assistant in montgomery county schools and coached boy's basketball at springbrook high school. parents worri about their children having contact with ridges should call >>> there is a heated debate underway inside d.c. council chambers. a hearing to overturn a law that would raise wages for restaurant servers and others who earn tips. >> reporter: initiative 77 was already passed by d.c. voters. now the d.c. council may repeal it. some say that would be overturning the repeal. others say it would repeal a bad law. >> hundreds of people signed up to testify. some want the council to repeal the initiative. >> listen to the work here's are herwhelmingly telling you, we donal want thise and never consulted in the first place. >> reporter: some say itould be wroo throw it out. right now tip wo

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why didn't the county send out a cell phone alert? never got an alert. >> our daughter woke us up. >> we didn't get a notice and did the best we could with our information. >> the alert would have caused hysteria and traffic jams. >> for i sent a message out to 5,000 people simultaneously, what's going to find with the people trying to leave at the same time. >> would the county cent out a wireless emergency alert? >> yes. >> they asked the state to investigate its response. they included the staffer his a limited awareness and understanding of the wireless alert system and outdated information about its capabilities. >> do you agree with the findings? >> i read the report and it's challenging. they focussed on the community alert warning program. military spent many of the observations that were accurate, absolutely. >> over the past year, more than 30 fire and sheriffs dispatchers received training and can activate the alert. sonoma county sheriff sergeant explains. >> we have a major disaster happening. we need a wireless emergency

a bad mood and began shooting. > she had reported for her workday as usual at around 9:00 a.m. the shooting began striking victims both outside the business and inside the facility. we do not at this time have a motive for this senseless crime.the shooter was among the patients airlifted to johns hopkins hospital in baltimore where she was pronounced dead. sheriff's deputies then faced the task of going through the nearly five=acre facility. "... risked their lives going through a warehouse where they dont know if there is a shooter, don't know how many victims... as police went through the building. rite aid workers reunted with colleagues and loved ones.natthis is thesecond time in less than a year that sheriff's deputies have reponded to a mass shooting at a local workplace. "we unfortuantely have perfected this and i personally hope we dont have to do this again in the next ten years or ever. (catherine) a los angeles charter