len ramirez is live in san jose with the details. len. >> reporter: ryan, there is a lot of fear in this community right now, especially among families with mixed status, that is, where a parent, a mother or father, is afraid that the government is literally going to come into their house and separate them from their children. immigrants and their supporters gathered on inauguration day for a show of solidarity, but they're afraid of what the incoming trump administration could do to their friends and family and are speaking out. one of the voices belongs to community organizer and elementary school volunteer, maria chavez, a mother of four who could be deported and separated from her u.s. born children. [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: she said she's going to continue to organize because her community and her family are sacred. [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: maria said the worst part of what's happening is the effect on her children, including a terrified 12-year-old son. [ speaking in a global language

our len ramirez looks at what it takes to to keep our local water flowing during the critical moments when every second counts. >> reporter: the reports of fire hydrants running out of water in los angeles has raised the concerns of many like robin estrada who wonders if the same could happen in their own san jose neighborhood. >> i know this neighborhood was built in 1980. so who is to say how updated it is or if there are things you need to do. if it works? >> reporter: the water supplied to hydrants comes from numerous sources depending on where you live in the bay area. it could be municipal or private water retailer supplies. pumped from the ground or stored in tanks on hill tops and gravity fed down to the city. but san francisco fire captain justin shore says most systems were not designed to handle the kind of widespread disaster that hit los angeles. >> if you can imagine that's your home. if you and all your neighbors turned on all your faucets, you will lose water pressure. this was happening on a neighborhood scale. neighborhood to neighborhood. so, we are seeing a depleti

our len ramirez was in san jose with how leaders are promising to stand up to this new administration. >> reporter: immigrants and their supporters gathered on inauguration day for a show of solidarity. but they're afraid of what the incoming trump administration could do to their friends and family and are speaking out. one of the voices belongs to community organizer and elementary school volunteer maria chavez, a mother of four who could be deported and separated from her u.s.- born children. [ speaking in a global language ] she said she's going to continue to organize because her community and her family are sacred. >> sise puede. >> reporter: maria said the worst part of what's happening is the effect on her children including a terrified 12-year- old son. >> translator: my son said he would hide me and stay at home with me and have my older sister who's 18 years old and goes to san jose state bring them food. >> the fear is real for our community. >> reporter: martsa maldonado is the director of amigos guadalupe which provides services to the immigrant community. >> we've been

silicon valley shows the vacancy rate for office spaces has passed 20%, the highest in decades of len ramirez went to check it out for himself. >> reporter: take a walk in downtown san jose in the middle of the day and this is what you see, vacant buildings with boarded up storefronts and nearly empty sidewalks. >> it's empty because we have right next to us adobe as well as zoom and i hardly see any people there. >> reporter: she was one of the few walking the sidewalks at lunchtime and this is what she saw. >> vacant restaurants, like nobody around since it's downtown, should be packed with people because there are so many offices around and if people are not in the office, of course, there is less chance people will be in the restaurants for lunch or whatnot. >> reporter: it is one of the most obvious signs of what's not going on inside many silicon valley office buildings. >> vacancy rates are high, but that's not news. we've known that for some time. this set in during the pandemic. >> reporter: russell hancock is the ceo of the influential think tank joint venture silicon valley which j

len ramirez looks at the quiet streets and what's really always been a bustling downtown san jose. >> reporter: take a walk in downtown san jose and the middle of the day and this is what you see. vacant buildings with boarded up store fronts and nearly empty sidewalks. >> yes, it's empty because we have right next to us adobe as well as zoom and i hardly see any people there. >> reporter: she was one of the few weeks the sidewalks at lunchtime and this is what she saw. >> vacant restaurants. like nobody's in around. since it's downtown. it should be like packed the people. because there are so many offices around. and if people are not in the office, of course there's less chance that people will be in the restaurants for lunch or whatnot. >> reporter: it is one of most obvious signs of what's not going on inside many silicon valley office buildings. >> rates are high. but that's not news. we've known that for some time. this set in during the pandemic. >> reporter: russell hancock is the ceo of the influential think tank joint venture silicon valley, which just published a new repor

len ramirez was there. >> this is an unusual case that brought together the american nightmare crime victims with law enforcement from around northern california to try to piece together a series of unsolved crimes that go back decades and all allegedly linked to the same man. kidnapped and sexual assault victim, denise huskins, and her falsely accused now husband, aaron, survived the american nightmare case, but it didn't end there. the couple's involvement in prompting law enforcement to reinvestigate denise's convicted kidnapper, matthew muller, has led to new charges against muller that go back decades and include previously unreported crimes that the victims kept secret out of fear. >> so if you're in that situation, just know you should always trust yourself. always believe in yourself. >> reporter: the new cases include a kidnapping and sexual assault case from 1993 when muller was just 16 years old. two home invasions in santa clara county and a previously unreported 2015 home invasion and attempted kidnapping for ransom case in san ramon. the district attorney credited denis

silicon valley shows the vacancy rate for office spaces has passed 20%, the highest in decades of len ramirezf. >> reporter: take a walk in downtown san jose in the middle of the day and this is what you see, vacant buildings with boarded up stor

as len ramirez reports, the heightened enforcement actions are being monitored by volunteers who are part of a rapid response network. >> reporter: well, in these two latest i.c.e. incidents in san jose, members of the rapid response network did respond out to the scene of the people being detained, but they didn't go there to interfere with i.c.e. their job is to make sure the people being detained know their rights and to share that information of what's happening with the rest of the community. from her desk at the amigos de guadalupe service center, marianna logs i.c.e. activity and dispatches rapid response network volunteers to the locations of reported i.c.e. operations. the latest was this morning in the 2300 block of warfield way in san jose. the incident was later confirmed and photos of a white van with federal license plates were sent to the community. >> they did see vehicles with federal license plates. they stent us some photos of those vehicles and we were able to confirm that it was an i.c.e. operation that occurred a couple streets away from the shopping center wher

as len ramirez shows us, that could change. >> reporter: well, this building has been vacant since theut this new idea of putting housing into what was once an office building could be a game changer for this entire area. glenn lenhart and his wife victoria own the freshly baked eatery in downtown san jose. he's been serving up sandwiches in the same location for 38 years. the store sits on the ground floor of the nine-story office building at 152 north third street and since the pandemic hit in 2020, it's been the building's only tenant. >> we're so used to having nobody in the building, i forgot what it's like. >> reporter: he may be in for a big reminder but not in the way it used to be. the investment firm which owns the building recently filed papers with the city to give it a complete makeover and change it from offices to full residential. >> been blessed with great customers, a great following. be nice to have somebody in the building. >> when you look at the glut of the office markets, can't let assets like this just be vacant for years. >> reporter: bob steadler is an indepen

our len ramirez is live in seaside where law enforcement and victims spoke out about the new charges nst him. len? >> reporter: that's right, ryan. this is a very unusual case that brought together those so-called american crime victims from the netflix series together with law enforcement from around northern california to try to piece together a series of unsolved crimes that go back decades, all allegedly linked to one serial kidnapper. kidnap and sexual assault victim, denise huskins, and her falsely accused now husband, aaron, survived the american nightmare case, but it didn't end there. the couple's involvement in prompting law enforcement to reinvestigate denise's convicted kidnapper, matthew muller, has led to new charges against muller that go back decades and include previously unreported crimes that the victims kept secret out of fear. >> and so if you're in that situation, just know you should always trust yourself and always believe in yourself, even if you can't change what they could do and what other people say. it's easy for south doubt and shame, and it is -- just t

len ramirez reports from san jose where leaders are vowing to oppose donald trump. [ applause ] >> reporter: immigrants and supporters gathered on inauguration day for a show of solidarity. but they are afraid of what the incoming trump administration could do to their friends and family and are speaking out . one of the voices belongs to a community organizer and elementary school volunteer , maria, a mother a four to be deported and separated from her us-born children. >> [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: she said she will continue to organize because her community and family are sacred. maria said the worst part of what is happening is the effect on her children, including a terrified 12-year-old son. >> [ speaking in a global language ] >> translator: my son said he would hide me and stay at home with me and have my older sister who is 13 years old bring them food. >> that fear is real. >> reporter: she is the director of the group that provide services to the immigrant community. >> we have been scenario planning for the last six months waiting for this day and we have don

len ramirez looks at what it takes to keep our local water flowing. >> reporter: the reports of fire hydrants running out of water in los angeles has raised the concerns of many like robert estrada who wonders if the same could happen in her own neighborhood. >> this looks like an old fire hydrant. this neighborhood was built in 198. who's to say updated it is or if there's things you need to if it works. >> reporter: the water supplied to hydrants comes from numerous sources depending on where you live in the bay area. it could be municipal or private water retailer supplies pumped from the ground or stored in tanks on hilltops and gravity fed down to the city. but san francisco fire captain justin shore says most systems were not designed to handle the kind of widespread disaster that hit los angeles. >> if you can imagine at your home, if you and your neighbors turn on the faucets at once, you're going to lose water pressure. this is happening on a neighborhood scale. we are seeing a depletion of the water in those areas. there's only so much water we can hold in reserve. there's

so far though, only one conversion has been approved but as len ramirez shows us that could change. >er: well, this building has been vacant since the pandemic. but this new idea of putting housing into what was once an office building could be a game changer for the entire area. >> all right,. >> reporter: glen len hart and his wife victoria own the freshly baked eatery in downtown san jose. he's been serving up sandwiches in the same location for 38 years. >> peppers on the side? >> reporter: the store is on the ground floor of the nine story office building at 152 north 3rd street and since the pandemic hit in 2020, it's been the building's only tenant. >> we're so used to having nobody in the building. i forget what it's like. >> reporter: he may be in for a big reminder. but not in the way it used to be. the investment firm which owns the building recently filed papers with the city to give it a complete makeover. and change it from offices to full residential. >> been blessed with great customers and a great following. be nice to have somebody in the building. >> when you look a