we have an excellent business sponsor in ron tom. so if the project needs anything from the business, we generally just go and ask the business ourselves, but if there are any challenges that we need help with, ron tom is our go-to person in that area, and he helps on u helps out, and he's available to us every single day as our business s business sponsor. in addition, accela, they have added their staff when we need it, and p.r.o. which would be a combination of department technology and d.b.i. -- additional d.b.i. staff, apart from this morning's announcement with the departure of sean, we are fully staffed there, as well. so we're not hampered by any resource constraints at this point. and then, the last question in terms of process and requirements, yes, requirements are frozen. they've been frozen. we wrapped up the design discussions, which was the last opportunity to introduce anything that hadn't been discussed through all the rounds of requirements that happened all the way through the ten months of 2016. those were frozen

tom die so. ron ballas and evelyn engal. >> 1998 i got an accident and got in the taxi business. when i start to drive and make money and make a living so i decided to put my money in the medallion so i got it and later i got married and had a family. a wife, two kids and a bought a house. now i'm unable to make the payment and if you kick me from there, where am i going go? where is the family going to go? what's going to happen to my 3-year-old? you tell me? we're all here for money. there is uber, there is lyft. 50,000 of them, we are only 2,000. and they'll make money. they're happy. i'm sure my wife will be happy. thank you. >> ron collins, ben ballas, evelyn engal. if you are here move along or if you're coming from the overflow move move to the side. >> i'm benjamin ballas with veterans cab. i'm here to oppose the measure before you. i think it's a bad direction to go and would like to echo what was said it's putting a band-aid on an industry where someone is dying of cancer. i don't see a better metaphor and as a cab driver you can't close off the airport. it's just not g

ron mott. he's outside one of the local hospitals in thousand oaks. also with us, nbc news investigation reporter, tom winter. ron, let's start with you and the latest from the scene. >> hi, there, ali. good afternoon to you. this is the second mass shooting i've covered here in the past 12 days, 23 people have lost their lives in just unspeakable horror. and what happened here last night is just unbelievable. this community is reeling. as you mentioned, one of the safest cities in america, but was not safe last night in the 11:00 hour, when that gunman walked into that bar and just started shooting indiscriminately at people. we can tell you here at this hospital, they took in 11 patients, and remarkably, we always look for the bit of good news, the silver lining in these horrible stories is that 10 of the 11 people, some of whom came in with gunshot wounds and lacerations have been released. they were able to go home to their families. the 11th, unfortunately, is the ventura county sheriff's sergeant ron helus who lost his life last night. the first officer in there. and as we understand it from the

ron had to pass. it's just tragic." (pam) that was tomait reporting.a procession was held for sargeant ron helus yesterday. and the edman family was in attendance. (ken) a federal judge has ruled in favor of c-n-n -- and ordered the white house to return correspondent jim acosta's press pass. the white house revoked acosta's pass after a contentious back-and-forth with president forth with president trump at a press conference the day after the midterm elections. c-n-n filed a lawsuit claiming the network's and acosta's first and fifth amendment rights were being violated. the judge did not rule on the underlying case friday morning-- but he did grant c-n-n's request for a temporary restraining order. that means acosta will have his access to the white house restored for now. (ken) now regarding the mueller investigation -- president trump says he was personally crafting the answers to special counsel robert mueller -- and denied he was agitated by the probe. kaitlan collins reports. after 24 hours of twitter silence about the russia inve

ron had to pass. it's just tragic." (ken)that was tom wait reporting.a procession was held for sgt. ron helus yesterday. the edman family was in attendance. ahead... p-g-and-e was the source of some of last years north bay wildfires and may have a role in the deadly "camp fire" as well.. should california taxpayers bail out the utility to keep it from bankruptcy? some regulators say yes.. more details.. next. (ken) the price of p-g-and-e stock rebounded today... after falling sharply in the wake of the butte county fire. it closed at 24 dollars and 40 cents a share.. that's up more than six dollars from yesterday... but still only about half of what it was just weeks ago. it comes after california regulators hinted they would not let the company go bankrupt if it is found liable for the camp fire. the utility is being sued by homeowners who claim a high voltage transmission line failed, sparking the fire. no official cause of the fire has yet been determined. today... kron4's grant lodes spoke with a utility watchdog group ... about what the fire could mean to ratepayers, if p-g-and-

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ron had to pass. it's just tragic."> ( robin ) that was tom weekend and the edman family was in attendance. ( james ) now to the oakland raiders.they got themselves a much needed win on the road against the arizona cardinals. the game came down to the fourth quarter ... where the cardinals are up by one point. on 3rd and 23 ... the cardinals run 57 yards to the endzone. but the play is called back thanks to holding. the raiders get another shot with just over a minute to play.derek carr's passing keeps the drive alive. and then a 35-yard field goal would seal the deal. final score 24-21 raiders ... they snap their 5-game losing streak. ( james ) former secretary of state condoleezza rice will not coach the cleveland browns. e-s-p-n reported that rice was being considered to replace fired coach hue jackson. but browns general manager john dorsey says she has not been discussed for the open position. rice also downplayed the report herself... saying that she is "not ready" to coach. but she did say she hopes the n-f-l will start to bring women i

ron had to pass. it's just tragic."> ( robin )( robin ) that was toms over the weekend and the edman family was in attendance. ( james ) thanksgiving isn't even here yet, but the holiday spirit is already going strong in vermont.( robin ) a secret santa claus spreads some early christmas cheer on some walmart shoppers. the mystery man paid for strangers' lay-away purchases. here's ike bendavid with the story.

thrilled tom introduce the next governor of florida. a great gentleman, ron desantis.se] patriot, andran, a he will continue the incredible job, job. look at what is happening to this state. look at what is going on in the great state of florida. he will continue what governor scott began. florida's economy is want of the anywhere in the world. ron desantis is going to keep it that way. [applause] ron will keep your taxes going way down. he will always support our veterans. ron,, on up. [applause] [applause] >> is southwest florida trump country or what? [applause] say if a candidate is running for governor, i am the only one who has worn the uniform and served in our military. [applause] i am the only candidate who isn't going to raise your taxes here in florida. [applause] guy who cany credibly say i am not under investigation for corruption by the fbi. [applause] as governor, i will protect our good economy and that means we cannot raise taxes. we need to continue to recruit businesses here and i believe florida can boom like never before. [applause] andrew gillum w

ron had to pass. it's just tragic." ( marty ) that was tom wait reporting. a procession was held for sgt. ern california were closed due to the deadly camp fire. when we come back -- we hear some teachers who are going above and beyond for their students. you know when you're at ross and you realize it's time your sister stopped borrowing your sweaters? yes! that's yes for less. stop stealing mine... never. the perfect sweater makes the perfect holiday gift. and it feels even better when you find it for less - at ross. yes for less. ...to find your new fall look at an "oh, yeah" price. check this out. that's yes for less. from the latest trends to your favorite brands, it feels even better when you find them for less. at ross. yes for less. ( marty ) the superintendent of butte county schools says - all schools will remain closed through the end of the month..beause of the camp fire. but some teachers from paradise are taking it upon themselves to help elementary school students feel a sense of normalcy. ali wolf has the story from (pkg)(nat teacher reading book) story time inside the chic

ron had to pass. it's just tragic." ( darya ) that was tom wait reporting.yed over 500 homes... and has killed 3 people. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... we will continue our team coverage of the bad air quailty across the bay area. live look outside... at the san francisco international airport. out of south hayward due to police action. major hot spot in san leando eb 580 before 238. overturn accident blocks the three left lanes. traffic jammed from fairmont and growing ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news.. we will take another look at the unhealthy air quality as smoke is lingering in the bay area from the camp fire. and here's a live look outside...from the sutro cam. our top story this morning... the smoke over the bay area... taking a live look at s-f-o. san francisco is one of the areas with the worst air quality this morning. let's send it over to john shrable with the latest on our forecast. much like yesterday temperatures will be comfortably cool in the 60's and 70's under more hazy sunshine. air quality will be just

ron escobar of texas. mary kay scanlon of pennsylvania already sworn in as a member of the senate, she has seniority and, andy craig in minnesota. tom malinowski of new jersey. chris pappas of new hampshire. susan wilde of pennsylvania but susan is already sworn in as a member of congress. when you're sworn in by yourself like that, hundreds of guests to cheer you on, when you come to take a stand, not only are they members of congress with seniority but had the whole chamber to themselves. mike levin of michigan -- excuse me. of california. that is andy leven. i know mike levin is from california, the drumbeat in california. and ivan omar of minnesota. so in the case that you know what the purpose of it is, to reduce the role of money, advanced elections. one part of that is to have the voting rights act early on the agenda. i will be very pleased to be ready with that with the leadership of terry sewall of alabama whose legislation we have been advocating for a while. she will talk about that in a moment and i think her for her leadership. in the meantime i want to present our champion for democracy, john's are baines. saar baines

ron desantis claiming victory in florida. with all the opponents challenging the races right until the bitter end what can both parties learn from the midterms in 2020. here we have founder of real clear politics.com tom debate whether or not it was a blue wave or a big wave or little wave or barely a wave. there are certain things we are learning about where america's mind is when it comes to going to the polls, right? >> yeah, sure. i mean, a couple lessons for democrats with these two races in particular, stacey abrams and andrew gillum were charismatic candidates. they were good candidates. in the end they were too far to the left for the population of the states that they were trying to represent. they were far left on a bunch of issues. stacey abrams wanted to ban ar 15s in the state of georgia. not a good position to take. andrew gillum wanted medicare for all abolish ice. he was far left. that more than anything doomed those candidates. so as democrats look toward 2020 they need to take that into consideration, particularly as we look at the you were midwest, which is where the 2020 battle is going to be won or lost. >> when you look at donald trump's favorability going into 2020 as well. have