. >> reporter: southern pacific merged with union pacific and made changes to the loop along the act is river. >> we've installed a high strength barrier on that curve that we hope should there ever be an incident there again, would help us avoid any kind of tank car ending up in the river. >> they installed a monument, a reminder of what happened here 20 years ago and a symbol of how nature can recover given time. dan ashley, "abc 7 news." >> san jose city council approved a mistake budget in june closing a $150 million deficit. it included severe cuts to city services, layoffs and a pay cut to every city employee with the elimination of one position and one council member's office turned in into quite a legal fight. karina rusk reports. >> councilmember pete constant did something that is stillverb eight go at city hall. as councilmember in san jose relies on a staff of four to six people. and every council district is served by an administrative assistant except for district one. >> there is administrative tasks everybody. >> has to share and if i have to do a little bit i do. >>