>> were they current staffing? >> yes. >> it's just part of the ongoing training and workforce development. there is a standard called bay friendly practices which focuses on sustainable planting pallets and how to use our existing soil conditions, our existing water challenges, to maximize the ecology of what we plant and take care of. >> excellent. also, in that, what are the staffing levels like compared to the north side of san francisco and the equity zones? are the staffing levels equal to that? >> commissioner, thank you for the question. the staff is pretty equitably districted. there was -- distributed. there was several issues pointed to. so many of the lower scoring parks are a result of deferred maintenance that has not been accomplished. that drags down the scores. but to your question, our complexes are pretty much equally staffed. what we have done and phil mentioned it before, is that reorganizing the work down in the bay view, mclaren, crocker, that's where we created the additional complex. and we

he said on any given day, staffing will be so tight at the federal courthouse. that no deputy marshalls are outlooking for futures. some of the unserved warrants include coming from the dea as well as the fbi as well as judges who are serving bench warrants. one thing we were able to confirm you may recall last saturday, there was a shooting of a toddler inside an amendment on pomeroy road. dc police made an arrest in that case and charged a man with possession of a firearm. but we've been able to learn that that man was a fugitive and had a warrant outlet for a state from the federal courthouse. now, it's uncle warrant is or was. but we do know that that was a warrant out of the federal courthouse. we're live in northwest, paul wagner, fox 5 local news. >>> in fairfax county, more pregnant women were reportedly battling heroin and opioid addiction. an apparently there are not seeking help because they're afraid. the revelation comes as opioid use continues to increase at alarming rates across the country. tisha lewis joins us with the story. tisha? >> reporter:

. >> all of our fire stations are open and staffed. something you never see in the beer -- bay area. i've never seen a december like this before. >> the normally staff 15 trucks during its peak season. and only for during winter. but now they are back up to 15 units. at one .11 of them were in southern california battling the thomas fire there. >> our forces are getting tired. with that is our job. it started for us in march, and nine months later we are still going strong. >> the wind was so powerful here brought down this giant cedar. he was watching football, when he saw the tree move. it was enough to shift and lift the cement around the base of it. but they do not hear or feel a thing. >> no noise or movement. i just saw the tree move. probably came up off the foundation of the ground about four feet. >> it was so big it took down power lines with it. and the estimated it was going to take hours to safely remove. it was a similar but smaller situation in berkeley where a bear knocked on a tree as well. eight landed on a couple of

we are facing a staffing crisis the likes of which we haven't seen for many years. >> reporter: it's something paul knows all too well. despite a couple years ago they would be here in five minutes. likely split. not anymore. if they show up at all it is hours later or a day later or never. >> reporter: these officers and getting a random crime arrived within minutes, but things will change according to the chief. >> a few months ago we had to send our bike up -- suspend bike operations. as we approach march, pragmatically we will have to suspend our motorcycle officers. >> reporter: narcotics and community services are also on the chopping block. the police association is working at a new contract with the city and has to make else's dedicated a website. then, there is this sign of the times. >> saw a billboard presented to cisco advertising in berkeley. we have really good cops, and they are sought after by other agencies. >> reporter: the police union says officers are leaving because of the city's failure to support specialized units. many of the officers making almost 100,000 wi

>> all fire stations are open and staffed. something you would never see in the bay area in the middle of december. this is my 28th season.>> reporter: cal fire normally staffs 15 trucks and for through the winter. now, they are back up to 15 units. at one point, 11 are in southern california battling the thomas fire. >> our forces are tired. this is what we sign up for. fire season started in march. we are still going strong.>> reporter: we went to antioch and the wind was so powerful, it brought down this giant cedar. james was watching football when he saw the tree move. it was enough to shift and left the cement around the base. james did not hear or feel a thing.>> no noise and no movement. i just saw the tree move. a came up off the foundation of the ground forefeet.>> reporter: the tree was so big, took down power lines. he estimated it would take hours to safely remove. it was a smaller situation in berkeley. a tree was knockdowns as well. -- a tree was knocked down as well. >> our car was behind this car. it covered o

here in washington is taking a priority over staffing of field office it's around the country. at the federal beyond a reasonable doubt in the district providing security in the courtroom for judges and prisoners is taking priority over staffing the warrant squads that look for the fugitives. the judges want to see in their courtrooms, on any given federal courthouse that no deputy marshalls are outlooking for fugitives some of the outstanding warrants are coming from the dea, the fbi and of course the federal judges. the marshall service is responsible for providing security for the permissible counsel's office, as well as the deputy attorney general. now, one thing we have been able to confirm is that there was a shooting last saturday of a three-year-old at the apartment house on pomeroy road. we understand a man wanted for a gun charge in that case was actually wanted on one of these fugitive warrants out of the federal courthouse. he was wanted for escape. it's unclear exactly how old the warrant is but we can tell you that that man was arrested yesterday and he's now in c

so no staffing increases, per se, that's part of our overall budget. we're on those three separate tracks. >> are we still on forward to having two classes next year as well as our equipment program. >> so last year's budget process approved two years, which is the year we're currently in, and then, the next year, which is also the first year of that process, and in that process was approved the hiring plan -- continuation of the hiring plan and the equipment plan, and those were, of course, mayor lee's initiatives and funding initiatives from the department, so they have not been continued into the second budget year yet because that budget year has never been up for discussion. >> but that would sort of be a legacy of his. >> from the mayor's office, the comment has been that, but any changes, we'll keep you appraised of them. >> when you talk about the set asides being 30% of the city's overall budget, does that include the prop f set aside? >> so my understanding is yes, that is also included there. i'll confirm with the mayor's office on there, bu

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this is a celebrate conversation between whether mueller made pure decisions regarding the staffing of his team and political leanings of investigators. certainly, talking about the investigation, i think this report definitely does under mind the crediblility of that republican. >> why did you think agents waited until 2017 to actually interview papadopoulos and they of course, did not actually release this latest information in the plea deal until very recently, what took so long? >> to your point, the way that investigation works, the last thing that you want to do in that investigation after you gather everything else is actually interview either target or an accomplice or accessory to the crime. you want to leave that to the last piece. that makes sense as far as the time line goes. i got to give it to the new york times. what it does is, it bolsters those folks that were upset of the fact that the dossier is discredited. so if there were other pieces of that application, which there were and this was one of them, it does make more sense into my colleague callan here, my only issu

they've been working hard to build staffing levels up after years of low recruitment.ts more police on the street. they see it as an accomplishment for the department and the city, too. >> it's a long time. last february we had 7 graduates. today we have 42. it's incredibly exciting for anybody that wears this uniform. we're pumped. >> another academy of troops in training, it's also a large class. sjp credits improvements in benefit and bay. >>> how bad is it, a live look at san francisco. are we number one for the worst traffic in the nation? no. according to the data app waves, san jose is 6th. honolulu was number one. >>> red flag warnings in southern california are putting firefighters on edge. they have gained ground in the wildfires. the thomas fire is now 35% contained. however winds are expecting to kick up tomorrow morning. that's concerning. it's burned more than 266,000 acres in ventura county. >> jeff ranieri is here, we're hoping we don't see any of that in the bay area but our own wind can bes are coming tonight. >> yes, the same winds southern californi

marshalls officials staffing the headquarters here in d.c. has taken priority over st staffing field office as cross the country and security in courtrooms in the federal courthouse d.c. has also taken priority over staffing warrant squads that look for wanted fugitives. some outstanding warrants come from dea and fbi and u.s. marshall service says it's collaborating with other law enforcement agencies to reduce the numbers of wanted fugitives. taxes going down and paychecks going up. this is the kind of relief americans deserve. >>> victory lap for republicans today as 1.5 trillion tax cut package heads to president trump's desk for his signature. house lawmakers gave final approval to the tax bill 224 to 2 the long awaited tax rewrite gives republicans and trump the first legislative at atreement since election. final version of the bill includes repealing obamacare individual mandate and reducing corporate tax rate from 35 to 21%. and gop says it cuts tax force 5% of americans. >> and 3.2 trillion think of it in tax cuts for americans and

the increased staffing levels are purely a suicide intervention measure.ome nice bi-products of that and other benefits of having more people here">and that is making visitors feel safesotsot at the golden gate bridge haaziq madyun kron4news (catherine) if you're planning on spending new year's eve in san francisco...including popular spots like pier 39 --- police are reminding people of some basic safety advice. as always - big crowds are expected along the embarcadero. authorities say to always be aware of your surroundings...and to take note of any emergency exits near you. and if you see anything suspicious - call police or call 9-1-1. (catherine) the man accused of plotting to commit a terror attack at san francisco's pier 39 on christmas day will remain behind bars for now. the decision was made by a federal court judge in fresno earlier today. the f-b-i claims everitt jameson told undercover agents he would target pier 39 and se

the berkeley police department is facing a major crisis: a staffing shortage...ment is suspending units, eliminating departments and desperately trying to keep officers on the force. kron 4's justine waldman talked to the chief. justine the police chief tells me it is a challenge to keep the public safe during this staffing crisissot we are seeing a staffing crisis unlike any i have seen in my career here. chief andrew greenwood tells me in his 32 years with the berkeley police department, this is a difficult time. hanging in a storage locker - are all the patrol bikes. the program got suspended in the fall. and the drug task force is gone. cuts that could be coming next year ending the traffic unit. and parking all motorcycle officers.sot are there some investigations in narcotics that are not going to get done the answer is yes.// are there some calls we are not going to go to yes. that is so we can focus our people on community safety while they are on patrol.patrol is where the chief does not want to see cuts - those officers respond to calls in the community

a staffing shortage here at the berkeley police department has the chief calling it a critical time.and he tells me that keeping the public safe during this crisis is a challenge. sot we are seeing a staffing crisis unlike any i have seen in my career here.chief andrew greenwood tells me in his 32 years with the berkeley police department, this is a difficult time.hanging in a storage locker - are all the patrol bikes.the program got suspended in the fall.and the drug task force is gone.cuts that could be coming next year ending the traffic unit. and parking all motorcycle officers.sot are there some investigations in narcotics that are not going to get done the answer is yes.//are there some calls we are not going to go to yes. that is so we can focus our people on community safety while they are on patrol.patrol is where the chief does not want to see cuts - those officers respond to calls in the community.but the department is currently short 20 officers.he wants bpd to be more competitive in hiring.or else things will get worse, before they get better. sot this is a regional problem

. >> all of our fire stations are open and staffed right now.ething you never see in the middle of december in the bay area. this is my 20th fire season, and i can't remember a december like this. >> reporter: cal fire normally staffs 15 trucks during the peak season and only 4 in the winter, but they've ramped back up to 15 units. at one point 11 of them were in southern california battling the thomas fire. >> our forces are getting tired, but that's our job. fire season started in march, 9 months later still going strong. >>> now to southern california. check out the wind fueling the thomas fire tonight. it's now 40 percent contained, but at 267,000 acres it's now the third largest wildfire in california history. more than a thousand structures have been destroyed, and tonight thousands of additional residents have been ordered to readvantage wait. -- ordered to evacuate. s of flames. --nat-- --track-- parts of the rive lit up - >> reporter: tonight firefighters lugged hose lines and equipment up a steep driveway. >> we have this house handled

police say all of their district stations will be fully staffed.lso be a strong police presence along the embarcadero -- both before and after -- the annual fireworks show. in addition to the added patrol... san francisco's emergency operations center will also be activated. it will be staffed by dozens of federal, state and local law enforcement personnel. city officials are also encouraging any one headed out on new years eve to sign up for public safety alerts that will be sent out via text message. all you have to do is text message "nye-s-f-17" to "8-8-8-7-7-7." ( darya )camila. we will check back through out the morning. ( will ) if you were planning on bringing family to the golden gate bridge this new year's... you might want to make other plans.

. >> once we start looking at staffing levels, material levels, talking about salt, br ine or gasoline for the truck. >> reporter: 8 tons of salt mixed with calcium should more than cover this snowstorm which won't put a freeze on christmastime events. >> well, we have holiday stroll. >> reporter: the sea isle mayor says his business and many others in town aren't too war i had that snow will impact. chamber holiday stroll event on saturday. angel hopes snow only add to the christmas atmosphere at her store. >> it is exciting. i know it doesn't make as many people go out as would but first off, it will be exciting for everybody to have our first snow. >> reporter: mayor says street , sidewalk clearing plans are in place so people can enjoy a winter wonder land at the shore. >> now that we are here maybe some snow, what better place to be then in sea isle city. >> reporter: i'm certainly getting in the holiday spirit down here in sea isle, you heard something, somebody yelling, get coal in their stocking. come on down here take your time getting to the shore, make sure thaw leave plenty

with a few things happening with some recruitment in training and increase in their staffing as well as other modifications, including an advertising campaign regarding when the appropriate time is to call 9-1-1 versus maybe when you can call an informational line or nonemergency line like 3-1-1, they have emergency announcements out about that. it's all contributed to seeing that number get back in that 90th percentile range. >> ok. thank you very much. >> i think this is significant, particularly since the last time that we saw mayor lee, myself and the president was over the discussion on several topic matters. and one of the topic matters was the division of communication. in response time. so for us to hear that they've reached that goal of 10% to answer the calls, 90% of the time, with our personnel that now is being trained and there's still classs that are still coming. i just think that i wanted to comment not only very, very good but it was a comment of -- it is part of the mayor's legacy, if you will, in terms of programs and necessities that need to be dell with. so i jus

. >> reporter: it is becoming the norm, as berkeley's -- berkeley's police staffing levels are on an emergency level. greenwood explains. but we are in the hundred and 60 range down from 200. we are seeing a staffing crisis the likes not seen for many years. >> reporter: it's something paul knows all too well. but it used to be you would call them here in five minutes. not anymore. nowadays, if they show up at all, it is hours later, or never. >> reporter: these officers investigating a random crime arrived in minutes. but things will change according to the chief. >> we have our bike operations, and as we approach march and look at what our staffing is, pragmatically, we will have to suspend our motorcycle officers.>> reporter: narcotics and community services are also working out a new contract with the city, and have dedicated a website to the issue, where's my berkeley cop.com. >> we saw the billboard for san francisco advertising in berkeley. they pay cops there. we have really good cups, and they are sought after by other agencies. >> reporter: the police union says officers ar

staffed appropriately. and just across the board, people did not have the information they needed to make the decision they wanted to. >> democrat dnc has been attacked by a lot of people, including me. they don't engage the community a lot, day go to wrong places, they don't really deal with the people on the ground, the grassroots, the churches, black radio. and they really don't understand our community. did they correct that here? because i got reports they sent in people. and the people there on the ground didn't even know who they were. i love senator cory booker. i love others, but they really didn't even know them. did they have any impact on the voters you talked to? >> not too many of the voters i spoke with. so i heard two different things. i definitely spoke with people at the dnc who did send people and could point to everything they did to pull out the black vote. but many of the black voters i spoke with never ran into these people. they didn't feel like they actually came to their community.

we made staffing decisions as well. we don't have the resources to pull everything from one part of the city to put it to the other. we measure carefully acreage, the challenges associated with different property. when they make the staffing allocation decisions, we did have the ability to create this extra complex, so we were able to give some of our more challenging parks, our staff in some of our more challenging park areas, fewer parks to manage which has happened. and with more investment, we'll continue to do that. >> now with the new software data from the controller's office, how do those two interplay in future planning? >> again, commissioner mcdonnell asked how are you going to make decisions on what projects you tackle. so prop b, we've committed to put aside -- you're going to hear in in january and february -- $15 million a year we're reserving for deferred maintenance. that comes before you, it's for things likes court resurfacing, field, irrigation, boilers, different sorts of things. we're being much mo

one of the reasons we've invested additional money in staffing year-round and work we do ahead of the fires in fire prevention efforts. >> reporter: rural areas, more stay open all year. usually only ten. and reimbursing others around the nation who helped bolster their own firefighters. never has the magnitude of this year's fires blackened so many acres and required so many resources. abc7 news. >>> a donation center that opened after the north bay wildfires ravaged santa rosa is no more tonight. closed after dealing with multiple break-ins. reporter tells us what this means for fire victims still in need. >> reporter: these are the last kids able to take advantage of the hidden valley donation site in santa rosa. volunteers been busy moving out. >> as far as physical items, we're not able to keep it open. >> reporter: open since october to help families with children at hidden valley elementary, most of the kids lost everything when homes burned down. since then victims come through to pick up items to rebuild lives. need not as great as before but still coming by. including vandal

the royal college of midwives says staffing levels must improve. of midwives is concerned about the levels of midwifery staffing and they are low. we would like to think of solutions and ways of making sure that we have more midwifes in the future. east sussex healthcare trust have apologised to wendy and ryan and admitted some aspects of their service did not meet their usual standards. but that's no comfort to the couple. can't move forward. we have tried to, but we can't. it's always there every day. memories. it never goes away. to me, always there every day. memories. it never goes away. to me, it's the first thing when i think wake up that i think about and the last thing at night. the future of the troubled retailer toys "r" us will be known shortly after creditors voted this morning on whether to agree to a restructuring plan which could save over 3,000 jobs in the uk. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz is outside a store in south london. when is the decision going to be made public? it could be in a matter of minutes, perhap

one of the reasons we've invested additional money in staffing year-round and work we do ahead of the fires in fire prevention efforts. >> reporter: rural areas, more stay open all year. usually only ten. and reimbursing others around the nation who helped bolster their own firefighters. never has the magnitude of this year's fires blackened so many acres and required so many resources. abc7 news. >>> a donation center that opened after the north bay wildfires ravaged santa rosa is no more tonight. closed after dealing with multiple break-ins. reporter tells us what this means for fire victims still in need. >> reporter: these are the last kids able to take advantage of the hidden valley donation site in santa rosa. volunteers been busy moving out. >> as far as physical items, we're not able to keep it open. >> reporter: open since october to help families with children at hidden valley elementary, most of the kids lost everything when homes burned down. since then victims come through to pick up items to rebuild lives. need not as great as before but still coming by. including vandal

concerned, we want to be sure that everyone who works here who might be a victim of this, whether it is staffed to staff, members of staff, member to member. understands, it's all over. it's a new day. and the courage of the women coming forward is something that difference, but also, the attitude in the country, which i think some of the springs from the election of donald trump as president. leaderhe democratic calling on congressman john .onyers to step down mr. conyers lawyer says he will not be stepping down. you also heard the leaders say they are looking at additional legislation to deal with sexual misconduct. there will be a hearing next week before the house of administration committee, go to c-span.org to find out details of that. they will be taking up this issue of how sexual misconduct is reported in the house. joining us on the phone is elana schor with politico for more on this story. let's just begin with congressman conyers. stressospitalized due to , his office is saying, but not backing down. there is an ethics investigation into what happened. where does that stand? guest:

as we transition start to demobilize some of the staff and increase staffing into long-term recovery.this is not something we do haphazardly. a very methodical decision to demobilize him in regards to the long-term disaster recovery what we try to follows the national disaster recovery framework. it points out six different support functions. economic viability to housing. we been working with our partners to make sure third the primary agency in charge i believe all incident command decisions should be made there instead of back up here. that's a framework were following and how are staffing not going forward. >> the front supplemental request has language that would require puerto ricans to submit the recovery plan to congress. this would be developed in consultation with fema. in other agencies. it's important that puerto rico has ownership of the plan. but they will need technical assistant. in what ways to they help support the creation of a plan and can you explain how this process will work? >> if i remember the language correctly in the supplemental doesn't just say puerto ric

month ago, i introduced legislation to look at create task force to see how we could as a city have staffinghat will look at the new issues that will come up again and again and look at the principles that will guide us in determining how to approach new technology as it's coming up faster than we can actually blink an eye. and i'm hoping that that piece will come back to the board. i have spoken -- and the person or the department i'm asking to head up the task force would be the city administrator and i've sat down with her already and she's fully on board with that. so i'm looking forward to companying that piece of investigation earlier next year. but today it's about keeping our sidewalks for people. i hope i have your support. >> supervisor breed: thank you, supervisor yee. supervisor cohen. >> >> supervisor cohen: for bringing this to our attention. the spirit with which you're looking at the issue is noteworthy and we should be focussing our attention on artificial intelligence and robots and what that means for our pedestrians. and thank you for always giving voice to the issue. in

to the committees members, we thank you for your staffing at department of public emergency management. through the month of november we have taken the call within 10 seconds. your support of the coordinators that send out alert, coordinate resources are all funded by the grant. at this time i'm happy to answer questions you may have. >> thank you. we're thrilled to hear that we have met the national standard in terms of 911 response times. this was the committee that that hearing was held. any questions for -- no? >> i have one question. i'm just wondering, in the case of emergencies like this, do we have sites designated in districts so that we as supervisors know this is the plan, that if there is something like this, the -- we have made a pre-arranged arrangement with the ymca and notified as a supervisor. >> that's an excellent question. we have a shelter data base of 150 facilities we reach out to. we have to make sure they're functional after the emergency. they need to be inspected and need to be able to accommodate the people that are displaced. we work closely with the human

we have some light duty people from the airport and from other sources that have helped us with staffing and so measures to boot. we are working on a public campaign which should be kicking off very shortly and some other measures to continue the progress. as i said, i believe we will achieve our service goal by the end of the calendar year. >> thanks, rob. i will turn it back to anne. thank you.. >> thank you, mike and thank you team for the good reports. we have had a busy year. are there any questions for the any of the presenters so far? we are heavy on the presentations, sorry, but we have a lot to say. i'm going to turn it to naomi kelly who over sees the san francisco and recovery. it's all yours.. >> thank you, anne. i just want to start off with there is a report that heather green, our director of planning but i would be remiss if i didn't talk about the life council. we have been meeting in this calendar year. it's been great. we have a renewed focus on restoration timelines and you know the purpose of the lifeline council is to have inter agency cooperation not with just our

because of air circulation we literally have to shut the doors and so the autopsy is done without staffing being able to come and go or exit the space and literally lock down the autopsy in the new facility we have bio build one door opens and closed behind you you can gown up and go through a second seizures of doors that has its own independent air supply and now in the exterior opt space having that middle space have greater flexibility of staff as they move in and out of the area. >> in the current facility investigative unit has small tiny, tiny place in the area of the new facility is almost doubled in all divisions from the current facility and the new facility. >> the planning we have here gives them the opportunity to have the pool needs to complete theirs jobs in a much more streamlined fashion. >> we're looking forward to have secured parking to minimize the egress of you know visiting and the members of the public but really to minimize the investigators remaining remains from our advancing and so the facility. >> we have a new visitors area we're building that is a little bit

staffed by dozens of federal, state and local law enforcement personnel. kristin hogen/sfdem- "just by being close together, we can problem solve quite quickly. we also are able to get a sense of what's happening in the field very quickly as well, because we're all working shoulder to shoulder." city officials are also encouraging any one headed out on new years eve to sign up for public safety alerts that will be sent out via text message. kristin hogen/sfdem- "all you have to do is text message nyesf17 to 888-777 and then we'll be able to send you messages as it relates to the new year's eve celebration directly to your phone." finally, sfpd is also asking that if anyone sees anything suspicious see something say something.in san francisco, charles clifford kron 4 news. (grant) if you were planning on making a trip over the golden gate bridge for new year's....you might want to listen up. the landmark draws thousands of visitors year round but can get especially crowded around the holidays. captain lisa locati of the golden gate bridge patrol recommends