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the first county in the united states to outlaw gas and oil extraction why did that county choose to fight back against big oil and are more communities across the country planning to do the same thing and bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world and some workers are among the most it's lloyd in the world but despite its poverty in third world conditions bangladesh still has more of a backbone or moral compass than the united states at least when it comes to corporate criminals i'll tell you why and i'd still take. it as the rest of the news despite its wide wide range of environmental and health consequences the practice of fracking or extracting natural gas from shale rock beds is on the rise across the country and because of this growth in fracking the oil and gas industries and even the mainstream corporate media haven't been shy about saying how much our nation could benefit from this natural gas production boom even president obama noted in his state of the union speech that the production natural gas of the united states has never been higher than it is today .
the first county in the united states to outlaw gas and oil extraction why did that county choose to fight back against big oil and are more communities across the country planning to do the same thing and bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world and some workers are among the most it's lloyd in the world but despite its poverty in third world conditions bangladesh still has more of a backbone or moral compass than the united states at least when it comes to corporate criminals...
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county. i would say that is for the supported by the history in the county. know the harris county district attorney's office disproportionately excluded african-american prospective jurors also at the time. discrimination. >> i want to play a comment from phyllis taylor, duane buck's stepsister, who is forgiven buck for shooting her on the same day as the murder of his ex- girlfriend and friend and has called for his life to be scared. in this clip, she describes a recent visit she made to join but. he came down from death row at the county jail and his sister and i went to visit and i had a wonderful visit. i let him know there everything that had happened, i sought forgiveness in my heart. i went to church and i prayed along with family members. found it in my heart to forgive. when i was able to talk back with him or three letters, then i let him know he was forgiven through christ. >> that is duane buck's stepsister, phyllis taylor. the significance of this, linda , one of his victims, she was not killed, for giving him? >> i think it is unprecedented. it
county. i would say that is for the supported by the history in the county. know the harris county district attorney's office disproportionately excluded african-american prospective jurors also at the time. discrimination. >> i want to play a comment from phyllis taylor, duane buck's stepsister, who is forgiven buck for shooting her on the same day as the murder of his ex- girlfriend and friend and has called for his life to be scared. in this clip, she describes a recent visit she made...
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they require the ambulance county arrived less than 20 minutes 90% of the time after being dispatched. according to the information the ambulance company violated its contract and did not arrive within the 12 minute required timeframe. the county executive said with one more violation, the county may have to consider terminating its contract with the ambulance company. they did not put people at risk but they would have been vulnerable if a disaster would have occurred. they reportedly are taking this matter seriously and in its last two reviews, they excited its -- exceeded its response time and we have not heard back but we hope to bring you their response in the morning news. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> san francisco city supervisors are talking about the current security measures for big events. the hearing comes in the wake of the deadly bombings of the boston marathon. they will be taking a close look at all of the bet it breaker's races and they can monitor any suspicious activity. >>> new this morning, there are new concerns iraq could be headed for civ
they require the ambulance county arrived less than 20 minutes 90% of the time after being dispatched. according to the information the ambulance company violated its contract and did not arrive within the 12 minute required timeframe. the county executive said with one more violation, the county may have to consider terminating its contract with the ambulance company. they did not put people at risk but they would have been vulnerable if a disaster would have occurred. they reportedly are...
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the people that run the program in nevada county. the program that provisions the services, that program is available to people voluntarily. that only 4 people have been treated through the voluntary clause. that service is available to all people. 4 people were involuntary mandated to those services. couple of them succeeded, a couple didn't. the point is that the county where you have a chief of police who meets with the judge, who meets with the department of mental health or the head of the department of mental health have breakfast in their local coffee place. that model can work in a small community where you are going to know the clients and know the people that come up. does it work in an urban setting when you have highly complex and structured system or interaction of systems between police, between providers and things like that? we don't think so and that's part of the reason it hasn't been implemented. it's filled with all sorts of legal problems and coordination problems with bringing additional core systems into alignme
the people that run the program in nevada county. the program that provisions the services, that program is available to people voluntarily. that only 4 people have been treated through the voluntary clause. that service is available to all people. 4 people were involuntary mandated to those services. couple of them succeeded, a couple didn't. the point is that the county where you have a chief of police who meets with the judge, who meets with the department of mental health or the head of the...
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the sources close to the county's investigation says it does not look good for the da.how it could open up for others in a big way. others call it the me-too clause. >> reporter: letter after letter. >> there is a lot of animosity towards mr. rosen right now. >> reporter: different unions, same concerns. >> we had an understanding, a trust, an agreement. a contract. and we did not expec to be sitting here today. >> reporter: it comes after our investigation exposes the district attorney, jeff rosen, suggest that time sheets be alter altered, allowing employees to bank vacation and sick time which they can later use. he made up for a 5% bonus cut in the middle of the budget crisis. >> so yes, i brought in administrative leave to try to compensate them in some way for that. >> reporter: that answer would be a costly one for the county. >> it is a public gift that the public didn't know they were giving away. >> reporter: the santa clara county peace officer's association had to make drastic cuts to help the county. >> for us it is a huge slap in the case. >> reporter: uni
the sources close to the county's investigation says it does not look good for the da.how it could open up for others in a big way. others call it the me-too clause. >> reporter: letter after letter. >> there is a lot of animosity towards mr. rosen right now. >> reporter: different unions, same concerns. >> we had an understanding, a trust, an agreement. a contract. and we did not expec to be sitting here today. >> reporter: it comes after our investigation exposes...
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taking a look at the beltway in montgomery county we have delays on the outer loop and new york avenuesburg road. delays there. >> thank you. we hope to get answers today about changes fairfax county plans to make to the bus service. the county's department of transportation holding the first of six public meetings today. the county wants to create a new public bus route and wants to change six routes all together. hunter woods, the county will hold meetings every other night this week. >> you may have new breathing room. metro plans to expand it's station. the transit agency isn't saying what improvements it will make but it could includeevatoelevat. >> today is the day. time to quickly running out to file your 2012 income tax returns. you have until midnight to get your forms into the irs. if you are not ready to file, you can get a six month extension. you can get it at the district's tax and revenue office on 4th street. the office will open at 8:00 this morning and close at 6:00 tonight. 94 million americans submitted their tax forms. 90% electronically. new this morning new featu
taking a look at the beltway in montgomery county we have delays on the outer loop and new york avenuesburg road. delays there. >> thank you. we hope to get answers today about changes fairfax county plans to make to the bus service. the county's department of transportation holding the first of six public meetings today. the county wants to create a new public bus route and wants to change six routes all together. hunter woods, the county will hold meetings every other night this week....
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in broad daylight on the street in kaufman county. as the d.a., he's looking at it in two ways, a crime, the murder of a public official that happened in his county. he's the chief prosecutor, he has to prosecute it, and if the deputy d.a. was killed because of his job, because he was the deputy d.a., then the d.a. himself also has reason to worry he might also be a target, right? mike mclellan addressed that concern with reporters after the hasse killing, telling the associated press he was carrying a gun at all times following mark hasse's murder. he told the dallas morning news he was shifting the details of his personal routine. the dallas morning news interviewed his wife as well, cynthia mclellan. she told the paper, it's very sad. i feel like my husband could be in danger, too. well, on saturday night, both cynthia mclellan and her husband mike mclellan were found dead inside their home in forney, texas, which is in kaufman county. cynthia's body was found near the front door. it appears as if she opened the front door. quote, t
in broad daylight on the street in kaufman county. as the d.a., he's looking at it in two ways, a crime, the murder of a public official that happened in his county. he's the chief prosecutor, he has to prosecute it, and if the deputy d.a. was killed because of his job, because he was the deputy d.a., then the d.a. himself also has reason to worry he might also be a target, right? mike mclellan addressed that concern with reporters after the hasse killing, telling the associated press he was...
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we are the only one to do so and we are the only urban counties that have under population but the other ones are rural counties. i believe we are doing well. i believe with the sheriff's because we are doing well does not mean that we can't not do better. i believe we can do better. that someone is going to stay in custody in a pretrial setting should be really based on risk, risk of violence, risk of reoffending and/or is a flight risk. i think also as we looking at this, we need to push the whole concept of adjustment reinvestment. that needs to go to places to keep people coming into system in the first place. prevention models, more going towards public education and health is a long-term investment instead of putting into criminal justice system. i hope as we continue to develop this and other areas that we are focused in the whole concept and where we can take money away without risking public safety and putting money in social services that are more likely over a long period of time to continue to reduce crime and continue to create a safe environment and environment where we wou
we are the only one to do so and we are the only urban counties that have under population but the other ones are rural counties. i believe we are doing well. i believe with the sheriff's because we are doing well does not mean that we can't not do better. i believe we can do better. that someone is going to stay in custody in a pretrial setting should be really based on risk, risk of violence, risk of reoffending and/or is a flight risk. i think also as we looking at this, we need to push the...
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the fight heats up to prevent more fire station closures in contra costa county. that's one of the top stories. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. >>> a fake tweet this morning briefly sends the stock market sharply lower. at 10:07 this morning, a tweet that appeared from "the associated press" said "breaking -- two explosions in the white house and barack obama is injured." the tweet was fake. the a.p. twitter account was hacked. the president's fine and there are no explosions. within minutes, the a.p. suspended its account. it released a statement saying the account had been hacked and the tweet about the white house was false. that's at about 10:12. between the hack statement and the tweet, the dow jones fell over 150 points. also markets went down. by 10:13, stock, bonds and crude oil were all trading before about where they were before the tweet. the dow is back up 123 points at 14,691. the nasdaq is up 30. s&p is up 13. >>> budget headaches strike again in contra costa county. four fire stations were shut down earlier this year and now two more could be on t
the fight heats up to prevent more fire station closures in contra costa county. that's one of the top stories. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. >>> a fake tweet this morning briefly sends the stock market sharply lower. at 10:07 this morning, a tweet that appeared from "the associated press" said "breaking -- two explosions in the white house and barack obama is injured." the tweet was fake. the a.p. twitter account was hacked. the president's fine and there are...
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the county sheriff in mckellenan county, pernell mcnamara and asked them for help. let them know if they needed help in federal assistance and we followed up by senator cornyn's office and senator cruz's office, and i got off the phone a few minutes ago with governor perry. he says he's ready to respond whenever the local community tells us that they need that help, so he will call theme a. we've alerted fema so we're
the county sheriff in mckellenan county, pernell mcnamara and asked them for help. let them know if they needed help in federal assistance and we followed up by senator cornyn's office and senator cruz's office, and i got off the phone a few minutes ago with governor perry. he says he's ready to respond whenever the local community tells us that they need that help, so he will call theme a. we've alerted fema so we're
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. >> excessive and irregular that is how the county executive's office explains giving of administrativeick leave. it granted thousands of hours of paid time off to make up for 5% bonus cut in the wake of the county's budget crisis. tonight as the county takes action others are calling it a gift of public funds that may need to be paid back. >> i think your investigation brought up the issue of large numbers with regard to the use of administrative time. >> reporter: these are the time sheets that tell the story of thousands of hours of requested time off crossed out and given for free allowing employees to bank vacation days. >> the policy allows for administrative leave to be given and gives discretion to the district attorney to do that. >> reporter: it is that discretion the county is now limiting. >> we want to make sure that financially the county is not at risk. >> reporter: by capping the amount of administrative leave to 40 hours per employee during the fiscal leave. for those given 40 hours this year will not be allowed anymore time off. >> it puts a limit on it and nuts tourni
. >> excessive and irregular that is how the county executive's office explains giving of administrativeick leave. it granted thousands of hours of paid time off to make up for 5% bonus cut in the wake of the county's budget crisis. tonight as the county takes action others are calling it a gift of public funds that may need to be paid back. >> i think your investigation brought up the issue of large numbers with regard to the use of administrative time. >> reporter: these are...
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. >> obviously a breach of contract, the county has the option to terminate the contract. >> reporter: county officials say that 375 million-dollar contract is in jeopardy if the violations happen again. >> anytime a provider, especially in this kind of service miss requirements of the contract and in this case response time even though it's a small amount, it's a big concern to us. >> reporter: the violations happened on three occasions, the last two in late 2012, the contract requires ambulances to arrive in under 12 minutes 90% of the time. and they missed that goal by 4 calls in october and 6 in november. they average over 60 calls a month. they said no lives were lost or put at risk. >> the county of santa clara dispatching our ambulances. and there were some times where those ambulances were not in the correct position or the correct ambulances weren't being dispatched. we worked again very closely with the county to rectify those issues, so it's a combination of things. >>> the company has been fined $4.7 million. over all the average response time is in line with other service
. >> obviously a breach of contract, the county has the option to terminate the contract. >> reporter: county officials say that 375 million-dollar contract is in jeopardy if the violations happen again. >> anytime a provider, especially in this kind of service miss requirements of the contract and in this case response time even though it's a small amount, it's a big concern to us. >> reporter: the violations happened on three occasions, the last two in late 2012, the...
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the three other supervisors agreed with the county executive. they also want to see an outside party investigate. >>> coming up on nbc bay area, going beyond talking and driving, the new efforts to try to get drivers to stop using the gps while beyond the wheel. >> plus, first cigarettes, now e cigarettes, local county on the verge of imposing tough restrictions on all smokers today. >>> today is equal pay today. what does it mean? we'll take a look coming up in business news. >>> as christina loren likes to say, we're getting paid in sunshine around the bay area. this is a look over san bruno right now, clear skies. beautiful temperatures. enjoy it all week long. we're back in minutes. >>> welcome back. santa clara's city leaders are dreaming big exploring their options for a chunk of land near the new 49ers stadium. the city will talk today about entering into an exclusive negotiating agreement when the major commercial and residential developer. a mix of hotels, restaurants anderson retail spaces are all on the table. the 230-acre property is
the three other supervisors agreed with the county executive. they also want to see an outside party investigate. >>> coming up on nbc bay area, going beyond talking and driving, the new efforts to try to get drivers to stop using the gps while beyond the wheel. >> plus, first cigarettes, now e cigarettes, local county on the verge of imposing tough restrictions on all smokers today. >>> today is equal pay today. what does it mean? we'll take a look coming up in business...
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while it didn't put patient's at risk the county would have been vulnerable if it occurred. eaching out to see if they are pleased with the sort of response that santa clara has given but we have been told that they have been exceeding response times and they have been told by the county they have been performing well. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> let's get sal back, you have the chopper headed for fremont? what is going on. >> news chopper 2, looking at it right on the shoulder, one badly damaged car is up on a flatbed and northbound 680 in fremont, the lanes are open and they have lifted the significant alert they have talked about and all vehicles are on the shoulder but southbound 680 was not affected. there is a wide median and they could not see going by. some of the lanes have been reopened. let's look at the bay bridge, it is hard to see with the sun and it is backed up all the way out to the mcarthur maze and those metering lights are on. we go back to the south bay and on 101 they have an accident and traffic is backed up for at least a mile a
while it didn't put patient's at risk the county would have been vulnerable if it occurred. eaching out to see if they are pleased with the sort of response that santa clara has given but we have been told that they have been exceeding response times and they have been told by the county they have been performing well. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> let's get sal back, you have the chopper headed for fremont? what is going on. >> news chopper 2, looking at it...
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he says it is clear the county does not have appropriate resources and authority to properly, publiclynd completely investigate. >> we can't do an internal investigation without incurring lots of criticisms no matter what the investigation shows. >>> while the board waits to here about the legality of the action. >> it doesn't feel right when all of a sudden in the midst of that kind of an all for one and one for all belt tightening that one department can make a decision to dole out more money to a certain group of employees. >> reporter: supervisor wants to know why the board was left in the dark. >> i didn't know that those kinds of payouts were happening. >> reporter: payouts in the form of administrative leave. hundreds of time sheets changed from sick time. >> hundreds of time sheets were documented as administrative leave to try to compensate employees that have extra responsibilities and extra hours and unfairly have their diffial taken away from them. >> at the minimum somebody is going to be on the learning curve about all of this. worst case we have a bigger problem on our h
he says it is clear the county does not have appropriate resources and authority to properly, publiclynd completely investigate. >> we can't do an internal investigation without incurring lots of criticisms no matter what the investigation shows. >>> while the board waits to here about the legality of the action. >> it doesn't feel right when all of a sudden in the midst of that kind of an all for one and one for all belt tightening that one department can make a decision...
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services of all the counties in virginia. this was the fastest growing county, and at one point the most rapidly growing city in the united states. >> next on book tv, old dominion university professor discusses his book innocents abroad, journeys around the world on semester of see. >> semester s.c. is an educational organization under the aegis of the university of virginia. plus students from other countries. the faulty thousand two and in the fall of 2006i circumnavigate the globe to get a sense of the entire world. and for somebody like me who is a writer, i believe the writing is all about seeing. probably not many better ways to change your perspective and to open a big rise and to kill passed the note into the unknown world. to brazil, cuba, egypt, the vietnam, burma, spain, italy to morocco, south africa, kenya. to those a 6i met a driver in egypt in alexandria, egypt. of course, we try to avoid connecting with him, what we ended up creating a. and to does a six, remember christian and muslim, altogether spent two day
services of all the counties in virginia. this was the fastest growing county, and at one point the most rapidly growing city in the united states. >> next on book tv, old dominion university professor discusses his book innocents abroad, journeys around the world on semester of see. >> semester s.c. is an educational organization under the aegis of the university of virginia. plus students from other countries. the faulty thousand two and in the fall of 2006i circumnavigate the...
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the violations. this is responding to emergencies. santa clara countyres that the ambulance company arrives to a scene in less than 12 minutes of deeing dispatched 90% of the time. the ambulance company violated its contract twice in october and december of 2012. ambulances didn't arrive within the 12-minute required time frame. a spokesperson said they were a fraction of a percentage off. but regardless, they took the matter seriously. >> immediately went into action and put together a plain, hired additional personnel, put additional ambulances on the street to make sure that we meet those response times and that that would never happen again. >> reporter: the mercury news is reporting that the county executive says that with one more violation of that type, the county may have to consider terminating its contract with the ambulance company. he told the paper that while the company didn't put patients at risk, the -- county -- at risk, the county would have been vulnerable if a disaster didn't occur. as a side note, the county is in the middle of of n
the violations. this is responding to emergencies. santa clara countyres that the ambulance company arrives to a scene in less than 12 minutes of deeing dispatched 90% of the time. the ambulance company violated its contract twice in october and december of 2012. ambulances didn't arrive within the 12-minute required time frame. a spokesperson said they were a fraction of a percentage off. but regardless, they took the matter seriously. >> immediately went into action and put together a...
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the county's shrinking budget forced the department to make cuts, select employees lost 5% bonus. but our investigation found the d.a.'s office is altering time sheets to get around it. extra time off and you are paying for it. what we have uncovered sparked an internal investigation by the county. >> it was unfair and unprecedented, but their 5% differential was taken away. >> is it fair to everyone else who had to make cuts? >> i don't even understand the question. >> other departments making can cuts. >> i'm the elected district attorney. so i'm entrusted with the public with running the district attorney's office. and with protecting the public. i'm not here to speak about how other departments in the county run their affairs. >> if anybody in the county did that, our budget would be totally out of control. >> tonight at 11:00, our investigative unit has the altered time sheets and what this could mean for the ount o county's budget. there is more on this tonight at 11:00. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call. or send us an e-mail. and next at 5:00, we
the county's shrinking budget forced the department to make cuts, select employees lost 5% bonus. but our investigation found the d.a.'s office is altering time sheets to get around it. extra time off and you are paying for it. what we have uncovered sparked an internal investigation by the county. >> it was unfair and unprecedented, but their 5% differential was taken away. >> is it fair to everyone else who had to make cuts? >> i don't even understand the question. >>...
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. >> what we've uncovered has sparked the county to begin an internal investigation into the d.a.'s office. we found while a shrinking budget has made may know cuts, one department head has found a way around it. the district attorney jeff rosen. our investigation exposes his office recoding time off, allowing employees to bank vacation days. hundreds of time sheets from top paid attorneys in the d.a.'s office, altered. >> i directed this to happen. i wanted this to happen. this is exactly what i wanted to happen. it was unfair and unprecedent that their 5% differential was taken away. so after long and careful thought and deliberation, i instituted a policy. >> his policy? taking time sheet and changing vacation to administrative leave. allowing employees to get paid time off and still bank their vacation time. >> is it fair to everyone else who has had to make cuts? >> i don't even understand the question. >> other departments cuts. >> i'm the elected district attorney. so i'm entrusted with the public with running the district attorney's office. and with protecting the public. i
. >> what we've uncovered has sparked the county to begin an internal investigation into the d.a.'s office. we found while a shrinking budget has made may know cuts, one department head has found a way around it. the district attorney jeff rosen. our investigation exposes his office recoding time off, allowing employees to bank vacation days. hundreds of time sheets from top paid attorneys in the d.a.'s office, altered. >> i directed this to happen. i wanted this to happen. this is...
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we're calling it the bar stool musical. >> an orange county teammate with hollywood dreams. and more on the murder that sent shock waves through the jail. >> i grabbed him, started dragging him out. he said, no, he's not going anywhere. ♪ [ man ] excuse me miss. [ gasps ] this fiber one 90 calorie brownie has all the deliciousness you desire. the brownie of your dreams is now deliciously real. ♪ now roundup has a new sharp-shootin' wand ♪ ♪ just point and shoot, and weeds are gone ♪ ♪ 'round fences, trees, even mulched beds ♪ ♪ 'cause the only good weed is a weed that's dead ♪ ♪ roundup [ male announcer ] with a new one-touch wand. yeha! [ whip cracks ] ♪ o beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain ♪ for purple mountains majesty above the fruited plain ♪ ♪ america america god shed his grace on thee ♪ ♪ then crowned thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea ♪ [ applause ] >>> when it comes to beating boredom in the orange county jail, donald stokes likes to sing, and patriotic classics seem not to bother anyone. >> as always, portions brought to you in part
we're calling it the bar stool musical. >> an orange county teammate with hollywood dreams. and more on the murder that sent shock waves through the jail. >> i grabbed him, started dragging him out. he said, no, he's not going anywhere. ♪ [ man ] excuse me miss. [ gasps ] this fiber one 90 calorie brownie has all the deliciousness you desire. the brownie of your dreams is now deliciously real. ♪ now roundup has a new sharp-shootin' wand ♪ ♪ just point and shoot, and weeds...
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jonathan hart said the county does not have enough staff to ensure firefighter safety. he said that was evident in the fire that killed volunteer firefighter mark falkenhan two years ago and may be at fault for the injuries to gene kirchner. he said more staff is necessary for such a large and diverse county. the county disagrees. instead, it has plenty of qualified people to manage the larger fires. >> that's the person that should be there at the bang of the incident when things are very dangerous, when things are happening very quickly, when things are very complex. that's the person you want. >> we have many commanders and ovary day they're commanding fires and other incidents and we're doing so successfully. >> the department said the response time is two minutes. as far as the reisterstown fire last week, that is still under investigation and there may be some sometime before we find out how gene kirchner ended up injured. >>> the rain tax -- one county is considering a challenge to the state law. jeff hager has the latest on that fight. >> reporter: never mind the
jonathan hart said the county does not have enough staff to ensure firefighter safety. he said that was evident in the fire that killed volunteer firefighter mark falkenhan two years ago and may be at fault for the injuries to gene kirchner. he said more staff is necessary for such a large and diverse county. the county disagrees. instead, it has plenty of qualified people to manage the larger fires. >> that's the person that should be there at the bang of the incident when things are...
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the county did that, our budget would be totally out of control. >> the county has opened an internaltion into the d.a.'s office based on what we found. tonight at 11:00, we'll show you those altered time sheets and how it's affecting the county's budget. back to you, terry. >> thanks very much. if you have a tip for our investigative unit give us a call at 888-996-tips. or send us an e-mail to the unit at nbcbayarea.com. >>> orange and black fever spreading through san francisco this weekend. the world champion san francisco giants home and kicking off the 2013 season. today the seem honored buster posey, last year's national league most valuable player picked up his hardware in front of the fans. comcast sportsnet live at at&t with more on that. hello, mindy. >> reporter: buster posey certainly a fan favorite and for very good reason. he's only
the county did that, our budget would be totally out of control. >> the county has opened an internaltion into the d.a.'s office based on what we found. tonight at 11:00, we'll show you those altered time sheets and how it's affecting the county's budget. back to you, terry. >> thanks very much. if you have a tip for our investigative unit give us a call at 888-996-tips. or send us an e-mail to the unit at nbcbayarea.com. >>> orange and black fever spreading through san...
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the were effected princess anne county in many ways. the folks here under the occupation of the union forces, their husbands, their sons, the grandsons, their nephews, their uncles. all these men and princess anne county were all fighting for the confederacy, and because these folks here were southern sympathizers to the cause of that war, they suffered dearly at the hands of the yankees or the union occupiers in this area. union troops would come down here sporadically in small patrols because they didn't meet any resistance here in princess anne county. like i said, although menfolk other than the younger men and older men, everybody else was off fighting for the cause. leaving the union patrols are going in and out of the county. they didn't have anything to fear. edgar wanted to wash his hands of the work, but when he came back home in january 1863, of course lincoln announced the proclamation emancipation, this set in motion a lot of blacks, free and slave, run off the plantation here in princess anne county to join the colored troo
the were effected princess anne county in many ways. the folks here under the occupation of the union forces, their husbands, their sons, the grandsons, their nephews, their uncles. all these men and princess anne county were all fighting for the confederacy, and because these folks here were southern sympathizers to the cause of that war, they suffered dearly at the hands of the yankees or the union occupiers in this area. union troops would come down here sporadically in small patrols because...
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we have the lawyer and the county clerk getting some blame, he says wrongly. is jacobs, the erie county clerk, and on the right, an attorney specializing on gun law. there's a slight delay even though you're only coming to me from buffalo. and the identity has been made public, david lewis turned over the guns he had, all right, okay, i guess so and then said to you, what the heck is going on here and how long did it take for the police to admit to you, whoops, we have the wrong guy? >> well, megyn, thanks for having me on and david was informed on the 2nd or the 3rd of april that he was to take his guns to the local police and give them up. which he complied with on april the 5th and then subsequently, the state police about three days later admitted that they had made a mistake. >> megyn: now, the way, just so our viewers know. it was always the case that your psychiatrist or psychologist would have to report to authorities if they thought you had become a threat to yourself or others, but this new law passed in the wake of newtown now adds another layer and
we have the lawyer and the county clerk getting some blame, he says wrongly. is jacobs, the erie county clerk, and on the right, an attorney specializing on gun law. there's a slight delay even though you're only coming to me from buffalo. and the identity has been made public, david lewis turned over the guns he had, all right, okay, i guess so and then said to you, what the heck is going on here and how long did it take for the police to admit to you, whoops, we have the wrong guy? >>...
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that's all. >> i don't think it's fair to the county taxpayers. >> reporter: bob stern is the former council of the fair political practices commission. >> what he did was go around what the county board did and use a different way of achieving what he wanted to achieve, which is to pay his employees less but also let them work less. >> reporter: remember, lead attorneys in other offices also lost their 5%. but we found they didn't get any administrative leave. >> i think the public is going to be very upset, and other employees in the county are going to be very upset. they're saying wait a minute, we're taking a 5% cut, and the d.a.'s are not. >> reporter: the d.a.'s policy doesn't just include changing vacation time. sick time was changed too. >> whatever timeoff slips you have. it doesn't matter. it speaks for itself. it's seexplanatory. you have it. >> so it's okay to change sick time to administrative leave? you're okay with that? >> jenna, first of all, its same thing. whether they're here or not and they have time off, whether it comes from their sick bank or their vacation o
that's all. >> i don't think it's fair to the county taxpayers. >> reporter: bob stern is the former council of the fair political practices commission. >> what he did was go around what the county board did and use a different way of achieving what he wanted to achieve, which is to pay his employees less but also let them work less. >> reporter: remember, lead attorneys in other offices also lost their 5%. but we found they didn't get any administrative leave. >>...
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the county r remains the only county to implement the law. there have been other counties in los angeles county and other counties who are considering it. >> why have they not adopted the law. what is it about forced treatment and the consequences for an allowing refusing treatment. we have a panel who have a knowledge of this subject in some cases because of their professional endeavors and in some cases because of personal experiences and in some cases, both. let me introduce them. karen chen is an attorney manager for the san francisco public defenders office, kathy, whose son battled mental illness, can is a subject treatment expert for the medical center. danny is the associate director for the serial neeb breet program for the city of san diego. and san francisco chief of police. gary is a psychiatrist and laura's law advocate and eduardo vega of the mental health association of san francisco. let me start by opposing a question to karen chen from the public defenders office. karen, can you -- how about if you start by giving us an overv
the county r remains the only county to implement the law. there have been other counties in los angeles county and other counties who are considering it. >> why have they not adopted the law. what is it about forced treatment and the consequences for an allowing refusing treatment. we have a panel who have a knowledge of this subject in some cases because of their professional endeavors and in some cases because of personal experiences and in some cases, both. let me introduce them....
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the area. a caribbean restaurant in hernando county. business since 1985. >> since most inmates complain about the food, we asked powers for a professional evaluation. >> it is bland. a lot of the food is bland and i agree somewhat it isn't enough food, but once you're here for a week or two weeks, you get used to it. people are eating -- used to being on the street and eating when they want and what they want. unfortunately, when you come here, that's not what you get to do. >> it's not enough to fill you, just enough to put something in your stomach to keep you going. >> there's chicken in here but the chicken is not real good chicken. very bad chicken. but, anyway, whatever. >> it is what it is. i eat to survive. >> i think that the food tastes reasonably good. what we have done is try to create neutral food tastes so if the food is bland, at least they are not having something that they find objectionable. >> once you're here a little bit, you're like, you know what? it's really not that bad. a little salt would be nice, and pepper.
the area. a caribbean restaurant in hernando county. business since 1985. >> since most inmates complain about the food, we asked powers for a professional evaluation. >> it is bland. a lot of the food is bland and i agree somewhat it isn't enough food, but once you're here for a week or two weeks, you get used to it. people are eating -- used to being on the street and eating when they want and what they want. unfortunately, when you come here, that's not what you get to do....
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one is to know their vision is for the county transportation authority. what they see as at key challenges and opportunities facing the next executive director? and then third we want to know what they see as a key competencies and skills and attributes needed for the leader of this organization? that will help us build a profile of what the ideal candidate is going to look like so we will the next week and a half doing this and we will produce a recruitment profile at the next meeting. i believe it's april 1. that profile will outline information about the city, information about the commission, information about the authority, the key attributes and the responsibilities for the position, but also will layout what the timeline is going to be and what the application process will entail. the next phase of the recruitment is really the marketing phase. we're taking a unique approach in this phase because our recruitment time has been compressed. norly a recruitment of this natures out reach phase is six to eight weeks. i believe ours is a little over four w
one is to know their vision is for the county transportation authority. what they see as at key challenges and opportunities facing the next executive director? and then third we want to know what they see as a key competencies and skills and attributes needed for the leader of this organization? that will help us build a profile of what the ideal candidate is going to look like so we will the next week and a half doing this and we will produce a recruitment profile at the next meeting. i...
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the prison? >> i wasn't to go back. >> because it's nice, huh? >> in this county, don't violate the law because you're not going into a hilton hotel. >> whether it truly is the toughest jail is debatable. but arpaio at least wants the inmates to believe it is. >> sometimes they yell at us from 12:00 at night until 12:00 the next day and then they wonder why we're unruly. we do get unruly on our own behalf, but sometimes we just get pushed and pushed and pushed and pushed. >> do teachers yell in the classroom? >> not all day. >> since first elected sheriff of maricopa county in 1992, arpaio has instituted a number of measures to give the jail its reputation. the most famous was the creation of an outdoor housing unit known as tent city. it is occupied only by inmates that have been convicted and are serving short sentences. >> they're free, we put the tents up next to the dump, the dog pound because it was free land that we found. >> it's a combination of cadaver, rotten jerky and i think methane gas. >> that's the top of the pot right there. you really have to sti
the prison? >> i wasn't to go back. >> because it's nice, huh? >> in this county, don't violate the law because you're not going into a hilton hotel. >> whether it truly is the toughest jail is debatable. but arpaio at least wants the inmates to believe it is. >> sometimes they yell at us from 12:00 at night until 12:00 the next day and then they wonder why we're unruly. we do get unruly on our own behalf, but sometimes we just get pushed and pushed and pushed and...
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. >> right, so the cta is the county transportation. what did difficult is the fact that san francisco is a city and county in and of itself. so there are certain things, certain types of funding that we would not be able to access if we do not have a county transportation agency to be able to do some of the improvements and planning and things of that sort. but as commissioner dooley said, there focus is more on the whole county. while they be working on a project that is a section of the county is may have an impact on the entire county. but, the other question does need to be asked. what is the integration and how much do they coordinate and work on the planet together? >> that might be a question we ask them. any other comments? thank you everybody for coming. thank you, thank you, thank you. next item please. >> directors report, update report of the office of small business, and the departmental programs, legislative matters, announcements regarding small business activities. >> commissioners, i have provided for you in your report
. >> right, so the cta is the county transportation. what did difficult is the fact that san francisco is a city and county in and of itself. so there are certain things, certain types of funding that we would not be able to access if we do not have a county transportation agency to be able to do some of the improvements and planning and things of that sort. but as commissioner dooley said, there focus is more on the whole county. while they be working on a project that is a section of...
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county. we're about to talk to the judge in kaufman county. ne of the biggest differences when you look at the killing of the assistant district attorney just a little more than two months ago, it was a pretty clean hit. when you read about what happened he was in the parking lot outside of this courthouse you know so far at least publicly no major leads. then when you compare that to what happened just over the weekend with mr. mclelland and his wife. all kinds of shell casings left. dallas morning news is reporting they're hoping that some surveillance video there at the house will help them at least find the perpetrator. >> and also it is so chilling to hear mclelland talk about that first killing. chilling to hear him the tough talk also the associated press reporting that he was carrying a gun everywhere he went. >> walking the dog. >> every day. >> just to be extra safe. and in the end, still murdered at his home over the weekend. >> we mention the judge. he is bruce wood. he is a judge in compton county, texas. worked with both men. judg
county. we're about to talk to the judge in kaufman county. ne of the biggest differences when you look at the killing of the assistant district attorney just a little more than two months ago, it was a pretty clean hit. when you read about what happened he was in the parking lot outside of this courthouse you know so far at least publicly no major leads. then when you compare that to what happened just over the weekend with mr. mclelland and his wife. all kinds of shell casings left. dallas...
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the golden gate. northbound getting towards marin county. hbound moving decent towards san francisco. >> coming up just over one hour away from the first pitch as the oakland a's we are live at the stadium with all the action. and a hiker rescued in oregon after spending one week in the resc[ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? no, we watched march madness in the living room... that's where the tv outlet was. what is he talking about? and if mom was hosting her book club that day, guess what...you missed it! we couldn't just move the tv all willy-nilly all over the house. ohh! ohh! kids today have it so good. ok. [ male announcer ] the wireless receiver. call to get u-verse tv starting at $19 a month for 2 years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. (male announcer) this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: opening right now, the first pitch is one hour away. j.r. stone? >> reporter: you can
the golden gate. northbound getting towards marin county. hbound moving decent towards san francisco. >> coming up just over one hour away from the first pitch as the oakland a's we are live at the stadium with all the action. and a hiker rescued in oregon after spending one week in the resc[ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? no, we watched march madness in the...
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in the same county. a look you won't see anywhere else in the violent white-powered group being eyed for both killings. gun control crusader mark kelly not far from where his wife was shot and nearly killed by giving away weapons and free shotguns. does that make sense? >>> breaking news in the killing go into the house. they could have been killed up to 24 hours before their bodies were found. what happened here has terrified and mystified the community. fbi investigators marching into the district attorney's office space in kaufman county courthouse. an ominous scene and a nightmare. mike mclellan and his wife and the killing of one of his assistant district attorneys is causing grave concern here and throughout the state of texas. >> i suggest everybody be careful about what goes on and i think this is a clear concern to individuals who are in public life, particularly those who deal with very mean and vicious individuals whether they are white supremacy groups or the drug cartel s we have. >> as of no
in the same county. a look you won't see anywhere else in the violent white-powered group being eyed for both killings. gun control crusader mark kelly not far from where his wife was shot and nearly killed by giving away weapons and free shotguns. does that make sense? >>> breaking news in the killing go into the house. they could have been killed up to 24 hours before their bodies were found. what happened here has terrified and mystified the community. fbi investigators marching...