from the counties including the benefit designs. today we will be reviewing that. >> is there any way we can put it on -- >> all right. >> just the highlights of this, please. >> all right. on page 2 you will see that the average monthly contribution for the 2015 plan year is 567.80 cents. that is higher than last month. you will see that 1.46 is lower than historically it has been increased by and there is a few different reasons for that. there are a few counties that have made changes to what they are offering to their employees. for example, sacramento county, they took way all the plans except for the kaiser plans they were offering and now they are offering new plans and lower cost plans, high deductible plans and their employer contribution went down significantly. there are various other counties that behaved as we would expect that had high increases, but there were a few counties and we can go through a few of them if the board would like that contributed to this low increase. >> ask the opinion of any board member. would

we asked him about the accuracy of the response times reported to the county. turns out even when they said they were meeting the 90% goal, they weren't. so for six months out of 2012, the department reported to the county that it met the 90%. are those numbers going to be lower now? >> looking back at the data, i would say yes, those numbers are going to be lower. >> reporter: those aren't the only wrong numbers. the city reported it was meeting its own internal standard. >> no, we're not meeting the standard. >> reporter: last november they reported they met it 79 to 80% of the time but new calculations show it was off by 20%. as for all the other year, this graph shows those were wrong too. do you believe that the department did anything to try to make the numbers look better? >> i don't think that the department tried to do anything to make those numbers look better. i mean, i wasn't involved with the data at the time, so i don't really know. >> reporter: as for the internal e-mails we mentioned earlier discussing how to achieve 90%, the chief believes staff

moving forward for april 2014 a that's san mateo but the other county are basically going to move forward bans they're readyness in he remembers of the health plans and the services for readiness. so for example, alameda county is scheduled to start in july of 2014 and sarah county is scheduled to start in january of 2015 there's a variety of start dates so in terms of menacing the enrollment process for the most part they'll be enrolled by their birthdays so people will get before it their birthday they'll get a 90 day novs notice and a 50 and thirty day notice. they need to a choose a plan option or they'll be possibly enrolled similarly with people with disabilities what their enrolled their defaulted if they don't make a choice so communication is important in this effort. so it's the states intent to expand beyond the county and their goal is to expand the program statewide are there's certainly a desire and belief that better integrated care will be better quality for beneficiaries. so additional legislation will be enacted and with that, the incl

county residents. a lot are for drugs. they are going into the city or coming out, they get pulled over. they use bergen county because its use of artery highways. >> most of the roughly 900 inmates housed here have been accused of crimes and are awaiting trial under the resolution of their cases. like many, deanna collins is not only from somewhere else, philadelphia, she's also facing drug charges but she's unique in another way. >> what happened to your hair? >> really? it was a process. >> at the beauty parlor? >> yeah. i had a chemical treatment. i was supposed to be doing body wave and changing my hair color and they ended up singing off my hair. now that i look like this, i look like such a scum bag and not the kind of person you want to pull for. >> looks like it hurts. >> it does. it hurts my pride. it hurts everything. >> collins says things got worse soon after. she was arrested on multiple counts of obtaining prescription drugs through fraud. distributing prescription drugs and forgery. she has pled not guilty but admits to having done some of the things for which she is charg

the county's women's facility is located here, as well. rgest section of central is reserved for high-security male inmates. jeremy bowles has been here for the past two years facing an array of very serious charges. >> when it comes to crime, it comes to different things, i don't have no boundaries. as long as it's not hurting kids, it's not hurting pregnant women, i'm up for all of it. >> have you seen a lot of people die? >> yes. that i can -- yeah. that's -- comes with the game. >> bowles has a long criminal and gang history and has served prior sentences, both in state prison and at the orange county jail. two years ago, he was a free man for 16 days. an eventful 16 days. >> i went to the beach for the first time in my life. that was about the only thing i did positive out there. >> bowles allegedly spent much of the rest of the time on a crime spree that resulted in his latest arrest. the most serious charges include multiple counts of home invasion robbery and the attempted murder of a police officer during a shootout that followed a

the bergen county jail. >> north carolina, baby. >> i got the dirty south in here, north carolina. >> yeah. >> ain't nobody that's in this county from this county. from trenton, new jersey, ready to go home. >> 65% of our population are out of county residents. a lot of them are for drugs. they are going into the city or coming out, they get pulled over. they use bergen county because its use of artery highways. so, a lot of those individuals are incarcerated here. >> most of the roughly 900 inmates housed here have been accused of crimes and are awaiting trial under the resolution of their cases. like many, deanna collins is not only from somewhere else, philadelphia, she's also facing drug charges but she's unique in another way. >> what happened to your hair? >> really? it was a process. and it fell out. >> it was a process? >> yeah, chemicals. just fell out. >> at the beauty parlor? >> yeah. i had a chemical treatment. i was supposed to be doing body wave and changing my hair color and they ended up singing off my hair. now that i look like this, i look like such a scum bag and i

it won't be in the county any longer. i'll be out with air. you know. es. because you're programmed. you're outside walking. carrot for a while because you're wearing bright ass orange. the brightest you've ever seen like crossing guard orange. >> over in the workers barracks of the jail donald stokes is headed in a completely different direction. tonight, he'll be released from jail. >> at this point i'm pretty much ready to go. i said my good-byes to everybody and passed off that which i can pass off to my friends i'm not taking with me. and i'm a little anxious waiting for that minute where they call my name and i get a chance to grab my things and head down the road. could be any time now but seems like every minute has taken hours, you know. it will happen when it happens i guess. in case of emergency. >> because stokes was taken into custody without shoes, the jail has allowed him to have a pair of flip-flops so he won't leave bare foot. >> yes, ma'am. take these. be safe you all. take your time. be in touch. take care y'all. be safe. see you soon

the police were actually searching for his roommate. pima county, arizona. ex-marine jose guerena picks up a rifle to protect his family from what he believes to be a robbery. the police fired 70 rounds, hitting guerena 22 times. he never fired a shot. while the botched raids could be isolated incidents, those sounding the alarm say the rise of military-style tactics is changing police culture. >> if you dress a guy like a soldier and you give him a soldier's weapons and you train him like a solider and you send him out in the streets and you tell him he's fighting a war, yea i absolutely think that has an effect on mentality. >> meanwhile, the trend is being fueled by commercial interests outfitting swat teams is now a multi-million dollar business thanks to homeland security grants that flooded police departments post-9/11. here at the urban shield event, private companies display their latest wares. >> welcome to urban shield. we have the watch. >> dhs grants totaling more than 34 billion dollars have been transferred to local police agencies. >> the feder

county residents. a lot are for drugs. going into the city or coming out. they use bergen county because of its artery of highway, down the eastern seaboard, so a lot of those individuals are incarcerated here. >> roughly 900 of the inmates housed here are awaiting trial for the resolution of their cases. like many, deanna collins is not only from somewhere else, philadelphia, she's also facing drug charges. she's unique in another way. >> what happened to your hair? >> really? it was a process and it fell out. >> it was a process? >> yeah. chemical, just fell out. >> at the beauty parlor? >> yeah. >> i had a chemical treatment. i was supposed to be doing body wave and changing hair color. they ended up singing off my hair. now that i look like this, i look like such a scum bag and i look like such a not kind of person you want to pull for. >> it looks like it hurts. >> it does. it hurts my pride. it hurts everything. >> collins says things got soon after. she was arrested on multiple counts of obtaining drugs through prescription fraud and forgery. she pled

for a professorship and yet only yesterday he boasted of having at last been elected a member of the county council. fancy him a member with protopopov, his chairman. they say the whole town's laughing at him and he's the only one that doesn't know anything or see anything. and now you see everyone's at the fire while he is just sitting in his room not taking the slightest notice of it, just playing his violin. oh how dreadful it all is, how dreadful, dreadful. i can't stand it any longer, i can't. i really can't. you must take me out of here, take me out. i can't bear it anymore. what is it, what is it darling? where has it all gone to? where is it? god, i'd forgotten, i'd forgotten everything, nothing but a muddle in my head. i don't remember what the italian for window is or for ceiling. i'm forgetting more and more every day and life's slipping by and it'll never come back and we shall never go to moscow. i can see that we shall never go. don't my dear, don't. i'm so miserable, i can't work. i won't work. i've had enough of it, enough. first i worked at the telegraph and now i'm at the

the police were actually searching for his roommate. pima county, arizona. ex-marine jose guerena picks up a rifle to protect his family from what he believes to be a robbery. the police fired 70 rounds, hitting guerena 22 times. he never fired a shot. while the botched raids could be isolated incidents, those sounding the alarm say the rise of military-style tactics is changing police culture. >> if you dress a guy like a soldier and you give him a soldier's weapons and you train him like a solider and you send him out in the streets and you tell him he's fighting a war, yea i absolutely think that has an effect on mentality. >> meanwhile, the trend is being fueled by commercial interests outfitting swat teams is now a multi-million dollar business thanks to homeland security grants that flooded police departments post-9/11. here at the urban shield event, private companies display their latest wares. >> welcome to urban shield. we have the watch. >> dhs grants totaling more than 34 billion dollars have been transferred to local police agencies. >> the feder

have any information, call the anne arundel county police. we have a link to the reward website on our website, wjla.com . roz plater, abc 7 news. deadly roadus and unites a community. jennifer lawson was hit and killed while she was putting her car into a car seat on little falls road, across the street from nottingham elementary in february. the driver of the dump truck who hit her has not been charged. neighbors say they have pushed the county to make safety improvements. tonight, friends of lawson, neighbors, and arlington county leaders gathered to talk with nottingham elementary parents, who were upset it took a tragic death to get attention to the everyday danger there. >> it is devastating. every one of us could have been jen that day. we have all parked on that street, gotten in and out of our cars. it could have been any of us. >> her family and the pta and the school principal wrote letters to the county about that stretch of road. she hopes the meeting will lead to action. >> turning now to the weather, a frigid day, and it will tr

but they're tight on finances here at the county right now. you. freedom. as i was sitting there in the release area, i thought to myself, that was the first time i had been alone in four months. four months you've got somebody around you within a five-foot space. >> all right. take that green slip up to the cashier. >> thank you, sir. that's all i got in the world, but it's something. thank you, sir. one more lock away. thank you, gentlemen. >> for the first time since he was taken into custody four months ago, stokes can take a look at his possessions. >> these are going to be about as stale as humanly possible, yet it still smells good. on the inside, the cost of a pack of cigarettes all total, about $20 or $30. it's insane what these guys will pay for their quick fix. i didn't want to charge up my cell phone or even plug it in until i can get to a spot and write down the phone numbers before it dies. who knows what the future's going to bring, but when you hear people say there's nowhere to go but up, quite the literal case here. it's goin

back in 2007 when he was the county executive of milwaukee, basically in charge of the transit system, he made a comment that his goal as county executive, and by extension, presumably as governor, and by extension presumably as president, that his goal is to grow the economy so that those dependent on transit can all afford to have cars. and i have that with me in case you doubt that. i have extra copies in case you would like them to pass back to your folks in your various communities. this is serious stuff. seldom do you get elected officials seeking higher office to be that candid, but that is the fact. we really have been going backwards on major heist beat real grant. returned to the federal government. $810 million. -- whatever project it is, streetcars, local rail, light rail, the state is active in its opposition. they have a real problem with anything having to do with rail. they generally have a problem with public transit as well. they can't quite pull the trigger and figure out how to get rid of it entirely. so they have grudgingly supported it. operating systems have dec

the first time she's been in our jail. she's got quite a few charges. i see a lot of out of county and out of state charges as well pretty much for the same thing. quite a few actually. 15 with one town alone. three with another town and she also has some out of county. dee is wanted out of pennsylvania. oh, look at her hair. >> officers have seen this look before, usually on suspects charged with scamming pharmacies just as collins has been. >> probably shaved it. maybe when she went to the pharmacy to obtain the drugs, she put her hair up looking like she was sick, maybe chemother y chemotherapy. interesting. i'll have to ask her about that. >> classification is an on going process at the jail as new inmates arrive every day. today they include jerry nunez on the left and shawn stark on the right. arrested within hours of each other. they have been connected to a shootout with police two days earlier. >> officer say the man was walk with a gun and opened fire on a cop car barely missing the officer inside. the shots caused another patrol car to rear end the first car. they chased

the area. a caribbean restaurant in hernando county. en in the food 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 nic

in fact the previous versions of the bills specifically exclude the cities and counties from this. it was only meant to go e to the federal agencies. here because our, the city elected to be the housing success or and the housing authority, the san francisco housing authority is not the housing success or. there are no, there is no distribution. but in marine county i know, marine county said we need relief. and this provides relief. it doesn't apply to san francisco and operations. another item really clarifies for property management plans. in terms of transfer success or agencies were allowed to guess -- designate cities or public entity to approve a redevelopment plan and also clarified what this bill did that is pursuant to a community plan or 5-year implementation plan. we provided some clarification for our particular purposes on the property management plan, it doesn't help us because we were able to fit one of the boxes and does help other entities as we know around the state. >> lastly the bring to your attention there is a formula for loan repayments to the city or county

looking into portions of the county the snow is heaviest along this line to the extreme northwest of cook county and to lake county most of that heaviest snow is west of '94. down to the south you can see along 88 right through downers grove we have the potential for quick snow- covered as that snow continues. we are dealing with this note and really a slow commit a through the morning. it will start to exit the region from northwest to southeast later today. probably after lunch when we clear out and we expect to see the heaviest of the snow generally to the north. that's where we will get the few inches and then further down to this out to lansing. only about 1 in.. but it ends later today. at o'hare current temperature of 19. wind out of the northeast at 13 mi.. temperatures don't change much. a tim bartlett. 16 and waukegan pier 21 at midway. the wind chill isn't so bad. bartlett at 5 degrees. today's high is 26. not much movement with those temperatures today. flurries are possible clouds breaking up into the evening. down to 14 for the low. thursday we make 31 with sunshine. fri

we were the first county officers to begin the work but we couldn't send people all over the state. that's where i got the idea to let's bring them back early and work with senator hancock to work with that to give the county the pilot to do this. i support everything the sheriff said to this being a really innovative program and the opportunity to work with the population and got the governor's attention that he's written this into pod of over crowding and one of the strategies that he's basically implementing is to take it instead of the 60 days is to take it to 365 days. so the only ask is that i would have if the board could approve with one slight alteration this language that 56 bed is what guides the dollar amount in the contract, the 4.whatever million that's being looked at. the state is looking forward to improving that to 365 days i'm going to come back because i'm going to be a hard negotiator and this is what i told the governor's office and the prison law office that $77,000 a day on an on going basis is not enough for all the wrap around services they want. what i wou

charles, has the county abandoned the idea all together? >>we heard the public's concerns. has on tuesday, dennis handis alameda county probation department said that the county is backing off a plan to move the department from this facility at 4th and broadway.. to this building on the corner of 11th and lincoln elementary school. >> reporter: lohan for what we understand she was very for her life was shot at the suspect she will be off duty. but on paid leave while this investigation is going that is the lead is we have from here to have the latest copy of that 11 of sense and self for >> pam: kron4 charles clifford is live in the east bay area. >> reporter: not entirely that clarified movie and some other folks of the probation area. they modify it in such a way that will relieve people of their concerts. >> reporter: on tuesday did this hand is alameda county says is backing off the plant to move the department from this facility. on the corner of 11th and jackson. right across a limit to school. lincoln elementary school. >> reporter:the original plan had angered parent

so this has been, to me, a black mark on the county's history. and they've tried to come to terms with that over the years. well, when i finally did a book launch up in the county, i was joking to my wife candace that i might be tarred and feathered, you know, i don't know what i'll look like when i come home. but i did a talk there what is called the fish trap house, and there's a writers' group called fish trap, fairly well known. they had a packed house of probably 40 to 350 people -- 50 people there, and i did my presentation. i had misspelled the necessary purse name, but other than that i didn't get any criticism which i was amazed about. rater i talked -- later i talked to a friend and he said i think we're just ready to hear about what happened up here. you know, it's not that i've set out on a mission to explore the deep, dark, unknown corners of oregon history, but as i've encountered these stories about slavery in oregon and the massacre and mistreatment of the chinese, i know these are not in oregon's history books, but they're an impo

up on the examines exams we're asking the county to do a pilot project see if we can get the hiring down to 90 days. other things planned next week weeping we'll be working to strategically schedule our exams that means wherever we're getting the most heating heat we're going to look at the operation sections and figure out how to do the exams on an operational basis. we're also hiring two operational managers they're responsible for the on board staff we're going to have a testing center which the city and county have created that have interviewing rooms to speed up the step forward process. i've askedism is there anything we can do what we all want is something like that this right how do we get from here to here. in addition to the things we're doing i know it would be very helpful if we could do a value streaming mapping progress i've been attending at the san francisco general and the theatres their high energy and a lot of positive energy it happens that sf i u are our largest classification of over one thousand staff maybe we can do a pilot project i think that's something we

the theo lacy jail is the largest of five jail facilities in the orange county system. it sits on 11 acres and has a capacity of more than 3,000 inmates. >> let's go. hands behind your back. back row go to the house. >> marc gonzales is one of them, and except for his jail-issued t-shirt and scrubs, he could easily be mistaken for any other fun-loving oc teenager. >> i love surfing. i love the ocean. it's the best. the promised land here. nothing could go wrong except for robbing a weed store and getting arrested. my mom is in a lot of shock right now. it's the first offense. my baby is robbing weed stores? what does he need that for? >> unlike most inmates in the orange county jail system who have not been convicted but are awaiting trial, gonzales pled guilty to robbery and received a one-year sentence. with good behavior he could be out in nine months, and if his family gets its way back in minnesota. >> i have a bunch of newspapers under my bed because my mom sent me a subscription because i wanted to stay updated with what was going on in minnesota, concert-wise and

but virtually no one comes to the bergen county jail looking for good times. >> peanut butter and jelly. i ain't 4 years old. >> most of the men and women here have only been charged with crimes and awaiting resolution of their cases. >> gentlemen, to yourselves. go, fellows, put it down. to yourselves. let's go. >> having spent nearly two years in the jail's maximum security unit as his case moves through the courts, david goodell has picked up a new skill or two. >> when i was locked in the cell by myself, they let me have art activities. you got this for origami. i used to make ducks, flowers, birds, planes, like a butterfly, dinosaurs, frogs, everything. flower. i was kind of rushing it, but that's the basic idea. >> i've been doing this job over 22 years. i believe david goodell is potentially one of the most dangerous inmates we've ever dealt with here. he's very intelligent. he can be narcissistic, self-grandizing and he can be manipulative to the point where he can convince you of just about anything. >> staff realize that to deal with goodell is to deal with contradiction. the

the president of the team says it is good for lee county and for the fans. >> there is a significant for lee county when you consider that 60% of our fans, game in and game out, are coming from well outside of the county. they are spending money on hotel rooms, restaurants, and at local attractions. it is a significant driver of economic development. it is a win-win. >> the red sox got their new stadium a couple years ago. you can get upgrades here. did the twins ever putting money into it as well? your own equity? >> we are putting money into it. we have about $8 million that will be invested by the team, not to mention that we will be putting dollars and every single year in terms of people buying homes, players training here year-round. there is an economic benefit to the county beyond spring training. >> what do you get for the money and the stadium? >> there is dollars in player development, the training facility and conditioning elements. the dollars are going into fan amenities. fans' expectations have changed. they want a wider concourse and better concessions. they want the o

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the county also considered not replacing unfilled jobs. vania county school board says it still plans to offer employees a 1% cost of living raise. that's the first raise of its kind since 2008. >>> all school systems in maryland can apply for waivers now to avoid making up five snow days. the maryland school board voted to authorize the state superintendent to grant the waivers on a case-by-case basis. so far, 15 school systems have applied for those waivers. all 24 school districts in maryland surpassed their number of inclement weather days built into the calendar. four years ago, the state superintendent waived up to five days because of the harsh winter. >>> the university of virginia is looking to diversify its student body. the school's president, teresa sullivan, wrote a letter to 80 high schools in low-income areas of virginia. she invited principals to send some of their best students to visit charlottesville. personalized text messages also went to high-achieving students with financial need. uva has taken criticism for its lack

so that being said oftentimes other cities are being compared are part of the county and generally affordability requirement or suggestions are by a county level so in many stance affordable housing will be spread out over many county that list on those situations also in san francisco with your dealing with a city you surrounded by water and a decision in 1856 when the county line was put south of san francisco and the rest of san francisco was made into san mateo county so the highest city has one hundred and 5 thousand resident is near san mateo and the pacific can are a lot of housing that's a little bit more affordable particularly to the middle class so it includes areas to the peripheral of those cities so the difference between lack of income for the resident. although we have a problem we don't have enough housing for the middle in connection range and single-family homes that are attractive to people we have to build harassing as many as we can and we may have to change the county line and some factors beyond our control but we can mitigate some of the probl

the nation's counties that we are considered one of, only a significant part of the bridges. all of them represent 76.5% of counties bridge inventory. overall they represent 47% of the national bridge inventory and this is a particular issue to us and we sienna parishes on 33% of our state's public bridges. and secondly we request that requested we work hard to achieve the timely passage of a federal surface transportation bill that provides increased stable and long-term funding so that federal and state and local highway planners can create logical strategies to address highway needs. the political leadership at all levels supports this as our citizens do not understand or appreciate the lack of it. in our economy and quality of life depends on it. it made all the on this and i hear a lot about it whereby the mitigation ratio at times ranges from three to one to five to one. this exorbitant cost will cause some not to be constructed under this mandate. but we ask that you look at reducing the rim and, if possible, and allowing current wetland areas in advance for credit cons

we'll have a live report from washington on the crisis at the top of the hour. >>> the alameda county coroner's office tentatively identified a 56-year-old oakland man as the one who burned to death in a fire early saturday morning. authorities believe it's richard fang after seeing her driver's license but don't know for sure because he body was so badly burned. investigators say the body was set on nir an alley outside his 34th avenue apartment. police say that is considered to be suspicious. the apartment complex was also the scene of a fatal home invasion last month. police are trying to determine if thements are related. >>> police in hercules are considering charges to a transgender boy positive mawho story saying three boyce attacked him at a restroom at hercules restroom mopped. investigators became suspicious when they found no signs of injury. the student confessed to making up the story. school officials claim it a cry for help. >>> hundreds of mourning the loss of an east bay teen. hit and killed by a train on sunday. she dropped her cell phone on the tracks and was trying

both the state and county plows had a tough time keeping up in the morning, but things are starting to look better now. bruce leshan is live in bethesda with a look at conditions there. hi, bruce. >> reporter: hey, guys. boy, i hate to think what this road will look like come morning time. we're on acacia avenue in the maplewood alta vista neighborhood and there are a couple places of hard packed snow waiting to refreeze overnight. they've had some front end loaders in this neighborhood and they've gotten some of the streets absolutely clear, but no matter how hard they worked, they haven't been able to get everything so far. >> i like the weather. >> reporter: mohammed tv usant had already walked -- mohammed dusant had already walked a mile when we caught up with him. his boss at the bakery must have figured this weather would bring in customers for pastry and hot chocolate. >> reporter: you've got another mile or 2? >> i've got 2 miles. >> reporter: good luck. >> okay, thank you. >> reporter: keep walking. shawn o'leary was out in the street voluntarily. >> kind of like today or t