Safe water is flowing through the taps once again for most of a neighborhood in Mountain View that has been dealing with water main contamination for nearly two weeks.
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a plan to roll back regulations on pollutants known as "forever chemicals" in the nation's drinking water. It comes against the backdrop of a senate hearing, where some angry lawmakers accused the EPA's new director of putting the country's health at risk.
Measure R would raise $24 million for improvements for Bryon Union, a rural school district deep in eastern Contra Costa County.
The cost to fix Oakland Unified schools' drinking water lead contamination could be as much as $53 million -- money the district says it doesn't have.
OUSD says they found lead levels higher than their safety threshold of five parts per billion on 22 of their campuses.
Oakland public schools are responding to what they are calling a crisis surrounding the drinking water in nearly two dozen schools in the district.