Liz wagner good evening, and thanks for joining us. Tonight, we investigate, and hold the powerful accountable. State investigators are looking into what sparked a series of Deadly Wildfires in wine country last month, including links to pg e power lines. Right now, in gold country, more than 2,000 plaintiffs are suing the utility for another deadly fire that started when a single tree fell into a power line. A judge already found pg e responsible. Now a jury will determine if the company disregarded safety. Tonight, we investigate pg es treetrimming program and why critics say its putting your safety on the line. Liz september 9, 2015, a ferocious wildfire in the sierra foothills chases thousands from their homes. Janet lucich it was horrible. Liz janet lucich was out of town when she got a call. Her husband and kids were caught in the middle of it. Janet you stop breathing. I thought if they were dead, my heart would break. Liz with flames nearly on top of them rick lucich fire is co
Threatening to be the undoing of hillsborough traffic commission. The breach of ethics are clear. Critics like ptc victor chris say email showing the executive director and members of the taxi industry Work Together to set up sting operations aimed at ticketing who were in lift drivers. He called an emergency meeting. He should be put on a the discussion quickly turned to a heated debate with cab and limo drivers defending their partnership. It is the same as a neighborhood watch. And the director defending himself. This is a witchhunt. Board number ripped into chris. It was a sham what took place this morning. When he became clear that he asked county attorneys to find an interim director, reddick went off. You are telling me that you position. We havent voted yet how do you know if were going to make a decision if they and havent spoken with someone . That is correct. You have not done your homework or you would not be saying things youve been saying. When it came time to vote. The b
And googles new attempt to find out what ails you more informative and less terrifying. Nightly news begins now. Good evening. We begin with deadly fire and flooding on opposite sides of the country. In West Virginia, historic flooding has killed 24 people. Tonight search and rescue missions are active as noud thousands are cut off from power and supply. And the erskine fire is claiming at least two lives. We have reports on both stories and Morgan Radford starts us off in West Virginia. Reporter thomas, good evening. This used to be a dairy queen. You could still see unopened cones beside roofs that are uprooted. So far 24 people are pronounced dead and now federal assistance is on the way. An entire town submerged. This in one of 44 West Virginia counties under a state of emergency. The governor asking for forward assistance from fema. The search continuing for those still unaccounted for. The National Guard is out cleaning up destroyed neighborhoods across the state where more than
Truck. Now, there is roadwork being done about a mile from where we are on 401 south. Apparently the driver was headed that way when this accident happened. From what we have been able to see here on the scene the driver of the white car did not make it. We are hearing from witnesses here on the scene that she was a young woman . Her early 20s. That is about now. But, again, all lanes of 401 south, the remain closed at this hour. Likely they will remain closed for quite some time. Right now the state Highway Patrol Reconstruction Team just arrived on the scene and they are going over their measuring the street and figuring out exactly how this accident happened. We will remain here on the scene and bring you updates during this newscast or at the station wral. Gerald, lynda. Thank you. The police are investigating a crash of their own. It happened a little more than an hour ago. An suv hit a pedestrian walking nor the fog line on the road. The person was killed. Durham police have not