In the bay area are in the dark this afternoon pg and e has turned off the power to prevent wildfires during this critical fire weather. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman 24 counties in the state are affected including several counties here in the bay area. So lets take a look out pg es outage map this is the latest information all the purple triangles are the affected areas. Thats where the power is currently out. Here in the bay area customers in alameda contra costa napa san Mateo Santa Clara santa cruz solano and sonoma counties are without power right now we can see that from the map. Pg says some customers may not see the power back on until 10 oclock tomorrow night. So we want to check now on just how hot and windy it is outside kron fours meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is here now shes tracking the latest temperatures for us good afternoon, the breeze its hot out there mixed really hard especially along the coast and the east bay shor
Pollutants and smoke in the air coastal areas, some of your best well looking at east and south facing some unhealthy spots to kick off this thursday. Winds right now nice and calm for the most part and temperatures in the 50s and 60s so through the jacket on as you venture outside it is cool and it does have a brisk feel to it as youre getting out there later today expect comfortable conditions with highs in the 60s for San Francisco low 70s in oakland and some 80s in san jose. Back to you james all right, thank you very much john. Back to the fires now crews are making progress on 3 major fires burning across the bay area according to cal fire the lnu lightning complex fires up in the north bay are now 33 contained. The scu lightning complex fires in parts of the east bay and south bay is now 30 contained and the czu august lightning complex fire in san mateo and santa cruz counties is now 21 contained. Now good news out of the santa cruz area we have you see santa cruz lifting now i
This was the blast of that led to the mass protest as a 5 day search for survivors draws to a close the beirut port explosion killed at least 158 people and left thousands injured. Kids. Are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow recapping the weeks top stories with our Weekly Program this is R T International we start though with breaking news from belarus where large scale protests are unfolding after the countrys president ial election state exit polls claim that Alexander Lukashenko who has been in power since 1904 has won a landslide victory the rival candidate says the vote was rigged earlier to video journalists from. Arties Ruptly Agency were detained while covering the election the interior ministry has convened an emergency meeting in response to the unrest. Was who was i. Was. I. Was. When i was walking home i got caught up in the midst of the action but i was near the sports and it seems like the main clashes with the police were taking place there i saw police with l
Jesse gary. Reporter as firefighters worked to tap out a fire that is mostly contained. Word ever reinforcements are headed to the front lines. That is part of an effort to upgrade and improve the capacity to mitigate, prevent, and suppress wildfires. Reporter Governor Newsom announcing Additional Resources for cal fire seen at 285 million is being used to purchase upwards of 12 new blackhawk helicopters to aden suppression. He said that 172 fulltime firefighters are being work the they do direct Line Construction on the fire cutting vegetation down to the bare mineral soil. Including the control lines around the fires. Reporter there been over 41 hundred wildfires that exceed the average they believe the increase indicates drier and more dangerous fire season. Fuel moistures are lower than average. Epically what we associate with the drought. Reporter they said the university has hired five full time faculty members dedicated to research and prevention. His department is creating a fi
What conditions are really like for workers employed by german slaughterhouses. Transporters known to be highly stressful for livestock why does the Meat Industry persist in ignoring the welfare of the animals and people it relies on. Meat it seems the world cant get enough of it from poultry to steaks to fast food over the past 60 years i mean will global meat production has shot up 5 fold to 373000000 tonnes. Argentina australia and the us on the big 3 when it comes to per capita meat consumption. The Meat Industry is profit driven and Animal Welfare is often low priority transport can be torture for animals but in the e. U. Alone the industry transports 350000000. 00 mammals and around a 1000000000 poultry to albatross in feedlots each year. There are e. U. Regulations governing animal transport but the Meat Industry continues to violate them. Across the world animals that are still alive or put on trucks and ships to be traded from one country to another either from this water or t