And, you know, what is an Emergency Relief Fund there if you are not going to use it during all of this going on . Is there any idea how this could impact employees severance and healthcare . Especially during this trying time . Well, elizabeth, what the bridge district has told us so far as they anticipate if there has to be a layoff, that employees would get four months of paid medical for themselves and their families and they would either get four weeks at their full salary or a 600 stipend over 10 weeks. We just spoke once again to the union. We will hear more for them tonight at 7 00. They say they were not anticipating any of these options. Almost all bay area transit agencies are reducing rounds and looking at budget cuts. But, some good news for caltrain with the passing of measure rr, voters last week approved a sales tax increase in three counties. That will raise at least 108 million over the next 30 years. President elect, joe biden, is taking a big step toward his white h
And if the power is shut off we heard from pg e it would happen early wednesday morning. All of this is a fluid situation as they watch the weather. Pg and e is preparing for what could be the 10th Public Safety power shut off. The Company Warning it may cut power to parts of marin, sonoma, napa and Solano County as well as parts of the east bay including berkeley and lafayette. I am ready. I do have a generator. And i am all for it. Reporter pgae says the Emergency Operation center is keeping an eye on strong winds expected to start early wednesday morning and last through thursday morning. The company may turn off power to thousands of customers to reduce the risk of a wild fire. I mean i would like a definite answer, maybe. That would be nice to know for sure. I just drank the last of the spare water thinking we are in the clear and now i have to buy all that again. Reporter pg e says double check your emergency kit and splice and have a plan ready. We are still monitoring the weath
Lafayette le there are preparing for quite a bit of time without power. Reporter consider this, this whole thing , all these shutoffs may not be over yet because second largest fire infire, occurred in december of 2017. The shutoffs are forecasted to impact 22 counties which affects 264,000 customers. The intent of any power safety shut off is to prevent a catastrophic wildfire. Reporter a good increase from the county count and subject to change according to the ever changing weather. We are looking at the weather models every hour and making decisions real time. Reporter six of the nine counties alameda, napa, sonoma, solano and marin and contra costa are included. The shutoffs will begin wednesday into thursday and the time needed to restore power. While many dislike power shutoffs more people are complaining online about another loss of service. The biggest problem we have in this Carriage Hill development has been the at t service also goes out. When the power goes out. Reporter w
In, may i understand you brought your son to the first 49ers game. I cannot lie, it is exciting, i remember when i went to my first game. Notes father daughter and fatherson moments, he went to his first 49ers game, he is a 49ers fan and to see the eyes of a nine year old and as soon as you walk into this massive stadium and see them come back and win. He is highfiving strangers like i do. There is nothing like it. He has got the vibe. He will never forget that, when my dad took me i think we had cameras, im sure you took a lot of photos. It was a good win for the oakland raiders. Lets talk about the weather, i feel that we are not getting rain, the weather could be better for being outside. We will get rain, just not right now, Southern California will get rain, not as. Yesterday was one, today is one, record highs are set at the airport 76, 74. Watsonville checking in a warm 84, santa rosa airport is 80 and probably similar to today. A couple things going on in between low pressure t
Discusses impeachment efforts and the supply complain. Her recentalus on piece on asylumseekers at th u. S. Mexico border. Host good morning and welcome to washington journal for wednesday, october 2, 2019. We would like to hearrom republicans only this first hour. Republican callers only to hear your thoughts on the impeachment inquiry on President Trump. Do you still support him . How do you think he is responding . We will also look at the latest polls on how other republicans are feeling. Republicans only. 2027488000 if you live in the eastern and central time zones. 2027488001 for the mountain and pacific time zones. You can send us a text. That is 2027488003. Make sure you put your name on there, where you are texting from. cspanwjs how you send a tweet and we are on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. At the start of the program yesterday, we looked at polls. More specifically on republican support, the impeachment and job support numbers. Lets look at this Monmouth University poll