Emergencies but one is on their hands tonight. Good evening, everyone, im yaro lynn johnson. For the first time in 20 years marin Water District is tapping reserve water destroy because of phoenix we are live with the story and leanne, its proof lack of rain is getting serious. No rain in sight, some that have water from the lake starts to evaporate. Takes electricity to pump water out of the lake. The pump is taking water up to hill to be used by rez devenlts the marin municipal water strict says customers wont pay extra. The reservoirs are below average. Water level will drop by 20 feet. On an average year, its at 77 . Cam ran knows the area well. I dont like to see things die. I dont like the fire hazard. These hike is led here and other parks in marin county. Concerned about not having rain. Very concerned. Were waiting for rain. Praying and going to do a rain dance. Two things people can do are to repair leaks, and stop irrigation systems. I turn off lights when ier leave the room
Several news sources say that Governor Brown will make the announcement at 10 00 a. M. In San Francisco, a huge crowd rallied on the steps of the state capital, starting for relief from drought. They believe once the governor makes makes makes the declaration the state could move what little water is to the central valley. And 62 of california is in extreme drought. The second worst category. The dynamic clearings makes farmers eligible for federal assistance, and were getting record warm weather still. Spencer christian is here live with live doppler 7hd. No relief, sounds like. With or light declaration, its very dry and heres live doppler 7 hd. Clear sky, and hot today. We had record high temperatures all over the place, richmond, Oakland Museum, San Francisco, oakland, San Francisco airport, moffet field and san jose, new record highs for this date and these two, Oakland Museum and sfo, actually had record highs for the month of january in those locations, and to the south, similar
Die. I dont like the fire hazard. These hike is led here and other parks in marin county. Concerned about not having rain. Very concerned. Were waiting for rain. Praying and going to do a rain dance. Two things people can do are to repair leaks, and stop irrigation systems. I turn off lights when ier leave the room. Heat the body instead of the space. If by april reservoir levels are low, wattser district may need to call for mandatory cut backs on use. In marin county abc7 news. Governor brown scheduled what is billed as a major announcement tomorrow, it appears hes going to declare a drought in california. U. S. Agriculture department declared a drought disaster in 11 western states and say 62 of california is in extreme drought. That makes farmers eligible for assistance. University of california president Janet Napolitano announced a goal of cutting water usage by 20 by the year 2020. A red flag fire warning aloued to expire but not in southern california. A rare winter wildfire de
Even low 60s around the bay by noon and by the afternoon, even though the temperatures will be once again well above average, not expecting any records. Numbers in the midand upper 60s. Another chilly night tonight. So you have heard this same old pattern. We will let you know what the outlook has in store for the next seven to ten days in a few minutes. Eric. Thank you very much. In the news this morning, developing news, firefighters in marin county are work to go put out a wildfire west of fairfax this morning. Fire was reported along the Fairfax Ridge line near albino lake around 9 20 last Officials Say its an unusual place for a fire. But theres no need to evacuate homes so far and crews have had a tough time getting to the flames. Its fire on a midslope position about a third of a mile off the road and about a halfmile below the closest fire road. So what we are doing about it, we have some engine crews that are cutting their way into the fire right any with hand tools and saws.
Look for a chilly evening. We have a long Holiday Weekend. And an outlook that will take us all the way through january to see if theres any rain coming our way. Eric. Lisa, thank you very much. We have breaking news out of san jose where crews are battling a massive fire at a coffee shop this morning. The four alarm blaze broke out just before 6 30 at the flames coffee shop in hills day avenue. No injuries are reported and no word on when may have caused the fire. Developing news out of marin county. A wildfire burning out of fairfax this morning is now 50 contained. Fire was reported along the Fairfax Ridge line near alpine lake around 9 20 last night. Officials say its an unusual place for a fire. But the remote location means theres no need to evacuate homes so far and crews have had a tough time get to go the fire. Flames reported at 9 00 last night at a house. A fire started in the garage and eventually moved to the attic. Flames melted an Electrical Panel but the two people insi