That s my message Cummings died last week from longstanding health problems wildfires are at this very moment raging rapidly across large parts of California they re burning perilously close to 2 of the state s biggest cities 50000 people in the canyon communities close to Los Angeles have been forced to evacuate Jacob Margolis of N.P.R. s member station k.p.c. C. Has been tracking the fires these fires are fast moving there are ton of people dealing with then in people s lives are being threatened constantly all the time right now just north of San Francisco the Kincaid fire has already engulfed more than 16000 acres of Sonoma County at least 4 protesters in Iraq have been killed and many more wounded around that country and P.R. s Jane are rough reports from Baghdad it s almost task and there are still thousands and thousands of people in the Square and they ve climbed up to the top of the building where they re waving Iraqi flags and over a little ways you can see a cloud of tear g
Is conducting another planned power outage as a safety precaution the Kinkaid fire in Geyserville has burned some $10000.00 acres and is 0 percent contained and another rapidly advancing fire is racing toward slanted Clarita north of downtown Los Angeles the v.a. Inspector general s investigation into the office charged with protecting whistleblowers inside the Department of Veterans Affairs has instead put them at risk N.P.R. s Quil Lawrence explains one of the trumpet ministrations key accomplishments on Veterans Affairs was the office of accountability and whistleblower protection it was meant to make it safer to report waste or abuse inside v.a. And make it easier to fire bad staff V.A. s inspector general has concluded that especially in its 1st 2 years the office failed to push out poor performing senior officials did not conduct accurate or unbiased investigations failed to protect whistleblowers and in some cases may have retaliated against the people reporting waste or harm t
Controlled north of Los Angeles to force nearly 50000 people to flee in the north in Sonoma County a blaze near the wine country town of Geyserville is prompted 2000 to evacuate that fire is Torch more than 16000 acres and destroyed at least 50 buildings Cal Fire Incident Commander for Sonoma Mike Park says with fierce winds forecast for the weekend today s effort will be crucial We absolutely are of the supply not only with the to do the Dr Joyce tours but they re the ones that are predicted over the next couple days are her expect the worst of what we obviously are right given that forecast bankrupt utility p.g. And e. Is warning of even broader blackouts this weekend across the Bay Area and in counties in the north Eric Westervelt n.p.r. News Russian officials say they ll continue to detain a Michigan man for 2 more months full Whelan is accused of espionage and his family says the u.s. Is doing little to free him from member station w.d.t. Quinn Klinefelter reports Paul Whelan was
The United Auto Workers Union has voted to end a 40 day strike against General Motors Michigan Radio s Steve Carmody has the story or 40 days strike is now over. Shop Chairman Eric Walters filling workers a James assembly plant in Flint Michigan that they will soon be headed back to work the new 4 year contract contains bonuses and other benefits but some u.a.w. Members like Sharon Echols one of more I think we should be even able to accomplish more but you know I m happy with the contract that we have and you know in this day and age you were lucky to have a job I do know that some u.a.w. Members will return to work this weekend General Motors expects to get back to full production sometime next week the steel will serve as the template as the u.a.w. Starts labor talks with Ford for n.p.r. News I m Steve Carmody firefighters are battling a wind whipped wildfire the discourse in an area of southern California northeast of San Diego the foreigner the community of Ramona erupted this mo
Then heading in a south and west direction pushed by winds and the updated footprint of the fire shows it crossed the 14 Somewhere between I would Dulce say and followed a canyon off ramps on the 14th and earnings through the Santa Clara River bottom the river and Living Word become unity of Sand Canyon which is part of the city of Santa Clarita and that s why overnight evacuations were upgraded from voluntary to mandatory in Sand Canyon that happened about 4 am this morning so the big action is going to be keeping the fire engine area and keeping it from growing on the winds we do have fairly high winds today and it s very blustery here at Central Park and we know that schools are out there still reds like conditions all over the place the big work will be relieving the $500.00 firefighters have already been on the lines and taking their place cutting fire lines and protecting homes throughout the area have you noticed any change in the wind velocity since you were arrived early this