Were going to take sharp turn and were going to have a lot colder and its going to be wet as we get into tomorrow, im tracking a storm system that is coming out of the Pacific Northwest going to be bringing us. Lots of wind lots of rain and colder temperatures all have all those details. Coming up in my next full head and ill have that about 10 to 15 minutes for now though lets hit the roads, the dry roads for today and say good morning to robin good morning. Rebecca, its always good to have you here in the studio with us lets head over to the bay bridge were checking the drive into San Francisco. Its packed its not Getting Better at least not right now nothing in the way to cause us and traffic is this. The typical crowd here rolling into San Francisco. So expect a backup that spills through the bottom of the maze. Were averaging 19 minutes which is crowded slow not so bad in the out for you west of Treasure Island as well were checking in on the e sure thats one of your approach is 2
Works subcommittee will address options to address the wild fires and Forest Management. This includes testimony from an interior Deputy Department official and deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Good afternoon, everyone. This subcommittee will come to t order. The purpose of todays hearing is to receiveands testimony on i bills pending beforece the publo lands force and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of t bills onhe todays c agenda, it going to go through all of them right now. But the complete agenda will, of course, be included in the record. I want to note at the outset weve got a former member of our committee here, former senator from louisiana, longtime member of the senate and this committee is in the back. Weve got members who will be at t who have tly another Committee Assignment at the i moment. E. We have others who will be d eme joining us dtelephonically. As i want to recognize the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has
The scu in santa clara, alameda, and contra costa counties, the czu in san mateo and Santa Cruz County, and the lnu, which started in sonoma and napa county and burned into solano, lake, and yolo county. There is a complex that has scorched more than 124,000 acres, twice the size of oakland. The biggest wildfire last year burned over 77,000 acres , the kincade fire in Sonoma County. Now to the impact on the roads. We have Team Coverage all morning. We will begin with keit do in the mountains, where a News Conference is about to begin. We are coming to you live. We are having some technical difficulties with him but he is talking about some new mandatory evacuations and he is waiting for a News Conference to have or we will find out more information about the Santa Cruz County fire and the evacuations going on there check out with kid in a moment. Now, some people are packed up and going to safety. The entire city is under an evacuation warning. This video shows authorities on standby i
Lets talk about the other wildfire near rodeo, burned at least 230 acres and forced the closure of the coming skyway. Thats the link between highway 4 in contro costa county. That came dangerously close to some homes. Some people said they grabbed whatever they could and evacuated as quickly as possible. One man said the smoke started coming right into his house. Right away, we got the kids out and got them in our van. I took a look in the back, and sure enough, there was a big fire coming out from the freeway. Just in time to get the kids out. Interstate 880 scorched an area around an oil refinery, but no evacuations have been ordered. Around 2 00, a fire erupted on 680 that led to all of the south bound lanes being closed. That fire burned about five acres before it was brought under control. In santa clara county, the cruz fire burns near gilroy. 2,000 acres have been destroyed. That fire is 20 containd. Some structures have been destroy and evacuations are in place. Fires burning n
When help arrived, they found three ceased teenagers in the car and three other teens ejected from the impact. They are alive and resupervise rating from serious injuries. Debris were still scattered along the road. This is known as a dangerous intersection. Shortly after we moved here, there were two kids that died down here by pleasanton ridge. And then several more have died up this day. So about a total of eight or nine people have died along this road. Right now, chp is trying to determine if speed was factor. That car has some type of a black blocks that we can download to get more vehicle information. We have a lot of people that speed through here, drag race. Especially on the weekends because they know that, probably, they can get away with it. The involvement of drugs and alcohol also not ruled out. Pg e o on replacing the power pole that was taken out. And the victims have not yet been identified. New video this noon of a robbery a bakery in san jose. The owner says that the