The challenge is it is a patchwork of public and private land in each individual landowner has to give the okay before work begins on their property. Highway 17 is an Important Court or in a large Evacuation Route for the residents of the santa cruz mountains. So our goal there is to move the vegetation from the roadway and thin it out really. Reporter they said the work is expected to start in 10 days but is fire season nears its peak, some wonder if moore could and would speeded up. There is definitely more that can be done based on what happened in the past. Now, i dont see anything being done differently. I think we definitely can and there is plenty of room for growth in that area. Reporter thankfully, they say that all of the Property Owners that they contacted understood the and portions of the work and are on board and the problem is there is a lot of them and that is what is made this project a logistical nightmare but we want to emphasize that that work will start a week from
Government showdown, shutdown, excuse me this weekend. This is all happening this hour. Were following it for you live. Meanwhile crews are facing an uphill battle as they fight to contain three major wildfires burning in southern california. Officials say it could get worse before it gets better. We know how bad it has been. Nearly 200 homes and buildings have already been destroyed. Were on the ground in ventura county. Finally defiant al franken announcing resignation from the u. S. Senate after getting immense pressure from the fellow senators and taking jabs at president and roy moore on the way out. Karl rove on timing of frankens resignation. What happens now . Melissa Congress Moves forward on the budget. Nicole petallides on floor of new york stock exchange. Nicole we saw a spike in the dow after al franken announced he was going to resign. What about that . Indeed, thats right. It went to the highs of the day. Were up about 120 points at that time. Held on to good gains, up 7
Up. Tonight is partly cloudy, warm and humid with lows near 70, and patchy fog. Happening now, milwau police are looking for the driver of a fatal hit and run. A 28 year old woman was hit and killed as she tried to cross west fond du lac avenue at 23rd street on the citys north side. It happened last night at around 7. Police were able to find the vehicle several blocks away but are still looking for sherman park will again reopen this morning at six oclock after being closed for a second straight night. Things were calm overnight following a weekend filled with violence. Man by a Milwaukee Police officer sparked protests throughout the sherman park neighborhood. The American Civil Liberties union of wisconsin is pushing investigators to release the bodycamera video from the deadly shooting of sylville smith. City leaders have said the officers body camera clearly showed smith pointing a handgun toward the officer when and this morning, federal investigators are offering a reward of up
Fighting the cartels in mexico. The astonishing story of an unlikely vigilante. [ music ] we begin with breaking news about the West Virginia leak that had hundreds of thousands told not to drink the water. Since the spill authorities have been testing for a chemical. Tonight investigators reportedly learnt of a second previously undetected material that may have seeped from the chemical storage tanks into the water supply. Lets start with Jonathan Martin who is in charleston. We are learning about all of this. This is coming to light in the last hour. We talked to the Governors Office in West Virginia. They confirmed with officials with Freedom Industries, the cop at the center of the still, pa pph, a second chemical, was mixed in with the chemical that was reported mch. Remember, this is all what leaked from a storage tank at Freedom Industries, two weeks ago along the elk river. It came to light. State authorities received a document from the company indicating the presence of this
Thanking for watching. Highs studio b with shepard. The news begins anew. The winter storm affecting tens of millions of people. Sparked a death and cancelled flights. And the blizzard conditions are heading to the northeast. Major blow to the case, including the paraplegic track star who slid right by. The track star now has some prosecutors who are in a world of hurt. The main detective is now off the case. Turns out he is facing his own murder charges. And a rolling shootout involving a mazaratti and a blackedout range rover ends in a dead lay ball of fire on the leaves industry its all ahead unless breaking news changes everything on studio b. Shepard first, a monster winter storm sweeping chaos the nations midseason. Sparking scoot closings, car crashes and cancelled flights. In illinois, a crash killed an 18yearold guy. The missouri governor declared a state of emergency, and officials are warning people, stay off the roads, claiming sheets of ice have completely covered stretche