Optimizationing. Californias deal is with the following automakers, bmw, volkswagen, honda and ford. Governor newsom got them to agree to boost the fuel economy standards to new cars to about 50 miles per gallon by the year 2026. President trump proposed freezing the standards at about 37 miles per gallon by the year 2020. These numbers according to dan kaman, professor of energy at uc berkeley and former climate adviser for the Obama Administration are a compromise. They said we will back off a little bit on our annual improvement numbers and give an opportunity for the u. S. Epa to get on board with this. Reporter and in the long run benefits consumers. If anything a price to depress gas prices because overtime well see more and more manufacturers taking on electric vehicle targets. Members of the Republican Party along with big energy have been quick to fire back. Tom pyle, president of the American Energy alliance provided this statement to abc7 news saying in part these four autom
Lets bring in chief meteorologist jeff ranieri with more on the conditions theyre dealing with. Even some low 90s in the vicinity of the fire. The heat and the humidity are the number one things theyre battling. The good news which is probably helping them get that containment we just heard about is the wind is not extremely gusty. Right now we have winds out of the northwest at 10, occasional gusts to 20. So that likely has been helping those firefighters. Here you can see it on this map. South of Lake Berryessa. Smoke from this primarily blowing towards winters with the way that that wind is blowing. Once again, 128 and wragg canyon road. Tomorrow winds out of the west at 10. Tomorrow gusts also up to 20. Hopefully that lower wind would again help out the firefighters. Now, our fire danger going up all across the bay area. Today the fire burn index is 75. Basically putting our fire danger on a scale which is in the high category. Tomorrow goes up to 100, which is still high but getti
Proclamations and deeply personal experience. When i was in the camp i didnt think i would make it out alive. Reporter a new perspective on the growing demands that i. C. E. Stop dividing families and detaining migrants. A 97yearold holocaust survivor, ben stern, compared his experiences to the experiences he is seeing on television right now. My father said that you want a recipe to create hatred for a generation, put children take children from their parents, put them in prisons. Thats what weve got now. I am speechless. I am speechless now. Reporter signs nearby read, never again means never again for everyone. Reporter young mother cindy ortiz shared a moment with ben before she told us what it was like to have her daughter taken from her arms. When the two were reunited at sfo, the little girl was initially frightened of her mom. The abandonment will always be present, she told me. The sentiment of abandonment and the sentiment of fear. And cindy is still separated from her husban
Idle, now chiaramonte lawsuit and investigation by the license board which is looking at criminal and possibly federal charges. The lack of integrity as a human to do Something Like this to almost 100 people is just, just unconscionable. Reporter carol mchale is a victim who filed suit. Her house should have been finished by now. Instead shes had to hire another contractor. They owe her 90,000. When will this end . It be finished when i see them in jail. Thats when it will be finished. Reporter so the next question is, whats the next step . We called the das office here n today. We asked what the senate us of the case was. They said they have not received the case yet. It is still under investigation. Thats the latest. In an ongoing story. Live in santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc7 news. Started butsay somef re did they have problems . Reporter well, you heard some of those problems at the beginning of the story. Trusses, septic tanks, money that they say they are owed. All kinds of prob
Asking homeowners to check their Surveillance Video after more than 30 cars were hit over the weekend. Were there tonight with the video and reaction from victims, deborah . Reporter frank, that happened in the Early Morning hours, 2 30 to 4 30 a. M. Both saturday and sunday mornings on opposite sides of town. Now, police do have some video, but as you said, they need more. There was police going xup down, going through every house. Reporter a rude awakening sunday morning for perla lopez and her neighbors. On a half dozen streets on american canyons west side parked cars had windows shattered very disappointing. I mean, they didnt take anything valuable. There was nothing valuable in there. Now were going to have to pay for the repairs. The man is looking for bags or things hes targeting for. His friend is walking down the sidewalk. Reporter security video shows two suspects before floodlights sent them scurrying. Hes very thin. Looks like a white male or hispanic male. Reporter their