And while we should not be an island grid, storage is essential especially with these fires that are going on that can be problematic for transmission lines that serve our great city. So, seeing were a densely packed city, we should put batteries in and solar panels to help and be able to ride through difficult times as well as be able to store electricity that you can purchase in the overnight when it is inexpensive and send it out to the grid for our customers when market electricity is much more expensive. So continue the acquisition of renewables as we work toward a 100 renewable power, all electric San Francisco and keeping the Value Proposition commercial utility power. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Next caller commenting on item number 4, you have two minutes. Thank you very much. Good afternoon, president caen, member of the commission, protection alliance. Ill speak further about the peer review that mr. Nelson and the other caller discussed. I think theyve given you a fair bi
Moments ago, President Trump released his first statement since being admitted to the hospital for coronavirus. With just one month until election day, he said he is eager to get back to work. I feel much better now, we are working hard to get me all the way back. I have to be back because we still have to make America Great again, weve done an awfully good job of that, but we still have steps to go and we have to finish that job. And ill be back, i think ill be back soon. Alive look at Walter Reed Medical Center where President Trump is receiving treatment right now. A highlevel official is mourning the next 48 hours will be critical in the president s fight against covid19. We also learned today former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie has checked himself into the hospital after testing positive for the virus. Christie, who suffers from asthma, said he has a slight feeder and his hospital stay is just a precautionary measure. Natalie brand is at walter reed with the latest developme
Fire which is an extension of the glass fire and on the right part of your is the shady fire which is on the hills on the napa Sonoma County border along Spring Mountain road. A number of evacuations have already been we just learned a second ago that santa rosa fire issuing an evacuation. For the area of north calistoga south calistoga and the party in zones because of that approaching wildfire which is indeed the shady fire which is burning. Northeast of the city. According to state senator mike Mcguire Calfire local firefighters are trying to divert resources around they can contain all 3 of these fires that have started up. Santa rosa. Again the Fire Department theyre saying its no longer safe to remain in those locations that jonathan just said north calistoga south calistoga and people though that live in riken valley skyhawk and lows almost are being encouraged to review their evacuation and preparedness information right now theyre just being told to be ready because so far the
Fire map continuing north through the rural hills, it will run right into the burn scarred from the complex fire. Any shift in wind direction could easily spell disaster. Katie nielsen joins us with coverage, and there was some change in the air tonight. Diablo wind picked up, moving this fire southwest. Exactly what firefighters did not want to happen. You can see some of the smoke, the reservoir is buried beneath all of that smoke. This is more toward the road with the smoke plumes coming up , the wind pushed this fire toward the south. This fire is burning in a populated area near deer park. Air tankers paint the rages around bill canyon with fire retardant. It helps them get into areas that they may not be able to go into. Backfires were started along the east side of the trail to protect nearby structures. Tom lives on the west side of silverado trail. He decided not to evacuate. He is using garden hoses to try to save his home care we hope we dont end up like the guy across the s
Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, looking live from are Treasure Island camera. Looking at the city of san francisco. On a monday morning, a good monday morning to you. , 28. Im len kiese. Im michelle griego. Night to the latenight evacuations for Sonoma County. This map shows the outer, extension east of calistoga road, north of and north of highway 12. Evacuation orders also expanding this morning in napa county, mandatory evacuations shown in blue, and impacting communities on the west and east sides of st. Helena. The evacuation warning area shaded in orange includes the Howell Mountain area. Interrupted before 4 00 sunday morning and has exploded across 1500 acres so far. There is zero containment. The blaze is called the glass fire because of how close the flames spoke to Glass Mountain road. The cause is under investigation. A check of the weather now and how the winds will play a factor today and this firefight. Here is mary lee. I walk in the winds picked up.