Into our Service Territory around wednesday and thursday, mainly in the sierra foothills and northbay. Operation center is not just a bunch of computers. Actually have a lot of people in the field. 26 crews that practice the 3ss. Safety, including suppression of fires, switching, between sparks can happen and they are on standby to put those out if they happen, and finally, seeing, reporting back the actual conditions on the grounds of these folks here, who then alerts the Emergency Operations center. Reporter it is here that the decisions are made where and when to have shutdowns. Check this out, cal fires history of fires in the last quarter of the year, seven of californias worst fires occurred in the last quarter. 14 of the 20 deadliest fires also came in the last quarter, and 17 of the most destructive wildfires also came in the last quarter. So, whether the last shutdown was poorly handled, the risk is all too real. We learned a lot from the last Public Safety power shut off and
Despithuge flames smoke now seems to be the Biggest Issue because breathing is hard you might have noticed when you came out to me and i had my mask on because the Fire Department when around passing these masks to anybody near this area, particularly the media because the wind sometimes carries the smoke in our particular direction. But it looks like most of the smoke for now blowing away from us, but every now and then a gust picks up and sends it our way it does not appear anybody was injured are killed. Fire exploded really quickly because he was called in at 6. 20 and the morning and according to the Fire Department within 15 minutes. They knew they had their hands full they call back up and it was declared a 3 alarm i are just 10 or 15 minutes into the battle thats how much they knew particularly because they know this location is used by artists and that is important because of the chemicals that they use to weld to do paintings to stained glass and thats why it seems to be more
East bay 80 offramp to richmond parkway. I found this on a caltrans still camera, working on getting an image of that for you. Definitely looks like a big mess and this is going to be there for a long time. Also looks like just lanes of the offramp are blocked. I dont think any of the main laynes from east bay interstate 80 are impacted. Still working on confirming that. Also, just getting word in about a drainage issue at the embarcadero b. A. R. T. Station. It sounds like at least right now trains are by passing embarcadero station due to that according to muni. Working on more information. Ill have updates coming up in just a few minutes. Thanks, alexis. Smart train officials are taking action after five recent deaths. Were told two were accidents and three were suicides. Now theres a plan to address both issues. Anser hassan live in san rafael. Reporter good morning, guys, one of the first steps is putting up safety fencing Railroad Crossings like this one in such a way that people
probe of the capitol insurrection. key witnesses subpoenaed by the doj this week including two top aides of former vice president mike pence were asked specifically about the fake elector scheme and the role of trump s lawyers. and according to the washington post, justice department investigators in april received phone records of key officials and aides in the trump administration, including his former chief of staff, mark meadows. these are by far the most in-depth accounts of the federal investigation. until now we had virtually no sign this investigation had touched on the actions of the president himself. and it comes as the new york times reports new details on the so-called fake electors scheme, including previously undisclosed emails among trump advisers that show knowledge as the times puts it that a key element of their plan was of dubious legality and lived up to its billing as fake. let s go first to sunlen serfaty who is live for us on capitol hill wit
after the prime time hearing before the american people showing where the former president was for hours, watching cable news as the capitol was under attack, tonight, the former president back in washington, talking about law and order. and his former vice president, who came within 40 feet of those rioters, mike pence, speaking today, too, a much different message. and could the former president be held accountable? rachel scott live in washington. tonight, the astonishing new discovery at lake mead. a third set of human remains now. the images coming in, as water levels sink to historic lows. kayna whitworth on this again tonight. the principal in uvalde now under the microscope, suspended from her job. what a new report now reveals, what leaders in the school allegedly knew about broken door locks, about propped doors, among other concerns. mireya villarreal from texas. the new and alarming numbers tonight. the cases of monkeypox here in the u.s. so tonight, the com