Temperatures. We did have ten days in a row of records set. Yesterday a record was set even though it was cooler. Oak land, you set a record yesterday. Temperatures down today to near normal. We are finally getting to where we should be. Rain is heading to california. We will track your futurecast and let you know if it will reach the bay area. Here is a look at your current temperatures. 40s for concord and oakland, 41 santa rosa you are at the freezing mark. You will see clouds off the coastline. There will be more cloud Coverage Later today. I will track the chance of rain coming up. A new bill making its way through state legislature would require Utility Companies to come up with specific policies and protocols for cutting off power during wind storms. Earlier this week fire investigators announced a combination of strong winds, dry brush, arching power lines sparked at least two fires on the night of the wine country fire storm in october. Had we had Something Like this in place,
Congress got an sos today from the common cant of the coast guard. He said the guard is busier than ever, chasing drug runners but it cant do the job without more money. Carter evans now on whats at stake. Reporter this what 800 million worth of cocaine looks like. We were aboard the coast guard cutter back in 2015 after it seized tons of drugs from fast boats and make shift submarines. There was so much flow right now. But the drugs keep coming. And last year the coast guard couldnt even chase hundreds of shipments they knew about. How much is still getting through . There were over 500 events that, that literally alluded us. We knew they were out there. This came done to we didnt have enough planes, didnt have enough ships. Reporter he says much of his fleet is decades past retirement age. And the coast guard needs 1. 5 billion dollars just to catch up on maintenance. Copy. Thank you. Chief warrant officer, bill hansman is captain of the 55yearold sledge. This ship is 11 years older
Circle into a political arena. Stan, you were just hit with the liberal agenda. Are you going to this is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. President trump gave his attorney general a very public, very humiliating thrashing today and left open the possibility of firing him. Speaking in the rose garden, the president made clear that Jeff Sessions is a thorn in his side, most notably for recusing himself from the russia investigation, which led to the appointment of a special counsel. Heres chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett. But i am disappointed in the attorney general. He should not have recused himself almost immediately after he took office, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me prior to taking office, and i would have quite simply picked somebody else. Reporter President Trump denied attorney general Jeff Sessions is twisting in the wind, but after days of steady criticism the president declined to offer a vote of confiden
Immigrants in a sweltering tractortrailer in texas, now extend to an Iowa Trucking Company and mexican drug gangs. And tonight Mark Strassmann has new information about the driver. James bradley jr. Should never have been driving the tractortrailer that carried roughly 100 Illegal Immigrants into san antonio. Florida had suspended his commercial driving license back in april. Ten people died including 19yearold, frank fuentes. He graduated from high school in virginia but had been deported. The 60yearold bradleys criminal history dates back 20 years, with felony arrests in colorado, for menacing and assault, and in florida for an escape warrant. He spent a year in a colorado prison. More than a dozen survivors remain hospitalized, some in critical condition. Its never just the driver, by himself or herself. Shane fulton, the special agent in charge of Homeland Security office is leading the criminal investigatin. These organizations consider these people a commodity, dont think of them
Plenty of sunshine and we start off on the chilly side because we have been clear overnight and down to 39 in santa rosa and 41 in san jose, 42 in concord. Taking him up at futurecast, notice something missing . Rain, clouds, we have sunshine all day long. A Beautiful Day with temperatures topping out at in the upper 50s along the coast and low 60s by the bay. Mid50s for warm spots inland and if you want something to do, the pebble beach proam, beautiful down there. Mostly sunny for the rest of your weekend and seasonal temperatures with the full forecast in just a bet. Lets talk about the extended forecast and rain returns. In the meantime, over to you, maria. The top stories. Water is continuing to flow over the emergency spillway at the oroville dam. It was released yesterday for the first time in the dams nearly 50year history and water officials are carefully monitoring erosion. Last week, the force of water rushed through the main spillway and caused part of it to wash away. You