And one persistent little sell here has dropped down into napa county, Solano County and making its way down into contra costa county, heaviest rain falling right around martinez at the moment, making its way farther and farther south. That is where we will run into some wet conditions, dry for this long, any rainfall will allow any oil and other fluids to make the roads very slick. We will be watching for traffic issues as well. Future cast really has not done a very good job but it does show a few sprinkles. Another Rater Check coming up in a few minutes. We talk about the wind advisory, a deeper dive into the Drought Update that you are just about to hear about. We will keep an eye on the rain moving through the Bay Area and we have some snow to talk about in this era, we have more on that 5 30. All of this doesnt really amount to a drop in the bucket, all coming as we get a picture of the worsening Job Situation in the Bay Area. Parts of the North And East bay now in the worst drou
Boulevard on the Alamo Side of the mount tains. Firefighters stop the fires progress. Also overnight in southern california in Santa Barbara a Fastmoving Fire threatened homes and a television station. This shows the fire spreading up t. D. Hill in Santa Barbara. Its a Home Base for keyt. Its there on the upper right of your screen that you see there. Firefighters posted the video as well as flames that damaged one home but by the overnight hours, conditions improved and they managed to get the upper hand with all evacuations now lifted. The fire burned about 30 acres. So far authorities are not indicating if they know how that fire started. Looking to the vaccine rollout, this morning its already looking more and more like a Booster Rollout that we may all soon need maybe even sooner than we think. Today in the bays Kris Sanchez is live in Santa C Look at what the experts amorning, k. Reporter good morning to you, laura. Folks around the Bay Area are showing up at their local pharmaci
elon musk says his takeover of twitter is sinking in but what will it mean for free speech on social media? a tale of two communities in the west highlands coping with the cost of living one has seen energy bills soar and the other hasn t. and cash is king the royal mint starts making new 50p coins featuring king charles iii. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s hopes of progressing at the t20 world cup hang in the balance, after their match against australia is abandoned because of rain. good afternoon. in a moment of legal history, the sentencing of a murderer has been televised and broadcast live for the first time in england and wales. an old baileyjudge gave jemma mitchell life in prison, with a minimum term of 3a years, for killing her friend from church, and then dumping her decapitated body in devon. thejudge described her as extremely devious . laura foster is at the old bailey. mitchell has become the first murderer and the first woman to be sente
you have shown absolutely no remorse and it appears that you are in complete denial. a murder sentence is televised for the first time in england and wales. jemma mitchell is given life for the killing and decapitation of her friend. the world s richest man, elon musk, takes control of the social media platform twitter in a £38 billion deal. and the minting of new coins bearing the image of king charles iii, in circulation from december. and coming up on the bbc world news channel. they are breaking formula i s budget cap and facing a fine of more than £6 million of the reduction in research for next season. good evening. the northern ireland secretary has said that voters will be going to the polls for the second time in 12 months, to vote yet again for members of the stormont assembly. after a midnight deadline to break months of gridlock passed, chris heaton harris said an election must be held within 12 weeks, although he did not give a date. in may, the nationalist par
you have shown absolutely no remorse and it appears that you are in complete denial as to what you did. rail passengers face severe disruption after transpennine express axes more than 50 of its services in a single day. and in sweden, resesarchers say they re close to completing the first crash test dummy based on an average woman. elon musk, the world s richest man, has finally taken control of the social media platform twitter, in a deal worth £38 billion. he tweeted that the bird is freed , and is reported to have fired a number of the firm s top executives. it brings to an end an on/off takeover saga that has gone on for months. mr musk, the boss of tesla and spacex, says he believes in absolute free speech and there s speculation that some people who ve been banned from twitter, including former president donald trump, may now be invited back. here s our north america technology reporter, james clayton. when elon musk made a surprise entrance into twitter this week,