Mr. Huizenga thank you, mr. Chair. I stand here today to offer while i stand here today, as i offer my amendment, residents across the great lakes are facing imminent threats to their property, their infrastructure, and to the shore lines themselves due to historically high water levels. Great lakes communities, including many in my own district along the shores of lake michigan, are in critical need of shore line projects to protect against devastating erosion. For those of us who call the region home, the great lakes forever shapes our way of life. Its from we recreate, its where we do business, its where we pass along the heritage of our region. It is the largest freshwater system and holding 20 of the freshwater supply and generate 1. 5 million jobs and provide the backbone of a 5 trillion regional economy and home for more than 3,500 different plants and species. Often say, we can and should both protect and promote both the if we dont protect our shore lines now. The high water l
In contact with dry vegetation while reenergizing the line, it can cause a fire. Pretty much like sending high voltage lightening strikes into a dry forest area. It didnt make sense. Reporter trip saver is another version of a recloser which have been used for decades, except that according to todd trip savers are cheaper and pg e uses them in remote areas. State senator, a long time critic of pg e, says the utility was not taking a safe approach when using trip savers even after the 2017 fires. Pg e acknowledges it began disabling them for the 2018 wildfire season. The other utilities in california have used them appropriately, properly. They know when to turn them off so we dont have wildfires. Reporter todd was fired he said for expressing those concerns. Pg e says he was fired for misusing company time, misstating work activities and fraudulent submissions of time cards. Todd is suing pg e. Im trying to do the right thing. Id like to get this equipment fixed and make the Community
And livermore as well as concord where we are seeing lower visibility. Down to a quarter of a mile. Right along i80 from vallejo into fairfield as well. Take it easy out there. We have patchy dense fog in our valley locations. For the afternoon the rain arrives. Wind advisory for our bay area starts later today. Flash flood watch for the north bay starts later today. And a winter storm warning for the sierra starts later today. Ill have details on the advisories and timeline of the storm coming up at 7 01. How about those highways . Good morning, sal. It sounds like everything starts later today. Thank you rosemary. The highways are doing okay. Its not raining now. As you heard her saying. That is a later today event. But right now we do have slowing. Lets go to the bay bridge. 21 minute drive. And there is a backup. Earlier this morning we hit a problem. But it was so lightly traveled that this backup it doesnt look that good, but it could be a lot worse. If you want to use the san ma
Now at 4 30, and streaming on cbsn bay area, looking live from our exclusive sales forth tower camera as we are looking east on this tuesday morning. Good morning, everyone. It is november 26th. Im michelle griego. And im kenny choi. 4 31, as michelle said, time to wake up, bay area and look forward to at that wind and rain. Good morning to you as we start off our tuesday and we are tracking the first big storm of the season that will bring increasing rain and wind to the bay area. Here is a live look with our future cam looking at the golden gate. Temperatures in the upper 30s in concord, upper 40s for in you oakland. 50 in San Francisco and low 40s for san jose as well as for it santa rosa. Doppler dry for now but that will change as we head through the afternoon. Here is what you can expect. Along the coast, increasing rain and wind with temperatures only in the low 50s for the bay. Mid50s for daytime highs and upper 50s inland and were going to see the rain push in as we head throu
Bag them and get them up and out. They will have crews on standby ready to go and to help out with any issues that pop up because of the rain. Reporting live from the relative mond bridge, amy hollyfield. And speaking of potential issues, pg e says crews are ready for storm related power outages. The company will activate its Emergency Operations centers. Those centers will direct crews to outage areas to restore power as soon as possible. And pg e reminds customers to have flashlights with fresh batteries ready to go if the power goes off. Also, unplug any Sensitive Electronics in case theres a power surge. 4 31 and if youre joining us a quick update on weather and traffic where you live starting with mike. Lets talk about the winds. A wind advisory coming out of the south to southwest different than normal. We normally have a wind advisory for winds in the north. Other areas than what would normally be affected will be touched by the winds up to 50 miles an hour. Downed trees, power