About the water not only our Drinking Water see but our wastewater we have a unique opportunity to look for opportunities to expand our water supply and a lot of is it reconstrict were looking at ways to take advantage of that. This headquarters represents what the puc is about later today, youll take a hour of the building and so we treat our wastewater on city i site we recircle it through the urinalysis and the toilets its a amazing building and youll look at all the great features we have today so i wanted to first start off with introducing the mayor of San Francisco hes an infrastructure mayor hes been promoting investor in San Francisco infrastructure and one the great things were able to do t is fix a lot of our that is my understanding that bring water here we had a lot of leaking that is my understanding our system is over one hundred years old and with the ability to reinvest in infrastructure thats the 4r5rg9 saving of water are weve experienced at the puc donates my great
The puc youre in headquarters of the puc its a if you dont know about the puc were responsible for water wastewater and power our water system is a vast water system we provide water to 2. 6 million yourselves in the bay area not only in the retail but wholesale swill as the a regional issue we talk about the water not only our Drinking Water see but our wastewater we have a unique opportunity to look for opportunities to expand our water supply and a lot of is it reconstrict were looking at ways to take advantage of that. This headquarters represents what the puc is about later today, youll take a hour of the building and so we treat our wastewater on city i site we recircle it through the urinalysis and the toilets its a amazing building and youll look at all the great features we have today so i wanted to first start off with introducing the mayor of San Francisco hes an infrastructure mayor hes been promoting investor in San Francisco infrastructure and one the great things were ab
For a chopper flight ot dry, dusty ag field ner the Merced County town. There he toured a farm and met with agriculture leaders and farm worker representatives. He also met with Governor Brown at california senators Diane Feistein and Barbara Boxer who have drought legislation move through congress. The aid package the president announced includes 150 this will for livestock rajers, 5 million for water conservation, 60 million for food bangs. Farm workers will have less work with fallow field and 3 million for Emergency Water assistance where Drought Conditions have harmed water supplies. California is our biggest economy. California is our biggest Agricultural Producer so what happens here matters to every working american. One benefit of this aid is not just the money but how soon that money will be available. 100 million will be expedited according to the white house. Ranchers, for example, will be able to seek emergency livestock aid this april rather than the typical year that pro
Top stories we are following on this thursday december 19th. Loved ones gather at a church vigil for a 13Year Old Girl on life support. After her tonsil surgery takes a tragic turn. Well have the latest on the story. And progress is being made in fighting the big sur fire. Well tell you when crews hope to have it fully contained. Plus. The search continues for the Mega Millions winner who bought their ticket from a store in san jose. The bay area is anxious to hear their story. This just in to kron 4. A car crash has ignited a twoalarm fire at a gas station in east oakland this morning. It happened just before 2 30 at a 76 gas station at 98th and edes avenue. Firefighters have contained the fire. Theyre still on scene investigating. We have a crew there, as well, and will bring you a live report later this hour. Family, friends and the wellwishers held a vigil held for a 13yearold teenager on life support. Its been nearly a week since jahi mcmath went into Childrens Hospital oakland fo
Tonight. Well start with a live look outside. It is cloudy over the bay tonight. This is from our camera . Emeryville look out toward the city. The transition to cooler weather has begun and a storm is brewing off the california coast. Our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking that storm and has the timing on when the rain is expected to start. Bill. Thats right, gasia. We need the rain. This is a good storm coming in. Actually, its more than one storm. Its a couple. Heres no. 1 sitting right here. That shows up tomorrow. Heres no. 2 sitting out behind it. That shows up on friday. Were coming a little closer. You can see the clouds thickening up. If i pull up the radar sweeps right now, two ray dors going, two dopplers. You see a little bit of moistening up in the atmosphere. Thats not rain. Thats just really moist atmosphere. So what were seeing is a good sign that the atmosphere is moistening up kind of priming itself before this system comes in. So take a look at some of the r