[inaudible conversations] this hearing of the subcommittee on conservation and forestry titled the 2020 wildfires here, response and Recovery Efforts will come to order. F welcome and thank you for joining todays hearing with mr. John phipps, deputy chief for state and private forest that just yet. After brief opening remarks the hearing will open to questions. Members will be recognized in order of seniority alternating between majorityminority members. When you are recognized you will be asked to unmute your microphone and you have five minutes to ask a question or make a comet. In order to get as many questions as possible, the tir will stay consistently visible on your screen. Thank you for joining us here in washington and online today for this critical hearing on the wildfires ravaging the western United States. Weve all seen the footage from california, oregon and washington. It is surreal, and it is terrifying. I want to talk today about whati we can do to meet the needs andt f
Well keeplowing ts throughout this newscast. Im ann macko vick live at the news desk. And we are waiting for a News Conference that is about to begin with dr. Mark galley, the states top health official. And he is going to be talking about movement we saw from california. Moving from more restrictive. To a little bit of loosening of the rules. This is where were going to find that live feed. But i want to show you the updated map of some of the changes that just went into effect within the past hour. You can see there in the bay area, we are in the purple or red tear. Depending where youre in. Some purple counties moved into the red in this last restrictive tear of reopening. They are solano. They join santa clara, marin, and napa counties, which has been in this second tier. Where risk is substantial. Some northeast parts of the state as you can see there on your map, are now moving into the orange and yellow tier systems. The states system on all of this was announced about a month a
Vaccine, which we will getlyso hehe capability by doing things that weve been speaking about for so long, the simple Public Health things that are not universally being implemented, wearing masks, the attention to keep distance, the avoiding of crowds. Here in the bay area were nearing 102,000 confirmed cases. Only two bay area counties remain in the purple tier. Thats the most restrictive in the system. Sonoma and contra costa are still purpose along with mendocino county. Everything else is now red. Lets get more from kate larson with what these kaleidoscopes of colors mean. Out of the purple into the red. Today, they moved into a lower risk covid gews a around bu st guard. California health and Human Services secretry says there are no early signs of transmission because of reopenings but the numbers could change. I will reserve final judgment a couple more weeks until we see how labor day data impacts those numbers across the state. Despite that, Alameda County says there will be n
Theres a reasonable chance of executing a psps to reduce Public Safety risk. Well, more on the fire in fresno county. But first, we begin with the oppressive heat thats now come across the bay area during this Labor Day Holiday weekend. Good evening. Im andre senior. Triple digit temperatures expected in some areas and we have Team Coverage of this heat wave. This new heat wave. Ktvus greg lig gens will tell us more but we begin tonight with meteorologist mark demayo. Reporter yeah, thats right. Now typically at this time of year its not abnormal to talk about maybe 98, 100 degrees or unusual. But this weekend, were going way up above the average. Today 104 and 105 degrees. Tomorrow another level. So its a start well show you a couple of records here. Gilroy 106 degrees and napa, 102 degrees. And you can see some more highs from this afternoon. Look at all the triple digits out towards santa rosa and concord and livermore and antioch and san jose. Maxed out 98 and San Francisco, 89 deg
This hearing of the subcommittee conservation and forestry titled the 2020 while very dear response and Recovery Efforts will come to order. Welcome and thank you for joining todays hearing with mr. John phipps did deputy chief for state and private forestry. After a brief opening remarks the hearing will open to questions. Members will be recognized in order of seniority alternating between majority and minority members. When you are recognized to be asked to unmute your microphone and you will have five minutes to ask your question or make a comment. In order to get as many questions as possible the timer will stay consistently visible on your screen. Thank you for joining us here today in washington and on line for this critical hearing on the wildfires ravaging the western United States. We have all seen the footage from california oregon and washington. It is a real and it is terrifying. I want to talk today about what we can do to meet the needs and face the challenges presented