Commute, first the forecast for you. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the conditions we can expect today throughout the bay area. Kari, what is it looking like for us . Well, we are starting out with two red flag warnings that will be in effect and watching conditions around both of those for this morning as we start out with this last day of heat for today. Were talking about highs reaching into the upper 80s. Well have two time frames were watching the potential of a high fire danger but it will be a much cooler weekend as we check out our temperatures and as well as the high wind gusts weve seen over the past 24 hours. Weve seen some of those gusts yesterday afternoon picking up to 28 miles an hour in the east bay. As we head out the door to work, mike, how is it looking for the commute . Kari, gusty wind, of course, especially as folks are traveling over bridges. No warnings from chp but well listen for karis update as well. No major problems but talking about a bridge, th
Work on a more normal basis, well continue to try to meet remotely so that we can play our part in slowing the spread of covid19. I want to also announce a couple of reminders to the conduct of this hearing. Members should keep their video feed on as long as they are present in the hearing, and members are responsible for their own microphones. Just be mindful that you probably have a little bit more responsibility than usual than if we were in a regular meeting space. And please keep your microphones muted unless youre speaking and finally if members have documents they wish to submit to the record, email them to the committee clerk. But if you dont have it, we can make sure you do get it. I welcome you to the science, space and Technology Committees First Virtual hearing. Today were discussing the impact of covid19 on the Fire Service Community and how we can best leverage existing federal programs to expedite assistance to Fire Departments during the pandemic. I appreciate our witne
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