But i cant say i expected this. To fight these fires, we need funding plain and simple. For this crisis, and for the next one. Prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. So firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. The big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. Its what they do. Well, i do what i do. If yould like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15. I felt gross. It was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. Four years clear. Real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. Dont use if youre allergic to cosentyx. Before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. An increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. Tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen, or if youve had a vaccine or plan to. Serious allergic reactions may occur. Learn more at cosentyx. Com. Our top story tonight that red flag wa
Service film telling the story of smokey the bear. In an hour from 1949, your Fire Department documents firefighting in the los angeles area. Continued hot weather tomorrow with the possibility of thunderstorms tonight. Topping the news today. Some cloud build up and lightning activity. [thunder crashing] with winds from the northeast expected to reach 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour in Southern California narrator californias summer and fall months are traditionally a time for vacations, time for traveling and camping in the great outdoors. A time to seek quiet shade on a mountainside. And a time for fires. The area is teeming with people, cooking, smoking. And some even working. Ground vegetation has been dehydrated by weeks of hot sun with little or no rainfall. Inevitably, there will be fires. Some caused by natural phenomena such as lightning strikes, but most caused by human beings. Californias Fire Protection problems are unique among the 50 states and probably among the worst in the wo
Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] this man needs the Fire Department. Yes, lots of other people need the Fire Department to. People all over the city are reporting fires. ,ittle fires, big fires everybody wants to report a fire. Well, not everybody, but that is the way it to the firemen of los angeles who respond to 23,000 alarms each year. Most fires are the direct result of carelessness or indifference. It is because of these shortcomings on the part of a few that the majority of people banded together in villages, towns, and metropolitan cities have been forced to provide defense against fire to protect their lives and property. To provide such protection, your Fire Department maintains fire stations all parts of the city. The location of each is made primarily on the life hazard and Property Values to be protected in any given area. Consideration is also given to seeing that all areas within the city are readily accessible to Fire Companies
Power lines lurking overhead, a recipe for disaster. Were on top of the hill here. I feel fortunate i live next door to a firehouse. So i dont think theyll let that burn down. Reporter pg e says the Fire Prevention shutoffs will be phased into 13 different blackouts across Northern California affecting tens of thousands of customers in 24 counties. We expect for these to be smaller by a third and thats thanks to equipment that we have been installing that helps make these more focused and targeted. Its ridiculous. Its almost like saying oh, theres bricks down here. Somebody could trip on it. Lets outlaw bricks, you know. Reporter thats the concern, that power lines could spark some of the fires. Well, we have been alerted to the situation by phone calls and texts. Reporter so that is the plan for pg e to affect the fewest amount of people possible during this latest round. Pg e saying anything else about the latest shutoffs, how its going to affect other customers . Reporter yeah, they
East bay will be windy at times maybe some gusts over 30 Miles Per Hour down below the 4050 up above already started to see a change in the winds and youll see numbers running in the 2030 mile an hour range across the north bay mountains right now the 31 right now that lets be 33 so discreet 27 spanish flat, so these winds start to ramp up and then notice the direction too coming out of a northerly direction that is that very dry hot wind now developing looks like it will intensify overnight tonight. You see all the color of the Central Valley start to see the winds picking up already. This is going to kind of settle in overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. So you can see a lot of colors, the red even some purple beginning to show up those are gusts over 40 maybe 50 Miles Per Hour. Now as we head to the middle of the day tomorrow love the winds are going to move a little further to the south so stay blustery in the north bay, but i think picking up in places like the oakland h