Process where families may apply to any Elementary School in the district. Despite our well intentioned efforts, the process has not worked as well as intended meeting goals related to diversity, predictability and proximity. In our Current System. Families must chose from 72 different schools and arent guaranteed an assignment to any of them. The families with the most time and resources are best able to figure out the application process, research schools, go on school tours, and ultimately receive one of the top choices. Despite the complicated process, our schools are just as segregated today as they were when we implemented the system. What weve heard we know that every family wants to send their child to a highquality school and that students assignment alone cannot create highquality stools but it does have a role to play in creating diverse robust enrolled schools. And sfusd our mission is to provide each and every student with the highquality instruction required to thrive in
That all cities from santa rosa down to santa cruz and gilroy are under a red flag warning tonight, coastal regions, Santa Cruz Mountains and lower valleys are also under a redflag warning but that runs through 11 oclock tomorrow morning. Pg e has already turned off the power to 225,000 customers across the state with 136,000 more expected to lose power at some point tonight and the power is already off in the north bay. The areas marked here in purple that with that triangle thats the places that have already lost power pg e is turning off the power because the wind gusts could knock over a power line and start another devastating fire. Once this wind event is over power will be restored in phases. Starting monday night through tuesday night. And we have Team Coverage of tonights events kron fours gayle ong is live for us now in the east bay, where the winds have just started to pick up. Well have the latest from her in just a few moments. But first want to check in with meteorologist
The time is 5 03. And this is the remote meeting via video and tele conferencing. The below link and phone number will be read off momentarily. This meeting is being held by webex pursuant to the governors order declaring a local emergency. During the coronavirus disease emergency, the Fire Commissions regular meeting room at city hall is closed, and meetings of the Fire Commission will convene remotely. You may watch this meeting live at sfgovtv. Org. To participate by Public Comment by phone, call 4156550001, and use access code 146 1463360. Members of the public will have opportunities to give Public Comment. The public is asked to wait for the particular agenda item before making a comment on that i a tem. Comments will be addressed in the order they are received. When the moderator announces that the commission is taking Public Comment, members of the public can raise their hand by pressing star 3 and you will be queued. Caller wills hear silence when waiting for your turn to spea
Continued hot weather tomorrow with the possibility of thunderstorms tonight. Topping the news today. Some cloud build up and lightning activity predicted in your area. [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 world. It is the most populous state in the union, with a network of freeways and secondary roads affording access to mos
Hello, folks. I am smokey, the forestfighting bear, with a mighty Important Message for you. It is very rare in history you have one kind of originating moment. In a way, it is a creation story for explaining who we are. In the spring of 1910, the earth passed through the tale of haleys comet. The appearance seemed to foreshadow the deadly fire that would engulf the Northern Rockies. No amount of money, equipment, or firefighters could stop the hurricane of fire that raged out of control on august 20 and 21st, 1910. The big blowup would be the catalyst of Fire Suppression for the next 100 years. On august 20, a terrific hurricane broke over the mountains. It picked up the fires and carried them for miles. The wind was so strong that it almost lifted men out of their saddles and the canyon seemed to act as chimneys through which the wind and fires swept like the roar of a thousand freight trains. Ranger ed pulaski. Narrator in the years before the big blowup, president Theodore Roosevel