It also included testimony from other environmental advocates in a Plastic Industry representative. The subcommittee on oceans of wildlife will come to order. It may look like congressman hoffman but im not. Congressman hoffman is back in sonoma dealing with the wildfires that are there and was unable to get back here to washington. We are all hoping that the fire subsides and many people are safe and that mr. Huffman returned. Without the subcommittee on will oceans and wildlife will come to order. A testimony on a sea problems. The impact of plastic pollution on oceans and wildlife. Under Committee Rule 4f, any oral Opening Statement at the hearing are limited to the chairman, the ranking minority member, the vice chair and the vice ringing member. This will allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help keep to their schedules. So therefore i ask in the owners consent to all members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if there submitted to the subcommittee cle
Issues with plastic straws. He is a member of oceana. And it also included testimony from other environmental advocates and plastics industry representative representative. The subcommittee on oceans and wildlife will come to order. I may look like congressman huffman, but i am not. It is a shock. Congressman huffman is back in sonoma and able to deal with the wildfires and he was not able to get back here in washington, and so we are all hoping that, you know, that the fires subside and that, you know, many people are safe and that mr. Huffman returns soon. So with that, the subcommittee on water, oceans and wildlife will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to meet on the testimony of a sea of problems, the impact of plastics on ocean, water and wildlife. Any oral Opening Statements at the hearings are limited to the chairman, the ranking minority member, the vice chair and the vice Ranking Member. This is going to allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help keep,
You the number of crashes in the bay area this year. How many of those were resulting in fatalities. For now live in San Francisco, kpix5. I am ken bastida, at the live news desk. I will it take you to richmond, or police are investigating what appears to be a double homicide. A street shooting, that they are still responding to. At least people, two people found in the street. Chopper five of full flew over the scene. They are responding, near 32nd street. The shooting was reported about 3 45 pm. Investigators gathered around a car with a dented front bumper. At least two vehicle bodies found. It remains unclear if the victim was shot inside of the vehicle or outside of the vehicle. A stretch of that street has been blocked off. We are waiting to hear back from the Richmond Police to hear details. To find out if any suspects have been identified. At the live news desk, i am kena acciscidos k dito bstrict atto is stepping down. He said that he is exploring a bid to become the next Dist
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Preparing for a wildfire before it sparks, the project in the south bay that could help protect drivers on a busy highway. Plus a birdseye view of an illegal stunt, and what sent one person to jail. The news starts right now. Good evening and thank you for joining us. A warmup on the way, and some steam coming in, too. We will take you out live to dublin, the spare the air alert and it will be in effect tomorrow. Rob mayeda. You see walnut creek, and thats where our spare the air alert will be focused, the inland east bay, and the rest of the bay seeing moderate air quality, and if you live inland contra costa valley and the trivalley, you will notice the air quality being an issue. Its after 8 00 and its still 87 degrees outside in walnut creek. The heat made a big comeback in our inland valleys today. Heres the interesting part of the forecast, weakening Tropical Storm to the south and look how the moisture is already on approach to Southern California. This will be bringing increasi