Mining and ranching interests. Tv reporter the town of ely cod experience the most impacts from the gat basin naonal park. My resides lieve thathe parks popularity could spill over into ely and rejuvenate an otherwise dormant economy. Christensen when he heard that there was support for a national park, he saw a solution. Reid i was willing to compromise significantly. Laxalt didnt kill it. Im sure he uld have, buhe didnt. Because of him, i made it smalr than it should have been, and i also allowed grazing ont. Cows d sheep uld graze there. I got it passed, and so there was talk about the seetary of agriculture at that time. Was recommending to president reagan to veto that. Ronald reagan democrats and republicans must join together not to do whats easy, but to do what is right. Reid so i called william penn mott, the director of park service, and i said, mr. Mott, theres talk about vetoing my park. How do you feel about it . He said, i, as a young park ranger, was asked by one of the
Happening right now, thousands of pg e customers are still in the dark this morning. And the power might not be back on until tonight. So here is a look at the outage map. Pg e cut the power in nearly two dozen counties across the state, august because of the high fire danger. The purple triangles indicate those Public Safety power shutoffs. Calistoga is one place that is impacted. The mayor says the shutoff was a necessary step because of the threat of high winds. At one point, there were half a Million People in the dark statewide. Crews will be working to restore power once the sun comes up. High winds and dangerous heat are making it difficult for firefighters battling dozens of fires across california right now. And i really want you to Pay Attention to this number. So far wildfires have burned about 2. 3 million acres in comparison to this same time last year. And this same time last year, just during a press conference yesterday, Governor Newsom said that he has had it with Clim
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Down. One thing that hings can cha better, they can also change for the worse. Reporter wednesday all schools can resume in Person Instruction in Santa Clara County without a waiver, but most Public School districts have indicated they plan to continue with district learning for now. If the numbers continue down this trend, you know, lower cases, lower infection rates, then it is possible for amortize move the next level, which is the orange level. Reporter contra costa ask sonoma counties are the only bay area counties still in the most restrictive purple tier. Contra costas Health Director said this afternoon she expects her county to move up to the red tier by next week. Julie . Maureen, as you reported, Alameda County is moving to the less restrictive red tier, but it still cant open like the other counties. Why is that . Julie, it all comes down to your local county health department. The state has their standards, but it really can be whoever is more strict, and what were seeing
The temperatures over 110. Today its slightly sweltering. That extreme heat warning stays in effect up there tonight. As we go the overnight hours, though, we have this added concern, as we mentioned in the top there, that we have fire danger. A red flag warning will go into effect overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. Its mainly in the north and east bay hills, Santa Cruz Mountains, as well. Most folks probably wont notice much wind, but if the hills, they will. So this is always a dangerous pattern, especially after these low humidities. Low fuel moistures. High temperatures, after numerous days of it. So here is the model. Look at the arrows. Those are onshore, arent they . And were going to see fog back at the coast tonight. The model, im going to post the model forward. There is monday morning, or this morning, pardon me. And you see where we are now. In the blues, you see the contrast. But now i want you to notice up in the righthand corner of your screen, out in nevada, watch