Their work looking for victims. Theyre marking cars and buildings with an x and by doing so, it allows others to know it has been searched. Officials say hundreds of people are still missing. Meantime, thousands of displaced survivors still need shelter and many have also been forming long lines for relief supplies. Fema director Deanna Criswell says Emergency Managers are exploring all options to help. And volunteers are really coming forward from all over, looking for ways to assist in the recovery effort. Reporter gina silva has been speaking with some of those volunteers. She joins us live this hour from the island with a look at what theyre doing. Gina well, i can tell you that a lot of people on this island are extremely frustrated with local authorities, with the way they say they have handled the situation. So they are, you know, preparing. Theyre doing everything they can to help the people of lahaina cooking oil. You cant sit back and watch people suffer. You have to jump in
Been silent. That is when the emergency sirens in San Francisco were taken offline because they were vulnerable to cybersecurity threats. There are ways to communicate in realtime. Christ important but not a priority for the apartment of Emergency Management in recent years, according to the supervisor. All these departments bring their list of priorities in priority order. He says the sirens never made it to the top of the list. In a statement, the department of Emergency Management told abc 7 news that it remains the citys intention to bring the upper public Warning System back online as quickly as funding and project implementation are available. The last time funding for the sirens went before the Capital Planning committee, the supervisor says he was the only no vote. I felt that we should put more money, even though it was difficult, if you planning citywide. That is why i was the only no vote. The sirens have been top of mind since the devastating fires in maui. In light of what
Moisture coming right off the sierra right across sacramento could be a little brief. Showers there around petaluma, maybe novato. You can see that activity and that is holding those lows up. Look at that coming right across. So look for a lot of these tropical clouds to play into the at least for the morning hour, maybe kind of thinning out later if you break through that cloud deck, not only will it be muggy, humid, itll be hot livermore forecast high 9770s 80s on the temps. All right. Sal is here. He was in the neighborhood said what the heck. Ill stop in. Yeah. You know, i thought id stop by. I was just driving around aimlessly, steve and here i am. Right now. Its quiet out there. So far. Lets go out and take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. No major issues here. Traffic continues to be very good as you drive into San Francisco. No problem here on the san mateo or dumbarton bridge. You see the grid green means go means good and traffic is off to a good start. 401. Lets go back
Commissioners are giving their comments as to whether they should allow the services to expand. There were a whole lot of opinions both supporting and opposing this seemingly controversial situation. In the lead up to todays meeting at the California Public Utilities Commission hundreds of people converged on the steps of the State Office Building prepared to sound off on the future of selfdriving cars. At issue whether to allow crews to expand the hours of the current Robo Taxi Services in San Francisco and whether to allow waymo to begin its robo taxi pilot service. Two particularly vocal groups today, local unions, and the disabled, seemed split on the issue. Several people who use motorized chairs to get around said t difficult to g into bec thereo driver to help. One woman says t can also be dangerous. Ive already had a worrying interaction with one. I was entering a crosswalk with the green light. I ed carefully in all directions and abrup a empty cruise turned in front o me and
Station. Youre watching kron. Bay areas suffering after a scrap metal fire at a recycling facility in the east bay. Huge plume of smoke there yesterday. Thanks for joining us tonight on kron. 4 news at 5. Im grant lotus. Fire crews are still on the scene of that fire at this scrap metal facility near the port of oakland. The smoke could be seen and smelled across the bay area. And officials are saying that the air quality all the way down to near the south bays taking a hit. The fire started around 5. 30, last night at the ships are steel scrap metal facility. That is right near the port of oakland, massive plumes of smoke could be seen across the bay in crews worked overnight to get control of the fire. Some good news. Nobody was injured and the fire is not threatening any structures. The exact cause remains under investigation. Tonight. And even though the fire is mostly under control right now, the air Quality Management district put out an advisory today saying might be sensitive t