That fire. People who live from geysers road to highway 128 are being ordered to evacuate. Along with people along pine flat road and red winery road. An evacuation warning has been issued for Northern Hills. And geyserville. The Sheriffs Office said people in those communities should be ready to evacuate. Bill martin has been monitoring the latest wind conditions near the area. Where the fire is burning. What are firefighters facing . This is up in the hill. We have good location on it. It is higher up. We see wind gusts the 37 miles per hour. Sustained winds 18 to 20. That dust in the fire zone it can go stronger than that. That is a big deal. We have the red flag warning. A sticky look at the topography. We dont have direct coordinates on this fire. Here is cloverdale appear. Here is hills berg here. Geyserville in between. The winds are blowing. The winds are coming. The winds are blowing like this. Whatever direction. The funneling and the canyons will. This fire will have a tende
168,000 customers without. Although recent power shut off so affecting Emergency Response specifically with backup power and communication this state now has a shortage of generators that are needed to keep the power running on cell phone towers, especially in fireprone areas. Capitol Bureau Reporter Ashley Zavala explains how many of them are needed. Wildfires torch parts of northern and Southern California. The state is in need of backup generators to help power cell phone towers and the longer the power is out the more sites are impacted. The need for generators increases and then generator requirements begin to compete between communication needs and it could be water and sewage waste plant the needs for school or the Grocery Store emergency Officials Say the state has recently requested 500 extra generators from vendors. Callow yes has even launched a generator task force to deal with the shortage is really looking. 2448 72 hours out a week out what are these needs going to be and
Is a contained fire starting around 945 it p. M. Last night grn to 00 plus acres. There is 0 containment sky fox giving us a life picture of the fire and 300 firefighters are battling the fire pit it is burning in and around the city of geyserville that city is under mandatory evacuation. The cruise said that the firefighters making their way through the rugged terrain trying to cut fire lines. People are number one property comes second, people wondering if any wineries have burned. We have live coverage for the past five hours. At least one structure burning on the air, we are in the area of red winery road and it looked like it was a winery or a state but devastation on the ground. There are several road closures in the area including highway 128 at river road about 6 30 am. We had information about a grass fire so stay away from the area. If you dont need to be in that area, a lot of the roads are not passable. 15 coverage of this breaking news we have seen homes and vehicles destr
Many are getting ready and city and local officials are warning people the power outage could last for days. Power will be likely shut off for thousands in Alameda County alone including in the Oakland Hills because of red flag weather and high fire danger. It is an unprecedented move. This is a first. Thhave received notification of a planned power outage. I will say it is good to have some warning rather than no warning. It could take up to five days for pg e to get the power up which the mayor said would be devastating. Five days without electricity is acceptable for our committee. Theres a possibility they could restore power sooner. That depends on how quickly they can inspect lines and re energize those lines. Reporter the Oakland Police chief said the department is beefing up its ranks. All sworn officers with days off are canceled and starting this evening with our entire Investigative Team assigned and in uniform. And outage will close 12 schools. Grass valley, howard, parker,
Nancy pelosi, condemning the actions of President Trump as she announces a formal impeachment inquiry. President trump has tweeted in response calling the inquiry a total witchhunt. Welcome everyone to the four, all of this stems from a whistleblower complaint that the director of National Intelligence has so far refused to turn over to congress. He reportedly details efforts by President Trump to pressure the president of ukraine to investigate democratic residential candidate joe biden and his son. Lauren blanchard with the historical developments today on capitol hill. Reporter the formal impeachment inquiry moves forward here in washington, as new details emerge in the ukraine whistleblower controversy. The president must be held accountable, no one is above the law. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announcing a formal impeachment inquiry after meeting with fellow democrats this afternoon. The actions taken today by the president have seriously violated the constitution, especially when