Good afternoon, everyone. The subcommittee will come to order. T purpose of todays hearing is to receive testimony on 15 bills pending before the pin lands, are forest and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills on todays agenda, i wont go through all of them right now, but the complete agenda will of course be included in the record. I want to note that we have a former member of our committee here, former senator mary landrieu, and we have members who will be joining us shortly who have another Committee Assignment at the moment and others who will be joining us telephonically. I also want to begin by recognizing the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season. More than 36 people have perished in infernos raging throughout the western United States this year, dozens more are missing. In oregon, my colleague senator widens home state, thousands have lost their homes and over half a Million Peop
Works subcommittee will address options to address the wild fires and Forest Management. This includes testimony from an interior Deputy Department official and deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Good afternoon, everyone. This subcommittee will come to t order. The purpose of todays hearing is to receiveands testimony on i bills pending beforece the publo lands force and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of t bills onhe todays c agenda, it going to go through all of them right now. But the complete agenda will, of course, be included in the record. I want to note at the outset weve got a former member of our committee here, former senator from louisiana, longtime member of the senate and this committee is in the back. Weve got members who will be at t who have tly another Committee Assignment at the i moment. E. We have others who will be d eme joining us dtelephonically. As i want to recognize the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has
Today. Low clouds in place. Over all a little system came by. Its really picked up the sea breeze and also the low clouds. So a lot of low clouds. I mean not sold out or anything. Inland areas are still clear. There is a lot of low clouds coast and bay. Fog, sun, and breezy. 50s and 60s to low 70s for some inland. You can see that low cloud deck has lifted and its getting helped along here. 40s for some. 50s for others. And also right over San Francisco and parts of the bay out to oakland. So its an on shore push. For most. Overall you can see a lot of gray out there. A lot of gray over the bay. Fog, sun, cooler today. Coastal fog will be it wont be there all day but its starting the morning off with a pretty good representation of low cloud deck. 50nd and 60s there. Here is sal. Steve, good morning. We are looking at a commute that is going to be doing very well so far any way. Right now we are looking at the bay bridge. Traffic is light. Sometimes on fridays we do have lighter than u
To the coast. Wednesday partly cloudy and will follow the same pattern of that afternoon sunshine. We are expecting made 80s and the valleys. If mid60s and low 70s for oakland. George will be 280 extension reopened. The caltrans prepared to get things at earlier. The fire crews had to shut down the right lane and it slowed from the 85 split. Right on schedule is the backup for the two battelle plaza. Darya new this morning. A car crashes into an east bay home. And forces neighbors out into the dark because of a gas leak. Darya kron 4s yoli aceves is live now in danville with the details. Reporter you can see the crew is out here working trying to repair the gas line. Just up past midnight. When they got the call of a car crashed into it a grouch. It turns out they ended up hitting a gas line. So they evacuated the surrounding neighborhoods. Reporter best far as the driver is concerned. Hes just under the age of 21. Its still unclear if it was drunk driving or if you just went off of th