An hour later, about 11 30 a. M. , he was located. He ran into a fivestory building behind me. And went up to the roof above the fifth story. He barricaded himself in the fifth story and it was an actual active instruction site and construction workers were stated to the record. Had to shut down roadways and communicated with the suspect. After numerous hours, weve had crisis negotiators, on here or go communicating with the man. We were able, they were able to convince him to peacefully surrender. So, at this point, the man is in custody and this is still going to be an ongoing investigation. Throughout the five or six hours, he was drawing down objects that could have been injured someone, what make you guys decided it was okay to continue to negotiate with them . Public safety is always a priority and yes he was drawing objects but at that point, we had containment under the area, the situation, he was hitting basically the roadway. So, we managed to make the decision to take our ti
Deadly wildfire wildfires. By law, pg e needs to emerge from chapter 11 by june 30th to be part of a new wildfire insurance fund. Tonight in a fivepage letter to the ceo of pg e, Governor Newsome said the plan falls short. Quote, the resolution of that bankruptcy must yield a transformed utility that is responsible and accountable. He said they must address a number of key issues, including a new board of directors, setting up clearly defined safety and metrics for which pg e will be accountable and allowing for the transfer of its operating license to a state or third party if the Company Fails to meet those requirements. We want to see a plan in place for that as well. Weve always wanted the investments by pg e to come back and build a more resilient system, microgrid, you name it. Across the board to ensure that the Design Standards of the system are gonna withstand the next wind storm on a low humidity, windy day that we will inevitably have. I do think time is of the essence. The
After years of wearing many hats in the community — from sectors of education to politics to agriculture — Iroquois County says goodbye to former board chair, Ron Schroeder, who