More than 70,000 people under evacuation orders. Fire officials are giving an update on the glass fire in santa rosa. Once that press Conference Begins we will bring that to you live during our newscast. I want to talk about the entire town of calistoga. It is still under that mandatory evacuation order. More than 5,000 people are out of their homes. Reporter good morning. Its a situation that folks here in calistoga are all too familiar with. Just driving through town, you can see the roads are more empty than they typically would be and many of those businesses have shut their doors. Its because of that mandatory evacuation because of whats happening just over my shoulder, weve been here since about 4 00 this morning. And this particular hill has been calmed and reignited and calmed and reignited. And now its a huge plume of smoke that weve seen the last 45 minutes. This is just one example of the impeding danger folks here in calistoga are under. Weve had crews here since last night
And demonstratorright now, or not, every visitor is asked to reserve a ticket that is marked with a time of arrival. Walking the streets of in 15 minute intervals. Louisville are criticizing this pretty much probably the decision, saying they want more serious charges brought against that officer and the other First Time Since march, that i officers involved. Am in a large space. Frank joins us live this afternoon with more on this breaking story. Frank . Reporter good afternoon to you, that officer is brett with people around me. Reporter the museum is hankison, a 16 year plus limiting capacity to 25 . To prevent the spread of the veteran of the Louisville Police department, he is now facing three counts of wanton coronavirus. That way, we can control the endangerment for firing 10 maximum number of people who can come in. Reporter the 153,000 square rounds into Breonna Taylors foot museum says it will admit up to 3500 patrons per day. If someone shows up without apartment complex on
This wednesday and we will begin in kentucky were grand jury has chosen not to charge the 3 Louisville Police officers for their role in the death of brianna taylor. Taylor was shot multiple times by officers who burst into her home on march 13th while conducting a no knock warrant in a narcotics investigation. Prosecutors say 2 of the officers who fired their weapons were justified in using force because they were protecting themselves. However, former officer seen here Brett Hankinson who was fired earlier this year for his role in the shooting was charged with 3 counts of wanton endangerment which means extreme indifference to the value of human life. But this was for firing into the apartments of taylors neighbors. These long awaited charges were immediately met with frustration and disappointment. As for months protesters have pressured kentuckys attorney general Daniel Cameron to arrest the 3 officers and now none of them are facing criminal charges in taylors death. And this tea
The trends are in the direction globally in zero emission vehicles. Reporter the governor would like the phase out the sale of new gas powered cars by 2035, to reduce the states emissions. Hes driving this change forward with the help of californias air Resources Board. We know we have an obligation to keep on working to clean up the air and to make it as clean as it can be. He said it is for other states to follow. Already the state has 34 electric vehicle manufacturers. The difference is with a zero emission vehicle, you have lower maintenance costs, lower operating costs. If you want to protect impoverished communities, then pull away from the gas pumps. Reporter the California New Car Dealers Association released this statement. Bypassing the elected legislature and directing the California Air Resources Board to adopt rules to prohibit the sale of nonzero emission vehicles to enact the significant transportation policy change is deeply troubling and deprives californians of a dire
Tonight as crews push to try to control the spread of the glass fire before another red flag warning takes effect. Thanks for joining us at 5 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis at this hour the glass fire has burned more than 48,000 acres. It is 2 contained. Parts of napa and sonoma counties remain under Evacuation Orders and more than 68,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. So far the fire has destroyed at least 97 structures and damaged some 17 others right now more than 22,000 other buildings remain threatened cal fires expected to hold a press conference any minute now to bring us the latest when that starts well bring it to you live in the meantime though it has now been almost 48 hours since the entire town of calistoga had to be evacuated while winds were calm today. There is renewed concern about what could happen to that town as the weather gets worse tonight. Fours dan dan live for us in the napa valley with more dan. Were live along one 28 thi