Created a new City Department to take over the duties. Our coverage, dan thorn live for us tonight in berkeley he joins us now with more on this idea. Dan. Well they can grant this proposal centers around the idea of essentially re imagining Public Safety. The mayor and City Council Members are proposing that Police Officers focus solely on solving crimes as opposed to handling traffic situations and they believe this could save the city. A lot of money as well as limiting the number of negative interactions between Police Officers and people of color. A new progressive proposal in berkeley could ban police from enforcing traffic stops the move being considered by City Government would instead create an unarmed civilian division to handle the job, you know the calvary trying to cut co sponsor of the proposal Council Member ben bartlett would like to see changes to Public Safety in his city. Bartlett believes a new department of transportation would be better suited then police to take
Tonight. It was just after 5 pm when came screaming up pine flat road. Cal fire confirms there was an incident is the kincaid fire was blaring near hillsboro. Cynic up a column of smoke. Sonoma county sits under the smoky shroud of another devastating wildfire. Those most affected are on the ground helping. Like bernadette who lost her home. She is delivering meals to santa rosa restaurant. She wants to feed the firemen. I want to help. I love to help people. You help people and they are doing the best they can. That is what i wanted to do. Keep my mind busy. Reporter 20 minutes after she left 1999 geiser road on wednesday night in her pajamas her home of four years was gone. My husband and my toy poodle. Reporter there are a few things she wishes she had time to grab. My dads wedding ring. My husbands wedding ring. Reporter the good karma she is putting into the world helping others in her time of need are carrying her through. I know that god is good. Im going to find my dads ring. R
Breaking news now at 11 the fastmoving wildfire forcing even more people from their homes tonight. The new evacuation orders just issued the smoke some people choking for clean air across the bay area. The areas feeling the biggest impact. A blackout looming for more than 2 Million People tonight. We just got new information about the timeline. Good evening. We begin with a new evacuation order. Cal fire just sued because of the kincaid fire near geyserville. People either clayton road to the mendocino and lake county line are all being told to get out now. The fire exploded in size again. Its footprint larger than manhattan. The eastern flank is the most active. Cal fire has issued a new evacuation warning for six communities in lake county. Gifford springs whistling pines Anderson Springs adams springs. Just the warning that people might need to evacuate. The latest numbers right now. The fire has burned 24,000 acres. It is still just 5 contained. 600 structures are threatened. 49 ha
Looks like guys are bills been spared. Yeah which is the fortunate news now there are still embers blowing around out there. Despite the fact the winds of calm so the threat is still in existence. And so kaiser feel still cordoned off nobody allowed back in i want to illustrate once again. The evacuation area and also the intensity of the fire were getting a better handle on that as well and thats what this map shows us on both those levels but will begin with evacuations as we zoom in here on the map and give you a closer and look as i mentioned the town of guys are bill still under mandatory Evacuation Orders there it is along highway one oh one. The majority of the evacuated area, however, as you can see our into the hills east of one oh one but for guys fill and a certain stretch north and south about 5 miles or so youre not allowed there until they get a better handle on the actual fire and thats what these red dots illustrate each one represents a hot spot that theyre currently b
for joining us. everybody, i m vicki liviakis i m catherine heenan in for grant lotus and our top story tonight, the growing number of corona virus cases across the country and in the bay area. right now we know that 2 patients with corona virus from san benito county have been transferred to a hospital in san francisco for treatment san benito health officials say the patients from aimed at home, therefore they are considered a low risk to the community. the number of cases in the us it now stands at 11. our first anchorman the live for us tonight in the newsroom with more on the stand what you know. those 11 cases in the us for as you mentioned are tied to the bay area to from santa clara county in those cases both people had visited boeheim china. that you mention 2 others are from san benito county but they ve been hospitalized at ucsf here in san francisco for treatment. what sets the san benito couple apart is only the husband was and move on china. the wife was not