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
Lets go to sal and see if anything is talking on friday. Whats new with you . Good morning to you. We can see traffic moving along the bay area. There are not a lot of big crowds. At 6 30, we will know if it will stay light. Even during the pandemic, we have had later commutes. This is a look at the bay bridge. Thats take a look at interstate 880. It is 6 01. Lets go to the headlines. We are following developing news. Firefighters are on the scene of a fire that threatened several homes in san jose and the south part of san jose. Elissa harrington joins us to talk about how investigators believe this fire might have started, alyssa . Reporter firefighters say that this was arson. They say that a witness saw someone lighting fires in that area. The suspect has been arrested. When units arrived, they found six separate fires, 2 to 3 acres in size. It was discovered that these were intentionally set. It was a witness who saw a person lighting these fires off. The colleen fire was reported
Washing stations to help those most in need. Grand princess returned to San Francisco where it docked. Members of the National Alliance for filipino concerns protested as the ship is closer. Theyre outraged that the crew is still on board the boat. Theyre calling this inhumane. Abc7 News Reporter luz pena j n joining us live now with the latest. Luz . Larry, that Filipino Community group wants crewmembers to get off the ship and get tested for covid19. Four days ago one of the passengers, one of the cruise members died of coronavirus. The grand princess is back at San Franciscos cruise ship terminal. On board, over 650 filipino memr wre concerned about hipmo tm crewmember from the grand princess cruise ship died of coronavirus in a San Francisco hospital. A day later on april 4th, hundreds of crewmembers who remain on the ship completed their quarantine period, but theyre still not going home. Very upsetting. For one worker to die in the bay area should have never happened. Over a mont
The two left lanes are blocked. No word if new injuryies are involved. South of 92, you have brake lights. North of that as well. Your drive times are 28 minutes from expe,rian to 80. Towards the coliseum traffic is light. That will change later as the raiders are playing tonight. The trouble spot on highway four still in the clearing stages, south 680 you have one lane blocked for an injury accident, we are getting word of a stalled vehicle belonging lanes. Sfo is a nightmare for travelers as long planned construction at the airport gets underway, we have jacky at the airport. Reporter we are expeg a lot of unhappy travelers at sfo this morning because of the hundreds the cancellations some delays because of construction work on a runway, its expected to last until the end of the month. We spoke to an sfo spokesperson who said 358 flights will be delayed 137 canceled. Construction started saturday morning and will continue until september 27th. Sfo said its the easiest section of the
Backtracked after there was public outcry about isabels case. Instead they now say they will review cases like hers rather than rejecting them outright. Her family wants a permanent solution and isabel will be speaking at capitol hill before congress on wednesday. Kpix 5. Heres a look at our top stories at 5 30. A federal warning about e cigarettes. The cdc is telling americans to stop vaping after a rash of recent lung illnesses. Almost 500 people have gotten 6. 5 of them died including a person in los angeles county. A live look right now outside chase center. Metallica and the San Francisco symphony teaming up. Doors open up in about an hour. Will traffic be a nightmare . Well keep you posted. Wide receiver Antonio Brown back with the raiders. The team apparently has decided not to suspend him for reportedly threatening to punch the general manager. He will play in the Season Opener monday night in oakland. A san jose woman is dead after a fire swept through her mobile home overnigh