Coming up at 730. Youll hear from Union Leaders in reaction to barts latest as you can imagine. Bart riders are anxiously waiting to see if a deal is struck or if they have to find other ways of gettingw. Kron fours will tran is live at the west oakland bart station with that part of our coverage this morning, will . S of the morning has moved on the people are telling me that they are sick of this. People stated that they had stayed up late. They thought everything was a done until. If they thought that if no deal was in place by sunday midnight that they would strike, they woke up, they saw the news and they know that the trains are working. People work yawning when i saw them this morning. They just want a resolution. There is so much uncertainty seat right now every one is trying to make this work. Everybody is just getting tired of this. I think everyone is tired of staying up late. It is just very demanding. They know theyre in for a another long day because of the negotiators ar
Thanks to drought, fuels in california are ripe for fire well before normal time. What is beneath is still ready to burn. It worries us a great deal. This is something wed see if late july early august. This is going to be common were going see more fires like this. According to cal fire the state had 730 wildfires last year there were 293 by this time. After rinl 250. Judy parker lives in pittsburgh. Just blocks from this fire station on east leland. The drought with no rain. Dry mes of the hills. And grasses, yes. Really concerned me. According to contra costa fire rangers from this station would have opinion the first to arrive were back to a state of extreme drought in california officials reported sierra snow pack is only a 25 average. Youre looking at a live picture from heavenly Mountain Resort courtesy lake tahoe pd. You can see there is some blue skies and some snow. Spencer christian has been monitoring the dry conditions. Here is a look at rainfall here around the bay area.
May be just a harbringer of things still to come. Officials say due to the drought, theyre bracing for a fire season like no other. Good evening, Officials Say conditions look like mid summer rather than the start of spring the state is in a drought. Areas in red on the map are an extreme drought. Maroon areas in an exceptional drought, as bad as it gets. Were live in pittsburgh with more. Laura . Hi, carolyn. One fire official told me that people should start working on Defensible Space around their houses. Investigators believe the fire may have been a bird that hit a hightension wire here they dont think the was human caused. However its something were expecting to see a lot of in the coming months. Flames were big, hot and spread quickly. Officials say theyre a good indicator of what is still to come were going to see pone shally more showers, larger showers weve bee gun to see increase in the size of the wildfires that we respond tochlt thanks to drought, fuels in california are r
Getting the flu vaccinations. Reporter is it too late to get vaccines . Definitely not. If you have not been vaccinated at this point in time you still cant because backseat are Still Available and they can prevent illnesses. Severe illnesses. Pam the Health Department there says, the victim was a 48 yearold woman who had under any Health Conditions in addition to be a check one and one of buyers. H1n1 virus pam is first death of the flu season was last week of a 41 year old woman contracted the swine flu. Tsetung of those cases are confirmed to the age 1 and one with the swine flu. One act as a parent to be of the b strain. Appending lab results. Pam the Alameda County Health Department says it has had one person died of flute related illnesses since november but would not release any informations about the victim. Alameda county does not collect reports about a severe flu cases but do not result in death. The number of the cases could be higher because few of the bay area county Heal
Cars. We start this hour with the passing of representative john lewis of georgia. Lion of the Civil Rights Movement, and the conscience of congress. Lewis served for more than 30 years in congress ask. Before that, he was beaten and arrested countless times in his role as charismatic young leader in the struggle for racial equality. Upon his passing nancy pelosi wrote his goodness faith and bravery transformed our nation. Former president barack obama said he loved this country owe much. For more now, nbcs geoff bennett. Congressman john lewis was often called the conscious of congress. Known as a moral lead who are commanded respects from democrats and republicans. Seen as one of the last unifying forces in national police. Lewis was one of ten children born the share croppers in rural alabama in 1940. He grew up on his familys farm and attended segregated public schools. Lewis said he was inspired as a young byebye the activism surrounding the montgomery bus boycott and is your moni