You . This happens to be probably once a month. It just happened. Here we go. Fog returns, cooler there is a big fog bank near monterey, the wind advisory starts tomorrow, temperatures drop, wendy for nearly everybody with low humidity and high fire danger wednesday afternoon and maybe even wednesday morning into thursday. The wind advisory will be for the north and east bay hills, and that starts tomorrow. It goes into thursday. Today is tuesday, today will be cooler, we will also have a high fire danger not for temperatures, it wont be hot but humidity will be low and the wind will be very strong. This system is digging into the north, it is a powerhouse system and we are on the western edge of it, cooler today with temperatures in the 70s in fact we are seeing temperatures dropping, napa down in oakland down, redwood city down, concorde as well. Forecast highs are still at average or a little above, by tomorrow they will go way below. We will have more coming up in 10 minutes. I can
Of a twoweek campaign of direct action protests. More than 700 people have already been arrested. We will speak to one of the cofounders of Extinction Rebellion. Then some 40,000 workers at General Motors have entered their fourth week on strike. Itit is the longest National Strike at gm by the United Auto Workers in nearly hahalf a centntury. We will get the latest. And we will go to chicago to speak with the head of the Chicago Teachers Union which has voted to go onon strike next we. W we need staffing and errors like nursing, for social workers and special education services. Need enforceable caps on by sizes. Pay and benefits alalone are not enoughgh. We care deeply about the learning and working conditions in our schools. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Turkeys powerful military has massed troops and heavy weapons on its border with syria, as u. S. Troops heeded President Trumps order to ste
It is obvious the smoke is affecting air quality and the further north you go, the more smoke there is. Along with frank and gasia mikaelian, im here with frank somerville. A lot of people in marin without power, power may come on today and come up again tomorrow. That kind of thing. We have one viewer in pittsfield who went into by premade sandwiches, 27 people in line waiting to get out. We did not have power and now we do. I think it is going off again tonight. A lot of your caught in the back and forth so we will talk about that in a second. First we will start with the big story and that is of course the kincaid fire burning in Sonoma County. The fire continues to grow but is moving at a slower pace after less powerful winds gave firefighters a break overnight. The kincaid fire has burned 118 square miles, an area about twice the size of the city of oakland. Crews have maintained 15 containment. There are Evacuation Orders in sonoma, napa and lake counties. Some 90,000 buildings a
Chair peskin good morning and welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority for today, tuesday, october 8, 2019. Our clerk is mr. Quintanilla. Could you please call the roll. [roll call] clerk we have quorum. Chair peskin thank you, mr. Quintanilla. Can can you please call the next item. Clerk item 2, Community Advisory report. Chair peskin and mr. Larson you are not mr. Larson you are mr. Larson. You shaved. I am. Good morning, commissioners and supervisors. My name is john larson, and i am the chairman of the citizens Advisory Committee. This time, there was particular interest in how the save routes to safe routes to School Program served the needs of concern. Sfmta would be providing Safety Training in areas of concern such as moorely feeling safe engaging in these activities and getting from home to school in those communities. The items related to shop around, vango shuttles related to the challenges of disabled people accessing public transit, especially given the
Next item. Clerk item 2, Community Advisory report. Chair peskin and mr. Larson you are not mr. Larson you are mr. Larson. You shaved. I am. Good morning, commissioners and supervisors. My name is john larson, and i am the chairman of the citizens Advisory Committee. This time, there was particular interest in how the save routes to safe routes to School Program served the needs of concern. Sfmta would be providing Safety Training in areas of concern such as moorely feeling safe engaging in these activities and getting from home to school in those communities. The items related to shop around, vango shuttles related to the challenges of disabled people accessing public transit, especially given the decline in the number of ramp taxis. The needs of wheelchair users were negotiated. In particular, one commenter shared her negative experiences with Bus Operators, their lack of patience and understanding with accommodating a wheelchair and suggested additional sensitivity training for oper