good evening. i m scott schafer. welcome to this week in northern california. joining us tonight are amy standit, and paul rogers for the san jose americay news. this week, the final snow pack measurement in the sierra confirmed what we already knew. this has been a very dry year. paul rogers, it s also been a week where we ve seenen early start to the fire season, from sonoma, to southern california. i assume those things are related. they are, indeed. we ve got a lot of dry vegetation out there right now. the snow pack on may 1st was 17% of normal. for this time of year, that s the lowest that it s been since 1977. and as a result, we re seeing conditions all over the state that are more similar to conditions that we see later in the summer. usually august type conditions. so we ve got five or six pretty good size wildfires burning in california right now. the biggest is in ventura county near camario. luckily it hasn t really burned down many homes. i think it damaged
evolving climate for gay athletes, coming up next. good evening. i m scott schafer. welcome to this week in northern california. joining us tonight are amy standit, and paul rogers for the san jose americay news. this week, the final snow pack measurement in the sierra confirmed what we already knew. this has been a very dry year. paul rogers, it s also been a week where we ve seenen early start to the fire season, from sonoma, to southern california. i assume those things are related. they are, indeed. we ve got a lot of dry vegetation out there right now. the snow pack on may 1st was 17% of normal. for this time of year, that s the lowest that it s been since 1977. and as a result, we re seeing conditions all over the state that are more similar to conditions that we see later in the summer. usually august type conditions. so we ve got five or six pretty good size wildfires burning in california right now. the biggest is in ventura county near camario. luckily it hasn
evolving climate for gay athletes, coming up next. good evening. i m scott schafer. welcome to this week in northern california. joining us tonight are amy standit, and paul rogers for the san jose americay news. this week, the final snow pack measurement in the sierra confirmed what we already knew. this has been a very dry year. paul rogers, it s also been a week where we ve seenen early start to the fire season, from sonoma, to southern california. i assume those things are related. they are, indeed. we ve got a lot of dry vegetation out there right now. the snow pack on may 1st was 17% of normal. for this time of year, that s the lowest that it s been since 1977. and as a result, we re seeing conditions all over the state that are more similar to conditions that we see later in the summer. usually august type conditions. so we ve got five or six pretty good size wildfires burning in california right now. the biggest is in ventura county near camario. luckily it hasn
sonoma, to southern california. i assume those things are related. they are, indeed. we ve got a lot of dry vegetation out there right now. the snow pack on may 1st was 17% of normal. for this time of year, that s the lowest that it s been since 1977. and as a result, we re seeing conditions all over the state that are more similar to conditions that we see later in the summer. usually august type conditions. so we ve got five or six pretty good size wildfires burning in california right now. the biggest is in ventura county near camario. luckily it hasn t really burned down many homes. i think it damaged 15 homes. but there s 1,000 firefighters down there. it s very windy. they only have it 20% contained. a lot of fire scientists are saying we re going to see a long, hot summer with a lot of fires. yet, as a season, not a year, the year beginning in january, but as a season, it wasn t particularly dry, right? it just came early. this is one of the most bizarre winters
sonoma, to southern california. i assume those things are related. they are, indeed. we ve got a lot of dry vegetation out there right now. the snow pack on may 1st was 17% of normal. for this time of year, that s the lowest that it s been since 1977. and as a result, we re seeing conditions all over the state that are more similar to conditions that we see later in the summer. usually august type conditions. so we ve got five or six pretty good size wildfires burning in california right now. the biggest is in ventura county near camario. luckily it hasn t really burned down many homes. i think it damaged 15 homes. but there s 1,000 firefighters down there. it s very windy. they only have it 20% contained. a lot of fire scientists are saying we re going to see a long, hot summer with a lot of fires. yet, as a season, not a year, the year beginning in january, but as a season, it wasn t particularly dry, right? it just came early. this is one of the most bizarre winters