I strong winds prompted the evacuation of the small town of Geyserville in a few surrounding rural communities in the wine region of Sonoma County an unknown number of buildings have burned in what s been dubbed the Kincaid fire there are no reports of serious injury as the day progressed winds calmed down aging fire crews working hand tools and bulldozers on the ground and aircraft battling the blaze from the air bankrupt utility p.g. And e. On Wednesday cut off power to northern sections of the state including parts of Geyserville to reduce fire risk from high winds downing power lines but it s not clear yet if power was out at the origin site for this fire or of p. Genies equipment may yet again be to blame Eric Westervelt n.p.r. News 2 more fast moving fires are burning north of downtown Los Angeles and officials say some 40000 people have been evacuated South Dakota says it won t enforce its riot boosting act to the Native Americans and environmental critics say it was meant to s
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They could end up paying out tens of billions of dollars they re big dollar amounts but it s probably just a fraction of the true cost of the crisis the chair calculating the real cost of the opioid at the town 2nd on All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. Listen this afternoon at 4 support comes from Hartford Stage attend a free screening and discussion of the documentary decade of fire and discover an untold piece of American urban history when the South Bronx was on fire in the 1970 s. Ultimately reducing an entire multi ethnic community to rubble the Indian lands pop up series special presentation is sponsored by c p t.v. They hail film study center and Independent Lens tonight at 7 more information at c.p. T.v. Dot org This is Connecticut Public Radio w n.p.r. And p.r. H.d. One Meriden at 90.5 there p k t v k t h d one door which at 89 point one w d w at Stanford at 88.5 w r l i f m Southampton at 91.3 and npr dot org It s 12 o clock. From w.h.y. Why in Philadelphia I m Terry Gr
In his nominee as he stated time and time again and we expect the Senate to vote and we hope they do that say the Democrats have blasted the president s remarks and so have Republican senators Lisa Murkowski Susan Collins and Jeff Flake an f.b.i. Report on Kavanagh is expected soon clearing the way for a Senate vote on his nomination this week with November s midterm is getting closer and new n.p.r. P.b.s. News Hour merest poll is showing more Republicans are becoming enthusiastic about Election Day N.P.R. s Brian Naylor reports The survey also shows Republicans have narrowed the gap with Democrats over which party voters want to see control Congress the poll shows a 2 percentage point difference between the numbers of Democrats and Republicans who are calling next month s election very important in July the number was 10 points in favor of Democrats and the Democrats advantage on which party Americans want to have in control of Congress has fallen in half from 12 points in mid Septem