Its a testament to her knowledge and status that she worked as counsel and later senior counsel both republican and democratic chairs of this committee. Susan later moved to the democratic stamp on the former chair Ranking Member john conyers where she expanded her portfolio to include Administrative Law the federal courts and ethics issues. When i was elected to serve as chair he also asked susan to serve as committee parliamentarian. In addition to her all their duties. To develop procedures for hearings, markups and other committee activities. Regular viewers of this committee will recognize as the person sitting behind me providing the wise counsel. Susan has been essential to the operations of this committee and shes been involved in nearly every pace of Committee Business over the last year. Though she will be leaving the committee she will continue the book service as she transitions to a position with the Administrative Office of the u. S. Court. I wish her well as i think her
Santa rosa at 48 degrees. And temperatures anywhere from four degrees to 17 degrees cooler than yesterday at this time. Napa airport. This is a big drop there. Livermol actioner minus 11. 44 also pope valley at 44. There are some cool readings. And in the upper 40s. Overall lots of sunshine. Still technically summer. We are getting a little warm up. 60s and 70s. Upper 70s and low 80s. 6 01. Alley is here. This commute is we are going to start with bart. That is that tenminute delay. Bart towards antioch. A delay because of an equipment problem on the track. Well continue to keep an eye on that. This is probably the toughest spot where we are going to show you on the map. This is westbound 580. Westbound 205. The tracy commute. There was an earlier crash at north glenn road. That has been cleared. This is slowly recovering. You see some slowing on westbound 84 from livermore. Taking a look at the rest of the east bay, things look pretty good. A little bit of slowing on southbound 880 in
Crisis. And now some of the birds are being found in unusual places. For example, at a giants game. Abc seven News Reporter cornell bernard visited a north bay bird rescue, which is treating as many pelicans as it can, but they need help. What were seeing is a lot of starving, very skinny birds being brought into care. Angie trumbo taking us behind the scenes at the International Bird rescue center in fairfield, where all these california brown pelicans are in bad shape. Its clearly, turning into a crisis over the last couple of weeks, a new surge of starving pelicans is causing concern. Two weeks ago, the bird rescue began treating about a dozen pelicans. But now that number has jumped to 130 birds in distress, ones that are just hungry just need to gain their weight and strength. But a lot of these birds are coming in with additional injuries because theyre so hungry. They might be getting into trouble with fishing gear and things like that as they take Desperate Measures to get food
Different things going on within the Oakland Police department and within this community. There is much concern over Public Safety. While recent data shows crime is falling, robberies are on the rise, Small Businesses are leaving oakland and many public calls to 911 remain unanswered. There is a federal oversight monitor to answer to. Its a lot to address for a 35 Year Police Veteran who was until recently, the chief of police in lubbock, texas. 12 new officers graduated from the Oakland Police academy last friday, bringing the total number of sworn officers to 716. His big challenge is going to be community or our public perception. Ken houston is director of the Beautification Council and a community advocate. Dont go in for the big wins. Go in for the small ones. Parking on the sidewalk, parking in a handicap spot, tinted windows all the way around. Driving around without license plates. Do what the great gavin newsom did. He sent in highway patrol, right . Theyre going after the sm
40s to the north already. Some 30s before everything is said and done before sunrise. Skies are starting to clear. 40s and 50s to the south. Already 37 in kelsey bill. Low 40s in windsor. The cool air will settle down until about 7 00. It will filter in. Behind that not much. There could be some scattered shower activity to the north. Overall the system is falling apart as it moves south. It left us with some rain. Upper 50s for about everybody today. Breeze picking up later today. Is Allie Rasmussen doing traffic . Im here. Lets hope theres nothing going on traffic wise. Im hoping. Maybe we will see a little bit of early Holiday Light traffic. So far so good. Not too many problems to tell you about. Lets go to the maps. Driving through tracy, the livermore valley, not too many problems there. There was an accident earlier on westbound 84. It is that flashing icon you see there. It looks like they are getting it out of the way. Looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, it is wide and clear