And the reason for it is the way the setup is when it comes to the arrival of the cold front. I will go into detail on that in my full forecast. For now we have a great start in san francisco, a beautiful view there. Lets take a look at the current wind direction. Its light and calm now. Notice the time bar in the righthand corner there. 11 00 a. M. Is when the winds start to move down, pushing down from the north. Notice santa rosa and napa you can see the increase in the color change with that time bar there. Thats when the red flag warning initially kicks in for the north bay mountains. Itll come from the sacramento area and then it will begin to spread over to the east bay hills. Fast forwarding that time line in through the evening hours, the winds are only expected to get worse. So here are the headlines, i will go over the red flag warnings and the timing in my full forecast. Kira . We look forward to all of that information, vianey. Well see you in about 15 minutes. Thanks. For
Be the strongest we have seen so far this fire season. Pg e not taking any chances. Its getting ready to cut power. In the last 15 minutes the Utility Company releetsed where the Public Safety power shut offs could happen. The area in yellow. On this map. You can see every bay area county with the exception of San Francisco could be affected. These areas include the north bay mountains, east bay. Also the Oakland Hills and communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It could start sunday morning and go through tuesday morning. We have Team Coverage tonight. Lets start with chief meteorologist of course keeping a close eye on the strong wind. Everything really is materializing for the wind to not only impact the mountains but whats different about this that we havent seen lately is the low elevations getting in on the wind. The large low pressure system. Its expansive. Disrupting the atmosphere. As that starts to drop down. Sunday, monday and tuesday. Its going to bring a cold blast to us.
Programs for people who are out of work or sick because of the coronavirus. Uber and lyft drivers are taking action in court. They want a judge to give them paid sick leave. Good morning, jobina. Now the San Francisco chronicle reporting drivers for uber and lyft want a judge to pay them sick leave and this is as employees and not contractors. This will protect not only their customers from the vircoronavir because many feel they cant stay home right now. Work is super slow. I was waiting on sfo because im an uber and lyft driver. Five hours. I can show you. Five hours i just got someone in five hours and put them on bay street and i got 24 in five hours. Its really awful to hear. The Ride Hailing Companies classify their drivers as independent contractors. They arent eligible for the benefit state law requires for employees. Lawyers made filings in San Francisco Supreme Court yesterday and both are asking for hearings on thursday morning. Reggie. Thanks, jobina. This morning when a lo
As we have mentioned, london today will witness the pomp and ceremony of the queens speech. Thats when the British Government sets out its legislative programme for the next session of parliament. Its expected to include big plans to splash taxpayers cash, after the chancellor sajid javid last month declared the end of austerity, or government belt tightening, despite the brexit crisis. In fact, mrjavid promised the biggest increase in uk public spending in more than 15 years, as he outlined a £13. 8 billion pound package or this much in dollars. The trouble is, over recent years, taxpayers money hasnt been enough to cover expenditure, especially after the financial crisis. Total uk Government Debt is almost 2. 3 trillion, equivalent to more than 85 of the countrys total output. But the uk is not alone in taking such steps. Frances budget deficit didnt stop the government there promising 11 billion of tax cuts last month in its 2020 budget to boost investment and consumer confidence,
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