Sue . Well take a live look at 280 snaking the headlights from san jose up to cupertino. Very light conditions. About an eightminute drive towards wolf road in cupertino. Green is great. Slowing up and over the altamont pass. About a 25minute drive time if you are heading into the dublinpleasanton area. Checking out 80 to the maze and then from the bay bridge into San Francisco, so not bad there at all. In San Francisco heading into sfo, under ten minutes. Sue, thank you. Speaking of your commute, if you use 101 or 280 for your morning drive you likely have been stuck in a sea of taillights. Transportation officials want to install express lanes to help ease the congestion. Amy hollyfield live in San Francisco with that plan. Good morning, amy. Reporter hi, good morning, natasha. Yes, express lanes. Theres a good word in there, express. They leave out that its a toll you would pay to use the lanes. What do you think about that . According to the San Francisco examiner that is the idea
Budget. Reporter consumed over 1 million acres in california. Caused billions of dollars of damage and put pressure on 1. 8 billion budget. Approaching half the agency as entire budget halfway through the fiscal year. 275 million more than cal fire set aside as emergency fund. We always watch budget closely. Be fiscally responsible. But its clear in the climate were living in, we have to have the resources to battle the fires. Stay focused and be able to respond to changing environment were experiencing in california. Reporter says its working closely will the department of finance and legislature to keep Funds Available for fire lines to be staffed. On track for new record. Compared to past three budget years. Complicating the process is how the fire season, compared to four years ago, is running longer. Fire seasons today on average 75 days longer than they were. We have to change our mindset. One of the reasons weve invested additional money in staffing yearround and work we do ahea
And are fighting for their lives tonight. Another 12 were rescued. They called it the worst tragedy in a quarter of a century. Thanks for join us im dion lim. Im dan ashley. A major announcement from apple after admitting some baa iphones slowed down without their customers knowledge. Abc 7 News Reporter Jonathan Bloom explains what apple is doing and what customers are saying. Reporter does your phone slow down. It does, yes. Reporter how can you tell . Because it was faster before. Reporter iphone users know the problem all too well. Have you ever had an iphone that seemed slower. Thats why i got a new one. I never knew this was happening. Reporter but apple now admits the slow down was intentionally and claims it was a fix for a different problem. Old old batteries that die without warning. It just goes black. Shuts down. Ive been hanging out with my friends and their phones have like shut down, like 37 . Reporter in a Statement Apple said it should go without saying that we think s
Season isnt. Rolling into 2018 now as fires are still burning right now. Im dan ashley. Im dion lim in for ama daetz. This is unusual year. 2017, cal fire battled more than 7,000 fires. Thats correct fire. About 50 more than last year, pretty average year. Burned more than twice as many acres. Biggest fire in modern state history, thomas fire, still burning. 91 contained and not expected to grow any more. Destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in little over three weeks. And we can never forget north bay wildfires. Late sunday night in october, merged into six massive fires, killing 43 people in napa, sonoma, lake and mendocino counties. Took 23 days to fully contain and fire season isnt over. Reporter david louis shows you what the cal fire is doing now and what its doing to budget. Reporter consumed over 1 million acres in california. Caused billions of dollars of damage and put pressure on 1. 8 billion budget. Approaching half the agency as entire budget halfway through the fiscal year
Section in depth. Youll see special guests like Walter Mosley, last month we had david ignatius, the Washington Post columnist in the thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. This month we are pleased to have the Pulitzer Prize author Colson Whitehead as the guest comments most recent book he underground railroad. What is the appropriate response when your books are praised by oprah, president obama, you win the Pulitzer Committee National Book award, so what is the appropriate response . [laughter] guest this book has taken off in a way that was unexpected so most of the i just thank my lucky stars and sleep a little betterne and try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Host why does that put you in a better mood . Guest ive been writing for 20 something years and sometimes you write a book and people dig it and understand it and other times nobody cares and it sort of disappears. So i have the pride thinking i did a good job on the book and the bonus of other people thinkin