saying different regulations were in place before 2017 but the wildfires from 2017 have changed the playing field and they say they now need to change the culture as to how they go about funding preventative measures. in addition, and 2017, fire officials say that the wildfires taught them that we have to learn more about wind events. the senate subcommittee on energy, utilities and communications spent the morning discussing how to prevent wildfires caused by utilities. in the case of powerline caused wildfires, they tend to ignite under high wind conditions that stress utility infrastructure or under conditions where equipment is run to failure. during public comments, several departments and agencies took the microphone to say pg&e needs to be held accountable to the laws passed by the utility commission. others are asking for more clearing to be done throughout the state. i think it was 2014, pgd had applied to the board of supervisors to trim greenery throughout the co
the moisture coming up. there is one system, the second one and as it funnels in, the moisture is keeping us into a cloudy pattern with off-and-on rain. the sun breaks and maybe upper 60s. 4:31. and he s back and tan, rusted, and ready. you got it. as a matter of fact, right now even though it s raining as steve mentioned, we don t have a lot of slow traffic yet. we have had a few fender benders. the solano county commute looks good for vacaville to fairfield. it s not a bad commute here. and there have been no major problems in vallejo to crocket and 80 westbound. and you can see traffic here looking good in both directions. no major problems here. again, the drizzle is coming down. the traffic is still light. at 4:31, and back to the desk. landlords are allowed to evict tenants without reason. a hot-button issue funner a vote tomorrow by the city council. advocates are taking action. ktvus smith stills us tells us about the group fasting in an attempt to spark change.
showers return to the bay area tonight. looking live towards richmond where the clouds just opened up. i m ama daetz. and i m dan ashley. begin with the rain as band of wet weather sweeps across the bay area. live look. showers started a few minutes ago. sandhya patel is tracking it. we have a spring storm dumping good rain around parts of the bay area. east bay, yellows and oranges are downpours around pine street and martinez, across 680 getting heavy rain and looking at rain rates, about half an inch an hour is what we re seeing. north bay, tiberon, paradise drive, moderate pockets as well. san francisco, bal bo with a, it s coming down. reports from twitter on this. level one. up to quarter inch of rain. scattered showers. will be slippery spots driving or walking tomorrow. ferry, light chop expected. hour by hour look coming up. as that light rain moves in stay on top of when showers will arrive where you live with the abc7 news accuweather app. developing news
hour is what we re seeing. north bay, tiberon, paradise drive, moderate pockets as well. san francisco, bal bo with a, it s coming down. reports from twitter on this. level one. up to quarter inch of rain. scattered showers. will be slippery spots driving or walking tomorrow. ferry, light chop expected. hour by hour look coming up. as that light rain moves in stay on top of when showers will arrive where you live with the abc7 news accuweather app. developing news out of the east oakland hills. police are searching for armed man who shot a resident during a burglary. chimney rock. victim taken to hospital and expected to survive. zblp ann coulter insists coming to berkeley even though insist can t find a safe venue. sent out tweet instructing the student group to rent a venue. new details. reporter: more of a debate over scheduling as opposed to free speech. ann coulter says the event canceled by the university, officials say they can accommodate her but not in the time
region. expect temperature to warm through friday followed by a slight cooling trend for the weekend. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( james ) our top no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( james ) our top story this morning.. a man in the east bay is shot inside his own home by thieves. it happened in the oakland hills. and in addition to the shooting, neighbors say at least three other homes were burglarized and ransacked. kron 4 s j.r. stone explains what happened and updates us on the victim s condition.) ( james @ landing ) ( james @ ( james @ landing ) another big story we are following this morning.. u-c berkeley is pulling the plug on ann coulter. saying she will not be welcome on campus next thursday as planned. the university says the decision was made in the interest of public s