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Pale more the increase in temperatures also bringing the increased risk of fire danger tonight, utility leaders have been going back and forth on whether or not to turn off the power to mitigate the chance of a possible wildfire outbreak we have Team Coverage tonight noelle bellow has more on cal iso is latest developments and dan thorn has reaction from residents who were left in the dark last night but first happening tonight, a red flag warning will go into effect at 11 oclock tonight it will last until tomorrow morning at 11 across the bay area. Monterey and san benito counties are already in a red flag warning fast moving storms can lead to a risk of dry lightning which could start wildfires. So not only is the fire danger really increase our fuel is already the critical level or grass crops you see in the hills are already a groundout or brush component now a very critical levels lower than weve seen in years and our timber c ....
Exactly where the fires are burning so theres the lnu lightning complex fires, burning in the north bay and now 21 contained. And then we have the scu lightning complex fires in the east bay only 10 contained this morning and then the czu august lightning complex fire along the southern peninsula at 8 contained more than 14,000 firefighters are battling more than 2 dozen major fires all across california and were learning that the body of a 70 yearold man was found sunday afternoon in santa cruz county. Well the l a new lightning complex fire has been the deadliest and most destructive check out this video at least 4 people have died and others have been injured 871 structures have been destroyed and another 234 structures have been damaged flames have just scorched more than 347,000 acres containment this morning, its only 21 . The fire continues to burn just west of the hillsborough area and also threatened several more homes kron fours taylor psaki has a look at the damage. Right no ....
The front lines in the overnight hours thankfully they get to rest a little bit as theyre throwing as much as they possibly can at this fire 1500 firefighters with more firefighters on the way from out of state. This fire they are making progress we did learn from a News Conference earlier this morning that containment numbers now sitting at 13 containment and that is up from 8 in the overnight hours, however the acreage did go up from 74. To 78,000 and the number of homes or structures destroyed sitting at 231. Destroyed or damaged were talking about that going up and up especially since the fires are happening in a remote rugged area thats. Hard to get to for the firefighters, but we do know that the one fatality that one man who did die that he was trying to leave the area because he was not found inside his home instead he was found near his car. So that leads investigators to believe that he was trying to flee the area that ....
With in addition to the pandemic so yeah get right to it john trouble in the Weather Center will start their jobs. Yeah guys definitely was not a fun night for those of us that did lose power, especially for those of you that were trying to cool off a little bit. Temperatures today will likely again be shattering records areas like San Francisco full 10 degrees above the former record reaching into the 90s for a few spots in the city says you look at the Golden Gate Bridge right here Crystal Clear skies we are off to a warm start already with 60s 70s for most of our current temperatures did cool off enough last night to let it cool breeze into your house, but as we make our way through the day today we are going to be seeing temperatures just as hot as yesterday i ....
Childhood elementary and secondary education will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I know that a quorum is present, and i note for the subcommittee that mr. Courtney from connecticut, ms. Mcbath of georgia, ms. Underwood of illinois, ms. Lee of nevada, ms. Trahan of massachusetts, mr. Walberg of michigan. Mr. Johnson of south dakota and dr. Murphy, north carolina. They are permitted to participate in todays hearing with an understanding that there questions will come after all members of the early childhood, elementary and secondary education subcommittee on both sides of the aisle who are present, have had an opportunity to question the witnesses. The committee is meeting today for a hearing to hear testimony on underfunded and unprepared examining how to overcome obstacles to safely reopen Public Schools. As this is a hybrid hearing with members participating both here in the hearing room and remotely i would ask all microphone ....