The [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations] welcome to the 22nd annual texas book festival. We appreciate you coming out for the authors and just in general great literature. A few housekeeping things, president of houston university. Just a reminder please silence your cell phones or turn them off. After that session here in our authors will be signing books in the book tend and book the booke for sale courtesy of book people. Remember when you buy a book, you support the author, the festival and independent bookstore and it is a Nonprofit Organization and its mission is to support lowincome schools in texas with author visits and donations like the leading rock Stars Program so your purchases go a very long way. And we have a book drive going on to help raise money to rebuild the library is affected by Hurricane Harvey and a donation of 15 at any register to buya a book for a student in the texas book festival and foundation will match with a bo
Dan jim, right now the smoke is getting heavier and rolling across the road. In a wendover farms neighborhood from right to left in big clouds. This is where firefighters have been today. Behind that row of houses a couple hundred yards, that is where the fire is located. Firefighters are winning the battle. They were what they were losing at 1 00, and what was a small fire enlarged and was driven by the wind and could not be contained areas they called in air support for water drops. They had bulldozers and fire yards. State road 407, that inbetween the fire and the neighborhood. I have anxious because it is dry, very dry out here. Stand at it right now. We have units on bobcat trail monitoring the fight over the wendover farms area. 35 acres and is 90 contained. State road 407 is still close from i95 to 405. There is a big airshow going on, pyrotechnics at that show tonight. Angela remember, the fire danger is high right now, and it is possible other areas could see brush fires spark
Humming this morning. Forgot about the grapes we have had buds already. Theyre starting to bud. Correct. Theres still plenty of 30s. The ship is coming in there. There were white caps. Thank you. We do have much quieter conditions today. Although still breezy outside the golden gate and the water tempts came down theyre in the 50s. Yesterday afternoon, real quick, showing you as it popped up, quieter now, that thunderstorm activity which covered the bay, all the way out to the coast which was impressive. Too far now, too far to the west, the low moving into nevada. Livemore, nap pa airport, there are many. East bay temperatures 37, danville 34. Mostly sunny here today. The low is just a little too far to the west. Mostly sunny, the cues developing over the hills, fair weather cues, low to mid60s. Far while, it was quiet, but i heard you Say Something popped up we have slow traffic on 80 westbound heading out towards the commute westbound 80 between the bridge and the macarthur maze. We
matt so far, the storm has brought halfafoot of snow to sioux city. The past few hours have seen light snowbut the ow has picked up in intensity in the last few minutes. sheila ktivs robert lowe is with live link 4 along i29 with a look at the travel conditions, right now. Robert . Matt and sheila, as the snow begins to slow down, its really a blessing for those on the move. Here on i29, snow isnt the issue right now. Take a look at the streets, the main problem is they are very slick. So, authorties say you should continue to drive slowly road crews are working diligently to clear the area. Tonight, 50 pieces of equipment are helping clear the streets of sioux city around the clock. Prioritized. The most important streets are called priority o o, and include streets like floyd boulevard, hamilton boulevard, outer drive, and gordon drive. Downtown streets are also considered priority one streets. Those streets get plowed first. Then, there are priority two streets. Like glen oaks boule
For southern siouxland this evening it was a messy monday with many siouxland communities seeing snow accumulation of 48 inches by late afternoon. With more than six inches on the ground in with more than seven inches on the ground in sioux city, and temperatures dropping, driving conditions will worsen, ktivs robert lowe is with live link 4 on floyd boulevard. Robert, youve been tracking these conditions throughout the evening, whats the very latest . Matt, snowfall has lightened up since we last spoke at 6. But, its still coming down pretty steadily. Thats been the theme throughout the day with heavy snow then flurries in the afternoon, now back to a decent amount coming down. Road crews are working diligently to clear the streets. In fact, tonight, 50 pieces of equipment are helping to clear the streets of sioux city, as the consistent snowfall has made it difficult for drivers to get around siouxland. As the snow continues to pile up, its not nearly as bad as the slush on the side