Good morning. So this meeting will now come to order. Today the subcommittee is holding a hearing entitled oversight of doe, during covid19 pandemic. Members will be participating in todays hearing finally in person or remotely via video conferences. And just as a reminder weve had some technical difficulties in making sure that our remote video was operating up to standard. As part of this hearing, the microphones of members participating remotely will be set on mute for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. Members participating remotely will need to unmute their microphones each time you wish to speak. For members and witnesses participating in person, i encourage you to wear your mask whenever you are not speaking. Dr. Monahan, our physician, stressed in attending physician covid19 guidelines that use of face coverings is meant to protect other people in case someone was unknowingly infected and does not have symptoms. But wearing our mask when we are not speakin
1948 the state of israel was proclaimed. Palestine was lost. 16 years later in 1964 the Palestine Liberation Organization or the p. L. O. Was founded. Made up of different factions the p. L. O. Has been at the heart of the struggle to regain palestine ever since. Setting up an independent Palestinian Organization was not easy. The 1st challenge the palestinians faced was to wrest control of their own destiny from the at abrasions. In early 1965 a series of attacks were carried out against israeli civilians and infrastructure. A previously unknown Palestinian Group calling itself a loss if i meaning the storm seen here in training claimed responsibility for the times. And also if i was started by a small group of palestinian activists in the diaspora they believed Armed Struggle was the only way to end back their last homeland. Breeze eames did not share this view they feared being drawn into a conflict with israel for which they did not feel prepared. Palestine had been an area of conf
Dealing with dangerously low visibility. Heres a look from our roof camera. Were here and looking down that way. So thats enveloping the bay bridge, some thick fog and the san mateo bridge. Look how thick this fog is. Fog for the morning commute. Low to mid 50s. Rain for the north bay at noon. Upper 50s. Light to moderate rain for all of us at 4 00. Most of us will be wet this evening also. Thank you. Good morning. Starting off with a look at the map here so you can see these foggy conditions spread across the bay area. Starting off in antioch, we have dense fog. Visibility is down to 100 feet. State route 160 and around there, take your time as you head out the door. Several fog advisories for several bridges, the drumbarton bridge and the san mateo bridge. Carquinez bridge and the antioch bridge. To give you a be visual here, this is what the san mateo bridge looks like. Really thick fog out there. Much better in the south bay. Theres san jose, 87, nice, clear ride for you this morni
Between 270,000 and 605,000 in the bay area. The north bay will be hit the hardest. This morning pg e is explaining why. We have two very important critical, 230kv transmission lines that are in the north bay area and they serve customers along the north coast and down into marin county. Pg e is still trying to restore power to thousands of people impacted by last weeks shutoff. Just minutes ago pg e says 58 of people have their power back. That leafs 56,000 people still in the dark. Several schools will be closed this morning because of the power shutoffs and for a full list of closures and blackout updates we have your Survival Guide on kpix. Com. The winds pg e are expecting are a problem for firefighters as they work to contain the kincade fire in Sonoma County. This morning a new evacuation warning for parts of lake county including twin pines casino. The kinkade fire burning more than 75,000 acres. It is now 15 contained. The fire has destroyed 123 buildings including 57 homes so
Looking at unhealthy groups. Moderate air quality for san rafael, San Francisco, san jose and for livermore. We are looking at a sparethe air alert that is in effect for your tuesday. The air quality unhealthy for sensitive groups for the bay area due to the smoke from the kincade fire as well as for the grizzly fire so your weather headlines, we have that smoke this morning, chilly temps, down to the 30s, 40s and low 50s, patchy frost, hazy sunshine this afternoon with seasonal daytime highs and we are going to see those strong winds that will return with the wind advisory for the north bay and a red flag warning, details on all of this coming up in a few minutes. Thank you. The new normal, another pg e power shutoff as high winds batter the bay area. Kpix5s jackie ward is live this morning in santa rosa for the fifth round of power shutoffs. Jackie. Reporter good morning. I am in Sonoma County but actually we are in rohnert part this morning, standing in front of the university where