Good morning. The committee will come to order. We are here today to discuss the outlook for the 2019 wildfire season. As we know, its underway, certainly underway in my state. I know its underway in washington state, california most certainly, and weve all received [inaudible] yeah. West virginia, youre okay right now. But if you look at that map, that red in the southwest is something to Pay Attention to as well. Excuse me. Last week the National Interagency fire center released its monthly wildland fire potential outlook for june through september, and despite relief from the oppressive Drought Conditions this past winter, analysts predict elevated wildfire activity in california, oregon and washington among other areas in the country. Some of the stage is set for fire activity similar to indescribable damage and the staggering loss of life that we saw last year in northern california. We watched in horror as the camp fire engulfed the town of paradise, killing 85 individuals, some
[inaudible conversations] good morning. The committee will come to order. We are here today to discuss the outlook for the 2019 wildfire season. As we know, its underway, certainly underway in my state. I know its underway in washington state, california most certainly, and weve all received [inaudible] yeah. West virginia, youre okay right now. But if you look at that map, that red in the southwest is something to Pay Attention to as well. Excuse me. Last week the National Interagency fire center released its monthly wildland fire potential outlook for june through september, and despite relief from the oppressive Drought Conditions this past winter, analysts predict elevated wildfire activity in california, oregon and washington among other areas in the country. Some of the stage is set for fire activity similar to indescribable damage and the staggering loss of life that we saw last year in northern california. We watched in horror as the camp fire engulfed the town of paradise, kil
Maybe a few scattered showers, Thunder Showers and temperatures above average here, 7080s and 90s, upper 90s for livermore. All right. Sal is here this time. He will talk about pleasant and steve and its not so pleasant. Its not so pleasant on the freeway. 680 is already a Construction Zone as you know if you drive it every day out of pleasanton heading to the san jose area. Well, this morning we had a crash at sonoma boulevard. It really did back things up. And also on valencia road, theres some slow traffic there. Its getting by, but its pretty slow as you drive through. If youre driving from hayward, the fremont, if youre on that side of the hill, thats a little better. Hayward to fremont actually isnt that slow. Bay bridge backed up all the way out to the maze. Metering lights are on 10 to 15 minute delay. San mateo bridge is moderate 701. Lets get back to you the headlines. Thank you, sal. We begin with a developing story in San Francisco. Police are investigating the discovery of
Underway. Ktvu Amanda Quintana at the scene with what we know so far. This is an active investigation and there are still a lot of unanswered questions. What we do know is that police were called here around could see its an open area. It has this garden. And then theres a walking trail where a lot of people ride bikes are run by. Its a its disturbing. Very some nearby residents walking through Golden Gate Park monday morning were shocked to hear a body was found there the night before. Others feel its just another example of how violent the city is becoming. And just it makes me think that things are not going in the right direction right now. And its this is very scary because this has always been very safe environment. Ross dempsey says he just moved to the Richmond District because he thought it was safer. You know, how do i have to think about living here now . You know, because you think its safe and its kind of like, is it really safe . Video from sunday night shows investigator
A lot of us are around a quarter to a 3rd of an inch of rainfall during your overnight hours. This is where were at this morning that the cruise ship pulled up at the embarcadero. Nice day for those disembarking there. We are going to be looking at another round of rain tonight, though. So not too fast. If you thought we were on that permanently dry trend, you can see this line of showers to our north really drops into the north bay. Late this afternoon for the rest of us. Mostly after sunset tonight, at least Mother Nature is timing us out. A nice and dry day to enjoy before showers do make their return. Temperatures are in the 40s to 50s but novato and petaluma sitting at 43 right now. Even sf drop down into the upper 40s this morning. So weve had a fairly chilly start to the day. Well have a nice and cool afternoon temperatures from this point forward getting warmer and are more and more sunshine. Ill get to that. Your full forecast rain. All right, john, thank you for that much lig