kimberly: yeah, so direct action for farmworkers is a group of volunteers organizing and collecting resources in the bay area and redistributing them into agricultural regions in northern california. we formed in response to the wildfires and the wildfires that started in august 2020, and that forced the farmworkers to comprise multiple obstacles such as home evacuations, job loss, wage loss, smoke inhalation, in addition to existing pesticides and covid-19 exposure or air quality in its location. our goal is to provide instrumental support to communities of campesinas battling the current pandemic and ongoing natural disasters. damian: and there you saw one of your volunteers at the very end.re distributig masks to all the campesinos. and, kimberly, you know as well as i do that it doesn t matter if it s floods, fires, heat, rain. the farmworkers are still out there. they re not they don t stop from picking the crops or growing the crops. they re still workin . kimberly: tha
transmission line in butte county occurred le than a half hour before the start of the camp fire, according to a report the utility sent to the california public utilities commission. the report was sent thursday to the commission by meredith allen, senior director of regulatory relations. pg&e officials also said that thursday afternoon a pg&e crew on aerial patrol saw damage to a transmission tower on the transmission line that had the outage thursday morning about 15 minutes before the camp fire is said to have started. the line is located about one mile northeast of the town of pulga, which is close to the origin of the camp fire. allen said in the report that this information is preliminary. pg&e officials issued a statement friday afternoon. nothing is more important than the safety of our customers, employees, contractors and the communities we serve, the statement said. the cause of the camp fire has not yet been determined. pg&e has provided an initial electric inc
crews continue to block roads tonight because of the unsafe conditions. in the chico area, the smoke has made visibility especially difficult . kron 4 s dan thorn is live with more on what emergency crews are doing..dan? smoke covers the area along the skyway near chico.. visibility was poor and land was charred by fire..crews were out canvassing ttg out any like this burning power pole. as night fell the visibility go continued to be posted up and enforced..sot: the chico area has been heavily impacted by smoke the whole area was definitely socked in like a very foggy day in the bay area its just not safe in some cases to be driving in these areas..that are damaged by fire..several vehicles had to turn around because emergency crews say it is too dangerous to be on..sot: so the roads are very (pam) the small city of gridley is now filled with people who have been evacuated from the camp fire . gridley is where the butte county fairgrounds evacuation center is located.. kr
Mountain View High School seniors had the chance to turn their tassels and throw their caps Saturday at the Blue Federal Credit Union Arena, bringing an end to a high school career that began during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
A judge has sentenced a Fort Wayne man to 142 years in prison for the 2017 stabbing deaths of a couple.Allen Superior Court Judge Fran Gull sentenced Dustin Nea