In contact with dry vegetation while reenergizing the line, it can cause a fire. Pretty much like sending high voltage lightening strikes into a dry forest area. It didnt make sense. Reporter trip saver is another version of a recloser which have been used for decades, except that according to todd trip savers are cheaper and pg e uses them in remote areas. State senator, a long time critic of pg e, says the utility was not taking a safe approach when using trip savers even after the 2017 fires. Pg e acknowledges it began disabling them for the 2018 wildfire season. The other utilities in california have used them appropriately, properly. They know when to turn them off so we dont have wildfires. Reporter todd was fired he said for expressing those concerns. Pg e says he was fired for misusing company time, misstating work activities and fraudulent submissions of time cards. Todd is suing pg e. Im trying to do the right thing. Id like to get this equipment fixed and make the Community
He was an oakland native with bright career ahead of him. The tributes pouring in this morning for euphoria star angus cloud. We have cool and cloudy weather for the next couple of days a lot different compared to yesterday with a late week warmup around the corner. So much to talk about it and ill break it down for you coming up in the first alert forecast. Heading out the door the tuesday morning, we are dealing with a couple of high wind advisories including one at the altamont pass, we have the drive times coming right up. Good morning and it is 6 00 a. M. On your tuesday morning. Heres our view from our Black Mountain camera. Look at that. Beautiful. Beautiful sunrise right there. The yellow skies just for us. That we can only see on our camera. Exactly. I mean the whole Santa Clara Valley you see it and just blanketed with that marine layer this morning. And its doing to feel a lot cooler this afternoon. You are going to notice it when you head home from work, the 90s we had yest
To help. And more on why thats happening coming up on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. Leering fromming the mark hopkins camera at the city this morning. It will be a lot cloudier day. You will definitely notice it if you live in San Francisco or along the bay bridge. Along the peninsula its going to be a nice gloomy cool day for us and where temperatures arent going to warm up too much more for our friends in San Francisco. Right now at 56 degrees and later this afternoon well continue to see 60s just in that area. 60s right now in concord and 59 over in oakland. Now widespread throughout the bay area, weve been talking about this recordbreaking heat just to the south of us in southern california. But here today, were all sitting below average. Whether you live near antioch, napa, even over into San Francisco, today is a cool and cloudy day for us for our tuesday forecast. Well continue to see that trend for tuesday and even wednesday as well. Theyre still dealing with well abov
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Know the state of mind. Somebody would have to be in to do that. What he did already is scary to think what could still happen. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. And im ahmad daetz. As we speak, hundreds of Police Officers in maine are actively involved in that search for the mass shooting suspect identified as robert cod. All right. Lets catch you up now on the very latest we have as we come on the air. Maines governor now says 18 people are dead and some of those victims are being identified. And a youth bowling coach at the local Bowling Alley, members of a deaf Cornhole Club and loved ones are among the lives lost tonight. A Law Enforcement source tells abc news the suspect had affiliations at both the Bowling Alley and bar that he allegedly targeted. The source says he may have been looking for an exgirlfriend at one of them. The suspect also now appears to have been fairly thoughtful about eluding police. There was a plan, they believe police recovered a cell