Bruce westerman discusses the western wildfires, Climate Change, and other news of the day. Good morning. It is thursday, september 17, 2020, Constitution Day in the United States. This morning on the washington journal we will begin by asking you how you would amend the constitution if it were up to you today. Give us your ideas on how you think we the people may benefit on a change from the founding documents dating back to september 17. If youre in the mountain are pacific time zone, the number to call is 202 7488001. You can send us a text, 202 7488003. If you do come include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on twitter or on facebook. To you. Rsday morning officially known as Constitution Day and citizenship day in the United States. We are talking this morning about the u. S. Constitution. Some history is your calling in 1787, delegates opened their Constitutional Convention on may 25, 1787 in philadelphia to begin discussions on how to create a consti
Progress on the lnu lightning complex. Sky 7 was over vacaville, earlier this evening. This is damage on oak canyon lane. At least 978 structures have been destroyed. More than 356,000, containment. Cal fire shifted a lot of its focus to lake countys middle town, Hidden Valley lake and lower lake. Its an area thats been hit multiple times in several years. And this report for us a short time ago. Flames shooting into the smoky air along the hillside of butts canyon road southeast of middletown. A site that is one of the main fire focuses for cal fire. I honestly expected cal fire to buckle and just get overwhelmed by it. They have held up, remarkably well. In fact, on tuesday, some firefighters sprayed the hillside with water. Others took to the air, dropping fire retardant. This is an area where homes have burned in the past. Theres now hope that wont happen, again. There is a little bit of deaa vu. But what are you going to do . The human condition is to power through. So you cant la
Will that lead to the reopening of more businesses . From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. Good morning, thank you for joining us. I am dave clark. I am pam cook. It is wednesday, august 26. Mark tamayo is in for steve paulson. Mark, you said it is hard to predict air quality. I can imagine. Yesterday, we had clear blue skies, then smoke rolled in. It is one of those things. I look outside and see not much smoke. It is quite a gift. Its a break from the smoke filled skies. Nothing is permanent, especially with these conditions. There is great news. It has been cleared out as a result of the spare the air alert. This has been extended through friday. It has been extended into your friday forecast. Here is the plan, this morning. Into the afternoon hours, hazy sunshine is on track to reach low 60s to 70s. The hotspot is near 90 degrees. Santa rosa, 54, san jose, 64, fairfield, a bit of a breeze. Here is the camera looking out towards sfo. We have patchy clouds out there. There are
I was happy to welcome you back. It is always good to see you. I have to point out that you are golfing on vacation. Pam cook had a hole in one. Her first holeinone. I had to shut that out to everybody. I am always proud of you. You did it. Congratulations. It was fun. Along the coast of oregon. It was a nice way to get away. Plenty of space. Golf is one of the things on the market, i know that youre a surfer. You can do that in social distance. Right . Absolutely, when youre stressed and stuck inside, it is great to get outside and enjoy the outdoors without the crowd. Congratulations to you, pam. Hopefully more great accomplishments in the future for you. Weatherwise, we are tracking patchy fog out there. Right around the bay, heres the plan this morning. Mid50s to 60s into the afternoon hours. Hazy sunshine, temperatures are in the 60s to the 80s around 90 degrees. They are quality, actually okay this morning. Were showing you the current numbers out there. 50s and 60s. Heres a came
Hours ago. Firefighters had a chance to go into some of the damage from the fire in santa cruz and san mateo counties yesterday. They have confirmed 440 buildings have been destroyed, including 320 homes. On the northern end of the fire in San Mateo County, it is not spreading. That is good news. Firefighters say they are very confident that the fire will not spread toward Santa Clara County, where evacuation warnings had been issued earlier in the week. There are new Evacuation Orders or warnings foot and the counties involved. Near bonnie doon and Boulder Creek, there is a fire that is actively burning. Crews are going into do Damage Assessment, and repair some of the power lines and the infrastructure. That way, eventually people will be able to return home. It is stressful. We are staying at an Extended Stay Hotel with only six other dogs and a cat. 77,000 people were forced to evacuate because of the fire. They cannot return home yet, but they are very anxious to do so. The Santa