Good evening everyone. I am frank sommerville. The fire is reporting a dramatic increase in the number of homes and businesses that have been lost in the fire still burning out of control in that napa and sonoma counties. The latest update shows 58,000 acres have burned and that is up from 51,000 this time last night and containment has improved slightly and now 5 compared to 2 yesterday but the Damage Assessment is higher. Cal fire so the number of homes and businesses destroyed has gone up to 419 and that number was 150 last night. We are tracking the weather conditions that firefighters are facing and we will hear from him in a moment but first we go to amber lee and describe the situation there. Reporter christina, we are in downtown calistoga and it is deserted and the entire city is under a mandatory Evacuation Order and the smell of smoke is strong and it has been raining ashes and in the meantime firefighters are trying to get the upper hand. Reporter in st. Helena near highway
You might have the best time ahead outside with those smoky skies booklets go to meteorologist mary lee with a check of the forecast. We have some good news this morning compared to yesterday. The air quality is a little bit better for most of us. Checking our quality conditions you can see a lot of yellow dots and it is moderate this morning. Those red dots are indicating unhealthy air for portions of the north bay as well as for the peninsula. As we go through the day we are still looking at that unhealthy air quality and that is why a spare the air alert is an effect and will likely be exndedfor t week. Temperatures are seasonal and we will talk more about the rest of the week including the Holiday Weekend forecast and alice check in with gianna and it is a slow ride on the Allatoona Pass. It sure is. We have brake lights into the Allatoona Pass out of tracy and mount house to grant line. The eastbound side has an accident around grant line road that was rocking one lane and they ar
In decades. Cal fire says that more than 400 structures have been. Burned to the ground 32 are looking at damage. Converse Taylor Bisacky is live for us in Scotts Valley to bring us up to date. Whats the latest taylor. The key here in Scotts Valley were seeing a lot of Emergency Personnel a lot of First Responders coming and going but some of that action starts about 11 miles west of here. I travel towards that area today and eventually landed in bonny doon and this is what youll see a shot some video from earlier and making my way over that way youll see a lot of dark plumes of smoke coming from the mountains and as i headed towards that direction. I eventually had felt an empire road where flames are still active. Theres many hot spots on both sides of the road so it makes it a little unnerving driving through that area you also would see a lot of fallen trees thankfully. I did see plenty of firefighters nearby the watching over that area now through the flames and smoke erode youll
To recognize the chairman of the committee for a statement. Thank you senator burr and casey and members of the committee. Fornt to thank senator burr chairing the hearing today, senator casey for serving as Ranking Member and senator at senator murrays request. Leaders oneen real this subject. Sen. Burr the original author of the first passage of the pandemic and all hazards preparedness act. I will call the all hazards preparedness act. In 2006. The law helps protect us from the full range of Public Health threats from natural disasters to bioterror attacks. Burr and caseyrs led the bipartisan authorization of the pandemic and all hazards act. Any members contributed at the time. Some of whom are still on the committee including bennett and isaacson, warring, hatch and others. Now the bill is to reauthorize for a second time. Todays hearing is the second we have had this year. Last week we heard from the administration on recommendations of advancing the reauthorization of the act in
,or cherry Pick Committee today senator casey for serving as Ranking Member at senator murrays request. They have both been real leaders on this subject. Was the first author of the pandemic and the preparedness act. How do you say that . It the all hazards preparedness act. Helps protectaw us from the full range of Public Health threats. Terrorism,asters, and the outbreak of Infectious Disease. 2013, senator burr and can senator casey led the bipartisan authorization of the pandemic and all hazards hacked act. Many contributed to this committee. Now the bill midst to be reauthorized for a second time. The second weg is have had this year. Last week we heard from the administration on recommendations in advance of the reauthorization of the act included from the assistant secretary for preparedness for once. The fda, and the cdc. It is critical we reauthorize the act before many of the provisions expire in september. I hope we can do this in a bipartisan way. I expect that has been the