Heavy military vehicles arrived at the Sonoma County fairgrounds where they will be based. They have been on orders, some of them continuously since early this year with covid. Reporter a third of the citizen soldiers have been a major fires before but all have been trained in camp roberts before coming here. They come none too soon. This is a much welcomed asset, a valuable asset and resource to us here locally. It will be good to get them to work right away. Reporter the cal fire truly needs this help. Obviously the season is already very busy and so we fill the gaps that cal fire doesnt have with resources for reporter these trips will have a very handson approach to provide a wide variety of critical functions, including write up on the fire line. Our mission here is to help the cal fire inside command gain the fire fermenters and how to allocate resources, callout evacuations and key people on the front safe. Reporter other units already at the fires for the last several months or
Recommending kids go back into the classroom. The cdcs recommendations out late tonight. Now, almost all bay area districts will be starting school online, but tonight the cdc is coming down hard on the importance of inclass instruction. The agency released new guidelines saying the mental and emotional risk of not being in school is higher for kids than catching covid19. What about the teachers, and what about the parents at home . Nbc bay areas ian cull has more. Reporter theyre making headlines tonight. The cdcs new guidelines for reopening schools. They emphasize getting students back in the classroom by laying out the social, emotional, and mental risks of keeping students at home. Among the recommendations for resuming inperson instruction, social distancing, wearing masks, and keeping the same groups of students and teachers together throughout the day. Also schools should use other areas of their campuses for classrooms like gyms or outdoor spac guidelines point out schools sho
And you end the. Five i cant contact got 50 i to i visited in the and that officers did not respond for 15 hours. With some of the Violent Crime that we get daily, it takes our officers away from responding to this property crimes. Reporter he says police need to do better. Every time they give you some reasons. We are busy, we had shooting somewhere. Thats not a public service, because i am a citizen. Reporter the owner tells me he would like oakland to hire more Police Officers who live in oakland so they are invested in the community. In the meantime hes considering moving out of state. Staying in oakland right now, firefighters are trying to figure out what sparked a house fire that destroyed one home and badly damaged another. Crews responded to airport of a fence on fire around 5 45 near sycamore street and dr. Martin luther king jr. Way. The fire started outside and quickly spread to two comes. One person was rescued from one of the homes and taken to the hospital for treatment.
In Sonoma County by that announcement does not come as a surprise to the people impacted, but first. We need those who are tampering with evidence to be fired and convicted because this is a crime. Tonight we are hearing from the sisters of Sean Monterrosa hes the 22 yearold man who was shot and killed by a boy who Police Officer last month. Good evening, everybody, im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus the city of vallejo is now investigating its own Police Department. For destroying evidence in the case kron fours michelle kingston is live for us outside the lake pd with more on this investigation michelle. A really huge car key part of the Evidence Police department is now under investigation for destroying evidence in the Sean Monterrosa case the 22 yearold man was shot and killed by a Police Officer last month 40 for his death sparked a number of protests throughout the bay area. City Officials Say an employee has been placed on administrative leave while the city retains an outsid
Maintaining that it is not liable for the fire. And we will be talking to an attorney representing some of those families but that will be coming up later on. All right another big story that were following pg and e being blamed for causing 29 teams kincade fire in Sonoma County cal fire has released the results of its investigation into that very destructive fire. The report says investigators have determined that pg and e on power lines near geyserville and thats to blame not a surprise. The kincade fire burned for more than 13 days covering more than 77,000 acres 374 buildings were destroyed 4 people were injured. Pg and is responding to the cal fire release of the investigation results blaming the company for the kincade fire. The Statement Reads in part were aware of cal fires news release stating that pg and e facilities caused the fire at this time we do not have access to cal fires investigator for port or the evidence it has collected we look forward to reviewing both at the a