Running in the midto upper 50s or low 60s. Good morning in San Francisco. The San Francisco Unified School District starts today. Happy first day. Breezy and mild, midto upper 60s to the afternoon. Daytime highs in concord, 85, 83 in livermore, 73 in oakland and 63 for pacifica. High pressure builds in this weekend details coming up. We are seeing issues on those roadways with travel times moving out of the green and into the yellow and you are no longer in the red on some of them but still in the Altamont Pass, in the red at 40 minutes. Still looking good on the eastshore freeway and 101 and highway 4, slowing down and the Altamont Pass, if you take 84 westbound, there is a lane closed approaching sonoma. Bay bridge metering lights are on for the foot of the monies and the 880 flyover in your approach to the toll plaza, a side. Lot better and at t its out of the lanes but really slow going toward the peninsula, slower than usual. You might need to give yourself 510 extra minutes towar
[inaudible conversations] good morning. Members of the committee i call this hearing on agriculture and forestry to order todays marks the ninth hearing this your dedicated to stakeholders all around the country country, programs are working as we work towards a formal. This includes taking look and spending requests and proposals and do not have day budget baseline. As i said the committee must be mindful of a very tough budgetary impairment that we have to face while it is a principal duty to ensure the next farm bill provides our producers with the necessary tools and resources to feed a growing and hungry world with the responsibilities dont stop there the farm bill needs to support businesses with schools. Said and that is what the farmers and ranchers call home. We had the opportunity to hear from a number of stakeholders. Into the witness is a apologize. Looking at the electric cooperative. And then with an affordable and Reliable Energy. And with the commodities. The roll Telec
The collaboration that is what iron to reduce risk to firefighters, communities, and resources and some of the emerging technologies that are changing the way that fires are managed. We are now well into the 2017 fire season. It is certainly a very active one. My friend from montana, i think, is going to share some of what is happening in his state this morning. I think it is appropriate to recognize the heroic acts of the men and women who fight these fires throughout the season. And to recognize the firefighter from montana. And to recognize the firefighter from montana. I will talk about it in my remarks but we lost a firefighter last night in montana. It is our second fatality in two weeks. Know that our hearts and our prayers are with the families but again, this speaks to the realities that we face with our wildfires and are fires around the country, that this is dangerous and unpredictable work. Our thoughts and our prayers are with those who are serving. As of august 1, nearly
Hackers started getting jobs doing security. Next well hear from federal and local officials on some of the technologies that can be used to reduce and prevent wildfires across the country. They testified at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing this month. This is just under two hours. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Were here today to take a look at wildfire, to examine our wildFire Management program, the collaboration that is required to reduce risks firefighters, to communities, and resources and some of the emerging technologies that are changing the way that fires are managed. We now well into the 2017 fire season. Certainly a very active one. My friend from montana, i think, is going to share some of what is happening in his state this morning, and i think it is appropriate to recognize the heroic acts of the man and women who fight these fires throughout the season, and to recognize the loss of the firefighter in montana. Senator . Madam chair
Meteorologist greg bennett. Greg are you tracking some big changes . adlib High Pressure holds for today and bring a little wind with it mainly sunny skies with highs ranging between 65 and 70 degrees will be common along with winds between 10 and 20 mph with an tomorrow. Mainly sunny skies will hold temperatures will fall to our normal values for this time of by saturday night, big changes interact with las vegas by the overnight. By sunday, temperatures drop to highs in the upper 50s and hold new data indicates a sky rockets chance for rain and elevations 7000 ft and above. Rain and snow chances continue will take over with highs holding to the upper 50s. Just in this morning the donald trump is expected to announce South Carolina governor nikki haley as his pick for un ambassador. Shes the first woman hes picked so far. V this morning, our new nhl hockey team the vegas golden dropping the puck on their inagural season next year. And beginning their quest for the stanley cup. Thousan