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In its meeting set for Monday, March 8, at 6:30 p.m., the Livermore City Council will hold a public hearing to consider modifying the municipal code by adopting the “2019 California Building Code, Matrix Adoption Table, Appendix O - Emergency Housing.” State law mandates all local jurisdictions enforce the California State Building Standards in the construction and maintenance of all buildings and structures. These standards include provisions of the nationally recognized model Buildi...

Things that we kind of left behind in urban centers in america with the creation of fire codes and things like that. and we have thousands and thousands of people evacuated. now what are the knock-on effects of that? >> yeah, there is literally entire town in northern california that is gone. a city of paradise, 27,000 people, retirement community, working class community of folks in northern california. the town just doesnt really exist anymore. and so there are a lot of people talking about ho...

Driving on some of the highways and really hard to bare. >> why? why is this so bad, kendra? >> its a combination of things. california has always had fires, but as californians move into the space between wild areas and where we set up cities, we make more sparks, and that sets off more fires. and the other reason obviously is climate change. california is 2 degrees warmer right now than its supposed to be. >> wow. >> northern california hasnt gotten the rains that are traditionally expected to...

Alana or whatever, you have to say no, its coming at you. >> yes, thats right. i think whats important to understand is hes not there as barack obama or george w. bush would have been. right. he was there as a private businessman and business in moscow if russia is done often in a bath house in the presence of prostitutes, in some ways, i see it as like local hospitality. >> you are laughing, but you mean that? you dont mean that? isnt that courteous behavior to offer to women? or they use it as...

The strip. a fire killed 85 people and led to a overhaul of fire codes. the long term impact of this tragedy remains to be seen. a community responding with lines to donate blood and an outpouring of gratitude. what are they saying? >> just thanking us. >> reporter: many of the shows went dark in a sign of respect. i spoke with one headliner whose show was dark last night. he says they plan to turn the lights back on tonight to help people return to some sense of normalcy. >> that city coming to...

Gone quiet. its a stark change in tone for a city glamourized for fun where anything goes. vegas headliners offering words of condolences. jennifer lopez writing las vegas feeling so broken this morning. celine dion saying she is praying for innocent victims and family. its been nearly a decade since a tragedy of this magnitude struck the strip. the mgm fire killed 85 people and led to major overhaul of fire codes. long-term impact of this tragedy remains to be scene. already a community respo...

The reason that plant full of explosives was in the middle of all those schools and the nursing home and the apartment building is because there were literally no zoning laws there at all. so put any building of any kind anywhere, no questions asked. also, theres no statewide fire code in texas at all. state law goes so far as to ban local communities from establishing their own fire codes. its illegal in the state to require fire alarms or fire exits or sprinklers or anything like that. at this...

The town hall. and in the midst of the event in the suburbs of cottonhood heights, the kind of reception, hes not -- republican politicians facing fiery backlashes at the republican town halls, from utah to tennessee. at this town hall sponsored by the college republicans at middletown state university in fur murfreesboro, the town hall only had a capacity for 78 people. >> we were let in, even though there were fire codes and we sat on the stairs, if we dont get it, shut it down. >> reporter: i...

Single week when i was there. more than one time in a week. i called them three times in one week myself. there were several police there, derek, michael, i knew thome a first name basis. they were there on a regular basis. i called and explained everything when i was leaving. >> so, she brings up safety concerns. robert, we do know property records say this warehouse -- or the owner there had received notifications from the city, some violations of code, issues regarding hazardous debris and tr...

But dubai is resilient like that. they know that people came to see this, and they spent six months setting this up. the government and the people of dubai are resilient people and want to make sure that people have a good impression, and i think they assessed the situation at the hotel was under control, and said the show must go on, and wanted to make sure the people werent disappointed. >> we talked to the former commissioner of the fire department in the nypd near new york, and he has been t...