Information through 211 are updated. The National Weather service said the heat kicks up tuesday afternoon and gets intense wednesday and thursday. The hot days with the mild nights put some sensitive groups, elderly and small children at risk. Big concern was the crowds at the bicycle race. Officials hope people are prepared. There is only one ambulance assigned to the whole event. I think it is something that bears watching. Large concern for us that people might not take heat seriously enough. Reporter fortunately there havent been heat related death in Santa Clara County but as we reported officials are remind the public a baby died after being left in a hot car last months. Live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. Our coverage continues, we will take you long the route competitive bicyclists will be racing in the bay area. How organizers taking steps against the heat. And firefighters on high alert, the steps they want home owners to take to protect their homes and we
The story youll see only on abc7 news tonight. There are questions over whether the bay area is doing its part to save water as this severe California Drought drags on. Governor brown wants us to slash usage by 20 . San Francisco Public Utilities Commission customers have only cut 5 . Were live with more. Hi, carrow lib. One reason they may not have cut their usage is that foremost part havent been asked to. Its a surprising lack of intensity in a situation otherwise described as dire. Today, i am declaring a drought emergency in the state of california. January 17th, the governor asking everyone in the state to cut back their water usage by 20 . Two largest districts responded, asking their combined 4 million customers to reduce their consumption by 10 . We made a cause to ask our customers to reduce by 0 allen levin is with the san Francisco Public Utilities Commission providing water to 26 other agencies so far, its 2. 6 million customers are not doing their part. Year to date since
Including whales, otters sharks and all of them are now facing potentially grave dangers largely because of human activity. One of the most serious threats is plastic pollution. Reporter our plant is made up mostly of ocean and humans have developed a strange relationship with the sea. We seem to appreciate its beauty but treat it like a huge garbage dump. Its becoming more obvious every time you take a walk. Every time i see plastic bags, alcohol bottles, and just a lot of food trash. Reporter disposable Plastic Products are part of our lives. But Petroleum Based plastic was designed to last virtually forever. So every single piece of plastic ever made is still around most of it in the ocean. Out of sight, out of mind, never gone. We live and die by the ocean. The ocean is in trouble, we are in trouble. Whether we live in illinois or bay area california we live and die by the ocean. Reporter wallis jay nicoles is a scientist and a researchers at the academy of sciences in San Francisc
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