Now if we take a look at the impact of wildfires on the u. S. Electric grid, mitigation technology, Forest Management and power system reliability. Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order. Last hearing of the year here. Theres a lot going on this morning so i think we will have people popping in and out but we do have a pretty hard to stop at 11 00 oclock this morning. A series of votes that are beginning at 11 00 a. M. And we are going to observe an actual ten minute clock, we are told. It will be the first time in Senate History but that is the goal. We want to be able to hear from everyone this morning and have an opportunity for the very, very important conversations regarding this issue. We are here to discuss the impact of wildfires on the reliability of our electric grid and efforts to mitigate wildfire risk and increase good resiliency. In recent years devastating wildfires and related electricity blackouts in california have drawn National Attention to the chal
Need it for most of the day. Visibility has improved over the north bay but this time in the morning it will fluctuate. Not to long ago i saw over one mile in the napa airport and down through areas near novato and American Canyon where we have this dark Gray Crossing into highway 101 and you could have some in san rafael with this darker shade indicating dense fog with visibility down to 1 4 mile. That could be dangerous. Afternoon highs for today in the 60s in pacifica, 64 San Francisco with 60s for the inner east bay and 60s for the south bay. We have a cool down as we get into your weekend with a chance for sprinkles. I will look at your extended forecast coming up. Lets get to the highways with sal. We are looking at a bunch of stuff. I wouldnt call the commute light, i would call it moderate. We will go to the photo of one of our units driving on 680 southbound. This is one of our crews approaching the sonoma grade. Traffic is moderate with a lot of people. On the left we have th
Engineer who attended ucla and the university of michigan law school. Enjaian was known to have a hostile relationship with some of his black neighbors and had been known to use the n word. Our Crime Reporter henry lee was on the scene almost from the beginning. Reporter Oakland Police the call to Oakland Police came in after 9 00 this morning. A woman called 911 saying her next door neighbor was firing shots, but it wasnt from some ordinary handgun. A shooter, this was a male described to have a long rifle with a scope. He was reported shooting in the area 9500 block of las vegas. It was reported the shots were fired at residents. Some of the cars parked on the streets as well. Oakland officers responded immediately. When they arrived on scene, this individual started shooting in their direction. Reporter police returned fire. The suspect disappeared back into the residence. It was a guy with a gun. I was scared, so i stayed inside and locked my house down. Reporter as the active shoo
Videos posted. Police say it is the main reason burglaries in the almaden area dropped 60 and 75 in other problem neighborhoods. These individuals are committing multiple burglaries. So by getting one of these subjects in custody were in essence preventing dozens of burglaries from happening. Reporter police say they hope it will encourage homeowners to install videos. Weve seen a nearly 30 increase in Video Evidence thats been submitted by the public to us. Reporter and detectives say the only drawback the new program is generating a huge number of leads that all need to be checked out which taxes an already understaffed unit. And future possible budget cuts are looming in the spring. Live in san jose acres robert handa, nbc bay area news. Robert, thank you. As we just reported, burglaries are down in the Almaden Valley neighborhood about 71 . In the foothill district a 75 drop. The three combined eastside neighborhoods a drop of about more than half. One outlier here the Downtown Dis
78 degrees. Halfmoon bay is 48. So take your pick. If youre at the surface make its not too bad but aloft it spells a very warm pattern. Most locations are showing an easterly or westerly breeze. It will be a hotter tuesday compared to monday. You know the good news it does cool off a little bit but 90s this is hot. A lot of people around the bay do not have air conditioning so i went hot. Inland were used to 90s and 100s around the bay. 50s but i did see a 48 at moss landing. 10 s for many. Where is that breeze . Its northeast at fairfield. Its south at concord. Its showing offshore at oakland. North at santa rosa so there is no sea breeze. Sunshine warm to hot on these temps. 90s bay side near 100 inland. It will be way above. Doesnt matter where you are. Everybody will be well above. All right sal just deal with it. Youre going to have to deal with it. That is right. There is no other choice. Air conditioning. You know. Something like that. Good morning everyone. Lets take a look at