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Closed tonight between groveland and yosemite. Reporter there are now 1,080 firefighters from as far away as san diego and bend, oregon, working this fire. The day side crews are getting a meal. Night side crews are out there on the fire lines, hoping to contain this fire, which is now just 5 contained. Meantime, about 8 miles away, an advisory evacuation is underway in Pine Mountain lake. Sheriffs deputies are going doortodoor, telling residents they should leave their homes, because the fire i...

Im tori campbell. The wildfire near yosemite is burning out of control in the Stanislaus National forest and has grown significantly overnight and is still threatening thousands of homes. We begin with ken wayne at the command post who just spoke to fire officials. Reporter were at the command post where the firefighting effort is being coordinated. Its like a small city. Dozens of vehicles, all kinds of support equipment. What you cant see on camera are tiny flakes falling from the sky. There a...

Suspects in a new delhi gang rape were officially charged with murder, rape, and kidnapping today. Brown the crisis beneath the streets. Miles obrien reports on a growing threat to the countrys infrastructure aging sewer systems. In detroit, there are 3,500 miles of sewer lines, some of them dating back to the mid 19th century, the crumbling pipes offer a glimpse at a Huge National engineering challenge that is largely unseen and unappreciated. Woodruff and ray suarez examines the changing face ...

Smoke and flames could be seen for miles and wind gusts of up to 40 Miles Per Hour kept the fire going into the night. 400 firefighters were called in to battle the blaze that included many explosions likely from fuel supplies. This is the same area devastated less than a year ago by hurricane sandy. Just this summer work crews completed repairs. Governor Chris Christie was blunt when describing his thoughts. When i got my first full briefing i said to my staff i want to throw up. I can only ima...

Theyre moving to the desert and give up this notion that they have to bring eastern vegetation with them and make the necessary adaptations in their own life, desert communities can continue to live. Man the biggest water user in the desert is turf. Turf uses a lot of irrigation and uses spray irrigation, so what weve done here is use artificial turf. Youre never going to be able to achieve the look of back east or the look of, say, california, with subtropical plants, but our landscapes are sti...

Man the biggest water user in the desert is turf. Turf uses a lot of irrigation and uses spray irrigation, so what weve done here is use artificial turf. Youre never going to be able to achieve the look of back east or the look of, say, california, with subtropical plants, but our landscapes are still lush and use about 30 of what the subtropical landscape with turf would use. Las vegas has adopted a drought tolerant ordinance. Were using less water today than we used five years ago, despite ove...

And then create more pervious surface, whether its by having driveways that allow water to soak in or different landscaping to try to eliminate the amount of runoff that comes off our land so that the system, even with the development it has, acts more like a natural system and filters that water. Water quality and sewage infrastructure isnt the sexiest of political agendas, but by raising the awareness about Water Quality issues, we can create political pressure to get our issues solved. About ...

As long as people recognize theyre moving to the desert and give up this notion that they have to bring eastern vegetation with them and make the necessary adaptations in their own life, desert communities can continue to live. Man the biggest water user in the desert is turf. Turf uses a lot of irrigation and uses spray irrigation, so what weve done here is use artificial turf. Youre never going to be able to achieve the look of back east or the look of, say, california, with subtropical plants...

Miles obrien reports on a growing threat to the countrys infrastructure aging sewer systems. In detroit, there are 3,500 miles of sewer lines, some of them dating back to the mid 19th century, the crumbling pipes offer a glimpse at a Huge National engineering challenge that is largely unseen and unappreciated. Woodruff and ray suarez examines the changing face of Cable Television as al jezeera, the pan arab news giant, buys current tv, a Television Channel founded by al gore. Brown thats all ahe...

Or the employees use it. No. 2 is parking. Its taking the last two spaces in this whole large two and a half block area of downtown. No parking. We need parking for customers. We dont need parking for coffee. No. 3 the side door, when you open the side door it will take 60 of the sidewalk. Its right in front of a restaurant. When the restaurant puts out their tables it takes up 40 of the table, 60 and 40 last time i checked was 100. Where are the pedestrians in its a problem. We have an illegal ...