Other plans. Some east bay hiking trails have been closed because of the heatwave. This weekend is not the weekend that we want the public hiking in the open space where youre far from the pavement, where youre two or three miles in, likely to experience a heatrelated emergency under the conditions were going have this weekend. Reporter thats the advice of Emergency Responders in the east bay. With an extreme heatwave on top, confire is urging folks to limit outdoor activity. And theyve asked cities to close popular hiking trails to help keep folks safe. If we do experience that fire in the open space in the wild land area, we want our resources fighting fire, not doingress zufs public. If our attention is diverted to do those rescues, then we cant fight the fire. Reporter its the first time confires made that official request because of a heatwave. With temperatures expected to top the century mark for several day, theyre expecting a very busy weekend. They hope closing trails will he
Opened in April 2008, The Village Cafe is owned and operated by Kristy Petty, Class of 1998, and also serves as the home of the Art979 Gallery, which celebrates local artists.
Petty worked her early years in restaurants and following graduation from A&M, she started a career in advertising. She said balancing work life and being an involved mother motivated her to open the cafe.
âWhen I was a single mom, I didnât like working for other people. I didnât want anyone to tell me I couldnât go to my kidâs field trip,â Petty said. âAs I was trying to think of something that gave me the freedom, what [stood out to me] more than anything was the hospitality industry.â