. >> after touring the devastation here in gardnerville, nevada, california governor gavin newsome and nevada governor steve sisolak have a plea to the federal government. and then we've got this money. >> hundreds of thousands of acres of land to predict we need more body is bodies -hat we need more support in order to be effective in doing so. what we've got has been great and we could not ask more of the men or women that have been out here fighting it. but we need more governors from nevada and california urging the biden administration to step up the country's fire fighting and preventing resources. it's not a. >> indictments, not finger pointing and it's not novel. it's not new to the biden administration. even the previous administration. >> we just have framework that has to be thrown out. governor sisolak and governor newsome taking in the destruction from the tamarack fire. >> which is so far destroyed dozens of structures and forced thousands to flee standing in front of flattened, homes and twisted steel. the governor's noted this fire started on federal land in california

. >> after touring the devastation here in gardnerville, nevada, california governor gavin newsome and nevada governor steve sisolak have a plea to the federal government. we've got this money. >> hundreds of thousands of acres of land to predict we need more bodies bodies that we need more support in order to be effective in doing so. what we've got has been great and we could not ask more of the men or women that have been out here fighting it. but we need more governors from nevada and california urging the biden administration to step up the country's fire fighting and preventing resources. it's not a. >> indictments, not finger pointing and it's not novel. it's not new to the biden administration. even the previous administration. >> we just have a stork, a framework that has to be thrown out. governor sisolak and governor newsome taking in the destruction from the tamarack fire. >> which is so far destroyed dozens of structures and forced thousands to flee standing in front of flattened, homes and twisted steel. the governor's noted this fire started on federal land in california

. >> after touring the devastation here in gardnerville, nevada, california governor gavin newsome and nevada governor steve sisolak have a plea to the federal government. we've got this money. >> hundreds of thousands of acres of land to predict we need more bodies bodies that we need more support in order to be effective in doing so. what we've got has been great and we could not ask more of the men or women that have been out here fighting it. but we need more governors from nevada and california urging the biden administration to step up the country's fire fighting and preventing resources. it's not a. >> indictments, not finger pointing and it's not novel. it's not new to the biden administration. even the previous administration. >> we just have a stork, a framework that has to be thrown out. governor sisolak and governor newsome taking in the destruction from the tamarack fire. >> which is so far destroyed dozens of structures and forced thousands to flee standing in front of flattened, homes and twisted steel. the governor's noted this fire started on federal land in california

. >>> let's transition to gardnerville. we have a woman named margie witt on the phone, originally from the bay area. margie, thank you for taking the time. tell us where you were in the circumstances around you during this earthquake. >> hello? >> hi there, can you hear us? >> i can hear you now. >> glad, you are joining us right now. you are from the bay area, so you are familiar with earthquakes, but can you tell me what it was like where you are? >> sorry, i am getting a little feedback, but it was very strong. nothing that i have seen in the bay area to that degree in a number of years, probably since 1989, so it was very strong. the house was shaking, but the interesting part of it is that it lasted probably 15 to 20 seconds. it just was not stopping. shortly thereafter we got a very strong aftershock and at that point my husband and i said, maybe we should get out of the house. anyway, everything is fine. gardnerville is a very rural area. i have not seen any damage. our house is fine. >> i was going to ask, how far

boulder city, nevada carson city and then gardnerville of all places which is south of carson city, which is a small ranching community, but you get a lot of interested in nevada's coming to to paul laxalt's office as i think it's still the case with any of our our members of congress but i do think it is neat to see that the president and vice president are right up there on top. this is a finished folder from the actual manuscript collection. these markers are just for my reference so i can find something in here. this is an acid free folder. it's got the title of what's in here. this is 1980 convention file which includes drafts of lack salts nominating speech for reagan and this is from july 1980. and this is part of the this is the part of the collection that is fully processed the reagan portion. so if i open up this folder you can see there's some some newspaper clippings some election laws. some memoranda and then if i get back here i run into paul laxalt. nominating speech for ronald reagan for 1980. and that's in his hand there in the black felt pen. yeah oftentimes he would jus

. >> after touring the devastation here in gardnerville, nevada, california governor gavin newsome andrnor steve sisolak have a plea to the federal government. we've got this money. >> hundreds of thousands of acres of land to predict. we need more bodies bodies that we need more support in order to be effective in doing so. what we've got has been great and we could not ask more of the men or women that have been out here fighting it. but we need more governors from nevada and california urging the biden administration to step up the country's fire fighting and preventing resources. it's not a. >> indictments, not finger pointing and it's not novel. it's not new to the biden administration. even the previous administration. >> we just have framework that has to be thrown out. governor sisolak and governor newsome taking in the destruction from the tamarack fire. >> which is so far destroyed dozens of structures and forced thousands to flee standing in front of flattened, homes and twisted steel. the governor's noted this fire started on federal land in california and scorched into nev

. >> after touring the devastation here in gardnerville, nevada, california governor gavin newsome and nevada governor steve sisolak have a plea to the federal government. we've got this money. >> hundreds of thousands of acres of land to predict we need more body is bodies that we need more support in order to be effective in doing so. what we've got has been great and we could not ask more of the men or women that have been out here fighting it. but we need more governors from nevada and california urging the biden administration to step up the country's fire fighting and preventing resources. it's not a. >> indictments, not finger pointing and it's not novel. it's not new to the biden administration. even the previous administration. >> we just have framework that has to be thrown out. governor sisolak and governor newsome taking in the destruction from the tamarack fire. >> which is so far destroyed dozens of structures and forced thousands to flee standing in front of flattened, homes and twisted steel. the governor's noted this fire started on federal land in california and scorc

. >> after touring the devastation here in gardnerville, nevada, california governor gavin newsome andvernor steve sisolak have a plea to the federal government. we've got this money. >> hundreds of thousands of acres of land to predict we need more bodies bodies that we need more support in order to be effective in doing so. what we've got has been great and we could not ask more of the men or women that have been out here fighting it. but we need more governors from nevada and california urging the biden administration to step up the country's fire fighting and preventing resources. it's not a. >> indictments, not finger pointing and it's not novel. it's not new to the biden administration. even the previous administration. >> we just have a stork, a framework that has to be thrown out. governor sisolak and governor newsome taking in the destruction from the tamarack fire. >> which is so far destroyed dozens of structures and forced thousands to flee standing in front of flattened, homes and twisted steel. the governor's noted this fire started on federal land in california and scorc

newsom and nevada governor steve says a lack toured homesites near gardnerville guided by the fire that was sparked by lightning. both praised the tireless work of firefighters, with governor newsom addresses addresngthe esi devastating impact of climate change in california and the west in general. >> already we have 5600 wildfires here today. it has taken about 480,000 acres. but that in perspective. lastcordaking year. to four times the acres burned year to date this year, compared to the pace that was set last year. >> eye-opening perspective from the governor. the tamarack fire fire has destroyed at least 23 homes and burned more than 68,000 acres in alpine county and in douglas county, nevada. it is 59% contained. >>> we have reported extensively about how covid has changed the job market and how prospective employees have become more selective. and how many jobs remain open due to an absence of people applying. tonight, a report from the opposite side of the employment universe. we have the story of final interviews for a job which drew 7000 applicants.fil b tervieunkey other. a

he and nevada governor visited a burned neighborhood near gardnerville yesterday.o far 23 homes have been destroyed. more than 68,000 acres have been burned and it is 59 percent contained. >> already we've had 5600 wildfires here to date. it's taken about 480,000 acres. put that in perspective, last year, record breaking year. year to date we're close to four times the acres burned. >> lightning is being blamed for sparking this fire. >>> you can see live updates on all the fires that are burning in california with our wildfire tracker. you can find it on our website abc7news.com. >>> mother nature and some of that mid level smoke look at this show. they are putting on this morning from mount tam. that is gorgeous. we said we'd talk about the mid level smoke and that's why you're seeing a little bit of haze in the air. here's the forecast. you can see it's pretty close to us this morning. we were looking right into it for mount tam and as we head into tomorrow morning it's going to be even more so up across the north bay. it's mid and upper level smoke. not going t

they toured homesites near gardnerville, which was gutted by the fire. the fire was sparked by lightning. both leaders praised tireless work by firefighters, with newsom addressing the devastating impact of climate change in california on the west. >> already it has taken 480,000 acres. last year, record-breaking year. year-to-date, close to four times the acres burned, year to date this year, compared to the pace set last year. >> the tamarack fire has destroyed at least 23 homes and burned more than 60,000 acres in alpine county and in douglas county, nevada, it is 59% contained. >>> high humidity is helping fire crews battling the dixie fire. according to cal fire, the dtr 54 structures, 00 with mandatory evacuation order still in place for several areas. the fire is 23% contained and the cause is still under investigation. >>> coming up on abc7 news at 4:00, today marks two years since the gilroy garlic festival shooting. the tributes in new legal action aimed at the gun maker. >>> plus, milroy police trying to track down these vandals. the graffiti