a state of emergency is declared in modoc county....l show you the containment efforts on fires burning throughout the modoc national forest. (mark) welcome back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... (james)it's a warm start to this thursday morning with widespread readings in the upper 60s and low 70s. we'll have a few more clouds today, so temperatures will be cooler, but only by a few degrees. we're still looking at inland highs in the upper 90s, bay shoreline temperatures in the mid 80s and coastal highs in the mid 60s. monsoonal moisture is in the air, so the risk of a pop up thunderstorm is in the mix. if you can avoid the san mateo bridge or wait a little bit before you hop on it. it's still backed up westbound after you get past the toll plaza. it's around 25 minutes from hayward to san mateothere was an earlier accident that's still being worked on but the damage already donethe bay bridge is backed up as well. but our sensors are saying 11 minutes from the maze, across

this is in modoc county. the most northeast corner of the state right bordering oregon and nevada.own has issued a state of emergency overnight for that part of the state. the declaration allows the state to direct its resources to battle the braises which are expected to grow. the fire began as several different fires started by lightning. several homes were threatened. it's now burning through the modoc national forest and there's at least 2,000 firefighters on the front lines. already burned through an area roughly three times the size of san francisco. right now, the fire only 35% contained. >>> appreciate the perspective. thank you. >>> new details on the recall effort against the judge in the brock turner case. he's hired a political consultant who ran president trump's campaign in arizona. aaron persky has paid p ixenhor far. the recall effort began after he sentenced turner to a short jail term for sexually assaulted an unconscious woman. he was following a recommendation from the santa clara county probation department. >>> john kelly is reassuring attorney general jeff se

the book ends with the 1872-1873 war in which california indians, modoc people, hold off the combined forces of the united states army, the california state militia and the oregon state militia for months. just handful of them. when they finally surrender, the process is still not over. the united states army hangs and decapitates the four surrendered leaders before shipping their severed heads to u.s. mayor war college in washington, dc to the medical museum there so the process comes to a conclusion in terms of that being the last major campaign against california indians but it doesn't mean that the genocide absolutely stops there. >> host: benjamin madley, an associate professor of history at ucla and the author of this book "an american genocide: the u.s. and the california indian catastrophe 1846-1873". thank you for joining us on booktv. >> guest: thank you very much. keep watching for more television for serious readers. [inaudible discussion]

a state of emergency is declared in modoc county....nt efforts on fires burning throughout the modoc national forest. and.... another body pulled from the rubble of a collapsed school building overnight. details on what caused that explosion coming up. . (mark)(darya) lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... (james)it's a warm start to this thursday morning with widespread readings in the upper 60s and low 70s. we'll have a few more clouds today, so temperatures will be cooler, no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( mark ) governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency for modoc county. several fires ignited by lighting are threatening homes, power lines and have prompted mandatory evacuations. ( darya ) tiffany mcelroy is here with the details. tiffany. ( tiffany ) the governor's emer

. >>> several fires burning in modoc county prompted the governor to declare a state of emergency. it was started by lightning. homes are threatened, mandatory evacuations ordered, and so far more than 37,000 acres have burned. >>> happening right now, a news conference to announce a multi- million dollar lawsuit against the state over the oroville dam disaster. some butte county walnut farmers say the flooding from the breached spillway last february cost them $50 million in crop damages. the farmers say an award would cover losses and repairs to dozens of acres of flooded farmland. >>> the "washington post" published transcripts grammatical errors and all from president trump's january phone calls with mexico's president. reporter weijia jang shows us what happened when mr. trump urged his mexican counterpart to stop criticizing his plan for a u.s. border wall. >> reporter: the "washington post" published transcripts of president trump's january 27th phone call to the president of mexico. president trump told his mexican counterpart, i have to have mexico pay for the wall. i have