most at risk for wildfires, officials handed out thousands of radios to residents of santa rosa's oakmont senior community, they'll alert residents of wildfires, extreme heat and wind, a first of its kind. fema grant is allowing the city to hand out 12,000 battery powered radios, each of them valued at $30. that's the beauty of these days, they can be activated remotely, obviously, but activated without relying on cell service and power radios will also be handed out in santa rosa's other high risk communities included rincon valley bennett valley fountain, grove, skyhawk and montecito heights. and temperatures were a little cooler today. they're gonna warm a little bit tomorrow. but the changes they're all very subtle. it has to do with this pressure set up. got this low pressure here, which is kind of been lingering, just offshore, not close enough to bring rain not far enough away to keep the clouds away, so it's given us just some onshore winds and some clouds. what's going to happen here in the next. well, what's happening now is this high is going to build in its not a super strong

wayne friedman was in santa rosa for the giveaway. ú>> and oakmont they are describing this traffic jamas the biggest since last fall's fire evacuation. there is irony in that athat ata the fact that nobody complained. >> is there a need for this? >> absolutely! she needs one of these, and emergency weather radio.weather. >> you can be prepared for the season coming up. >> they turn on automatically when prompted and warned residents of imminent danger. >> they are preprogrammed ready to go. all you have to do is put the batteries in, plug them in and you are ready to rock. >> they headed out the first of 12,000 free radios radios radio they arrived by the truckload. they cost roughly $400,000 in the federal emergency management agency is paying three quarters of that. >> and other parts of the country they use radios like this for early warnings about tornadoes. this is a first on the west coast. the first time they have used one for wildfire warnings, the first time fema has helped pay for it. if ever a community recognize the need for one of these it would be in santa rosa. >> sonoma

that was a major reason santa rosa officials handed out thousands of free emergency alert radios and oakmonty of 4500, often plagued by wildfires, with all the different fires and different things that we've had. hopefully this will keep us up to date. we've been through a lot up here was a. in recent years, and one of the issues has been getting out. a quick communication about conditions. a first of its kind. fema grand allows the city to hand out 12,000 battery powered radios. retail value $30 each. oh happy with that radio free for information for everything. i layers is good right to help a lot of people. it's necessary. i haven't told one that's about ready to give out the radios. will also be handed out in santa rose's other threatened wildlands urban interface district's rincon valley bennett valley fountain, grove, skyhawk on montecito heights, all of which were attacked by the tub's kincaid, nuns and glass fires. that's the beauty of these days, they can be activated remotely, obviously, but activated without relying on cell service and power. the radio's also alert to national wea

that was a major reason santa rosa officials handed out thousands of free emergency alert radios and oakmont village, a senior community of 4500, often plagued by wildfires, all the different fires and different things that we've had. hopefully this will keep us up to date. we've been through a lot up here was a. in recent years, and one of the issues has been getting out. a quick communication about conditions. a first of its kind. fema grand allows the city to hand out 12,000 battery powered radios. retail value $30 each. i'm happy with the radio free for information for everything i layers is good right to help a lot of people. it's necessary. i haven't told one that's about ready to give out the radios. will also be handed out in center. rose's other threatened wildlands urban interface district's rincon valley, bennett valley fountain, grove, skyhawk on montecito heights, all of which were attacked by the tub's kincaid, nuns and glass fires. that's the beauty of these days, they can be activated remotely, obviously, but activated without relying on cell service and power. the radio's al

well the distribution will run until three o'clock this afternoon at the burger center on oakmont driveghway 12. and take a look at this. this is the monterey coast. we have some video this morning of a pod of killer whales. the princess maria will watching had their boat out yesterday and got this close up view those killer whales from underneath their boat and then caught up with a pair of adult gray whales, the whale watching company says it is the same pod artist seen the same pod. i should say. during three of the last four days now yeah. what a treat of your well watching good. see, the video is well, kind of a chilly start this morning, mark, but judging from your backyard, it looks like the sun is finally making an appearance. yeah, nice to be in the sunshine frank, including this afternoon. yeah, we have the cloudy start to some stubborn fog as well. but the thing is beginning to clear out few spots still partly sunny skies, but overall, another mild a spring day across a good portion of the region. but today one of the cooler days of the week so cool the mild beaches old in th