i do have a question on the recompete. and from what i understood from your slides, is the work, -- i'm trying to figure out how the timing lines up. in september of you coming back and taking on the pennsylvania avenue alignment, but then there would not be work happening on it until the recompete for this contract under the existing contract. >> chair nuru: th the scope of this contract is limited to face two. >> ok. >> and the idea is that we will release a fee at the end of this month or early next month to continue face two services and once we get a team on board will transition the new team to do face two. that team, the new team, can do project management as well for the pennsylvania avenue extension should the board approve the inclusion of the pennsylvania avenue in the transbay programs and allow us to do the work. the new team will do that. >> but the new team is not the existing team queen. >> no. we reduce the scope and it allows us to continue with a 30% as little as possible. and team -- time to transition

like, we have learned a lot of lessons and you're going to see those as nthese companies come to recompete for new contracts, new disaster clean-up contracts. you'll see those lessons reflected in the bidding process. >> all rig. suki louis, wonderful work here. thank you for being th us kqed criminal justice reporter, suki louis. we turn now to the fires that are currently burning. this year's fire season in california off to the worst start in a decade. and climate change may be playing a role. dry hot conditions with warmer nights making it harde to fig deadly blazes and the multistage route and they can spark fires burning quickly and out of control. and joining me now to discuss all of this is kqed science editor craig miller. good to see you. cal fire responded to hundreds of firesthis year. why has the start of this fire season characterized as one of the worst in a decade? >> a lot of people you might have noticed said,it's one of the earliest. it's like, why is this starting so yosoon? know, it's not unusual to have wildfires in california in june, but i think this year, the size