that is the legacy of this portion of san joaquin valley.: arvin making a bit of history today, becoming one of the smallest cities to make their own local regulaons for the oil and gas industry. woman: oil and gas has kept kern county moving for decades. now arvin residents are fed up and those in the industry feel unwelcomed. wednesday night, arvin city council unanimously voted in favor of restrictions on theil and gas industry. those in support applauded. [cheering and applause] man: yeah, so, it's a monumentous thing that we did. we passed the oil and gas ordinance, and hopefully other cities with that type of industry will follow, so, we're gonna be talking today with some neighbors on nelson courtand then tomorrow i'm goa have a conversation with e mayor of taft about our two cities. see if we can find any common ground. my name is jose gurrola and i am the mayor of the city of arvin. we can't deny the fact that living and being next to an oil and gas operations, that i emits emissions, and that those emissions can cause harm to healt

solano county area, sacramento, san joaquin valley under excessive heat warnings today into tomorrow. we'll talk more about this coming up. >>> hot temperatures could strain the power grid and increase risk of wildfires. >>> we saw those inland pink areas will be seeing the highest temperatures today. emily is joining us from a cooling center in the east bay. >> reporter: it is cool for now but not nearly as cool as it normally is at this time of the morning. if this is any indication of what today will be like, it will be so hot which makes this one of the most popular spots, cooling center in pleasant hill. today's temperatures will be warmer even than yesterday, ten degrees as mary was saying topping out at 110, 107 in pleasant hill. there is threat of rolling black outs. potential health concerns are an issue and that comes with the heat. already yesterday people were flocking to the coast and water parks just to stay cool. those are great options. today will be much of the same story. thousands yesterday lost power in and around danville and if customers aren't careful that can p

. >> where he discussed the future of transportation between the bay area's tri valley and san joaquin county. we're going to extend this train 50 miles we just got funding for that in the infrastructure bill. it's called the valley link project. the 20 million dollar plan would add 7 stops on the rail line between dublin pleasanton and stockton phase. one includes stops in livermore, tracy and lay threat. >> phase 2 of the valuing project would extend the rail line to stockton. now the 42 mile route would help connect housing people in jobs, serve low income communities support 400 jobs when it's operational and reduce greenhouse gas emissions so needed to take 30,000 cars off the road each day would reduce our carbon emissions and it just a lot of people to spend more time with their family and less time. >> you can gesture as of may 12, the tri valley. san joaquin valley regional authority. >> is moving ahead with preliminary engineering work in dublin. pleasanton camila barco kron 4 news. >> coming up next, an east bay mayor says he's had enough. now a major effort is underway to t

today for east bay hills, east bay interior valleys, tri valley, solano, north bay, sacramento, san joaquin valleynk with the excessive warning. heat advisories for north bay and south bay because you will see 90s to triple digits this afternoon. please be safe in this heat. let's check with emily turner live in pleasant hill under excessive heat warning. highs at pleasant hill will top out at 107 this afternoon. >> reporter: it's going to be so hot, triple digits for sure. that means you've got to try and stay cool and you've got to try to conserve energy. here is one of the cooling stations. there are several across the area. it will be so absolutely warm and hot. it is going to be a big deal today to try and keep cool. today's temperatures will be warmer than yesterday. it's going to be 107 in pleasant hill topping out. there is going to be threat of rolling black outs as well as health concerns that come with the heat. much of contra costa county will see the bulk of it. yesterday people were flocking to the coast and water parks just to stay cool. yesterday thousands lost power in and around

we visioil-rich communities in california's san joaquin valley and along alaska's arctic slope, whereidents are asking tough questions about the consequences of fosl fuel extraction. it's been the bedrock of their economic livelihoods for decades but is now fracturing communities and threatening the planet. [camera's shutter advancing]

an excess civ heat watch for areas highlighted in red, sacramento valley, san joaquin valley.peaking of the heat with our inland heat wave, you see on futurecast for wednesday, red and pink color contours indicating highs into the 90s to triple digits inland by wednesday. the peak of our heat will arrive on thursday. let's get right to it and what you can expect. triple digit heat thursday from concord, danville, livermore. the south bay, you will be in the 90s in san jose. you see around the bay a little bit more comfortable. not as hot, mid 70s in san francisco. really inland we will see triple digit heat from santa rosa to fairfield. you see along the coast in the upper 60s, really watching daily hot conditions inland as we go through mid week. you can see the temperatures on the rise as we look to your tuesday and then triple digit heat inland wednesday and especially on thursday. please be safe as we are looking at hot temperatures mid week, slowly cooling it, warm to hot conditions as we look to friday and into our weekend. back to you. >> thank you. >>> happening today,

contours indicating the hot temperatures with an excess civ heat watch for sacramento valley, san joaquin valley, thursday morning through saturday evening. >> thank you. >>> with triple digit heat coming, cal iso says the power grid could be over loaded. officials are urging people to start conserving energy now. there could be flex alerts. >>> i am anne makovec with the latest coronavirus headlines, starting with a new vaccine. it looks like it is on track for approval. nova vax says late stage trials of its two shot covid vaccine were more than 90% effective. nova vax is hoping to distribute the vaccine by end of september and is focused on getting doses to low and middle income countries. today vice president kamala harris kicking off a countrywide vaccination tour. she's in south carolina as administration purposes to the goal of 70% of u.s. adults being vaccinated by july 4th. she says she believes it will happen because americans believe in the adage love thy neighbor. >> americans love our neighbor and in a perfect stranger's face, we see a friend. that's who we are when we are at our be

tri valley, solano county, sacramento, san joaquin valleys. also the north bay mountains. heat advisoris in the north bay in orange and for the south bay today. today the peak of our heat wave as we are looking at highs soaring to the triple digits inland and still hot friday but we will start that cool down through the next several days and by next week, we'll be back to where we should be thankfully for this time of year. as we look to air quality, we have a spare the air alert that will be in effect today. we are looking at unhealthy for sensitive groups. moderate for the coast and peninsula. that heat dome building into california. it's over the desert southwest and moving into our area and with it, temperatures are going to soar. likely record tying heat from oakland, san jose and record breaking for santa rosa, livermore, concord as we go through our afternoon. to show you the sunshine helping to heat us through today and that will be the case as we look to tomorrow. let's show you what you can expect, sunrise at 5:47 and sun set at 83:34. daytime highs for south bay

advisories and excessive heat warnings and over a good part of the northern sacramento valley or san joaquin valley. here at home thanks to having influence of that beautiful gray what link it of clouds and everywhere that that streams onshore you can see that has a big influence on the temperatures which is why we do have it made. here in the bay area. at least when things act this way. those numbers inland are actually a little bit above average for this time of year and you should be in the low 80s for daytime highs for inland spots but look back at monday and tuesday and wednesday of next week but not only do we get down the average but below average for monday and early next week and that is where we noticed the biggest change and if you are in the bay or at the coast you don't notice a lot of change at all for the next seven days and it is june gloom and no surprise and back to you. >>> and east bay city seeing a spike in crime but it could also face major police cuts and the battle over funding plus south bay real services suspended after last week's mass shooting and why it could be weeks o

san joaquin valley regional authority announced last month. it is moving forward with preliminary engineering work. we'll keep you updated on that project as well. we'll take a break here for 26. we'll be back with more in just a minute. when a truck hit my car, the insurance company wasn't fair. i didn't know what my case was worth. so i called the barnes firm. i was hit by a car and needed help. i called the barnes firm, that was the best call i could've made. i'm rich barnes. it's hard for people to know how much their accident case is worth. let our injury attorneys help you get the best result possible. ♪ the barnes firm injury attorneys ♪ ♪ call one eight hundred, eight million ♪ for 30's the time. let's get right over to the weather center and say good monday morning to john as he's got the weather forecast for us. hey, john. james. yes, weather forecast this monday morning looking really good. i know james is talking about yesterday for father's day. really enjoyed the weather. the nice cool down that we started to see. >> and today we

the san joaquin valley air pollution control district wants people to find other ways to celebrate andssional events instead really asked that folks don't use fireworks. those are able to dissipate before the hit. the ground in most cases. so the impact is very small. whereas personal fireworks are creating so much smoke down here ground level. we're we're all breathing it in air. quality officials say if you must use personal fireworks, try cutting back on how many set off. they say every little bit helps. that was kristi gross reporting for us tonight. air quality officials say the poor air quality caused by fireworks is usually. >> gone. fortunately by the next morning and that wraps up kron 4 news at 5. but if you're really worried about the smoke just at home. >> 95 will know just stay inside and kron 4 at 09:00pm and your lesson line. i will be hosting that we will. to the new year's thing, word jump ahead. yeah, that's ok. the n 95 and that whatever you we appreciate you watching this but keep it here because kron 4 news at 6 is next. can we use. >> it's not too early to start p

the community of tracy in the san joaquin valley and san joaquin county actually held a a vigil tonight. remember timothy romo and paul both of them were killed last week in that shooting and the community is still in mourning. much as we are here in the bay area. eric rucker was there and has more from tracy. >> you anything for 21 years and. if you don't have just friends. >> family of tracy resident timothy romo say they didn't just lose a father and husband last week they lost all 9 of those killed at the san jose beaty. a rail yard. >> i feel that all 9 of our heroes in my book. they never deserved to die. they never asked to die. >> tonight at a prayer vigil at tracy city hall, family and strangers. remember to local victims of last week's tragedy romo of tracey and paul of nearby mount house son scott says his dad a military veteran was never one to back down no matter how tough the situation. >> he refused to run away from a fight ever and i know for a fact that he didn't run away from this one. he was able to defend himself. and everyone else and there. >> ramos wife annette sa

pleasanton bart station where he discussed the future of transportation between the bay area's tri valley and san joaquiny. we're going to extend this train 50 miles we just got funding for that in the infrastructure bill. it's called the valley link project. the 20 million dollar plan would add 7 stops on the rail line between dublin pleasanton. >> and stockton phase. one includes stops in livermore, tracy and lay threat phase 2 of the valuing project would extend the rail line to stockton. now the 42 mile route would help connect housing people in jobs, serve low income communities support 400 jobs when it's operational and reduce greenhouse gas emissions so needed to take 30,000 cars off the road each day would reduce our carbon emissions and it just a lot of people to spend more time with their us time. >> you can gesture as of may 12 the tri valley. san joaquin valley regional authority. >> is moving ahead with preliminary engineering work in dublin. pleasanton camila barco kron 4 news. >> today. the white house announcing that president biden's german shepherd dog champ has died. champ 13 years old

. >> where he discussed the future of transportation between the bay area's tri valley and san joaquin county. we're going to extend this train 50 miles we just got funding for that in the infrastructure bill. it's called the valley link project. the 20 million dollar plan would add 7 stops on the rail line between dublin pleasanton and stockton. >> phase. one includes stops in livermore, tracy and lay threat phase 2 of the valuing project would extend the rail line to stockton. now the 42 mile route would help connect housing people and jobs serve low income communities support 400 jobs when it's operational and reduce greenhouse gas emissions so needed to take 30,000 cars off the road each day would reduce our carbon emissions and it just a lot of people to spend more time with their family and less time. >> you can gesture as of may 12 the tri valley. san joaquin valley regional authority. >> is moving ahead with preliminary engineering work in dublin. pleasanton camila barco kron 4 news. >> wildiire coverage. now the fairfield fire department says that this fire has been stopped an

san joaquin valley regional authority announced just last month that it's moving ahead with preliminarygoing to a little toasty in those inland areas still as we race into the lower 90's, but we're going in the right direction of cooling things off. a look at forecast coming up next. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back on 9.12 on this father's day. and we're starting off with some fog in the usual places, but it's going to heat up. that's it will heat up as hot as we've been dealing with don't don't be too far has all the details for us a day. martina. well, good morning. good morning. everybody. the fog is greeting us also in places like the half moon bay, for example, along the coast. it may be a little stubborn going on. they're getting it lifted off as it will be. >> in spots around the bay. but this afternoon we'll see it max out for everybody. probably and those temperatures starting to control themselves a little bit. restrain, although it's a step by step process. here is the golden gate bridge. and we're still looking at a lot of fog covering things up there as well. curre

today those 90s all the way down to the southern san joaquin valley and triple digits will come our waythe week inland. >>> what scientists are saying about an important glacier that has contributed to rising sea levels. >>> concerns about a dangerous covid-19 variants and the warning for unvaccinated people and how this could impact vaccinated people if the varying gets out of control. >> governor newsom visiting san fran i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love, more adventure, more community. but with my hiv treatment, there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to my doctor and switched to fewer medicines with dovato. dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment or replacing their current hiv-1 regimen. with just 2 medicines in 1 pill, dovato is as effective as a 3-drug regimen... to help you reach and stay undetectable. research shows people who take hiv treatment as prescribed and get to and stay undetectable can no longer transmit hiv through sex. don't take dovato if you're allergic to its ingredients or if you take dofetilide. taking dovato with

san joaquin valley, triple digits. sacramento, 95.to valley not getting as hot as they could with this system. tuesday, some cooling for the pacific northwest but still quite hot. low clouds and fog keeping their presence felt here in the bay area. in the afternoon, we will still see fog in daly city. half moon bay, stinson beach. it comes back overnight. 9:00 on monday and we returned to the repeat scenario. today, temperatures in the low to mid-60s for the a's and giants final game. breezy winds in the afternoon. warmer towards gilroy. the winds k-cup through the afternoon. instead of 80s, redwood city, upper 70s. the breeze could get dusty at times. 65 downtown today with partly cloudy's skies. 82, novato. 90 yesterday in san rafael. cloverdale, 97. east bay, upper 60s from berkeley. inland, low 90s for concord. 87, pleasanton. accuweather seven-day forecast. clouds and sun in the afternoon. back to mist and drizzle to start the workweek. we will be a few degrees warmer into tuesday. nothing too extreme. the summer spread taking us

excessive heat watch for sacramento county, sacramento valley, san joaquin valley.fairfield, vallejo, benicia under excessive heat watch due to dangerously hot conditions. with the strong ridge of high pressure building in on wednesday, you see the color contours in red and pink inland indicating 90s to triple digits. inland heat wave mid week. peak of our heat will be on thursday with the hottest temperatures expected. for the inland locations from concord, danville, as well as livermore, we are talking about triple digit heat on thursday into the 90s for the south bay. along the coast and around the bay, a little bit more comfortable with mid 70s in san francisco on thursday due to the on shore flow. as we look to the north bay, 100 degrees in santa rosa thursday, 105 in fairfield. you can see along the coast, upper 60s for bodega bay úthurs warming up tomorrow but check out wednesday and thursday inland. 90s to triple digits expected. we are looking at temperatures slightly cooler by the end of the week but still warm to hot conditions as we look to friday and in

heat advisory in orange and pink excessive heat warningers to solano and sacramento and the san joaquin valley temperatures. here is what you and expect as we look to this afternoon. it's all about the micro climates for today. for right along the coast and around the bay you will have that ocean breeze. not as hot for you, mid to upper 60's. warming autopsy round the bay. mid to upper 70's to low 80's. it's the inland locations with highs in to the 90's to triple digits this afternoon. looking at 90 in san jose. 100 in concord. 101 antioch, 102 fairfield and the north bay in the low to mid-90s with that sunshine. our heat wave begins today. it gets even hotter as we look to tomorrow with ha dangerous heat and still looking at hot conditions on friday. cool america to the weekend and early next week. let's check in with justin who is live at a cooling center in san jose and a good place to be today. >> it'll be. today these doors will open, really across the bay, cooling center also be open for people to go and take advantage of one of them right here at the camden community center in san jose

we visioil-rich communities in california's san joaquin valley and along alaska's arctic slope, wherere asking tough questions about the consequences of fossil fuel extraction. it's been the bedrock of their economic livelihoods for decades but is now fracturing communities and threatening the planet. [camera's shutter advancing]

for solano and sacramento valley and san joaquin valley under the excess i heat warning and it gets hotterwe look to tomorrow. still looking at heat advisories for the north bay, the south bay and the east bay and excessive heat warning will be in effect for tomorrow for the areas in pink. here is a look at our inhand heat wave and what you can expect. extreme heat today. hot conditions as we look to your thursday with temperatures on thursday inland. the hottest of the week still hot on friday and then we will start to cool it down as we look to the weekend and especially into next week. for today, again looking at that inland heat wave starting that ridge of high pressure over the desert southwest. in fact at least looking at death valley. 126 for daytime high today. really socal and the desert southwest. that ridge of high pressure over them. they will feel that intense heat. we are going to see hot temperatures as well here in the bay area. as that ridge builds in to californi again, the inland heat peaks on thursday. on thursday, we are looking at some record breaking highs, santa ros

san joaquin valley regional authority announced last month that it is going to move forward with theto make that project. one meeting you wish was virtual because then you would have to hike james states tribute as take it. can you take me on a 23 right now. and tomorrow the contra costa county board of supervisors is going to decide what to do about evictions. they could lift or extend. >> the county's eviction moratorium this decision because you know, california statewide moratorium on evictions expires. june so they have to decide what to do tomorrow. the board considers continuing the current ban on evictions or they could look at a plan that would include bans on rent increases but would extend a temporary prohibition on some evictions of small businesses. a commercial tenants through the end of september. >> a house party in richmond that was anything but fun. in fact, that turnout deadly multiple victims coming up, i'll tell you the details in a live report on this breaking news. [hippo groans melodically] [iguana belts major 3rd] [gator reverb] [splash] [singing indri sings]

the farther inland you go, you get into the sacramento san joaquin valley area going to be hot as i showedverage for some of our inland cities, meanwhile, along the coastline in around the bay, where we do have a better influence of the marine layer, as well as the onshore breeze a little bit below average. yes we get into monday tuesday a system is going to drop in. that's going to bring in a bigger fog bank as well as cooler breezier conditions and again those numbers coming in the extended forecast. outside right now we have 54 degrees in san francisco. a cool 55 half moon bay around the bay. ari space shore 60 in oakland. you go inland. it's a warm day over areas of brentwood, 84 nice and mild and liver. morris 74 in the north based 77 in santa rosa, take a tour here. some of the numbers outside out and about we got 70 degrees in san mateo as well as belmont, 73 reported over areas of a stanford into the north bay. we go where we have a beautiful 73 pen grove. it's a warm one. input valley, though 93. reported at least one in that location there and then as we go to the east bay very n

the san joaquin valley air pollution control district wants people to find other ways to celebrate and attend professional events instead really asked that folks don't use fireworks. those are able to dissipate before the hit. the ground in most cases. so the impact is very small. whereas personal fireworks are creating so much smoke down here ground level. we're we're all breathing it in air. quality officials say if you must use personal fireworks try cutting back on how many set off. they say every little bit helps. that was kristi gross reporting for us this morning. air quality officials say that poor air quality caused by fireworks is usually gone. >> by the next morning. >> time. now in california, lawmakers have sent a bill to governor newsome that would change the rules. >> for his recall election. lawmakers approved a bill that would require the legislature to skip a review of the elections costs as long as they provide the money. the bill also provides 200, 15 million dollars to counties and 35 million dollars to the secretary of state for the cost of the recall election new

san joaquin valley regional authority announced last month that it's moving forward with preliminaryk. >> time now 6.24 and tomorrow the contra costa county board of supervisors decides to lift or extend the county's eviction moratorium. california's covid moratorium is set to expire on june 30th tomorrow. the board considers whether to continue the current ban on evictions or they could look at a plan that would include bans on rent increases but would extend a temporary prohibition on some of actions like of small you know, commercial tenants through the end of september. we'll see what happens. >> a deadly night in richmond at a house party multa people, multiple people shot and killed. we'll have the very latest coming up in a live latest coming up in a live report. chevy is america's fastest-growing full-line brand. and people are taking it everywhere. taking trailblazer outdoors. confidently taking on new places with equinox. and taking on more with silverado. whatever you do, there's a perfect chevy to take you anywhere. find your perfect chevy and get 0% financing for 72 mont

you're nearing 90 degrees in some spots like antioch, the closer you get to the sacramento san joaquin valleythe hotter you can expect to be, although we have a decent onshore breeze blowing through there as we get into the monday tuesday, timeframe and another system drops in with even cooler air mass expect a little bit more fog and onshore breeze and cooler temps, yet they start of the work week. here's a look at the morning temperatures expected as we get going 51 degrees for sandra fell tomorrow. 53 in san francisco, low thirties for the peninsula, low fifties and conquered, perhaps. little bit of patchy drizzle in addition to the cloud cover out there tomorrow morning. notice our temperatures, though, for most right, about average, little bit warm in santa rosa at 86 livermore, you'll go to 84. here's a better look at some of the afternoon highs. 66 san francisco 78 redwood city, 73 in hayward again a lot like today, if you're going to tahoe going to be gorgeous here, upper seventies low eighties in tahoe right now and then into the weekend, upper seventies for tomorrow, mid seventies,

start out the low clouds along the coastline well into the bay even into if you notice the san joaquin sacramento valleyrea at is going to pull back, and we'll have mostly sunny skies away from the coastline for the afternoon, but temperatures going to be very similar to today and again a little bit below average for some 78 for santa rosa will go 70 in san francisco. the seventies oakland low eighties livermore 77 over san jose. not much change for your bay area wednesday. by the weekend, though we warm things up. better details coming and just a little bit, all right, rosemary. thank you. 2021 is now being called the worst year for anti transgender legislation. we have a look at some of the laws curbing trans rides, but at his core, these bills are looking to eras itchy? scratchy? family not getting clean? get charmin ultra strong. it just cleans better, so your family can use less. hello clean bottom! enjoy the go with charmin. ♪ when you have nausea, ♪ ♪ heartburn, ingestion, upset stomach... ♪ ♪ diarrheaaaa. ♪ pepto bismol coats your stomach with fast and soothing relief. and try new drug free pept

three-inch delta smelt that have diverted trillions of gallons of water away from farmers in the san joaquin valley of california to create manmade drought and double digit employment in recent years. despite the diversion, the population of delta smelt continue decreasing and more farmers are throwing in the towel because of the uncertainty. we can find another example in the pacific northwest. the 1990 listing of the northern spotted owl economically devastated rural communities in oregon and washington by virtually decimating the timber industry in the region. the collapse of the timber industry has actually hurt the northern spotted owl by making these forest into -- forest into dense, overgrown powder degrees. and now, decades later, americans are paying higher prices for building materials because much of our mill infrastructure was wiped out never to return. if a litigation has also prevented delisting of animals that have fully recovered like the grizzly bear, the western states that house grizzly bears undertook a, he ewe lien effort to recover them, to the point that the fish and wildlife

there's to travel around the state to find 90's up and down the san joaquin babies into the sacramento valleyees in los angeles about 69 in santa barbara fog. yep. it's likely to make a return. but modified fog layer that's going to move on shore. so it's running pretty high on the bases. it will be able to move all the way. the interior valleys little drizzle along the coastline for tomorrow as well. and then things begin to change. but as we get to thursday and friday, get ready for much warmer weekend, especially in the valleys temperatures tomorrow up in the 80's. well, inland 70's inside the bay got 60's up toward the coastline next few days. those kind of cool off below the average then warm up starting on friday back to triple digits. at least inland on saturday and sunday night, lawrence, the shark spotted off the shore. he actually needed a hand from some fisherman. how a father and so >> all right. summertime ocean tide. well, take a look at this, right. a father and son got up close and personal with a great white shark and they're trying to help the poor thing freeing it from some

and connecting one east bay bart station in san joaquin county has congressional support . requesting that $20 million for the valleywould connect the dublin station to the ultimate express . this will reduce traffic congestion, particularly on interstate 580. he says the project will reduce greenhouse >>> new development in the california governor recall election. a former bay area mayor is throwing her hat into the ring. joining a pool of more than 20 candidates hoping to unseat gavin newsom. she is running as an independent and wants to be a voice for california for common sense in sacramento >>> president biden test her with reducing the flow of migrants across the u.s. border. at the live desk with what we can expect today. >>> it's a big test for vp harris as she leads the efforts to tackle the crisis. today she meets with the president of mexico for topics centered around emigration. this after she told the president of guatemala that are top priority is addressing corruption and the root causes of people fleeing their homes. >> we need to deal with it both in terms of the poverty and the hunger we are seeing

san joaquin base is much worse off. regarding salmon, tuolumne is worse off all central valley river. phase two of the bay-delta plan is supposed to focus on the sacramento basin. they started more than two years ago but it's been sidelined because of the voluntary agreement negotiation. maybe sfpuc can do something about that. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next caller. >> caller: hi. i urge you to drop your post for the voluntary agreement and accept the mandatory minimum proposal. they are proposed in the bay-delta plan. the voluntary agreement are not sufficient to prevent the extinction of the salmon. they are not based on credible science. the national marine fishery service commission pier review found major flaws in the fish model used to establish the voluntary agreements. finally, overall, i think your process of public comment is backward. it seem like you get all your commission members questions and comments and then you close the item. the commissioners do not get the benefit of hearing the public comment before they enter entire deliberations. i would sugges