wilson walker spoke with water and fire officials in sonoma county. >> reporter: we talked a lot about how bad the winter was and how three bed winters are really starting to catch up with us now. this is another example of it. this is lake sonoma. lower than it has ever been on the state since the dam was built in the 80s. the rain that we are getting now is not going to change that. >> this kind of rain does not do a lot for a water supply. particularly since we have had so little rain for most of the year. >> reporter: far too little, too late to make any significant difference. the only real payoff with this rain, is some extra ground moisture. >> it will rent the ground and saturate the soil so that if we get some more storms the runoff will be good and it will be beneficial. but some rain is still better than none. >> reporter: of this delay the start of fire season locally? it is still too early to tell. but it is still a welcome sight. on the fire front spring rain is a good stretch. but there are several factors to consider. >> constantly there is a balancing game. heavy fuel

in oakland, wilson walker, kpix 5. >>> san francisco has the highest covid-19 case rate in california. before you panic, let's put this into perspective. health experts say cases are still way lower than the height of the winter surge. they are blaming the ba.2 omicron sub variant and large gatherings of tourists in the city. that there are some concerns that the declining cases may have leveled off, other metrics like hospitalization rates are still encouraging. the san francisco department of health released this statement about case increases saying, quote, closely following the emerging science and data on the new ba.2 sub variant. at this time, based on data from europe, we do not expect ba.2 to cause more severe disease, or hospitalizations from people who are up to date on their vaccinations. >>> happening now, the napa valley unified school district are taking up a proposal to ban future mask mandates. proposal would allow masking at their own discretion but is not required of anyone. that meeting started at 5:30 tonight. we have a reporter there, and the latest on that decisi

. >> wilson walker explains fire insurance costs are creating an even bigger strain. >> reporter: at the edge of valley, this is the ridgeline community of berryessa estates. this is one of the places in california that has been threatened by fire again and again and again. even for the folks who have not lost homes because of those fires. it is now making living here almost impossible. >> we have been here from the north. we have been hit in the south. we have been hit. they say the most dangerous is to live in napa county because of fire now these days. >> reporter: for gil bickett, recent fires brought a series of evacuations and a number of close calls. it has become increasingly expensive to stay. >> well, it has been going up often. i have been canceled once by account knee. aaa took me out a couple years ago. my insurance now is $3000 a year. >> reporter: for many of her neighbors, it is four, five, or $6000. that is a cost many cannot afford to pay. >> you know, a lot of people cannot build. a lot of people are selling and moving. >> we have had an insurance crisis for a numb

kpix 5's wilson walker reports, the bigger concern right now is over what we said and out of that port. >> first alert, department of fish and wildlife says any evidence of damage to the habitat around the fire, that's good. all day, teams have been out on the pier trying to figure out how the fire started, how badly the equipment there was damaged, and how long things might be shut down. >> you know there is an impact to not only this region, but the state. >> reporter: nothing went in or out of the port today as inspectors looked over the aftermath here. this facility brings in crude oil and new cars, it also sends out a potentially hazardous petroleum byproduct called petroleum coke or pet coke. the question now is how long all of that will be on hold. >> everyone wants to make sure the port is safe, we also want to make sure the port is operational as soon as possible. >> the fire was not particularly close to incoming crude infrastructure. the auto delivery area, mostly toyota, was also spared the worst of the fire. the real damage was around the conveyor system that sends the pet

i think we need to take it very seriously. >> wilson walker, kpix 5. >>> today is transgendered day of invisibility, a time of focused on increasing awareness of transgender and non-binary people around the world. people in sentences goes mission bay neighborhood celebrated with performances, showcasing the talents and diversity of its trans community. ngle day, not just today. we have needs, that have never been met. >> in honor of cesar chavez day, farmworkers and supporters marched through chicago to push for a new voting right built making its way through the legislature would give farmworkers the option to vote by mail on union issues instead of strictly in-person. >> we have the opportunity to make the call from our home. >> farmworkers have never been allowed to do this. big ag has always fought it. >> the governor vetoed a similar bill last year ever, quote, inconsistencies related to valley collection and review. the office did not respond to our request for comment today. >>> still to come on kpix 5 news at 7:00, no stranger to grammy nominations. me to the bay area composer

as kpix 5's wilson walker reports, the issue is now back among top concerns for bay area voters. >> we are standing right across the street from the louis vuitton store that got looted. >> reporter: is a sanford ziska resident, pat is familiar with what happened in union square, but he says the real problem is car break-ins. does he think crime is getting worse? >> here in oakland, absolutely. >> it is my perception that even here in walnut creek, two or three years ago, things that are happening here were not happening here. your macy's stores and nordstrom's, just a whole lot of kids bum rushing in, running in and out with everything. >> reporter: oakland resident sean knows about the high profile living in downtown walnut creek, but he does not think that is the whole crime story. >> for me? no, i don't think crime has increased, i just think that there are different levels of it, and we have technology that is exposing it, now. >> reporter: as for whether or not the bay area is a safe place to live, pulling differs by county, as you can see, 60% of san mateo county residents say th

we're in oakland, wilson walker, kpix 5. t. >>> taking a live look at san jose where the city council will be deciding the fate of the mask mandate. the city is one of the last jurisdictions to require face coverings. dropping the mandate would align with county health rules, but strongly encourage mask use. >>> tomorrow the fda is taking up covid-19 booster shots. the fda just gave the okay for people 50 and old tore get that second booster shot as we reported. tomorrow's talk will focus on people younger than 50, and there have also been questions about if the covid-19 vaccine will become an annual shot, similar to a flu shot. >>> a live look at the white house where president biden and former president obama reunited to mark the 12th anniversary of the affordable care act. >> vice president biden, vice president -- [ laughter ] >> that was a joke. >> yolks. light moment between the two presidents. for obama, it was his first time back at the white house since leaving office. he returned to talk about his signature health

wilson walker on what we learned today. >> reporter: a little bit of good news out here, department of fish and wildlife says they have not seen any evidence of damage to the habitat around the fire. that is good. all day, teams have been out on the pier trying to figure out how the fire started, how badly the equipment there was damaged, and how long things might be shut down. >> we know there is an impact to not only this region, but the state. >> reporter: nothing went in and out of the port today as inspectors looked over the aftermath your. this facility brings in crude oil and new cars. it also sends out a potentially hazardous petroleum byproducts called petroleum coke, or pet coke. the question now is how long all of that will be on hold. >> everyone wants to make sure that port is safe and operational as soon as possible. >> reporter: the fire was not particularly close to the incoming crude infrastructure, so, that might resume quickly. the auto delivery area, mostly toyotas, was also spared the worst of the fire. the real damage was around the conveyor system that sends the

wilson walker, on what will be a long process to figure out how that might work. >> it is absolutely an amazing day seeing these first in- person hearings of the famous historic third baptist church. it is very exciting and very historic. >> reporter: for grassroots organizers who spent years trying to get this item on california's agenda, the first public hearing of the state task force was a milestone, a sign that reparations are close to becoming reality. >> a lot of times, things in government come from the top down. but, this is something special. this came from the bottom up. >> what it means, that the changes on the way. is overdue. >> reporter: cora mccloy was one of those who wanted to come and see these proceedings in person. >> my parents were poor. they were sharecroppers working in the fields. >> my great-grandparents, all for, were enslaved. so, they did not take anything with them. >> reporter: dorothy hines was on hand to offer testimony on how the state might approach the genealogy challenge last month. task force decided that reparations will be limited to descenden

prosecutors recently announced a $20 pg wilson walker reports, fire victims wonder what is next for them. >> the fire came through october 27, saturday night into sunday morning. we basically had five houses and barns burned to the ground, collapsed. we had nothing left at that time. >> reporter: the oak ridge ranch has been in cheryl and frankie's family for more than 100 years. the exception of a few sheds it was reduced to foundations in about an hour. the rebuilding process do in part to debree to the fire has been slow. >> this barn, filled with cattle, was rebuilt two weeks ago. >> reporter: it also has been costly. the family had to burn through their savings to keep the ranch going in the wake of the fire and for a building cost, insurance cover $.30 on the dot. >> in paradise you would've had a break here. >> reporter: it ends the criminal case for the fire, and comes of payments of more than $20 million, money that would go to the county and a number of local nonprofits. >> we sought what we could, i believe the nonprofits will serve the assorted members of our community >> rep

. >> in sonoma county, wilson walker, kpix 5. >>> there was a push to hire hundreds of workers. at the mall is not the average food marketplace. in addition to cafe's and restaurants, the three story building will have places to shop and classrooms to learn about italian food. their search for workers comes as california recovered 90% of jobs lost in the pandemic. what is different now? applicants for a new spot are looking for ways to grow within that job. >> a lot of places, you go and there is only a set number of things that you can do. >> you're stuck. >> and you are kind of stuck. i think this is great lear. e there will be a lot of opportunities and a lot of positions. >> they will have job fairs at the mall in the next two gray days. >> a bakery that was a fame for nearly 30 years will be chosing its doors in a few days in chinatown. it is off portsmith square. it announced via instagram that next saturday will be their last day of business. the owners expressed their gratitude to the people who supported them over the last 27 years. >> let's give you a live look where t

. >> reporter: wilson walker, kpix 5. >> the new masking policy is expected to remain at least until the summertime. >>> two people accused of conspiring to a three-month-old from his san jose home did not just based a judge today. they also faced the baby's mother. jose roman portillo and yesenia ramirez for kidnapping a child. the baby's mother was also there. she spoke us after the hearing. speaking in spanish, she says it was hard and there are no words to describe looking at the faces of the people who took your child. she also thanked police for returning her baby. jose roman portillo was accused of taking the baby away in a car in a car seat he brought with him while the infant's grandmother was unloading groceries on monday. yesenia ramirez had driven the woman and the older baby to the store. diapers, baby formula and a rocker. -- have not revealed the motive. >> what we know definitively is what happened. and we know where it happened. as to why it happened, that is not something that we can't completely explain or may ever be able to explain. >> prosecutors released a thir

say it's not going to make much of a dent in the drought and as for the fire season we said sent wilson walker to sonoma county to show us with that could look like. >> reporter: we talked about how bad the winter was and how three bad winters are starting to catch up with us and this is another example. this is lake sonoma now lower than it has ever been on this date since the dam was built in the 80s and the rain we are getting right now is not going to change that. >> this kind of rain unfortunately does not do a lot for our water supply particularly since we have had so little rain for most of the year. >> reporter: far too little and too late to make any significant difference, the only real payoff with this rain is some extra ground moisture. >> it will what the ground and saturate the soil so we do get a few more storms in april, the runoff will be good and it will be beneficial. some rain is better than none. >> reporter: will this delay the start a fire season? it's too early to tell but it is a welcome sight. >> reporter: on the fire front, spring rains are generally good news especi

we are here at phillips station, wilson walker with kpix5. >>> paul has talked about this quite a bit the last few months. when you drill down on the percentages, it is shocking. >> way below normal this time of year and worst at the northern end of the sierra. break it down by region, for the state overall, 30% of typical of what is april 1 which is terrible, only 20% of normal, let's look back a little bit to historical measurements. last year at this time we thought it was bad, 59% of normal. this year it is a much lower despite the fact we are 150% plus of average as of january 1 because since january 1, hardly any rain in the bay area or snow in the high sierra. the surplus we had had three months to compact down, to melt or evaporate without evaporating . very dry year in 2015. very dry forecast, looking for hint of rain coming up in a few minutes. >>> details on santa clara county new efforts to fight the fentanyl crisis. kiet do on a new strategy to prevent deadly overdoses, especially among young adults. covering fentanyl related deaths for years in santa clara county. the la

. >> wilson walker following the story and will have much more coming up at 6:00. >>> san mateo county ground on a new navigation center. it will offer housing options and support services to help people about shelter transition into permanent housing. redwood city includes 240 units, the project cost 507 million bucks. it is slated to be finished by the end of the year. >>> now the war in ukraine. the white house announced a new package of military weapons will quickly be heading there, talking about just shy of $1 billion worth of aid. natalie brand has details from washington. >> reporter: president biden spoke to ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy as the administration details of latest defense assistance package to the war-torn country the u.s. is sending new weapons including artillery and armored personnel carriers ahead of the anticipated russian offensive on eastern ukraine. >> we tailored the list specifically to meet the needs they have asked for with respect to what is going on in eastern ukraine. >> reporter: russians focusing airstrikes on mariupol and donbas region

wilson walker is on the on this anniversary. >> reporter: i think 16 feet. on the anniversary of the earthquake, this man and his family decided to see history. you can see exactly where the san andreas fault runs right beneath your feet and were two pieces of the earth the part.>> right on the line between the pacific plate and the north american plate. >> reporter: there are not many places where you can see what this earthquake accomplished. this photograph makes this happen. this is a pioneering member of the early survey team looking at this terror in the earth. you can stand in the exact same spot and see that over the hill. it gives you an idea of what happened in less than a minute. >> it gives you a sense of the amount of disturbance there was. >> reporter: the effects were astounding. this left such spectacular evidence that this area became a focus of the early scientific investigation. >> they did not have much to go on, but because of the amount of devastation that there was an movement, they believe that the center was right here. >> reporter:

. >> the pushback is growing and as wilson walker explains, this is an issue that every california willar. >> it is perhaps the most tactile and in-your-face of our environmental challenges. we are talking about plastic, the single-use variety that ends t p just, maybe on the ground and packed into landfills and the movement against plastic is now picking up momentum. >> we try to do the best that we possibly can to promote compostable and biodegradable products. >> at the right whale coffee, every effort is made to keep the products as green as possible. >> even the flat where we use compostable. >> marin county is on its way to asking that as every restaurant. >> at the current rate of plastic production -- >> they moved ahead with an ordinance that would move all restaurants toward sustainable packaging. >> we are glad that the ordinance is finally going through. >> it was launched by 2/7 graders back when they were in the third grade. >> we started with plastic straws because i saw videos of sea turtles with straws stuck in their noses and i wanted to act. >> this is an issue that i

wilson walker, kpix 5. >>> this evening, a new development in the case of a missing woman from oakley. police are releasing a missing video and trying to identify the person in the disappearance of alexis gabe. a look at the surveillance video. it is a short clip. it shows a man in a hoodie walking along the street in oakley. this is the person who abandoned alexis gabe's vehicle and left the keys inside. he is the man police want to identify. >> numerous search warrants have been written and executed during this investigation. the oakland police department can officially state we do not believe moses appearance was by accident or choice. we strongly suspect foul play. >> gave's family says it was never like her to leave without saying where she was going. they have organized many searches for the 24-year-old. >> it has been three long history getting months since alexis' disappearance. since the day our daughter went missing, we have questioned our faith, have been completely overwhelmed and filled with doubt and despair. with the love and support of those around us, we continue to f

. >> wilson walker spoke to a rancher, one branch owner still trying to rebuild. the fire came through october 27th. saturday night into sunday morning. then, basically we had five houses and all eight barns burned to the ground and collapse and so, we had nothing left at that time. repoer: the has been in the family more than 100 years. with the exception of a few sheds, it was all reduced to foundations. in about an hour. a building process done in part with debris from the fire which has been a slow one. >> this one here full of cattle. we just got that rebuilt two weeks ago. >> reporter: it has also been costly. the family had to burn through their savings to keep the ranch going in the wake of the fire and for building costs, insurance only covered $.30 on the dollar. >> like in 2020, the feed to bill was upwards of almost $800,000. usually it is $130,000. so, it was that much of a difference in just food for cattle. just fencing on rebuilding the fencing structure and that was about $400,000. we had to rebuild all of it. maybe a third of it. spike in paradis

wilson walker, kpix 5. >>> considering closing some very popular street to traffic. >> kpix 5 is trying it and explained. >> reporter: jfk drive at golden gate park permanently car free. the board of supervisors have not voted yet as they are still hearing public comment on this issue. the board is considering two competing proposals. one would limit the 1.5 mile stretch to bikes and present accidents only. the other would allow for one- way traffic did while most residents support keeping get car free, one part user expressed concerns about volunteers needing access to the garden. >> any plans need to ensure that volunteers can come close enough to the garden to transport their tools, plants, and to continue to plant their award-winning flowers and maintain the garden. >>> meanwhile, san jose city leaders are considering whether to ban cars in the square. surrounding roads were closed off during the pandemic to allow for outdoor dining. many restaurant owners say they favor a car band because it helps keep their businesses thriving. >> it is going to put a destination on the map for us

kpix 5's wilson walker went to the sierra and explains just watching the survey itself was another alarmreporter: all across the sierra, there is instrumentation that can provide a real-time, accurate assessment of how the snowpack looks. walking out into a field and actually measuring it is a quaint antique of an idea. it is largely symbolic. it was never more true than this year. >> you need more evidence than standing here on this very dry landscape to understand some of the challenges we are facing here in california. >> reporter: one by one they went to each of the seven traditional survey spots, and luckily one of them had some snow to measure. >> we should be sitting on almost 5 feet of snow, right where this orange tape is. our feet should be standing on top of this. >> reporter: 4% of the average snowpack for this site, and peak snowpack was back in mid- january. the first 3 months of this year where the driest on record, dating back over 100 years. california's drought is intensifying. >> what we see here today is very evocative of 2015

as kpix 5's wilson walker shows us, the issue is getting the attention in the race for state insurancecommissioner. >> reporter: we are up in the very northern end of napa county. edge of poke rally. this is the ridgeline community of berryessa estates. this is one of the places in california that has been threatened by fire again and again and again. even for the folks who have not lost homes, the cost of those fires is now making living here almost impossible. >> we have been hit from the north. we have been hit from the south. we have been hit from the east. they said the most dangerous place to live in napa county because of fire now these days. >> reporter: for dale, recent years brought a series of evacuations and a number of close calls. while she has not lost her home, it has been increasingly expensive to stay. >> it has been going up often. and i have been canceled once by one company. aaa took me a few years ago. my insurance now is $3000 a year. >> reporter: for many of her neighbors, it is four, five, or $6000. that is a cost many cannot afford to pay. >> so, a lot of peop

. >> wilson walker reports that even those behind the investigation worry it won't put a dent in the drug supply. >> reporter: 92 pounds and we will start by trying to put that number in a street-level perspective. this year, police in the tenderloin have frequently been pulling more than 1 kg a week off the street and those numbers are up this year, but even at that rate it would take six months or seven months to collect what was just a found in oak wind and heyward and they do say that that was likely headed for the streets here in the tenderloin. >> what happens is that alameda county and here in the east bay, we are supplying a lot of the fentanyl that ends up on the streets of san francisco which has led to a lot of the problems in that city. >> reporter: is a glitch into the supply chain that is common knowledge on the streets and san francisco's notorious open- air drug market is largely the slide is supplied by distribution centers usually getting products from beyond the borders. >> from china through mexico through the cartel and trafficking routes and up into the united s

here in napa county, wilson walker. kpix 5. >> one more number for you, insurance company losses were between $7 billion and $13 billion. that is a course to risk rms. >>> two suspects suspected of kidnapping a baby will remind remain behind bars for now. there will be no bail for jose portillo and yesenia ramirez. portillo was accused of snatching the baby after returning from a shopping trip with his grandmother. attorney says the client is used to working three jobs and is now scared as she faces charges. he also says he is frustrated the d.a.'s office has not provided him with details on the case. >> idyllic over to the district attorney's office providing the evidence they are basing these charges on. thus far, i have not seen hardly any evidence put forward by the district to attorney's office. >> both suspects face up to 11 years in prison on kidnapping and burglary charges. >>> a major smash and grab crime rate bust. this evening, we are learning more about the retail crime the ringleaders. investigators say tha

wilson walker, kpix 5 . >>> first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen is joining us now. in all my years seeing that survey, i have never seen it that bad. >> it is stark to look at. it is just visual evidence of what is going on large-scale. 38% statewide, but worst of the northern end of the sierra, 28% of what is normal. just over 40% for the central and southern sierra. we will look back at historical data. last year, the survey found 59% of normal, which is not great, but at least we had some late- season rain in the bay area and snow events to boost that a little bit. we had plenty of snow early in the season. at the beginning of this year we were at over 150% of what is normal, but because we had nothing essentially since then, the number has dropped. so much of the snow has melted, and as i mentioned, a lot of it has sublimated. rather than melting and soaking into the ground, it evaporates without ever saturating the ground. the 38% we measured today, same as in 2015. we will see if there is any hint of rain in the forecast in just a few minutes. >>> right now, a

as kpix 5's wilson walker reports, the issue is now back among top concerns for bay area voters. >> we are standing right across the street from the louis vuitton store that got looted. >> reporter: is a sanford ziska resident, pat is familiar with what happened in union square, but he says the real problem is car break-ins. does he think crime is getting worse? >> here in oakland, absolutely. >> it is my perception that even here in walnut creek, two or three years ago, things that are happening here were not happening here. your macy's stores and nordstrom's, just a whole lot of kids bum rushing in, running in and out with everything. >> reporter: oakland resident sean knows about the high profile living in downtown walnut creek, but he does not think that is the whole crime story

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we are here in the lexington reservoir, wilson walker, kpix 5. >>> in alameda county, traffic is slowly starting to move again on 580 after the eastbound lanes were shut down because of police activity. earlier, chapter 5 showed police officers walking on the freeway. we are told they may have been trying to look for possible shell casings. here is another look at the huge backup from earlier today. the gridlock stretching for miles. this all started just after 2:00. police have since reopened the lanes and traffic is slowly moving again. >> this evening, for the first time, we are hearing from a man who was shot by police following a fight inside a san jose talker rhea. ryan yamamoto joins us now with more on that. >> reporter: k on green got emotional when he started talking about what happened that night. now the 20-year-old is taking legal action against the city. back on march 27th, a brawl between two groups of men broke out inside the law victoria restaurant near san jose state university. san jose police say greene walked out of the restaurant holding a gun when officers arrived

s budget is a little cheaper as you heard, wilson walker has more. >> reporter: the tanker behind menloading 8600 gallons of gasoline which was refined right here. if you think about it, that has got to be one of the quickest delivery routes in the country. let's say the blend of this gasoline starts to change a little bit, what would that mean for you? >> california blends 10% of its gasoline as ethanol, and, that is the standard, nationally. this would allow blending up to 15% ethanol in our gasoline. >> reporter: great news for farm states who grow corn, but for drivers, the uptick in ethanol will not add up to much. california gas prices, which include estate taxes and production rules unrelated to ethanol will not change all that much. >> even in california, it won't make much difference. so, the effect on gasoline prices will be a few pennies, and most. >> half-full, now, but we will see what happens when i fill up this tank. >> reporter: those pennies may be in the eye of the beholder, brian boyd isn't scoffing at savings of $.10 per gallon. >> it means a lot, it will help out

wilson walker, kpix 5. >>> we are all looking for these numbers to go down and there is some good news. a area gas prices are down a bit from a week ago. the average price per gallon in san francisco is $5.81. obviously that is still very high. in oakland, $5.75 and $5.72 in san jose. >>> b.a.r.t. is looking at an influx of federal cash as it looks to bounce back from the pandemic. and markovic has more on what changes writers can expect. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. and many are making use of more than $1 billion in federal funds. art alone is getting $900 million from the american rescue plan. local politicians just toured b.a.r.t.'s paolo street station to see the latest phase of modernization, with new lighting, a rebuilt escalator entrance, and bathrooms with attendance. this project is a little over half finished and u.s. senator alex padilla's says he is pushing for more interceptor money in congress. >> public transportation strengthens our economy not only by connecting workers with their jobsites, but by connecting consumers with a lot of local businesses. >> reporter: a survey from

. >> wilson walker explains fire insurance costs are creating an even bigger strain. >> reporter: at is the ridgeline community of berryessa estates. this is one of the places in california that has been threatened by fire again and again and again. even for the folks who have not lost homes because of those

wilson walker spoke with one of the task force members at the center of the debate.ge i hardly an ordinary day here at city hall and it's out of the ordinary. the crowds in the hallways, the result of a bitter battle over redistricting and now the task force charged with redistricting. let's step become a bit and talk about how we got here. >> we have a lot of growth that is notly on the east side and that means the west side districts and for all of the districts to be the same size, they're going to have to move to the east, and the result for districts in the middle like district 5 is being stretched like taffy. >> and potential district lope champs invariably create tensions, the new maps generated push back from corners of the city, more than we could begin to nape. >> and keep all of us together with some like they're asking and now why you trying to separate from -- those are relationships that have been built. >> and that is why we're here to remove the commissioners. >> reporter: that was today's escalation. the election commission meant to consider calls fo

wildfire areas already have to worry about planning for evacuations but as wilson walker explains, the cost of insuring homes may be the final straw for homeowners just trying to keep a roof over their heads. >> reporter: the very northern end of napa county. this is the ridgeline community which is one of the places in california threatens by fire again and again and again. even for the folks that have not lost homes, the cost of the fires is now making living here almost impossible. >> we have in here from the north and the south and hid from the east. they say the most dangerous place to live in the town is because of the fire these days. >> reporter: recent years brought serious evacuations in a number of close calls. while she has not lost her hope, it has become increasingly expensive to say. >> it is going up often. i have been canceled once by one company and aaa kicked me out a few years ago. my insurance now is $3000 a year. >> reporter: for many of her neighbors it is four dollars up to $6000. many cannot afford to pay. >> a lot of people are just selling and moving. >> we h

and i wanted to especially walker, my major decision by our german host of the minister lawn brooks. a mouse just to day the germany wilson and ukraine, some 50 chiva aircraft systems. i was there. you are secretary of state lloyd asked in on germany's decision to send heavy weapons to ukraine. general government has been under pressure at home and abroad over its long held policy not to send arms into active conflicts. the anti aircraft systems known as cheater or gephardt tanks will therefore be the 1st such delivery. the policy shift was announced at germany's ramstein air base, where at a, at a gathering of defense ministers and military leaders from round of 40 countries, many of whom are not nato members, as well as the tank shipment and germany is also authorized. the training of ukrainian soldiers and german soil in conjunction with the american military, the u. s. air base and unstained germany. this is where the united states and its allies pledged new packages of ever heavier weapons for ukraine during meeting on tuesday. that was hosted by us defense secretary, lloyd austin. we don't have any time to waste the