DETECTIVES WILL BE ANNOUNCING
UPDATES ON THIS INVESTIGATION
THIS AFTERNOON.
WE WILL BRING YOU THE LATEST ON
OUR NEWS AT 4 PM, 5 PM, AND 6
PM.
GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM AND
FORMER GOVERNOR ARNOLD
SCHWARZENEGGER VISITED THE
McCLELLAN AIR FORCE BASE
EARLIER TODAY AND THEY TOOK A
LOOK AT NEW EQUIPMENT THAT IS
EXPECTED TO HELP CAL FIRE IN
THEIR RESPONSE TO WILD FIRES
AND OTHER EMERGENCIES.
THE GOVERNOR'S 2019 AND 2020
STATE BUDGET INVESTS NEARLY $1
BILLION IN EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND
RECOVERY TO PREPARE FOR
DISASTERS.
THAT INCLUDES FUNDING FOR C-130
AIR TANKERS AND 21ST-CENTURY
FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTERS.
THE FORMER GOVERNOR SUPPORTS
THIS UPGRADE AND IS RECALLING
HIS OWN ADMINISTRATION'S
TROUBLES WITH PROVIDING ENOUGH
HELP ACROSS THE STATE DURING
FIRE SEASON.
WE DID NOT HAVE THE ASSETS
OR THE EQUIPMENT.
SO MANY TIMES WE HAD TO STUDY
THE WIND AND FIGURE OUT WHERE
WE SHOULD SEND OUR ASSETS.
SHOULD WE SEND THEM SOUTH?
SHOULD WE SEND THEM NORTH?
WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOR
EVERY PLACE IN CALIFORNIA.
SCHWARZENEGGER'S OFFICE
BOASTS TWO LARGE FIRES.
PG&E IS PUSHING BACK
AGAINST A REPORT IN THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL THAT CLAIMS THE
COMPANY FAILED TO MAKE
IMPROVEMENTS TO ITS ELECTRIC
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM KNOWING THAT
IT HAD POSED A FIRE RISK.
PG&E TOLD A JUDGE THE REPORT WAS
INACCURATE BUT A JUDGE HAD
ORDERED THE UTILITY COMPANY TO
RESPOND TO THE NEWSPAPER'S
INVESTIGATION.
