>>mark: we have a developing story, a wild fire burning in the hills to the northeast of downtown napa. it continues to burn this morning. here is the scene with firefighters in the area. 90 a. have burned, strong winds fueling the fire. one house has been destroyed. there are evacuate since in the area near serta canyon road. jackie sissel is live with the latest. >>jackie: i am at silverado trail at soda canyon. the fire is 1 mi. up the road from where i am at. >>jackie: this is video of the white house that has already been destroyed.--

this is video of the only house that has already been destroyed. i spoke with a fire official who said they believe the fire is 50 percent contained. it is difficult overnight to get a real guesstimate of what the situation looks like, until they get daylight. the big thing is, they're hoping that the wind cooperates. that is what drove this fire and what caused this house on loma vista to bird. the only thing left of this house is the foundation. there are plenty of fire crews in there waiting for daylight. firefighters are expecting to see higher winds as the morning goes on. it is a developing

situation. if we get more information, we will pass that along. >>mark: james fletcher has more on the weather. >>james: we knew that potential was there for fires. a red flag warning in effect until 9:00 a.m., that is a two hour extension. the north bay hills, the east bay hills and the diablo range, the areas in red is where we see the conditions are right for fire to spread quickly before if we have winds gusting to 30 mi. per hour in some of the higher areas. the humidity right now is to the 15% level. really dry out there. we will be watching and waiting to see with the current conditions are. at this point, 9:00 a.m. looks to be the time when the winds expire. 80 mi. per hour

winds in fairfield. the winds are dying down, so far so good.--18 mi. per hour winds in fairfield right now. temperatures are also cool. napa is not bad. and nobody and santa rosa, low- mid-40s. >>james: here is a look at your current temperatures. mid-upper seventies. mid-70s expected for the north bay. downtown san francisco, 72. mainly clear skies. the winds will change during the course of the day. right now they're coming from a northerly direction. they will shift and, on shore

this evening. that will bring in colder air. we're looking for ways as well.-- we are looking for rain as well. we will bring you more on that in the 7 day forecast grief >>george: things are looking for the good right now. we are not tracking and the hot spots. we do not have any major problems or delays. fifth we will start our bridge check at the bay bridge toll plaza for. westbound traffic is backing up a bit. a typical pattern for the ride. it is about 50 minutes or so from the time that the metering lights are likely to be activated westbound. through the macarthur maze, the drive time is still 8-9 minutes for your trip across the upper deck. your ride on the san mateo bridge, highway 92, there are no problems or delays. westbound the drive time is 13 minutes. the golden gate bridge, one of

one southbound, marin county is building in a volume. a check in the east bay starting with the ride on 80 head was bowed, still a good drive time from hercules to berkeley. westbound 24, there are no delays to the caldecott tunnel. the ride on 580 westbound looks good. there ride out to the castro valley is problem free. south a traffic, no problems for 101, to 80, 17, 85 and the north bay ride is still easy. 101 southbound is delay free through marin county. >>darya: another developing story out of the east bay. occupy oakland protesters are launching a general strike this morning. will tran is live at 14th and the broadway. we are a couple of hours away from most of the

activity. >>will: the first activity will begin around 8:30 a.m.. we saw someone stop by earlier to drop this off. however comes down here, they will get their hands on many of these signs. fans take a look at your screen. here is what we can expect for today. they will have a news conference at 8:30 a.m.. that will take place on the corner of broadway and telegraph. we have a truck setting out for speeches at 14th and the broadway and then, they will begin marching at 9, noon and 5:00 p.m.. they're trying to shut down the fifth busiest port in the country. they will take the

march to banks in the corporations who refused to shut down. they are saying that this is not a normal day. they want people to show solidarity. we did get a chance to speak with a protester, here is what he had to say about potential violence. >> i am definitely hoping that there remains nonviolence. of course it create for we are definitely going to step in. >>will: they basically want to enforce the themselves to make sure that they keep things peaceful. off police officers will be healthier

however it will be smaller in scale. it like it will. i have seen a couple of police of a driving around and not walking through the encampment or in teaching. if so far, so good. if we have learned anything over the past week, it is that things can change in a moment's notice. >>darya: the san francisco board of supervisors has approved a resolution in the occupy san francisco protests to make sure there will be no unnecessary use of force to dislodge protesters. the mayor is working to find a way for people to protest safely and peacefully. and come dot

vive off >>mark: the dow futures are up 36 points right now, one day after the dow dropped

297. the dow has been off 550 over the last two trading sessions. there are still concerns over what is happening in this country of greece. he has been summoned to meet with the chief 20 summit 3/5 the opening bell on wall street in about 20 minutes. >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a live look at the james lick in san and cisco. it is an easy ride through the city. we're back with more in a couple of minutes.

>>darya: lets get a look at whether. things are changing pretty drastically. >>james: the wins are changing come this afternoon. here is a live look from mt. tam looking

out over the bay. the day will start of clear, but windy. a red flag warning in effect until 9:00 a.m.. temperatures in the mid- upper seventies for a good bit of the day. as we head into this evening the winds will change, cool down and we prepare for the chance of rain periods as for the red flag warning, a lot of it has to do if the wind. future cast 4 is set for 6:00 a.m.. we have wind gusts up to 23 m.p.h. in fairfield. 13 mi. per hour wind gusts. as we advance the clock to noon or so, you'll see the winds died down quite a bit. that is what we expect the red flag warning to expire. temperatures right now are on the chilly xi, especially to the north. set here are

your current >>james: today is the last good day for warm weather. by 3:00 p.m. you will see that 70's and dominate the map. unless you are along the water, you will see in joining some good 70 degree weather. the closer you are to the water, the cooler you will be on that 70's spectrum. nice and warm temperatures in the 75-77 degree range. that will change after today. the cold weather is coming our way.

here is the rate is set for tomorrow morning. by 2:00 p.m. the rain goes bay area wide. nothing intense. very light in nature. it will be with us until 6:00 p.m., your drive home and even and 8:00 p.m. on thursday. the rate will stay with us until friday morning. expect thursday to be a day filled with light showers all day long. the cold temperatures will stay with us. inland highs barely getting into the 60 degree mark. sunday is daylight savings time. you'll have to roll your clocks back an hour at 2:00 a.m. on sunday. let's check on the commute. >>george: we are not yet tracking any hot spots. there are no major delays. we are right on track with

the bay bridge back up into the metering lights activated just a couple of minutes ago. fill the westbound ride is already starting to back up. the backup reaches to the foot of the macarthur maze. it's your ride on the san mateo bridge is also a pretty good one. there are no delays across the span eastbound or westbound. drive times are the same, 13 minutes. the golden gate bridge ride is a problem free. east bay, i mentioned the road sensors, things look good. it is a little sluggish through the will look past. sluggish traffic out of livermore toward dublin, there are no surprises or problems. 680 looks good. the south bay, there are still no delays for 101 or 85. the north

bay, there is no slowing. under a 25 minute drive time from nevada south to the golden gate bridge. >>george: in republican presidential news, one of the two women who accuse herman cain of sexual harassment says fisher wants to talk about the allegation. the woman's attorney is trying to get the confidentiality agreement waived. the lawyer says his client is a set and believes that herman cain is not being truthful about the allegations. >> naturally, she has been very upset about all of this. herman cain has been giving the impression that she made false allegations and that is certainly not true. she is still deciding, once we hear from a restaurant association, what

she will do, if they will waive the confidentiality. until they do that, she will thus be. >>mark: the herman cain campaign is getting a boost in funding. the campaign had its single best fund- raising date of monday taking in for the thousand dollars. >> we are eternally grateful. god bless us all. >>darya: that is the mother of conjoined twins after a successful surgery to separate her daughters. they were joined at this tournament for two years before they went into surgery and operated on by more than 20 physicians, doctors say that there was no blood loss. although the

procedure was a risky the doctors say that everything went well. the girls are recovering in i see you and could be held in a few weeks. >>darya: the san francisco board of supervisors said that public nudists must cover-up when entering a restaurant and they must cover up their seat with clothing or other material while using public benches or other seating. the decision will return to the board for final approval at next week's meeting. >>mark: the former ceo and founder of solyndra negotiated a severance package worth a half million dollars. they show that the executive was terminated on july 1st, that is almost two months before solyndra announced he was leaving. solyndra received a $520 million federal loan guarantee before filing for bankruptcy to. we will be right back as the kron4

morning news continues. here is a live look outside at the golden gate. really clear skies. the winds continue in the hills and the fire continues to burn. details and a live report coming up. it's the

>>darya: new this morning, investigators say that the russian jet that crashed killing 44 people including an entire for factional ice hockey team in its ads and turf was caused by the pilot. fear is video from shortly after the crash happened. the aviation committee looked at the crash and said that the crash occurred because one of the pilots accidentally activated the brakes during takeoff and that lifted the jet to sharply. that caused it to crash. the plane crashed into the bank's of

the river near moscow. one of the worst aviation disasters. the dead included 36 players, coaches and staff. the warsaw international airport in poland remains closed following this dramatic emergency landing. take a look at the jet touching down. it started in new working jersey but landed on its belly in warsaw because of the landing gear failed to open. no one hurt. everyone is fine. the pilot is being hailed as a hero. the airplane does still remain on the tarmac in warsaw at the intersection of the two main runways. the air corps will remain closed until tomorrow. they just laid down a massive amount of foam so that the jets could slide on its belly.

>>mark: the leader of with the league's is claiming that his house arrest is in retaliation from leaking information. the opening bell on wall street coming up after the break.

>>mark: the dow lost nearly 300 points yesterday. the dow is off over 550 points in the last two trading sessions as concern continues to mount as to whether or not greece will accept the bailout currently being offered by the european union. we will bring you the numbers throughout the morning. >>darya: fire crews are

battling a wild fire right now raging in napa county. the fire started last night. it has destroyed one home so far. >>darya: occupy oakland protesters are launching a general strike that could blow up this morning. we will be monitoring that. at 5:00 p.m., protesters will try to shut down the port of oakland. a british court has rejected an appeal from the with the league's founder trying to block his extradition to sweden. >>mark: we are going live to napa, a 90 a. fire is burning, one home already destroyed. jackie sissel is live with the latest. >>jackie: i am at silverado trail. this is a mile or so away from where the fire is. this is the house on

loma vista that is completely destroyed. according to california fire, they say that they believe this is 50 percent contained and they hope the they could have 100 percent containment soon. i did speak with someone from california fire. >> we're hoping to have the fire contained this morning. there will be locked up going on throughout the day. the winds are expected until at least noon today. when the cold from moves in, that will help us out a lot. we

will have crews out here all day to make sure that we do not have amber's crossing the line. >>jackie: there are some evacuations still in place. this is a back country area. it is difficult for them to tell whether or not all of the evacuations are still in place that they are hoping that by 8:00 p.m. they will have this contained. >>mark: that is the concern with the red light warning. >>mark: the concern grew a little bit over night. as you can see behind the cover the areas in red are those of greatest concern. the north bay hills of the east bay hills and diablo range. wind gusts are up to 30 mi. per hour and the humidity is down near 50 percent.-just

15 percent. the plans right now, fairfield 20 mi. per hour sustained winds. depending on where you are you will get some pretty good breezes rolling through the area. again, we will watch, wait and see what happens, 9:00 a.m.. temperatures are still chilly. 57 for antioch and livermore. in san jose, 50 degrees. guard temperatures this afternoon will be really nice. mostly in the mid-upper seventies. very

mild, sunny skies and warm depending on where you are. downtown san francisco is coming in at 72 degrees. today is the day that things will change. as you go to bed, the winds will be coming from a different direction. we will have an onshore breeze the cold air. the cold air will be with us all weekend long. let's get a check on traffic with george. >>george: we are continuing to watch traffic building on the bay bridge. we are not tracking and the other hot spots, slowdowns or problems. let's take a close look westbound. we're looking at a 10-12 minute drive time on the bay bridge. that has increased

three-four minutes. there are no problems reported across the stand or the san mateo bridge. the traffic volume is building up. your north bay ride through marin county is a problem free. there are no problems of the golden gate bridge. it easy ride northbound and southbound. a look at east bay conditions, we're looking at the ride through contra costa and alameda county. sluggish from 580 westbound but not a hot spot for the also what has worsened all great. traffic conditions are excellent for '85, '87, to 80, no problems. delay free into novato. >>darya: 6:36 a.m.. another developing story out of the east bay. we are watching

the occupy oakland to move it. they are calling for a general strike today. will tran is at 14th and broadway with a live look at what is going on. >>will: the first activity should take place in about two hours. we are seeing a lot of movement. we are seeing protesters out here already. they have brought out to get signs--they have brought out the get signs. there are a lot of people walking around. they are excited about this. they say that this is a call before the storm. they expect thousands of people to skip work and school to come down here and join

>> i think about 5000 people will show up today. will the peaceful? i think so. what we saw on tuesday was more of an aberration. i think we will see families and children marching from the library on oak street. i've seen largely this is expected to be peaceful gathering. >>will: you can see some of the businesses are already supporting protesters. there is a sign in that window that says solidarity, 99 percent. they are getting ready for multiples beaches. this truck tested your overnight. they're setting up a stage. the first speech should take place at 8:30 p.m. with the first march

taking place at 9:00 a.m. and at 5:00 p.m. the plan to walk from downtown oakland to the port of oakland to try to shut down the fifth busiest port in america. we will have more reaction coming at 7:00 p.m.. >>darya: we will keep our eyes on that. >>erica: we are talking about this on facebook. we have received over 30 comments this morning. i am trying to see what your stick about this general strike. take a look at what some people are saying. here is what stacy said. >>erica: here is what michelle has said. where road >>erica: there is a lot of heated discussion going on,

on our facebook fan page. the kron4 morning news will be right back. it's

>>mark: the dow is rebounding right now. we are watching oakland based clorox. their quarterly earnings came out, their income fell but their revenue is on the rise. if

>>darya: the weather is changing drastically. the winds are picking up. >>james: let me show you a quick satellite you and show you what is waiting for us in the pacific. a lot of cold air coming our way.

some areas are not that bad. five the further inland you go weather is the--the further and let you go, the weather is warmer. in the pacific we have cold air coming our direction. it will bring temperatures down and bring rain. we are getting some light struggles in the north bay. watch as

the clock advances. your drive home on thursday could very well be wet. as >>james: we're looking for inland temperatures into the upper 50s and very low 60s. it looks like we will stay with the cooler weather pattern for the foreseeable future. on sunday be ready to roll your clocks back an hour as we say goodbye to daylight savings. now, on to traffic. >>george: we have not seen changes or slow traffic.

there are no hot spots to track. the drive time is 16 minutes from the macarthur maze thought of 14 minutes if you're coming from interstate 80 westbound. the commute on the sand until bridge is still pretty good. it isn't easy commute across the golden gate. there are no delays coming from doyle drive or 19th avenue. your ride us on the

south bay is starting to pick up some delay 101 northbound. 85, the west valley looks good. in the north bay, look at this, there are still no delays for 101 southbound. here is a look westbound on the san mateo bridge. the volume is up a bit but the drive times are good. there are no delays. a 14 minute drive to foster city coming out of hayward. >>darya: some schools are closed in the northeast because of that big snowstorm that knocked out power to about 3 million homes and businesses. , the

snowstorm last awarded to feet of snow in some areas. >>mark: federal agents have arrested four members of a suspected militia. they allegedly planned attacks with a biological poisons. one plan was to disperse rise in from an airplane over washington d.c.. residents in the to:, georgia could not believe what was happening. >> i feel unsafe.

>>james: when you go to bed tonight, the winds will change. rain is still on track to arrive tomorrow. more on that coming up and our next update.

>>erica: i am searching for a bible video of the day. this is to eagles over the himalayas. the to start rapidly crashing it towards the earth. the man had used an emergency. she but struggled with the bird, fortunately he landed safely and helped to release the bird from the cables. if you like to watch the video in its entirety, it is posted on my facebook fan page. >>darya: take a look at this. it is video out of san diego. a driver crashed into a fire hydrant and a blast to the car 10 seeds into the air. police believe the car was stolen and whoever was driving took off. >>mark: we're going live to that of, the scene of a wildfire. here is a live look out over san francisco.

clear skies over the bay area as the high fire danger continues.