you can see just how thick the smoke is... as the fire continues to spread. good evening i'm ken wayne. (catherine) and i'm catherine heenan. grant and vicki have the night off. here's a closer look at where the fire is burning right now... it's near ygnacio valley and cowell road.. there are evacuation orders in place right now in the montecito area. the fire has burned at least 100 acres. joining us on the phone now is robert marshall with the contra costa county fire protection district. (anchor) let's go live (anchor)

(anchor) let's check in with meteoroligist mabrisa rodriguez now with a look at the weather in the area where the fire is burning. a robust warming trend will continue into saturday as high pressure builds over the bay area and offshore flow develops inland. expect daytime highs in the 60s-70s along the coast with 80s-90s inland. high fire danger begins tonight along north bay mountains through saturday night. cooling will then take place sunday and into early next week with temperatures falling to below seasonal averages for the independence day holiday. another warming trend is then expected late next week.

(anchor) let's go live (anchor) let's go live (anchor) let's go live to the scene right now... kron 4's justine waldman is there.. justine what can you tell us? (ken) thanks mabrisa. let's continue our let's mabrisa. thanks (ken)

(ken) breaking news tonight at 5... a 4-alarm fire is burning in the concord hills tonight. you can see just how thick the smoke is... just how thick you can see just how thick the smoke is... as firefighters work to get the fire contained. the fire is burning close to homes in the area... and there are evacuation orders in place right now. so far it has covered 100 acres. (catherine) here's a closer look at where the fire is burning right now... it's near ygnacio valley at oak grove road. .. road. at oak grove ygnacio valley at oak grove road. .. road. at oak grove ygnacio valley it's near right

now... is burning where the fire closer look at here's a (catherine) acres. covered 100 so far it has now. place right orders in evacuation there are the area... and to homes in burning close the fire is contained. the fire work to get as firefighters the smoke is... just how thick you can see hills tonight. in the concord fire is burning a 4-alarm at 5... news tonight .. kron 4's rob fladeboe is live in hollister at cal fire's air attack base... where firefighters are ready to take off at a moments notice when a new fire breaks out. rob? nats (air tankers in action) already in action fighting fires in lake county and beyond, air tankers like these are the key to calfire's strategy of aggresively

attacking wildfires before they rage out of control. when you see one of these s-2 twin engine trackers anywhere in the greater bay area, chances are it took off from calfire's air attack base here in hollister says captain marc ditullio.captain marc ditullio/calfire "...in the military they were used to drop bombs on submarines so this is pretty much the same thing only they're dropping retardant on wildfires...." "...they are able to fly at low altitudes and have a lot of control so we use them to drop retardant in order to stop the forward spread of the fire..."nats (loudspeaker)this aircraft, an ob-10 bronco, is a kind of air tarffic controller,flying above the fire, directing the tankers and retardant to where they are needed most.capt. marc

ditullion/calfire '...we talk to the folks on the ground and find out what their priorities are and assist them to stop the fire's spread and then we communicate with the tankers to help them make their drops more effective...."nats (air base megaphone) 90 seconds after a fire call is broadcast...the tankers are airborne. the hollister based aircraft cover 3 million acres fromking city to mt diablo to pacifica. they can land, load- up with retardant from these huge tanks, re-fuel if necessary and be airborne again in 4 minutes. the goal is to hit the fire hard, early and often.captain marc ditullion/calfire "....our aircraft can go to the fire as the crow flies, straight shot. we can put retardant on the ground and stop the fire's forward progress and that allows the dozer and the engines and the handcrews to get to the fire and actually put it out..."

(anchor) taking a live look outside-- you can see the smoke from the fir ein concord. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez. a robust warming trend will continue into saturday as high pressure builds over the bay area and offshore flow develops inland. expect daytime highs in the 60s-70s

along the coast with 80s-90s inland. high fire danger begins tonight along north bay mountains through saturday night. cooling will then take place sunday and into early next week with temperatures falling to below seasonal averages for the independence day holiday. another warming trend is then expected late next week.

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see just how thick the smoke is... as firefighters work to get the fire contained. the fire is burning close to homes in the area... and there are evacuation orders in place right now. so far it has covered 100 acres. (catherine) (catherine) here's a closer look at where the fire is burning right now... it's near ygnacio valley at oak grove road. (anchor) let's go live to the scene right now... kron 4's

(ken) breaking news tonight at 5... a 4-alarm fire is burning in the concord

hills tonight. you can see just how thick the smoke is... as firefighters the smoke is... as firefighters work to get the fire contained. the fire is burning close to homes in the area... and there are evacuation orders in place right now. so far it has covered 100 acres. (catherine) here's a here's a closer look at where the fire is burning right now... it's near ygnacio valley at oak grove road. (anchor) let's go live to the

scene right now... kron 4's justine waldman is there.. justine what can you tell us?

(anchor) let's check in with meteoroligist mabrisa rodriguez now with a look at the weather in the area where the fire is burning. a robust warming trend will continue into saturday as high pressure builds over the bay area and offshore flow develops inland. expect daytime highs in the 60s-70s along the coast with 80s-90s inland. high fire danger begins tonight along north bay mountains through saturday night. cooling will then take place sunday and into early next week with temperatures falling to below seasonal averages for the independence day holiday. another warming trend is then expected late

next week.

(ken) a pretrial hearing today

for the two ghost ship fire defendants was billed as the setting for a plea deal... but by the time court got underway 2 hours late, no deal was announced, and both parties were ordered back to court tuesday. (catherine) kron 4's dan kerman is live a the alameda county courthouse with details. dan?

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(ken) a morning fire in san francisco's financial district apparently beganin the kitchen of the popular kokkari restaurant.. the fire began around 10-am at jackson and battery in the kitchen area and then spread to the roof. early reports indicated the cause might have been a grease fire. the part of the building involved was also undergoingsome remodelling.. the fire was out in roughly an hour....and no one was injured. (catherine) newly released audio of a 9-1-1 call contradicts a san francisco woman's story that she was only pretending to call police.. we're talking about the woman dubbed 'permit patty- - whosays she was annoyed after 'hours' of yelling as an 8-year-old girl was selling bottled water outside her apartment.. the audio shows she 'did' call authorities.. (catherine) (catherine) the call

ended after a brief hold. it's not clear whether alison ettel hung up or was disconnected. she and the girl's mother had started arguinig...which is when she made the call.....and the mother began recording video. ettel has been called a racist...says she's faced death threats...and has resigned from her job at a cannabis firm.

(ken) breaking news tonight at 5... a 4-alarm fire is burning in the concord hills tonight. you can see just how thick the smoke is... as firefighters work to get the fire contained. the fire is burning close to homes in the area... and there are evacuation orders in place right now. so far it has covered 100 acres. (catherine) here's a closer look at where the fire is burning right now... it's near

ygnacio valley at oak grove road. road. at oak grove ygnacio valley

(pam) breaking news out of concord. a major grass fire forcing evacuations in concord. this is happening near ygnacio valley road and cowell road in concord .. near mount diablo.(pam) good evening -- i'm pam moore.(ken) and i'm ken wayne. according to contra costa fire...the fire has spread to 175 acres.we're told there are evacuation orders in effect for people on montecito drive in tcrystal ranch neighborhood in concord.the conditions are extremely dry right now...the temperatures

in the area are in the mid 90s. (ken) kron 4's justine waldman is live in concord right now with the latest.

(ken / mabrisa) with temperatures climbing as we head into the weekend and the july fourth holiday .. a lot of concern about weather conditions.. meterologist mabrisa rodriguez is here with the latest forecast details. a robust warming trend will continue into saturday as high pressure builds over the bay area and offshore flow develops inland. expect daytime highs in the 60s-70s along the coast with 80s-90s inland. high fire danger begins tonight along north bay mountains through saturday night. cooling will then take place sunday and into early next week with temperatures falling to below seasonal

averages for the independence day holiday. another warming trend is then expected late next week. (pam)

(ken ) we want to get additional information now on the status of the fire burning in concord..(pam) on the phone with us now is fire marshal robert marshall with the contra costa county fire protection district.. thank you for joining us. this fire started just after 3-this afternoon... now some hours later - where do things stand?

(ken) new fire video just into the kron four newsroom..

(pam) our fire coverage continues tonight -- at cal- fire's air attack base... firefighters say, they are ready to take off at a moments notice.. if and when new fires breaks out. (pam) kron 4's rob fladeboe was in hollister at the air attack base.. he has details on their plans.

nats (air tankers in action) already in action fighting fires in lake county and beyond, air tankers like these are the key to calfire's strategy of aggresively attacking wildfires before they rage out of control. when you see one of these s-2 twin engine trackers anywhere in the greater bay area, chances are it took off from calfire's air attack base here in hollister says captain marc ditullio.captain marc ditullio/calfire "...in the military they were used to drop bombs on submarines so this is pretty much the same thing only they're dropping retardant on wildfires...." "...they are able to fly at low altitudes and have a lot of control so we use them to drop retardant in order to stop the forward spread of the fire..."nats (loudspeaker)this aircraft, an ob-10 bronco, is a kind of air tarffic controller,flying above the fire, directing the tankers and retardant to where they are needed most.capt. marc ditullio/calfire '...we talk to the folks on the ground and find out what their priorities are and assist them to stop the fire's spread and then we communicate with the tankers to help them make their drops

more effective...."nats (air base megaphone) 90 seconds after a fire call is broadcast...the tankers are airborne. the hollister based aircraft cover 3 million acres fromking city to mt diablo to pacifica. they can land, load- up with retardant from these huge tanks, re-fuel if necessary and be airborne again in 4 minutes. the goal is to hit the fire hard, early and often.captain marc ditullio/calfire "....our aircraft can go to the fire as the crow flies, straight shot. we can put retardant on the ground and stop the fire's forward progress and that allows the dozer and the engines and the handcrews to get to the fire and actually put it out..." rob fladeboe/hollister "...these aircraft are calfire's first line of offense toward it's stated goal of keeping 95 percent of wildfires under 10 acres. in hollister . in hollister rob fladeboe kron 4 news (pam) and stay with kron 4 .... as we monitor the fire danger this weekend. make sure you download our mobile

app... to always get the latest breaking news alerts. let's take a look outside right now at a smoky mount diablo ...(pam) meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez joins us now with weather in the concord fire zone. a robust warming trend will continue into saturday as high pressure builds over the bay area and offshore flow develops inland. expect daytime highs in the 60s-70s along the coast with 80s-90s inland. high fire danger begins tonight along north bay mountains through saturday night. cooling will then take place sunday and into early next week with temperatures falling to below seasonal averages for the independence day holiday. another warming trend is then expected late next week.

(ken) breaking news just

into the newsroom -- a plea deal has been reached on the warehouse party fire. you may remember back in december deal talk. right now, you can get my spicy chicken club combo with fries and a drink for just $5.99. that's an amazing deal, jack! hey, thanks, stanley. ow. ...wait, what's happening? stanley! you're deflating! hold me, jack! try my new $5.99 spicy chicken club combo today.

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max harris court. max harris and derick almena are asking for a judge to lower their bail. both men are facing 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. kron 4's dan kerman is live in oakland where court has wrapped up. he has the latest on whether or not a deal has been reached. dan?

my name is jamir dixon and i'm a locate and mark fieldman for pg&e. most people in the community recognize the blue trucks as pg&e. my truck is something new... it's an 811 truck. when you call 811, i come out to your house and i mark out our gas lines and our electric lines to make sure that you don't hit them when you're digging. 811 is a free service. i'm passionate about it because every time i go on the street i think about my own kids. they're the reason that i want to protect our community and our environment, and if me driving a that truck means that somebody gets to go home safer, then i'll drive it every day of the week. together, we're building a better california. (pam) breaking news out of

concord. a large grass fire forcing evacuations in concord. this is happening near ygnacio valley road and cowell road in concord .. near mount diablo. according to contra costa fire... the fire has spread to 185 acres... there are evacuation orders in effect for people on montecito drive

in the crystal ranch neighborhood in concord. the conditions are extremely dry right now... the temperatures in the area are in the mid- 90s.(ken) kron 4's ella sogomonian is live with the latest.

(ken) (ken) more demonstrators were

arrested today in a series of immigration protests happening around the country this week. (pam) but that is not stopping the protests which are planned for this weekend, as elected officials have yet to pass any immigration reforms. natasha chen shows us the latest drama unfolding over immigration policies. nats brenda ramirez-garcia saw her son for the first time in two months friday morning at dulles international airport - after he was separated from her at the border. more than 500 children in customs and border protection custody have been returned to their parents.but as of tuesday - more than two thousand are still waiting to

be reunited.nats some lawmakers visited with women who took over the hart senate building on thursday - and representative pramila jayapal was among the 575 women arrested for unlawful demonstration.pramila jayapal/- d- washington: this is about right and wrong. and we have to stand up, and we have to put ourselves on the line. on wednesday - president trump gave a lukewarm approval for a g-o-p leadership-backed immigration bill...pres donald trump/wednesday: i don't get overly excited with the house bill right now because it's not going to pass in the senate, you're not going to get - you're not going to get the democrats to vote for anything.the house bill failed...by an even wider margin than expected. rep. eric swalwell /-d- california: it's sickening to think about children who to bed not knowing where mom and dad or even their aunt or uncle who brought them here are. we should make that our priority today.this weekend - more protests (pam) there are several protests planned for the bay area.. the march planned tomorrow for san francisco is organized by

families belong together san francisco, women's march san francisco, and indivisible s-f. the march is set to start at dolores steet and 18th street. the group plans to march at san francisco city hall .... and end in a rally starting from 11 to 1 p-m tomorrow. in sports -- it's email friday... gary and his lovely wife alicia join us to answer viewer questions. also -- are the warriors ready to offer head coach steve kerr a new deal? our sports director, gary radnich has the details and all the sports coming up

lebron james has opted out of his contract with the cavs and will become a free agent. james is declining a contract worth 35.6 million dollars for the 2018-19 season with cleveland. the cavs can cleveland. the cavs

can offer james a 5-year deal worth 205 million dollars. any other team can offer him a 4-year deal worth 152 million dollars. nba free agency officially begins 9 p.m. our time on saturday. the los angeles lakers remain the favorite to sign the 14-time all-star. james left the cavaliers in 2010 for the miami heat, then went back to cleveland in 2014. having four all-stars and the best overall roster is the n-b-a is great... but without steve kerr the warriors wouldn't have become the newest dynasty in basketball. kerr has kerr has reportedly agreed to a contract extension with golden state making him one of the highest paid coaches in the n-b-a. details of the new deal details of the n-b-a. details of the new deal haven't been revealed

yet. spurs head coach, gregg popovich is the standard... he leads the way with 11-million a year. kerr was entering his final season of his five-year contract with the warriors. the warriors are not concern with his health moving forward they believe kerr's back issues are behind him. tiger woods is the host of the quicken loans national... he hasn't missed the cut since 2014. tiger entering round two... 7 strokes off the lead woods is using a new putter... and seems like its working in his first hole of the day... tiger with the long birdie putt runs into trouble in his 9th... tiger from the bunker finds the bottom of the cup for birdie goes two-under par heading into the front nine things got better... on the his 12th tiger drops in another birdie... finishes with 7 on the day shoots a 65... ties lowest score this season heads into moving day 4 shots off the lead do you really think lebron do you really

leadshots off the lead do you really do you really think lebron james asked kevin durant to join him in los angeles?

highly unlikely kevin durant is leaving the warriors. golden state have won 3 nba title in four years. i'm the guy who picked you up on my motorcycle and weaved through traffic to make the 1989 world series. i've been a fan ever since. good luck!

i agree with you 100% on bill russell flipping a bird during the nba awards. i don't watch television to see politically correct nerds. bill russell apoligized on twitter for flipping a bird at charles barkley at the nba awards. it's not a big deal, he was having fun.

i grew up watching your interviews on sunday nights. i know espn too over, but i always wonder why you played the bad guy? hopefully kron doesn't get someone to try and do your act.

act. and do your act. (ken) newly released

audio of a 9-1-1 call contradicts a san francisco woman's story that she was only pretending to call police.. we're talking about the woman dubbed 'permit patty- - whosays she was annoyed after 'hours' of yelling as an 8-year-old girl was selling bottled water outside her apartment.. the audio shows .... she 'did' call authorities.. the call ended after a brief hold. it's not clear whether alison ettel hung up or was disconnected. she and the girl's mother had started arguinig... which is when she made the (ken) newly released audio of a 9-1-1 call contradicts a woman's story that she was only pretending to call police.. we're talking about dubbed 'permit patty- - whoannoyed after 'hours' of yelling as an 8-year-old girl was selling bottled water outside her the audio shows .... she 'did' call authorities.. the call ended after a brief hold. it's not clear whether alison ettel hung up or was disconnected. she and the girl's mother had started arguinig... which is

when she made the call ..... and the mother began recording video. ettel has been called a racist... says she's faced death threats... and has resigned from her job at a cannabis firm. (pam) (fire latest) breaking news -- and we want to update tonights breaking news .. the wildfire burning in concord in the foothill communities near mt diablo..the latest information is - 260 acres have been.. containment is at 50-percent.. evacuation are still in effect.. this is happening happening a robust warming trend will

continue into saturday as high pressure builds over the bay area and offshore flow develops inland. expect daytime highs in the 60s-70s along the coast with 80s-90s inland. high fire danger begins tonight along north bay mountains through saturday night. cooling will then take place sunday and into early next week with temperatures falling to below seasonal averages for the independence day holiday. another warming trend is then expected late next week. last weather

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