bradford island fire crash near sherman island.rified no slowing on the sensors. we'll clear that. the antioch bridge is clear. clear drive to the bay bridge through contra costa county into alameda county. a little volume build over the last few minutes but no problems. >> sounds good. hope it stays smooth. >>> coming up next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> a hotel guest is double billed then the front desk basically puts out the do not disturb sign. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds. next. >>> don't forget, you can get full olympic nbcbayarea.com and follow with our local athlete tracker found on the trending bar. that and much more right there on the website and much more ahead on "today in the bay." ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ return to rugged. the all-new ruggedly redesigned 2022 nissan pathfinder. ♪♪ ♪ we can fly where you want to ♪ the all-new ruggedly redesigned 2022 nissan pathfinder. ♪ we can leave your house behind ♪ ♪ but if your friends don't mask ♪ ♪ and why don't they mask? ♪ ♪ well they won

in east contra costa county a wildfire has prompted evacuations of bradford idsland.rews are evacuating 20 residents. 200 acres have burned so far. two structures have been destroyed. >> that video from pg&e camera showing the extent of the fire and the smoke and it could be seen from across the east bay as far as is walnut creek. we're working to get more information and we have a crew heading that way and we'll have live reports throughout the morning. >>> good morning. thanks for joining us here. i'm marcus washington along with laura. mike will have a look at the commute in a bit. let's start out with weather this morning. how is that looking for us? >> of course we're monitoring the weather conditions around the fire and temperatures in the low 60s andt the relative humidity it's pret high and windsty coming out of the southwest about 22 miles per hour. we continue to look at the humidity because as the day goes along it will be dropping drier conditions allowing for fires to spread rapidly and that will be a problem. air quality has been pretty good. we're going

diablo looking towards bradford island. the smoke and flames that are going away from it. all being pushed by some pretty strong winds out of the west/southwest at about 20 miles per hour and the temperature cool at 60 degrees. humidity is high. hopefully soon we'll see those flames get put out because it's a big distraction across the east bay. >> thank you very much. >>> 6:33 right now. now to the pandemic and the new milestone in the united states. there's now been 35 million confirmed covid cases. more than 616,000 people have died. california has recorded nearly 43,000 new cases in just the last few days. just yesterday alone, nearly 4,000 cases were reported. so far, slightly over 10% of the state's population has contracted covid-19 since pande. california is the first state to hit that marker. >>> some bay area counties may be getting closer to officially reinstating the rules requiring wearing masks indoors. >> "today in the bay's" cierra johnson live in san francisco. this is a hope to try to stop the fast moving

actually, the puritans william brad, foot -- bradford, with drop. they were not immigrants the neural, that they were scholars. translated from the hebrew, also from the greek, they would present us with what is known as the -- the book put in the song. the next book that is beside that is really, really interesting. this one is from nathanael morton. he was the nephew of william bradford, he was the second lieutenant governor of plymouth. using william bradford's worth of plymouth plantation, he gave it what is known as new england's memorials. this is one of the very first history books printed in america. but within that, he included the actual mayflower compact as william bradford presented in his notes, manuscripts from the plymouth plantation. asked >> the question often is is what's bible did they bring over on the mayflower with them? and we know for a fact that the captain of the mayflower had a king james bible. we know where that bible is located. we also know that they brought another bible which is known as the geneva bible. and what is

second important character is a guy named charlie bradford, doc bradford is what they called him because he was a second battalion surgeon. in 1926, he was part of a team of surgeons who traveled with the american hospital expedition to london during the blitz to provide medical care 1940. the two years later, he joined the army as a captain. an orthopedic surgeon, started his career in a hospital in australia. what was funny, after several broken bones from a parachute jumper, he thought it might be useful for the regiment to have an orthopedic surgeon on staff. even angled jump training in australia, got qualified and joined their team. he wrote a memoir passed around by historians quite a bit that we're writing about corregidor and has been used before as a soldiers bases because a couple reasons, bradford writes beautifully. he's got a great insight for story, and because he was the surgeon, there was a lot of guys passing around issues. he picked up stories when guys came in. he's able to paint a broader picture of what happened on corregidor, and he's such a good writer, it brings

and doc bradford is the second battalion surgeon. in 1926 graduate of harvard, he was part of a team of boston area surgeons who travelled with the hospital expeditionary to london and then he joined the army as a captain and as an orthopedic surgeon and started his career in the hospital in australia, but after several broken bones of the 503th came in, he decided it would be good for them to have a surgeon. so he got qualified to join the 503rd. and this memoir was passed around to many historians writing about corregidor, and a real soldier's basis, and a couple of reasons. bradford writes beautifully and he has great insight for story, and because he was the surgeon, a lot of guys passing in and out, and so he picked up a lot of stories as the wounded guys came in, and he painted a broader picture of what happened on corregidor. but he has such a great writer and brings such humanity that you get to understand the war a little bit. but he also brings great admiration for the men around him, and he is really a guy who saw the big

charlie bradford doc bradford is what they call them because he was the second italian surgeon. um and in 1926 graduate of harvard, he was part of a team of boston area surgeons who traveled with the american hospital expedition to london during the blitz to provide medical care in 1940 and the two years later. he joined the army as a captain. it's an orthopedic surgeon and he started his career as a hospital. in australia, but what was funny is after several broken bones from the 503 parachute jump came in. he thought it might be useful for the regiment to have an orthopedic surgeon on staff. so he he finagled some junk training and in australia got and enjoying the 503. he also wrote a memoir and this is a memoir that was passed around by other historians quite a bit that were writing about corregidor and had it's been used before as a real soldier's basis because couple reasons bradford writes beautifully. he's got a great insight for story and because he was the surgeon there was a lot of guys passing in and out of the aid station so he picked up a lot of stories as the woun

using william bradford's work on the plymouth plantation, he gave us the new england memorials. one of the first history books print in america. but within that, he included the actual mayflower compact as william bradford presented it in his notes, manuscripts of the plymouth plantation. king james bible. we know where that bible is located. and we also know that they also brought another bible which is known as the geneva bible. what's really powerful about this exhibit is this geneva bible actually belonged to william bradford, who was the second lieutenant governor of plymouth, but this bible is kind of interesting in its very controversial because of what it is. in 1560 the first edition of this text english puritans fled from england to geneva. while they were there because they were under protestant persecution, they produced what is known as the geneva bible because it was translated there. this is the very first english bible that would use the hebrew and the greek in its translation. it's also the first english bible to contain what is known as the typeset that we are

what's really powerful about this exhibit is this geneva bible actually belonged to william bradford, who was the second lieutenant governor of plymouth, but this bible is kind of interesting in its very controversial because of what it is. in 1560 the first edition of this text english puritans fled from england to geneva. while they were there because they were under protestant persecution, they produced what is known as the geneva bible because it was translated there. this is the very first english bible that would use the hebrew and the greek in its translation. it's also the first english bible to contain what is known as the typeset that we are familiar with in the newspaper as well today. before you had this medieval gothic text. and now you have the more friendly, easier text to look upon. it's also the first bible with study notes. and the study notes is what makes this bible so controversial. for instance, in the book of daniel when daniel refuses to bow down and worship the king, the notes say that he did write in the eyes of god because he obeyed the law of god over the l

crews are scene of a fast moving fire burning in bradford island in contra costa.es. evacuations have been ordered for the roughly 25 people on the island. >>> crews busy in the south bay putting out structure fire. you see flames coming from the roof and windows of this building. we have learned the property was vacant. the cause remains under investigation. >>> taking a live look at san francisco where today the city is launching a new initiative called a street overdose response team. it's geared toward identifying and following up with people who survived previous drug overdose. them homeless are considered most at risk. good morning. it's 6:30 on monday august 2. >>> a lot to get to this morning. first let's start with mary lee and our forecast. >>> good morning. we are hoping you get your work week started right. here is a lovely view with our sales force tower camera, sun breaking through the clouds as we start our day. as we head through the afternoon, get ready for sunshine and a beautiful day across the region. upper 70s for south bay in san jose, good mo

simonjack, bbc news, bradford.ore than one billion disabled people. wethe15 wants to improve inclusion in society and end discrimination of disabled people around the world. the international pa ralympic committee the international paralympic committee has joined the the international paralympic committee hasjoined the campaign ahead of next week's delayed tokyo 2020 paralympic games. the leicester cobras used to play every week, but like many other things, the pandemic put a stop to that. for players sam and ray, off—the—court challenges as disabled people remain. there's still steps everywhere, there's still not enough access or facilities when you get to the place where you need to go. i have been discriminated against — in employment, in general, in going about your daily life. it was hoped that london 2012 would be a turning point for disability awareness in the uk. some who won medals at those games say that, nine years on, despite a higher profile, disability rights is still heavily dependent on access to re

. >>> a wildfire broke out overnight in the saun joaquin delta on bradford island.idents, many of whom divide evacuation orders and stayed to protect their properties. the island has no fire service or bridges either. you can only get there by boat or take the ferry as some property owners hurried to do. >> i have ten acres of landing there basically. it's just a boat house and a little log cabin. >> the island is about 2,000 acres. it's estimated a couple hundred acres have burned along with a few buildings. in the past years fires have smoldered for days since bradford island is a reclaimed peak wetland which lies below sea level. turning off pumps could flood the island which is one way to douse the fire. of course they'll be keeping a very close eye on that situation. >> our temperatures are dropping slightly, which could help firefighting efforts. >> we're going to get that foggy breeze each and every night so that will help out near rio vista, bradford island. temperatures in the upper 80s and low 90s this week. it's probably going to take a little time to cer

unfortunately, for bradford island, that is not the case. >> reporter: here is what is the case. one example of it, he's helping his uncle tried to evacuate she from harms way. the flames were burning nearby. >> we are trying to get the sheep out of here before anything burns up anymore. >> and that is an island filled with cattle. many more cattle 10 people. the struggle is a keep those cattle in good shape. the people have reached out to cal fire but that has not happened. no response from cal fire at this point. one other possible solution is odd but it is below sea level and surrounded by a levy. there is talk of opening that levy and draining the water to put out the flames. life in eastland contra costa county, wayne friedman, abc7 news . >>> back on track. this is a big day for bart. some say it is a good sign of things to come. >> why service workers may have >>> the san jose mayor was on hand at city hall reopened to the public for the first time since the pandemic. he wanted to make sure that everyone felt welcome >> we are thrilled to welcome the community back again.

. >>> evacuations this morning after a fire started on bradford island in the delta.with strong winds is how to fight fire. if you don't have fire department. abc news reporter wayne freedman is talking about what they are face. >> reporter: they are facing a huge fire and not getting help. this fire moved across the horizon alday. they received no help, and part of the problem is logistics. first, no way to get large fire trucks on the ferryboat to take them to the island, and bradford is a island. today they are paying dearly. the ferry serving bradford island in the delta near oakley has not been this busy in years. and today, for all the wrong reasons. >> some people live out here full-time. this is their home. >> reporter: two homes have burned with structures threatened on the #,000 acre island where a fire broke out about mid night last night. maybe 25 people live here full- time. they are fighting the blaze on their own and they are not happy about that. >> we have in the seen any fire departments show up at all. i am disgusted because our taxes are obnoxiousl

woody bradford of asset manager joins us with his plan to safely bring employees back.e will speak with joy falotico, president of ford's lincoln luxury division about the revamp of its navigator suv and talk about plans to electrify the fleet. nissan debuts the latest edition of its z series coupe. you will hear part of my conversation with the coo about the outlook amid the global chip shortage. let's look at was going on in markets. s&p 500 coming down again today. only by about 6.5 points. the u.s. 10-year yield on the rise, but only to 128. the dollar index gaining .1%. new york crude coming down. we saw nymex and brent rising in the morning session. they have turned around and we're looking at wti at $65.52 a barrel. goldman sachs is the first major wall street bank to require employees to return to u.s. offices. it is working on new measures like mask requirements to prevent covid outbreaks in the workplace. morgan stanley is requiring all in-office employees to be vaccinated and show proof. joining us is woody bradford. also this is sonali basik. let me ask abou

we're told about 20 people live on bradford island.is accessible only by ferry service but emergency crews were able to use the ferry service to evacuate some residents to get fire equipment to the island. crews say this fire is being driven by wind and they're expecting it could take a few days to put it out. no word yet on a cause. some evacuation orders, meanwhile, have been lifted for parts of butte and plumas counties. >> as fire crews start to slowly gain the upper hand on that massive dixie fire burning in northern california. so far this blaze has burned through nearly 249,000 acres and is now set to be 35% contained. the fire has now destroyed some 67 structures. more than 3100 structures remain threatened. that's a significant drop from the more than 10,000 reported yesterday the fire now the 11th largest in california history. right now on kron 4 dot com. you can find tips for the fire season. just scan your qr code with your mobile device and you'll be taken there. >> and judge chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joining us

that is the situation in bradford island. it looks like this fire could continue for days. it's awfully windy out here as it is all the time. not far from here are giant windmills, and so that will aggravate the situation even further. reporting live. tom vacar ktvu fox two. now going to be a huge challenge to get this fire out, tom. thank you for the update. we'll cruise finding the dixie fire burning in view county are hopeful that they will wait for containment and just a few days on august 13th that is a week from friday. so far, though, that fire has burned close to 249,000 acres in his 35% contained. 45 structures have been destroyed in the fire more than 3100 or threatened. the fire broke out back on july 13th. the cause is still under investigation. firefighters are also making progress on the tamarack fire that lightning sparked fire broke out on the fourth of july along the california nevada border. at last check. containment had grown, though, to 82% nearly 69,000 acres have burned here. and u. s forest service crews now have 84% containment on that big bootleg f

matches will be at full capacity just one game to be played later on, which sees newly promoted bradford take on arsenal. bradford are competing in the top flight for the 1st time in 74 years, while the gunners are hoping to continue the promising form they showed during the 2nd half of last season. our goal is to get the best version consistently. that's going to bring us closer to when in full matches. that's what i want from the tim. and we did that consistently in every single much. we're going to be in a good place. but that's something that we haven't done consistently give the best version. and that's something that we might control and we must do. and then we are able to that then the results will be the consequences that and a little bit more football news for you. chelsea is campaign begins on saturday after attracting rommel cocked back to stanford bridge. the belgian strikers, moving from inner milan for a reported fee of around a $135000000.00. the 2nd most expensive and primarily history coffee was back at the london club where he spent 3 seasons from 2011. but he was out o

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a fire on bradford island in contra costa county is forcing evacuations. bradford island is about eight miles northeast of antioch. it's home to only about 25 people. flames sparked around 1:30 this morning. at least 212-acres have burned. two structures have been damaged. crews is a i the fire is burning in an extremely remote area and the only way to the island is by ferry. they're calling the situation dangerous. they say the wind is pushing the flames across the island. it's unclear what started this fire or if anyone was hurt. >>> if you're planning to use bart for your commute today you'll have more options. services returning to near pre- pandemic levels and it's about a month ahead of schedule. amy hollyfield joining us live with more on this. good morning, amy. >> reporter: bart riders say more trains are always welcome, especially at night. this is now going to be great for the people who work late because the hours are going to be extended to midnight. this is going to take bart almost to its pre-pandemic levels and this is happening a month ear

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mason greenwood was born in bradford but came to manchester, here completely bypassing leeds. 2-1.n, his shot cleared not off the line but, as it turned out, just over it. goal. while leeds want to be full—fat going forward, they were thin at the back. one pass, one shot. fernandes, three, manchester united, four. and still they advanced. now with pogba. "play it right", said fred, and he made it five. some start. the two uniteds comprehensively divided. patrick gearey, bbc news. it was a great performance by the team and having the fans back gave them joy and against a big rival like leeds. i think today was almost the perfect day.

. >>> a large fire on bradford island in contra costa. >> evacuations have been ordered. here is a live look. >> flames are still burning scorching about 212 acres so far. two structures have been lost and some people are reporting the fire is visible in parts of the east bay. >> contra costa fire dispatch tells us the few people on the island are opting for staying instead of evacuating, no word on what may have sparked the flames. >>> crews busy in the south bay putting out this structure fire. this overnight video captured flames coming out of the roof and windows of the white building there. we have learned that the property was vacant and cause remains under investigation. >>> kids in one east bay school district are starting to return to classrooms today. >> it's already happening. students will be walking halls of bay tech charter school in a few hours. justin andrews is live at the school right now. good morning. things will be very different this year. >> reporter: yes, good morning. every student and every staff member inside the building will be required to wea

mason greenwood was born in bradford but came to manchester, here completely bypassing leeds. 2-1. now manchester united pounced. fernandes again, his shot cleared not off the line but, as it turned out, just over it. goal. while leeds want to be full—fat going forward, they were thin at the back. one pass, one shot. fernandes, three, manchester united, four. and still they advanced. now with pogba. "play it right", said fred, and he made it five. some start. the two uniteds comprehensively divided. patrick gearey, bbc news. it was a great performance by the team and having the fans back gave them joy and against a big rival like leeds. i think today was almost the perfect day. mohamed salah�*s become the first player to score on the opening weekend in five consecutive premier league season's, he had a hand in all of liverpool's goals as they eased to a 3—0 win over norwich at carrow road. virgil van dijk back in the starting line up for the first time since october. it was diegojota opened the scoring for liverpooljust before the half—hour mark. roberto firmino came off the bench

mason greenwood was born in bradford but came to manchester, here completely bypassing leeds. 2-1.r united pounced. fernandes again, his shot cleared not off the line but, as it turned out, just over it. goal. while leeds want to be full—fat going forward, they were thin at the back. one pass, one shot. fernandes, three, manchester united, four. and still they advanced. now with pogba. "play it right", said fred, and he made it five. some start. the two uniteds comprehensively divided. patrick gearey, bbc news. a great day for manchester united, who also announced the signing of rafael varane before the game. i've been getting the thoughts of anthony shaw, a manchester united fan who sells fanzines outside old trafford and was at the match earlier: it was a great performance and fitting with the fans back on the ground and a really exciting game. when you look at old trafford i7 when you look at old trafford 17 months on and seeing a lot of people today i had not seen for a long time and then a performance like that against one of our biggest rivals is against one of our biggest ri

. >> a wild fire continues to burn on the bradford island, many on the island defied the evacuation order to protect the property. no fire service on the island, you can only get there by boat or ferry and some property owners did it in a hurry. >> i have ten acres of land, a boat house and a cabin. >> the island is a couple hundred acres. it lies below sea level. it is protected by leveeses and drainage canals and turning off pumps could flood the island and that could douse the fire. >>> firefighters made quick work on a fire in east bay. you can see crews got to work knocking down the fire. three of the stores have smoke and water damage, they are investigating what caused the fire. >> we are also tracking fires to the north. have a look at the smoke forecast, we can get haze moving, i will have it in eight minutes. >> and they started school and they have a dozen covid cases among the students. contra costa county school district, looking to ease fears as other districts around the bay area get ready to welcome students. >> we have a hotel guest double billed and the front desk puttin

original statement to the defense and we have copies of the notes because they are in the william bradford huey papers at ohio state and in that she basically said that he flirted with her, grabbed her hand, asked her for a date, flirted with her, walked out, whistled at her. she told a much different story at trial which was that emmett till basically all but raped her. that was really -- if you really want to boil it down, that's kind of real quick version of that. fast forward so the two killers -- actually there were more than that involved, there were at least four white guys involved, jeddah mylum, roy bryant, roy mylan who ran the plantation which is where emmett till was beaten and killed -- william bradford huey's piece i always believed for so long was true. i now believe almost everything that's in that piece is a lie. and it's kind of been regarded for so many years as gospel and it's all basically a lie. i realize. almost everything in it. in detail in it. because we know we can prove otherwise. i mean, with facts not just conjecture. so fast forward carolyn bryant was quoted

as of tonight, the poor air quality remains in effect for areas near bradford island in the san joaquindelta. the warning applies to residents in the northern and central regions of the san joaquin valley, bradford island is about nine miles northeast of antioch. the fire started early monday morning. at least 200 acres have burned so far, at least two structures have been damaged. fire crews are letting the flames burn since the fire is surrounded by water on all sides. no word yet on how the fire started, cal fire says this year is shaping up to be the worst year for fire, surpassing last year's record today, state officials took part in a drought briefing. cal fire says fire activity is up 12% compared to the same time last year. but fire officials say the most alarming increase isn't a number of acres burned. so far, fires have burned more than 500,000 acres compared to 200,000 at this time last year. we're definitely not out of the clear. we're not anticipating wedding range for several months to come. and, uh you know, like i said, one thing to remember is we talk people like to t

. >>> breaking news, a large fire burning on bradford island in contra costa. >> fire crews say evacuations have been ordered for the few people living there. fire scorched about 212 acres so far. two structures have been lost. some report the fire is visible from other parts of the east bay. no word on what may have sparked the flames. >>> crews busy putting out this structure fire. this video captured flames coming out of the roof and windows of that structure. we have learned that the property was vacant and cause remains under investigation. >>> to coronavirus this morning, bay area may be on the verge of issuing another indoor mask mandate in light of the highly contagious delta variant. >> counties recommend but do not require people to mask up indoors. that can change as early as today. cdc found in a study that the delta variant may spread as easily among vaccinated as unvaccinated. bay area saw a 32% jump in new cases. >> many are not vaccinated, 49% of e united states not vaccinated. now is the time. >> 90% of san mateo residents are vaccinated. still experts don't want to take ch

bradford island in east contra costa county, accessible only by ferry caught fire early monday morningg ever since. many of the 48 residents have been evacuated. the fact that the 2200 acre island, which is used for wheat, farming, cattle, grazing and natural gas extraction, is actually reclaimed peat moss makes it more comp. located so the levied up below sea level track burns even more doggedly, the normal farmland and it's going to require us to be able to flood the island to be able to fully extinguishes fire. this island is so remote and so hard to get to. we haven't seen one piece of official fire equipment here. the other problem is with the wind blowing constantly. this fire could last for hours and hours and hours. we have no idea how much damage has been done or will be done. earlier on the eastern contra costa fire protection district sent one engine to the island by ferry with assistance from other county and state agencies, but they were not effective against the wind driven fire, leaving it up to those who stayed behind to protect their properties. no, nothing at all. it'

ran that plantation, which is also where emmett till was beaten and killed which was -- william bradford he we's piece i long believed was true. i now believe almost everything in that piece of was a lie. is kind of been guarded regarded for so many years as gospel, and it's obvious the ally, i realize now, almost everything in it, in detail and it. because we know, we can prove otherwise. i mean facts, not just conjecture, so fast forward. caroline bryant was quoted in tim tyson's book as admitting that she light, basically when she testified. something along those lines. we can't it in some way. this is where it gets crazy. caroline bryant's family says that's not true. and actually tim tyson doesn't have it on tape. so it just becomes a matter of debate that way. i guess to back up a little bit in time, in 2007, when the fbi investigated this at the end, okay in? the 2000s, in 2007, it was presented to a grand majority, a majority black grand jury in mississippi. they voted against indicting caroline bryant. they had a number of choices. one was murder, one was manslaughter, and i thi

it started with davie bradford, a christian woman who recruited to find oil on her farm. a self-made prophet from alabama, joiner would only work shallow pools. he was certain god would guide him to crude. with word of something brewing, people dressed in their sunday best would make their way to bradford's farm to watch the magic man at work. on october 5th, 1930, audible gargling could be heard. oil, they cried, oil! some jumped up and down with joy. one crewman pulled out his pistol and shot at the oil spray in the sky, was quickly tackled of course, danger all around. joiner simply turned pale at his creation almost in disbelief. what came true was epic in proportions. the east texas pool was to be discovered as the largest up to that point ever discovered in the world. it was a lake of 43 miles long, 10 miles wide containing 5.5 billion barrels. what happened overnight is booming population with this new booming economy. workers from all over the region poured into east texas looking for employment. what else is going on at this time? the depression. here you have in

bradford island is about nine miles northeast of antioch. the fire started their early yesterday morning. so far, 200 acres have burned and at least two buildings have been damaged. there are no reports of any injuries. fire crews are letting the flames just burned because that fire is surrounded by water on all sides. there's no word yet. how that fire started. oh and a very weather. of course, we have been tracking some hot temperatures inland, once again, raising the fire. danger concerns each and every day regardless of the weather pattern. we have a big concern with fire danger this time of year, but of course, even becomes a heightened a bit when you have the hot temperatures and dry conditions and some gusty winds this time around, we have the hot temperatures now what will happen or associate the marine layer deep in a bit, and that will lead to a cooler temperatures. so this is kind of this. set up as you can't see. take a look at the graphic and today somewhat of a shallow marine layer of this will deepen a bit as we head into your

the sooner you sign up the more you save. control on bradford island in the san joaquin delta.ntra costa county, about nine miles northeast of antioch, however, is ktvu tom vacar tells us, it's outside of any fire districts jurisdiction. bradford island in east contra costa county, accessible only by ferry caught fire early monday morning and has been burning ever since. many of the 48 residents have been evacuated. the fact that the 2200 acre island which is used for wheat, farming, cattle grazing and natural gas extraction, is actually reclaimed peat moss makes it more complicated, so the levied up below sea level track burns even more doggedly, the normal farmland and it's going to require us to be able to flood the island to be able to fully extend which is fire. this island is so remote and so hard to get to. we haven't seen one piece of official fire equipment here. the other problem is with the wind blowing constantly. this fire could last for hours and hours and hours. we have no idea how much damage has been done or will be done early on the eastern contra costa fire p

how did it start, first of all, it started with daisy bradford christian woman who recruited wildcat columbus dad joiner to find oil on her farm. self-made profit from alabama whose only education was memorizing the old test a. ment. he was certain that god would guide him to crude. with word of something brewing people dressed in their sunday best would make their way to bradford's farm to watch the magic man at work. october 5, 1930, audible gallinari rgling could be heard next a spurt and then a flow. all electrified the crowd. one calling the scene hilariouser. . oil. they tossed hats in the air to demonstrate their feelings and one shot a pistol into the sky, quickly tackled, taker all around, joiner turned pale at his creation almost at disbelief what he process tied prophecied came true.phecied prophecied came true. it was a lake 43 miles wide and 10 miles wide contained billions of barrels and overnight became a booming economy. worker from all over the region poured into east texas looking for employment. what else is going on at this time? the depression. yeah. so here you

thank you, a large brush fire is burning on bradford island in the san joaquin delta. about 25.ple live on the island, which is about nine miles northeast of antioch. sky. foxx flew over the island earlier this afternoon, and you can see just how much smoke was coming from this fire. east contra costa county fire officials say it started around 1 30 this morning. it has burned more than 200 acres now and at least two structures. island is outside of any fire districts, jurisdiction and fire officials say they're considering whether to let the fire burn since it's surrounded by water on all in 2010, a fire burned for nearly one week on bradford island. the fire, you know, right now is steadily burning all the way across the island being wind driven and then, like i said, the materials and everything out there that's burning is most likely going to burn for a number of different days, and it's going to require us to be able to flood the island to be able to fully extinguish this fire. the fire district says it has used a ferry to evacuate some people from the island. other residen

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two structures were damaged when the flames broke out on bradford island early this morning. area is only accessible by boat and most of the homes are on stilts. the plan is to turn off the pumps that keep the island from flooding until the fire is out. >>> you can see 10 or 15 or 20 miles today. >> a clear day. >> exceptionally clear. >> nice to get rid of the haze. the breeze pushing the haze and smoke what little of it made it into the bay area away from us. tomorrow similar set up. high pressure controlling our weather. more atmosphere on top of us pushing down on us and compressing the marine layer. it is till there. things are going to -- it is still there. things are going to change. allowing the marine layer to get deeper and spreading inland and that results in cooler temperatures. especially away from the water. a minicool down before we have a miniheat wave by friday and saturday. looking outside. compressed marine layer is still a marine layer and it is there. the fog is spreading out making it through the flight. current temperatures are a mix of 50s and 60s and

. >>> a follow-up this morning on the wildfire that broke out in san jose river delta on bradford island. the island is said to be flooded to stop the flames. only a couple dozen people live there. the island has no fire service and no bridges. it's about 2,000 acres and a couple hundred acres have burned. no word yet on when exactly crews will flood the island which lies below sea level. >>> developing right now, a slight step back for firefighters on the front lines of the dixie wildfire. new evacuation orders are going out for people in greenville. at the same time structures are threatened and containment has grown to 35%. it has burned 250 acres since it started. pg&e is working with the forest service looking into the possibility that its equipment sparked a smaller fire that actually merged into the dixie fire more than two weeks ago. >>> a new report from cal fire putting into perspective the damaging impact of last year's historic wildfire season in california. the agency says more than 4.2 million acres burned statewide due to the flames. that's about the size of l.a., orange,

air quality is still poor in areas around bradford island in the san joaquin delta. officials issued a warning of unhealthy air for residents in the northern and central regions of the san joaquin valley. bradford island is about nine miles northeast of antioch, and it has a fire that's been raging since early monday morning. at least 200 acres have burned so far, and at least two structures have been damaged. fire crews are letting the flames burned since the fire is surrounded by water on all sides, and there's no word yet on how the fire started. how well so much activity on the fire lines. it makes sense that some of that new a smoke could be drifting closer to the bay area set something off to watch for as we head into the coming days in terms of fire danger, unfortunately, another red flag fire warning issue just went into effect this afternoon. not here, but up to our north and to our east. if you can't see here is that does include the dixie fire zone. what's happening? we have a weather system is going to generate some dry, gusty winds and also drop the rela

in social services referalls and soaring mental health costs for councils. 30 primary schools in bradford part in the pilot. in the ft, the us government calls on oil cartel, opec, to increase oil production in an effort to curb high petrol prices that officials say "could harm the global recovery". well let's begin. let's start with the metro, shall we, and this very stark headline, "return to the dark ages." this is a really interesting front story for the metro, and i suppose it shows us the level of deep alarm?— deep alarm? absolutely, i think this is the most — deep alarm? absolutely, i think this is the most extraordinary _ deep alarm? absolutely, i think this is the most extraordinary story - deep alarm? absolutely, i think this is the most extraordinary story in i is the most extraordinary story in the world today, and this front—page is depressing. it's incredibly saddening. we are reading in this story that children as young as 12 are being captured by the advancing taliban and used as child brides, that women who, in afghanistan during the period when the west were trying to li

bradford with a triple to camp, a 444. giants win 7-5.hey stay hot and stay 4 ahead of the dodgers in the national league west. >>> ace in chicago facing their former manager, tony larusso in the white sox. top of the second. matt chapman, he is heating up. it is this one on dallas geico his fourth long ball in the last three games. oakland is up 1-0. now, tied at two in the fifth only jiminez is live right off the glove of chapman. ricochets into left field, tim anderson wheels home. top eight oakland trailing 4-2. mr. robot a won the mount. that is craig kimbrel with runners on second and third. gets josh harrison hackett and 96 mile-per-hour heater. the old number 1 heading over. white sox win 5-2. astros also lost last night so the a stay 2 games back of houston and al west. >>> the 49ers have added another linebacker to the mix, signing mychal kendricks yesterday. the former cal fire won a super bowl with the eagles, but made a name for himself in 2018 when the heat guilty for insider trading he was sentenced to a day in prison and t

this is bradford island in the delta. two structures were damaged. the flames sparked about 1:30 this morning. evacuations were ordered for the two or three dozen people who live there, but most decided to stay. the island, only accessible by boat. two people were evacuated by ferry. this is some time-lapse video of that fire. dispatch tells us they got reports of downed power lines, but no official word yet on what caused the fire. there are fire resources on the island, said crews let it burn out since it's surrounded by water. >>> live look at capitol hill, where the senate introduced a massive infrastructure bill. the trillion dollar question, so to speak, does it have a chance of passing? here is natalie brand. >> reporter: the senate is on track to vote on the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill this week, after weeks of negotiation. >> our colleagues provide a good and important jumping off point for what needs to be a robust and bipartisan process out here on the floor. >> reporter: the bill includes new funding to fix roads and bridges,

bradford and his family are hoping to hear from his uncle marvin creal as the threat of the caldor fire crept closer. marvin filled this truck with items. important to him and guns. the like point that were made. i guess that meant something to and a bunch of. >> his paperwork. jim offered to go there and help his uncle. but martin said he'd be fine by wednesday. jim called all of his uncle's numbers after hearing the area of grizzly flats was gone. i called all of us to have. this isn't to call the thought. is that a and i you okay. and then the phone. now there's a lot boys in the background and then the phone cut out and going to try to back >> what, 6 or and that was the last. the family has heard from marvin the el dorado county sheriff's office has been looking for him and is asking the public's help. apparently when they found his truck somewhere abandoned including the keys in the ignition park somewhere in the grizzly flats area. fox 40 went to find martin's creekside drive home this deer sat quietly staring at the devastation around it. the whole neighborhood decimated by the

a wildfire burning in eastern contra costa county on bradford island.he way to the east bay. we learned that firefighters are not actively fighting the fire because the island does not pay for fire protection. residents stayed behind in large part to try to save their properties. firefighters are making sure it doesn't spread to nearby areas. bob redell has been posting updates to our twitter feed. link to the latest information anytime on the home page. >>> health leaders in some bay area counties appear to be possibly reinstating mask requirements for people indoors to better protect people from fast moving delta variants. announcement may be days away. home page now, more details. ♪ all i want is roost friiiiies ♪ my new roost fries, crispy chicken, melted cheese, mystery sauce. what's not to love? this could be my biggest hit yet! my new $3.50 roost fries. only at jack in the box. who could have known that the right food could help your new friend this could be my biggest hit yet! live their best life or give your old friend new energy or that the s

well, it started with daisy bradford, a christian woman who recruited wild cat columbus to find oil on her form. a self made profit from alabama who's only education came from the moore alight -- memory easing the old testament, he was an underfinanced operator who could only work shallow pulls. he was sure the god would guide him to crude. with word of something growing, people dressed in their sunday best to make their way to bradford's farm to watch the magic man at work. on october 5th, 1930, audible gargling could be heard in the casing. next came a spurt and then a flow, all of which electrified the crowd. one witness described the scene as hilarious. oil, they cried, oil. some jumped up and down with a joy, tossing straw hats high into the air to demonstrate their feelings. one crewmen pulled out his pistol and shot at the oil spray in the sky. he was quickly tackled of course, a danger all around. joiner simply turned pale at his creation, almost in disbelief that what he had prophesized had come true. what came true was epic and proportions. the east texas pool was to be disco