fire, the river fire has cal fire, the according to cal fire, the river fire has now spread to 4-thousand acres and is at zero containment.within the past hour the mendocino county sheriff announced mandatory evacuations in the hopland area..all the way to the lake county line. the fire has destroyed one home and an outbuilding.the ranch fire which is burning near ukiah has grown to one ukiah has grown to one thousand acres. residents there are being urged to be ready to evacuate if that fire intensifies. (grant) new at nine tonight.... while the carr fire continues to grow the governor's office of emergency services is kicking into emergency mode. the command center has been working around the clock, providing aid across the state. reporter ken mashinchi has the latest. as the flames continue to grow at the carr fire, the resources flowing from the office of emergency services is going nonstop to ensure aid is getting to godeputy oes which we preposition send things pull out the here and try before a fire starts is different. itús things were done 10, 20, 30 oes says dealing with disaste

thousands of firefighters from cal fire and other local agencies are fighting blazes across the state... putting a major strain on resources. kron 4's charles clifford has that part of our coverage. as of friday, cal fire is dealing with at least 19 active wildfires spread all across the state. two of the largest include, the carr fire near redding which has claimed two lives and destroyed dozens of buildings. and the cranston fire in riverside county which is now over 11,000 acres and only 3 percent contained. sotwe are all engaged. most of us are fighting a fire or actively at the fire right now.amy head with cal fire says that this fire season arrived early and has been relentless, putting a strain on cal fire and its people. sotfor a lot of people they have been going from fire to fire. so it's a pretty intense fire season so far and very early in the year to see this fire behaviour and fire activity that we are seeing. head says that with so many fires burning, cal fire has had to prioritize where to send resources.sotlife safety and life hazards are our number one priority so we

(jr stone) "it's a recipe for disaster" that is what cal fire is calling this weekend. it's going to be hot, windy, and it's a july 4th weekend meaning fireworks are now in the mix. kron 4's gabe slate spoke with cal fire who says with these hot conditions--- people should avoid fireworks all together even the legal ones. sound from - amy head - cal fire, public information officer we really need people to be careful with fireworks cal fire public information officer amy head wants people to know how extreme the fire danger is in the bay area this weekend before they light fireworks. sound from - amy head - cal fire, public information officer "a very hot temperatures we are facing it's a dry wind coming from the north it's much drier than we are used to that nice cool westerly wind that we usually see so it's hot and so it's hot and dry and relative humidity czar down so it's much more conducive to large wildfires "nats - illegal fireworks. cal fire always discourages the use of illegal fireworks and any fireworks that fly in the airbut this hot windy red flag weekend

cal-fire did not want to see any firefighters injured or killed. (ken) turning now to chief meteorologist lawrence karnow..(justine) lawrence the relentless hot and dry conditions really providing fuel for fires across the state. lawrence karnow: temperatures cooled a little around the bay area today but still remained hot inland. highs were in the 90s inland with cool 50s and 60s and fog at the coast. it is not as active on doppler today with only a few showers and thunderstorms. the big story is still the hot tempeatures and the fires. the hot weather will continue in the central valley but slowly cool. on the satellite image you can see the high pressure ridge over california. it will weaken slowly over the next five days to allow cooler air from the ocean to move on shore. highs tomorrow will still be in the 90s inland with 70s and 80s around the bay and 50s and coast. it will be very similar on sunday. a few more clouds will move in for monday. the cooling trend will continue middle of next week before warming up next weekend. (justine) we hav

she's with cal-fire. she joins us with the latest details. >> if you'd like to make a call. >> we apologize. we are having problems kebting with stacy nolan of cal-fire. here's some more details of what we do know. it's our understanding that the person that died was a private doz dozer operator bulldozer to cut up fire lines. and we are hearing there are potential evacuations that may be happening soon. preparing patients at mercy medical center also there. and that the fire may be encoaching towards mary lake. we'll get you more information and stay on top of this. if we can get cal-fire on the phone to give you the latest we will do this. but one death.ar fire in a difficult week for us when it comes to fires up and down california. >> in other news right now we'll talk about alarm tg rash of car burglaries at a popular asian shopping mall has police on high alert. at the pacific east mall in richmond. >> right now richmond police are cracking down. jodie hernandez has the story you'll see only here on

(justine) plus: cal fire is fighting nearly 20 major fires right now. how the agency is prioritizing where to send resources. (ken) and next: work is underway to recover the body of a construction worker...killed when the trench he was in collapsed.a live report from the scene...after the break. (justine)a big story we are tracking tonight at ten: (ken) a construction worker killed while working on a housing complex site in daly city... kron 4's ella sogomonian is live at the scene near cow palace where emergency crews are still working to recover his body...ella? almost tweleve hours later urban search and rescue teams are still out here working to uncover the body of the construction worker because of the instability of the ground around that trench that collapsed. a construction worker with platinum pipeline was killed on the job after he was crushed by a trench that collapsed in on him at around 11:30 friday morning.he and employee were inside the ditch as his team was getting ready 24 inch storm drain pipe at a housing development site called the d

everybody hoped that cal jr. would get over it and i hoped he would, too, but he didn't know how, and then i read the 15th 15th chapter of jobs. i am the vine and my father is the vinedresser. that which is dailey cuts away and that is which fruitily, he prunes so it will bear more fruit. and i said, thank you, lord. i have my marching orders. the problem is that one brother has to be cut away, the other brother has to be pruned. each of us has to good through major pain, and that was essentially the end of dollar general's being a family business, and yet from that moment, steve turner, my wonderful brother, blossomed, the gulch in nashville is is what he has done, and i'm so proud of him. what he was down he and his wife, judy. my father's business for him was different from dollar general. my father's business for me was dollar general. and in this book, there has been additional family healing and steve feels it's a wonderful account of what happened, and i'm very thankful that the book has accomplished that

good to have you with us, cal.ig gap between mike pompeo and his boss, at least three conditions set out by mike pompeo. last monday you had trump threatening iran with, literally, quote, consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. one week to the day of saying that he says he is now willing to meet with president rouhani, no conditions. i'm going to ask you the million dollar question, try to make sense of that for us. >> yeah, i don't know. >> thanks, cal perry, for joining us. moving on. >> see you guys later. part of it is trumpian, part is this showman, part of it we have seen before, part is that he loves the media, he loves the cameras, the flash of the cameras, he loves to sign things. the problem here is what was buried in what he said there, which is iran is in trouble. iran is in trouble. the real has lost -- its currency has lost half of its value since april. iran is facing these devastating sanctions that the u.s. is likely to reimpose in just over a week. so the

jaime williams/cal fire pio "braden was a second- generation cal fire firefighter, dozer operator."or jaime williams, losing braden varney was like losing a brother...because she also worked closely with his dad gordie..who was a heavy fire equipment operator, at cal fire, just like braden.jaime williams/cal fire pio"it just ran in the blood...braden just lived to work. he loved equipment, he loved being out there. he loved to build things. he just had a passion for it and he was really good at it."braden varney was killed july 14th when his bulldozer rolled down a ridge in the steep terrain surrounding the ferguson fire...which has now charred more than 30-thousand acres near yosemite national park. the deadly fire has also put other cal fire crews in harm's way.jeremy rahn/cal fire battalion chief"there has been four injuries on the fire. fortunately there have not been any structures that have been damaged or destroyed." thousand firefighters are on the scene now..but the inversion layer of smoke has made it difficult to gain any ground.jeremy rahn/cal fire battalion chief"becaus

cal fire said they will have another update at seven. in winters. >>> bay area skies have been smoky. you have seen it because of the county fire. cars have been covered with soot and ash. ash has been falling and this is pollution but air quality officials say the air quality is still moderate to good because that smoke is trapped in the upper atmosphere and is a way from the lower lower air that we breathe. >> we can get rid of them naturally. it's not as bad as it looks. >> the best way to clean off ash, hose it with water and don't use anything that will kick it up into the air. >>> the pawnee fire burned 14, 800 acres. the crews hope to have it contained by thursday. >>> a grass fire yesterday is now 100% contained. it was reported just after 1:30 yesterday afternoon and 45 acres burned. about 20 homes on buckingham drive were evacuated because of the fire but those evacuation orders have been lifted now. the crews have stayed out in the area overnight watching for any flair ups. right now investigators aren't sure how the fire star

. >> reporter: cal fire tells me this fire has diminished significantly and cal fires -- firefighters are hopeful because humidity is expected to come up. >> reporter: this cal fire -- brushfire grew quickly near country club drive. large plumes of smoke could be seen for miles. >> i was shocked. i thought initially maybe it was a small fire and it would noa big deal. >> reporter: the fire broke out around 2 pm scorching at least 220 acres, burning into ed r. levin county park . >> the wind combined with the dry fuel and the steep slope, it burned very quickly. >> reporter: more than 200 firefighters were on the ground . four air tankers and two helicopters helped contain the fire spread, dropping fire retardant and water from two nearby lakes. >> there are some structures on the other side of that hill line. >> reporter: a roadblock was set up at weller road were two large ranch properties were evacuated. >> i had to get up there and get my horse out. >> reporter: jennifer connelly rushed to her horses aid. she says any buyer is cause for alarm. -- fire is cause for alarm. fire seaso

cal fire has been attacking this fire all afternoon from the air. we spotted a least three planes and two helicopters. fire crews have been getting water from two nearby lakes. they have been dropping the water and fire retardant on the hillside. evacuations have been ordered for several homes along weller road. the fire is near ed r. levin county park which is a popular park here in milpitas. we saw families le we spoke to one hang glider who is grounded because of the fire. >> a half hour ago, it was racing up that hill. you can still see it up at the top. from here, there are some structures on the other side of the hill line that you can't see. that is where they were spending most of their time protecting. >> reporter: i just spoke with cal fire and they tell me that an out burning -- outbuilding has been destroyed but no homes have burned and no injuries have been reported. multiple fire agencies are here including crews from milpitas , spring valley, and fremont fire. evacuations are in place for weller road. cal fire tells me that the fire h

we are expecting to get an update from cal fire officials any moment on the firefight. but for now, let's go to tom vacar live there at the cal fire substation where this news conference is going to be taking place in just a moment. >> reporter: very sad day and the other reality is that this thing is far, far, far from over. in fact, we were driving around today getting information and it is eerily, eerily reminiscent of the coffey park fire. >>> reporter: 2,000 firefighters are battling stubborn cares fire that lays down when it's not windy to awaken with a destructive vengeance when it is. more than 100 homes are loss, more losses are likely, and new evacuations were ordered about an hour ago as the dragons use new fire. all of this made much worse by afternoon winds and night winds. >> there was 35 miles per hour plus winds creating havoc. >> reporter: the sacco family was lucky because their house was not incinerated. but the winds were so fierce and so strong, they literally blew the roof off of this house. >> got out. as we pulled out right here, the flames were

additionally, for medi-cal, as you know, many, many patients have signed up for medi-cal hmos and that is just like signing up for kaiser hmo and do you know the percentage of medi-cal? >> we have reached out to the insurance plans to contract with all of them, including hill and all the other plans to offer those services. so we have no intention of not offering the service, we want to offer them to everyone and we are working with their health plan administrators to write those contracts. so it's our intention to contract with all blue cross plans. >> this will be done by the time all these changes occur? >> so the contracting issues as you well know, laurie is complicated and it's complicated because it takes two sides to make a contract. what doctor stated it's our intention to offer those plans to continue access to the services we are mentioning. it's up to the plans, frankly, to decide whether they want to continue that. in terms of paramix, the diabetes center at saint like's. surprisingly 36% is commercial, 25% is medicare, 25% is medi-cal fee for service. 2% is medi-cal risk

but cal fire telling us the fire is behaving a little bit more calmly now. the weather is cooling down. humidity is going up so they say it should make it easier to get the crews to put some lines down. down.put some lines the crews to easier to get the crews to put some lines down. this grassfire started a little after 1 oclock this afternoon here in milpitas. fire officials say.. there was a slight breeze which quickly blew the fire away from the city into the eastern foothills.it pushed the flames southeast into ed levin park. that is where firefighters say.. the most active part of the fire is right now. there are a lot of resources going into containing this fire..200 firefighters are working on this.. four airtankers and two helicopters.the air resources are a big part of containing the fire early on... but officials tell us the people on the ground is really what puts the fire out at its root. the fire did initially move up hill.. and we are told fire moves faster uphill and that's why we saw the acrage grow very quickly early on. a cal fire spokesper

tonight cal fire calls them the mendocino complex incident fire. nt fire. >> a lot of people lost their homes. >> reporter: he watched as the fire burned on a hill. his concern is his home fell victim to the flames. >> a barn has been lost. one home. i am not positive on any others. and there is probably a few in jeopardy. >> reporter: we are in downtown upper lake right now. pg&e cut the power to the area. it is covered with smoke but some business owners are refusing to leave. >> i am not going to leave. supposed to evacuate out, not going to. don't want my stores robbed. >> reporter: he may end up stay is -- staying in the dark. in the dark. pg&e says the ranch fire burned into lines cutting the fire. the hospital evacuated for the second time in two days. a historic turned into the shelter for residents ordered to leave their homes. >> 2, 300 here at the high school. >> reporter: evacuees are starting to trickle into the school with no idea when or if they will be able to return home. andre senior, ktvu f >> cal fire is reporting the river fire

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a cal-fire bulldozer operator has been killed.. and many people have suffered burns.. >>> we want to update you on the deadly fire that is raging out of control near the town of reading up north. a cal fire bulldozer operator has been killed, and many people have suffered burns, several firefighters have also been injured as this fire is ripping through everything in its path. we have learned that firefighters are not even trying to save homes at this point, their sole focus right now is on getting people out safely. now, the car fire is burning inside reading city limits at this hour, after jumping the sacramento river earlier tonight. dozens of homes have been destroyed, hundreds more are threatened, and traffic on i-5, look at this, have people panics to get out of reading. it is at a crawl. people are trying to escape the fast-moving flames as best as they can. highway 44, the same situation, cal fire has called in the national guard to assist with evacuations. 29,000 acre fire is only 6% contained at this hour, and blowing up

cal fire is battling at least 10 major fires in the state. tonight kron-4's gabe slate joins us live from the east bay with the concerns cal fire has for this already very active fire season.(pam) but first chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here with details on the dangerous fire conditions...lawrence lawrence karnow: there was plenty of sunshine today all the way to the coast. it was hot again inland with temperatures in the 90s and comfortable 60s at the coast. you can see on doppler radar a few showers and even some thundertorms. monsoonal moisture will slowly head our way to make things more muggy on wednesday. on the satellite you can see the low off the coast. eventually it will move west and help cool us down midweek. but high pressure over the desert will rebuild to bring more hot weather into next weekend. highs tomorrow will be in the upper 80s to mid 90s inland, 70s and 80s around the bay and 60s and sunny at the coast. it will cool slightly on wednesday but it should be more humid and muggy. temperatures start to heat up agai

. >> joining us on the phone now is cal fire spokesperson pam tamarmand. pam, what is the latest situation on this fire? >> the most current situation is 200 to 225 acres we're looking at. and of course you just announced the evacuations that they've announced as well. >> now, pam, when you were on with me about an hour ago, that figure was 125 acres, up from about 50 just a short time ago. so it's doubled in size yet again it sounds like. >> yeah, it has, unfortunately. >> do you expect that to continue? is this going to continue to grow for the time being, or are you starting to get it under control? >> well, i think for right now it's going to -- it may continue to grow. hopefully it's not going to happen. we'll just have to wait and see what happens. hopefully the wind will die down and will be more in our favor. circumstances that the biggest concern right now? obviously the dry conditions make it worse as well. >> oh, very much so. between the dry conditions, the low humidities and the high temps, it makes it critical fire weather. >> and pam, give u

cal fire says river fire has grown to nearly -- cal fire says that one is just 5% contained in the ranch fire has burned more than 35,000 acres. that is only 5% contained. six homes have burned in the fires. both fires will be completely contained a week from today. >>> the carr fire has burned 154 square miles and is 20% contained. crews are making progress against the flames. there are six deaths linked to the carr fire including two fire crew members. officials have not released any information about the 6th victim. the fire has destroyed more than 700 homes. a second firefighter has died fighting the ferguson fire near yosemite. officials say hughes died after he was hit by a falling tree. cal fire released new numbers this morning showing containment remains at 30%. yosemite valley remains closed to victor -- visitors at the height of summer season. >> the steele fire has burned 150 acres so far and is 65% contained. campgrounds in the area were cleared out. the cause of that fire is under investigation. >>> there are more fires burning in southern california. the cranston fire has

cal fire has said civilians were injured but we don't know how many. at least three firefighters have been hurt. the cause of the fire has been blamed on a mechanical failure of a vehicle. reporting from the newsroom, lee martinez, ktvu news. >>> time is 5:04. the marsh fire east of mount d iablo is almost contained. it's 75% contained, about a dozen homes still in an evacuation area but many residents are cleared now to go back home. while many are happy and relieved their homes were not destroyed, there was damage and they're dreading the clean up and the insurance hassles. >> they start off great. they start off saying they're going to help people with everything and then they question everything. honestly i think this is going to be a nine-month to a year and a half effort to clean this up. >> one home was destroyed in the fire. a neighbor told us a family who lived there is safe. they escaped when the fire was a couple of feet from their home. >>> a cal fire is also fighting a wildfire in santa clara county. the church fire near san martin has des

thanks, cal. >> guys, you heard cal mention north korea there.questioning whether president trump's upbeat statements about north korea's willingness to give up its nuclear weapons are consistent with the findings of the u.s. intelligence agencies. according to the letter obtained by nbc news, warner, the ranking democrat on the senate intel committee, is asking trump's director of national intelligence to deliver to congress a detailed assessment of whether kim jong-un is willing to take concrete measures to significantly reduce his country's nuclear weapons stockpile or accept intrusive international inspections. secret facilities have been detected in north korea where it has increased production of nuclear fuel. they also believe kim is working on plans to deceive the international community about nuclear facilities, the number of weapons it possesses and the state of the ballistic missile program. the trump administration has not commented on that report. a spokesperson told nbc, quote, we have received the letter and will respond to the sen

cal fire says that fire is just 5% contained. >>> we turn to other news. an investigation is under way after a gruesome discovery at a b.a.r.t. station. a woman was found dead early saturday morning at the dublin station. just hours before she was found that woman was released from jail. detectives do not know yet how she died. but they say she a big bump on her head. they also reviewed body cam videos from deputies at the jail. that video didn't show that injury when she left. they are looking at b.a.r.t. security video to see if the woman was assaulted anywhere at the station. the coroner is set to perform an autopsy tomorrow. >>> the search is on for a man who shot and killed his roommate. this is the man pittsburg police are looking for. police say they got a report friday morning of a man shot at a house on livewood house drive. officers tried to perform cpr but the victim died. investigators say akino shot his roommate and then took off in his car on friday night. this is the city's first homicide of the year. >> john lewis is in the hospital this mo

here's the latest information we're getting from cal fire. it still stands at 247 acres burned when it comes to the marsh fire, and it's currently

the cal fire spokesperson got multiple structures have burned. he is not certain how many homes, about you we have seen at least one home completely being devoured by the flame. multiple structures have been burned woochlty don't know how many are homes and how many are out buildings. this is scary for those who live here. hundreds of homes in the impacted areas. we have been talking to people who live in the area who have been watching this firefight. very nerve racking and so far they are just hoping for the best. >> this is hard. it's relieving that i know that we didn't completely lose the house, but just the biggest thing is that we were able to -- >> i was going to get out my hose and -- by the time i pulled in, it was too late for hoses. >> again, multiple structures have burned. at least one home. we have been watching an active firefight. there have been five aircraft crafts and the super tankers, the 747s out of sacramento. they have been releasing and dropping retardant on the hillside. 0% contained and a lot of nervous folks and a lot

cal fire says it could be days before this fire is under control. we're lived in yolo county, cornell bernard, abc 7 use. >> great job. glad you have the fire suit and face mask with you. >>> the smoke is creating unusual imagines as it fills our sky. a smoke advisory was issued this afternoon because of the smoke. this is a look from our sutro camera this morning. the top layer you see is smoke from the fire in yolo county, the bottom layer is fog and low clouds from the coast. here's another view from the pier 39 camera. if if you look closely you can see alcatraz in the distance. our east bay hills camera captured this layered horizon. despite the smoke a spare the air day was not issued in the bay area. what does the smoke mean for air quality? let's check with spencer christian. >> let me show you what's happening right now. here's a live satellite image for you. showing you the movement of the wind and smoke in the last couple areas. the wind from the north, pushing the smoke to the bay area and dinnished air quality squa significantly. anothe

on sunday morning cal fire respondea house fire on warren drive. firefighters put the fire out but the home was destroyed. one firefighter was hurt trying to keep the fire from spreading. a short time later firefighters found small fires that burned about an acre of land. sheriff's deputies arrested peter abate. they are still investigating. >>> the funeral service for the 18-year-old killed in a knife attack at a bart station is set for friday morning in oakland. the ceremony honoring her will be held at a church on 66th avenue. it starts at 11:00. its open to the public. she was stabbed and killed as she stepped off a car. the attacker was paroled from state prison just two months ago. >>> our time is now 4:18. let's get you to is here and wa commute. >> good morning. we have traffic that is off to a good start on northbound 101. if you are driving from gilroy to san jose and into the valley. we see a little bit of road work. it's not caused a big delay. traffic continues to look good into that area. you can see traffic is moving well and here is

good seeing you. >> sure. >> i want to go to cal now.alk to us about the reaction you are hearing with regards to this interview. >> as jeff said, look, the real question is how is the prime minister going to play this. i think the idea of standing next to a president who has been so insulting not just to her, but to the british people, the mayor of london, if you were to sort of say what are the notes he could hit that would cut the deepest, he hit all of them. the timing of it, as jeff said, is extraordinary. if you look at the video of theresa may literally rolling out a red carpet for the u.s. president, showing him this honor guard, here were the headlines that were crossing twitter. he accused european leaders of destroying culture by letting in migrants. he said that the london mayor was not doing a good job on terrorism. he said he would rather deal with johnson as prime minister. he said that the novichok poisoning which recently killed a citizen of the country, would not get in the way of his discussions with putin. he said the

cal fire says the fire is burning at a, quote, critical rate of speed. as you can see here again from these pictures, it's burned 350 acres and about a dozen homes. one firefighter is injured. >>> southern california experiencing a heat wave. temperatures are extremely high and winds are strong both of which are creating a challenge for the firefighters. coming up in about 15 minutes, a live interview with cal fire for an update on this fire in san diego county as well as a large fire that turned deadly. >>> vice president mike pence with a message to those calling to abolish i.c.e. and the administration is fighting fomore time to get families back together. ray bogan reports from washington. >> reporter: vice president mike pence today defending federal immigration authorities and vowing that the president has their back. >> under president donald trump, we will never abolish i.c.e.! >> reporter: the vice president gave immigration and customs enforcement a morale boost today as he ripped politicians like senator elizabeth warren and new york mayor bil

kron 4's gabe slate met a cal-fire spokesperon... for an update on the fire season..nd from jonathan cox - cal fire last week we saw 340 fires that's up from last year and the amount of acres burned is up from last year so unfortunately we are on track for a devastating fire season cal fire public information officer jonathan cox says the agencies fears for this fire season are becoming reality.. sound from jonathan cox - cal fire it's full force right now we have over 3,000 people working the lines we're seeing larger fires that we normally see later in the year and fires that do not stop at night because of the temperatures cal fire is concerned that people have become desensitized to hearing about " red flag warnings "... and they want to remind the public that the devastating wildfires last october a red flag warning jonathan cox - cal fire everyone that red flag warnings if you do anything start a fire it could be catastrophic catastrophic could be start a fire it could be catastrophic (ken) taking a live look outside... at the san mateo bridge.(pam) time now to

now, cal fire cautions this interactive map is not conclusive. they're still assessing properties and the data could change. if you want to check it out, we have a link at abc7news.com. larry and >> kristen, thank you. let's go right to spencer christian for an update on conditions. vic lee was standing there, and it looked windy. >> it is very windy, windier today than yesterday. bad weather news to report for the fires, mendocino complex fires first up at the ranch fire, 92 degrees right now. relative humidity, 28%, wind gusting 18 miles per hour. river fire, 94 degrees there, 24% relative humidity, and wind gusting at 20 miles per hour. the weather factors are unfavorable. wind gusts diminish in the early morning hours tomorrow. they will reintensify in the early evening. let's move up to the area of the carr fire near redding where it is 102 degrees right now, relative humidity, 22%, wind gusting to 14 miles we are hour. once again, very unfavorable weather conditions for containing the fire. meanwhile, despite the huge volume of smoke being

we're waiting for an update from cal fire sometime before 7:00. the expectation is that that number will go up. live near redding, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> surreal, you covered the north bay wildfires, and these scenes in keswick are early similar will. did you imagine you would ever see this destruction again? >> reporter: i talked with one cal fire chief and he said this is becoming the new normal. that's what we've seen here in pretty much every single home is destroyed. and i would guess that this probably happened in a matter of perhaps an hour at most. these fires, when they get going, they create their own weather. they move very quickly. there's really no stopping them. down the road in that other neighborhood we showed you it was sort of a random thing, much like we saw in napa near silverado where several homes would burn, one was okay, the one on the other side wasn't. it's unfortunately, in many cases for these folks, a matter of good luck or bad luck. >> really bad luck. laura anthony reporting, just unbelievable the damage that

cal train has multiple functions. they do operations on that yard but they also do staging and storage and maintenance. we looked at the possibility of separating those functions. perhaps some of them could stay on the rail yard, some perhaps underground, some of them could be moved further south. and then the third cop -- component is what do you do with the land that is freed up. we used that aanalysis the same way we did in the transit center to see if changes the zoning allowing more development on that land could create more benefits or revenue to help support the transit system. then the fourth component, excuse me, is the potential extension. in the long run what happens if we can extend the trains outside of the transit center? which route would that take? we looked at the possibility of looping it back around if you will. again, adding to the potential capacity as the trains can operate more efficiently and the possibility of going to the east bay as you heard, which would not only increase the capacity of th

cal fire can confirm one drone citing in the redding. officials have the stop air drops for the safety of the pilots. cal fire says people need to be careful and not interfere with the work of the fire crews. >> if you fly, we cannot. we have to ground all of our aircraft if there are reports of drones over the fire. so, we ask that you please refrain from flying drones over the fire. >>> just last year, a drone pilot was charged and interfered with those rescues. >> we have a former battalion fire chief and also a fema disaster response expert as well. when you look at all of the fires we have going across our state right now, what worries you the most. >> we are seeing plume dominated fire. the fires are creating their own weather causing tremendous damage. we are seeing a shifting of resources from the car fire up in redding. now, we have half of the county the mendocino county evacuating because of fire growth. >> what is causing it to behave in this manner? is it all of the dry visitation -- vegetation or the fact that it is so hot?

a cal fire -- cal fire released numbers, showing containment at 30%.he ferguson fire is not expected to be fully contained for another two weeks. yosemite remains closed at the height of the tourist season. it is santa lily -- tentatively scheduled to reopen. >>> the fire is 57% contained. they plan to have it under control later this week. simple -- some people have gone home but evacuation orders are still in effect for many communities. one man was arrested, accused of starting the fire. >>> one man battled flames and is one people do not fly drones -- and is warning people do not fly drones around the fires. they have to stop air drops and drones are detected or if they are seen. videos have been posted online for many of the fires burning around california. cal fire says people should be careful, do not interfere with the work of the fire crews. >> if you fly, we cannot. we have the ground -- have to ground our aircraft if there are reports of drones. we ask you please refrain from flying drones over the fire. >> last year, a drone pilot was charg

cal fire putting out the cal for more firefighters on the ground. they say they need reinforcements. a firefight is on near clearlake. this massive wall of flames towered across a ridge near highway 175, moving closer to the town of lakeport. cal fire making rapid-fire air tanker drops to try and stop the monster fire in its tracks. >> the fire coming in pretty hot right this second. but the winds are blowing down and coming up. you really don't know what it's going do. >> to the north flames are chewing up dry brush outside the community of upper lake. cal fire says overnight six structures were destroyed, including this home off highway 20. there is nothing left. >> i call it apocalyptic. it's just unbelievable when that fire took off last night and swept down into the valley and destroyed so many homes. >> pat lynch owns highway grocery, where customers who have chosen to ignored evacuation orders are loading up on supplies. >> yeah, it is mandatory evacuation for upper lake. but, you know, it didn't make it into town anywhere. >> so what's the p

we are looking at a modest cal down for saturday and sunday.inland areas still remaining kwie warm. a view here, we still have cloud cover outdoors at this hour along the coastline. seeing just a few peeks of blue in santa cruz. mostly sunny skies and inside the bay, still trying to peel away from the east bay and you can see san francisco here still covered in a lot of cloud cover at this time. we will continue with partly to mostly cloudy skies at the coastline for today. mostly sunny skies elsewhere and 60s at the coast, a lot of 70s around the bay. 80s out there and then inland, 80s and 90s with some of our hottest locations getting to near 100 degrees. areas like brentwood as well as antioch. the temperatures outside now feeling quite nice. napa and the north bay, 77 in livermore and close to the bay, 66 in hayward. 62 at sfo. still 55 as we get into the afternoon, a lot of 80s for the north bay. 85 in novato and sonoma. 65 in sausalito. partly cloudy skies there. east bay shore, 66 in alameda. 80 in castro valley and livermore. there's a

cal fire crews say they're making progress. the fire now 17% contained, but there's still a lot of work left to do to control this fire. nbc bay area's melissa colorado joins us live from redding with the latest on that. melissa? >> reporter: well, terry, cal fire says over 650 homes have been destroyed, including this one. you can see the windows have blown out. this entryway is still standing, but the family that lives here -- used to live here has a pile of debris that they're going to have to sift through. evacuees here in redding are desperate to turn to their neighborhoods to see the state their homes are in. cal fire says please be patient with us because we need to make sure these neighborhoods are safe before those evacuation orders are lifted. >> i grew up with steve jobs. he and i were buddies in grammar school. >> reporter: jack has lived in silicon valley for most of his life. for years he shuttled drivers as a vta bus driver. and now retirement is just around the corner. earlier this year, he bought his dream hous

we wish cal fire a lot of luck today.ee that a lot of the crews arm mobilizing. they are going back up. -- are mobilizing. they're going back up. leigh martinez, ktvu fox 2 news. >> they are making progress. leigh, thank you. >>> and update now on the pawnee fire. cal fire said it has burned through 15,000 acres and is now 90% contained. 50 structures are still threatened. they hope to have it fully contained by tomorrow. >>> with fire season off to it early start, ground crews are busy mowing, trimming, and cutting fire breaks. this is a big job that includes about 40 people. the responsible for 121 miles of track and controlling brush. >>> new this morning, protest against immigration and customs are beginning their third day outside the san francisco office. some new video shows the camp first set up on monday. protesters have sprawled messages to abolish i.c.e.. demands are echoing at similar camps around the country as well. one demonstrator told us people are fed up with the trump administration's inhumane immigrati

we spoke with a cal fire spokesperson. >> reporter: the cal fire spokesperson says heavy smoke over theving. winds are expected to increase overnight. more than one -- more than 1100

andre senior, ktvu fox 2 news. >> cal fire is reporting the river fire grown to 14,200 acres. it is just 5% contained at this hour. 4 homes have been destroyed so far and many, many more threatened. >>> the ranch fire in monterey county grown to more than 16,000 acres and only 5% contained. the fire scorched 30,500 acres. the cause of both fires are under investigation. no reports of anyone being hurt. >>> the steele fire near lake berryessa in napa county. this fire broke out yesterday afternoon and destroyed 8 structures. >> the fire is on the southern end of lake berryessa. scorching 150 acres on saturday but did not spread today. containment is 65%. more now from ktvu's alysa harrington. . >> reporter: he was hanging out with friends saturday afternoon when someone saw smoke. >> someone said there is smoke. i looked and i seen houses on fire up the street and flames. and looked like the wind was blowing towards us. i got our stuff and left. >> reporter: he escaped and his house is still standing but many neighbors were not so lucky. the steele fire burned 8 homes to the gr

cal fire announced this morning the fire exploding over night...reas in napa county as the yolo county fire continues to grow. kron 4's will tran has the latest. evacuation advisories have been issued for three neighborhoods in napa county because of the threat from the county fire, which is threatening 700 structures, cal fire officials said today. as of 9 p.m., recommendations had been issued for berryessa highlands, markley cove resort and pleasure cove resort. cal fire officials urge residents of these communities to be prepared to leave if an evacuation order is issued. the county fire is only five percent contained and it's burned 60,000 acres. containment isn't expected until july 10. residents with special needs or pets requiring specialized transportation are urged to give themselves extra time to evacuate. residents who decide to evacuate now are asked to travel west on state highway 128 or south on monticello road. travel is restricted on eastbound highway 128 to solano and yolo counties. cal fire officials encourage residents to monitor

i also want to thank cal train, high speed rail authority, cal trans, mtc who funded this study as well as a number of city departments including mta public works, the ta and others that have been an integral part of this study. i want to start off very quickly just by going over some slides. we realized as we were preparing this round of presentations that would be it helpful for us to remind ourselves about why rail is important to begin with and why we think it's so important to connect the state with rail and get to the sales force transit center. these are some numbers we have put together statewide looking at growth numbers across the state and some very broad projections going into 2065. we have done these projections as part of the larger transportation planning work that we are doing with our sister agencies. we think that it's possible that there may be as much as one-third growth in employment and a 75% or -- excuse me, once growth in population as much as a 75% or so growth if -- in jobs over the next 50 years. those numbers will vary as we get closer. this is an indication

we find that it's -- you know, we have concerns about the bill and cal c.c.a.res those concerns especially regarding decarbonization? and -- oh, thank you. so we think it's actually preferable and more strategic and effective to let environmental and at -- like, consumer ad row cass see organizations lead on this. we're supporting them, we're working with them, including sierra club, turn, 350.org. so this bill would only impact commercial customers, it would not impact residential customers? and you know, we see these community choice programs are choice, and we're already competing with the i.o.u.s, so we'll have to do our best to compete with direct access providers should this bill pass. >> supervisor fewer: okay. thank you very much. commissioners? commissioner pollock? no. any comments? none at all. let's hear from our public comment speakers, please. >> yes. eric brooks again, san francisco clean energy advocates and californiians for clean energy choice. i really have to strongly challenge what i just heard from sfpuc staff. the only reason ab 813 got o

cal fire blames the cause of the fire on a mechanical failure of a vehicle. the rapidly moving fire continues to make a strong push into redding. civilians captured the horrifying moment of car fire on thursday. this video shows it moving towards downtown turning the evening sky orange. flames were visible taller than the tree line when the car fire moved into the city limits and this photographer took a time lapse video of the car fire moing into the city yesterday. three firefighters and several civilians have been hurt. on twitter cal fire confirmed one death. . >> we have had the private dozer fatality. the operator was working on an active section of the car fire. we're in the process of notifying next of kin and the fire community is extremely heart broken for this loss. we're dedicated to investigating what happened. >> at least 15 structures in shasta county have burned but that number is expected to rise as the fire moves into populated areas. evacuation orders expanded every hour for the city of 92,000 people. local television station krcr was force

according to cal fire ... just last week they saw 340 fires... year. cal fire is also concered that people have become desensitized to hearing about 'red flag warnings.' they want to remind people that the devastating north bay fire last october happened during a red flag warning. ( terisa ) cal fire says they have over 3-thousand people working the fire lines. ( terisa ) the county fire -- burning in yolo and napa counties -- is now 75-percent contained. the fire has burned more than 90-thousand acres and destroyed 20 buildings. mandatory evacuations along highway 16 have been lifted. ( darya ) a courtroom battle between a man dying of cancer and chemical giant monsanto is underway in san francisco. the vallejo man blames his disease on a chemical in the weed killer "round-up." kron 4's maureen kelly has the latest. mr. johnson is gonna die 46 year old dwayne lee johnson sat in the cou

cal fire is not commenting on this time. that's near where a barn went up in flames killing four horses. the family told us they're mourning the horses as though they were family members. a neighbor also expressed grief. it's sad that they lost their horses. i seen them all the time. nice horses. >> cal fire says the fire is listed at 95% contained. >>> new information on the grass fire burning in san jose. cal fire sayst now 90% contained. we first told you about this fire as breaking news yesterday. it broke out just after 3:00 p.m. firefighters evacuate waited a nearby school and ibm research facility. no one was hurt. >>> this could complicate matters. a chance of thunderstorms coming to california. let's take a look at our live cam in dublin. the skies are clear today, but a change is coming. let's bring in our chief meteorologist with the updated forecast. >> we've been telling you this for days now. it's monsoonal moisture building up from the south. thunderstorms, also humidity. we have high pressure to the north and