aircraft to cal fire to support the fire fighting effort and one somewhat simple but very effective solution was the use of defense connect on line, the dco chat room. basically cal fire personnel, along with all the individual squadrons, all connected realtime able to communicate and coordinate both from the squadron and also on scene. >> well, thank you. let's go ahead and move into relationships. we had a significant discussion yesterday about relationships and again the highlighted and supervisor chiu's comments this morning. how do we ensure they are enduring past the past couple years. >> as general speese said yesterday, we are here for the long time. on the installation side which we coordinate with cal fire and the navy we have annual exercise and we hit that every springtime prior to the fire season. i think what's also, it's important to remember that although it was stressed, the military members are members of the community as well so let's not forget that as far as active duty. although we're transient in nature, sometimes we're in deployment, many of us are home owners and we live in that community. we are part of that community as well. just like the guard, we h

in response to thexdÑi red flag warning cal fire increased its staffing levels. about 20 personnellong withjf three to fou more engines, another bulldozer and extra staffing for it helicopter. those those increased levels will remain int( place until mo normal spring like conditions coyote golf creek foughtc winde yesterday inok similar conditio tothr today. thejf flames sped 300 yards in téginutes. luckily only about 3 acres burned. ourselves and with the wind blowing so hard out of the north,e1 we had a hard time containing it going south. that's where the fire department stepped in. >> we tryi] to do the staffing before the fires occurred. we enacted a staffing pattern that started this morning at 8:00. >> reporter: now get this. about 95% of the calls to which humans. assistant chief crawford mentioned sparking equipment, cigarettes and openxd fires asç common t(causm& fire season is stafrth a little earlier thisxd year4' because oe dry winter we've had. thatok has cal officials anticipating a long summer when it comes to wild fires. we're live in morgan hill. >>> thank you. av

personnel can talk about that, or ray. >> it's important to note that we are the supporting effort to cal fire and we get called in when they are basically out of assets. we are working for cal fire, they are the incident commanders, we follow their coordination, typically we're the last ones in and the first ones out. we do have an on-going relationship with cal fire, i'm in contact with cal fire all the time. we have good situational awareness what's going on in the state of

fire is 25 percent contained, but winds continue to be an issue. personnel from kern, loss angeles and ventura counties were on hand with cal fire.ost state and federal land areas. >> take a look get this, a mountain lion was found trapped in a aqueduct near downtown santa cruz. the animal was first by yesterday morning our residents. the lion apparently jumped into the brancifore creek. this is about a mile long and has 20 ft. tall concrete walls on both sides with a fence along the top. the big cat apparently tried to jump out a couple of times but the walls were just too high for him. eventually, responded the board is tranquilize the animal and use a crate to pull out. officials said that will make sure that the cat is not injured before their release the back to the wild. >> will be right back. >> we have patchy fog outside but no ground fog to talk about. the temperatures are on the cooler side. you should grab a jacket before you head outside. it is 62 degrees in half moon bay and mid-50s in mountain view. fall when these numbers into the afternoon it will be 60's and 70's for the afternoon. the temperatures will be betwee

fire is 25 percent contained, but winds continue to be an issue. personnel from current, los angeles and ventura counties were on hand with cal fire. on wednesday is burning on both state and federal lands. >> cooler weather for fire fighters there as well as the bay area today. we'll have more on your we get warm-up as well as our morning commute and sports with gary as the kron4 morning news continues. >> it is going to be a nice one with plenty of sunshine. we are still in the '40's for the north bay. all the moisture has pushed its way east so we're waking up to dry conditions. the cooler air mass associated with that cold front has settled in the bay. a few low '70's out there, antioch fairfield, 64 in oakland. 7 day around the bay forecast shows tomorrow will be warmer and we get pretty close to the '80s. a very pleasant weather for bay to breakers, monday is expected to be the warmest day of the week with the upper 80s and land and upper seventies around the bay. in dry weather and sunshine sticks around into the middle of next week. 7:45 a.m. and here is george. >> we are still not tracking any hot spots, light traffic arou