tpaor is doing what it can to prepare what's expected to be a busy and brutal fire season ahead, calfire is doing what it can do to prepare. >> we used to see a 5 month to 6 month fire season and now they're calling it a fire year because it really lasts 9 to 10 months. >> reporter: santa cruz unit nate armstrong requires the statewide mutual aid system and more that helped battle the complex fire which burned last august. the 12th most destructive fire in california history. >> it was so taxed last year, if we were hit with that same event right now, we don't have anything more this year than we did last year. >> reporter: the the pandemic cut inmate fire crews down by more than half. pointing to the covid-19 early release program. chief ian larson told leaders previously 152 inmate fire crews were available. there's now just 53 crews available now. >> we have a significant reduction in a resource that provides a vital role in our suppression efforts and containment efforts statewide. >> reporter: calfire ccu says fuel conditions seen today they don't typically see until the end of summ

tpaor is doing what it can to prepare what's expected to be a busy and brutal fire season ahead, calfires doing what it can do to prepare. >> we used to see a 5 month to 6 month fire season and now they're calling it a fire year because it really lasts 9 to 10 months. >> reporter: santa cruz unit nate armstrong requires the statewide mutual aid system and more that helped battle the complex fire which burned last august. the 12th most destructive fire in california history. >> it was so taxed last year, if we were hit with that same event right now, we don't have anything more this year than we did last year. >> reporter: the the pandemic cut inmate fire crews down by more than half. pointing to the covid-19 early release program. chief ian larson told leaders previously 152 inmate fire crews were available. there's now just 53 crews available now. >> we have a significant reduction in a resource that provides a vital role in our suppression efforts and containment efforts statewide. >> reporter: calfire ccu says fuel conditions seen today they don't typically see until the end of summer

we do have large vegetation fires right here in the city calfire made short work of a wildfire off china grade road in the santa cruz mountains. >> no homes or structures were threatened. no evacuations occurred in the fire was brought under control after burning just over 5 acres. but you don't have to look far to see that vegetation fires like the one that scorched the area of east capitol expressway and highway one o one in san jose on sunday. i know occurring almost every day across the bay area. so it doesn't matter where the vegetation is. if it's in your front yard, if it's in a park, if it's along the creek or if it's out and. >> though the woods we're cal fire's responsible. we don't want any of that burning. >> the high heat and fire danger found homeless advocate pastor scott wagers and his crew delivering bottled water to encampments. well urging their occupants to use caution with cook lawyers, wager says the unhoused they're especially vulnerable to the heat and says fires in the creek bed camps are also on the rise. and not uncommon on a day like today. you know, this is a

came out took a lot of credit for a lot of things he didn't even do, actually cut money from the calfires on this are absolutely deadly. and so we need a governor that is going to protect our lives and livelihoods, not what we're getting from gavin newsom. >> cut it out with the politicking and just do the kitchen table common sense stuff. state democrats for two to three decades refused to clean out the forests and remove the underbrush. then wildfires of course raged out of control. the santa anna winds can exceed 60 miles an hour. that is with the lack of common sense? there is a shortage of that. >> it is in very short supply here in california at the capital. this campaign we've been talking about one-party rule in california has been failing our state. time to have a governor that can roll up their sleeves to get the job done. i was mayor of san diego, actually tackling these tough issues. the only big city in california where weigh reduced homelessness. i stood up with 100 protesters out in front of my house. we didn't defund the police. we increased the budget. that is what we ne

. >> calfire sweeted some photos today. lightning sparked the fire three days ago.k at all that smoke. it's burned about 1,500 acres and is 20% contained. >>> so called safe and sane fireworks are now for sale in some bay arcities. abc 7 news was at a fireworks stand it's one the handful ful ful ful ful ful allows safe and sane fireworks to be sold. >>> a fixture for menlo facility. the city held a party for khapelheimen. chapelheimen was recruited after 9/11 and countless areas around the country. he says it's been rewarding. >> when you love something it's not work. this has been one of the greatest privileges of my life to be at a job where what you do makes a diffenanwher wi ey >> menlo park is the only department he worked for. he started when he was 20 so congratulations to him. >> what a career. >>> once again let's get weathe my goodness the pacific northwest just heating up. >> yeah. let's get to sandhya patel for the latest. >> it was just dangerous and excessive there as a matter of fact, seatac 108, seattle 107, those are all records. portland hit 114 de

it's moving slowly in addition to calfire boulder creek bonny doon in santa cruz county fire departments. they're all on the scene there. no work or word yet, rather on what might have caused this fire tonight. fire crews are on high alert. us to scorching temperatures also increases that fire threat. >> one of the places where there's already way too much potential fuel for a wildfire santa cruz mountains or kron four's. rob fladeboe has the story. >> san jose fire captain mitch showed me how relative humidity had already dropped to 30% by 1130. this morning. he notes that anything below 40% is worrisome. this truck is stocked with a good supply of cold water to help keep firefighters hydrated these temperatures were expected to push into the 90's today. the holiday weekend along with high heat and low humidity is keeping firefighters busy. >> one company of hours yesterday was on for vegetation fires that i'm aware of in a couple of them were rather large. we do have large vegetation fires right here in the city calfire made short work of a wildfire off china grade road in the santa cr

this after a cap radio and california npr investigation found governor newsome and calfire allowed theigh priority forest management project treated significantly. more acres than it actually did. the miscommunication liaise directly. >> with director tom porter cal fire both to the governor's office in passing that information forward and then also to the public. i know tom porter. he is a man of honor he has owned this year's not sidestep it you know, it's about it's unfortunate. as it can get that mistake coming is newsom's administration has said it treated 90,000 acres in 35 high priority projects launched in 2019. the report showed the agency ended up treating less than 12,000. you are under the impression as well. >> that 90,000 acres was burned and i've used the same information from a trusted and valued source. sometimes miscommunication happens as of wednesday. a fact sheet linked with the governor's executive order that directed the projects specifically using the word treated 90,000 acres has been taken off of cal fire's website. the agency said the effort protects 90,000 a

calfire says conditions around the state are prone to wildfires this year. >> we're seeing everythingnerally over 3,000 feet is in conditions we normally see in august and september. with a lack of rainfall and a lack of snow pack in those upper elevations things very, very dry. >> 50 to 60 teens are learning what it takes to be a firefighter. the training includes how to forcefully enter a building to bring somebody out alive. even if these kids don't become firefighters, the fire department wants them to know that they can go any where. >> i had a student who said i don't think i'll be able to swing that ax. earlier we watched her with a big smile on her face being able to do it as well as actual firefighters do it. >> that's awesome. the kids will be able to take what they learned here and use it to get a summer job. >>> this is an important summer of catch up for many kids in the south bay. 1,000 of them are enrolled in an immerse program run by the boys and girls club of silican valley. parents have already been hard hit financially by the pandemic. >> the idea of hey mom sign me

>>on tuesday calfire tried to clarify it was protecting 90,000 acres but today the agency took down aet about the project from its website that specifically said it would treat that amount. speaker nancy pelosi says she'll now create a select committee to further investigate the january 6 assault on the u.s. capitol kron four's catherine heenan is here now with details. well just in this is not how nancy pelosi wanted to investigate the capitol attack but. >>she says she has no choice. pelosi says she would have much rather stab lish to bipartisan independent commission one that would have been modeled after the 911 attack investigating panel but that effort was blocked in the senate and pelosi is clearly still fuming about that. unfortunately. >>despite the expressed support of 7 gop senators, mitch mcconnell asked republican senators to do him a personal favor and vote against that commission. in the meantime. i'm hopeful that that could still happen at some point. however this morning. with great solemnity and sadness. i'm announcing that the house will be establishing some select

. >> calfire sweeted some photos today. lightning sparked the fire three days ago.k at all that smoke. it's burned about 1,500 acres and is 20% contained. >>> so called safe and sane fireworks are now for sale in some bay area cities. abc 7 news was at a fireworks stand in san bruno it's one the handful ndful ndful ndful n allows safe and sane fireworks to be sold. >>> a fixture for party for khapelheimen. chapelheimen was recruited after 9/11 and countless areas around the country. he says it's been rewarding. >> when you love something it's not work. this has been one of the greatest privileges of my life to be at a job where what you do makes a difference and where the people you work with every day they make a difference in other people's lives too. >> menlo park is the only department he worked for. he started when he was 20 so congratulations to him. >> what a career. >>> once again let's get a check of the weather and ama oh my goodness the pacific northwest just heating up. >> yeah. let's get to sandhya patel for the latest. >> it was just dangerous and exce

calfire says the burned 90% of the base and it is almost out today. >> ama and dan it was the winds they to fight not just the fire. so let me show you the conditions right now. it is cooler 61-degree the humidity is coming up to 53%. winds are still gusty although not as strong. right now up to 11-miles-an- hour. when you take a look at the wind forecast they will continue to drop off overnight but they'll pick up tomorrow. 35 to 36-miles-an-hour. that's what makes it challenging. it will remain cool the next couple of days in the 70s and the heat comes in over the weekend. visible satellite picture just before sunset. picked up this plume of smoke going all the way toward the northeast toward the quincy area. unfortunately because the entire state is in a drought and some areas really bad. it is going to be tough for the firefighters. ama. >>> all right, sandhya thank you. >>> new developments now a san jose woman accused of killing her 7-year-old son is in custody awaiting extradition. the arrest comes 11 days after the body of her son liam husted was found near a trail head. investig

calfire says it's 80% burned today.re waiting to hear if this was a flair up. >>> a fast-moving grass fire has done extensive damage to two areas. the wind pushed the fire from one building to the other. several residents have been displaced and two had to go to the hospital for smoke inhalation. we don't yet know what started that fire. >>> one look at our network of cameras and it's easy to see why this was the first spare the air day. last season the bay area recordeda record 52 spare the air days. officials are right now sounding the alarm. >> we don't know how this year will look as far as wildfires but the conditions are you know very dry, and we're seeing high the temperatures already. >> on spare the air days it's recommended you avoid driving to try to reduce air pollution and limit outdoor activities because of that unhealthy air. now let's get to drew tuma. >> we're tracking very warm temperatures inland today it was record heat. some of the hottest temperatures we've seen in almost 6 months. we're certainly

crews from calfire and the san jose fire department made quick work of the fire today. it broke out around 11:30 near silican valley road and baskin ridge not far from a residential area. fortunately no structures were damaged. >>> the drought just became a lot more real for residents of one sonoma county city. we'll be reminded of it with every drop of water they see or use. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman has more on the new restrictions in healdsburg. >> it is the sonoma county city where green lawns are about to turn brown. resistant seems futal and the reactions. >> annoyed. i'm still annoyed trying to find a solution. >> reporter: after this city turned off the water last friday, the neighborhood association hired a truck to bring in reclaimed water at a minimal cost of $5,000 a month. >> we're doing triage basically. >> we're very concerned about losing 500 trees that will be a fire hazard. >> reporter: in all because of a response to a water restriction. these are massive restrictions, the city wants businesses and residential customers to cut water use by 40

calfire says the burned 90% of the base and it is almost out today. >> ama and dan it was the winds theyo fight not just the fire. so let me show you the conditions right now. it is cooler 61-degree the humidity is coming up to 53%. winds are still gusty although not as strong. right now up to 11-miles-an- hour. when you take a look at the wind forecast they will continue to drop off overnight but they'll pick up tomorrow. 35 to 36-miles-an-hour. that's what makes it challenging. it will remain cool the next couple of days in the 70s and the heat comes in over the weekend. visible satellite picture just before sunset. picked up this plume of smoke going all the way toward the northeast toward the quincy area. unfortunately because the entire state is in a drought and some areas really bad. it is going to be tough for the firefighters. ama. >>> all right, sandhya thank you. >>> new developments now a san jose woman accused of killing her 7-year-old son is in custody awaiting extradition. the arrest comes 11 days after the body of her son liam husted trail head. instators e ill trying to d

calfire says it's 80% burned today.hear if this was a flair up. >>> a fast-moving grass fire has done extensive damage to two areas. the wind pushed the fire from one building to the other. several residents have been displaced and two had to go to the hospital for smoke inhalation. we don't yet know what started that fire. >>> one look at our network of cameras and it's easy to see why this was the first spare the air day. last season the bay area recordeda record 52 spare the air days. officials are right now sounding the alarm. >> we don't know how this year will look as far as wildfires but the conditions are you know very dry, and we're seeing high the temperatures already. >> on spare the air days it's recommended you avoid driving to try to reduce air pollution and limit outdoor activities because of that unhealthy air. now let's get to drew tuma. >> we're tracking very warm temperatures inland today it was record heat. some of the hottest temperatures we've seen in almost 6 months. we're certainly sizzling in so

calfire says the flames scorched about 40 acres in san martin, no reports of injuries or damage. >>> chief meteorologist paul heggen joins us now paul, fire crews or high alert with temperatures heating up this weekend again. >> yeah. we do have a couple things working in our favor, though. the first is that the hottest of the hot weather will stay off to our north. now some of that will make its way into the bay area saturday. temperatures return to the 80s and 90s inland, but not the triple digit temperatures we had late last week. another thing working in our favor is before the worst of the heat can make its way, in a little system off the coast will move towards us and that is going to really crack the heatwave before it even has a chance to get going in our neck of the woods. that is not going to be the case farther north. we'll talk about that in a few minutes, but humidity levels are going to be low inland in the east bay and north bay tomorrow afternoon. so fire danger will be elevated, but not exceptionally high for the current scenario with all that dry vegetaton. we'll ta

rob fladeboe reports now calfire is training what is says is a quote, worst case scenario. >> the marksn aerial an all too likely one at that has a half dozen images heading for a fire near a winery on bear creek road. so we have our engines out. >> escape routes and safety zones and and working all the different things that they work during a fire engine company captains. >> if you take a snapshot of this will communication over cellphone. the fire crews include new recruit to learn the ropes alongside veteran firefighters as we mentor our folks. we have people in new roles. it's good. >> we have these things down before the fire really hits been diverted to different incident and has inside cal fire's command and control center. other firefighters coordinate with field crews and dispatch air support and other equipment getting to know the dispatches and all the different things they need to do to have resources go to the right spot staging areas base camps in. >> we're set up a whole the whole set for that. having already responded to several flare ups from last summer. czu lightning

an investigation by kabc radio in california and pr shows governor newsome and calfire allow the public to believe a high priority force management project treated 90,000 acres. the investigation revealed that the project actually treated less than 12,000 acres. the president of the firefighters union said the issue comes down to communication and miscommunication by one man. >> director tom porter cal fire both to the governor's office in passing that information forward and then also to the public. i know tom porter. he is a man of honor he has owned this year's not sidestep it. it's about it's unfortunate as it can get. >> on tuesday. a fact she linked to cal fire's website was edited to reflect the agency was trying to protect 90,000 acres. the governor himself has not yet commented on that report. now to our pandemic coverage. san francisco is requiring all city employees to be fully vaccinated. people who work inside city hall transit operators. police officers, firefighters all received an e-mail from the city's human resources department saying they must report their vaccination

again, the temperatures are creeping up calfire saying do what you can to stay safe. we also had a fire that ignited just a short time ago in fairfield crews out there trying to make sure that that doesn't become worse reporting live here in marin county. theresa back to you guys. thank you. >> right now on kron, 4 dot com. we have a page set up for wildfire information. you can use your mobile device and scanned qr code. it will take you right there. you'll also be able to find out things such wildfire preparedness, tips and how to make an evacuation checklist. let's check on the 4 zone forecast on this friday. a live look outside looking at the golden gate bridge and the marin headlands and. >> where the fog is rolling, which is a good thing. lawrence, it's going to get hot and that's not good for firefighters. yes, going to get really hot. i think this next week, this next week, the last a week of spring. but here we go. i think we'll see. >> a heat wave, a summerlike heat wave really get its grips in the bay area about the middle of this next week. not now, though

governor gavin newsom ordered calfire to shore up sooner than a typical season. so we kind of saw this coming. and so we were able to make efforts to get all of our staffing in pace than we would typically. and so really we are at that peak level staffing in the next couple weeks. and he says that technology is on hand to help out as well. you know, we made some advancements our air program to having some more. you know, capable and modern air fleet that's going to help us in the future. so we really were looking to tomorrow's fire and we're preparing for today. yet he adds the fire season and those images from years past should give people pause with human sparking. many fires cal fire needs the public's help in getting through this precarious season. >> closing in on us. >> you know, we have a partnership with with the community and we're going to do our part, but we're asking the community to do their part. and that means clearing that brush, you know, having escape plan being prepared living with wildfire. california, something we all do and we all are aware

it's being called the calfire and you see it right there. it's forcing evacuations from the area. that's the mill valley area of shasta county north of redding. here in the bay area, if you are smelling smoke, it is not from that fire, right? >> the willow fire. you probably saw it in the skies. we'll look at the air quality coming up. we're about 12 hours away from the start of summer, and it looks like it. that fog has made a big comeback. 58 degrees right now. wind coming off the ocean and we'll see more of that ocean air the next couple days. san rafael 63 degrees. livermore 70s to low 80s today. the tri-valley did reach the low 90s, cooling quickly to 70 degrees. and there you see the distance. some of that smoke i'm talking about moving the willow fire. these are the skies of san jose, 68 degrees. speaking of the willow fire, we had more wind picking up during the day today, so we saw that smoke column rise up, push more smoke to the south bay and parts of the east bay. again, the wind aloft as we show you the air pollution impact away from the willow fire. you can see how t

calfire has a strike team from the santa clara unit that has been sent in to help. the fire has burned about 1500 acres since it came up on friday. >>> the pacific northwest will see slight relief from unprecedented heat today. temperatures soared past the 100 degree mark yesterday. temperatures reached 108 degrees at the airport. some flights had to be canceled in seattle. that forced travelers to compete with locals to try to find a place to stay with ac. we spoke to some of the travelers who made it back to the bay area. >> the announced that all the hotels in the greater seattle area were books. if you can find an airbnb, they will be rebrand burst. i don't know how easy that was. >> the average high temperature in june for seattle is around 70. just a few hours south in portland, it hit 115 degrees. the city shut down its light rail service. >>> we have video coming up of streets buckling heat. look at the temperatures right now. they fell back into the 60s as the marine layer is returning for them. yesterday, they were near 80 degrees. that is some good news.

. >> calfire explaining just how dire the drought situation is here in california. the usually lushan full reservoirs in red county, parched and providing an alarming look at health. a drought is accelerating fire season. a new fire danger map that shows elevated risk areas across the bay area. you can see it there. the areas you see an orange represent an elevated fire prone area. the areas shaded red. there extremely fire-prone extreme drought conditions. yeah. increasingly making matters worse. >> right now our 4 zone forecast center meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez joins us with more on this ongoing fire threat risa. yeah, that's right. grant and vicki. in fact, this is going to be an issue that we're going to track all summer long. >> and even through half of this fall because remember, our hottest months of the year along the coast or in september and october. and we're still under extreme drought conditions. but in the months ahead we could all see exceptional drought, which is the driest worst category. according to this drought monitor map and tomorrow we're

according to calfire, it's actually a fire that's burning on a remote island just west of late. how that's where the smoke is coming from. the flames are not threatening any of the surrounding areas and tin you to follow the breaking news we told you about at the top of the newscast. this is a live picture that continues now where brush fire was burning. >> in the north bay near interstate 6.80. and march view road in solano county. you can see the emergency crews on the left of your screen. still there trying to make sure this fire is not down. traffic is stopped on the southbound interstate 6.80. a roadway north of marsh. the northbound traffic is moving and you can see that, but it's moving slowly as you can tell and the picture. you can see the tail lights there. before even northbound traffic was south. so at least i guess there's progress. the fact that the northbound traffic is now moving. this is in the area of the nation and fairfield again was a brush fire. we're continuing monitor developments related to this and keep you posted. well, it was revealed today that scott

rob fladeboe reports now calfire is training for what it says is a quote worst case scenario. >> theark scenario an all too likely one at that has a half dozen images heading for a fire near a winery on bear creek road. so we have our engines out. >> escape routes and safety zones and and working all the different things that they work during a fire engine company captains. >> if you take a snapshot of this will the communication over cellphone. the fire crews include new recruit to learn the ropes alongside veteran firefighters as we mentor our folks. we have people in new roles. it's good. >> we have these things down before the fire really hits been diverted to different incident and has inside cal fire's command and control center. other firefighters coordinate with field crews and dispatch air support and other equipment getting to know the dispatches and all the different things that they need to do to have resources, go to the right spot staging areas base camps >> we're set up a whole the whole set for that. having already responded to several flare ups from last summer. czu

. >>> a single candidate image of a calfire firefighter is capturing a lot of attention.will hear from firefighter crews on the physical and emotional toll they face. >>> the national park service is being taken to court today after more than a third of its tule elk heard died of thirst and starvation. that was not a good note to end on. we will celebrate that we are here together on monday. it is june 28. abc-7 mornings right now, life where ever you stream. >> i am happy that i am no longer living in the pacific northwest this morning. >>> the devastating, deadly heat for those folks. good monday morning everybody. he was look at our roof camera. you can see some drizzle right now. you can see the extensive cloud cover, the onshore breeze saving us from the heat once again. temperatures 60 in half moon bay. we have low to upper 80s in the south bay, namely the same thing in the north bay. you get around lakeport, those are our best chances for dangerous temperatures as we continue with the heat advisory with highs 97 to 105 in lake county today and tomorrow. that means

it is moving slowly in addition to calfire boulder creek, bonny doon and santa cruz county fire departments have all been on the scene. no word yet on a cause. a house fire in santa rosa today being blamed on improperly discarded ashes. the fire began outside the house but spread to the inside and to the attica did about $150,000 in damage. the homeowners were not home when this started. but returned while crews were still on the scene right now. kron 4 dot com. we have a section dedicated to drought and wildfire resources. just use your mobile device to scan that qr code on your screen. >> and you'll be taken to that location. you'll find preparedness tips and an interactive drought map as well as the latest on water restrictions across the bay area as families, friends and communities continue to mourn the loss of the 9 innocent lives who are lost in the vta mass shooting last week, a group of people is putting up chalk boards around the bay area for people to write messages to show their support and kron four's. michelle kingston has that story from hayward. >> and then some people have

they found the governor newsome and calfire allowed the public to believe quote, high priority for used 90,000 acres. the investigation, however, revealed that the project actually treated less than 12,000 acres. the president of the firefighters union says the issue isn't. a problem with the governor, but that it was a miscommunication that came down to somebody else. >> director tom porter cal fire both to the governor's office in passing that information forward and then also to the public. i know tom porter. he is a man of honor. he has owned this. he is not sidestep its about this unfortunate as it can get. so a miscommunication there on tuesday, a fact sheet linked to cal fire's website was edited to reflect the agency. >> was trying to protect 90,000 acres. the governor himself has not yet commented on the report. >> 8.37 in san francisco leaders are getting backlash to the vaccine mandate for the city employees. a group that represents black city employees called the mandate harsh and insensitive the group is the black employees alliance and coalition against anti blackness. t

there are going to have crews out there to mop up any hot spots just to make sure one other note the calfire made a comment about an i thought that this was certainly worth putting out there and certainly something that i will do is to buy a fire extinguisher and make sure you have it on the ready, especially as you use those barbecues, a lot of us and not cleaner barbecues or don't have a fire extinguisher. and it's just a good thing to have on hand so that you don't accidentally start a fire. and that could also potentially take off as cal fire's mentioning. we're all in this together to make sure that we try and do all we can to make sure that we don't have a very horrible fire season reporting live here in sausalito, theresa stasi, back to you guys to reset a good advice. thank you. well, heading into this very warm weekend. we want to get our 4 zone forecast from 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us with a look at the conditions out there more. yeah, we are going to see changes throughout the weekend. now high pressure starting to build in overhead. >> our temperatures are goi

this after a cap radio and california npr investigation found governor newsome and calfire allowed thelic to believe a high priority forest management project treated significantly. more acres than it actually did. the miscommunication liaise directly. director tom porter cal fire both to the governor's office in passing that information forward. >> and then also to the public. i know tom porter. he is a man of honor he has owned this year's not sidestep it you know, it's about it's unfortunate. as it can get that mistake coming is newsom's administration has said it treated 90,000 acres in 35 high priority projects launched in 2019. the report showed the agency ended up treating less than 12,000. you are under the impression as well. >> that 90,000 acres was burned and managed. i've used the same information from a trusted and valued source. sometimes miscommunication happens as of wednesday. a fact sheet linked with the governor's executive order that directed the projects specifically using the word treated 90,000 acres has been taken off of cal fire's website on tuesday. the agency

governor gavin newsom ordered calfire to shore up sooner than a typical season. so we kind of saw this coming. and so we were able to make efforts to get all of our staffing in pace than we would typically. and so really we are at that peak level staffing. >> in the next couple weeks. and he says that technology is on hand to help out as well. you know, we made some advancements our air program to having some more. you know, capable and modern air fleet that's going to help us in the future. so we really were looking to tomorrow's fire and we're preparing for today. yet he adds the fire season and those images from years past should give people pause with human sparking. many fires cal fire needs the public's help in getting through this precarious season. >> closing in on you know, we have a partnership with with the community and we're going to do our part, but we're asking the community to do their part of that means clearing that brush, you know, having escape plan being prepared living with wildfire. california, something we all do and we all are aware of. a

they found the governor newsome and calfire allowed the public to believe that a high priority force management project had successfully treated 90,000 acres. the investigation, however, revealed that the project really only treated less than 12,000 acres. but the president of the firefighters union says that the issue comes down to a miscommunication by just one person. >> director tom porter cal fire both to the governor's office in passing that information forward and then also to the public. i know tom porter. he is a man of honor he has owned this year's not sidestep it. it's about it's unfortunate as it can get. so the governor is given bad information. a fact sheet linked to cal fire's website was edited to reflect that the agency was trying to protect. >> 90,000 acres. the governor has not yet commented on the report. >> time now is 9.35 in san francisco leaders are getting some backlash to their vaccine mandate for city employees, a group that represents black city employees says the mandate is harsh and insensitive. they are called the black employees alliance. a coalition

reminder that we are on the cusp of another potentially dangerous fire season and authorities with calfireay. >> we all need to be on high alert. >> our staffing levels right now are probably about 30 to 40 days where they would be on a typical year. so pretty much at peak staffing up and down the state where we would typically see that until maybe the very beginning of july. so we are ready for the fire season right now. and we're asking the public to be ready as well. >> there was another flare up late today. this one in fairfield, a home was threatened for a time. but the fire crews were able to contain that fire safely. no word on the cause in any of these fires so far. and it's only get hotter out there. temperatures projected to hit triple digits next week. you can see the numbers there. >> a 101 on wednesday. a 104 on friday in the inland areas. kron four's, chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joining us with a look ahead. i look at some of those numbers and i cut a crutch and someone looking further out. they could be a little conservative. we could see some hotter temperatures tha

calfire spending the day on the scene of a 4 acre grass fire near county road. 41 glinda it happened3.30 this afternoon. cal fire says they were able to stop the for progress on this fire to avoid issuing any evacuations right now. kron 4 dot com. you can find more tips and information to get you ready for the upcoming fire season just scan your use your mobile device to scan the qr code on your screen and you'll be taken there. now to our 4 zone forecast tonight where we're taking a live look at coit tower all lit up and its glory this saturday night. we are tracking the fire danger that is headed our way with the arrival of some very extremely hot temperatures in the upcoming days kron 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez here tonight with the timing and what you can expect as you head out the door. first thing in the morning. yeah, that's right. jonathan. in our latest drought monitor map. >> was released on thursday and that exceptional drought, the driest category that maroon shade that you're seeing. >> that is typically the worst driest category on that, mark and we are seeing it

calfire has some good tutorials on how to make that fire break in case the fire approaches your location, your house, gives it a little bit of a break there and keeps it from jumping the line. make sure your family has a plan that you have some printed maps, where to go, and you also are packed for about three days worth of food, clothing and medication for each family member of your house and put it somewhere where you can easily grab it and go and be prepared for power outages that can last for days and have a way to get information, evacuate or you're going to be staying at home, you want to make sure that you can get that from us right here, nbc bay area, check out the climate in crisis page and i'll have another weather update in a few minutes. >>> new video showing you a sink hole opening under a hospital parking lot in jerusalem. look at that, at least three cars there were parked there, fell into that hole. this was taken yesterday on security camera at a nearby hospital. israeli police say no one was hurt. good to hear that. wow. >>> 6:22 this morning, next on "today in the bay,

governor newsome and calfire allow the public to believe that a high priority for us management projecteated 90,000 acres. well, investigation revealed that the project actually treated less than 12,000 acres. the president of the firefighters union said that the issue comes down to a miscommunication by one person. >> director tom porter cal fire both to the governor's office in passing that information forward and then also to the public. i know tom porter. he is a man of honor. he has owned this. he is not sidestep it. it's about it's unfortunate as it can get. on tuesday. a fact sheet linked to cal fire's website was edited to reflect the agency was trying to protect. >> 90,000 acres. the governor himself has not yet commented yet on the report. >> san francisco leaders are getting some backlash about the latest vaccine mandate for city employees a group representing black city employees says that the mandate is harsh and insensitive. they're known as the black employees alliance and coalition against anti blackness and they represent within 400 black employees in the city and they

a cal fire says the fire is no longer spreading and all calfire air resources have been released. the fire broke out shortly before one this afternoon and quickly spread from 2 acres to 30 acres fire crews were able to gain an upper hand within an hour again, forward progress on this fire has stopped. time to talk about our weather. now. this is a live look from our quite a tower camera. it's beautiful out there. but we do have some very hot temperatures that are headed our way kron 4 meteorologist dave spahr joins us now with the details is city down to the south. but, you know, real quick here. talk about the fire that put out there. >> this is what we have right now. we have winds coming in from the bay. a northerly direction. they're pretty much in the teens. but this is daytime heating has to drive some of the winds. so somewhat of a typical event on that front. you know, you're showing the blue skies earlier. this has been kind of cloudy just about all day right around the golden gate bridge started to lift a little bit. but it's even hard to make out the southerly towers th

with enough, i recruits to fight the fire they need as many people on the front line yesterday, new calfireruits did live fire training in eldorado county. >> lonnie wong takes a closer look. >> applies to to get cool that downpour. this is the first taste live fire training for this group a firefighter with just outside of koloma. this is an excellent way for them to learn to learn on the job where they're actually on a hostile fire. >> this week, al player went to a maximum staffing of its fire units several weeks earlier than normal. it will need to season. every one of these recruits so they can be deployed. the new recruits live-fire training. he is a must for many of them. it could be a make or break situation. they flames of the physical exertion required to hold dear into the wild lands takes its toll. we do get a number of recruits didn't know exactly what to expect and they decided that says is their career path and that's fine. and this is a time to find out early on the career. >> a close eye as captain when the weather conditions before and during training. >> to pre cut the fu

had a training with the climate reality project in los angeles just two weeks ago, and the head of calfire the state's leading firefighter and one of the leaders of the "au" "au" -- australian firefighters, that fire had temperatures of 1,400°, and wind speeds that are comparable to those that are in hurricane florence and super typhoon mangkhut. so the evidence that we must change is so palpable, so visceral, to obvious to most of us -- and i think even though who feel an allegiance to political parties and groups and ideologies that tell them the badge of membership keeps them from acknowledge this, they are beginning to find their own ways of saying yeah, this is pretty strange what's happening. maybe we need to take stock. and of course, cities know that we -- we have to change, because cities are always on the front lines. and ever more so, of course, throughout human history, no more than 15% lived in cities, and now it's 50% on the way to 70%. cities are where it's happening, where the solutions are being found, for reasons that i'm not sure i fully understand but many of you may un