very warm temperatures continuing today for inland california including eastern contra costa and alameda counties where highs will again flirt with the triple digits. most inland areas will be slightly cooler than yesterday although highs will still peak well into the 90's. along the coast expect temperatures remaining quite similar today with just a slight dip expected into the weekend. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) police are investigating a series of armed robberies that happened in an east bay bart station parking lot. a man robbed two people... one at gunpoint at the fruitvavle bart station wednesday morning. four other cars were also burglarized. one woman notifed a station agent after she was walking inside the garage that same morning.. and a car pulled up to her. the recent spike in crime is frightening commuters who take bart

very warm temperatures continuing today for inland california including eastern contra costa and alameda counties where highs will again flirt with the triple digits. most inland areas will be slightly cooler than yesterday although highs will still peak well into the 90's. along the coast expect temperatures remaining quite similar today with just a slight dip expected into the weekend. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin )breaking news this morning.... fire crews are still hard at work putting out the massive wildfire in shasta county. now this started on monday, but has since tripled in size. 3 firefighters were injured last night... and one person died who was operating a buldozer at the time. it's not clear what happened but the victim was not a cal-fire employee... but was hired to help fight the fire. at last check that fire has burned over 28-thousand acres and is only 6-percent contained. over a dozen home are now destr

a wildfire still burning in eastern contra costa county. the marsh fire started yesterday afternoon and doubled in size through the day and night. allie rasmus live in contra costa to bring us an update this morning. >> as of last check around 9:00 last night, the marsh fire had burned 250 acres and it was 20% contained. an hour from now more or less we should find out if that containment number has gone up overnight. a live picture in the meantime of one of the homes that burned in this fire yesterday. this is outside of apsra drive and marsh creek road. we're showing you this live picture now. three structures were also consumed by the flames. you can see flames in this picture but we're told that's from a propane tank still on the property. firefighters this morning on the front lines have told us so far that the weather conditions overnight were favorable. they have been able to stop the forward progress of this fire and that's why we're hoping and waiting to see if those containment numbers go up in the next hour. aircraft played a big

. >>> we're following the developing story of a wildfire burning this morning in eastern contra costa county. it's already destroyed one home. these are live pictures, we're talking about the marsh fire burning along marsh creek road near clayton. these are live pictures there around some of the destruction. that used to be a house. we're looking at this now, flames burning embers and smoke coming from what's left of it. out buildings were destroyed by the fire which began yesterday afternoon. it has burned 247 acres. right now it's only 20% contained. two evacuation centers were open at the clayton and brentwood community centers. we're going to bring you a live report from allie rasmus out there this morning later this hour. >>> now to south bay where a fire outside of gilroy is 60% contained. the church fire was reported yesterday afternoon off highway 101 outside of gilroy. ktvu took these pictures and crews were there and saw two buildings burn. one of them appeard to be a home. cal fire says 20 acres in all have burned so far. no injuries have been reported. the cause of the chu

ntues to burn in eastern contra costa county this morning.e getting a better look at the damage as evacuation orders remain in effect. the latest live from >> reporter: reunited at last? maybe not. today's the deadline to get families at the southern border back together but there are still roadblocks that may prevent that from happening for all involved. at the marine mammal center, the environment is everything. we want to do our very best for each and every animal, and we want to operate a sustainable facility. and pg&e has been a partner we want to do our very best for helping us to achieve that. we've helped the marine mammal center go solar, install electric vehicle charging stati sustainae organization we can be. toge >>> now at 6:00, flames destroy a bay area home as a fast-moving fire rages out of control. the evacuations under way. >> whatever your position on immigration, for goodness sake's, would you take it out on children? >> the clock is ticking for immigrant children separated at the border to be reunited with their parents.

this fire has been burning for about three hours now in eastern contra costa, and at least one home is along with two other buildings. the good news, no one has been hurt. >> just minutes ago, in evacuation orders were issued. everyone along marsh creek road from morgan territory road to deer creek road has been ordered to get out. and people living along morgan territory and leon drive south of marsh creek have also been ordered to evacuate. >> sky 7 is live overhead, showing you this firefight that has been ongoing for about three hours right now. we've seen airplanes, helicopters, and crews on the ground as well. you can see a lot of smoke coming off of this fire in several spots as it spread around in the wind. there are still some active flames. you can see right there in the center of your screen there some flames burning near what looks like a building. >> maybe a structure. >> maybe a structure, maybe a home. we've seen even bigger flames in the last several hours as well. >> joining us on the phone now is cal fire spokesperson pam tamarmand. pam, what is the latest situation o

the other half would go toward raising the height of the dam in eastern contra costa county by 55 feet, providing more water for cities during droughts and some wildlife refuges. >>> the city of santa clara has never elected an asian-american city council member since the charter was adopted in 1951. the city will now be split into six districts in future elections under a new order issued by the santa clara county superior court. before this, residents voted at large, meaning all voters voted for all city council members. plaintiffs say it led to an all- white male city council for decades. >> we are really happy. we think this decision is really a victory for the community, for democracy. the community now, in terms of the asian-american and latino community, will be able to elect candidates of their choice. >> first and foremost we are concerned about following the will of the people. our charter provides differently than what the court has ordered. >> the city says it will discuss a possible appeal. >> reporter: a day-long manhunt for the man who stabbed and killed an 18-year-old w

projects in the bay area, a new dam at the chico pass and raising the height of the dam in eastern contra costanty. >>> our time is now 6:41 there's a focus on increasing social media security before the midterm elections. coming up at 6:00, what facebook is doing to try and prevent foreign countries from messing with the political campaigns. >>> 49ers training camp started today. more on the the lofty expectations surrounding the team. >>> good morning, you can see traffic is moving along okay if you're driving on commutes like the east shore. but just down the road, there's a little bit of slowing. i'll tell you more about that, when we come back. >>> these new charges come from an incident at the safeway. he threatened ed an employee and being charged with felony criminal threats. >>> time is 6:45 there was a magnitude quake off the coast of northern california that happened last night according to the us gs. about 56 miles southwest of eureka. no word of damage or injuries from the quake oofrnlt the national transportation safety board plans to hold a public hearing on the deadly crash. a p

over the weekend. 80s and 90s and 106 in clear lake. 104 in vacaville. 90s and 100 degrees in eastern contra costa county. around the bay, 70s and low to mid 90s santa clara valley and san jose. just above average, not too much. 60s on the coast, 80s on the peninsula. this will be the hottest day and seeing tropical clouds, if we get anything it's early friday. >> perfect. thank you steve. . >>> the city of santa rosa has joined several north counties after the wildfires in october. they filed lawsuits against pg&e. the city's lawsuit seeks recovery of financial damages in hopes to make pg&e implement new safety measures. >>> questions are being raised about a wildfire bill. his son ian works for the utility and the paper reports the assembly men authorized legislation that would help customers cover the cost of settling lawsuits from last october's wildfires. they deny the family connection influenced the bill. quirk says the legislation insures people who lost homes in the fire are compensated quickly while protecting pg&e from bankruptcy. he says it will hurt homeowners filing claims as well as

in eastern contra costa county, allie rasmus ktvu news. >>> fire crews are slowly reaching containment. entrances to the park on highway 104, highway 141 have been closed for safety reasons and make it easier for engines to get around. thousands of thour tours have been evacuated. yesterday as we reported on the news at noon, yosemite valley closed for the first time in 30 years. many tourists say they're disappointed before they're forced to evacuate. they could not see the beautiful scenery in yosemite because of the smoke. >>> the ferguson fire is not in yosemite fire and whether or not it will get to the park remains to be seen. people are understanding and we careered the hotel rooms and campgrounds. >> it's remarkable to come into the valley and not have a fun ch of people here. yeah, it's spectacular but it's also a little freaky. >> both yosemite valley and the area of the park are expected to stay close until sunday. . >>> investigators say they're hoping to use information from a fit bit fitness tracker worn by a missing university of iowa student. the 20-year old disappeared

huge difference here. 60s to 70s around oakland and berkley and mid 90s to a few upper 90s eastern contra costa 92 and 94 for more po began hill. 74 in santa cruz. 60s on the coast and 70s to low 80s on the peninsula. i think we will see cooler weather wednesday and thursday. >>> today the cbs board of directors meeting to discuss claims of sexual harassment against the network ceo after the new yorker released a bomb shell report that included six statements from women who claim they harassed them. after a complete investigation it will take appropriate action against the claims. munez has been running cbs for a decade. >>> new information in the sej for a missing college student in iowa who grew up in oakland. what her family revealed about where she may have gone. you know when you're at ross and you'rhello.... ...and then the price is like, helllooo! that's yes for less. find the latest trends and styles at prices that are a perfect fit. it feels even better when you find it for less. at ross. yes for less. this is long distance with the tbest wifi experience,ng distance relationship. plus

wildfire burning in the morgan territory road, marsh creek road area outside of clayton in eastern contra costa. sky map 7 above showing you some of the roads that are involved here. marsh creek road, the major one that we're talking about here. . all of these areas have been told to evacuate. there is a huge traffic jam. these are just two-lane marsh creek road and morgan territory road. it's pretty sticky getting in and out of there right now. the fire is at 225 ne week sinc an iowa college student with bay area ties was last seen in, and the fbi is now joining in the search for molly tibbetts. >> the 20-year-old disappeared after going out for a jog in brooklyn, iowa last wednesday evening. she was wearing a fit bit. local police have reportedly received information from the san francisco company, but have not specified what that information is precisely. >> authorities say they have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. tibbetts spent part of her childhood in oakland's glenview neighborhood before moving to iowa. >>> as we continue, here is a live look from our tower camera a

. >>> mosquitos have tested positive for west nile virus in eastern contra costa.n discovery bay and the agricultural area east of brentwood. use insect repellants, get rid of standing water where mosquitos breed and avoid the outdoors during dusk and dawn when the insects are most prevalent. >>> if you buy your health insurance through covered california you will pay higher premiums next year. state officials say premiums will increase by an average of about 8.7%. here in the bay area the highest rate is 9.4% in san francisco and alameda counties. the lowest, 6.3% in santa clara county. more than a quarter million people are expected to drop their policies next year. now that congress has voted to drop the affordable care act's individual mandate means americans will no longer face fines for not having health insurance. >>> drivers who preorder the tesla model 3 may be having second thoughts. new numbers show nearly one in four are canceling their orders. according to an analyst there are now more people getting refunds than putting down deposits. and there could

the excessive heat advisory, no fog help here in mendocino also out towards eastern solano and contra costa. parts of south bay cooling off yesterday continue ts then you' and 80s not far away. back to the desk now. >>> thank you, steve. we begin with the wildfire burning in shasta county including within the city of redding. take a look at some of the video. the fire is now at nearly 29,000 acres and only 6% con tauned. cal fire's top priority now is to evacuate people in order to save lives. but there are injuries and one firefighter has died. >>> flames have also driven thousands of people from their homes in the redding and shasta lake areas. lee martinez now looking at this new information coming into the newsroom. >> yes, cal fire says the rapidly moving fire is making a strong push into northwestern redding. there's been several firefighters and civilians injured and one person has died. fire officials say the car fire is extremely dangerous and moving with no regard for what's in its path. civilians captured a horrifying moment of the car fire thursday. what started as a brush fire

we'll get the sun but if you're out towards parts of eastern solano and contra costa county you see the everyone is rather close, no extreme or anything like that. 53 in gilroy. 56 san jose state weather roof station at 58 degrees. s with santa cruz a breeze out the delta. sweft 18, no 35 or 40 or anything like that. 70 in reno. 83 in las vegas. cloud cover and thunderstorms in the last couple of days. 57 in monterey and 80 down in bakersfield, california. tahoe and truckee and reno have probably seen the cloud cover but it's not moved in with thunderstorm activity. i believe that changes later today, tonight into tomorrow so if you're going up there, they have had a break. mainly in the central sierra and moving northward. a lot of that moving into southern california and san joaquin valley. >>> future casts are showing cloud cover. although there are a couple of forecast models that do put some rain on us, the gfs goes bonkers. this is probably overdone but the one you cannot ignore. if concord picks up 17-100ths that will be the story. we don't want the lightning. the worst part the

contra costa county in clayton. essentially rural clayton on the eastern side. let's bring in jeff ranieri.have been tracking this for a few hours. the wind shifting east towards brentwood. >> it has been variable for the firefighters. it hasn't been overly strong. the hot temperatures in the low humidity they are battling right now. we have seen gusts at times up to about 25 miles per hour. we are going to cover most of the fires. we will start off in san martin. as far as we know from the news deck at this point, highway 101 remains closed southbound due to the fire in san martin. it's on the western side hereof 101 happening near church avenue and monterey road. a temperature of 94. relative humidity at 16%. we keep talking about the humidity because the closer it gets to zero, the faster the fires can spread. it's a measure of how dry the air currently is. winds are light coming out of the south at 4 miles per hour. gusts up to about 10. that's the good news. we are not under a strong wind event. that is at least helping firefighters with the ariel attacks. let's bring into the other fi

the breaking news in contra costa county, and live pictures and it looks much better this moment and this is a brushfire that has now spread to $125 acres and this was on the eastern side of mount diablo in clayton. there are mandatory evacuations from marsh creek springs near leon drive and morgan territory road and again, this is in the rural part of clayton and at least one home has been destroyed and there are many other homes in the path of this fire and if you're wondering why you're seeing smoke, that smoke is spreading east toward brentwood. >> tonight at 6:00, did they help relieve traffic. uber and lyft drivers on the o road wrs aren't buying it. >> jeff ranieri will tell us one last check of the weather forecast and not only in contra costa county. >> you can see that fire again to the south of proper clayton is in marsh creek springs and the unincorporated cost of contra costa county, and the temperature and humidity, the biggest thing firefighters are facing and only 19%. i'll have more coming up at 6:00. >> lester holt joins us next with "nightly news." thanks for tuning in. >>> tonight, >>> tonight, president trump blasts michael cohen, lashing out