emily turner is live in mill valley with that story. >> reporter: the last year, especially for the bay area, have been brutal. if there is a silverlining it is a fact that folks here are taking fire prevention, even more seriously. on a damp day like this one the threat of fire might seem far off but for him it is just outside of his door. >> we have trees opposite of us. they are very sensitive to the fire. if we get a fire here there are only certain exit routes. >> reporter: which is why he and his wife participated in this exercise in their neighborhood. the hillside homes are in a high fire risk area. low accessibility makes it dangerous during fire season. >> right now we have peoples attention and we should. last year resulted in a huge loss of property and a huge loss of life. during that period of time in a lot of people were not being proactive in engaging how to be better prepared. >> reporter: it is a trend of fire districts are thrilled about. the chief is capitalizing on it, holding creating new fire wise communities. he says, people are receptive to it. they know what th

and i'm emily turner in >>> what calfire said caused a destructive wildfire. thursday, september 13 i michelle griego. >> i'm emily turner and for kenny choi. let's look at the weather and traffic. mary, it is clear in cooler this morning. >> we have been talking about a cooldown for quite some time and it is here. you will feel the difference. it is also breezy conditions as well. we were tracking the fall-like front that dropped our temperatures and kick up -- kicked up the wind for us. you can see the salesforce tower lit up with green and it is ingrained for the global climate summit. this is what you can expect with temperatures.'s 50s and -- it is 50s and 60s around the bay area. the clouds are back this morning and a cooldown continues 6 to 12 degrees below average. we will see the sunshine through the afternoon with breezy conditions. check out the high temperatures as we go through the afternoon. mid-sixties san francisco, santa rosa coming in in mid to upper 70s. low 70s for san jose to livermore. we will talk about the rest of the work week and into

kpix5's emily turner joins us now live. >> reporter: you can see smoke rising up behind those trees as the wind pick up in these afternoon hours. we do now know just in the last half hour that some of the folks who have been evacuated are allowed home, though they may not have power. pg&e is working on that. it hasn't been an easy day for marin county firefighters trying to control the irving fire near la ganitas. >> most of the terrain is super steep we can't even get the dozers into. crews have been working hard all summer. we're trying to get crews to put it in. >> reporter: firefighters managed to stop forward progress, which is another good sign, but the fire threatens about 150 homes. jean barronsmeyer had to evacuate hers last night. >> when you're 86 years old, it's scary, but you do what you have to do. >> reporter: marin fire says the cause of the blaze is under investigation, but we found pg&e crews and fire officials inspecting downed power lines in the area firefighters say it started. you can see crews gathering a spool of line as well as a power pole without a power line

kpix5's emily turner on why her family business has hit rough waters. port for her business quite like this. take sotmaggie mcdonogh/angel island tiburon ways humbilg >> reporter: maggie mcdonagh's business has been operating in tiburon for five generations, but she says in all that time she's never seen the support for her business quite like this. >> it's always humbling to have people come and express how much they adore you. it's wonderful. >> reporter: what isn't wonderful the owner of the angel island tiburon ferry says is the reason for that support. she's decided to bow out of a battle for operating the service to the island. the state parks department put the gig out for bid and the 20 year contract she says is untenable. >> there were a lot of items within the contract, many, many things. i couldn't will the company to my children if i should pass away. our taking care of their facilities on the island, which is their responsibility, things like that just made it unacceptable. >> reporter: she's been on a month to month lease with the state ov

. >> i'm emily turner henefer kenny choi. let's get a look at weather and traffic. >> happy thursday and it is much cooler. if you step outside, i'm sure you felt the difference. if you are about to step outside, you will as well. temperatures are cooler compared to what we saw earlier in the week. and it will continue with the cooler weather going to the day today. the cooldown will stick around for quite some time. we have a live look and you can see the salesforce tower was earlier in the week lit up in blue but now it is green for the global climate your weather headlines, waking up to cloudy skies. that is thanks to this false front that pushed through and dropped the temperatures. it brought clouds and also kicked up wind. 6 to 12 degrees below average once again today. we will see the afternoon sunshine, clearing through the afternoon but breezy conditions. temperatures, we are looking at daytime highs in the south bay of upper 60s to low 70s. we will talk about what you can expect to finish the work week and for the w

our emily turner is live with the overhead view of this firefight. emily? >> reporter: you can't see flames from here, but if we zoom down, you can see smoke coming over the side of that ridge showing you this is still a very active firefight, though everyone is allowed back home right now. firefighters are still battling that blaze. >> when you're 86 years old, it's scary, but you do what you have to do. >> reporter: it has been a troubling 24 hours for jean barronsmeyer and many other homeowners in the lagunitas area. they evacuated last night because of the irving fire. >> everything is on foot right now. it's too steep for dozers to operate. so we've got hand crews and engine companies putting in hose line and cutting brush from the fuels. >> reporter: marin fire says the cause is still under investigation, but we found this scene in the area fire officials say the blaze started. you can see pg&e crews handling downed power lines. firefighters are spooling line and a pole without any power line at all. crews will fight the flames into tomorrow digging c

. -- emily turner. here's a live look in north carolina as hurricane florence bears down on the coastline. the american flag is ripped and the seas are swirling out there. the storm is bringing dangerous winds and rain. mary lee has what's to come. >>> and conditions continue to get worse by if hour. tracking this, heavy rain bands and tropical storm-force winds now moving over the carolina coast there. ment so even though ths a category -- it's a category 2 storm, this is a catastrophic hurricane for the carolina coast. so the very latest, it is now 105 miles, east, southeast, of wilmington, north carolina. it's a slow mover and also it will stay close to the coast. because of that, we are looking at a lot of rainfall. so for even friday night, it is still a hurricane. a category 1 storm. and then a tropical storm by saturday. how much rain are we talking about? we are looking at feet of rain expected. so the width of hurricane winds increased. landfall may be a prolonged event tomorrow and life threat

. >> i am emily turner in this morn were for kenny. >> yeah, sleeping in right now. >> yeah, we made toted the end of the week. >> yeah, it's great. >> temperatures are going to be too bad. >> yeah, it's a cool day across for us in the bay area. we're waking up to clouds in the arch land locations as well. we will have the clearing once again with if afternoon sunshine and the cooler weather continuing. let's talk about the low cloud and fog action. we're getting it again along the coast. parts of the bay and inland locations. check out napa. it's a dense fog there. the highs today are looking pretty nice. it's upper 60s in oakland and mid 70s for napa. >> right now we're tracking the ride along highway 37. we do have a fog advisory in place for drivers across the stretch. be careful from using high beams. it's a 20-minute ride from 80 to 101. we're tracking the slow downs from interstate 80. caltran has the road work going on there. we're going down and that should be wrapped up by 5:00 this morning. it's a 17-minute ride. >>> well, the storm watch now and despite the weakening to a

. >> i'm emily turner. you are looking at myrtle beach, south carolina. you can hardly see out of the camera because of the rain on the lens. mare mare is tracking the -- mary is tracking the story. >>> a category 1 hurricane. let's get to the radar. you can see hurricane florence riding the carolina coast. when it made landfall at 4:15 a.m. our time, winds were clocking in 105 miles per hour. now, from hatteras, wilmington and myrtle beach, tropical storm forced winds currently. we have been talking about this storm as the storm of a lifetime and here is the reason why. it is a slow moving storm, westerly at 5 miles per hour. it will continue to stay close to the coast. that's close to the energy source, the warm waters of the atlantic and that manes dumping a torrential amount of rain, the possibility of 3 feet of rain, we have already seen dangerous storm surge of 9 feet there, very strong winds and flash flooding currently maintaining its hurricane strength all day today as a category 1 hurricane and then down to a tropical storm by tomorrow morning.

kpix5 reporter emily turner tells us the future of their business has entered into some choppy waters>> reporter: maggie mcdonagh's business has operated in tiburon for five generations, but she says she's never seen support for her business quite like this. >> it's always humbling to have people express how much they adore you. it's wonderful. >> reporter: what isn't wonderful the owner of the angel island tiburon ferry says is the reason for all that support. she's decided to bow out of a battle for operating the service to the island. the state parks department put the gig out for bid and the 20 year contract she says is untenable. >> there were a lot of items within the contract, many, many things. i couldn't will the company to my children if i should pass away. our taking care of their facilities on the island, which is their responsibility, things like that, just made it unacceptable. >> reporter: she's been on a month to month lease with the state more than two decades. we reached out to the state parks to ask about the terms but didn't hear back by deadline. in the meantime a

kpix 5's emily turner has a story on why they are fighting the u.s. postal service. >> reporter: for the people who are rebuilding in these burned neighborhoods, they say it has been a battle and now they are fighting another one with the u.s. postal service. it wants to change the way male is delivered to these burned neighborhoods and the people who live in them say they have seen in of change. in practice it's a metal box where you get your mail. but a mailbox is part of what makes a house a home, or mary sobering. >> it's a fact that it's your area, it's your mail. >> reporter: she just bought a new mailbox for her rebuilt home that burned. it was going to be the read punishing touch for a new remodeling process, but now she may not be able to use it. the u.s. postal service is considering doing away with individual mailboxes in favor of cluster boxes. >> it is a lack of respect for the homeowners and he wishes. >> reporter: the community group coffee strong, in a group polled, 97% of the respondents opposed to cluster mailboxes. but the decision

time is 4-- here's emily turner with a check of weather. good morning. we made it. it's friday. >> it's going to be a beautiful friday and weekend. it's going to be warm. i will tell you how warm it will be in a moment. let's look at what your current temperatures are. look at these temperatures. the air pretty warm. 63 in san jose. 50 in santa rosa. those will dip down before they climb. they will climb. >>> we are tracking some overnight road work along a 80 if you are heading out that way. you may see some cones in the lanes. this is in that southbound direction. all those lanes should be wrapping up. the road closure should be wrapping up. we're seeing speeds dip below 10 miles per hour. 23 minutes from -- we have a backup developing in some of those lanes. 11 minute ride heading into san francisco. >>> the bay area woman who says she was sexually assaulted by brett kavanaugh is she does want to testify under certain conditions. >> outside the senate office of chuck grassley protesters were for the woman. she does wish to testify providing they can agree on term

the reporter, emily turner was there. reporter: they met in here, they talked for about two hours but it was just that, talking, no major decisions yet.>> it is a crisis. it is a crisis. >> under a cloud of national scandal, the precepts and francisco san francisco diocese met. the conversation was how to handle the fallout of more abuse allegations against priests across the country. one thing seems clear. >> unfortunately we have lost the trust through the actions of men. sumac though that the meeting they arch bishop cora leone mostly listened to their suggestions. we did learn, he talked about suggestions given by his cabinet. we weren't given details, except>> they were solid. >> so far, san francisco's priests say there are no plans to follow the lead of san diego's diocese and release the names of those who have been investigated for abuse. there are still many options on the table. >> i think it was brought up in conversation, the archbishop took everything in. and listened to it thoughtfully. he will speak to the

time is 4-- here's emily turner with a check of weather. good morning. we made it.ay. >> it's going to be a beautiful friday and weekend. it's going to be warm. i will tell you how warm it will be in a moment. let's look at what your current temperatures are. look at these temperatures. the air pretty warm. 63 in san jose. 50 in santa rosa. those will dip down before they climb. they will climb. >>> we are tracking some overnight road work along a 80 if you are heading out that way. you may see some cones in the lanes. this is in that southbound direction. all those lanes should be wrapping up. the road closure should be wrapping up. we're

. >> i am emily turner in this morn were for kenny. >> yeah, sleeping in right now. >> yeah, we made the end of the week. >> yeah, it's great. >> temperatures are going to be too bad. >> yeah, it's a cool day across for us in the bay area. we're waking up to clouds in the arch land locations as well. we will have the clearing once again with if afternoon sunshine and the cooler weather continuing. let's talk about the low cloud and fog action. we're getting it again along the coast. parts of the bay and inland locations. check out napa. it's a dense fog there. the highs today are looking pretty nice. it's upper 60s in oakland and mid 70s for napa. >>

and i'm emily turner in for kenny choi. time is 4-- >>> good morning everyone.september 13. you are looking live from our salesforce tower camera south at all of those lights in san francisco. good morning i'm michelle griego. >> tu for kenny choi. >> thanks for hanging out with us this morning it is good to have you. the wind is moving and it woke me th morning. >> we had a false front that is pushing through and it dropped the temperatures. you notice the difference when you step out the door, a refreshing change. we have clouds back in san jose. we can show you the weather headlines and what you can expect. the cold of --:continues 6 to 12 talese below average but the afternoon sunshine coming back. breezy continued conditions once again today.d we will talk about hurricane florence coming up. >>> we have a live look

here's emily turner. >>> it is looking to be a >> a great look at the weather. >> i've made sure that it is going to be perfect weather for your trip to rush river tomorrow. is going to be sunny and absolutely beautiful. we are taking a look out there. you can see over the horizon how clear and beautiful it is. it is currently 59 degrees, 45 degrees in santa rosa. those temperatures are going to be warmer today. i will tell you how warm just after this. >>> we are tracking some slowdowns for drivers, over the triangle, still going over westbound 205. and over livermore do start to pick up. you can see the traffic on the right side of your screen getting a little heavy. we are getting reports of an accident, so expect delays heading southbound down to 84. and it is still slow going down to hayward. >>> new body camera video from pittsburgh tv and - - a new body camera video from pittsburgh police. >> reporter: they have become a viral about an incident that happened last weekend. - - a video went viral about this incident. here is a look from police respective. >> stop resisting! [ ind

and i'm emily turner, in for kenny choi. let's get a look at weather and traffi >>> thousands of hotels workers could be posed to walk off the job. >>> good morning. let's take a look at the weather and traffic. i had a foggy drive coming in to work this morning. >> -- >> yeah, in the north bay and visibilities were down to a quarter of a mile. it's down to a mile earlier this morning. that's going to be the fog and tracking the low clouds as we start off the day. there's an on shore flow coming back for sure. we're looking at the low clouds and fog for sure. this is in the inland locations. and that's going to be a beautiful afternoon and that's the sunshine and cool conditions and that's going to continue for a daytime high. that's the average for today and upper 70s in santa rosa and that's nor mid 70s and then livermore and low 70s in redwood city and mountain view and fremont and san jose coming in for the lower 70s. a lot of weekend events coming on. there's a lot in the festival this weekend and then sunny and tempera

.>> emily turner in sonoma county. >>> feeling the heat again, the utility is being blamed for sparking this wildfire. the irving fire started a couple of o name-- near samuel p taylor state park. crews were able to get exclusive video of the downed power lines that provided-- provided the spark. the fire is 80% contained this evening. we spoke to neighbors who are not surprised that pg&e is getting the blame. julie? >> for the rural community impacted by the irving fire it's probably the best case scenario. no homes were destroyed, everyone got out safely, but now the focus is on the cause. >>>reporter: i'm not surprised. for folks in the north it's becoming status quo.>> another spark by this equipment, in this case, power lines. >> i don't know who's responsible.>> the details are still being investigated. we were just able to narrow it and isolate the-- that the power lines were the cause of the fire. >> this marks the 17th fire blamed on pg&e equipment but in many cases there were no evidence that you-- safety laws were violated. more than 200 lawsuits now blame the company for oth

here's emily turner.he bickering between president trump and democratic >>> a mix of mostly the 70s around the bay, cooler along the coast, 67 degrees in pacifica. today is a great day to get out there and enjoy the beach because it is warm enough to sit in the bathing suit. clear and beautiful and sunny and what the cool off looks like.>>> northbound 880, through this stretch in oakland, this is a live look, 880 at 66, and we have four lanes blocked in the northbound direction due to an accident. that backup continues to stretch. it has now reached priority. we have speeds that dip below 100 mph. 31 minute ride from 238 towards the may. it is only 5:32 am and we are looking at delays in the red. give yourself time if you are trying to get to the oakland airport. stick with 580 and take 98 over to the airport. you won't want to use northbound 880 because the backup continues to stretch.>>> bickering between trump and california lieutenant governor gavin newsom is turning into a circus. >> jackie ward join

and i'm emily turner, in for kenny choi.et's get a look at weather and traffi >>> thousands of hotels workers could be posed to walk off the job. >>> good morning. let's take a look at the weather and traffic. i had a foggy drive coming in to work this morning. >> -- >> yeah, in the north bay and visibilities were down to a quarter of a mile. it's down to a mile earlier this morning. that's going to be the fog and tracking the low clouds as we start off the day. there's an on shore flow coming back for sure. we're looking at the low clouds and fog for sure. this is in the inland locations. and

kpix5's emily turner on how the community is helping with the cure. emily? >> reporter: el is. if you think about it, when kids are ill, you take their temperatures to see exactly how ill they are. same thing here in this situation. two weekends from now, not the saturday, but next, people will be taking the temperature of the river and its tributaries to see how sick it is. >> reporter: the russian river watershed association is asking the public to take the temperature of water in the russian river and its tributaries. it has gotten warmer and warmer over the years, and this bubble supported a spiritual help map it. >> we are trying to get people engaged in the community, and also provide awareness to the general public, that temperature is a concern in the russian river. >> reporter: one of the biggest concerns, actually. temperature pollution, as it is known, can destroy critical habitats for endangered fish species. and up the risk for toxic algae. the data is -- is a scientific study, but it will be the first of its kind, and likely eye- opening for many. >> generally spe

kpix5's emily turner says it could change the look of many neighborhoods. emily? >> reporter: oh, yeah, liz. it really comes down to what's more important. is it your hedge row or is it your home? that's a question more than 5,000 people here in mill valley will be asking themselves. >> 2/3 of the city is in red. >> reporter: part of the hilly private appeal of mill valley is also part of its problem. the majority of the city is in the high fire risk wildland urban interface. it hasn't seen a major blaze since 1929. so with its big risk must come big changes to city code. >> what we're doing is not working. >> reporter: the first reading of the new ordinance is tonight. there are five major updates to things like building codes, alert systems and neighborhood accessible, but perhaps the most likely to cause a firestorm of its own is the hazardous fuel reduction amendment. >> it's very forward leaning. we believe it's aggressive. we know some residents will perhaps struggle with this because people are very particular about what they landscape with, but at the end

kpix5's emily turner on how the new emergency alert grew out of last year's deadly wildfires. >> reporter: if you have a landline, you should have gotten that phone call. you signed up with your cell phone number, you should have. there is still time to sign up. this is something that's been worked on since almost a year ago. now they're testing it tonight. >> it's absolutely necessary. maybe we could have got a few things out of our house if we had one and maybe therpe veouldv been d.r: chael williams lost his home and several neighbors to tubbs fire almost a year ago and an emergency alert he says could have made a difference. >> there wasn't one. i mean a phone call or anything and for that matter, the cops didn't even come into the neighborhood and say over their p.a. to evacuate. >> reporter: it is one of fire survivors' biggest complaints, the lack of communication in the face of a firestorm. so sonoma county has since updated its emergency notification system to use a combination of calls and cell phone alerts. today supervisor james gore says is the first trial run. >> this is abo

as we take a look at weather and traffic, let's start with emily turner with what should be a beautifuloday. >> yeah. as far as your skies are concerned, nice and absolutely beautiful and clear. those temperatures are going to start to climb as soon as the sun comes up. taking a live look now at the "salesforce tower," i love this shot, so quintessentially san francisco. your temperatures in san francisco right now, 57 degrees. same in san jose. santa rosa 50. climbing one degree in the last hour. concord 58. oakland 52 degrees. your headlines for today mainly clear this morning as we have seen in those live cameras. and it's going to be sunny and clear all day certainly warmer as well above average temperatures. this weekend the trend will continue. warm inland in the 90s. cooler at the bay

emily turner with what should be a beautiful day today. >> yeah. as far as your skies are concerned, nice and absolutely beautiful and clear. those temperatures are going to start to climb as soon as the sun comes up. taking a live look now at the "salesforce tower," i love this shot, so quintessentially san francisco. your temperatures in san francisco right now, 57 degrees. same in san jose. santa rosa 50. climbing one degree in the last hour. concord 58. oakland 52 degrees. your headlines for today mainly clear this morning as we have seen in those live cameras. and it's going to be sunny and clear all day certainly warmer as well above average temperatures. this weekend the trend will continue. warm inland in the 90s. cooler at the bay 81 in oakland. 91 in the north bay and santa rosa. the south bay will be in the upper 80s. 87 in san jose. 82 mountain view. of course a little cooler closer to the water, 73 in san francisco. 65 degrees in pacifica. those temperatures are going to be very similar tomorrow but they have some changes ahead and i'l

. >> all right, emily turner, thanks so much. >>> right now, topper five over i masce him to dithere. officialliid nitrogen tanll off a truck, outside of thermal official scientific. that said it could affect they said it could explode. it is working properly but they are keeping an eye on it. >>> a human trafficking bus in the bay area. four people are under arrest accused of abusing and exploiting filipino immigrants for a decade. kpix's donlon on the allegations involving multiple daycare centers. >> reporter: allegations of human craft -- trafficking and wage theft, they moved guns from this house which also operates as a day care facility.>> the mother was planning to drop off her three daughters at the rainbow bright daycare. only to learn the owners have been arrested. >> shocked. i always see the people, they are good people. >> the gamos family runs the facilities and to childcare centers. all of them in busy residential neighborhoods. they rated the facilities yesterday -- rated the facilities yesterday. a lamborghini and guns including 14 illegal assault weapons. three of t

it's 8:25 i'm emily turner. alum school district will be arrested if he attends tonight's meeting. tran threatened a member during a closed door meeting and a hearing is scheduled for next month. >>> today is day two of the global action summit. it gets under way in san francisco. governor brown and former new york mayor michael bloomberg plan to discuss the fight on climate change. the summit runs through tomorrow. >> residents in richmond are complaining about new energy efficient lights from the burlington northern santa fe rail way yard. it is bright and the rail yard has until monday to address the issue. >>> news updates throughout the day on your favorite platforms including our website kpix.com. >>> good morning. time now is 8:27. busy day out on the roadways. we are getting reports of wrongway driver along 880. right near a-street. you're taking a live look. this is just south of his pair january and the northbound side is on the left bound side of your screen. we are getting reports of a crash along hi