flames are burning on Évora road in bay point.al fire and contra costa county fire are working to douse those flames from the air and on the ground. good evening. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. there are evacuation orders and warnings in effect right now. >> let's take a look at the map for a better idea. that larger red shaded area is for the evacuation order, which means an immediate threat to life. and you should leave now. it encompasses parts of concord and bay point north of highway four. all right. >> and then look at this. the smaller yellow portion to the right is the evacuation warnings. that means there is a potential threat. and people who need additional time to evacuate should leave right now. >> all right. let's get the latest on the fire. let's get to abc7 news reporter anser hassan. answer >> and, dan, good evening. i just spoke to contra costa county fire protection district. they say there are three sections of the driftwood neighborhood in bay point that are now under mandatory evac

this is evora road. it's closed. who are trying to evacuate driftwood neighborhood. now it is hot out here. it is dry, and you can probably hear. it is very windy. all factors that favor this fire. fire officials tell me the wind is blowing the fire east, which is towards the neighborhood. fire officials say they have deployed teams in the path of the fire, trying to protect homes. they say that's their number one priority right now. cal fire is also out here trying to do air drops up above. there are bulldozers trying to expand the firebreak because just on the other side of the hill is highway four, which they're trying to keep the fire away from. and also this is commute hours, as you mentioned, 150 acres burned. no containment at this point. highway four remains open and no word yet if they plan to close highway four as well. we, of course, will keep you updated throughout the rest of the afternoon. reporting live anser hassan abc seven news. >> thank you. highway 4th may be open, but you got to watch out. >> the

right now, the latest word we have from firefighters is that about 120 acres are burning here near Évoraroad and nichols road in bay point, and there is an evacuation warning that is in place for many people in this area just northy fo. >> okay, so let's bring up now this map that shows all of the areas affected because it is a rather lge aa. and when you take a look, you can see if you're familiar with the area. it's near riverview middle school that's in the evacuation zone. there's also a crestview mobile village, which is jus sort of at the south end of this area that is being evacuated. but this gives you an idea about therea that is being asked residents inhis arebein asked, actually told to get out of the way as crews go after this fire and try to get it under control. >> all right. we'll keep foowin that brush fire here and m nosure. are we going to check in with roberta for a check on the weather? doesn't sound like it. okay, we're going to move along here, and we're going to let you know about a major bust here. one of mexico's top drug lords, believed to be responsible for tra

the point fire in bay point started off Évora road dangerously close to people's homes.and you can see some threatened by the fire covered in retardant there this morning. cal fire says it's burned more than 470 acres and is now 40% contained. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard talked to people who evacuated. >> all in a sudden, when i'm in the restroom, i look in the window and i saw dark smoke coming from the house right in front of me, eleanor schwartz says. >> behind that smoke was a fast moving wall of flames marching toward her bay point neighborhood. friday afternoon, she grabbed her dog, sophie, and was ready to make a run for it. when she and her car got doused with retardant from a firefighting aircraft. >> policeman was out there and we all got drenched with that red stuff, and that's when i decided to leave. >> acres and acres of dry grass. creating the perfect recipe to fuel the fire. contra costa fire says it started near the shooting range off Évora road and quickly spread. carried by strong winds. >> fire got into some light, flashy fuels and the win

it started off of Évora road, close to people's homes, and you can see some of the homes that threatenedby the fire covered in retardant. the bay point fire has grown to over 460 acres and is now 20% contained. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard talked to people who had to evacuate. >> all in a sudden, when i'm in the restroom, i look in the window and i saw dark smoke coming from the house right in front of me, eleanor schwartz says. >> behind that smoke was a fast moving wall of flames marching toward her bay point neighborhood. friday afternoon, she grabbed her dog, sophie, and was ready to make a run for it. when she and her car got doused with retardant from a firefighting aircraft. >> policeman was out there and we all got drenched with that red stuff, and that's when i decided to leave. >> acres and acres of dry grass, creating the perfect recipe to fuel the fire. contra costa fire says it started near the shooting range off of Évora road and quickly spread, carried by strong winds. >> fire got into some light, flashy fuels and the wind took it from there. the winds today were, i

it's burning near evora road and nichols road again close to home. so they've been really thrown everything at this from the ground hand crews and in the air as well. dicey situation there tonight. >> and we're also covering a fire that currently burning near as you can see there, this fire is burning on welsh creek road and calaveras road. it has quickly spread to 50 acres. it is currently at 0 containment. our first chief meteorologist lawrence karnow here with more on the conditions that these firefighters around face boy, i just hate to see it. i mean, in this one, you see these fires get really, really active. usually in the afternoon is not the morning. >> the winds are not blowing around so much right. but all of a sudden you start to see those winds. that afternoon breeze kicks in. and here we go. i mean, what kind of fans, those flames? and that's what we're seeing right now. and that fire just in a really dangerous location. where started to see in and around that fire. we're looking at winds. 25 26 miles an hour. we have a sensor right the

flames are burning on Évora road in bay point.there are evacuation orders and warnings in effect right now for parts of concord and bay point point north of highway four. >> and for the latest on the fire, let's get to abc seven news reporter anser hassan unse, ama and dan. >> good evening. i just spoke to contra costa county fire protection district captain chris toler about 20 minutes ago. he says three sections of the driftwood neighborhood here in bay point are still under mandatory evacuation. here's why. right behind me, these are the homes that are in the line of the fire's path. fire crews have been trying to contain the fire so it doesn't get into the neighborhood. they've been using bulldozers, bulldozers to create firebreaks. firefighters on the front line monitoring where it burns. you can see this is a valley. you can probably hear. it's also very windy. the big concern is wind carrying an ember down into the neighborhood. the top priority is to save these homes, says captain chris toler. here's what he had to say whe

esto es entre concord y waypoint, cerca de Évora.le calfire informó a las 9,35 de esta noche que se habían quemado al menos 462 acres. sin embargo, el incendio está contenido en un 20%, según los funcionarios. se nos ha informado que los bomberos permanecerán en la escena toda la noche. también a esta hora en el condado de alameda. el incendio creek, que arde en su honor sobrepasa ya los 577 acres quemados sin contención alguna. las autoridades han evacuado las áreas cercanas al parque creek y la carretera de walnut creek, mientras que las cuadrillas de bomberos luchan por controlar el fuego. nosotros en telemundo 48 estaremos atentos al desarrollo de estos incendios para mantenerle informado. hola, qué tal? buenas noches. bienvenidos a su emisión de a las 11. hablemos ahora de este menor de edad que está tras las rejas por ser el principal sospechoso de robar violentamente a una mujer mayor de edad al este de san josé, causándole heridas. el robo ocurrió en junio y yomara lópez nos acompaña en vivo desde la sede de la policía de est

the point fire charred nearly 500 acres near Évora road, but is now 85% contained, cal fire says favorableweather conditions have helped crews. all evacuation orders and road closures have been lifted. you can track wildfires across the state, as well as air quality with our interactive wildfire tracker. we have all the information for you on our website, abc seven news.com/fire map to the peninsula we go. we learned today the names of three victims who lost their lives in a crash at devil's slide. the coroner's office identified them as 28 year old angela gaucho, 29 year old mohammad noori, both from south san francisco, and brennan aroma, from kansas. car landed more than 300ft down an embankment along highway one between pacifica and montara. it's still not clear what caused friday's crash. we're working to learn more about a deadly drive by shooting in hayward. today happened just after 11 this morning near glad tidings church on west tennyson road. one person was killed and police think there may be a second victim. police say they don't believe there is a connection to the church, bu

flames are burning on Évora

the point fire charred nearly 500 acres near Évora road, but is now 85% contained, cal fire says favorableweather conditions have helped crews all evacuation orders and road closures have since been lifted. you can track wildfires across the state as well as air quality with our interactive wildfire tracker. we have all the information for you on our website, abc seven news.com/fire map to the peninsula. we learned today the names of the three victims who lost their lives in a crash at devil's slide. the coroner's office identified them as 28 year old angelica. angelica gaucho, 29 year old mohammad noori, both from south san francisco, and brian aroma from kansas. the car landed more than 300ft down an embankment along highway one between pacifica and montara. it's still not clear what caused friday's crash. five years ago tonight, violence shattered the safety of a beloved bay area tradition. on this day in 2019, a shooter killed three people and injured 17 more at the gilroy garlic garlic festival. police shot and killed the 19 year old gunman. the festival never recovered. it was cancel

this is bay point near Évora and nichols road. our sky ranger was overhead.you can see some of the fire planes there with the red retardant. the flames dangerously close to homes and evacuation order is in place for parts of bay point north of highway four. 200 acres have burned so far, and there is no containment at this hour. well, some other headlines tonight. have you seen your latest pg&e bill? a lot of customers remain angry, especially after seeing pg&e. s latest profit margin tonight. the ceo of pg&e says she's still confident that rates will come down. but the question is when? here's our business and tech reporter scott budman. scott raj. most people track pg&e by looking at their bill, and over all of 2023, the average pg&e gas and electric customer's bill went up by more than 22%. that outpaces inflation by a lot. also up pg&e quarterly profit, and that has some customers charged up as the monthly bills of most pg&e customers went up, so did company profits. my bill went to $500 $500 from what? from around $100? pg&e says the hikes were necessary

the fire, beginning along evora road between bay point and concord, with the county issuing both evacuation warnings, this bay point family didn't take any chances, packing up important belongings and evacuating quickly. the fire like it was really close and i thought it would have come to our home and you know, when situations like that happen, you think of the worst. no homes were damaged by the fire, but many will be spending the weekend washing off the pink retardant left behind from the air drops. fire officials say it could have been a different outcome considering the weather conditions in that type of environment. with the wind blowing and these dry, flashy fuels, it was pretty hard and crews went to work right away to get it. get it under control. fire crews will remain on scene tonight to monitor the area for any hot spots. the cause of the fire is still under investigation in bay point. pete suratos nbc, bay area news. pete, thank you. now to chico. and it's getting worse to the north of us. new evacuation warnings and orders tonight as the park fire continues to rage out of cont

flames are burning on Évora road in bay point. cal fire says about 25 acres have burned so far, and we have some video from a short time ago of a nearby neighborhood, and we pull that up. you can see the plume of white smoke there. we'll keep you updated on the situation with this fire and all the others, because there's a lot of them that have broken

contra costa fire says it started near the shooting range off Évora road and quickly spread, carriedby strong winds. >> the fire got into some light, flashy fuels and the wind took it from there. the winds today were, i believe, right around 14mph out of the west uh- but up on the ridge tops and up on the hilltops, they seem to blow a lot harder than that. >> sky seven showed the firefight unfolding. you can see how close the flames came to this neighborhood near driftwood drive. how scary is this afternoon been? >> my heart right now is going 10,000 miles a minute. >> denise and robert tavares couldn't get back to their house due to the evacuation order, but kept a close eye on their place through a home security camera app. it was safe, but watching the fire move across the ridge was beyond stressful. >> i'm trying to do mindfulness, you know, i i'm a psychotherapist. i teach all my clients. listen, don't worry. stay in the moment. and i'm trying to practice what i preach. >> we saw a long line of neighbors sitting in their cars near highway four, waiting for the green light to ret

contra costa fire says it started near the shooting range off Évora road and quickly spread, carriedby strong winds. >> the fire got into some light, flashy fuels and the wind took it from there. the winds today were, i believe, right around 14mph out of the west uh- but up on the ridge tops and up on the hilltops, they seem to blow a lot harder than that. >> sky seven showed the firefight unfolding. you can see how close the flames came to this neighborhood near driftwood drive. how scary is this afternoon been? >> my heart right now is going 10,000 miles a minute. >> denise and robert tavares couldn't get back to their house due to the evacuation order, but kept a close eye on their place through a home security camera app. it was safe, but watching the fire move across the ridge was beyond stressful. >> i'm trying to do mindfulness, you know, i i'm a psychotherapist. i teach all my clients. listen, don't worry. stay in the moment. and i'm trying to practice what i preach. >> we saw a long line of neighbors sitting in their cars near highway four, waiting for the green light to ret

it began friday evora and nichols roads in bay point it did prompt evacuations. the cause still being investigated and the creek fire still active alameda county. it's in snow just north of the calaveras reservoir. evacuation orders for areas east of fremont. half now and lifted. and this fire has burned more than 740 acres since beginning friday. it is 55% contained. taking a live look outside right now at the san francisco through the clouds. >> one of those days that, you know, you thankful we've got a moderate temperatures, but they're moving up. yeah, we are thankful and also thankful letters, millie, pretty beautiful there. kron from ad or allah. just kyla grogan is here. >> it is beautiful out there, ladies. no doubt about it is. take a live look here at the golden gate bridge. but we do have a little wind happening. and i did just see reported petaluma of >> a fire. that is just a half an acre right now. that is lakeville street. and so this is what we've got to watch out for, because even though we're not dealing with extreme temperatures were very dry o

this is a off evora road. and at last check of the numbers probably dated. but the last word we have from firefighters is that 120 acres have burned. >> yeah, it is dry very hot out there. here's a look right now at the evacuation area in red. this is in the port chicago area. officials are telling people you've got to get out now. so they're saying to evacuate and take only items that you absolutely need. they're also evacuation warnings in the short acres area of bay point. we will be staying on top of this story have a crew headed to the scene and we'll be bringing you information throughout the evening as they try beat this fire back. >> additionally, we have another fire that we're just learning about. this one is in the seminole area, 7 acre fire at welsh creek road and calaveras road. that's in alameda county in sunol. that one just started. there is obviously the one that broke out last night along 5.80, near livermore where a car caught fire got pulled over. >> the hill caught on fire. he called 9-1-1. and so that shut down 5.80. >> for a while. for

it began friday night evora and nichols roads in bay point did prompt evacuations. the cars being investigated and the creek fire still active. and alameda county burning and snow just north of the calaveras reservoir. evacuation orders still in effect for areas east of fremont. >> this is burned more than 740 acres since it began friday. it is 55% contained. all right. let's turn to kyla grogan kyler. we're talking about weather conditions around these fires. right? and we have the marine layer coming in. obviously a cooler temperatures. we get a little bit more of moisture recovery in the overnight. >> and that is certainly been helpful for firefighters locally. we also have been doing okay with our air quality today much as we yesterday where, you know, there was a little haze around, but it was basically being pushed away from us, not really mixing down to the surface. and that's the story at least today tomorrow and the belief thursday. we'll have to keep an eye on friday and saturday. but right now you can see not bad, right? we've got moderate air quality in

. >> and skyfox has been overhead the scene all afternoon near Évora road and nichols road in bay point right now there is zero containment people living north of highway four in the port chicago area have been ordered to leave their homes immediately. this is the flames are directly threatening their homes. we do have a crew on the way to the scene and we'll have a live report just as soon as we can. we want to turn now to our meteorologist, roberta gonzalez. roberta, you've been tracking the fire conditions in this area. what's the biggest threat for firefighters right now? >> the wind. yeah, and the extremely dry conditions as well, which we cannot do anything about that at all. there's a lot of grass out there, a lot of dry fuels. but the bottom line is the winds are increasing and will continue to blow throughout the evening hours. if there's any good news in all this, is that the temperatures checking in about ten degrees cooler than 24 hours ago took a couple of different sites from bay point all the way into pittsburg, where the air temperatures jumping between 85 and 90 and the

it began friday near evora and nichols roads in bay point prompted evacuations. the cause is still being investigated and the creek fire is still active in alameda county. it's in snow just north of the calaveras reservoir. evacuation orders are in effect for areas east of fremont. it has burned more than 740 acres since it began friday. it is 55 percent contained. alright, let's now turn to kron 4 meteorologist kyla grogan with the conditions. so surrounding these fires kyla. yeah, that's right. so obviously here today we are dealing with still some temperatures that are seasonal. we've got a little bit of marine layer out there and the wind is starting to pick up this afternoon. >> so for us right now, air quality is still holding expected to be good today. tomorrow. and even as we get into thursday. but we do need to keep an eye on friday and saturday with a little bit of a change in the weather pattern coming our way. but right now you can see a lot of green dots, just yellow dot me, moderate air quality there in sandra fell. so not bad. as we zoom out, we ta

that fire broke out friday near evora and nichols road. that's in bay point.it prompted evacuations for a time. the cause of that fire still under investigation. and this morning crews are focusing on getting a hold of the creek fire out in alameda county. it's burning in some old just north of calaveras reservoir. evacuation orders are in effect for areas east of fremont. that fire so far has burned more than 740 acres since it broke out on friday. it's now about 45% contained. so they're almost halfway there. >> 7.20, and on the peninsula. palo alto police are trying to figure out how a person was killed in a parking garage. the body was found there around noon last thursday. the body of a man found in this parking garage on bryant street and they closed off, started investigating after doing an autopsy. the medical examiner says that that victim died of blunt force trauma to the head. they describe him as an unhoused man in his 60's. we don't have an id on him yet or any information about who did it. >> well, the napa police department now investigating ant

contra costa fire says it started near the shooting range off Évora road and quickly spread.ied by strong winds. >> fire got into some light, flashy fuels and the wind took it from there. the winds today were, i believe, right around 14mph out of the west uh- but up on the ridge tops and up on the hilltops, they seem to blow a lot harder than that. sky seven showed the firefight unfolding. >> you can see how close the flames came to this neighborhood near driftwood drive. how scary is this afternoon? been >> my heart right now is going 10,000 miles a minute. >> denise and robert tavares couldn't get back to their house due to the evacuation order, but kept a close eye on their place through a home security camera app. it was safe, but watching the fire move across the ridge was beyond stressful. >> i'm trying to do mindfulness, you know, i i'm a psychotherapist. i teach all my clients. listen, don't worry, stay in the moment. and i'm trying to practice what i preach. >> we saw a long line of neighbors sitting in their cars near highway four, waiting for the green light to ret