so the grove has largely been spared. there are a few large trees that were partially burned but we do not think they will die. the flames were not as high as the crowns of the trees, so i think we are in good shape, at least the mariposa grove. kristen: we tend to hear more about redwood trees here in northern california, but we should be just as proud as these sequoias. tells about how this growth came to be. guest: there are 500 large, iconic sequoia trees in the mariposa grove. the significance is the trees are obviously beautiful, but they are so unusual that in 1864, president lincoln signed a law that created the mariposa grove act that preserved the grove for all time. it was the first time in world history that a tract of land was preserved for the common good. yosemite valley was also preserved in that act. these are spectacular trees, and they are the largest living organisms on earth. kristen: how big do they get? guest: well, they can be 100 feet around. if you were to have several people trying hold their ha

stern grove. >> coming up, a fun weekend at stern grove.listenio frsco semny thrn gesti weeken. in a couple of minutes you'll hear from the concert master for the concert on sunday. >>> we are keeping a close eye on the forecast in the weather center as we head into this beautiful weekend. more coming up in a bit. >>> and the market just opened about ten minutes ago, seven minutes ago. let's take a quick check on the big board, 30 points down in the red. we'll be right back. >>> good morning amanda. ahead on "cbs mornings" -- we're celebrating beyonce's album lunch with big frieda featured on "break my soul." the album dropped and it's fire. >>> indie rocker king princess takes us on a tour of the neighborhood where she grew up and explains why she's proud of her new music. >>> actor, singer and director billy porter joins us live to tell us what it was like directing his first movie in his hometown. >>> all of that and some of the things that you can buy if actually not if but when you win tonight's billion-dollar mega millions jackpot. we

the sequoias in the mariposa grove are safe for now. scientists say it's partly because the park has been preparing for this possibility for years. that includes installing sprinklers around the grove's most famous tree, the grizzly giant, and prescribed burns. joining us now is garrett dickman, nice to have you on the program. the sequoias have coexisted with wildfires for, what, hundreds and even thousands of years, are fires healthy now for the trees in the groves? >> it's a mixed bag. the fires that we've seen in the past few years that have gone through sequoia national park and sequoia national monument, those weren't healthy fires. high intensity and they killed 20% of all giant sequoias, took them two years. but we've been doing prescribed fires for 50 years in part of the grove, and low intensity allows for regeneration of the seeds so we can have the next generation of giant sequoias. >> so it's the low intensity fires compared to the high intensity ones. is there a progress report? >> you know, i think the grove is in pretty

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but the mariposa grove is the largest grove of giant sequoias in the park. it is home to over 500 of the towering trees. one named grizzly giant estimated to be up to 3,000 years old and is counted as the 25th largest tree in the world. and yosemite has their oldest trees protected. >> we wrap the trees to give them an extra protection and barrier there. we sprayed them down. we've done some scraping of mineral soil down there. we've also had some prescribed burns in the grove over the last many years. >> one twitter user shared these photos from a campground where he was staying in wawona about five miles from the grove. he said the air quality yesterday was getting very bad and that there was ash falling on their campsite. so he packed up today and went home. it is an all-out effort to battle this fire, and the cause is still under investigation. sara? >> all right, anne, thanks for update. >>> lake tahoe looks pretty clear right now, but the national weather service says winds could push smoke from the yosemite fire into tahoe over the weekend. kind of ba

i just went to the venue and i left. >> reporter: stern grove will be different. free and oldest music festival in the bay area set in a natural amphitheater, has drawn sold-out crowds every sunday this summer. ♪ geo grapher's sound has been described as soulful and synth dri. >> every monday i would get my friends together, get them down there to put my name on the list and wait all night watching all these other great artists. some of them were kind of insane. but that's what made that place really great. ♪ >> reporter: cold war kids frontman nathan will let says the band's music is soulful rock 'n roll. like many artists, he spent much of the pandemic performing virtually and on instagram live. >> just kind of being very spontaneous and loose and messy about it, you know. like there would be times when i would be paying a cold war kids song i haven't played in years. uh-oh, i don't know this second verse lyric. can somebody help me. >> reporter: he has since been on tour. but sunday will be the first time the east bay native will be rocking out at stern grove.

, and the heart of the grove is up here, and down here, and yesterday the fire was moving into the groveernight, it has turned east and working around the edge of the upper grove. this is -- it is a little too close to comfort to some of the most impressive parts of that grove, and it is still growing. by the way the community of the wawona including hotel of the 1880s is right there, and so a good sign for that community as the fire is progressing to the east there. and there is something to watch from home here from that fire in terms of the direct impact, and that could be some of the smoke. if this fire is still putting off as much smoke over the next 24 hour as it did over the previous 24shgs and it is producing a lot of smoke unfortunately, the general flow in the atmosphere is ogoing to want to take the smoke our way, so by tomorrow morning at this time, we may be seeing some to higher smoke in the sky. doubtful it would be a thick concentration at the lower elevations, but it is going to be certainly visible, and it might even reduce the air quality here at home, and we don't nec

that's the mariposa grove. you can see the upper grove and lower grove. the footprint of the fire is down on the lowest elevations of the grove. yosemite national park has had a progressive and prescribed burn program for the last several decades, so most of this terrain does have a healthy fire regime to it. that should help too outf lk at the marine layer. we have a warm-up coming. >>> the fmta says the 160 million in grant funds will go to making improvements. the extra cash will also fund two phases of the train control upgrade project, which includes an automated control system. >>> community leaders gathered for the brand new opening of the community center. it honors dr. albolita. her work addresses the root causes of health disparities and improving outcomes for people with economic inequities. >> i respect you so much. you have done so much for our beloved hometown. there's no one i can imagine out of the nearly 40 million californians who deserve this honor more than you. >> the award also comes with a $250,000 grant to continue growth. >>> a ne

and it has backed into that, but it has not backed intensely into the grove. >> the biggest concerntill have active fire outside the grove and that fire is a concern for coming into this area and the communities in the area, as well. >> wildfires have threatened the spots for centuries. other temperatures linked to climate change create a perfect storm for these blazes. conditions that are hotter, drier, and windier. abc news, los angeles. ama: smoke from the washburn fire is impacting air quality here in the bay area. here is sandhya patel with the latest. >> right now, we do have green, which is good air quality, but it has not been like that all day today. just before the sun was setting, you can see layers of smoke and haze from the tower camera. certainly saw some of the smoke. the air-quality advisory remains up for tonight. as we head into tomorrow, you will notice the air district has good air quality. look at the latest satellite picture. this is the latest picture before the sun went down. that smoke traveling all the way up toward chico. a little bit of it spilling over t

and it has backed into that, but it has not backed intensely into the grove. >> the biggest concernwe still have active fire outside the grove and that fire is a concern for coming into this area and the communities in the area, as well. >> wildfires have threatened the spots for centuries. other temperatures linked to climate change create a perfect storm for these blazes. conditions that are hotter, drier, and windier. abc news, los angeles. ama: smoke from the washburn fire is impacting air quality here in the bay area. here is sandhya patel with the latest. >> right now, we do have green, which is good air quality, but it has not been like that all day today. just before the sun was setting, you can see layers of smoke and haze from the tower camera. certainly saw some of the smoke. the air-quality advisory remains up for tonight. as we head into tomorrow, you will notice the air district has good air quality. look at the latest satellite picture. this is the latest picture before the sun went down. that smoke traveling all the way up toward chico. a little bit of it spilling ov

the trees and eucalyptus groves. it's all readily available.it's part of the reason i've lived here so long. >> reporter: on sunday, spell willing dazzle the stern grove crowd for the first time. the sacramento born artist says she's attended many times as a fan. >> stern grove is something that's been on my bucket list since i've been performing as somewhere that would be the most ideal place to ever perform. so i'm really, really excited. ♪ >> reporter: spelling will be performing with an ensemble of eight musicians and debuting costumes from a local designer. during the pandemic, she took on the ambitious task of orchestrating and self-producing an album that feature 31 collaborating artists. fans familiar with her albums can expect something a little different on stage. >> the live versions of the songs are radically different than the recordings. ♪ you ought to settle for the seas ♪ >> so it's something new. it's always different each time we perform. there is unexpected and improvisation and so it's a lot of fun. >> reporter: indy rock ar

that's the upper grove. that's the lower grove where the grizzly giant is.s is where that museum is. most of the grove if you look at it from just this vantage point has escaped the worst of this fire, but this is not an official report. we've got to wait to hear from boots on the ground. just from analyzing it this way, certainly the lower edge of the growth has gotten some flame through it. now that fire just needs to be watched and hopefully put out. okay. current numbers, mid-70s for most locations now. if we look at morning lows for tomorrow, we go back down into the mid and upper 50s. now we get to the story, the headline in today's first alert forecast. tomorrow will feel different. tomorrow we've got about a ten degree warmup over where we were today, so if you look at the numbers for the inland valleys of the east bay, concord and liver more in the mid-90s. san jose barely made it up to just under 80 today. tomorrow you'll go to 88 and most locations along east bay shoreline will also be kind of low 80s. we're going to do that for two days, and then

we're feeling a lot better about dependent condition of these trees across the grove. now as we continue to make progress and you know we, we haven't really had used the sprinkler system, fire hasn't reached the grizzly giant and it remains and in fantastic shape as the rest of the trees, we have lost a single sequoia. yet to the spire. that is excellent news about you know, tell our viewers. why the grizzly giant, if so iconic. oh, it's just something you have to experience for yourself. i mean it, it is a massive tree. it's over 2 pallets, 200 feet tall, and several 1000 years old. i'm in. it is true to its namesake. it is a grizzly to looking tree and it is really beautiful. yeah, i mean, the pictures are impressive. i can only imagine what it's like there. when you, when you're standing in front of it, the giant sequoia is they actually if, if i understand correctly, they actually need forest fires and they are adapted to deal with the flames and need them to reproduce. is that correct? that is correct. they have really thick bark branches or charlie high up in the

well we've, you know, luckily we have 50 years to prescribe fire history in the mariposa grove in part to, to reduce the fuels and in part to, to aden the reproduction, chance credit, siemens because they do need fire to reproduce. and so because the lower fuel loading ticket from all these prescribed fires, and they've been able to engage pretty directly with the fire and keep it from make any progress into the ground. so you know, that means every year there has to be a certain amount of wildfires just to keep these force alive. right. that's correct. i mean there is a chance. quinn grows prior to, you know, fire suppression would experience fire every 10 to 15 years either through lightning fires or. ready indigenous burning. garret digman, forced to colleges with the u. s. national park service get. we appreciate you taking the time to talk with tonight. you and your colleagues are doing very important work. thank you. thank you so much for having me. i appreciate it. oh, in south korea, environmentalists have taken an innovative approach to try to reduce emissions. they've filed a

upper grove and lower grove. if there's any good news, the fire has moved northerly up towards merced river canyon, not impacted main part of the sequoia grove. but we lost 20% of all giant sequoias in the world last two fire seasons, dramatic loss, this hits close to home for a lot of people. more detail means lot, we'll do our best to get best information out on that. more tomorrow in light of day. other thing about that fire, we might see some of the smoke in our sky. by the time we get to monday morning, winds will have shifted enough, if the fire is still putting as much smoke into the sky as today, a lot, going to drift our way by monday morning. more on that as well next few days. hopefully less. but whatever the information, we'll have it. that's headline for tomorrow. this weekend is not equal from one day to the next. about ten degrees warmer many locations tomorrow. mid-90s inland in the east bay, 94 in concord. current numbers in low 60s now. morning lows tomorrow, start out mid-50s, probably low clou

to provide a federal review of the union grove veterans homes. madam chair, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. lamalfa, for five minutes. mr. lamalfa: thank you, madam speaker. this time last year president biden claimed that high prices and rising inflation were temporary. if we continued down this administration's path and trusted their policies then prices would go down again. last month's consumer price index score came out and revealed that inflation has soared to 9.1%. the highest rate in 41 years. so obviously his at the same time of inflation was transitory, temporary, what have you, is false. the numbers around bearing up. the commerce department is days away from releasing its first estimate of the economy's output in the april through june quarter. the economy already shrank 1.6% in the january through march quarter. many economists are forecasting another negative output rate. two outputs in a row means that the -- the r word. the ones the biden administration and his cabinet don't want to say. it coul

bit into that, but it doesn't backed intensely into the grove. >> 10 times the size -- >> reporter:n fenske is a bay area arborist who says those trees are several thousand years old. >> the fire is going to help the cones in the tree open up and drop seed into the ash from the fire. and that is part of its lifecycle. for giant sequoias to generate new trees. >> reporter: he says the park on those trees can be two feet thick allowing the trees to protect themselves from fire. >> out of all of the trees, those are probably the mostresi and i think people are really concerned about these trees, mainly because there are so few of them left. >> reporter: tonight, firefighters say that claims have passed by the grove and they believe the trees are no longer in danger. cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> we know these weather conditions are critical to the firefight, let's bring in jeff ranieri. smoke that is often important, the wind direction is it going towards the bay area like today, or heading towards lake tahoe at one of the conditions overnight? female >> we will get you covered o

in the middle of that fire zone, a grove of sequoias, some of which are thousands of years old. >> crews across the state, trying to save these trees that are unique to our region, nbc bay area cheryl hurd has the latest. >> reporter: new video tonight from the washburn fire. crews battling flames along highway 41. the road leading into yosemite national park. stephen voltage has a house, and he has been watching the fire burned for the past couple of days. >> i have a house there that my father gave me and we built together during the 70s. so, i don't really want to lose that house. >> reporter: so far, the buyer has scorched more than 2300 acres, starting in a remote field bed with lots of trees. >> we have got crews in there, to start prepping and cutting brush away from the road had, to allow the fire to back down slow. >> reporter: the fire is not backing down quickly. close to two dozen special teams descending on the area with 40 engines and six bulldozers. firefighters are working to stop lames from jumping the highway. and they are very concerned about protecting the mariposa gr

stern grove, also going to be there.t but not least, the one we've been waiting for, is it going to be foggy or not? we still have partly cloudy skies in the forecast for us for monday from the coast to the bay with 50s and 60s, too. inland areas are going to be a lot more clear, though. also, we are dealing with mid to upper 60s then as sunset begins to happen. temperatures are m cooling into the weekend. fourth of july, we warm back up as we head into next week. it is also a similar trend for the inland areas, too, off to the north bay. we'll update you in the weather bayou. just a repor of cidentn sanjogeeeshe the sobay.no cident right be capital expr. some minoreluildinn tho hot spg but traffic is stacking up a little bit. 29-minute drive right into the city. still a good flow on the san mateo bridge in friday morning. there is report of a small breakdown but not causing too much trouble. 12 minutes from 880 to 101 on the peninsula. quick look at the south bay drive times. looking pretty good. everything in the green

the fire is threatening more than 500 ancient sequoias in the mariposa grove.t includes the 3000-year-old grizzly giant. it's the largest tree in the park. we have a look at what firefighters are doing to try to protect these sequoias. they laid out the sprinkler systems to spray the trees with water. some of the trunks are also wrapped in special fire resistant foil. >> at 7:36, we are turning now to breaking news out of the north way. police are investigating a homicide out of petaluma. just before 2:00 this morning, and when they responded, they found a man in the middle of keller street. they attempted cpr on the man, but he died on the scene. police are still on scene investigating how that man died, and who did it. >> it has been another week in the protest across the country in reaction to the overturning of roe versus wade. this is a protest in sacramento yesterday near the state capital. demonstrators took over the street carrying signs and chanting. and in san jose, it was a similar scene outside the the hall. students organize this protest in favor o

charred trees were chopped down in mariposa grove monday afternoon. the base of some of the giant sequoias were damaged, but not destroyed. fire officials think preparations in years past helps prevent this blaze from being more damaging to the ounts.>> we did some burning ine grove in 2017, so things are looking pretty good in here. we just hope to continue that way. jessica: a sprinkler has been set up in the hopes of preventing a fire at the base of the second tallest tree in the park. nearby, mandatory evacuations remain in place. the meadows and hillsides, normally visible, were blanketed in smoke. the historic hotel typically filled with guests, eerily silent. >> everyone is spread out throughout this entire part of the park. just putting priority on protecting the community of wawona. >> the threat is not far away. just down the road, crews were fighting fire with fire. while they were controlling the burn, the conditions were picking up. fire officials are depending on the people on the ground today. you can see the speed at which the fire is

she says performing at stern grove has been on her bucket list.he'll have an ensemble of eight musicians. also kat power. >>> so let's turn to weather. pretty day out there. we've had a little bit of smoke issues here and there, but it's nice to see that we're not facing any extreme fire danger issues this weekend, right? >> right. even with warmer temperatures tomorrow, it's one day of a slightly elevated fire threat and then back down to normal the second half of the weekend. but a warmer pattern taking over at least for tomorrow as this heat dome builds a little closer to us. the real impact will be felt from the central valley into southern california. temperatures will definitely be hot, especially inland and the east bay but it's going to last one day. even the hottest spots are below 100 degrees. right now upper 80s in concord for the warmest locations, mid-80s in livermore and santa rosa. 60s for oakland and san francisco. 63 degrees officially downtown with plenty of sunshine. the fog politely hanging out along the coast. that will move b

and it has backed a little ways into that but has not backed intensely into the grove. >> 10 times the size. >> reporter: brian fenske he is a bay area arborist who said the trees are several thousand years old. >> the fire is going to help the cones and the tree open up and drop seed into the ash from the fire and that's part of its lifecycle for giant sequoias to generate a tree. >> reporter: he said bark on those trees can be two feet thick allowing the trees to protect themselves from fire. >> out of all the trees, those are probably the most by a resilient trees and i think people are really concerned about these trees mainly because there are so few of them left >> reporter: firefighters say the flames have passed by the grove. they believe the trees are no longer in danger. cheryl hurd, today in the bay. >>> 4:34. we are diving deeper into home prices as many struggle to make it in the bay. the cost of a home is rebounding in downtown san francisco but in other parts prices are struggling to recover. i spoke with a senior economist to find out more. >> san francisco bay area is

built artist portal the aids memorial grove, most proud legacy i think.nd we have a home for the gay men's chorus. >>> talk about weather. not much to complain about, right? >> and not much in the forecast next several days. i'm sure some people will find a way, but it's just a normal july pattern. going to continue towards the weekend. closer and closer. areas of fog again, not as widespread, not as persistent as we start the day thursday. fact it clears out more quickly in inland valleys is modest warming trend. almost exactly normal tomorrow. warm up friday and saturday, then back down to normal again early next week. oakland across to the bay bridge, see the fog beginning to spread out. not thick yet. temperatures a mix of 50s and 60s. 56 in santa rosa to 63 in concord and san jose. those numbers will continue dropping as the fog spreads out. but compared to past couple of nights, it's not as much, not a big intrusion into the inland valleys. shallower layer, back up to the bay 9:00 or 10:00 in the morning and coast by midday. just a little sunshine i

kpix, five. >> and we have posted more information on the stern grove festival on our website.x.com. to the fire watches, crews in east contra costa county. crews jumped in to stop a fire, it spread out quick. >> crews are mopping up to make sure there's no clean up. there's word on how the fire started. >> and our first alert weather, live outside, gloomy and cloudy across the bay area. >> well, you can see san francisco, golden gate, close to the shore line. inland -- you know what? let's ask kim. >> really, i know, what do we know. anyway, to you and all eyes are on you, we want to know what is happening. >> you know what i want to start out with on the fourth of july. how cool it's going to be. we will talk about if you will see the fireworks. we will get there. the daytime -- they got close to or a little above 100 this summer, what are the afternoon plans and i will put more perspective on it, they are all about -- >>> but, for most of you on monday. you will get sunshine for a good part of the bay until we get sunset. the winds pick up and the clouds fill in, and there's

for perspective, the mariposa grove pretty much sits here. technically, this fire is in the grove. it's on the lower elevations of it. most of the flames are getting pushed off in this direction. it's way too close for comfort. because this is such a near and dear location to so many of us, and in light of the fact that in the last two years, we have lost 20% of all of the giant sequoias in the world because of this new fire regime we're in, it is a concerning fire for a lot of people. we'll watch it closely. i'll be back with the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. back to you. >> thanks, darren. >>> back in the bay area, cal fire jumped on a fire in morgan hill. broke out near armsby lane. the flames got close to one house at the bottom of that hill. >>> to the north and lake county where a fire started in a structure, and it spread to 20 acres in lower lake. cal fire is mopping up the fire. >>> a plan is in the works to help women in states where abortion is banned. betty yu introduces us to the north bay doctor who wants to offer services at sea. >> this is all about bodily

stern grove faestival, fighting the crowds, cool and breezy but that's usual. seven-day forecast, calling for numbers to warm up thursday and friday. between now and then, status quo, low clouds morning, sun in the afternoon, near 90 by next friday. meantime, bundle up in the mornings and afternoon will be awfully nice. speak of, my friend from the weekends, mr. glenn. >>> ahead in sports, friday night highlights. giants said hello to old friend in opposing dugout, toed the mound in gia there's a reason comcast business powers more businesses than any other provider. actually, there's a few... comcast business offers the fastest, reliable network... the protection of securityedge™ and the most reliable 5g network. want me to keep going? i can... whether your small business is starting or growing, you need comcast business. technology solutions that put you ahead. get a great offer on internet and security, now with more speed and more bandwidth. plus find out how to get up to a $650 prepaid card with a qualifying bundle. >>> baseball up top. giants, three hits

it is threatening the home of the famed sequoia trees in marty post grove. this fire's been burning for several days now. it is more than 2300 acres and remains 0% contained at this hour. joining me now is stan lee berkovitz, a member of the u.s. forest service and public information officer for the washburn fire stanley, what's it like out there right now? >> well, it could be a lot worse. and i will give you an the percent of containment is now so that's a big difference. that was more of a glitch. then anything just with the programs we feel pretty fortunate that the weather is it's warm, but it's not super hot and not super low. as far as the relative humidity and the winds are low as well. so it's a prime condition. and if you're going to have a fire, you don't want wind and we don't have a lot of wind right now. resources are arriving more each day i look for big gains on the fire in the next couple days. >> i did notice that more firefighters have been assigned to this one just in the last day or so. what can you tell us about the efforts right now to

this is about five miles north of mariposa grove. it is important that people know, yosemite national park remains open. the park is open and we are certainly impact did by fire and smoke. the southern entrance is closed , but the other entrances are open. as the fire continues to move, as was mentioned, we are continuing to attack the fire by the air and ground. this is a 100% suppression fire. our top priority is protecting the firefighters, park employees, and residents, and also suppressing the fire as quickly and safely as we can. >> while you spell out that there are some portions of the park that are more vulnerable and dangerous than others, and the park remains open, what are you telling park hours to be mindful of, or do? how do they respect these volatile conditions? >> there is a lot that visitors can do. most importantly, we ask people to be patient. what is happening is that now at the south entrance is closed, that means the other entrances are extremely busy. we have long lines of vehicles waiting to get in. we ask pe

they try to protect the grove. more than 500. firefighters are on the lines tonight, with temperatures in that area up into the high eighties. the forest service told us in the last hour that fortunately they have not seen the kind of erratic winds that could help to really fuel the fire like this one or set those spot fires. it's looking pretty good. we have to our advantage. um, of the three three trigger points that we worry about. in the wild land fire world increased temperatures, increased winds and when humidities dropped low right now we're enjoying. low end so the fire is staying on the ground and for at least the next 2 to 3 days. we don't see a big increase in wind. here's a map of the area in yosemite national park, where this fire is burning. the south entrance to the park remains closed tonight. you can also see the wawona area which has been evacuated and the mariposa grove all in red there, but the rest of the park is still open to visitors. those remaining visitors at yosemite they may be affected by some of the

yosemite national park, fires blazing through mariposa grove, the largest sequoia grove in yosemite with over 500 trees. >> you feel afraid for the people in the town, then heartbroken about the trees. reporter: hundreds of campers traveling for the summer, between 600 to 700 people given evacuation orders. some are choosing to stay in the area, hoping flames will pass through. according to officials, over 1000 acres have burned already. firefighters are arriving on the ground, cutting lines and planes are dropping retarded to contain the flames. -- retarded to contain the fish retardant to contain the flames. the fire began with park officials think it was fueled by dead and down trees. the historic park is home to vast wilderness, all threatened by the devastation. >> it is terrible. every fire is scary, our helps collect all the folks. -- hearts go out to all the folks. reporter: in los angeles, will car come abc news. liz: it is considered the most renowned of the giant sequoias, the grizzly giant. it is under threat, firefighters are taking those trenches -- no changes in their stra

she says the grove is a fitting venue because nature is a major influence in her music. >> i think myerest in staying in the bay area and living here is that you always have access to so much, the trees and eucalyptus groves. it's all readily available. so it's part of the reason i have lived here so long. >> t.j. omar will join her on the main stage. the show starts 2:00 p.m. sunday. >>> there could be a new multi-millionaire in the bay area. tonight's mega millions jackpot is the tenth largest of all time. it would amount to $276 million lump sum payout. the drawing is at 8:00. well, the odds of winning are about 1 in 300 million. i already promised sara we will go sneaker shopping and buy her shoes for her collection. >> what a nice guy you are. i would get you something food related. >> also some alamedac. >> thanks for watching. the news continues streaming on "cbs news bay area." >> we will see announcer: it's time to play "family feud"! give it up for steve harvey! [cheering and applause] steve: my man. thank you all. i appreciate it. thank you all very much. thank you, everybo

the mariposa grove, home to the largest collection of giant sequoias in the park, some standing here for thousands of years, now under threat from an out of control inferno that's been tearing through drought-stricken brush since thursday >> it's some of the oldest trees that there are. they're massive giants when you stand next to them. >> reporter: crews are fighting the fire from the air and ground this, the washburn fire, has already ripped across more than 700 acres parts of the park now closed during one of its busiest times. the summer months here typically attract more than a million visitors the flames have forced an estimated 1,600 people to evacuate from a nearby community and popular campground tonight, fears more evacuations may be on the way. >> everybody's been training and preparing for this and that is what everyone is here to do, fight that fire >> over the washburn incident, yosemite national park, mariposa county. >> reporter: all of yosemite is under what the california drought monitor calls extreme or exceptional drought with almost no rainfall in recent months,

the mariposa grove, home to the largest collection of giant sequoia trees in the park, some standing for thousands of years, now under threat from an out-of-control inferno that has been tearing through drought stricken brush since thursday. >> some of the oldest trees that there are. they are massive giants when you stand next to them. >> reporter: crews are fighting the fire from the air and ground. this is the washburn fire, already ripped across more than 700 acres. parts of the park now closed during one of its busiest times. the summer months here typically attract more than 1 million visitors. the flames have forced an estimated 1600 people to evacuate. i'm a nearby community and popular campground. tonight there's and evacuations may be on the way. >> everybody has been training and preparing for this, that is what everyone asserted you, fight the fire. >> reporter: all of yosemite is under what they call the drought monitor calls extreme. or exceptional drown. with almost no rainfall in recent months, conditions are primed for fires to burn hot and for longer periods of time

. >>> classical sounds from stern grove this sunday. the san francisco symphony will take the stage in the free summer concert series. normally the musicians play indoors in large concert halls. so we asked violinist wyatt underhill what's so different about this upcoming performance. >> of course, the acoustics always take some getting used to. it's very different to be playing in an outdoor environment than an indoor one. and then, you know, temperature can be something to get used to. it can sometimes get ly atrove because he su d we a all the people that show up. >> such a great community event. unfortunately, tickets are gone for this sunday. but next sunday, august 7th at stern grove, you can watch blues musician taj mahal, and dj shortcut. i will be there on stage as well. i hope to see you. >>> time for a look at our forecast with our first alert meteorologist paul heggen. stern grove, i'm so excited for that. >> i didn't know you're going to emcee. i'm going to be there in the crowd. >> i'll wave at you. >> i'll make sure to lo

the mariposa grove of sequoia trees are safe.ees in wawona could return home tomorrow. >>> following up on the pictures of the marsh fire, air quality. these are the right now, updated readings. bottom right-hand corner toward antioch and brentwood. we are reading unhealthy levels from smoke coming off the marsh fire. go easy on yourself this morning if you're there. most other locations, the air quality is great this morning. it's just clouds. that's the view from the top of the salesforce tower, looking at the marine layer. everybody gets sunshine late morning and a warmup. inland locations are seven or eight degrees warmer than yesterday. we will cool down, back below average for much of next week. >> thank you, darren. >>> thank you for watching kpix 5 news this morning. don't forget the news continues all day on cbs ews bay area. narrator: today on "lucky dog", three rescued shelter dogs are trading in concrete kennels... stan: look at you, buddy! narrator: ...for wide-open spaces as eric and rashi prepare them for life with

for all of our friends who like just chilling an listening to music, stern grove is on sunday. at 2:00, 60s, partly cloudy skies. for all of our friends who would rather be on a run, the wine country half marathon is happening in napa. 60s as we extend into the afternoon on that day. long story short, we warm up as we head into saturday as high pressure wins, but low pressure will cool us back down into the 80s by next week. gianna. >>> let's take a look at the roadways right now. if you're getting ready to head out the door, here we are. san mateo bridge, as you work you way westbound between 880 and 101. not seeing a lot of brake lights or issues. good news from the traffic center, no major issues on 101. a pretty easy ride. if you're getting an early start to your weekend, maybe taking friday off and you have a flight to catch at sfo, you should be good to go nor the most part n. the south bay, a trouble spot northbound 101 near 280. another crash near oakland road. things looking better in the south bay. things look good if you're headed to the oakland airport. this is near

it was just, you know, pacific grove. all right.ime to take another look at the forecast as we look live at sfo that lot of people thinking about taking off and but the weather pretty nice here. yeah, not bad here. we've got a lot of sunshine, a little more sun today yesterday was very gray. >> around the bay area. but things change is switching gears a little bit as we get ready just in time for the weekend. looking good out there right now. you've got some clear skies toward the golden gate bridge, a little breezy inside the bay. we are seeing some white caps out there today as those winds starting to gust a little bit over 20 miles an hour. but as far as the temperatures are concerned, actually cool. just slightly in the san cisco to buy a degree that's kind of been bouncing back and forth over the last few days. 70 degrees in oakland, 81 in san jose. 89 degrees in little more. starting at hot conquer checked in 92 degrees today. and santa rosa 89 degrees. so i think that trend is what we're talking about. we're seeing some warme

the mariposa grove is right here, the donut hole that did not burn. and what that fire did instead, it burned directly to the north first, and then it made a hard right towards all this stuff, which hadn't seen any fire for many decades. and it took off. so the fact that the mariposa grove, which has been treated through a combination of prescribed burns and some tree thinning for decades now, and it came through this unscathed is a wonderful example of what some of the work that can be done here to prevent these worst-case scenarios. that fire didn't go to the north because up here was a fire from 2017. so, the washburn fire is not going to be able to spread north. if you want to see where it has been spreading, we can put the satellite-derived heat signature on here, and those brighter colors of yellow and orange show you the more recent pathway that the fire's going. but you can see down here all this granite. so the fire has nothing to burn here because that's all rock. so, anyway, the fire has slowed and hopefully that helps explain a little bit

but sunday will be their first time thrilling the crowd at stern grove. >> we come from tennessee, but kind of more like california to a certain degree. i mean, we both drive gas guzzling diesel engines. so maybe not that part. >> a lot of californians still do. >>ing we're both priuses at heart. ♪ >> reporter: the akpix 5 news stick ban began busking on street corners in the northwest more than 20 years ago. today they're dedicated to entertaining fans and sending powerful messages about social, political, and environmental issues. ♪ there used to be a mountain here ♪ >> reporter: front match and guitarists said their new song "used to be a mountain" raises awareness about climate change. >> almost 100% of surface mining is kentucky. that's when they take the mountain down. they cut right through it. so because we are singing with gratitude to the roots, which are so much from the appalachian region with our fiddles and our banjos, we think the environment there is worth singing about too. >> reporter: old crow medicine show said fans can expect a bit of a musical buffet out of their

a grove of 500 sequoias in the southern part of yosemite. we will show you what we are talking about. here it is outlined in green and we will show you that in a moment and the park is in green and part of the park is where the fire was burning and here is the evacuation order for the southern part of yosemite and the orange and yellow part is evacuation warnings, which could possibly be evacuated. good news though. firefighters say they are optimistic that the sequoias will be saved and actually wrapped those trees up with protective foil in the park also has sprinklers to water the trees and containment is up to 25% at this hour. although there is progress on the fire line, we do see a lot of smoke and you can see this from time-lapse late this afternoon from one of our wildfire cameras and we will bring in our meteorologist. here is where we are and yosemite of course is here and how is it making it here? >>> at this point we are in the clear when it comes to smoke and we had some of it making it over to pittsburgh but the pattern is real

this fire is closing in on the largest grove of giant sequoias india, semi t national park. fire fighters are hoping to protect these ancient trees. some of the largest in the world homes, businesses, cars, the flames are devouring everything. fixed smoke has darkened the parks, scenic views. more than 6000 people, including campers, have been told to get out. they came by about 1520 minutes ago and told us that everybody's got to go about 4 o'clock our one out. and the fiery thing coming towards us rafter weeks ago, firefighters installed sprinklers in the murray potter grove to keep the trunks moist in a bit to keep the flames away from the sequoias, including one of its most famous attractions. this 3000 year old sequoia known as the grizzly giant in recent years, california wild fires have destroyed thousands of giants, requires fire. officials say it could take days before this one is fully contained. warmer temperatures and extreme drought conditions linked to climate change are making wildfires more common. the yosemite blaze comes as much of the u . s. is in the grip

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fire fighters installed sprinklers in the grove to keep the trunks moist in a bit to keep the flames away from the sequoias, including one of its most famous attractions. this 3000 year old sequoia known as the grizzly giant. in recent years, california wildfires have destroyed thousands of giants equus fire officials say it could take days before this one is fully contained. warmer temperatures and extreme drought conditions linked to climate change are making wildfires more common. the yosemite blaze comes as much of the u. s. is in the grips of an extreme heat wave. parts of california are seen temperatures close to 40 degrees celsius center to some sports. now the quarter finals of the women's euros in england are through and the stage is set for the semi finals. france became the last team to book their ticket for the final, for after knocking out the netherlands in extra time on saturday. face germany on wednesday before that it's hosts england who will play sweden. and let's get more and all the latest mac mail from d. w. sports here in a studio max, tell me, 1st of all, how a

i'm mike mibach julie julie haener, a wildfire threatening yosemite's famous grove of giant sequoia trees is now prompting an air quality advisory for parts of the bay area tomorrow. the air quality management district says it is possible that people in the east and north bay could see or even smell smoke from the washburn fire. that fire has burned more than 2000 acres since thursday. right now containment is at 0% ktvu elissa harrington has been tracking conditions for firefighters. she's live in the newsroom tonight with a closer look on that firefight. alyssa that's right. firefighters i spoke with say they are faced with difficult terrain. there is heavy fuels around this fire, including lots of dead trees. that efforts today included protecting those sequoia's and defending nearby communities. firefighters continue to battle the washburn fire in yosemite national park, trying to keep flames away from the famed mariposa grove about 500 towering sequoias are threatened. some are more than 2000 years old. it's an emotional type of situation to be in because these trees have just really