. >>> a wildfire near lake tahoe. almost 10,000 acres have burned near the tiny town of mark leeville. this was about 30 miles south of the lake. it started friday night and it's tough to battle because of the steep and rocky terrain. so far, no structures have been threatened. as for lake tahoe itself there is no escaping the smoke. this is some time lapse video from the ridge resort right near heavenly valley in the south shore. if you look closely, you'll see that smoke starting to roll toward the lake as the day progresses. our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri is with us now. this is a challenging time of year for firefighters. >> it is. it can range anywhere from 4 to 8,000 feet. so it is going to be a tough go here to get this fire out. as we mentioned, this is south of south lake tahoe. current wind gusts, 15 to 30 miles per hour temperature at 76 and bone-dry air. humidity values at 18%. now the heaviest and thickiest smoke is blowing just to the south of south lake tahoe so we do not think south lake tahoe to

the washington fire to the north is rage out of control 40 miles south of lake tahoe and a lightning strike triggered it. the fire now is larger than 15,000 acres. people would live in the small mountain town watched this smoke and packed their bags to evacuate if needed. >> it is surreal seeing it so close and the prospect of your home burning. >> lie winds mixed with the parched ground and dry trees are helping the flames move faster. >> fire season is already extremely busy for cal fire crews and have responded to 275 wildfires in the past week. >> thank you. >> we are in for a warm-up in the bay area in the coming days and meteorologist mike nicco is outside now with a first look at the forecast. >> good morning where it is brighter now than this time yesterday and the day before. our times are off to the race inland in the upper 70s in places like san ramon, livermore mid-70s in concord and santa rosa and fairfield and los gatos. 70 in san jose. mid-to-upper 60s around the bay shore. still cool at the coast, 57. the temperatures are up to 12 degreer warmer than 24 hours ago. the

and 83 lake tahoe, rather, and 80 in los angeles and 112 in palm springs and 109 if las vegas. safe travels. >> the golden gate bridge cameras looks like there are flashing lights into the toll plaza with construction right around doyle drive. i warp you there is still activity there so be careful if you are coming from marin. walnut creek shows traffic is nice and smooth on 680 up to 24 it is not a problem. the drive times holding in from concord up to highway 24, six minutes gets you there. if you are headed into body moment, highway 13, is eight minutes and westbound 580 tracy to dublin is hold strong at 31 minutes. >> the number of americans with a weight problem has hit a start weeing new high and analysis published by the journal of the american medical association found that 75 percent of men and 67 percent of women amendments 25 and older are overweight or oh piece. the numbers are a big jump 2007 when 65 percent of the women were in the category. >> you may want to take this warning with a grin of salt. doctors in australia warn of skinny jeeps. a 35-year-old woman was

so the molk is getting closer to south lake tahoe. the biggest fear for firefighters is markliville, that's where the frir could spread to next. right now, win out of the south at 10 to 20 miles per hour. temperature, also humidity recovering. not nearly as hot, right now 59 degrees at a humidity of 25%. there was so much smoke earlier today it was picked up here on doppler radar. as we head through the week temperatures will reach 94 degrees. i don't think they will get containment this fire this week. >>> a fire in livermore gutted a home. the home opener accidentally started the fire while working with metal equipment. that created a spark that spread to dry grass. luckily, no one was injured. >>> on the brink of thinks tree the u.s. supreme court expected to rule on same sex marriage in just a matter of days. at stake, the federal rights to gay marriage and potentially a new chapter for a ground breaking high school class on lgbt studies. gene has more on the lesson plan. >> reporter: people here in the castro district are hopeful

we already have the fire burning in south lake tahoe. the winds blowing if theirfield that's typical. last year this time of year having a good sized fire in fairfield. they've got a lot of funneling winds out there. even though it's moisture and cooler the humidity is higher. the sea breeze and the winds funnel through back into the area and they can really spread things. here is what the fog does in the morning. there it is. the fog printout and daytime highs warm up those are the 90s. that's the temperature foot fingerprint for tomorrow. on wednesday and thursday we're going to see an increase in temperatures by wednesday afternoon into thursday and friday it's just down right hot. 90 in clear lake. 85 in fairfield. 87 in brownwood. upper 80s in the inland valleys. and then much warmer as we head into wednesday, thursday and into friday as weapon. something we have to start thinking about just a little bit. 5-day forecast. we didn't know, i didn't know there was so many sharks. i just assumed they went by once in awhile. but now with

this one near lake tahoe, happening 30 miles south of the lake near the town of markleeville. the fire has scorched nearly 15,000 acres and is only 10% contained. high winds have made firefighting difficult and there's more wind in the forecast today. lightning sparked that fire on friday night. >>> meteorologist kari hall says that it is going to be warm sh and sometimes that means greater fire danger. >> as we check out what's happening there, near lake tahoe, the wind gusts right now at about 10 to 20 miles an hour, temperature now at 59 degrees and the humidity only at 35%. we can tell just by looking at the radar that there is some smoke there, we can detect that as we see a lot of that -- those little green spots popping up there, that shows the smoke being picked up on the radar and conditions will get worse over the next couple of days. we do have this mild start to the week and we have just enough on-shore flow to keep us nice and comfortable, but high pressure continues to build and temperatures will soar as we could have the highs hitting triple digits for parts of

, just up the hill from south lake tahoe. you can see the haze over the lake and some of those buildings no doubt putting a damper on some summer vacations. >>> we've heard of the warnings for several months now.e gett this wildfire season could be record-breaking because of our rainf drought. we're getting a look today of just how behind we are when it comes to rainfall. let's bring in our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri, tracking how bad this deficit is, jeff. >> and it's just going to get worse as we head throughout the next three months with our typical area of high pressure moving overhead. we're not expecting any major storms, at least for the next three months. so the numbers break down like this. for one of the locations that did pick up some of the most rainfall this past winter and early spring santa rosa had 25.35 inches. an average year has 36.23. here is the four-year deficit we are now looking at just over 55 inches. that is, you know likely even with the strong el nino potentially coming our way. maybe a one t

a big chunk of those towards lake tahoe. you can see those thunderbolts whipping across lake tahoe. in the bay area, we have been tracking a few passing showers as well. right now, the main focus has been the north bay. santa rosa, windsor, crandell, a few spotty showers showing up on the radar. outside right now, we have some lingering clouds. this is our oakland camera. for tonight, we will go this, more cloud cover in short-term. skies becoming partly cloudy tomorrow. this will be the key headline of the next few days, a heat up in store, triple digits for the inland neighborhoods. tomorrow, the pride parade starting a 10:30. temperatures will be in the upper 50s. crowds -- clouds will scale back. by 3:00, skies partly cloudy, 66 at civic center plaza. in the north they, sonoma for nascar, 9 am will be in the 60s, on track to meet mid-70s. temperatures you can see here, the overnight lows in the 50s to lower 60s. right now, we have the circulation of the pacific drawing up some moisture. we're going to have clouds start out the day. the higher clouds and skies going to be partly

. >>> happening now, a wildfire near lake tahoe. almost 10,000 acres have burned near the tiny town of markliville. tonight fire crews say the flames are only 10% contained, now, this wildfire is about 30 miles south of lake tahoe, it started friday night. it's been tough to battle because of the steep and rocky terrain. so far, no structures are threatened. as for the lake there's no escaping the smoke. this is time lapse video from the ridge resort. if you look closely, you'll see that smoke rolling toward the lake as the day progresses. there's also a big fire in southern california this evening, nearly 2,000 firefighters and support personnel are at the san burn dean know national forest where a wildfire has burned 27 square miles south of big bear lake. crews are attacking the flames that are feeding on old grove trees perched high atop the peeks there. there are no injuries or any damage to homes. >>> a scene that's playing out across california. where the land is dry and the weather is heating up. there are now more than 270

one of the worst is burning near lake tahoe. elissa harrington is in the newsroom. >> the fires have forced evacuation. in san bernardino, the lake fire has scorched 17,000 acres. it is burning timber and throatening hundreds of cabins and sites in the area 90 miles east of los angeles. crews are battling the flames with helicopters and 100 engines. they are getting the upper happened but the dry land is not helping. >> we are in the 4th year of a would longed drought. the brush and the trees and timber are dry, ex centrally dry. >> in northern california a wildfire is raining 40 miles south of lake. lightning strike triggered this which has grown 15,000 acres. flames are mushed to markleyville and some residents are packing, just in case. firefighters are dealing with extreme wind and hazardous terrain and crews say they have responded to 275 wildfires in the past week. officials say the dry conditions hot temperatures and i wind are making for a challenging fire sent so far. >>> in the midwest, 13 tornadoes have been reported s

. >>> firefighters are hoping for rain tomorrow afternoon south of lake tahoe. a wildfire has been burning near markleyville. it's grown to 17,600 acres. tomorrow's storm could actually bring more danger, though because it brings with it the risk of dry lightning and gusty winds that a would fuel the flames. >> police in san jose are looking for shooters behind two homicides in less than six hours. the first one happened just before 10:00 last night. a 17-year-old boy was shot at least once and he died. the second shooting was around 2:30 in the morning at south second and san carlos streets. a man was shot. he died at the hospital. >>> in the north bay two families are out of their homes after a fire. the press democrat reports it started near the outside wall of one home on robinson court and then spread to the house next door. a neighbor tried to douse the flames withfirefighters got there. >> i started bucketing water from the swimming pool on to the base of the fire to try to slow it down. it was already turning into a different phase of the fire. it was ye

southeast of south lake tahoe. >> pam :in southern california. the cause of the park hill fire, near san luis obispo, has been determined as a piece of hot carbon from an unknown vehicle's exhaust pipe, that ignited dry grass. cal fire officials say almost six-hundred -fifty firefighters. and 49 -engines from all over the state responded to the fire. that has burned 18-hundred acres. fire crews will spend the next few days mopping up the fire. it is now 80-percent contained. p-g- and-e says it will continue to repair burned poles and lines. tonight at 11 and older for drivers. several lanes on highway 101 are closed tonight as crews prepare for the opening of the new doyle drive in san francisco. and in just two hours crews will shut down all remaining lanes of the highway for construction. bill >> alecia :traffic is typically slower and so this is why they chose these nights to shut down. setting up for shot down. crews started closing lanes on southbound highway one between 1 and 3:00 a.m. tuesday and wednesday morning all lanes leading to the

. >>> firefighters are hoping for rain tomorrow afternoon south of lake tahoe. a wildfire hasbeen burning near markleyville. it's grown to 17,600 acres. tomorrow's storm could actually ing more danger, though because it brings with it the risk of dry lightnin and gusty winds that a would fuel the flames. >> police in san jose are looking for shooters behind two homicides in less than six hours. the first one happened just before 10:00 lastight. a 17-year-old boy was shot at least once and he died. the second shooting was around 2:30 in the morning at south seco and san carlos streets. a man was shot. he died at the hospital. >>> in the north bay two families are out of their homes after a fire. the press democrat reports it started near the outside wallf one home on robinson court and then spread to the hou next door. a neighbor tried toouse the flames withfirefighters go there. >> i started bucketing water from the swimming pool on to the base of the fire to try to slow it down. it was already turning into a different phase of the fire. it w yelling, fire fire,

a wildfire continues to burn thousands of acres in south lake tahoe. we'll have an update on the fire. >> vicki : the napa wildfire is now one hundred percent contained. what was known as the pleasure fire burned close to twenty acres near the south shore of lake berryessa. the cooler tempuratures today helped bring the situation under control. and no injuries were reported. and an update on the big markleeville fire. crews are continuing to increase containment of the fire just south of lake tahoe. as of this afternoon the fire. which was caused by a lightning strike. is about 45 percent contained and has burned over 17 thousand acres. fire officials said much of the fire was in a steep terrain making it hard to surround. also the high temperatures and winds are causing concerns for fire fighters. they are using air and ground crews to battle the blaze. still ahead. a space-x rocket explodes minutes after takeoff. the important equipment they lost. ahead. a san jose teen that was given weeks to live. is still alive months later. what he's doing to giv

. >>> firefighters are trying to gain the upper hand on the wildfire south of lake tahoe. it threatens a mountain town in alpine county. people there are on standby for possible evacuations, it's grown to nearly 15 square miles since it was started friday by a lightning strike. strong winds forced some crews to stand down late yesterday pushing containment down to 0%. about 500 firefighters are working on it aided by air tankers and helicopters. >>> 6:04. a check of traffic on this tuesday with liza. >> it's looking pretty good out there. still watching this accident in san jose. it happened in the northbound direction of 101 just before the 880 interchange. no lanes are shut down. traffic is backed up from about the 280 and 680 summer change. you can see all the green there in the kill son valley. -- silicon valley. still very light traffic getting to downtown san jose. no problems for the parkway just outside the airport but highway 4 in the westbound direction, two pockets of slow traffic through antioch and then another one as you head out of the pittsburg area bound f

. >>> a wild fire near lake tahoe has nearly doubled in size. firefighters say that they are starting to make some headway. the fire is 5% contained and has burned nearly 17,000 acres. it's burning 30 miles south of the lake near the historic town of markliville. smoke can be seen at lake tahoe. so far no structures damaged but locals are on standby to evacuate. the fire was sparked by lightning. >>> i haven't heard kari hall talking about more lightning but there's more heat and dry temperatures. >> lightning in the forecast for the sierra. but for the bay area, it's nothing. as we get into the next couple of days the big story is the heat for the tri-valley. i know you're dreading this. talking about triple digits and we've been keeping you updated on that fire. if you're planning to head to lake tahoe, there's some smoke in the air. conditions are not favorable, a lot of the highways around that area are closed down. it's ten miles south of markliville. the temperature is 51 degrees. humidity at 48%. but the humidity will be going down, winds

. >>> making progress against the 17,000-acre fire burning near lake tahoe.o evacuations ordered to speak of and no buildings have been burned but some of the 200 people that live nearby say they left their homes yesterday as a precaution. >>> let's check the forecast right now. here is meteorologist with your forecast. >> you guys were just talking about the thunderstorms, and we have thunderstorms happening. a severe thunderstorm happening south of lake tahoe and lots of lightning strikes, and it will be something the firefighters have to contend with here at home as well. it's dry outside and we have a few high and mid level clouds and down south, watching it stream in overnight. after a week of temperatures in the 80s and 90s, still very nice outside. 78 in livermore and 78 for san jose right now, and 72 for san jose and 63 in half moon bay. tomorrow's forecast calls for cloud cover and it will be cooler against the coastline, not as hot even for tomorrow in the south bay, and 82 degrees up near the north by, 79. again, that warm spot the try valley going

. >> a wild fire near lake tahoe has nearly doubled in size. but, late tonight, they say they are makesing good progress. this is now 5 pnt contained and has burned nearly 17,000 acres. some lighter winds in the last several hours has given fire fighters some help. smoke can be seen at lake tahoe. so far, no structures have been damaged. but locals are on standby to be evacwaited. the fire was sparked last friday. we're here about our drought. but we're also facing another water emergency. our rising sea level. even if you don't live near the water, this will impact you. gene what's the immediate concern here? >> reporter: rising waterers putting all kinds of infrastructure in danger, raj. right now, county and city leaders are just starting to get together to talk about that water and what to do about it. that's because things like airports freeways and public traps poration are in areas that may eventually be under water. >> we have nine counties, 41 cities, boards of over a hundred special districts that all touch the bay. san francisco baco

so, lake tahoe over the next hour you'll see a thundershower with vivid lightning so take note.a look at current temperatures. 67 downtown san francisco. 79 in fairfield. 82 fremont. some of these temperatures are 20 degrees cooler today than we were this time yesterday. so it is a lot cooler to start off the week. we'll look at the evening planner. see a few low clouds. by 7:00 we'll call it's mixture of sunshine and clouds. sunset at 8:36. and by 11:00 we see the clouds clinging, temperatures cool with the breeze in he mid-fives in to lower 60s. live doppler 7hd, showing you a pin off the coast. it it's a weak piece of energy. it's pulling clouds and moisture up the coast and that's why the sunshine is going to have a tough time coming out for the second half of the weekend. future weather has you covered tonight. low clouds, fog and that's how we start sunday. 6:00 in the morning, a cloudy start across the entire region. by 10:00 in the morning not seeing breaks in the cloud cover. it's the later afternoon and early evening hours that the sunshine really breaks out from west

there are volunteer evacuations in markleeville because of the wildfire that is burning south of lake tahoe but crews are making progress. the washington fire is now 10% contained. so far it burned 17,000 acres. the flames came within 3-miles of markleeville. firefighters say they are concerned about the forecast which is calling for more heat, wind and possible thunderstorms. >>> in southern california, evacuations ordered now in the huge lake fire in the san bernardino mountains. authorities say 7,000 structures are threatened. the fire grown 4,000 acres since yesterday and now covers 23,000 acres. firefighters say they had a set back in the last 24 hours. and containment still only stands at 21%. >>> back here in the bay area. hiking trails in antioch are closed due to damage from yesterday's grass fire in contra loma regional park. that fire burned 500 acres and took crews 8 hours to put out the flames. at one point the fire moved close to homes and forced families to evacuate. firefighters protected the homes. no structures were damaged but residents were on edge. >> i was terrified. t

the high pressure is back and the entire state is triple digits but near the coast if lake tahoe we will have a record 90 degrees today. as far as the bail game today we are going to have 69 degrees at 12:45 and well warm and the low 70s and hit 70 by the time we get to 3:15. here is a look at tonight's temperatures getting ahead of myself, i want to go back and show you the highs for today, those are going to be running in the 90-degree range or close to it upper 80s to low 90 and 60s along the coast and 90 at redwood city today and we will be 69 in daly city, and 75 in downtown san francisco and low-to-mid 90 through most of the north bay and we will have upper 70s to nearly 90 from richmond at 77 to fremont at 90 and inland east bay upper 90 to low 100s. now, the seven-day forecast shows today is the hottest day tonight going to be the hottest night with temperatures in the my 50s to mid-60s. we drop four or six degrees tomorrow and still hot inland and 60 and 70s and 80s for the weekend. that is it, 80s and 90's come back on monday. >> it is 102. whoa. we take mobile 360 on the roads

firefighters bracing for more tough conditions today as they try to get a wildfire under control near lake tahoe and the fire is 10% contained. it this is happening 90 miles south of the lake near markleeville. high winds have made firefighters difficult and there is more wind in the forecast today. lightning sparked that fire on friday night. >>> time to take a look outside in san francisco at your microclimate forecast. a look right light there, we know the winds are picking up speed out near tahoe, what with in the bay area back home? let's check in with meteorologist kari hall right now. >> we don't have the low clouds and fog, though, like we normally see and i think that will be something that will go -- be less and less as we go through the week. we won't see as many clouds starting out the morning. as we take a look at san francisco you can see that we don't have the low visibility as you head out, but beware that there may still be low visibility and patchy fog in spots. now looking at the golden gate bridge just yesterday we had a completely different view with the low clouds, you coul

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. >>> a wildfire near lake tahoe nearly doubled in size but firefighters are starting to make progress. the fire 5% contained, nearly 17,000 acres are burned. it is still burning just 30 miles south of the lake near that historic town of markliville. smoke can be seen at lake tahoe. locals are on standby to evacuate. the fire was started friday by lightning. >>> heat continues to be an issue as wind conditions. kari hall joining us now. we saw some cameras bouncing around, what are the wind conditions like today. >>> breezy later on but the fact that the winds are not coming onshore as strong is what's going to help the heat build into the next couple of days. coming more from the northwest. so that means that we will have some higher temperatures over the next couple of days. today, probably the last day we'll have some fairly comfortable temperatures. still warming up in a few spots. like the north bay, reaching 90 today. 87 degrees for the south bay. as you walk out the door, it's 57 degrees in the east bay. 56 degrees in the south bay. getting a closer look at the east bay now, wal

. >>> the wildfire south of lake tahoe near markleeville is now 10% contained.burned 17,000 acres. the flames came within 3 miles of the small town of markleeville but are now moving away. residents remain on alert. firefighters say they are concerned about the forecast that is calling for more heat, winds and possible thunderstorms. >> right now we have developing news. a grass fire near livermore and burned one structure. the fire is in a rural area off of tesla road. 7 miles from downtown livermore. we haven't heard of homes burning but one large structure was destroyed. so far about 40 acres burned. ktvu fox 2 news has a crew heading to the scene. right now on the phone is cal fire. can you tell me what the situation is right now? >> yes, we are working a vegetation fire off of tell luroad. 40 -- tesla road. 40 acres burned. one structure involved. i don't know the type of structure. and wires down in the area. we requested that police close tesla road at greenville road and reported after 5:00 p.m. that we have one firefighter that has been injured. though

not so cool today, 112 in palm springs and 79 if lake tahoe, and sunshine and 63 in monterey.la? >> hot indeed. here is a look at san jose where it looks like everyone is keeping cool and it is a nice drive as you head away from 880, highway 17 one vehicle northbound direction with southbound traffic empty and 880 in the background also act free as we take a wider view of the south bay you can see nothing but top speeds and traveling along we up to the 280 and 680 beyond the nimitz. if you have a flight to catch at mineta san jose international airport you increase good shape. 288 has no delays and 85 is a nice drive. here is drive time traffic it is getting you over the altamont pass and 580 tracy to dublin is 36 minutes already. >> corrections official say illegal druze are ram pant in california prisons and new stats show that california inmates die from drug overdoses at triple the national average. the prisons have spent $8 million this career alone on drug detecting scanners and a new breed of drug sniffing drugs and search visitors expected of carrying drugs. the tactic

. >>> a wildfire burning south of lake tahoe is growing. the washington fire has now burned 16,500 acres and it's dangerously close to the historic town of markleeville. reporter ian schwartz is live near the scene with the very latest on how to fight to contain these flames. >> this fire started friday with a bolt of lightning striking the sierra. but it really blew up saturday, sunday, and monday. i want to show you something. this is a satellite image, 30,000 miles above us. here's lake tahoe. the blue area. look at this white here. this giant smoke plume pushing in to nevada. this was yesterday when the fire was really going. the good thing is winds have slowed a little bit but for residents here they are still on edge. >> reporter: seeing a helicopter dip in to the carson river tuesday is a good sign. over the past few days when 40-plus-mile-per-hour winds lashed flames, air crews weren't able to attack from above. >> it spotted a mile and a half in front of itself. that's how we got that new flank on the northwest side. >> reporter: t

forecast in lake tahoe, besides the wind temperatures are not bad. mid 70s. you head to sonoma, north bay temperatures are cooler 60s and 70s today and yosemite highs close to the upper 70s. 76 degrees around san jose. that's a cool down for sunday. we see temperatures in the 80s in last gat owes. tri-valley, 70s and 80s. oakland, early start for the a's game, 1:05. temperatures are cool the sun breaking out with temperatures in the upper 60s for the ballgame with the a's taking on the angels. next three days start of the work week temperatures continue. cooling trend, south bay temperatures in the 70s, back to mid-80s for the middle of the week. san francisco seeing temperatures climb. tri-valley temperatures wednesday begin to climb up as the seven-day forecast shows the bottom of the screen. numbers in the 90s approaching next weekend, looks like summer. you see 80s and 90s thursday and beginning of next weekend in the south bay and tri-valley 90s into next saturday trending cooler by sunday. >> that feels more like summer. thank you very much, rob. >>> co

. >>> a large fire growing south of lake tahoe has burned over 9,000 acres so far. the u.s.says the washington fire is near the town of markleville near the california/nevada border. it crew from 75 acres to 9,500 acres. this evening, fire officials say lightning is what started it. >>> fire activity in california has skyrocketed in the last week. cal fire says listen the past seven days crews have responded to nearly 270 wildfires. officials say triple-digit temperature and wind make a perfect combination for fires to spread quickly. >> it's been a very busy week for us because conditions are warming up ch. with these drought conditions, that makes the fire season even harder for us. >> this year, cal fire has responded to nearly 2,500 wildfires, that before the hot, dry summer began yesterday. >>> a majority of farmers are thumbing their noses at a state order to quit pumping water. the state water resources control board is trying to protect diminishing supplies during our four-year drought. farmers are subject to a fine of $1,000 a day if they don't comply. >>> there's a

thunderstorms have been firing up and as we take you in closer here right around the south lake tahoe area and a couple of minutes ago lightning strikes and a live picture will show you the threatening skies from the lake tahoe camera. if you're heading out there, do prepare for more active weather tomorrow and 60 degrees in san francisco and oakland in the mid-60s and 76 in san jose and currently 73 in morgan hill and our high temperatures made it up into the upper 08s in places like fairfield and livermore. a few buildup toward the mount hamilton area and it is 70 degrees in santa rosa and 67 in napa and 80s for concord, livermore and this is what some people live for. the fog from our mount tam cam. so if you don't like the warm weather, the coast is the place to be this afternoon. >> isolated showers over the mountains and mild to warm saturday and temperatures will rise, sunday and monday. here's a look at the water vapor imagery and the areas of low pressure continuing to shift inland and that's responsible for the thunderstorms showing up in the sierra and before it does, we'll

if you're headed to lake tahoe, that is going to be a concern. as we take you to the forecast, cooling here. that hot weather is not going to last too long. south bay, 91 on friday. down to 82 on sunday. for the peninsula, going from 87 to 79. san francisco back into the 60s this upcoming weekend. for the north bay, we'll drop from 91 on friday to 79 degrees on sunday. if you're going on a road trip this week we have you covered on that extended forecast. biggest disruptions would be lake tahoe with those possible thunderstorms. san diego looking good with low 70s coming our way for friday and saturday. >> nice, thank you, jeff. >>> up next a lot going on with san mateo product tom brady. ten hours of his appeal hearing today trying to clean up his image just a bit. we'll tell you what's going on in new york. the city of lights officially has olympic dreams. paris officially announced its bid to host the 2024 summer >>> city of lights officially has olympic dreams. paris has cast its bid to enter the 2024 games. paris was narrowly edged out by lo

there is large 100 burning in southern california, another one is south of lake tahoe. this is video of what is being called the washington fire. it was sparked by a lightning strike on friday and is burning 40 miles outside of lake tahoe and is already growing to 15,000 acres. flames are creeping toward the small sierra town with residents already packed waiting for the call to of evacuate. >> great the important stuff birds, memories. the rest is just "stuff." >> it is sure rule seeing it so chess. the prospect of your home burning down. >> in san san bernardino the lake fire is threatening hundreds of structures. that has friend larger than 17,000 acres and is burning this wilderness 90 miles east of los angeles. some vacation homes and camp sites in the area had to be evacuated. firefighters believe they are getting the upper hand on this but the dry drought conditions certainly are not helping. fire activity has skyrocketed recently. cal fire has responded to 25 wildfires in just the past week. >>> to the midwests now a dozen tornadoes have been reported since yest

. >>> an out-of-control wildfire continues to spread south of lake tahoe. the so-called washington fire has burned more than 16,000 acres in alpine county. several campgrounds in the area have been evacuated and parts of 4 and 89 highways will closed. the town of markleeville is on standby for possible evacuations. the fire was ignited by lightning this past friday. >>> firefighters stopped smoke and flames feet from people's homes in fairfield. chopper 5 was over the charred aftermath yesterday afternoon. it happened on a hillside west of interstate 80. the fire burned about 15 acres in the vista grande neighborhood there. no homes were damaged. if you live in the area with all that grass, it is a little scary this time of year. >>> i think -- >> we are going to traffic i think. >> i think i'm waking up now. let's go to the pretty lady in red. >> it takes a lanes are shut down as they clear up the accident west 580 at grand. about 45 minutes ago a car traveling westbound on 580 smashed into the center divider and is now still straddling that center divider

. >>> hundreds of firefighters are battling a wildfire south of lake tahoe.threatens the mountain town in alpine county. now people there are on standby for possible evacuations. that fire has grown to nearly 15 square miles since it was sparked by a lightning strike on friday. strong winds forced some crews to stand down late yesterday pushing containment down to 0%. about 500 firefighters are working on it aided by air tankers and helicopters. >>> six other fires are burning around the state. that includes one that has burned about 27 square miles in the san bernardino mountains. cal fire says the long running drought has made conditions more dangerous and with that we take a look at weather. >>> i was in the desert in bar stow and we hit 115 on saturday. an excessive heat warning in effect. you could feel the difference on sunday but earn getting the -- we were getting the smoke from the mountains and you could definitely smell the smoke in the air as well. not a good situation going on in southern california. good morning everybody. heading out the door a

we are taking a live look from lake tahoe. to wake up to on this father's day morning. with he will get a check of the full accuweather forecast with meteorologist lisa argen coming up in a little bit. >> san francisco boasts some of the highest rents in home price bus it's not america's most expensive tourist destination. san francisco ranks fourth when it came to the cost of three night stay, meals, and daily activities. the average cost just over $1900. as for the most expensive city seattle topped out at $2,080. honolulu and boston also cost more than san francisco. dallas tops the list of least expensive places to visit. a fundraiser held in richmond is taking place this week toned support a local community radio station and to help earthquake relief efforts in nepal. this was richmond's waterfront yesterday. you can find many varieties of clothing, jewelry and artwork. three are selling their work to support the victims of the recent nepal earthquake. >> i hope nepal has a positive hope and the relief effort, i think it'

south of lake tahoe were at the scene near mark the bill the democrats this state concerns at the apartment building in the peninsula is likely that is something similar and tragic there will is a sketch of the killer and his car left and the fast lane to napa go a little too fast and you can get caught behaving badly a full hour of your choice for prime time news. male announcer:this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news evening starts now: >>pam moore: a raging wildfire burned south of lake tile is stored in homes and a town it has burned more than 10,000 a. so far the evening they are stone talked a home on a to embark with dell will have to pack up their belongings. >>j.r. stone: flames shooting into the air 30 mi. southeast of south lake tahoe phlegm that within sight of the small town of the market fell and the and a fire that is growing 9,500 a. have burned in is 500 firefighters are battling the flames and been up here yesterday last night this morning and it just keeps pouring out and looks larger to me now been guest today is spread out more and i think his plan to offer into

southeast of south lake tahoe. >> pam:residents in the town of "markleeville" are making preparations for a possible evacuation. >> pam:kron 4's j-r stone arrived in markleeville yesterday. he joins us live tonight from the command center in douglas county nevada. >> reporter: and may be sunny and nevada but 20 mi. west there's a difference what the fighter is still burning. >> reporter:this is a heavy lift aircrane helicopter pumping water out of a river in an attempt to help put out the markleeville fire which is 35 miles southeast of south lake tahoe. >>uneasy because we just don't know. they put us on a pre alert evacuation. >> reporter:barbara thomson has lived in markleville for 38 years. she's well aware of the fact that this fire is within a matter of miles from not only the downtown area but also her front door. a fire that has burned more than 16-thousand acres and continues to grow by the minute. >> got the cars packed up and keeping the animals close by. >>kinda feeling like you are a prisoner in a way. i just can't hop into my car and go into town and go grocery shopping.

but we have dry conditions and a red flag warning for the greater lake tahoe area.80s and look at the heat. a heat advisory in san diego all weekend long. and the deserts, 116 in palm springs, 10u 3 in fresno. and smoky hazy around yosemite. monterey a pretty good deck of fog. san diego, we're in the 80s. tomorrow a drop off by about 5 degrees. monday is another relativive cool afternoon. highs today around the bay, upper 70s in palo alto. the lowe 80s in san jose. 89 by the delta but not much further east you are going to run into those 90s. quite hot in the valley. if you are headed into town for the a's today, 70 at 3:00. fathers day a little cooler. the coolest day of the week should be monday. very pleasant though. and nice day again on tuesday but heat comes back wednesday, thursday and friday. especially inland. the coast will stay comfortable warming up around the bay as well. good looking five day of course. dry dry dry. >> and a nice day for dad tomorrow. >>> turning to sports now l.a. versus -- in baseball. here is the mornings sports report. >> when the

>>mark: on the left you can see the fire and burned south east of south lake tahoe near the small mountain town the mark revivifies from with a 60,000 a. containing 0 percent in was sparked by lightning last friday people and monthly bill has been on standby for possible evacuation on the right you conceive a lake fire cool weather is helping crews there make progress on that fire the total city of 27 square miles on the bottom right what talking close to home fire investigators think the contract the trimming weeds metaksa them started this fire in fairfield the fire broke out at around 2:00 p.m. yesterday in the area was and is a 80 in the fire spread quickly reaching the backyard of several homes and of those homes were damaged in all about 15 a. burned in crews were able to put the fire out and about an hour. >>michelle apon: the temperatures will peak in jamaica when out the door very similar to yes in a plan on fifties by 11:00 this warning in locations meant to upper '70's with some lower '80s and storefront shower by the afternoon in a will to take all the activities in door becaus

you will see, noon, thunderstorms develop over lake tahoe. see them? they get swept back over. ta rosa, lake county, you will see activity, shasta county, tahoe, thundershowers as well. we will track this. at 10:00 p.m. i will update it. that could produce -- doesn't take much, shifts, and we are talking thunderstorms for napa. right? vacaville. i will track that for you. not saying that is going to happen. when i come back we will track that and we will be talking more about the weekend. >> thank you. >>> just ahead here, new life for steel from the eastern span of the bay bridge and how some will be used to beautify the bay area. >> and at 6:00 p.m. her pet was poisoned on a trail in the south bay, details about the case authorities are investigating as animal cruelty. and a crime that has people shaking their heads, someone walked away with all the money a organization spent the day collecting for cancer patients. my new summer meal's got eight pieces of chicken, a large coleslaw baked beans with pulled chicken, 4 biscuits and a half gallon of dole classic lemonade. you see w

. >> grant:meanwhile, the fire south of lake tahoe continues to burn right near the town of markleeville. >> grant: el least 85 a. have burned and santa clarita. it really tough to rein creek and they are having a problem accessing. certain areas. you concede that one of which is a mansion. i see the smoke from jars of the property line. we will continue to follow the situation s santa clarita. >> grant:about 30 miles south of the lake. >> grant: just outside of antioch. reported after 4:00. believe some work to put up some of the finer print the to deceive flames still burning. firefighters had trouble accessing this area. working to get to the area. it is a really remote region near antioch. and there that black diamond mines richly reserved. we do understand the structures are fragile here. in the meantime we will go with these pictures courtesy of sky 7. near antioch >> grant:that fire has burned more than 16-thousand acres.and is just five percent contined.our own jr stone has been reporting from this fire. >> grant:five homes and 15 historic cabins are threatened.but there are not

. >>> thousands of firefighters are also fighting fires in lake tahoe and southern calirnia.hit has the test. >> reporter: it's a dwruling battle in the west. several massive wildfires continue to burn out of ctrol from alaska to arizona. >> it's starting to burn uphill tord the north. >> reporter: incding this new fire raging just outsi of los angeles, threatening hundreds of homes. in northern california this blaze has also spleeded to more than 25 square mile south of lake tahoe. >> this is a little too close to home. >> reporr: california crews are now calling this year's fire conditions the worst on record. after fo years of devastating drought, they've responded to more than 2400 wildfires this year. well above the five-year average of 1600. >> the extreme heat the extreme working conditions are haking it difficult for us. >> reporter: but so far this year, fewe acres have burned, thanks to an all-out assault on every fire that spashrks. >> we launch everything wre talking ground crews, helicopters, we have to hit it immediately and hard. >> reporter: getting a first-ha

. >> grant:tonight.an intense battle to save homes south of lake tahoe. this is one of six major wildfires burning right now in the state. >> grant:people in the town of markleeville.on edge tonight.as crews work to protect houses. >> grant:this is about command center in nevada - doyuglas county fairgrounds.just south of gardnerville. fire south-east of markleeville. >> reporter: you can see some of the fire equipment directly behind me. it is sunny right now but i was as of the building and it was smoking inside of that building. and outside of the building for it at the still smell the smoke in the air right now. >> reporter: is what it looked like just two to three hours ago when i drove to the area with u.s. officials. you could see flames shooting into the arab and black smoke going into the air as well. this is a fire that continues to grow. acres have burned at this point. mark lee dill the town of 200 people bridge to the northwest. when it has shipped to the west. but the good news is that the plant is not as strong as the work two days ago to r

later on today hundreds of firefighters continued to battle a massive wildfires copies of south lake tahoethis morning a heavy lift aircraft and helicopter has water alder ever an attempt to help put out a fire in the town of murphy them the preferences for possible evacuation in this area one resident said she is aware of the fact that it is a cyclical to the refund or everyday. >>: i cannot talk in my car and go into town and go grocery shopping. >>anny hong: a vertical 16,000 a. and right now firefighters and zero containment me what people in france also on the edge after this fire came danish the close to their home before into a fire department a contractor who was trimming weeds and fairfield accidently started this fire around 2:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon the flames spread quickly and eventually reaching the backyard of several nearby homes. >>: they grab more power option and we all started to the stop the fire. to seven >>anny hong: a paulo outcome will hold park with a lot of the brink of closure and the not getting a second chance the santa clara county board of supervisors se

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meteorologist carrie hall is here with a look at lake tahoe. it looks beautiful behind you. >> one close by lake tuhoe. we are not saying it live we see the clear blue skies. this is where temperatures will be heating up. if you will be on your way to lake tahoe. a lot of roads are closed around markliville. this is where the wildfire is. it burned about 15 square miles in that area. and the firefighters are still trying to get that under control. and we are detecting some smoke on the radar. you can see the splaushotches of green. that's smoke being picked up. and over the next couple of days conditions unfortunately, may get worse. with temperatures between 84, 94 degrees and the winds picking up from the southwest up to 30 miles an hour. we're all clear across the bay. it's 67 degrees in the north bay. san francisco is at 65 degrees. and 77 degrees for parts of the east bay. as we get a closer look there are 80's in try valley. temperatures may heat into the triple digits. this is the nice break you get before we do have the heat ramping up a

. >>> a lake tahoe casino employee has been arrested.e say he did when a gambler dropped $10,000. >> we're live in san jose where thieves have been targeting gyms. they are getting away with much more. we'll tell you who has been caught and why this is still an open investigation. >> good morning. we are looking at a commute are traffic is getting busier almost everywhere but the san mateo bridge still looks good heading out to the high-rise. >> there is a lot of drizzle out there. there is plenty of low clouds and temperatures here for the first of june will be below on the highs but the rest of the week could get interesting. people wanna know, why has my high efficiency washer been saying 7 more minutes for 25 minutes? the problem may not be with your machine but with your he detergent. all he detergents are not created equally. look. this detergent says it's made for high efficiency washers but look at all these suds that your machine needs to rinse! that means more time. fact is the wrong detergent can add up to 25 minutes to your w

check out 100s chico 101, fresno 100, palm springs 113 and we do not get to 100 is lake tahoe, but aees. >> sizzling. >> good morning, everyone, remark is not heating up too much in the east bay over to the east bay we are traveling northbound on 880 and beyond this area traffic is clear and moving around in the sob direction it is heavy. we have a brand new accident and i will get to that in a moment and we back to clear conditions. take a look, that is the san mateo bridge, purple bum traffic as you make it across the water and we do have an accident in the north bay that is causing severe delays, two lanes are blacked southbound 101 at spencer avenue and what is the accident gumming up the commute southbound 880 at the parkway. >> we have all heard how stress may not be dad for your health but a study suggests it could be bad for your work place. >> stress is responsible for half of the 550 million working days lost by american workers each year. the study finds people who feel stressed by their jobs sleep on average 20 minutes less than others that cançc] lead tofy]g +s(airment.

south of lake tahoe the washington fire has burned 10,000-acres of timber and grass. >> you feel mother nature a nature. >> the fire has forced some people to leave, put others are taking a wait and see attitude. >> the wind direction can change, i'm keeping my fingers crossed, praying, drinking beer. >> 2000 firefighters are fighting a blaze in the san bernardino mountains, the rough terrain is a challenge. >> we're talking 10,000-foot elevation at the most, and sometimes they are hiking up 2000 feet a day or more, they are out there 16 hours, they are going to the t on this. >> california is entering the peak of the wildfire season, with the state in the midst of a drought, dry conditions are creating fuel for the fires, finding water is a challenge. >> crews have to take more time traveling to areas and finding for watter sources, crews have responded to 1100 wildfires this year, double the number they see in a normal year. new details about how much the fire in the san bernardino fire will cost. it's burned 17,000-acres and has cost $5 million to fight. the heat has been the biggest

cut out for them again today as temperatures in some of the worst wildfire areas including near lake tahoe are expected to flirt with the triple digits. randall. >> no prospect for rain. thank you, john henry smith. >> talks between greece and the european creditors ended without much success. creditors are calling for fiscal reforms. greece said it is sticking the with the proposals made monday. those plans will be put to european finance ministers today ahead of a deadline for a $2 billion payment to the international monetary fund. >> it has effectively run out of time. they've had no choice in the absence of a proper agreement to present to the euro zone finance ministers meeting very shortly two different sets of proposals one from the greeks, the other from the creditors and let them decide with the greek finance minister and then later at a leader summit with the greek prime minister both in the room, seeing if they could force some sort of deal. the financial times was offered a leak of the proposals from the creditors. it does suggest potentially a little bit of concession from bo