. >>> patricia voy, marina cal hal owe neighborhoods and merchants. and i've been in city hall for almost 30 years. my problem with this is i think the pilot program should be done. i do not think it should be called pilot and permanent because we need to seriously study it. i think there conversation in our neighborhood as we particularly bur limousines, bur buses that stop in front of our houses, stage 7, and being in a more public area, i think this is causing a lot of problems. they are coming in with some other companies on scott street, on our biggest day of deliveries to the restaurants. we go to gridlock. it seems that mta doesn't want to enforce any of the [speaker not understood]. you come at 5 o'clock in the morning, this needs to be tweaked more. i'm offended they have not been fined for the 10 years they've been doing this. i am very offended by our citizens paying $2 to go to city hall and $2 back and that one bus pays $1. i think this is discrimination at its best. i am very upset by the fact that there hasn't been a committee of people

marina today. the fire required air and water support from the u.s. coast guard and cal fire. crews from five different agencies helped to battle the blaze before it was knocked down tonight. >> reporter: responders are still tending to hot spots that continue to pop up throughout the night. the fire started around 3:30 this afternoon. they evacuated four people from the fire. because of the wind the fire spread across the island. we spoke with some men who say they started across from the antioch boat ramp and varied from one end of the island to the other. >> i watched some guys trying to get buckets and throw it on the fire but it wasn't doing any g. they finally had to leave. >> reporter: do people live over there? >> yes. i saw their water towers burned up and they fell, but a lot of abandoned cabins, too. i couldn't tell what was happening from where i was. >> reporter: we're told there's people that live on the island but there's no plumbing or electricity unless they have generators. there's also homeless people that live there and the only way to get there is by boat.

marina. the fire blew west. because of off-season fires like this, cal fire says its emergency fund is running low. it only has 11% of its annual contingency left which is supposed to last through june. >> for every penny we spend now, it impacts spring and summer when we normally be hitting that fund up for expenditures of this nature. highly unusual to be spending money from the emergency fund in january. >> now, agency leaders are considering bringing back more than 100 seasonal firefighters months ahead of schedule. cal fire says if wildfires continue without rain it would have to ask state leaders for more money. >> we shouldn't be having brushfires in january, it's been dry and the weather not helping, though it feels good. kind of feel guilty liking it. christina loren, what's going on? >> feels like the summertime. yesterday, i came this close, this close to using my air conditioner in my home. i have pugs, i'm looking out for them. look where we're starting the day half moon bay. 64 degrees at 4:39 as we get into late january. highly unusual. that's the case. we'll broke potentially smash

marina. because of off-season wildfires like this, cal fire says its emergency fund is running low. the agency only has 11% of its annual contingency left, which is supposed to last through june. >> for every penny we spend out of that emergency fund now, it impacts the spring and summer months when we normally would be hitting that fund up for expenditures of this nature. highly unusual to be spending money from the emergency fund in january. >> now, agency leaders are considering bringing back more than 100 seasonal firefighters months ahead of schedule. cal fire says, if wildfires continue without rain it will have to ask state leaders for more money. >>> brushfires in january, just absurd on the face of it right there. >> look at the hills, they're not green at all. it's so dry. warm temperatures today. >> especially when you drive down south, if you're going down 101 through gilroy, san martin, it's highly visible. we really need that rain. our hillsides are thirsty for it. 52 san francisco. 43 in the north bay. 48 in east bay. slated to hit records today. the reason why, offsh

marina. at least one structure is burned. another one is on fire right now. 20 other structures are threatened. everyone on this island has been evacuated. cal fire, delta fire are fighting this fire. we'll keep an eye on the situation and give you any updates. >>> some political news now. the mayoral race in san jose has one less candidate. city council member pete constant has withdrawn his name from consideration. constant released a statement about his decision saying he would continue his career in public service but that he will also focus more on his family obligations. he added that he will not be endorsing any of the remaining candidates. >>> count down to sochi now. a 15 year old high schooler is gearing up for the competition of her life, the winter olympics. she won a spot on the team over the weekend we're live in san jose. >> reporter: hi, there, you mentioned that paulina edmonds is just 15 years of age. and that might seem young to most of us. but consider the fact that she first put on skates when she was 20 months old, when a lot of kids aren't yet walking. so clearly the last 13 years or so of preparation have paid off. he

marina. it's a seemingly never ending fire season. emergency money to fight these fires is running out. we have live team coverage tonight. chase, how much money are we talking about here? >> reporter: cal fire says it's costing nearly $4 million a month to continue to battle these wildfires like the one that happened just this afternoon. and the problem is that cal fire is down to only about 11% of their emergency fund left for the year. by the way, that year for them still has 5 1/2 more months to go. this is also the time of year when firefighters and their equipment are supposed to be getting a rest. born as just a 10-foot wide brush fire, flames quickly spanned 50 acres, forcing evacuations and swallowing a building whole. but take note of this very cal fire helicopter. this time of year, this chopper would normally be on the ground getting repaired. >> all these hours we're flying aircraft are just going to have an impact on the backside come spring or summer. >> reporter: which means cal fire is having to juggle, keeping firefighters busy maintaining their equipment, performing annual maintenance and of course, staying ready during a fire season that just won't quit. >> it's more

marina today. burned three homes. and forced the evacuation of some of the residents there. the fire required air and water support from the u-s coast guard and calws from five different agencies helped to battle the blaze before it was knocked down tonight. county. we have to rapidly call additional resources. many fire officials said these conditions are really something we only see during the summer months during the peak fire season. they're most concerned with vegetation that is close to home for it as you can see in this video lot of dry hills providing fuel and if the fire was the spark it could spread quickly. >>darya:the flu has taken the lives of two more people in the bay area. that brings the total number of deaths to 17 in nine bay area counties. breaking it down by county for you. contra costa and san francisco counties have one reported death. marin and sonoma have two deaths. there have been three flu deaths in san mateo county. and also three in alameda county. four in santa clara county. and these numbers do not include people over the age of 65. stay with kron-4 for continuing coverage on the deadly flu outbreak here in the bay

marina today. burned three homes. and forced the evacuation of some of the residents there. the fire required air and water support from the u-s coast guard and calrews from five different agencies helped to battle the blaze before it was knocked down tonight. kron-4's alecia reid has the latest from sacramento county. we're across the water from kimball island. responders are still tending to hotspots throughout the night. the fire started around 3:30 this afternoon. coast guards were first on scene and evacuated 4 people from the brush fire. because of the wind, the fire spread across the we spoke to some men that watched the blaze until the sun went down. they tell us it started across from the antioch boat ramp then spread from one end of the island to the other. we're told there are people that live on the island, but that there's no plumbing or electricity - unless they own generators. there are also homeless people that live there, and the only way to get there is by boat. reporting in antioch. officials say there are people who live on the island and were evacuated. but there's no plumbing or electricity unless they own a generator. and t