living in the path of the mckinney, firewatch. flames take out homes and businesses in far northern california. the 11 o'clock news on ktvu. fox two starts now. hello again, everyone. i'm alex savage. julie julie haener firefighters battling extreme weather conditions tonight as the mckinney fire explodes in size. that fire started friday, and it's already burned more than 52,000 acres. and right now there is zero containment. ktvu elissa harrington has been monitoring developments with this fire. she joins us tonight live from the newsroom with the very latest. alyssa, now the largest fire burning in the state of california, and officials say drought conditions have allowed it to spread so rapidly playground we put in last year, gary shows the devastation to the small community of climate river in siskiyou county, where he has lived since the 19 seventies. just about every home in town burned to the ground. the mckinney fire also destroyed the community center, the oaks milk trailer park and playground dairies. home is one of the

the mckinney fire rages on word as fire crews struggle to contain the blaze. and president biden signs an executive order parts 2 per track travel between states for abortion seekers. we'll have a live report from dc. >> welcome back for 15 and the fire fight continues in siskiyou county as firefighters worked to gain the upper hand against the mckinney fire. some progress is finally being made. now, cal fire announcing 10% containment on the 57,000 acre fire. thousands of firefighters are on hand on the ground and kron four's. justin campbell shows us exactly how crews from right here in the bay area are now getting involved. >> over the course of 4 days, thousands of acres in siskiyou county. now look like something out of the apocalypse. the entire mountainside. rich with burning trees. >> daytime looks like nighttime from heavy smoke. mandatory evacuations are still in place as cal fire works to contain the flames. >> 10 helicopters, dozens of dover's and more than 1300 pairs of boots on the ground, including prepared to respond to emergencies. a crew from

the cause of the mckinney fire remains under investigation. meanwhile attorney general rob bonta issued a consumer alert warning today warning of price gouging during this emergency reporting live in the newsroom. i'm elissa harrington ktvu fox two news. thank you for the update. ktvu chief meteorologist bill martin joins us now, with some perspective on the challenging conditions that firefighters are facing. yeah, they had a heat advisory up there. plus, they have this red flag warning. now the heat advisories going to go away in the next hour, so the heat is being managed. but the red flag warning is not for wins . it's not for diablo winds are offshore winds. it's for the potential for thunderstorms. okay, so did you look to the north here? you can see that the areas of concern is far far northern california if you know that area, you know, it's very, very rugged way up in this zone up in here, so you're in the hills and that that is easy to get a thunderstorm right? because you get this subtropical moisture. there's been wrapping around a

that's where the mckinney fire has destroyed.of homes and structures since it first started on friday. the fire leveled just about every home in town, along with the community center, mobile home park and playground. firefighters from the bay area heading to help fight this fire. these are pictures from alameda county firefighters now on their way to the front lines. cal fires also assigned a strike team with four santa rosa fire fighters and firefighters from napa and sonoma county to fight the mckinney fire. when you look at this the when you look at the fire the size of the mckinney fire and how much it grew in the last couple of days, and you look at really what seems to be the new normal. it's important that resources like these deploy around the state, and that's exactly why we have the california master mutual aid system. firefighters from santa rosa will spend the next two weeks fighting the mckinney fire again. fire activity they're far from overnight. we've learned that this fire group to 55,000 acres and is still 0% co

mckinney fire grew by 600 acres overnight.rly 88 square miles in size. containment is still 0% people live nearby and have been and have not been ordered to evacuate. are being told to stay inside so they don't breathe in too much bad air. authorities have also arrested several people suspected of trying to loot evacuated homes. an update now on the oak fire burning near yosemite. the fire did not grow overnight. it remains at 19,000 plus acres that's about 30 square miles in size containment rose just slightly from 74 to now. 76% 131, 193 homes and other buildings have been destroyed. this should be the final count, says cal. fire damage inspections are 100% complete control lines are holding. today's weather conditions are just about the same as what we had yesterday. well it's not only california seen wildfires, climate experts saying that much of the west has become warmer and drier over the past 30 years and they do expect that it's only going to get worse amid the wildfires that are right now burning this morning, vice p

mckinney fire broke out last friday. fire officials say it exploded in size, dozens of homes, grocery stores and other structures have been destroyed. roger dairy lives in siskiyou county, where he says the losses extensive completely took out all the houses down river from here. our 100 year old homes large. it was built in 1920. it's now gone cause of the mckinney farm is still under investigation. residents here say they've never seen anything like it up here for 17 almost 18 years now, and we had a might be evacuated once about seven years ago, but we didn't have to go. this is my first time in my whole 73 years. so far this year , wildfires have burned nearly six million acres nationwide to california mex gordon fox weather. it's the new national number for mental health emergencies. 988 we'll show you how those calls are being handled here in santa clara county just ahead. in our drought stricken state. we've all been encouraged to do our part to try to reduce water use and water conservation efforts have mostly be

california's mckinney fire devastating this small community near the oregon border . flames destroying the majority of homes in businesses in klamath river. most of the towns 200 some residents have left. it's very sad. it's very disheartening. um. some of our oldest homes. 100 year old homes are gone, sparking last friday. the mckinney fire has scorched more than 57,000 acres in northern california's klamath national forest. several 1000 people remain under evacuation orders, forecasters say warmer temperatures and less humidity could fuel this fire in the coming days. this week. firefighters gain some control over the flames as thunderstorms moved through the area has really dampened the fire behavior. it's like kind of closing the flu on a chimney. really um, so that's given us an opportunity to get in there and get a lot of good lines built. the mckinney fire is just one of several threatening homes across the us in western montana. the fast moving elmo fire has burned more than 18,000 acres in forced evacuations, scientists say we could see these destructive wild

what cal fire tells us about the mckinney fire. plus i got it before 30 in the morning i was here by 5 30. i was 123rd person in line. there continues to be very high demand for the monkey pox vaccine. once again, people were turned away from getting a shot at san francisco's only walk up vaccine clinic also shooting of that kind of pop warner. at a football game. all of that is totally inappropriate . five year old boys in the hospital now after a triple shooting in oakland near a pop warner football game, community activists outraged about gun violence in the bay area's third largest city. this is ktvu fox two news at noon. good afternoon . i'm gasia mikaelian claudine wong. we start the hour with breaking news out of san jose vehicle has crashed into a building. this is all happening right now at a business park and let's go to ktvu jesse gary, who just arrived on scene and joins us now, with the very latest jesse. good afternoon to you were in the 400 block of plumeria drive here in north san jose, and the vehicle you mentioned

. >>> next at 6:00, progress finally being made in the fight against the mckinney fire.ut evacuation orders continue to expand as well. >>> then the cdc is changing rules for kids ahead of the school year. what it means for little ones before they go back to class. >> hard to believe it's that time of year already. the fog is creeping back in over san francisco. it's going push to the inland valleys tomorrow morning. but that muggyish feel we've had lately is going to go away. let's talk about when, coming up on the first alert forecast. large out-of-state corporations have set their sights on california. they've written prop 27, to allow online sports betting. they tell us it will fund programs for the homeless. but read prop 27's fine print. 90% of profits go to out-of-state corporations, leaving almost nothing for the homeless. no real jobs are created here. but the promise between our state and our sovereign tribes would be broken forever. these out-of-state corporations don't care about california. but we do. stand with us. now you can save big on supersonic wifi fr

more than 200 animals have been rescued from the mckinney fire. the siskiyou humane society posted this video and pictures of the county's cat evacuation center. most of these animals were actually moved over the weekend as the fire threatened the original shelter location. the center has more than 130 cats at the new location at town hall in the city of montage, at least 150 dogs are in a different location. people have been volunteering around the clock to help the animals and any new rescues that come in. crews are making progress on the oak fire burning near yosemite inn. mariposa county. the fires new now 72% contained mor since it started 10 days ago. that number has not changed since yesterday. 190 buildings have been destroyed with 10. others damaged. many of the evacuees are being allowed to go back home. oakland police are asking for people to come forward with information about a shooting yesterday at a youth football game that left three people injured, including a child. it happened on the campus of oakland tech high school shooting.

we have been telling you about the mckinney fire for a week now. forgot last friday near the california and border, but tonight we are learning sue about it. the giant fire may be linked to a power line, but not pg&e. a different utility. nbc bay area investigative reporter found out and fire appears to have started directly under. >> mckinney creek area. >> that is the first dispatch report for what became the mckinney fire. it quickly tore through nearly 60,000 acres around the national force to become the state's largest so far this year. four people have died. these u.s. forest service photo show the fires soon after it started and just hours before they were taken, there had been a power outage in that same area. raising questions about whether the two were connected. >> there is a power line right away. >> reporter: that dispatch came in minutes after the fire erupted. the utility involved, pacific power, formally notified state regulators thursday that the 12,000 volt line covering that area is the scott bar circuit. the same circuit the uti

steve mckinney.e continues to burn along the california oregon border they area firefighters have now joined those frontlines. and when you join us at nine, we're talking live with the santa rosa fire marshal for an update on how his crew is helping out with california's largest wildfire of the year. also, i love this three sisters set a guinness world record for climbing mount everest. after the break how they prepared for the unpredictable conditions during the expedition. during the expedition. for years, california's non-gaming tribes have been left in the dust. wealthy tribes with big casinos make billions, while small tribes struggle in poverty. prop 27 is a game changer. 27 taxes and regulates online sports betting to fund permanent solution to homelessness. while helping every tribe in california. so who's attacking prop 27? wealthy casino tribes who want all the money for themselves support small tribes, address homelessness. vote yes on 27. it is naturally reproducing in the galapagos islan

the mckinney fire has scorched more than 200 square kilometers of land inside a national forest. it's the largest blaze in the state so far this year. it began on friday and its rapid spring, 1st governor gavin newsom, to declare a state of emergency on saturday. mike, hannah is following developments from washington dc. california's largest fire this year, the mckinney fire that is called is continuing to spread. it is in a sparsely populated area, but already some 2000 people were evacuated over the past 24 hours. another 500 people have been evacuated in recent hours. there is an evacuation, a mandatory evacuation order in place, and there is a state of emergency been declared by the governor of california. now compounding the problem with this massive fire is the fact that it's creating its own weather system. in other words, it's bringing with it, thunderstorms, rain, lightning, which is causing the fire to spread, but also starting fires in other areas. the conditions are exceedingly dry, exceedingly warm, and also in northern california. there are another 2 fires that have

the mckinney fire has scorched more than 200 square kilometers of land inside a national forest. it's the largest blaze in the state so far this year. it began on friday and its rapid spread force governor given use them to declare a state of emergency on saturday and further to the south emergency crews. and another part of california have made some progress in containing the oak fire near yosemite national park, 6000 people have had to leave their homes, then fire is now more than 60 percent contained. but officials say, bringing the blaze under control may take a few more weeks. will it go live now to our reporter mike hannah, who is in washington, d. c. at mike with multiple wildfire raging on, can you just bring us up to date with the latest on the evacuations? are they just precautionary, or are people fling for their lives? well, there is a mixture of that, turn the evacuations in the northern california, for example, our men de tree, people have to leave their homes. are one of the reasons for this is set fire fighters and cannot get distracted from actually fighting the

unity feel, anzio says the mckinney. fire started at about 300 acres, but a gusty wind storm quickly helped the blaze grow to over 55,000 acres. the level of smoke in the area is also creating harmful conditions . during the meeting, residents were told to take precautions went outdoors, especially the elderly, children and pregnant women. do you really want to not do anything vigorous. just take it easy if you typically go for a run, try to just cut that out for a few days because you can breathe 10 times as much air into your lungs when you're running as just walking down the street, the city of erica's police chief also addressed other safety concerns, like people's homes being broken into our looted while they're evacuating. we have arrested several people for being in enclosed areas where they shouldn't be. most of them are up to no good and we're going to continue to do that and protect your property. the mckinney fire is burning more than 80 square miles of klamath national forest . the sheriff says that firefight

the mckinney fire has burned more than 55,000 acres in the last few days. crews have no containment on it now. and are watching for thunderstorms in the area. evacuation orders are in effect for those area as long the highway 96 corridor. but some stayed behind say they have never seen anything like this. >> when this fire came. it travelled from the top of that ridge downhill and in the space of maybe 15 minutes. with trees exploding, i've never seen anything like it. it was the most amazing, terrifying thing you've ever seen. >> we just learned that the u.s. forest service said the fire's cause is still under investigation but it was not caused by lightning. fire crews across california and the bay area are making their way up north to help. kpix 5's devin fehely shows us why this fire is so hard to fight. >> it is torched entire hillsides and turned towering trees into kindling. burning uncontained and uncontrolled near the border with oregon. >> this is driven by fuels and terrain and extremely fast-moving winds. >> officially the cause of the fire is s

new video of the early minutes of the deadly mckinney fire. california's largest wildfire this year. here is our investigative reporter. >> the fires going back. >> cell phone video capturing moments before the mckinney fire devoured a cabin. >> we are wrapping up. >> he tried himself to fight the fire with his engine but then a storm so came packing 50 mile-per-hour wind. >> here it comes. the wind is blowing this way. toward the house. >> the mckinney fire became the largest in the state this year claiming four lives. >> dozens of homes and other structures are gone. >> the investigative unit looking into how it has started, dispatch recordings provide a key clue. >> there is a fire in the mckinney creek area. >> the cause is officially under investigation but sources with knowledge tell us investigators believe the fire was sparked by a 60 foot tall ponderosa pine which was leaning on a 12,000 volt line in the 108 degree heat. pacific told us it checked the line overnight just hours before the fire due to an unexplained power outage. it fou

the cause of the mckinney farm is still under investigation. residents here say they've never seen anything like it up here for 17 almost 18 years now, and we had a might be evacuated once about seven years ago, but we didn't have to go. this is my first time in my whole 73 years. so far this year, wildfires have burned nearly six million acres nationwide to california mex gordon fox weather our welfare coverage will continue throughout the afternoon. coming up at 4 30. we're going to have a live update on efforts to contain that mckinney fire from cal fire. now don't update on the oak fire near yosemite national park. the fire did not grow overnight as it remains at just over 19,000 acres, which is 30 square miles. containment rose from 74% to 76% and those control lines are holding 193 homes and other buildings have been destroyed. this should be the final count, as cal fire says damage inspections are 100% complete. out of this reaction is pouring in following house speaker nancy pelosi's controversial arrival in taiwan earlier today, she's

fires that bryan was reading about the moment before they were talking about the mckinney fire.were talking about this six rivers complex fire. that's it right there. see there. see that plume of messien stuff. you have all the clouds over there which are brighter white. s that the plumas smoke coming off that fire. doesn't say anything about the containmt but at least it talks about the activity on it. that's the one that would be an issue for us. k out here. see that big spin? tht is pulling the smoke that would be coming off that six rivers complex and it's wrapping it up in that circulation. meaning it's all going counter clock wise and counter clock wise for right now is away from us. that could just as easily shift in the big pattern. if you get a circulation in a different location for right now we're looking at. that low that's spinning off the coast is is the the reason the temperatures have have been cool for this time of year and why we're going to stay stay that way for the next few days. we're in the low to mid-60s out there right now. alh we're 69 in santa rosa. so

this morning, the mckinney fire leveled just about every home in that town, along with the community center, mobile home park and playground . the sheriff's office there just yesterday ordered the evacuation of about 500 homes in the area. the area is very rural . we are noticing that there are quite a few people that are helping each other, which is a really wonderful thing in this time of lots of stress. firefighters from the bay area are heading up to help fight this fire. these are pictures from alameda county firefighters now on their way to the front lines of the mckinney fire. cal fire is also assigned a strike team with four santa rosa fire fighters and firefighters from napa and sonoma county. when you look at the fire the size of the mckinney fire and how much it grew in the last couple of days, and you look at really what seems to be the new normal. it's important that resources like these deploy around the state, and that's exactly why we have the california master mutual aid system. everybody are you okay? among the ruins of the fire in klamath river photographer spotted

temperature stands at 96 degrees at the sensor closest to the mckinney fire.hen the temperature goes up the humidity is going to go down. not only is it 30% right now, the winds are stronger than 24 hours ago, now sustained at 7 miles per hour, gusting up to 13 miles per hour. we've had a few light showers passing through the bay area. not much more than just enough to wet the windshield as it has been scooting to the north. the majority of the cloud around lightning activity, the majority of the activity over the sierra mountains and northern california where it will be concentrated for the rest of the week. we will look at our forecast in a few minutes. >> we're waiting for that. >>> still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on "cbs news bay area," a big fight over tiny homes. where neighbors are trying to stop a plan to build dozens. >>> plus, how this new tattoo could keep track of your health. guess what. for years, california's non-gaming tribes have been left in the dust. wealthy tribes with big casinos make billions, while small tribes struggle in poverty. p

the mckinney fire has grown to more than 50,000 acres. fire officials say there is only 1% containment. it is spreading west of the town close to the oregon border. evacuees say they have to travel as far as portland to find some place to stay. >> reporter: kpix 5 spoke with fire officials about what is driving the blaze. >> reporter: the mckinney fire is a beast and has torched entire hillsides and turned towering trees into kindling. burning uncontained and uncontrolled near the border with oregon. >> this one was driven by its fuels, terrain, and extremely fast moving winds. >> reporter: officially the cause of the fire is still under investigation. the u.s. forest service says several smaller places were sparked by a lightning storm in the area. whatever the cause the forest service says the fire was spread by strong wind and was intensified by years of drought. >> this year in particular they are landing on an extremely receptive fuel bed meaning every strike that comes in has the potential to become a fire. >> reporter: more than a

the mckinney fire has burned close to 60,000 acres and is now 10% contained. other smaller fires have started this week in the surrounding area. four deaths are being tied to the mckinney fire and dozens of buildings, including homes that are destroyed. the owner of one of the last remaining independent stores in the bay area is hanging it up. the gobies in san jose's neighborhood is up for sale. it's been four decades of literary success even during the most trying economic times. nbc bay area trujillo was inside the bookstore with a look at what is next. >> reporter: gobies is a soapy institution and the idea is for the owners to buy some fires who will keep the tradition going. this is where george became curious. a place where the wild things are, an area where referred came alive. many gobies is a magical spot for the written word coming real for kids of all ages. >> i like reading books. it makes me know a lot of stuff. >> and i love this bookstore because it has everything and it is not a homey bookstore. >> and while many drain change bookstore's came

and conditions around the mckinney fire can't catch a break.very dry and the fire spreads rapidly, or it rains which helps the fire, but then you get the mud flow issues and gusty winds out of the thunderstorms as well. the issue today is the heat. so, again, can't catch a break. it's 100 degrees at the center closest to the fire. the humidity a bone-dry 13%. the winds sustained only 7 miles per hour. but the gusts are up close to 20 miles per hour. and there are a few thunderstorms that are at least close to the side of the mckinney fire. mostly staying down to the south and the east of the fire site. just south of the oregon/california border. close enough that we'll have to worry about some of the outflow winds potentially blowing towards the fire and pushing it in a different direction. there are other thunderstorms in the high sierra, prompting flash flood warnings especially to the south of tahoe around the tamarack burn scar. all sorts of issues and a lot of cloud-to-ground lightning strikes. these storms are producing rain as evidenced

steve mckinney.ar the oregon border continues to rage out of control this morning with no containment . so far, we have the latest on the firefighters. thousands have evacuated from their homes. the monkey pox virus has been declared a public health emergency in san francisco will tell you how the city is preparing to try to prevent the spread later this morning, and president biden has declared a federal disaster in kentucky more of the devastated flooding that has already taken several lives. and now please welcome ana montoya. ♪ hello there, fellow students... wanna help kids get their homework done? well, an internet connection's a good start. but kids also need computers. and sometimes the hardest thing about homework is finding a place to do it. so why not hook community centers up with wifi? for kids like us, and all the amazing things we're gonna learn. through project up, comcast is committing $1 billion dollars so millions more students can continue to get the tools they need to build a fut

alameda county fire is sending the crew you see here to fight the fire up in mckinney. fire departments throughout sonoma county also on their way. santa rosa, petaluma, napa, and sonoma fires sent their crews to make a strike team up. coming up in a few minutes we hear from a bay area business owner who has managed to defend his home from the flames near the river. >>> now to sad news for bay area sports fans. basketball legend bill russell has died at 88. he grew up in oakland and played for usf. kpix 5's vernon glenn joins us now with more on his historic career. >> reporter: he was a civil rights pioneer at a time in the 1960s when players were expected to be quiet and play. russell was one of those stars who spoke up. and when you're talking about nba legends and the mythical mount rushmore of the best of the greats you have to chisel him in. no one had a better resume over a 15-year span in team sports than number 6 out of mcclymonds high school. >> he was a winner everywhere he went. >> reporter: russell's winning started in high school and led mcclimb tonds two

. >>> developing this morning, justin, two people have already died in the exploding mckinney fire, just in northern california. the siskiyou county sheriff confirms the bodies were found in a car in a residential driveway near the klamuth river. the fire forced more than 2,000 people to evacuate and some lost everything. >> my house is gone, all my furniture, all my clothes, shoes, coats, boots, everything's gone. >> flames broke out three days ago just west of the town of yreka. since then he's grown to 52,000 acres with no containment. fire crews across california and the bay area are waking up to northern california to help and kpix 5's devin fehely shows us why this fire is just so hard to fight. >> reporter: the mckinney fire is a beast. it's torched entire hillsides and turned towering trees into kindling, burning uncontained and uncontrolled near the border with oregon. >> this one was driven by its fuels, its terrain, and it's extremely fast-moving winds. >> reporter: officially the cause of the fire is still under investigation but the u.s. forest service says several smaller b

it's called the mckinney fire. it started on friday, grew from one to 160 square kilometers in 24 hours and is now covering well over 200 square kilometers and continuing to spread. a mandate. free evacuation order was issued. an estimated 2000 people lift their home saturday, and another 500 had been evacuated in the course of sunday. many, leaving behind their possessions like this 81 year old. my house has gone all my furniture, all my clothes, shoes out. everything's gone. some decided to leave before the men de tree evacuation and managed to save some of their belongings. yeah, we got out before the fire, actually there was a red flag to get out of it. we don't want to be there to when they do to get out have 15 minutes to get out and figure out all are so packed every to goes to get out there. soon as possible. the swirling winds made the course of the fire impossible to predict. i mean, you know, from any angle at this point, it's just a matter where the when take it. over 60 hikers who are on the popular pa

the bay area, sending more firefighters to the front lines of the mckinney fire coming up. we'll take you on a ride, along with incident command for a closer look at the challenges firefighters there are facing tonight. a judge orders conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay millions of dollars over his previous claims that the sandy hook school shooting never happened. temperatures a few degrees cooler today. it's going to be cooler tomorrow as well right into the weekend, not cold but cooler. i'll see her in a few minutes with the forecast and see how golden gate park is getting ready to host tens of thousands of music fans this check out this time space wormhole i creat how's it work? let me see your togo, and i'll show you. "poof" burt, you have my lunch. introducing togo's new pastrami cheese ste loaded with our world famous pastrami, sauteed mushrooms, roasted red peppers, and smothered with melty american cheese. the new pastrami cheese steak. try steak or chicken, too. now at togo's parent. of a six year old boy killed in the sandy hook shooting. he was sued by scarlet

we take a look back at his remarkable life and the impact he had on and off the court and the mckinney fire near the oregon border continues to rage out of control tonight with more people under a vacuum ation orders. this is ktvu fox two news at six. good evening. i'm julie julie haener alex savage, one of the greatest professional athletes has died. bill russell was best known for winning 11 nba championships with the boston celtics, and he later became the league's first black head coach. people don't know is that russell had ties to the bay area. ktvu greg liggins is here now, with more on the passing of a legend greg julie. he was born in louisiana, but his legend as a basketball icon partially began. clemens high school in oakland from there across the bay to attend the university of san francisco, and the legend began to grow. bill russell, six ft 10 inch center of the san francisco dunn's biggest wheel in the collegiate basketball circuit. first party game playing cal berkeley. the senate was preseason all america first five shots. he took a blocked bill russell's legendary ski

it is her second wta title >>> we have been telling you about the mckinney fire for a week now. tonight we are learning more about it. it might have been linked to a power line, a line linked to a different authority. >> that's right, nbc reporter jaxon van derbeken learned that the fire may have started from a line that was turned back on. >> reporter: that's the first dispatch report for what became the mckinney fire. it quickly tore through nearly 60,000 acres around the klaimath national forest to become the state's largest of the year. these photos show the fire soon after it started. just hours before had been taken, there had been a power outage in that area, raising questions about whether the two were connected. that dispatch came in in the minutes after the fire erupted. the utility involved, pacific power, formally notified state regulators thursday that the 12,000 volt line covering that area was the same circuit that had lost power from 9:00 p.m. the night before until 5:00 a.m. on the day the fire started. pacific power says it patrolled the entire line before inst

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so the mckinney fire is the one that we're really watching the big smoke producer. most of that smoke is traveling to the east into the north of us. that's good news for the bay area. obviously, this fire still has a lot of work to get done on it. it's the largest fires we just talked about. >> and we still do have those triple digit temperatures. areas like reading yet again, climbing well into the triple digits today. further north from there into why-reeka well into the upper 90's. now what we're doing today across the bay area is really clearing things out. rainfall is now up into oregon. we're still dealing with that high pressure ridge keeping things hot for us. but the at the tail and of yesterday's monsoonal moisture. we now just have the clear skies left behind from it. you saw that clear sunset last night. been a really nice morning. so far we will have that muggy feel as the high pressure ridge is still there. and we still have the monsoonal moisture making for that humid feel to it in a cloudy afternoon after such a clear morning you'll see an increasing

bill mckinney fire is just one of several threatening homes across the us in western montana.the fast moving elmo fire has burned more than 18,000 acres in forced evacuations, scientists say. we could see these destructive wildfires if the climate remains dry, unfortunately, due to the hot, dry conditions, we are seeing more frequent fires on the landscape of the mckinney fire remains under investigation in california, mexico or din fox weather. alrighty we're checking in on the weather. we were talking about the markley ville rain. they have thunderstorms up there and significant rainfall numbers coming down over almost three inches of rain in one case and just over an hour as we pop this in, i'll show you the flood warning and the and the concern for severe weather. the flash flood warnings stays. in fact, through seven o'clock tonight. it hits these areas really verifying and mark, leave it and i'll show you what i mean. here is we come in close. you see how the lightning strikes? it's all in the last three hours or so. so this is that some tropical moisture that's been han

now four people have died so far in the mckinney fire, and authorities say the death toll could still rise. california has faced its largest and deadliest wildfires in the last first, and experts say climate change is a huge factor. elise? >> michael george in new york. thank you. >>> the final day of testimony in a defamation case against conspiracy theorist alex jones ended in a surprise revelation. the "info. wars" host was accused of withholding evidence in the $150 million lawsuit filed against him by the parents of a young boy killed in the 2012 sandy hook shooting. the parents' attorney said he received jones' text messages from the past two years when they were accidentally sent by jones' own defense team. >> you said in your deposition you searched your phone, you said you pulled down the text, did the search function for sandy hook. that's what you said, mr. jones, correct? >> i had several different phones at this number. but i did -- yeah. that's why you got it. >> the parents' attorney said jones lied about not having text messages about sandy hook. jones, who earlier cal

and california's mckinney fire has forced more than 2,000 people out of their homes. at this time it remains 0% contained and the cause is under investigation. back to you. >> astrid martinez in new york. thank you so much. >>> president biden is back in isolation this morning after testing positive for covid a second time. his doctor said mr. biden experienced a rare rebound case that occurs in small percentage of patients who take the antiviral treatment paxlovid. he said the president continues to feel well and is not experiencing any symptoms. mr. biden tested positive again on saturday, just a few days after testing negative and ending isolation from his first covid diagnosis. >>> we are 99 days away from the midterm elections. democrats are hoping to keep control of congress with a massive experiencing package. a cbs news/ugov poll is painting a different picture. serena marshall explains. >> reporter: president biden took to twitter showing that despite his covid rebound he's using his bully pulpit to push for a scaled down "build back better" bill titled "the

the fight to contain the mckinney fire.ges on in siskiyou county more than 50 57,000 at last count acres have burned. >> at least 4 people have now been killed. crews still have not been able to reach any level of containment on this fire. the weather they say is not helping. today's big concern has been the threat of more thunderstorm activity and dry lightning. >> but the potential for lightning and new fires in the area. there's the potential for outflow winds as that thunderstorm collapse could bring winds up to 50, 60 mile an hour to the fire area. and then there's also a possibility. flash floods. >> all evacuation orders and warnings do remain in place some heartwarming video from mckinney fire where a puppy named patches and areas was found in the rubble last saturday. sure. happy to see see people they he's found they were there surveying the damage and that they saw that little puppy just wandering around through the burn area all by himself. firefighters took the dog back to the car, gave him some food and water

the mckinney fire is not putting that much smoke into the air today. that's a good sign the fire is lying down a bit, containment a whole other story, story, but in terms of activity today that's the culprit. the smoke is getting pulled this wa. see the spin in the clouds? thes an area of low pressure off our coast which in terms of air quality, smoke and temperatures is doing us a huge favor down here, not much marine layer, kind of pulled in off the coasts look at the smoke plume remembeg there's that big area of low pressure sitting out here spinning. as long as that thing sits right there, it's like a big pinwheel in the atmosphere and it will force the smoke to get caught up in it and go the other way. that's one that thins doing us is keeping smoke out of of here. it's also keeping temps below average for this time of . that low will come back in a mi. it's good news if you like low o mid-80s for daytime highs, conc, talking to you. 24 there is making its way up towards the mount tamm. 80 in rowe, 5:00 santa rosa, pretty much coming off the warme

moisture near the mckinney fire. conditions there, the higher humidity levels helping the fire crews. the humidity now at 67%. those winds are light. only three miles per hour. only gusting up to eight miles an hour. so that's really the key things for for the fire crews. they need the winds to remain calm and the fire exploded in size over the weekend. >> yeah, i mean, not a good thing. but it is fortunate that there hasn't been any dry lightning. there is concern that that could create even more ex trooek dream conditions. this wildfire raging to the north in siskiyou county. the cause still under investigation but the u.s. forest service has ruled out lightning from sparking the fire. the mckinney fire broke out near the klamath national forest on friday and it's burning west offy rica close to the oregon border. it's 55,000 acres, becoming california's largest wildfire. year so far. the fire has no containment yet. more than 5,000 people have had to be evacuated. the siskiyou sheriff confirms two people found dea

all the old houses, all the out buildings, everything. >> to the ground, the mckinney fire is is one obviously the number one priority in the state right now. that's one of our initial attack resources out of auburn headquarters here at cal fire's nevada. yuba plaster unit sent resources to the mckinney fire over the weekend we've sent a strike team of fire engines which is 5 engine and a leader. and we've also sent a strike dozers tonight. thousands of more homes are threatened by the and the weather conditions aren't helping the north state seen a significant impact from this monsoonal flow. this weather pattern that's bringing a lot of thunder and lightning as firefighters worked to gain the upper hand, hodgson is thinking about his fellow neighbors wondering how his community will rebuild. this are from all over. we come here for >> the beauty of the place being used to be here. >> it was monica de anda reporting for us tonight. bay area firefighters are helping fight this fire. the santa rosa fire department sent a crew of 4 on saturday as part of a strike team with petaluma fir

the mckinney fire scorched 55,000 acres, zero percent containment. thunderstorms have been hampering the efforts. the biggest challenge to firefighters now is that receptive fuel bed and the thunderstorm activity. what that does is it makes it so the fire can spread erratically in any direction. and it can be a threat to firefighters and containment. crowds have formed as that fire generates its own weather. >>> you showed us photos of that or video, those big giant clouds that form in those fires. they look like an atopic bomb went off. >> pyrocumulus clouds forming an actual thunderstorm that's caused by the fire. that's how it continues to spread, dropping lightning into the dry fuels. the good news is that the humidity around the mckinney fire is pretty high, at 73% right now. haven't seen any cloud-to-ground lightning strikes in the immediate vicinity of the fire within the past couple of hours much the winds are fairly light. those factors are helping at the fire crews but the threat of cloud-to-ground lightning strikes continues in the mountai

>>he mckinney fire is a california's largest wildfire this year, burning more than 56,000 acres. there is still no containment. >>> still ahead, beyonce changes a lyric after backlash to one of her songs. how it's sparking a new debate about phrases that may be considered offensive. >>> and a rally in the south bay after the abrupt closure of a fast food plant. the allegations the popular brand mistreated its workers. >> coming up all new at 6:00, the bay area taiwanese for years, california's non-gaming tribes have been left in the dust. wealthy tribes with big casinos make billions, while small tribes struggle in poverty. prop 27 is a game changer. 27 taxes and regulates online sports betting to fund permanent solution to homelessness. while helping every tribe in california. so who's attacking prop 27? wealthy casino tribes who want all the money for themselves support small tribes, address homelessness. vote yes on 27. >>> idaho now facing a new federal lawsuit, the first of its kind. the justice department channelling the state's restrictive abortion law that makes ate felon

the mckinney fire is now being blamed for two deaths.re is currently no containment fire has burned more than 55,000 acres since it started on friday . it is burning right near the oregon border in siskiyou county. about 850 firefighters are battling this fire. ktvu is tom baker has the latest on that firefight. out of control and no containment. the mckinney fire continues to burn, consuming more than 55,000 acres so far, erotic wins and the heat are fanning the flames. what and how the fire started to still under investigation, but those monitoring the fire are looking at lightning as a potential cause. when you get lightning, you get them in really big clumps, and that makes it really difficult. 100 fires instantly. and when weekend we would have yeah, hundreds of irs. reported rain has slowed the fire's progress, and that's helped firefighters, but the hot weather is expected to return. it does put a lot of

kathy shipment died as the fire moved through her community for people have died since the mckinney fire 10 days ago in siskiyou county. chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins the table. one of those massive fires going take a long time to put out. yeah, very dangerous conditions around there today. the winds have picked up a bit. now we're gusting over 30 miles an hour. >> in around that active fire. very dangerous up there. those winds come up out the south. again, we've got the monsoon kind of interacting with this system. haven't seen some thunderstorms moving here just yet. a red flag warnings are posted in that area and looking at the possibility of some more thunderstorms rotating up. and you can see some of that to the east now, although that is not move the mount shasta area, there's a possibility we could see some more thunderstorms interacting with that fire as we head through the evening tonight after that, though, the we're not done with the monsoon by any means and that means you see all the thunderstorms erupted again over the sierra nevada making their way good part of

the mckinney fires still burning up north and siskiyou county. some people say they just can't believe what they are witnessing in their communities. tonight many of those people impacted by the fire gathered this evening to get answers from firefighters who are working nonstop here to slow the spread of the flames. firefighters say this is the largest wildfire burning in the state right now, with more than 55,000 acres. charred officials say the fire claimed the lives of two people whose bodies were found inside a burned out car right now there is still zero contains mint, but conditions are beginning to improve for fire crews. ktvu lamonica peters has the latest on what firefighters are telling people impacted by the fire. unfortunately the conditions were but beyond our control and we had a thunder cell that came over the top of this incident. cal fire assist you. unit chief feel anzio says the mckinney fire started at about 300 acres , but a gusty wind storm quickly helped the blaze grow to over 55,000 acres. the level of smoke in the area is

today'smation can be held at the mckinney park. >>> and today, the mckinney fire, the containment is up from 30% to 40%. bay area firefighters are up near the border. so far the flames have burned 60,000 acres and destroyed at least 87 home, and four people have died in the fire. a power line is being investigated as a possible cause of the fire but not one of pg&e's powerlines. at 7:09, much more ahead on today in the bay, and we will take you the washington, d.c., with the weekly interview with chuck todd who has a preview of today's "meet the press." for years, california's non-gaming tribes have been left in the dust. wealthy tribes with big casinos make billions, while small tribes struggle in poverty. prop 27 is a game changer. 27 taxes and regulates online sports betting to fund permanent solution to homelessness. while helping every tribe in california. so who's attacking prop 27? wealthy casino tribes who want all the money for themselves support small tribes, address homelessness. vote yes on 27. >>> time and temperature on bay area is brought to you by mancini's world, sim

>> we now know that the mckinney fire is a deadly fire. we have confirmed that two people died in what is now california's largest wildfire. here is where we stand, the siskiyou sheriff coroner confirms that the two people died were found in a vehicle in the driveway of a home. it looks like they were trying to leave and could not get out. the fire exploded in size as it started just three days ago and as of this morning, more than 65,000 acres are burned. the fire is not contained on any front. also, it rained over much of the mckinney fire overnight. the weather is still a great concern. wind has been a problem, lightning is an ongoing concern and the u.s. forest service has to wait for a smoke inversion to clear so they can put the aircraft back up over the firefight again. nearly 5000 structures are threatened. it is unknown how many are destroyed, and evacuation orders are still in effect. this fire moved so fast that a bay area business owner who owns property in siskiyou county says that the fire was racing down the grassy field tow