this is a park and oakland hills and you could see the vegetation is just got the overgrown. that's because we had what weather earlier end it's

what you have to keep in mind is my clients are developing a very overgrown, maryland 3900 sq. ft. lot. we do not understand how that reduces property values and reduces the neighborhood character. property values are not protected, of course. the appellate thinks that one fewer lot and fewer homes should be created because of what he calls a lack of city services in the area. we are not sure what he refers to. it is really the eastern side of the city with the residents moving into former industrial areas that are lacking city services. for that, the board has widely adopted the eastern neighborhoods plan and its government -- in its development plans to fix that issue. the appellants as there are no yards or green space in the project. that is not true. we provide as much regard open space as the lots immediately next door that our existing. -- that are existing. the miraloma association agrees with one issue, that there should be one fewer lots. they liked the design and the heights and everything else. although most lots are 25 by 100, small ones are not unusual. we counted 191

leaves on roof, a mound of timber too close to the house and trees so overgrown, they can light up like match sticks. >> we have to keep it clean. the trash and everything. and if i'm not, my wife was doing it. my parents, my daughter. it's a big job. >> a big job that crews are making sure gets done. and this means you've got to be careful using a weed whacker in the morning when grass is damp. there is a red flag warning remains in effect until wednesday morning. >> and san jose police are accusing a substitute teacher of sexually assaulting several elementary school students. police provided this picture of the 64-year-old suspect from san jose. investigators say the assaults happened during school hours. and this suspect substituted in other schools so detectives are looking for other possible victims. >> the federal government is ordering all areas surrounded by levies to be clear cut. now, lawmakers are joining environmentalists to fight that order. and there is laura anthony life for us tonight oo. there is u.s. army corps of engineers gave notice they're going start enforcing a

>> reporter: firefighters were out in the hills today looking for excessive brush, branches, and overgrown weeds too close to homes and other structures. one home owner says he understands. >> 1991 was a big fire storm all over. big fires. >> reporter: was your house impacted in that fire? >> my house did not burn. five of them burned, one of them not. >> reporter: today's helicopters, they don't fly at night, the fire crew that flew in tonight is sleeping right now, but ready to respond at a moment's notice. live in livermore, "ktvu channel 2 news." >>> now we go to chief meteorologist bill martin who's tracking the windy conditions, bill? >> the big story here is the red flag warning through tomorrow, wednesday morning. what's amazing is we haven't had more warnings this year: this is a northerly wind right here beginning to come offshore. by the morning hours, it will start to clock around out of the east. right now the strongest winds are in the 15 miles an hour range. here's the red flag warning for elevations above 1,000 feet, the channels, the valleys and ridges in the east bay hill

>> reporter: firefighters were out in the hills today looking for excessive brush, branches, and overgrown weeds too close to homes and other structures. one home owner says he understands. >> 1991 was a big fire storm all over. big fires. >> reporter: was your house impacted in that fire? >> my house did not burn. five of them burned, one of them not. >> reporter: today's helicopters, they don't fly at night, the fire crew that flew in tonight is sleeping right now, but ready to respond at a moment's notice. live in livermore, "ktvu channel 2 news." >>> now we go to chief meteorologist bill martin who's tracking the windy conditions, bill? >> the big story here is the red flag warning through tomorrow, wednesday morning. what's amazing is we haven't had more warnings this year: this is a northerly wind right here beginning to come offshore. by the morning hours, it will start to clock around out of the east. right now the strongest winds are in the 15 miles an hour range. here's the red flag warning for elevations above 1,000 feet, the channels, the valleys and ridges in the east bay hill

this home not only had overgrown vegetation but they had fire wood strewn around the property. the property owner says he understands. >> 1991, i was here, there was a big fire all over. big fire. >> was your home affected? >> no. five burned, one of them not, two burned, one of them not. >> reporter: again, the red flag warning goes into effect at 6:00. and firefighters in the area obviously are telling people warning them to be very, very careful at this particular time. reporting live from oakland, jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> from jim, let's go to straight to our chief meteorologist, bill martin, for more. >> gasia, this is not unusual to get a red flag warning in october. what's unusual is how few of them we've had had this year. independence are coming up tonight. it will -- winds are coming up tonight. that's what triggered this. let's go outside. the winds right now are blowing basically out of the northeast in santa rosa. so northeast is like this. that direction is coming offshore, right? pushes the fog away. no fog to speak of. the air sinks. as is sinks, it

that was all overgrown. the thing about deangelo is, if his ak ever against a wall he will perform.ly what he did yesterday. an unbelievable game. let's hear about how he found out after the game. >> i've never seen so many turnovers and back and forth like that. >> it doesn't matter how, as long as we get them. they won't all be pretty. you take your hat off to our defense. i mean, those guys played their butts off. >> i've been part of a game like this where we fell short. so to be a part of a game like this where we got the victory, hey. what more coulyou ask for when you didn't play your sfwheft. >> reporter: no question who the ga ball goes to deangelo hall. >> caught it with one hand like this. he did that same thing in practice. it definitely translated. great hands, great vision. as he big time play maker. >> we have to come up with a name. i think the guy called it a ham bone. i don't know what that means. but they called it a ham bone. video games. you know? >> i've never more than two picks in a game, six in a season. to be sitting right there, five and a half, four in on

for firefighters from outside agencies, there were problems with hoses not fitting, narrow roads, overgrownlsides, plenty of lessons learned. sue piper lost her home. she shared photos of it with us. she said she fled with her daughter and literally saw people on foot running past her car as trees went up in flames. it took her two long years to rebuild. she said it's hard to believe sometimes it's been 19 years. >> a lot has changed. i mean we learn from our mistakes. the hoses now fit. they communicate with each other. those things were fixed. we have a wildfire assessment district in oakland which is one of the first of its kind. my husband and i, we're very active in getting that started and my husband served on it and it has made a real difference. >> reporter: now, sue's husband also helps maintain the firestorm memorial garden that's dedicated to victims and survivors. less than two weeks ago a bronze sculpture there was vandalized and this week volunteers have been working to install better lighting and are working, they tell me, on getting some sort of security there. reporting liv

this is a park and oakland hills and you could see the vegetation is just got the overgrown.t's because we had what weather earlier end it's giving the weeds and opportunity to grow high and provide fuel if there's a stock. on top of that strong winds you see blowing this leg straight to an extremely hot temperatures. all of that is make sure that as far fighters concerned enough to go on patrol in the oakland hills making sure the neighborhood is safe. >> also they're making shore residents of this area have defensible space so they've taken away brush from their homes they save it about 95 percent compliance rate with that. you could see the what is still blowing right now all and still having these bush is right here. they will be concerned for the night and keep a close eye. reporting live kron 4 news. >> also tonight fans are talking about this the giants' big win against the braves last night. this was the winning play when the boy is beat the braves. not going to the best of seven national league championships series. mayor gavin newsome is a lifelong giants fan he gre