westbound from bensalem into willow grove, overnight work out in new jersey route 130 southbound at riverton road that will be out there until 6:00 a.m. you have another hour to delay with those delays. otherwise some travel times everything looking, still really smooth. 202, 422, in problems either direction. ukee, back over to you. >>> all right, jessica, thank you. happening today a pennsylvania state trooper will be laid to rest as the search for his killer, continues. meanwhile as a precaution many schools in northeast pennsylvania are closed for a second day. the here's wendy gilette. >> reporter: line of mourners to honor life of pennsylvania state trooper, corporal brian dickson spilled out of the rotunda at merrywood university in scranton yesterday. dickson was killed friday night outside the grove police barracks by a gunman still on the loose. during the news conference police expect to the suspect identified as 31 year-old eric frein. >> in the event you are listening to this broadcast on a radio, portable radio while cowering in some cold, damp hiding place i want you to know o

that's more than 76- the blaze is 10 -percent highway- 50 is limited to one lane westbound from riverton to wayne huntsman. the man accused of starting the blaze pleaded during a court appearance today. authorities have not said what led to huntsman's arrest. nor have they released a possible motive. tonight -- we're hearing the first reports about homes burned in the king fire. a small community east of pollock pines is assessing its and tried to comfort each other. some homeowners say they knew since wednesday. and claim fire officials at the time were still the the the >> there's no stopping this fire. they dropped retardant and water on that. meantime. firefighters are dropping record -breaking amounts of retardant to try and stop the flames from spreading. by friday -- crews have used more than a half- million meanwhile. a smaller but of weed in siskiyou county. is now 95-percent contained. 479 -acres burned there. and 11-hundred homes are still threatened tonight. a city official says, 143 homes and nine other buildings. have happening now. cal-trans has shut down several miles of

this time from pollock pines to riverton. the burn zone is at least 21- miles long and 8- miles wide. and the flames have now into placer county. the fire has burned more than 73-thousand acres. it is 10-percent contained. an improvement from last night. but, nearly 13-thousand structures are still threatened. kron4's jeff bush has a closer look at the firefight from el dorado county. we have 12,000 residences that are under threat from the fire. that equates to about 3000 people evacuated >> the king fire is still out of control and raging throughout el dorado county. the fire crews are for arriving from as far away as idaho. fix smoke-filled air and made for a spooky environment. the sun was blood red has it shown through the haze. the terrain is rugged and steep. evacuated residents hope their homes are ok. the fire crews will be back at in the morning. and tonight. we are learning more about the man accused of starting the massive wildfire in el dorado county. tonight, wayne huntsman's sister is defending his character. s

pushing that fire in all directions prompting the closure along highway 50 from pollock pines to riverton as the fire goes through dry trees and vegetation. >> the embers coming out of this fire the smoke columns are lofted and go over the unburned land and start fires. >> reporter: the man accused of starting the fire, 37-year-old wayne huntsman is in jail this morning. bail is $10 million. his sister is now speaking out. we are going to hear from her coming up in the next half- hour. michelle? >> anne, it sounds like the state is throwing a lot of resources at this fire. >> reporter: they say it's costing $5 million a day to fight the king fire. they are calling for help now from all over the country. firefighters are coming in from as far away as the east coast. live in the newsroom, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> police in richmond suspect gang activity is behind the firing of more than 40 rounds of ammunition into an apartment building. the shots were fired just before 8:30 last night on bissell avenue. nobody was injured. investigators recovered some 44 bullet casings though from that ar

take vo --la autopista 50 se encuentra bloqueada en un tramo de 5 millas entre "sly park" y "rivertoncendio king ya consumi mas de 18 mil 500 acres y mantiene amenzadas mas de mil 600 residencias. --segun "calfire" solo ha sido contenido en un 5 por ciento. vo cesar -- y precisamente para unirse a la lucha contra este incendio, esta maÑana el departamento de bomberos de san francisco envi un equipo de trabajo a esa zona. --ellos se uniran a los mas de dos mil 500 bomberos que combaten el fuego en el condado "el dorado". vo blanca --mientras que en el condado de madera, otro incendio forestal mantiene a mas de 600 personas evacuadas de "bass lake heights". --el incendio "courtney" que inicio el domingo por la tarde ha consumido 320 acres. --segun los bomberos, al menos 33 casas fueron destruidas por el fuego. --aunque este incendio ya fue contenido en un 60 por ciento, aun representa una amenaza para los residentes del lugar. take 3 shot angle cam blanca -- para hablarnos mas de estos incendios pasamos con nuestra reportera del tiempo. cesar -- bienvenida gabriela... take gabriela live

highway 50 is closed from pollock pines to riverton and the state is spending $5 million a day to try to put out the fire. live in the newsroom anne makevoc, kpix 5. >> the red cross has set up two shelters for the evacuees, one in georgetown, the other can no. >>> a house was vacant. the house was sold two weeks ago and was empty while undergoing renovations. >> the home is vacant and there is no possibility for a fire starting due to accidental cause or someone cooking or all the normal causes and there's no electricity to have a fire start in a vacant home tends to be, you know, a concern. >> the fire was put out in 35 minutes. no injuries were reported. >>> during morning rush hour in san francisco, two cars crashed into each other sending one into the side of a building. it happened around 7 a.m. at bush and geoff streets. no one was injured but this porsche was damaged after careening into the building. glass was shattered on the sidewalk, and airbags were deployed. >>> here's something you don't see much around here lately, light rain reported throughout the bay area this morni

flames prompting the closure along highway 50 from pollock pines to riverton. fire consuming brittle vegetation and trees from the drought. lake tahoe officials say there is no immediate threat to the tahoe basin, but visitors should have an evacuation plan. juliette goodrich, kpix5. >> to give you an idea of how big the king fire is, look at this photo from space. that smoke cloud is as long as the state of colorado. further north in the town of weed, firefighters have just about contained the boles fire that has destroyed 140 homes. >>> we got enough rain to coat these roads in richmond today and paul, every drop counts. we had a lot of drops in the santa cruz mountain. all those places have something in common. they are higher in elevation. closer to the bay, not much, between 0 and a tenth of an inch. napa, four one-hundredths of an inch. san rafael. this is not the only rain chance we will see. the pattern is changes. we have another rain chance that we will talk about in ten minutes. >>> people are ransacking stores in baja after hurricane odile hits. peo

u.s. 50 is now closed for about five miles between slide park and riverton. >> we spoke with cal trans by phone this evening. >> so no idea as to when the road could possibly reopen? >> not until cal fire tells chp and then at that time we can release the track control to release traffic. until then the roads will remain closed for safety. >> the fire broke out saturday and they say it is 5% contained. 1500 firefighters are now on the front lines and that's twice as many as yesterday. >> another fire has destroyed a large portion weed. a town near the oregon border you can see the devastation, terrible cal fire is offering a $10,000 reward for anyone with information leading to what or started the fire. >> fortunately firefighters now have the upper happened, but -- upper hand, but not before it destroyed two churches and a lumber mill. >> wayne freedman is in weed with how the community is coping. >> why is it the worst of times bring out the best in people. if you are worried about the exit, you should worry about weed. with both feet and shoes for plenty more along with food and clo

. >> the highway is closed to riverton. the fire putting up a massive plume of smoke and will eventually quite possibly drift to the bay area. so the question is -- could it affect our air quality. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is tracking the plume of smoke. what do you think? >> as we continue to watch conditions closely. the king fire, what man of you see in these pictures. the pyro-cumulus crowd, streaming up 10,000 plus feet in the atmosphere. so massive and large. creating a storm in a sense right on top of the fire. there is strong updrafts and down drafts. it can be influenced, the smoke, with the fire by weather systems in the atmosphere. upper level low pressure to the south. counter clockwise spin around this. could drag some smoke close towards the bay area. here's the bottom line on our threat of any kind of snoek from the king fire. the highest risk in east bay. 40% chance over the next 48 hours. the best chance would be friday afternoon. also into saturday. air quality through the upcoming weekend will be

u.s. 50 is now closed for about five miles between slide park and riverton. >> we spoke with cal transy phone this evening. >> so no idea as to when the road could possibly reopen? >> not until cal fire tells chp and then at that time we can release the track control to release traffic. until then the roads will remain closed for safety. >> the fire broke out saturday and they say it is 5% contained. 1500 firefighters are now on the front lines and that's twice as many as yesterday. >> another fire has destroyed a large portion weed. a town near the oregon border you can see the devastation, terrible cal fire is offering a $10,000 reward for anyone with information leading to what or started the fire. >> fortunately firefighters now have the upper happened, but -- upper hand, but not before it destroyed two churches and a lumber mill. >> wayne freedman is in weed with how the community is coping. >> why is it the worst of times bring out the best in people. if you are worried about the exit, you should worry about weed. with both feet and shoes for plenty more along with food clotheses

route 130 southbound at riverton road until 6:00 a.m. mass transit a great alternate as well. in problems there. when you are on the road get updated fur about traffic backups with the new your drive app, down load app for iphone and android devices by going to cbs philly.com/your drive. >>> on the healthwatch this morning if you are getting ready to make that cup have of coffee then you might want to ray think using artificial sweeteners. here's why, a study suggest that the sweeteners might set stage for diabetes in some people. research are say artificial sweeteners could change the way the body handles sugar. they are not recommending any changes just yet, just saying that more research is needed. >>> well, there has been a lot of bad publicity in the nfl lately with several players getting a rested for violent crimes. now we are hearing about a football player who sacrificed his career to save his brother's life. chris's career with the pittsburgh steelers was cut short because he needed a kidney transplant. his brother who played for rival ravens was a perfect match. he

u.s. 50 is now closed for about five miles between slide park and riverton. >> we spoke with cal trans by phone this evening. >> so no idea as to when the road could possibly reopen? >> not until cal fire tells chp and then at that time we can release the track control to release traffic. until then the roads will remain closed for safety. >> the fire broke out saturday and they say it is 5% contained. 1500 firefighters are now on the front lines and that's twice as many as yesterday. >> another fire has destroyed a large portion weed. a town near the oregon border you can see the devastation, terrible cal fire is offering a $10,000 reward for anyone with information leading to what or started the fire. >> fortunately firefighters now have the upper happened, but -- upper hand, but not before it destroyed two churches and a lumber mill. >> wayne freedman is in weed with how the community is coping. >> why is it the worst of times bring out the best in people. if you are worried about the exit, you should worry about weed. with both feet and shoes for plenty more along with food and clo

the highway is shut down between pollock pines a and riverton.ts of it are open this morning to make way for your way up to lake tahoe. >> and the oregon border fire, firefighters are starting to get the upper hand. evacuation orders are still in effect for the town of weed but the fire is now 85% contained. time to check our microclimate forecast as we give you a peek outside overlooking san jose this morning. we made it to friday! >> yeah. it's the final weekend of the summertime. >> is it going to feel like it? >> it is. it's going to be really nice for your beach plans. after next week, you're going to notice our days getting shorter and our temperatures are going to drop off as we head through next week. also maybe breaking out your umbrella by next wednesday. 61 degrees to kick off your friday. livermore 64, san martine is 63, the peninsula is at 74 degrees and 83 on the belt way. the south bay is looking good, low 80s for you. same for the peninsula, all weekend long we'll be in the 70s in san francisco. no 90s on the maps even in the hot

tell but on route 130 southbound in new jersey, one to two lanes block for construction between riverton road and union avenue. this is in the cinnaminson area and it will be in effect until 6:00 o'clock this morning, kerry. >> sue, thanks. so what if the news only did store that is were good, light hearted, what would it look like? we have an idea for you coming up in the trend. i would love that. >>> s and p500 for dow jones. this comes after the federal reserve, assured its commitment to keep interest rates, low. the s and p500 added close to nine-point, to close more than 2,000, dow jones gained a 17,200. the nasdaq grew 31 points to land under 4600. meanwhile, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg is encouraging more high school students to consider tech careers. while speaking at a high school in california he said understanding technology and computers will be critical to having options later in life. facebook is donating 50 lap tops and creating a class at a high school in redwood city near facebook's headquarters to help educate students and encourage them to move into that feel. >>> a n

traveling eastbound, it is at sly park, westbound at riverton.s is what we can tell you about it. the strong winds and the fire have now pushed towards the georgetown area. these flames have forced more families to frantically flee their homes as more than 2,000 homes now remain threatened. the fire is northwest in the small el dorado community of volcanoville which is now evacuated. a campground has also burned to the ground. georgetown, we touched on, the fire has made its way up there. these families having to leave everything behind, very emotional as you can imagine. >> we're leaving the only place that ever felt home in my life. [ crying ] >> so i'm praying to god everybody is going to be safe but selfishly i don't want our house to burn either you know. >> reporter: governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency for the king fire burn area. these strong winds definitely wreaking havoc on the firefight this morning. crews are on standby here at the ranger station. multiple fire trucks, hosting spread out throughout the area, making