the fire is burning near the southwest tip of sherman island.he fire started at about 4:30 this afternoon. we've been bringing you live pictures of a fire boat pumping water onto the flames from the river. we've also seen helicopters do a number of water drops from water there in the delta on the flames burning on the ground. let's go ahead and bring in a new voice. xavier valley. are you with us from antioch? if so, tell us what you see. >> yes, i am. i live really across the river and i was just coming home from school at deer valley and i just walked up to my stairs in the apartment and just noticed there was smoke. i don't know if that's for a purpose and i saw it grow, grow, grow and i said this isn't for purpose. >> when you say this is on purpose and not by accident. just so you know, the helicopter has been giving us a wide picture. we see a number of fires in unrelated spots. it doesn't appear the wind is whipping the flames from one tree to the next. describe what you see and what makes you say it doesn't look like an accident. >> well

on sherman island, don lynn, kpix5. meterologist gpaul silvi z iano and the mobile weather lab are live where fire danger is still a person today. paul? >> reporter: you look around here, and it looks like summertime. it looks just as brown as it would be in september/october because there has been no rainfall to green things up so yes, we have very low relative humidity, we have gusty winds in the higher elevations and no rainfall to speak of so the fire danger, that red flag warning will continue through the night tonight into tomorrow morning and here is the deal even when the winds calm down we'll have an elevated fire danger so the red flag warning through 8:00 tomorrow morning, the entire night tonight, north bay hills eastbay hills, we've got less than 10% relative humidity, very gusty winds, 40 miles per hour at the ridge tops and then dry weather. you know all about that. look at these highs for today. i'll rattle off some that aren't records, san jose and half moon bay 73, downtown san francisco 71. that 68 de

. >>> we have an update where 11 people have been evacuated from sherman island. this is across the river from the city of antioch. we're learning about 33 homes are on this island, which is leased from the state. we've seen several buildings. we don't know how many but several destroyed by the flames. it started about 4:30 and they've been trying to knock it down. access is limited and crews have been fighting the fire with boats and a helicopter. no word on the cause of the fire and no word on injuries. oakland firefighters have extra engines ready to go. if the winds pick up firefighters might start patrolling the hills the way they normally do during the summer months. it's adding 125 seasonal firefighters working during the summer. >>> fire danger is high as you mentioned here because we haven't had any rain. it's just an awkward situation here. >> it really is. you get red flag warnings like this in january and strong winds and low fuel moisture and low humidity. the winds will last until thursday morning. the weather service extended that. we show you the sa

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with jana katsuyama where she spoke to two people who said they had to evacuate tonight from sherman island. >> reporter: that's right, frank. a pretty tough day. we're at the landing where people have been coming and going. off in the distance you can be able so see where the fire is still smoldering. there are others who are still over there watching this fire and lucky so far that no one has been hurt. >> reporter: when flames and smoke rose from the island around 3:30 this afternoon. tim art and son joe jumped into their boat and went across the river to try to save their cabin. >> my hairs actually singed. >> reporter: they managed to put the fire controlled until they had to leave suddenly. >> the fire got to it and the coastties made it leave because of the danger. >> reporter: fire crews from rio vista, montesuma came in to fight the fire. calfire brought in a helicopter to help fight it by air. the island had very heavy dry brush. >> once crews got over there. we found that there was about 20 structures on the island. three have confirmed to be live. >> the flames were like 40 feet

with jana katsuyama where she spoke to two people who said they had to evacuate tonight from sherman island. >> reporter: that's right, frank. a pretty tough day. we're at the landing where people have been coming and going. off in the distance you can be able so see where the fire is still smoldering. there are others who are still over there watching this fire and lucky so far that no one has been hurt. >> reporter: when flames and smoke rose from the island around 3:30 this afternoon. tim art and son joe jumped into their boat and went across the river to try to save their cabin. >> my hairs actually singed. >> reporter: they managed to put the fire controlled until they had to leave suddenly. >> the fire got to it and the coastties made it leave because of the danger. >> reporter: fire crews from rio vista, montesuma came in to fight the fire. calfire brought in a helicopter to help fight it by air. the island had very heavy dry brush. >> once crews got over there. we found that there was about 20 structures on the island. three have confirmed to be live. >> the flames were like 40 feet

situation, the fire wasn't burning on kimble island but a piece of land appearing to be part of sherman island this community once numbing 78 cabins is not served by roads, public utilities or fire department. we confirm that had with the owner of this shop. >> coming to my attention there is no fire district protecting those cabins? >> no. none. just individual taking care that have part of it. >> so you knew that? fire breaks out there is no help come something >> right. yaechlt we know. that >> a total of five state and local agencies did respond. they were hot going to just let it burn. that is a cal fire helicopter. the fire boat belongs to the sassoon district. but largely because of the inaccessibility, three cabins were damaged or destroyed a group gather add cross the river. watch the family owning one cabin return from inspection. >> they were sad. they took their family out there to see it. they had kids on board they were all, you know. >> the cabin owners leased the land from the state. the 82-year-old bill frasier says it's doubtful they'll be able to rebuild. >> it's just a plac

contra costa county yesterday that destroyed three homes and burned at least 40 acres on lower sherman island. they think people at a homeless camp might have started the fire. no one was injured. four people had to evacuate. >>> the bay area's long stretch of bone-dry weather is making this an anxious time in the wipe country. so far this winter -- wine country. so far this winter, less than 3 inches of rain have fallen in sonoma county compared to 30 inches last year. that's cause for concern among grape growers as vineyard reservoirs run low. vines are dormant right now but water is needed to spray crops threatened by frost. without rain, there may be early budding. >>> sacramento's city council voted unanimously last night to impose strict limits on water use. that's in response to the lack of rainfall this past year and low water levels in the american river. sacramento wants homes and businesses to cut water use by 20% to 30% and they also plan to step up enforcements of rules that limit outdoor watering. >>> happening now -- nurses at alta bates are picketing in protest over recently a

a brushfire exploded across sherman island in the delta last night destroying three cabins and paul shows us the fire danger isn't dying down. >> it is not yet. we're talking about gusty winds very low relative humidity and the ground i dry. it will change after 8:00 tomorrow morning as the winds will die down which will decrease the fire danger. for tonight and early tomorrow the north bay hills east bay hills diablo range will be under that red flag warning. high temperatures today look at you in santa cruz. 82 degrees. oakland 76. kent field 68 all records with san francisco that was a special records not only a daily record high 73 degrees at sfo is the warmest january day ever a monthly record high. and it may only last for about 24 hours because chances are it may be a degree or two warmer coming up tomorrow. there is somewhat cooler air moving in and a slight glimmer of hope for rain. details on when coming up. >>> all right paul we'll see you then. we are learning more about the death of a 16-year-old girl in the chaotic moments following the asiana airlines crash. tonight anna wa

as you can see, antioch bridge is closed 160 gene sherman island and antioch and the way to get around this, though, is to use highway 12 to 5:00 to get to 4, so a round about way to get this. drive time traffic, 580, tracy to castro valley is 33 minutes and still quiet and it is friday lite. 101 northbound from highway 85 is 11 minutes. we will look at what is happening in walnut creek, southbound, along 680 making the move away from highway 4 to the 24 junction, it is a short 90-minute commute. we are accident free. this is no construction. eric and kristen? >> a plane crash caught on camera from inside the cabin and what passengers did to survive as the plane filled with water. >> as you go do work a new survey reveals the top resolutions workers >>> just released video show terrifying moments of a small plane going down in the water off the coast of hawaii with passengers returning off the plane filling with water. one was killed in the crash last december and eight others survived. the passenger who shot this video says physically he is fine but he still is emotionally shaken. >>

the homes appear to be located on sherman island but solano county fire is telling us the fire is burning just across the channel. the fire was reported about 3:00 p.m.. firefighters say it appears it may have been started by a tran sent. we have the crew on the scene, and they just talked with a father and son who were evacuated. >>> evacuated bad news tonight after the 9th circuit court of appeals refuse today rehear its petition to stay open. challenging the decision by former interior secretary to close the oyster farm after its lease expireed in 2012. the move affirmed wilderness protection for the area where that farm has been operating. >>> a south bay high school is absolutely buzzing. a sophomore is heading to the sochi olympics to compete in what might be the most recognizable sport of them all, figure skating. live in san jose to tell us about her try yum fant return to campus today. john. >> gasia, this has where she trains, and after a life on the ice, obviously all of her hard work is paying off. as classes ended at san jose's arch bishop high school, one student stood out f

yesterday on sherman island near antioch, and so far it appears to be accidental. fire danger and warm temperatures are two things we normally don't talk about in mid january, but paul tells us they're not going anywhere soon. paul. >> yeah. this problem that we have a lack of rain fall and very warm weather exacerbating the fire danger really isn't going away. what will change tomorrow morning, that's why the red flag warning will expire at 8:00, the winds will relax. we'll still have real relative humidity. the ground has 1% of its normal soil moisture right now. that's almost devoid of water. now, let's talk about the heat. we have the fire danger. look how warm it was today. this afternoon we hit 82 in santa cruz. oakland, a record high of 76. kent vil a record high of 68 and 73 degrees officially at sfo airport was the warmest not only day for january 15th, it was the warmest day for the entire month of january so a new monthly record high 73 degrees in san francisco, and that record may last about 24 hours because it likely will be warmer tomorrow. we'll talk

the fire was on lower sherman island. that's in sacramento county, not far from antioch. there's no way to get there except by boat so the coast guard helped get people off the island off the fire. >>> relief is far, far away, i guess, right? >> tomorrow more of a sea breeze kicks in so higher humidity and less gusty winds but still gusty outside this morning especially over the mountaintops. we have red flag warnings in effect until 8:00 this morning. again, we are seeing a lot of those gusts to 20 miles per hour and again some gusts in the oakland hills to 40 miles per hour this morning. it has been extremely dry. record dry conditions over the past year or so. and we have some very brown hills outside so the fire danger is running high. looks like humidity levels less than 10% for the morning. all right. we are looking at mostly clear skies, although santa rosa is reporting a little bit of fog out there and 30 degrees below freezing, 42 in san jose, and 52 into san francisco. by the afternoon again we are up in the upper 60s, even some mid-70s. likely to see more recor

it started on lower sherman island in the sacramento delta. the smoke billowed over antioch. three homes were destroyed. at least 40 acres burned. no one was hurt but four people did have to evacuate from this. some of the neighbors battled those flames until the firefighters got there. >>> in the meantime the bay area fire danger is still very high because of warmer than normal temperatures and the strong gusty winds. red flag warnings in effect until tomorrow morning in the north bay mountains and the east bay hills. its very rare to have a red flag warning in the middle of january. but firefighters are saying the lack of rain has caused very dry brush out there and very dangerous conditions that we normally see in september and october. >>> the bay area long stretch of bone dry weather has made this a very nervous winter season in the wine country. last winter 308 inches of -- 30 inches of rain fell in sonoma county. this year we have less than three inches. this dry weather is causing a lot of concern for grape growers during this critical time of the year. the growers ne

this was started on lower sherman island in the sacramento del tau. the smoke was billowing over antioch in east contra costa county. three homes were destroyed. at least 40 acres burned. no one was hurt. four people did evacuate. the fire was finally knocked down around 9:00 last night. >>> meantime, a red flag warning still in effect this morning for parts of the bay area because of the higher-than- normal fire danger. brian flores will have more details on all of that coming up at 7:30. >>> a man accused of setting a fire at the chinese consulate in san francisco is scheduled to appear in court today for a detention hearing. a judge had decide to -- is scheduled to decide whether bail will be granted or not. prosecutors say feng admitted to starting a fire at the consulate. he allegedly told fbi agents he was hearing voices in chinese and that's what led him to attack the consulate. the building was damaged. no one was hurt in the fire. >>> a court hearing is scheduled this afternoon for san francisco 49ers' linebacker alton smith. he's not expecte

. >> he's not -- he's not sherman island. >> so with all that in mind, to what degree are amazon and google going to set a pace? >> well, i think that google is going to be sanity here. i think that people recognize that this is a company that if they wanted to, could be a -- the stock exchange. one of the things when you talk about their ad exchange where everyone use them, everybody here -- i don't want to -- google and nasdaq, if google decided they wanted to be the exchange for stocks in the next six months they could do it because they are such an incredible and efficient algorithms there. a terrific company, one to watch. i know that people are bored by yield. but what this is about today is a flight to quality and there are a lot of companies that i trust more than i trust the federal government's full faith. >> yeah. tyson foods not doing too badly. they came in 72 cents, 9 cents above. they do say the beef segment may see profitability drop in fiscal 2014. >> it's funny buffalo wild wings is doing well and tyson doing

island. a fire started 3:00 tuesday afternoon on lower sherman near antioch and only accessible by boat. the coast guard evacuated people during the fire. >>> cal fire says it's already responded to more than 150 fires so far this year in just a couple of weeks. last year at this same time, there had been rain and there was no work for cal fire crews. they say the average is about 25 wildfires in the first two weeks of january. >> we need that weather to kick in and help us. >>> finally on some of the long- range models maybe a hint near the end of the month we start to talk about rain but for now its back to record highs around the bay area today. the fire danger is still running high this morning. red flag warnings are still posted through 8 a.m. we are seeing gusty winds especially over the north and east bay hills and the oakland hills seeing gusts there to over 40 miles per hour. so some very low humidity. we have had hardly any rainfall there season. so conditions are still right even in january to have red flag warnings this year. outside we have mostly clear skies. we have a coup

islanders 2-1 in the first hockey game at the new yankees stadium. now at the super bowl, you want to talk about contrast. richard shermanwn lynch, he shuts down, and today, the oakland native, almost a full seven minutes, getting better. and teammate former niner michael robinson jumped in to help him out. >> to break the monotony a little bit, i'm not saying nothing to you guys, you can direct your questions to me. >> michael, how is marshawn feeling? >> he just wants to play ball. >> michael, how would you define it? >> it is a life-style. >> michael, how does marshawn feel about kittles? >> he loves it before the game, boss. >> everything is boss, that is kind of the -- what dan says. broncos outdoors today, peyton manning looks cold to me, in the 20s, on the sideline, spencer will have more. on sunday, you know, they're playing in eli's home stadium in the meadowlands, eli said he would cancel his brother on the win, but no idea on the seahawks, they crushed them 20-11. >> we are not competitive against each other. we try to help one another. support one another. i think all quarterbacks, you know, can relate to tha

sherman is on the cover as well. >>> back east, the patriots are back home this morning as well after their own tough loss in denver. the team got back to rhode islandlast night. a win for the patriots would have meant a sixth trip to the super bowl since 2002. instead the denver broncos will face the seahawks in two weeks in new jersey. >>> niners fans are thanking the team on our abc 7 news page. you can do the same, just go to facebook.com/abc7news and post your thoughts. >>> with the sochi winter olympics just weeks away, fresh threats against tourists are raising concerns about americans' safety and security. the terror group behind last month's attacks in volgograd, russia, has posted a video claiming to show the suicide bombers responsible. the islamist militants are seen building their explosives and traveling to their target. they say this was just the beginning, warning they'll have a surprise package for tourists who come to the olympics. >> the long and the short of it is that i think vladimir putin and the russian government will be very lucky if they're able to get through the olympics without an incident. >> translator: the job of the

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