we are sparks.ican art rock projects to breakthrough uk chart hits, outlandish film dreams and insanely challenging concert tours, wright's energetic ode to sparks marries exhaustively researched archaeology with the sugar rush thrill of a heady teenage fan letter. aided by a bewildering array of interviewees from sex pistols' stevejones to weird al yankovic and richly illustrated with stills, clips and stop motion animation, wright lovingly documents sparks's century—straddling career, that has spawned 25 albums and seen the maels, whose musical annette recently opened the cannes film festival, crossed paths with everyone from todd rundgren to jacques tati. with such rich history to mind, it's unsurprising that this documentary seems at time to be a grand work of comic fantasy — an elaborate hoax by a film—maker with a sharp eye for a gag and a keen ear for a well—placed pop tune — a perfect fit for ron and russell. but what's most impressive is that the sparks brothers manages both to unpack and t

it started as a concept album by sparks. this are pop due to brothers ron and russel male and they had finished the album and then they happen to be here in can 8 years ago i met leo correct by accident and told them about their project and then they sent them the music and he told them this has to be my next movie. so it's 8 long years of preparation. but finally they did make the movie from the concept album. and the spar sparks and, and that are, can be coast again incredible stuff. well, they're actually also the subject of a brand new documentary that's also just come out this month as well. and let's have a quick look at that. we are sparks please welcome bar . frequently questions about how many homes that 25 albums you, brother, we are brothers. how did you 1st meet your brothers music at his desk? here you go. oh my god, what is that? one of my favorite moments john lennon bringing up ringo starr. you will believe what's on the elevators, so many things that are, that are coming back to me there. scott, why are the

it started as a concept album by sparks. this are pop due to brothers ron and russel male and they had finished the album and then they happened to be here in can 8 years ago i met leo correct by accident and told them about their project and then they sent him the music and he told them this has to be my next movie. so it took 8 long years of preparation. but finally they did make the movie from this concept album. and the spar sparks and, and that are tonight the coast again. incredible stuff. well, they're actually also the subject of a brand new documentary that's also just come out this month as well. and let's have a quick look at that. we are sparks. please welcome bar . frequently question. how many homes that 25000? all you brothers, we are brothers. how did you 1st meet your brothers music at his desk? here you go. oh my god, what is that? one of my favorite moments that john lennon bringing up ringo starr, you will believe what's on the elevators. so many things that are, that are coming back to me there. scott, w

but maybe now the world is starting to catch up to sparks. i mean, as far as the generations of musicians back, morrissey, a bjork, i'll cite them as major inspirations. so maybe finally, the world was catching up and realizing what incredible legacy sparks have had in music. and of course, there's no better place to celebrate that legacy than here at the camp as well, because the spark brothers adore cinema. they certainly do. now. you mentioned just to me how surreal it is to be back in can just quickly, how important is it for the film industry that the festival has finally been able to pick up? again? it's incredibly important. i mean, this can, has been seen as really a symbol that cinema can reopen again. i mean, centers of enclose and so many parts of the world of over a year. now it's, i was talking to a critic who said, it's almost like we've been, we've been sleeping, must have been asleep. the senate industry has been asleep for a year and, and can as it's, it's waking up and saying everyone hopes that this festival will really sta

it is his arrest and imprisonment that sparked some of what we saw. they have now spread to another province. while it was that incident that might have sparked the riots, it has morphed into more than just the political situation and imprisonment of the former president. we are seeing looting, specifically linked to the economic situation in south africa. people here say covid-19 lockdowns have left them desperate area they have lost jobs, they can't get jobs and this is why we have seen businesses looted. people are desperate and there are concerns around increasing challenges the government is facing. and while the deployment of soldiers and police might quell protests for now, if those challenges are not adequately addressed and resolved, south africa may continue to see similar uprisings and unrest. anchor: while the south african resident has the card the military, he has blamed the unrest on criminals and called on people to stand against violence. >> of those may be opportunistic acts of looting driven by property, the -- poor and marginalized

at spark light it is our home too. we are facing our greatest challenge. that is why spark light is working round-the-clock to keep you connected. we are doing our part so it is easier to do yours. >> spark light supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front seat to democracy. >> george will occur served as the former beauty attorney general in the george w. bush administration. bush-cheney. he's a partner of mcguire woods. we will talk about election integrity. can you go back to the year 2000 and the role you played in the recount and what it taught you about issues of election integrity. guest: i would be glad to. the issue in the recount as it evolved over time was really, what is a valid vote? much different question than some of the issues that exist today. a vote is really a form of human occasion. where a person -- a form of communication. where a person communicates in confidence. if that communication is unclear for some reason, then what really florida boiled down to is the necessity of havi

and i feel like they, you know just, like sort of spark 24/7.hat they're sort of so normal makes them kind of even weirder [ laughter ] >> seth: i know exactly what you're talking about hey, congrats again. it's so wonderful and i do hope that we see you again soon over here in the states >> thank you i'll be back with some essential work [ laughter ] >> seth: that would be very nice we would appreciate that "the sparks brothers" in theaters tomorrow. we'll be right back with more "late night. ♪ ♪♪ i thought i was managing my moderate to severe crohn's disease. then i realized something was missing... ...me. my symptoms were keepiping me from being there for her. so, i talked to my doctor and learned humira is the #1 prescribed biologic for people with crohn's disease. the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief in as little as 4 weeks. and many achieved remission that can last. humira can lower your ability to fight infections. serious and sometimes fatal infections, including tuberculosis, and cancers, including lymphoma, h

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sparking anywhere in the bay area. so let's hope it doesn't happen. but it looks like our biggest day and threat will be monday were looks like the atmosphere will be most unstable monday morning through monday afternoon. but those warnings and watches will begin sunday at 5 o'clock for our highest peaks in the bay area. and for those of you in solano county specifically like i said, for elevations above 2000 feet. so let's take a live look outside and you can see we're noticing that marine layer. so it has a very cool and drier air mass associated with that. but tomorrow we're going to notice that plume of moisture out in the southwest starts have make its way. and just stream northward into the bay area as early as sunday morning that some are going to notice that increase in that high cloud cover and that blanket of high clouds is going to stay with us. all day sunday. even through monday not tracking that much moisture with this monsoonal moisture because of the main thing that we're worried about is that dry light

it started as a concept album by sparks. this are pop due to brothers ron and russel male and they had finished the album and then they happen to be here in can 8 years ago, i met leo correct by accident and told them about their project and then they send them the music and he told them this has to be my next movie. so it's 8 long years of preparation. but finally they did make the movie from this concept album. and the spar sparks and, and that are, can i be coast again, incredible stuff. well, they're actually also the subject of a brand new documentary that's also just come out this month as well. and let's have a quick look at that. we are sparks please welcome barnes and frequently questions. i've got how many homes that 25 albums? you, brother, we are brothers. how did you for me? we are brothers music at his death here and you go, oh my god, what is that? one of my favorite moments, john lennon, ringo starr, you will believe what's on the television so many things that are that are coming back to me there. scott, why

a small grass fire sparked from one of those from something as a result of this. we do know that fire crews were there on the scene quickly extinguishing the flames. we also know that fire crews had been in that area earlier today battling a large grass fire. so there was a large response from fire crews there in contra, costa county on the scene there in concord. they were able to put out that fire very quickly. we do know that there was a pause on the fireworks demonstrations there in concord. there's no word on if they will resume at this point. they are resuming right now. we have just learned that once again there was a pause on the fireworks demonstrations there in concord. they have now once again restarted there. but once again, we do know that this was a grass fire as a result of the fireworks demonstration there in concord. crews have been able to put that out. but we are staying on top of even more breaking news because fire crews in contra, costa county are plenty busy tonight responding to a number of fires across contra, costa county. this is image o

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the concern dry lightning sparking new wildfires. we do have. >> of the few dozers that we can our disposal. you know, department we also have plenty of resources within our jurisdiction and the neighboring jurisdictions to assist each other with while in fires that. >> that could happen. alameda county battalion chief mark carter says preparations are in place since roe heels of this lightning >> it still there's a familiar reminder from from that that we do need to wildfire seriously and just be prepared and do things such as you know, not have limited purview. so. barbecuing and open fires for cooking and things of that nature in the city of berkeley. those living in the hills are urged to be prepared for an emergency and know your evacuation zone. >> the national weather service says the main threat for dry lightning is over. the diablo range for the east bay. and the red flag warning expires monday at 05:00pm live in berkeley. gayle ong kron 4 news, thank you so much. gallon right now on kron 4 dot com. we have tips and informat

this is the increased chance that lightning could spark a wildfire. the red flag warning officially kicks off tomorrow and will stay in effect until at least monday morning. >> plus the folks living in the north bay mountains the east bay hills. berkeley hills the outflow range in santa cruz mountains starting tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock. >> let's get some more details on that right now from our meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez. yeah, we certainly don't want a repeat of last summer. were all of those complex fire sparked throughout the bay area. >> because of dry lightning. this one, though, is a little bit different. it is more monsoonal moisture that's going to cause that unstable atmosphere. and last time we had a record breaking heat leading up to those pop up thunderstorms. but this time around pretty seasonal temperatures. we have that marine layer well in place. so you can see along the bay area coastline and east bay shoreline not included in that red flag warning and fire weather. watch instead it's going to affect our higher elevations abov

group sparks. they came up with the idea for the story.n interesting examination of what it is to be successful, what it is to be in a relationship with an artist. >> sounds really fascinating. sounds like you are having a great time. tell us more about the films there. what do you think is tipped to win the palm d'or? >> it is too early to say but it is an interesting choice for the opening film. he has an interesting history with this festival. he presented "lovers on the bri dge" in 1991, which was well received. and a movie in 2012, after a few patchy years in his career. he is someone who is more interested in the ordinary world or realisma, which makes it a kind of divisive sort of cinema. he is uncompromising. and adam driver said he was such a fan of french cinema that he would have done everything to work with him. he didn't know this film had singing when he signed up to work with him. told that to us in an interview shown in our special daily show "encore in cannes" which you can cah every evening at 10:15. >> can i ask you one

sparked by lightning, really exploded. burned at least 500 acres.datory evacuations in place for people living nearby and staying in the nearby campground. >> that's the concern right now. this could have been sparked by lightning and we're concerned about lightning this weekend, right? >>> this event was july 4th, then the fire smolders and takes off. with the exceptional drought in the bay area, add lightning and makes the high fire danger worse. right now no lightning. later in the weekend stay tuned to the nbc bay area weather app and keep eye on the radar. see showers moving out of the south. 60s from san jose to livermore, more mild tri-valley but could change. more fog and mist on the way tomorrow morning. 50s to start. calm. low clouds and temperatures. trending warmer, low to mid-80s. another change, southern skies toward sunset going to see monsoon high level clouds approaching. highs in concord, antioch and livermore closer to 90, climb from today. oakland and hayward still in the 70s. 60s for downtown san francisco again and north bay in

but lightning from those storms could spark new fires.dfires here in the west now changing the color of the sky. thousands of miles away from the folks. >> on the east coast. take a look at the scene from washington, dc smoke from the fires that are burning in california, oregon and idaho has now pushed east changing the color of the sun and the moon. this is what it looked like in america's capitol last night instead of a bright white. the moon looks more kind of like a red orange color. there. right now at kron. 4 dot com. we have more tips for the fire season just scan. the qr code with your mobile device and you'll be directed to our website where you can get more information on how to create a defensible space evacuation checklists along with other preparations. let's talk about our weather forecast right now as we take a live look outside along the golden gate bridge. >> it's not dry from this shot right now. pretty foggy out there meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez is joining us now with a look at the drought conditions spreading acro

the tamarack fire is the one that this is all sparking from. >> and it was sparked by lightning on july 4th. it has now burned more than 57,000 acres and destroyed at least 10 buildings. it's only 4% contained. those fires literally starting their own weather system at this point with that. >> fire nato that we've been looking at tonight. just absolutely crazy. some of the pictures that have been coming out from all of these fires. all right. let's talk about our 4 zone forecast as we get ready for the start of sunday. >> meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez joins us now with a look ahead. yeah, let's take a look right now in the east bay over berkeley on real with this amazing picture. we are tracking thicker marine layer so high and low clouds going to be the big weather story tonight, even through your sunday. we're seeing that marine layer increasing as it makee its way off the coast into the east bay shoreline with temperatures right now. 50's and 60's still in the low 70's, though, for livermore and conquered. but we are seeing widespread 60's as you start to make your way into the nor

sparks.champions should be both on and off the court, so why not? [ cheers and applause ] >> wanda: right. i notice there are a lot of nba players in support of the league also. i see them wearing the orange jerseys, like lebron was wearing one. >> d-wade was just at our game. alvin kamara. it's been great to see their support. i tell people, it's not like we need the validation, but it's great to divert audiences that might look past us, to bring them to our center court. so yeah, i mean, sunday we got a game, wanda. >> wanda: i'll be there, my wife and i will be there sunday. [ applause ] we're going to be there. and kobe. kobe was a huge supporter of the women's game too. >> yeah. >> wanda: did you ever meet kobe? >> i did. i was able to meet kobe, may he rest in peace. >> wanda: yes, absolutely. >> also gigi, who embodied the future of our game. there was a special moment that i didn't think about -- you know after you start laying in bed at night. when i was at stanford, a freshman at st

spark and spread wildfires there, especially with outflow.upwards of 40 miles per hour or less. if any dry lightning does form. and so that's what we're going to have a red flag warning with that high fire danger alert lasting tonight throughout the overnight hours even into your sunday morning. the good news is those of you planning an outdoor barbecue for your 4th of july sunday. you're like drier. more stable atmosphere, low 80's by sunday turning into mid 80's by monday and tuesday of this upcoming week. gayle, back to you. >> thank recess. still ahead, a high school is heading to the space as nasa and that the crew how she will use this experience to inspire more students. and after the break, the housing market in late big boost thanks to the coronavirus and it's not showing any signs of slowing down. >> the housing market liked all has been booming since the pandemic began and people who were asked to work from home began buying houses and then moving to permanently. but as charles kron four's charles clifford reports more than a year

any fires that do sparked, though, could certainly spark wildfires even along the coast to just keep that in mind. the one thing working in our favor just seen is that marine layer so think that no sky july for keeping that fire danger threat out of the coast and east bay shoreline calmer conditions by monday afternoon. so let's be safe out there. bay area. back to you. >> thank you say here's what's coming up at 3 o'clock today. we'll tell you how you can watch the olympics like an olympian. we are one week away from the start of the olympics opening ceremonies took place on friday, july 23rd. here is our favorite live shot showing us tokyo where it's just before 8 o'clock this morning, the opening ceremonies will be about 07:00am next friday. so there's a lot to do to get ready. there before the games and 2 time olympic gold medalist and 6 time nba champion. scottie pippen is opening up his home to guess to watch the olympics have been is listing his chicago home on air bnb offering super fans the opportunity to live like a champ during the olympic games at first. he is the first t

as a result, officials say the fire was sparked from lightning. and the bootleg fire which is burning near the california oregon border has been threatening parts of the states. power supply that fire has already burned through more than 281,000 acres so far. it's now the second biggest fire burning in america. it's been 2 weeks since that first sparked and continues to threaten more than 5,000 people with the ongoing dry hot weather there. some fire authorities believe it may not be fully contained until november. >> the cause of california's largest single wildfire is still unknown. the u.s. forest service announced that despite an exhaustive investigation. the cause of the creek fire is undetermined. but a year after the state's most destructive fire in our history. there are still a lot of unanswered questions reporter jake has details. the community has been looking for answers since the creek fire broke out last september leaving hundreds of thousands of acres scorched. well, today, information came out about how it started, but it might not

the protest were sparked when activists. these are but not died in custom. the custody rather last month. and that was a vocal critic, the palestinian authority. protesters are calling for justice. search efforts have been put on hold at the site of last week's partial building collapsed in florida. preparations are under way to demolish the rest of the high rise by any dave mayor signed the emergency order to protect rescue chris demolition could happen as early as sunday. so far, the bodies of 24 people have recovered a rupture under water gas pipeline has been flings, boiling to the surface of the gulf of mexico. mexico state on the oil company says nobody was hurt and the incident and that the leak has been brought under control. it's unclear how much environmental damage was caused. thousands across brazil have martian protest at what they say is president variables and was mis handling of the kobe 19 pandemic. more than half a 1000000 brazilians have died from the disease. and now the supreme court is investigating claims that the hard line leader igno

. >> dry conditions and wind combined with potential sparks by illegal fireworks have people on high alert. it's saturday, july 3rd. you are watching abc7 news at five live on abc7, hulu live and wherever you stream. we will get to how firefighters are preparing for the high fire danger. first let's start with a quick look at the weather. good morning. >> hi. good morning to you. we have plenty of mist and drizzle out there. helping out a little bit this morning in terms of that moisture content in the air. live doppler 7 showing you the fog foot print across the bay andown the coast, socked in across california. looking at temperatures this napa59ocean temperatures near average in the mid50's. we will stay cloudy with mist and drizzle right on through the morning hours with 50's and 60's by noontime. partly cloudy, still clouds along the coast with70's. mid-70s inland and then seasonal numbers with 80's in the inland so that's mild to warm. nothing extreme. mid-70s around the bay and we will forecast fog for the 4th. we will have that in detail. >> thank you. >>> developing news fro

it could spark wildfires. so let's take a look at the warnings and watches that we're keeping an eye on all of these going to go into effect sunday night starting at 5 o'clock. but we're going to start to notice that unstable atmosphere as early as sunday afternoon. but we do have red flag warnings and fire weather watches going into effect for our highest peaks elevations of of 2000 north bay mountains, east bay hills, including the diablo range. those have been upgraded from the fire weather watches that we were tracking yesterday. but one thing that is different is that fire weather watch in solano county. that's because you could start seeing pop-up thunderstorms as early as sunday night and all of those going to continue through monday night. and that's when we're going to notice a more stable atmosphere late into your monday evening and remember, we're under extreme to exceptional drought for most of the bay area tracking drier conditions than last summer when all of our wildfire sparked so let's take a

up through sunday morning because of that dry lightning that could spark wildfires. but fortunately for us bay area once again, we are in a great spot because we're tracking a lot of moisture thanks to that marine layer mid-fifties are downtown san francisco low 70's for those of you in and talks about 13 degree difference right now and low temperatures tonight mid to upper 50's. the daytime highs tomorrow about 5 degrees below average for inland valleys. low 80's there. little change along the coast and east bay shoreline mid 60's to low 70's with 78 degrees for san jose. take a look, though, just how hot it's going to get a week from today tracking triple digit. see gayle 5 to 15 degrees above average. we've been pretty lucky did not like the pacific northwest with a record breaking heat. but the one thing i want to warn you guys about the fireworks. please be careful. just watch us on kron 4 news. don't go out there and do it yourselves because even with no wind with these exceptional to extreme drought conditions. it could spark wildfires. so please be safe out t

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. >> reporter: it only takes a spark for fireworks to turn from lighting up the sky to someone's house. >> the fireworks make me nervous. i can't tell people what to do, but i prefer they use some common sense and courtesy and didn't put others at risk. >> reporter: oakland resident carl rose says that because he lived it. in 1991 he looked out his window and saw this, the oakland hills on fire, a product of a small grassfire. >> it just makethe dry conditions and wind plus potential sparks by illegal fireworks are keeping firefighters on high alert this weekend. >> the fire danger is very, very high right now. fuel moisture is very, very low along with higher temperatures and the drought all combine to make this a very high concern for us. >> reporter: on july 4th this intersection near grizzly peak will close for 24 hours. also 20 additional firefighters will be deployed throughout the city to respond to potential fires. >> the oakland fire department will be in all of the hill areas along with in areas along the 580 corridor, highway 13 corridor and lake merritt and then also along

the fire was sparked by lightning on june 24. it's the largest of about a dozen major fires burning across california right now. >>> the fight against the coronavirus, delta variant is the dominant covid-19 strain in california. governor newsom highlighted that in a tweet today also writing the science shows getting vaccinated can help protect you. getting a shot is free and can save your life. get vaccinated. nearly 60% of californians are fully vaccinated. almost 10% are partially vaccinated. >> reporter: president biden says the nation has gained upper hand against the virus but acknowledges the battle is not over. he spoke last night. >> reporter: at his largest gathering since taking office, president biden held the progress the nation made in the fight against covid. >> today we are closer than ever to declaring our independence from a deadly virus. >> reporter: there was also a note of caution. >> that's not to say the battle against covid-19 is over. >> reporter: white house hosted about 1,000 people last night on the sou

the investigation underway after a gas leak sparked flames to boil up to the water's surface. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on this saturday. i'm whit johnson. we begin tonight with breaking news out of surfside, florida. just moments ago, officials announcing they have temporarily paused the search and rescue operations ahead of their plan to demolish what's left of the champlain towers south. that's to happen as soon as tomorrow with tropical storm elsa taking aim. governor ron desantis declaring a state of emergency for parts of florida ahead of the storm. elsa expected to pass to the west of the surfside area late monday into tuesday. but officials fearing the winds could be strong enough to bring down the remaining tower possibly on top of the pile, so they want to act quickly. this is a live look of what's left of the crippled tower. the confirmed death toll rising to 24 with more than 120 still missing and just miles from the collapse in north miami beach, officials ordering the evacuation of the ten-story crestview towers, hundreds of residents given hours to

dry conditions and wind combined potential sparks by illegal fireworks have firefighters on high alert. good morning. it's saturday, july 3rd. you are watching abc7 news at six. live here on abc7, hulu live and wherever you stream. we will get to how firefighters are preparing. first let's start with a quick look at the weather. >>> good morning to you. you may have noticed we have had the low clouds, the fog and the seasonal temperatures. that won't change through today and the holiday weekend. that is some good news even some mist and drizzle, not only at the coast but across the bay in spots. our pattern is holding with the low clouds and fog all the way down the coast and a look at walnut creek where you can see the cloudy skies. 56 in the city. 59 in oakland. it's 60 in san jose with 55 in half moon bay. we have the sun and the clouds, peel back to the coast today. mid50's from the delta to nevada but the southwest winds gusting to 35 miles an hour by the delta. there is a look at tahoe where we have a red flag warning tonight through 11:00 on sunday for thunderstorms and lightnin

and not just sparking, but growing to catastrophic proportions.of these fires were as far back as 2015, so six years ago. and the largest of the fires that pg&e caused were in 2017 and 2018. that last one was the camp fire, which you might remember ravaged much of the town of paradise. it killed at least 85 people. it destroyed thousands of homes and left tens of thousands of people homeless. so, it's almost as soon as that fire happened, pg&e filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and what that did was it took all of these claims of 70,000 fire survivors and basically threw them into our nation's bankruptcy system. as a result of that, entually pg&e and these fire survivors, through their lawyers, they struck a deal in late 20 that called for a multibillion dollar settlement. but because half of that settlement is payable in the form of pg&e stock, think about that for a second. you know, you lost your home and now you are being asked to accept stock in the company that took your home or destroyed your life. that's the situation that many of

we are sparks.cert tours, wright's energetic ode to sparks marries exhaustively researched archaeology with the sugar rush thrill of a heady teenage fan letter. aided by a bewildering array of interviewees from sex pistols' stevejones to weird al yankovic and richly illustrated with stills, clips and stop motion animation, wright lovingly documents sparks's century—straddling career, that has spawned 25 albums and seen the maels, whose musical annette recently opened the cannes film festival, crossed paths with everyone from todd rundgren to jacques tati. with such rich history to mind, it's unsurprising that this documentary seems at time to be a grand work of comic fantasy, an elaborate hoax by a film—maker with a sharp eye for a gag and a keen earfor a well—placed pop tune. a perfect fit for ron and russell. but what's most impressive is that the sparks brothers manages both to unpack and to preserve the air of mystery that's long surrounded the duo, creating a film that's every bit as dazzling a

the chairman of the reno sparks india colony in reno, nevada talks about the relationship between federal, state and tribal governments. >> many tribal governments have large land bases but here most of the tribes have small land bases most referred to as colonies, in california they're referred to as rancherias, a lot of colonies, they have a lot of status, there's no difference just that they're smaller. in 1917, even before that, when the pute and wash u people were in this valley here in reno sparks, this whole truckee meadow valley. they used to camp along the truckee river, there's historic camps along the river where their camps were basically old areas where they were 'em camped and back in 1917 there was a movement by some of the people, the towns people here to support indian reservation, because i didn't think they really wanted indians camped up at different locations, they kind of got in the way. so i think the idea was if you could put them in a certain place you could basically keep an eye on them neend where they're at and they would have a reservation so it was supported.

a lightning strike sparked this fire. >>> the salt fire has been more destructive. it wiped out 2 dozen homes in shasta county now it's at 15% containment and burned 9,000- acres and still threatening a number of homes in the area. this fire started on wednesday and investigators believe a spark from a vehicle on i-5 ignited it. >>> small businesses around the globe are scrambling. they're trying to contain aranea tack that could be the largest on record. they believe that a russian- backed hacking group is responsible. >> teams are working feverishly to stem a damaging ransomware attack. >> we just shut everything down. >> at least a thousand companies that rely on remote it services have been paralyzed. many are small businesses around the world locked out until a ransom is paid. a grocery store had to close stores because registers were locked. >> it impacts livelihoods. >> researchers belief a russian- backed group is behind the attack. they are believe to be behind an attack on jbs food. >> it's happening more and more often. there's one reason for it, they can

the concern dry lightning sparking new wildfires. we do have. >> of the few dozers that we can our disposal. you know, department we also have plenty of resources within our jurisdiction and the neighboring jurisdictions to assist each other with while in fires that. >> that could happen. alameda county battalion chief mark carter says preparations are in place since roe heels of this lightning >> it still there's a familiar reminder from from that that we do need to wildfire seriously and just be prepared and do things such as you know, not have limited purview. so. barbecuing and open fires for cooking and things of that nature in the city of berkeley. those living in the hills are urged to be prepared for an emergency and know your evacuation zone. >> the national weather service says the main threat for dry lightning is over. the diablo range for the east bay, the red flag warning expires monday at 05:00pm. >> in berkeley. gayle ong kron 4 news right nowa kron 4 dot com. you can find tips and information for fire season. >> just

africa is to increase to 25,000 the number of troops deployed in response to widespread violence sparked have been killed. let's get more now on the situation in south africa. i've been speaking to steve bhengu — a journalist with east coast radio who's been on the ground in kwazulu—natal during the disturbances. 0bviously, recently, as you are aware, we have seen not only property being burnt to the ground and looted but, even being on the ground, i have also witnessed various elements such as violence and racial profiling, so we have seen the army being deployed, as well. there isn't much visibility, unfortunately, as far as the army is concerned, but we are hoping that somehow we will see things starting to slow down and law and order essentially prevailing. what do you think is motivating the violence, in your assessment? is it purely about the jailing of the former president jacob zuma, or was that simply the short—term trigger, the match that struck the tinderbox of discontent for all sorts of other reasons? it is sort of layered. so initially you had obviously the jailing of the f

it's been nearly one year since the glass fire sparked in the napa valley area.t damaged a lot of wineries and to this iay, many are still recovering. those businesses are concerned about this year's fire season with the worst is still to come. but as kron four's, sara stinson found out some of the lessons that will wineries and fire crews learned last year have helped them get ready for the months ahead. >> the glass fire started burning out of control early in the morning on september 27 at one point the fire was burning one acre of land every 5 seconds was out of control. and i mean, we have some erratic fire behavior winds. we had trees torching off in the early am hours which. >> you never really see napa fire was one of the first departments to respond to what was an unpredictable fire. >> after evacuating people who live in work in napa county fire crews worked around the clock to save as many structures as possible. the flames got up there. and in the pine trees, they're essentially. >> a large match and that whole grove just exploded in flames. >> it got

worse than it is right now. 25,000 south african troops prepare to respond after days of violence sparkedthe jailing of former president jacob zuma. spain imposes strict new covid restrictions, despite some of last year's measures being ruled unconstitutional. and britney spears wins the right to choose her own lawyer as she tries to regain control of her personal affairs. hello and welcome to the programme. "unbelievably bad" — that's the verdict of the former us president, george w bush on the decision to withdraw us troops from afghanistan. mr bush, who sent forces in after the 9/11 attacks on america, also said afghan women faced "unspeakable harm" at the hands of the taliban. the former president was speaking to german television. the progress that can be made for young girls and women in afghanistan is unbelievable, how that society changed, from the brutality of the taliban, and now all of a sudden, you know, sadly, i'm afraid afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm. is it a mistake? the withdrawal? i think it is. i think the consequences are going to be unbelie

california as we brace for dry lightning strikes that could spark wildfire, and it's a city not known for violent crime. but walnut creek police now investigating their second homicide in a month. this is katie fox two news at six and good evening. everyone on mike mibach in tonight for frank somerville. and i'm julie julie haener. we begin tonight with that red flag warning that just went into effect an hour ago. ktvu chief meteorologist stuff the areas at risk for the dry lightning bill. yes we definitely have that red flag warning that got popped in the last hour. it's going to be in effect through tomorrow night as well. red flag warning, basically, not for, uh, wind conditions like we typically see the offshore wind conditions. this red flag warning is about the potential for dry lightning strikes. i mentioned this last night. these strikes are not imminent. and actually with the model outputs this last few hours, it looks like the lightning strikes are more likely to end up on the west slope of the sierra nevada. but with that said, a red flag warning is in effect with something

covid, obviously, has sparked... yes.ining a generation of doctors who go all over the world, poor countries and in their own country they have excellent health care and to see the condition of the hospitals and covid patients on awful, filthy trolleys in havana hospitals, you begin to understand why this broke out. but, i mean, this is, kind of, a biggertheme. it's not just cuba. cuba is a political football in america, you have the miami cubans on the right and the american left who want to support the revolution, which is a totally corrupted one—party, one—family rule. there's nothing to support there. but what's interesting to me is if you think back to when south africa threw off apartheid in the early 90s, when you think of iraq today, there is a generation of people who are 30 years old and they probably have started families of their own, who have known nothing but post—dictatorship, pre—democratic, grotesquely corrupt societies. iraq — i mean, we don't talk enough about iraq, and there's demonstrations all the ti

their life from headquarters and i'm getting obligated also a heads, a confederate monument that sparks of violence. white supremacist rally uncontroversial remarks by donald trump is taken down. insurance show us to reject haiti's appeal for troops to help secure the country after the assassination of president juvenile marines, arab countries such aid as soon as you warns its health system is collapsing due to a covered 900 search ah, hello police and bangladesh sub arrested the owner of a factory where at least 52 people died in a fire. he on 7 others have been charged with murder. the blaze broke out in a building on the outskirts of the capital deco on thursday. officials say the main exit was locked and many workers jumped from windows to escape, convert chaudhry has more from the scene and guns. banner, the sho ministry announced that at least a person have been arrested, including the owner of the factories and his 4 sons. the rope dental is also filed a monitor case. now we know this case, a cycle long time to resolve in the quoted it could even take 2 years. but the government

it sparked last night, continue to smoldering, and then flared up again this morning. a fire boat was called in to assist. no one was hurt. >>> fire watch, pictures of the charred forest left by the lava fire in siskiyou county. it burned about 25,000 acres in the shasta trinity national forest. they say it is now 39% contained. firefighters say cooler temperatures, low humidity helping contain the flames. should be actually high humidity, i believe, if it's more humid, helping contain the flames that were sparked by lightning. >>> this new time-lapse video of the lava fire, you can see it's creating huge plumes of smoke drifting into the sky. look at that. full containment, they say, expected next week. >>> the salt fire, north of reading, in chester county, that one has nearly doubled to more than 11,000 acres. it's only 20% contained since it started june 30th. flames have destroyed 27 homes, 14 other structures. evacuation orders do remain in place. >>> now to our storm watch, we had a live look where people in florida are bracing for tropical storm elsa. the natio

witness" tell us fireworks sparked a small fire on the roof that spread quickly. firefighters are on the scene looking for hot spots. >>> to contra costa county, this is video from ross circle west of 068, one of many places firefighters responded last night. this is one of multiple incidents where possible fireworks were involved. contra costa county responded to 48 grass and exterior fires yesterday. the five-structure fires across the district, that's actually a 20 to 40% reduction from last fourth of july. >>> all firework in contra costa county are illegal. "today in the bay's" tom jensen continues our coverage on the busy night for first responders. >> reporter: it's become an annual headache for the protection district. fireworks bursting in air, even though they're illegal here and can spark a grass fire in an instant. >> come on, get out. >> reporter: sometimes structure fires too. fire destroyed part of a hercules home and fireworks are considered a possible cause. >> what culminates tonight is the simultaneous use of illegal fireworks brought out that c

but still we could see some wild fires sparked from that lightning. we'll get you a closer look, not too much over tahoe right now but things will start things mo. flash flood watches in place and thunderstorms this evening. we'll see that chance even for tomorrow as well. let's bring it back to the bay and we've all been working hard to get to our friday night. if you're making plans for this evening, i wanted to give you the lay down here on what's going to be happening. and you can see 95 for the inland valleys. right now. 6:00, 80s. 7:00, 80s. by 8:00 and 9:00, dropping to cooler 70s. let's move it over to the bay. much more comfortable here. 69 degrees. and we're going to 70 the next hour but then we'll drop back into the 60s through tonight. you might need a jacket if you're headed out near the bay. and certainly some sort of jacket in san francisco. 61 degrees and 50s rolling in my 8:00 and 9:00. now, our weather. it has been all controlled by this area of high pressure, pretty stable pattern. but really hot, especially for the inland valleys t

. >> reporter: it only takes a spark for fireworks to turn from lighting up the sky to someone's house>> the fireworks make me nervous. i can't tell people what to do, but i prefer they use some common sense and courtesy and didn't put others at risk. >> reporter: oakland resident carl rose says that because he lived it. in 1991 he looked out his window and saw this, the oakland hills on fire, a product of a small grassfire. >> it just makes you cringe a little bit. >> reporter: the dry conditions and wind plus potential sparks by illegal fireworks are keeping firefighters on high alert this weekend. >> the fire danger is very, very high right now. fuel moisture is very, very low along with higher temperatures and the drought all combine to make this a very high concern for us. >> reporter: on july 4th this intersection near grizzly peak will close for 24 hours. also 20 additional firefighters will be deployed throughout the city to respond to potential fires. >> the oakland fire department will be in all of the hill areas along with in areas along the 580 corridor, highway 13 corridor