abr 7 c 7 news reporter matt keller is live in woodside. there are some homes. are there evacuations at this point? >> reporter: there are no evacuations and there are no homes threatened. this is really in some very isolated area up here in the mountains above san mateo and woodside. listen to this number, though, kristen, 1,000 lightning strikes yesterday in san mateo and santa cruz counties. seven fires were started by those lightning strikes. three of those fires are still burning. the biggest one is here above woodside. the smoke can be seen from miles and miles around. the good news, it's been dissipating over the past hour or so, as they've dropped a lot of water on this fire. take a look at this video from sky 7. smoke and flames coming off the mountains above woodside. only 10 acres right now. cal fire says 100 firefighters from local agencies are battling the flames, water drops being done by helicopters and air tankers. more could be on the way if needed. it's really remote. firefighters have to walk in about a mile to get to the flames or they're bei

woodside where our reporter anne makovec, she saw lightning near the woodside fire but they are seeingoisture in the air as well so areas of showers, areas of lightning strikes, may even see hail with this storm system. the outer bands are bringing us the instability over land. continuing chance of showers and thunderstorms this morning. here's 7 a.m. it's still popping up. places like morgan hill, santa cruz, possibly san jose, redwood city, as well. so it looks like mostly to the south of us and to the east of us. as those temperatures get warmer, it could intensify and then once we finally see this system move further east, that's when we'll start to see those chances of rain and thunderstorms die down. so that may happen around 11, 12:00 today so for the next few hours, is when we are going to get most of the activity and it looks like winds now coming out of the west at 9:00 for oakland, southwest in san ramon at 15 miles per hour. so pretty calm winds to the south. but they are picking up. and we are expecting those wind gusts to pick up around 20, 25 miles per hour. inn places l

right now, where anne, woodside fire, you can see this rain cell right there. and as those cells were moving through, a lot of people were seeing lightning. it may not be the cloud-to- ground lightning. but there are some flashes lighting up. los gatos may see rain with this cell coming through. so if there's lightning in the mountains, that's what firefighters will be watching for. to the south, look at this near gilroy, watsonville, this is significant amount of rain coming through. that's about a half inch of rain per hour in the areas of orange. areas read up to 1.5" of rain per hour the areas in red. all these lightning strikes have been occurring for the past couple of hours near monterey just off the coast of monterey. santa cruz, as well. that's expected to move further north. we have seen a lot of this north motion today. also some of the east to west motion, as well. especially with this one coming down across antioch now. just moved through brentwood, still bringing some lightning down there. bethel island got hit by it and now antioch's turn it's go

daniel ghiorso/woodside fire chief"....we closed kings mountain and some other roads because we don't know which way it's going so we're just trying to keep the community away from the fire so we can do our job..."rob fladeboe/woodside".....as of about 6 pm the skies were clear over the peninsula and no new lightning strikes were reported but firefighters said they will continue to scout the area since it's not unusual for embers from a lightning strike to smolder for days before sparking a fire. in redwood city rob fladeboe kron 4 news (vicki) in last night's storm one of the hundreds of lightning bolts, hit a tree.. that then fell on top of a san mateo county house leaving a wide hole in the roof take a look. the once mighty cypress tree outside this home in half moon bay is now splintered and shattered. part of it is resting on the roof. luckily no one was hurt but a few pieces of wood flew off and almost smacked the homeowner..phil gruber in the face. during the next storm to stay safe phil says he'll stand right by the tree stump because lightning never strikes the same spot twic

this is about woodside, near wonderlecht park. this is a number of fires that started during last night's lightning storms. >> firefighters are battling these flames with an aggressive air attack. water dropping helicopters and planes have been called in to control the fire which is burning through rugged terrain off highway 35 near kings mountain road in the woodside area. cal fire says this was one of seven wildfires. likely caused by lightning. four of them have already been brought end control. the national weather service says that there were at least 1200 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes around the bay area last night as powerful thunderstorms moved into the region. >> screaming. mom, mom, it blew up. >> reporter: this dramatic cell phone video votes moment a transformer exploded last night in san francisco's sunset district after lightning hit a power line, plunging the entire neighborhood into darkness. 17-year-old kaitlyn mcnamara who took this video says it was the most frightening thing she's ever experienced. >> i was

woodside rob fladeboe kron 4 news (grant) another round of storms is heading for the bay area... let's bring in chief meteorologist brittney ship, with a look at the forecast brit? another round of scattered showers and thunderstorms can be expected this afternoon and evening. temperatures will trend a few degrees cooler today, but then rebound again by friday. (vicki) one worker out on the tarmac at sfo had a close call when he was nearly hit by a lightning strike. kron4's maureen kelly says last night's light show also inconvenienced some passengers because the f-a-a grounded flights for several hours out of precaution. the electric bursts of lightning in the bay area evening sky monday evening was as beautiful as it was rare. it was a spectacular display it was really amazing to watch something that will is very typical in states like texas where you get amazing thunderstorms but here in the bay area never seen anything like itdina ibrahim was a captive audience to the aerial show.because she wasn't allowed off her plane when it landed at sfo a little after 6p.a very simple 15

the "skeggs fire" is burning in a remote spot between skyline boulevard and woodside road.es had burned and the fire is 10 percent contained. right now no homes are being threatened. ( darya ) a homeowner is thankful to be alive after lighning strikes caused a tree to hit his house. it happened monday night outside a home near half moon bay. the homeowner was sitting out on his deck with his wife when they both saw lightning hit a huge cypress tree. that tree then splintered and shattered hitting their house. part of it is sitting on the roof. one of the branches pierced a hole in the roof that's the size of a kitchen sink. some of the deck is also damaged. ( darya ) it will cost ten-thousand dollars to repair the home. ( mark ) happening today... you could see delays if you are driving on highway 37 in vallejo. lane closures are expected as crews from caltrans and the city of vallejo clean up the entrances to mare island.

across the bay woodside fire crews are fighting lightning sparked fires. also a lightning spark reported on loma prieta that may have sparked a fire. this photo coming in on twitter is from andrew w. at east bay campus in san jose. we'll have much more on our lightning storms coming up in a minute. >>> the other big storm at 6:30, assessing the damage from hurricane irma. there are at least nine reported storm-related deaths, nearly 7 million people without power in the southeast, 124,000 people in red cross shelters and 2/3 of the gas stations in the miami area have no fuel. >> communication and travel in much of florida is still extremely difficult. >> kenneth craig in miami where people are just starting to pick up the pieces. kenneth? >> reporter: well, allen, the wind and rain have finally stopped here in miami, but this is what folks are coming back to find, boats plucked from the bay tossed here in the city park and weeks and weeks of clean-up ahead. neighbors helped rescue neighbors in jacksonville, florida, as historic floodwaters raged through th

duncan woodside reporting from the scene in london at parsons green station.his was some sort of a revised explosive device, it was detonated, 18 people were injured, most of them separating -- suffering from flash burns. we are hearing from hospital health authorities saying there are no injuries they can report on. we do of course have a major now shutline that is down in london. police are looking at this as weeed a terrorist attack have the prime -- attack. we have the prime minister chairing a response this friday. she has sent a statement saying her thoughts are with those injured in the attack. we will now move on to another story, and this is where the country carried out -- north korea carried out another missile launch. missile flew over the country and landed in the pacific. some 2000 kilometers east of hokkaido. many residents received alerts on mobile phones or sell awarding the television telling them to seek refuge. eararlier, pyongyang threatened to sink japan and reduce the united states to ashes and darkness. here are reactions from the leade

i want to show you the conditions of that fire in woodside. 10% containment. calm winds. so this is the chance to get a handle on it. later on wind picks up to 30- mile-per-hour gusts and temperatures into the upper 70s for that fire zone. here's jaclyn with traffic. >>> good morning. the roads a little wet so please be careful as you hit the road for your commute this morning. you may need to use the windshield wiperses. just a reminder if it's daylight and you're still using the wipers, california state law says you must use headlights. we are tracking an accident on westbound 580 at just past grant line road one lane blocked due to an earlier crash. we remain in the yellow 27 minutes between 205 and 680. no delays heading out of antioch into hercules. just under a 30-minute commute and over at the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic moving right at the limit. you should have about 12 minutes from the maze into san francisco. hat's a check of your traffic; over to you. >>> jaclyn, thank you. president trump and the first lady are set to visit florida tomorrow and survey the

we are above woodside near skyline boulevard and bear gulch road. this is one of seven wildfires caused by lightning in santa cruz and san mateo counties alone. and the lightning that started this fire caused problems across the bay area. [ screaming ] >> mom, mom, it blew up. >> reporter: theresa's daughter took this photo of a transformer catching fire near her san francisco home. >> it was lightning, thunder and all the live wires came off the pole. >> reporter: part of the transformer ended up in this man's car. >> there's a piece of the transformer in the van. >> reporter: pg&e watches for the power outage aftermath of lightning strikes from its own weather center. a spokeswoman tells me additional crews are on stand by tonight. the pilot on mike lyon's flight announced his surprise. >> this is really rare. it's never happened to me before. >> the passengers on the flight from chicago waited for weather to improve to fly the final 40 miles to san francisco. >> we were on the tarmac for about as long as the flight, which is four hours. >> we can

the redwood city and woodside fire departments did a really good job of keeping this fire from spreading. a few roads in the area have been blocked off to keep it clear for fire crews to come in and out of this morning. but no major traffic delays. right now, we don't think there are any injuries, any firefighters and there are just a few police officers from redwood city being checked for possible smoke inhalation. of course, the cause of this fire is still being investigated. in redwood city, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> a memorial service for a police officer killed in an off- duty motorcycle crash. james branik's funeral will be this afternoon. it is open to the public. he died last tuesday after a pickup truck turned in front of his motorcycle. the crash happened on monterey highway near san martin. it's not clear why the truck driver turned in front of branik. and he has not been arrested. >>> in oakland, an investigation is under way after a person died while in the custody of oakland police. officers used a taser on the suspect. it happened yesterday afternoon near 41st and foothill

on 101 at hillsdale boulevard traffic is moving along just fine from woodside road. that's in redwood city. from woodside to sfo, it's about 14 minutes. take a look at the san meo bridge right now. there is still a -- we're not looking at the san mateo bridge -- there you go. there is a high wind advisory and things are really starting to slow down as jaclyn would say, you see a lot of "diamonds and rubies" out there. those brake lights, it's 16 minutes from i-880 to highway 101. but hopefully, that's changing soon. that's a look at your traffic in the bay area. how's the weather? >> how about it? you know what's going on? we are starting to see official sunrise over the i'm going to talmoca about wher vathose clunouds aret coming f but right now let's take a look thll greetyou stepng out getting the kids off to school this morning. we are in the 50s and 60s. winds at 10 miles an hour in oakland and emeryville, 6 in berkeley. calm from redwood city back through mountain view. 7-mile-per-hour winds in livermore, 15 fairfield. this is nothing. they will increase during

including one near woodside still burning.ut the fact that rain accompanied the lightning was helpful in limiting fires. so many viewers shared pictuers and videos with us...we appreciate it...and welcome you to do the same whenever you see breaking news or wild visuals. just attack the pics or video using the report it button on the kron-4 mobile app...or do the same on kron4.com. . (steve) in the east bay a young woman - held at gunpoint... and then robbed on bart.(pam) now, police are releasing new surveillance images ... hoping someone might recognize the suspect. kron four's terisa estacio reports from the hayward bart station --- explaining why this crime has police worried. (estacio) this is a picture of the suspect, bart police say who flashed a handgun at a young female rider monday morning around 9:30 as she was traveling on a southbound train from hayward to south hayward station. alex pouga, bart rider. "it is pretty scary. i ride all the time. ed alvarez, bart police deputy chief. "he looks like he is pretty comfo

the rare long-tailed weasel. >> in woodside.oke in there somewhere. >> there is. >> we're both going to leave it alone. the 49ers look like a team that is in the rebuilding mode today against the panthers, disappointing to everyone involved. the you're going to be hanging out in here. so if you need anything, text me. do you play? use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap to friends at more banks than ever before. you got next? chase. make more of what's yours. including carpet and hardwood, tile, stone, even air ducts and window treatments. and your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed or your money back. that's 35% off everything coit cleans. call or click today. >> announcer: abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> the oakland raiders kicked off their season with a huge road win over a game group of tides from tennessee. marshawn lynch taking his customary seat during the anthem but once he got up he looked pretty good. his first official run as a raider, rumbles for 14 yards. 76 yards on the day. no score i

in woodside, nearly 50 acres have burned. cal fire said more than 150 person relevat on the ground. >> we have a lot of retardant on the fire. we have the crews working up the heels of the fire. putting the lines in so we canen get containment. abc7 news. >> a lot of people want to know if there will be a repeat of the lightning. especially if they're going to the giants/dodgers game and don't want to sit there for hours. >> it didn't start until 11:00 last night. >> here's a live look. >> the good news, we're not tracking anything widespread tonight like we experienced last night. we are tracking the chance of a couple of storms the next 12 hours. back to last night. the national weather service said there were 1,700 cloud to the ground lightning strikes. that includes the lightning strikes between the clouds themselves. live doppler 7 showing you much of the region. a couple of showers have developed. that's to the north and west. what we are watching. there's this area of low pressure off the coast and this will move offsh

the "skeggs fire" is burning in a remote spot between skyline boulevard and woodside road. at last check about 50 acres had burned.. the fire is 10 percent contained. air tankers could be seen laying down fire retardent....in an effort to keep the fire away from homes.... right now those homes are ánotá being threatened. the fire is hard to access ---so for the most part crews have been fighting it from the air. they're also on alert for more potential strikes. <"....we have technology that lets us actually track the lightning and based on that we go scout it out and see if there are any fires> (steve) people who live in remote areas are also being asked to keep an eye out for smoke or fire -- and report it. (pam) we mentioned the tree that hit a home near half moon bay.... after being hit by lightning. today kron4's justine waldman went to moss beach - and talked to the homeowner -- who saw the whole thing happen right in front of him. sot scared the hell out of me the once mighty cypress tree outside of phil grubers house.. is now splintered and shattered.and part of it i

the redwood city and woodside fire departments did a good job of keeping the fire from spreading to nearby homes. a few roads in the neighborhood have been closed to keep the area clear for fire crews. but they are not expected to cause delays. no firefighters were injured. just a couple of police officers were redwood city had to be checked out for possible smoke inhalation. we still don't know what caused this fire. in redwood city, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> right now, roads are close leading to the part of yosemite national park where rock falls have spelled tragedy this week. an incident that sparked injuries yesterday happened near the same spot of el capitan where granite broke free wednesday killing a man. kpix 5's anne makovec has the details. >>> reporter: yesterday's rock fall was even larger than wednesday's. this all comes at the peak of climbing season for el capitan. we now know the identity of the british tourist who was killed on wednesday. 32-year-old andrew foster of wales and his wife were hiking at the bottom when a chunk of granite 12 stories tall broke free and fell. f

woodside hills, also stunning. and lightning in san francisco. as you'll notice also sent via twitter, picked up incredible pictures. show you this from south beach camera, time lapse, lightning strikes from rick, in transmission, watching lightning strikes tonight and rain drops from east bay hills camera. see the drops falling. one of those evenings where you saw lots of thunderstorms develop, lightning strikes, over 1,000 in the bay area. not seeing the intensity of rain that tropical depression irma brings the southeast. but it's weakened and storm surge warnings dropped. continue to drop heavy rain through midweek across parts of the southeast and heading into the tennessee valley and wind guftz an issue. next threat is in atlanta, hurricane jose is expected to do a loop de loop, comes back around and by saturday evening could be headed towards mid-atlantic states. we'll keep you posted if it makes that turn. temperatures in 60s and 70s, brentwood is 81 degrees. still muggy out there. isolated showers next few hours. cooler tomorrow but stil

all of them were put out except one west of woodside. coming up we will get a live update on the firefight that has been going on all day. >>also cities looking to figure out a way to deal with violent protesters. >>it is part of an effort to avoid let -- to avoid violent situations like in berkeley. they could decide a new deterrent against protesters who decide to turn violent but not everyone supports this move. >>thank you. >>> coming up next, the survival rate was just about zero after he was born 4 1/2 months premature and weighed a little more than a pound. after the break we will have a reunion between the baby's mother and the people who helped save her son's life. keep your hair strong against hot styling tools... ...with pantene 3 minute miracle daily conditioner. a super concentrated pro-v formula makes hair stronger* in just 3 minutes. so it's smoother every day. because strong is beautiful. my shoulders carry some i deserve others i don't but in the end only one name really matters because shoulders were made for greatness,

woodside hills, also stunning. and lightning in san francisco. picked up incredible pictures. show you this from south beach camera, time lapse, lightning strikes from rick, in transmission, watching lightning strikes tonight and rain drops from east bay hills camera. see the drops falling. one of those evenings where you saw lots of thunderstorms develop, lightning strikes, over 1,000 in the bay area. not seeing the intensity of rain that tropical depression irma brings the southeast. but it's weakened and storm surge warnings dropped. continue to drop heavy rain through midweek across parts of the southeast and heading into the tennessee valley and wind guftz an issue. next threat is in atlanta, hurricane jose is expected to do a loop de loop, comes back around and by saturday evening could be headed towards mid-atlantic states. we'll keep you posted if it makes that turn. temperatures in 60s and 70s, brentwood is 81 degrees. still muggy out there. isolated showers next few hours. cooler tomorrow but still muggy and another chance of thunder tu

that still has two lanes blocked and traffic is backed up beyond hillsdale. 43 minutes from woodsidep to sfo. here's a live look. emergency crews are on the scene of that crash in the northbound direction. so do expect delays along the peninsula in both directions. it's a slow ride if you are trying to get over to sfo. you may want to use 280. and then reconnect with either 380 or 92 as you alternate. hat's a check of your traffic; over to you. >>> the hot summer months are behind us and lake tahoe is already seeing snow again. look at that! this is a live picture from our "sierra at tahoe" camera. forecasters say it's thanks to a cool weather system moving south from oregon. roberta that looks good. >> delightful, not frightful. three to six inches fell yesterday in the sierra nevada. let's talk about the beach. the coast is almost clear there. a few clouds to the south of the san mateo coast. otherwise, a few billowing clouds in the east bay this morning. all that will clear out. look at the temperatures in santa rosa. last time we saw 42 degrees there was back in march. it's now 5

menlo park, stanford and woodside in the low 60s. not far away you can find the 10-degree spread. nothing that strong unless you are watching us on top of mount diablo, and then that's 63. warm sunshine. 70s, 80s, upper 80s to a few to lower 90s. >> it's 5:00. had your coffee? >> yes. >> had your fiber? >> yes, raresin bran. >> very good. >> good morning, everyone. steve and everyone else, if you are driving on 580 any time soon -- i know steve is not but maybe you are -- you are going to need some tracks time. 580 is slow. last two minutes, 205 itself has become slow as you drive just before mountain house parkway and we are talking about speeds less than 20 miles per hour. once you make it to liver more and pleasanton, looks good. hayward, no problems on 880 northward or

san carl can cross, belmont, woodside, 52, los altos 62. we do get a little bit of an onshore at s f but half moon bay has turned offshore again. hayward offshore again. that's going to be the same east of the valley. 60 already in monterey. so look for a lot of sunshine and warm temps. this system will start to erode and bump a bill cannotter. 70s, 80s to 90s, 90s to a few mid-90s around aorta. we are looking for warm conditions, warm to hot today. the fog returns and cooler. i think we are going into a much cooler pattern as we head into october. >> much cooler. >> okay. and some rain still looking likely? >> yeah, around the 80s. looks likely. >>> sanford is is found to be key leader when it comes to medicine and technology. stanford ranks high because its faculty and alumni have gone on to start some of the most successful companies in the world. mit and harvard come in at numbers 2 and 3. the entire u c system ranks 12th in the study. >> does that surprise you? >> no. it's great. the whole world, there are some good things happening he

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cal fire says the blaze, east of woodside, is now about 80 percent contained. it >>> progress on a wildfire in san mateo family -- fire.>> it seems like a long time ago. the fires are still burning from lightning for nights ago. thankfully nothing like that is heading into the weekend. now it is time to sit back and enjoy part of the reason why we gave her which is very tempered by there. not crazy hot or cold. the sweet spot is 75 in san jose. concord is 80 degrees. san francisco is 63 in oakland is 60. the reader is always working. it is scanning. it is searching for rainfall. we will not see any over the next couple of days. the overnight lows are getting cooler. i saw more jackets today and i will see more next week. livermore has 54 for a low-end redwood city is 56 and napa is down to 52. nights are getting longer by 2 1/2 minutes each day.>> sonoma raceway should be beautiful at 81 degrees and we have the radars -- the raiders on sunday. sunday is 1:00 kickoff right here on kpix 5 pic you can watch it here. this area of low pressure is giving us gorgeous

. >>> several agencies are helping to battle the skeggs fire near woodside in san mateo county. cal fire posted thieves photos of marin county fire and pg&e crews on scene. the wildfire has spread across more than 50 acres in the western hills near skyline and upper bear gulch road. officials say it was ignited by a lightning strike monday night. >>> hurricane irma knocked out power for millions in florida and now it appears the lack of air-conditioning may have led to the deaths of six patients in a nursing home. cbs reporter mola lenghi has the latest from jacksonville. >> reporter: elderly residents were evacuated this morning from a hollywood, florida nursing home that lost power during hurricane harvey. police say heat may have been a factor in the deaths of several patients. they may be related to the loss of power in the storm. >> reporter: police have started a criminal investigation into the deaths. they didn't say whether the facility had air-conditioning when paramedics were called early this morning. >> as we arrived on the scene with our fire rescue crews, we saw th

over an hour commute for drivers from woodside road up to sfo.s along to 80 and making an approach towards 380 in the southbound direction we have one lane blocked. >> this morning we are seeing high clouds out there. it is a remnants of that storm that roared its way into town. it brought a lot of lightning strikes for our area. that is a concern because of the fire. temperatures right now feeling fairly comfortable. 67 in san francisco. wins barely calm. that is good news. they are expected to pick up this afternoon. gusty conditions later on today with gusts as high as 30 or even 40 miles per hour. we are going to see a chance of those thunderstorms coming back into town this afternoon. and into tonight and early tomorrow morning. temperatures will be on the way down with cooler air on thursday. did you know when you buy any bag of dog or cat food at petsmart we give a meal to a pet in need? help us reach our goal of donating more than 60 million meals so hungry pets across the country get to eat. petsmart - for the love of pets. and now come

even fairfield is out there at 59 and low 50s woodside. that is the coolest we have seen in a long time. 55 for menlo park. 56 stanford. 59 my speech. water temperature still very warm around 61. tough to cool down when the water is that warm. low clouds for us getting ready to change circulation heading towards southern california. car pressure will build and. a quick warm-up for the week. today is transition day. little warmer after cool temperatures yesterday and the drizzle will warm-up sunday and that it will go right back down to next week after monday looking much cooler. 70's to mid 70's to 80s. a week ago concord 109. today only 84. we will get back to average certainly for inland and bayside as we go into the weekend. quick shot warm to hot coming back next week.>> but we are not seeing the triple digits. so that we could at vacaville may be. most inland locations but just one day. as long as san francisco -- that was so unexpected.>> there was a lot of people in the hospital. beckett gets dangerous at that point and no air condi

near woodside. >>> good morning, it's 7:26. i'm michelle griego.nd heavily vegetated area is posing a challenge for crews battling a wildfire in san mateo county near woodside. it was sparked by lightning monday night. about 50 acres have burned. so far, the fire is 10% contained. >>> the a's could have a new ballpark in oakland by opening day in 2023. the team has apparently settled on the a site near laney college along 880. before they can start construction, the team has to make a deal for the land and come up with a half billion dollars in private funding. >>> stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment. >>> good morning time now 7:27. an earlier accident on the golden gate bridge, still has traffic a bit sluggish in that northbound direction. this is just past the north tower. it looks like they are in the clearing stages of that accident. traffic starting to move at the limit again in both directions. those headlights making their way into san francisco. >>> it's been a slow stop go ride as you make your way through the east bay. we a

. >>> investigators believe a lightning strike also sparked this fire in woodside. this is in a remote area near kings mountain road. the fire burned about 50 acres. tonight it is 10% contained. about 1,200 lightning strikes lit up the bay area sky overnight and there is a small chance of more to come. here is kpix 5 chief meteorologist paul deanno. paul? >> what a night last night with more than 1,000 lightning strikes within 75 miles of san francisco tonight. not one yet. kpix 5 high-definition doppler showing dry conditions, dry all evening long. we're looking to the south for thunderstorms bubbling up from hollister moving back towards the bay area. that has yet to happen this evening, but could happen after midnight tonight. it's the fog that stabilized the atmosphere in and around san francisco. it's been prevalent since 4:00. so it is a minimal chance. only a 20% chance for a thunderstorm mainly in the south bay and east bay. that chance exists for a few minutes from now midnight tonight until 8:00 tomorrow morning. so the small chance for thunderstorms overn

the san mateo coast, so the coast is mostly clear. 44 in lake port, some very very low 60s, 49 at woodsidek and atherton are in the low 50s. 58, 57 in union city and fremont and on the coast, 58 in montero. half moon bay, and west of 12, there's a northwest breeze on the coast and that's more so there then england. 47 -- there than inland. once that system came by yesterday, that sweeps in cool air, so a much more stable air mass but those cool off fast once you get to september in the mountains. you can see the water vapor there -- the dryer air then sweeps through an was a breezy, nice day. 60s, 70s to 80s and maybe a couple degrees warmer for -- for a few, but not much. some areas may warm up a little bit more than that. on sunday and next week we have to watch for a system coming down from the northwest. nice pattern. >>> steve, thank you. we need to grab you, steve and sal -- i will tell you about that flight later. [ laughter ] >>> corrections officers were offered for heroism. metals for flat -- medals for valor were offered to officers and elf -- elk grove. he was on a bus when a s

. >>> we're tracking an accident caying some delays along northbound 280 past woodside road. you can see a car overturned there and our sensors lighting up with yellow, speed around 50 miles per hour so just below the limit there. they have at least one lane blocked at this time. fire crews are on the scene and you'll see a lot of flashing lights, definitely a visual distraction if you're heading through that stretch. give those crews some space. right now northbound 101 at university avenue, we are getting reports of some concrete debris that, uh, apparently is from the overpass and in a couple of lanes below so look out for that. you do not want to damage your vehicle by hitting that and 101 at mckeon, an earlier crash. we have delays in the southbound direction but the crash is in the center divide, all lanes clear in both directions. that's a check of your traffic. over to you, michelle. >> jaclyn, thank you. >>> officials over to see signs of more ballistic missile launches from north korea on the heel of what pyongyang claim was the most powerful, successful nuclear tes

you can see it on 280 in woodside. we got update from the fire lines about 18 minutes. reaching 60 acres. cal fire believes it started because of the lightning. here is looked like earlier today, 150 firefighters are in this area between highway 35 and 280. essentially the hills abovewoodside. this is the type of fire dangerous we're not used to around here. volunteers manning the lookout tower on mount hamilton looking for fires because of the lightning. coming up at 6:00 we'll take you inside this operation. there's a chance of the severe weather continues this evening. >>> san francisco got a brunt of the lightning storm last night and one strike zapped a power pole in the parkside neighborhood setting the transformer on fire. sam brock joins us live from the neighborhood. and some neighbors say it felt like an earthquake. >> reporter: they described this, janell, as absolutely crazy. one woman preparing to walk her dog at the time told me the strength of energy from the explosion physically knocked them backward. you mentioned the transformer catching fire. there is

are again and numerous lightning strikes up toward mount hamilton and the heaviest cell between woodsidecity around stanford and palo alto, seven lightning strikes there in the past 20 minutes. very active on the radar, will likely keep up throughout the evening. we'll let you know when this will end coming up. >>> new battle in san francisco's parking war, the plan could drive up what you pay to park. >> kpix5 reporter phil matier is in san francisco. phil, who thinks this is a good idea? >> reporter: the technocrats and let me explain it to you. we're here at fisherman's wharf, one of the hottest tourist locations. people drive in here all the time. right now the meter is $4 an hour, but at 7:00 they'll drop to 50 cents an hour and they could go up again tomorrow morning.

. >>> which were 5 is over woodside where firefighters are attacking a fire from the air. investigators believe this fire was sparked by last night's lightning storm. you can see the flames burning in that dense forestland. this is a remote area near kings mountain road. about 60 acres have burned so far. heavy smoke and ash is drifting down near the area of trip and patrol, hunter park and kings mountain road still closed. seven fires broke out last night just after the thunderstorms rolled through and three are still burning. on their some florida keys residents getting their first look at the damage left by irma as they return home. trailers were gutted. some were tossed on their sides. other neighborhoods were reduced to debris piles. irma being blamed for at least 505 deaths, right now about 5 mill -- 55 deaths, right now about 5 million residents still without power and fema is estimating about 25%, a full 1/4 of the homes in the florida keys, have been destroyed. in total nine states were impacted by the storm. cbs reporter mola lenghi is in jacksonville with a look

the writer woodside is coming from there either telling you you're too fat or too thin or you don't look right or you need more abs or they're telling you who you should vote for it's really ridiculous at the end of the day so always remember you're going to this is going to proceed you from all sides pay attention to what you want to check that you're so you know daughter's soccer and everything going to sort of expect everyone to be told it was the internet it's a free for all you right there anyone who believes it isn't a free for alls crazy. we live in a time when failure is our paraded about as a way to minimize a person and their stature as if the act of failing was relegated to one's enemy is alone but as a bestselling author janet finch once put it quote the phoenix must burn to emerge and space x. has proven this by celebrating and even reveling in their failures or as they put it rapid unscheduled disassembly. released this video of its most epic fails and the successes they led to their first rocket failure in two thousand and six just thirty three seconds after takeoff was ca

today we saw them battling the largest west of woodside with an aggressive air attack. it started at 7:45 pm. they say the skeggs fire has grown. christina has the latest on the firefight and she joins us live. >> reporter: calfire is estimating that 1000 lightning strikes came across last night. that was a chopper over us and it continues to make air drops on the skeggs fire . all of them were put out with the exception of this one. we have been watching the air attack on skeggs fire. the choppers and helicopters making all of the water drops and drops of fire retardant. there is zero containment on this fire and burned about 50 acres and the hardest thing is the access. there are about 132 firefighters that had to hike a mile and a half in rugged terrain to get to this fire from the road. the concern is having another fire start by lightning this evening.>> we are able to see where the strikes are. we are having airplanes fly over the area to look for smoke in the air. >> reporter: they said that the wind is working in their favor. they are keeping the fire from runni

woodside most specifically with the drum's decision to withdraw from the trans—pacific partnership, drum'se trans—pacific partnership, the big economic agreement that would have brought together 12 countries in the east asia pacific reason. withdrawing from that on his first day in office he gave china a huge gift and day in office he gave china a huge giftand a day in office he gave china a huge gift and a huge opportunity to make inroads into the various economies of the east asian pacific region. there was a huge mistake.” of the east asian pacific region. there was a huge mistake. i wish we had more time but we are out of time. thank you very much for joining me from washington, dc. would you invite me back in one year, please? we can talk about this. we're keeping our eye on three hurricanes in the caribbean. hurricanejose hot on the heels of hurricane irma, not quite as strong as irma, but still the potential for damaging winds for the northern leeward islands by the weekend. hurricane irma is heading turks and caicos, heading through cuba on friday, eventually florida by the weekend

let's head to woodside, clouds moving away. mostly clear skies, and san jose looking nice and clear. temperatures cool in the upper 60s. 64 now in oakland. as we head into the day, temperatures rising a few more degrees in some spots. 79 degrees and morgan hill at 72 degrees. >>> as uc berkeley braces for a new round of protests. in nine days more conservative speakers are set to visit. milo yiannopoulos, steve bannon and ann coulter. last night is being considered an overall peaceful demonstration. and police tell us they did arrest nine people after the fights broke out during protest over a visit by conservative commentator ben shapiro. >> we may have a total disagreement but we shouldn't be violent. >> this mess of cops and people that are here are preventing what i came to do to be here. >> ben shapiro tweeted thank you for restoring order and ensuring the exercise of free speech. >>> pulling a minivan from a mobile home this morning was not an easy task. they had to wait hours because of the structure being compromised af

so this is in woodside. it's called the returning soldier and he also created the flanders field doughboy in hell's kitchen sic years later. it was dedicated on memorial day 1923. 5,000 attended with gold star mothers in the front. in 1928 the american federation of arts named it the best war memorial of its kind. a different take on this than the other doughboy sculpture you saw is he has a head wound. and his helmet is removed. and you see the branches of peace around his helmet. okay, so that is more common to see in the new york city war memorials. if you know of the carl ilva statue, 107th infantry, fifth avenue by 69s street, those soldiers some of them have helmets removed. some are charging, some are wounded. that was very controversial at the time too because it wasn't really showing the gritty, gritty side of war. so this is probably my most favorite place to visit. what i tried to do before i would go to these places, i didn't want to look at them on internet, i just wanted to live the address. th

woodside, a friend of mine, h e's -- he was in thailand, i said don't come home, it's too hot here.it will start to cool off. we get a lot of the cloud cover, it's close. just going parallel more so than here. 70s, 80s to 90s. out of those 100s, unless you're up further north. fog returning tuesday and cooler, cooler wednesday and thursday. >> we'll take it. >> look at these pictures from santa barbara. we talked about the wild weather. people cleaning up after a quick-moving storm left destruction over the weekend. it's taken as people celebrate the long holiday weekend. you can see the umbrellas flying people are running for safety what you can see, the fact that there are overturned boats and trees we're thankful to report that no one was hurt. >> santa barbara. wow. >>> two men, great story. they met while playing basketball and quickly became close friends. the life saving assist from one friend to another food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got

this is in woodside. he also created a flanders field doughboy in hell's a kitchen six years later. it was dedicated memorial day 1923. 5000 attended with gold star mothers in the front. in 1928, the american federation of artists that it was the best war memorial of its kind. a different take on this than the other doughboy sculpture you sought is he has a head wound and his, it is removed, and you see the branches of peace around his helmet. that is more common to see in new york city war memorials. if you know of the carl ilva statue, those also have their helmets removed. some are charging and some are wounded. that was controversial at the time, it was not really showing the gritty side of war. so this is probably my most favorite place to visit. what i try to do before go to these places, i did not want to look at them on the internet, i just wanted to get the address. the parks department has a list. i made a list of all the places i wanted to go. the brooklyn war memorial is the name of it, it is by augustus lupeman. he also did the strauss memorial for the titanic victims.

about 25 minutes from woodside road up to sfo. highway 92. traffic is around 45 miles per hour in that stretch. and along 880, heading through oakland, oh, it's a tough day heading in the northbound direction. you have about a 45-minute commute for drivers making their way from 238 on up towards the maze. the eastshore freeway has not let up. we continue to see that slow ride as you make your way to the bay bridge toll plaza still over an hour commute from highway 4 into san francisco. >>> at least there are clear skies out there not so much clear roads but we are seeing clearing of that nasty air the smoky air we have experience pd several days is now saying good- bye that's because we have winds coming from the west. clearing the air cooling things off. look at the mount vaca cam. you can see how fast those clouds are moving over the rolling hills pointing towards lake curry. can't see it because of the clouds. cool temperatures now in the 60s. 70 livermore. here's that little storm system to the left of us. it's just a small lo

but 50 woodside. 59 belmont and san mateo. some that are cool off and some very mild. there is a breeze for some but i mean it's more variable than onshort. system will continue to give us a mix of sun and clouds but its avenue going to get stronger as we -- but it's going to get stronger. its avalanche going to be v ery -- it's going to be very cool. >> let's go so sal. i'm talking to you. >> okay. i got you. can you hear me. >> no, i can't hear of word of what you are saying me. >> all right. got it. a crash in san francisco that you may have heard about last hour has cleared, eastbound 80. all the lanes are open all the way to the bay bridge. its it's gone now. the traffic is going to be slow. traffic is going to be pretty slow on 205 and 580. it's becoming quite the norm. years ago, it was -- years ago, this was the they have edge of my map -- this was the very edge of my match system but, now, it's been extended, as you can see, obviously. you can see that traffic moving very well in both directions here on 880 oakland. 5 is open a good option for you. taking a lo

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the "skeggs fire" is burning in a remote spot between skyline boulevard and woodside road. about 50 acres had burned and the fire is 10 percent contained. right now no homes are being threatened. and as we reported at the top of the hour... more lightning is hitting the bay area right now. ( mark ) a homeowner escaped injury after lightning strikes caused a tree to hit his house. it happened monday night outside a home near half moon bay. the homeowner was sitting out on his deck with his wife when they both saw lightning hit a huge cypress tree. that tree then splintered and shattered hitting their house. part of it is sitting on the roof. one of the branches pierced a hole in the roof that's the size of a kitchen sink. some of the deck is also damaged. ( mark ) it will cost ten-thousand dollars to repair the home. (darya) still ahead on the kron four morning news... a big problem for student loan borrowers... how the whit

we had a problem in redwood city near woodside road. is backed out of san mateo down towards palo alto. northbound is also slow from palo alto. and a lot of people on the dumbarton bridge getting across are slowing traffic into menlo park. the whole area is congested. 680 again slow traffic leading down to the scene of an earlier accident. 880 is jammed solid down to stevenson from about 238. we look at the south bay commute, all of the rain -- main routes are closed. we had an accident on one of the side roads on monterey county. still clearing an accident there. avoid the area if you can. this is 280 northbound in san jose. it looks okay. the bay bridge, moderate. no problems on the bridge but at least a 25-minute delay waiting to get on to the span. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. >>> president trump wrapped up a 40-minute address to the united nations general assembly. >> we brought it to you live. >> the united states is one out of 193 countries in the united nations. yet, we pay 22% of the entire budget and more. in fact, we