Million acres. Most of it came within the last week kron fours Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala has details on what officials are doing to prepare for another threat of more fires in the coming days. 14,000 california firefighters are on the front lines working to put out more than 600 fires burning across the state included in that number the second and 3rd largest wildfires in state history. Each caused by lightning strikes in Northern California last week we are deploying every resource at our disposal governor Gavin Newsome said monday emergency leaders are bracing for even more fires to flare up after 300 lightning strikes hit the state between sunday and monday sparking 10 new fires with now a major disaster declaration from the president california has requested 375 fire engines and crews from out of state about 100 of them have come in from nearby states with air support coming in from the National Guards of kansas idaho, utah this week. Is going to be a profoundly important week in terms of. Our efforts and were going to put everything that we have to do we can because this weve got some wind conditions that may be shifting may be changing state leader said as of monday there are more than 2000 fire. Evacuee statewide most of them are staying in non congregate shelters like hotel rooms for the 700 that are staying in large shelters with mandatory Health Screenings and covid19 measures in place the governor says hes pleased with what hes seen at the shelters. Hes visited recently what i saw i was very impressed. And very gratified of the seriousness to which people are taking. And this after the governor pointed out this time last year california had had 4200 wildfires burned 56,000 acres. So far this year weve had 7,000 wildfires burned 1. 4 million acres. The majority of that land burned just within the last week. Reporting in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Well hear the latest details on the 3 major fires that are burning across the bay area right now check it out on your screen cal fire says the l in new lightning complex fires in the north bay. Is now 25 contained. The scu lightning complex fires in the east bay is 15 contained and the czu on this lightning complex fires along the peninsula or 13 contain. Well the lnu complex lighting fires burning in the north bay and you can see on your screen check out out where the flames have sparked Napa Sonoma Solano and lake counties. Now so far this complex fire has been the deadliest and most destructive at least 5 people have died and 4 others have been injured. 908 structures have been destroyed and another 248 structures have been damaged flames have scorched more than 351,000 acres and once again containment this morning at 25 . Well now moving on to the scu lightning complex fire. You can see on your screen. Are burning so this is alameda contra costa and santa clara counties. Flames there have spread more than 360,000 acres. Its still at 15 containment this morning and the fire has been active for 6 days. Well now moving on to the peninsula san mateo and santa cruz you can see this other map here you can see where the czu august lighting fires have been burning. So far the fire has burned more than 78,000. Acres and has destroyed 276 structures of fire is 13 contained. Cal fire has been working to contain this fire for at least a week now more than 1600 firefighters have boots on the ground battling this fire kron fours dan thorn reports. Firefighters continuing their fight in the Santa Cruz Mountains and also in southern San Mateo County thousands of people have had to evacuate these communities where the fire is burning and also where the fire continues to threaten theres been extensive damage in areas near Boulder Creek and also in bonny doon homes. Theyre just incinerated by the fire hundreds of other buildings have also been destroyed and many more are still threatened fire crews have been dealing with these intense fires for days now fire Officials Say that it is actively burning in heavy timber and thick undergrowth one of the big concerns has been burning trees which have been breaking apart hitting the ground and then causing the potential for more fires to spread however, firefighters have reported that there have been better firefighting conditions, thanks to improved. The weather. More aerial attacks and an increase in the number of crews that are working the fire. But evacuees that have been staying in nearby santa cruz have been patiently waiting for more updates as they struggle with uncertainty, im glad that we left them that we were. In the midst of many many many other people who were leaving its a little bit emotional but i i dont know we dont have our jobs weve been looking through the pandemic to begin less so and i mean its a lot worse for people have already lost everything many people were hoping they werent going to have to be away from their homes, this long, but crews are hoping that people do not try to head back into these communities right now to survey the damage or any of their property that is up there right now fire crews are out there taking a look at what they can theyre actively fighting these fires and making sure that property is protected, but as they are doing this theyre also going out and surveying the damage on their own and they will be giving us reports as soon as they have that reporting in Santa Cruz County dan thorn kron 4 news. Well now we want to head back to the north bay were monitoring the would put fire in marine county it has grown to nearly 2500 acres and as 5 contain flames just continue to burn in a remote area of the Point Reyes National seashore that dense smoke is also affecting moran and San Francisco counties among others 3 firefighters were hurt, but theyre going to be okay. There are more than 1600 structures are still threatened. Well be back to aisha orders are now in effect for silver hills road fox drive in norway, south of inverness park. More information if you like to see a full list just head over to our website kron 4 dot com. Thousands of people have been driven from their homes by the wildfire in Santa Cruz County and to make things even worse. Authorities say that criminals are taking advantage of folks of burglarizing baking homes at least 13 people have been arrested on suspicion of looting are planning to loot neighborhoods in Santa Cruz County. The local sheriff says that more arrests are likely has at least 100 officers are out there patrolling those evacuation zones. Some of the arrests came from community tips, including from residents who spotted that suspicious activity on their Home Security cameras. Well to the east right now Contra Costa County fire officials arrested this man and woman on suspicion of separate arson fires last week. Lisa on the on the left was arrested in antioch milan. Po pitch on the right was arrested for a car fire. In martinez now both are being held at the county Detention Center in martinez. We have an interactive map on our website thats pretty easy to follow along with it shows all of the fires that are actively burning and also the location of all the Evacuation Centers and we also have a list of up to date evacuation orders and warnings on our website. So if you like to see it just head over to kron 4 dot com. Well now to another big story that were following for you this morning all muni rail service will be provided by bus today as a rail service shuts down in San Francisco for the next several weeks. The meeting metro system is shutting down after some major equipment problems and someone in the control Center Testing positive for covid19 muni resume saturday 5 months after being suspended due to the pandemic for more details on how this is affecting various lines just head over to our website. Its all listed at kron 4 dot com. Well the California State Supreme Court has overturned Scott Petersons death sentence but not his conviction and a case that drew National Attention peterson was found guilty of the 2002 murders of his wife lacy and their unborn child Marissa Perlman has details. Theres no justice Vladimir Rodriguez looks at the house next door the former home of scott and Lisa Peterson now he just praise he remembers the crowds police and press surrounding his covina avenue home for months to me theyre like go home this is summer this is it right to the Lacy Peterson disappeared on christmas eve. 2002 mister lakhani said to you you know laces missing. Was it. What happened is that they help under the bodies of lacey and her unborn son were found in the San Francisco bay in april Scott Peterson was convicted of their murder 2 years later and sentenced to death by lethal injection if the defendant is found guilty as Mister Peterson was in this case then that same jury. Decides on Death Penalty. That is where the error was made here in an appeal first filed in 2012 state Supreme Court found that potential jurors were dismissed because they had objections to the Death Penalty and because of that petersons lawyers say his right to an impartial jury during sentencing was impacted. The trial court is now required to reverse the Death Penalty. The jury when they were being impaneled was not askedvthe right questions. By the judge who also restricted the attorneys from asking questions because of that they were not an appropriate jury to determine whether or not Mister Peterson should be executed. That was Marissa Perlman reporting for us this morning, the prosecution does have the option to retry the Death Penalty phase of the peterson trial petersons assistant Defense Attorneys do not expect that to happen. The case has been returned to the stanislaw county superior court to handle the sentencing. California governor Gavin Newsome has issued a moratorium on executions while hes in office. Coming up next on the kron 4 morning news. Its the gop is turn as the party kicks off the Republican National convention. Well take a look at the republicans pitch for another 4 years of President Trump. And as we head to break were checking in on the embarcadero in San Francisco. It is cloudy outside your door, the bay bridge there covered in clouds this morning, temperatures are mild 56 in San Francisco 63 in oakland 65 in livermore and it looks like to see fire crews there blocking some streets along the embarcadero no reports of any major incidents from well double check to see if we can find out whats going on for you well have more details coming up. Welcome back everyone, the time is 4. 44 a good morning and thanks for staying with us before you head outside and start planning your day, lets check in with meteorologist dave spahr and see whats in store today. A good morning robin good morning everybody quick check in s f o no delays going on for this even though we are looking at some much better fog across the region thats going to take a while to clear out it looks like its going to hover along the coast. Well into this afternoon, it looks like it maybe places along the beaches wont even really see the overcast really pick up at all the kind of clear out a bit as we get into tomorrow morning. We repeat that performance yet again with some drizzle expected along the coast as we certain were seeing this morning to lower to middle 60s for much of the chunk of the east bay up to the north bay weve got 50s there 64 for san jose 50s cover the peninsula. 104 fresno and bakersfield expected today 94 for sacramento with the Central Coast in the 60s, 79 l a x and 87 for san diego checking into your 4 zone forecast going on for your tuesday 66 for San Francisco today. Weve got the middle to upper 60s lining up much of the coast. Meanwhile weve got 70s along the peninsula bayside 84 foster city 85 for palo alto 81 from Mountain View 83 going on for redwood city and the south bay, its in the mid 80s for most the readings here morgan hill at 9084 los gatos 85 for cupertino east bay shoreline to the south near about 80 tri valley is near about 9087 for dublin and 89 going on for walnut creek 94 conquered and kind of 70s to some 80s going on the east bay shoreline with san leandro checking in about 80 jumping up here in the north bay we have 88 fairfield 92 for vacaville 82 for napa and 88 for sonoma with 84 per santa rosa more 80s heading down south. We have a little bit of a warmup it looks like as we finish off this we can get into the weekend though thats a pretty close to where seasonality is except that a few more degrees midnineties expected for saturday into sunday looks fine through the period robin check on bay area bridges. Bridges are looking good summer little foggy like the golden gates, a fog advisory issued by chp not a big problem here in the bay bridge heading into San Francisco. So delay free hot spot free no big trouble spot so come on in westbound any doing just fine so far on over to the fremont street exit. All right now off to the golden gate we are checking in on one oh one so this is what we have some dense fog mostly on the north bay side. So just be extra cautious and careful you may need the wipers going. But so far no big problems here across the span from the north bay working your way into San Francisco all right, lets head over to the richmond sandra fell bridge. Were checking in on 5. 80 and i dont see any big problems so youre clear if you come from the east shore freeway. So far looks pretty trouble free on west bound 5. 80 through richmond, its going to be a good ride across the span. And when you finally connect with one on one making it into the north bay, no problems to san rafale nevado but just a little sluggish southbound one oh one rolling to sausalito and thats mostly because of the dense fog will check more traffic coming up a little bit later. If you want to see this socialize biden harris future for our country. Just take a look at california. It is a place of immense wealth in measurable innovation and immaculate environment and the democrats turned it into a land of discarded heroin needles and parks riots in streets and blackouts in homes. Well the ex wife of california governor Gavin Newsome helping republicans kick off their National Convention by attacking california as well as joe biden and kamala harris. Now this was just a part of republican plans to lay out their pitch for another 4 years of President Trump. Nadia romero has the highlights. The first night of the Republican National convention in the books the theme land of promise and the president made plenty of promises if hes reelected. He says that he would eradicate covid19 cut taxes and create millions of new jobs. Welcome to the 2020 Republican National convention. President donald trump and republican celebrating the last 4 years in asking americans for 4 more when we real act, President Trump this november. The best is yet to come the party making it clear in backs its candidate and his vision. Republicans kicking off their convention in charlotte monday. My formally nominate trump and Vice President mike pence was going to win this election right the convention then moving to washington to kick start a 00 04am night primetime event while skill down to the coronavirus some of the president s strongest supporters still coming out in full force look to the man who did with the failed Obama Biden Administration never could do and built the greatest economy our country has ever seen. And President Trump will do it again donald trump has always put America First. And he has earned 4 more years as president. Our side is working on policy. Well, joe bidens radical democrats are trying to permanently transform what it means to be an american the big challenge for republicans this week whether President Trumps America First platform can appeal to a broad enough audience to chip away at joe bidens lead doctors nurses, a fireman. A policeman we want to thank you and you have been incredible breaking tradition President Trump is expected to make appearances at various points. Each night culminating with his acceptance speech on thursday. Tuesday nights theme is land of opportunity and the headliner first lady melania trump. At the white house, im nadia romero. Well now lets talk about some baseball shall have the oakland as are on the road for a threegame series against the texas rangers. Rbi single by mark can i in the first innings at the v as up on the board first, but the raiders would strike back with a 2 run single in the same inning win and then in the second inning scott hits a solo home run to tie the game against the rangers, but in the end the rangers would score another home run and play enough defense to prevent gays from scoring so oakland loses to texas to 3 the as have another crack at the rangers today at 5 oclock going we can get we can do it. All right Jerry Falwell junior has confirmed to the wall street journal that he has in fact resigned as president of liberty university. Now theres a little bit of confusion yesterday when reports started to surface that he resign, but then he pushed back on those reports but then in a phone call to the newspaper fall will set that he submitted his resignation last night. His decision came after a series of recent public conversations about his behavior, including an affair. A miami man said that he had with follows wife that went on for 8 years and then a photo that showed fall well with the woman and his pants unzipped. And the outside checking in on the airport sfo. No reports of any major delays but its cloudy and its foggy of course another day of corps air quality. So you may want to think twice before heading out if you have allergies or asthma or just any sort of respiratory issues its another spare the air day we have that thick smoke all throughout the bay area as fire crews continue to battle all the wildfires that are burning here and shot out to all the firefighters and the First Responders that are out there on the front lines working hard we appreciate you and we thank you for everything that youre doing well be right back stay welcome back everyone, the time is 4. 54 good morning and thanks for staying with us another update on your forecast now from dave spahr day welcome morning robin good morning everybody our shot from u c berkeley and use you can see the fog completely filling up not just the east bay shoreline is called a lit up though also the foreground the shrubbery there we cant see at least not yet were looking at lower 60s lining up most the east bay shoreline mid 60s heading inland 50s meanwhile out to the north bay and 64 to san jose were cooler over most of the real estate this morning and dont forget yesterday we had some rain showers going on so that cool marine layers to a nice job dampening things down a little bit like to see a check and it looks like that fog is going to be slow to lift over some parts of the bay are in fact may never do so along the coast. Its going to be a fight into parts of San Francisco heading out to the residential areas near the coast. Well looks like to be more of a mostly cloudy day for you guys may be some hazy sunshine into the afternoon for some score some smoke in there too and then by the time we get the middle of the week there you can see even by wednesday morning were seeing the fog snapping back by the way check in the winds. A little bit of a breeze out of the northwest it seems to be favoring this morning and the breakdown for you puts us at about 66 come about 6, 08 00am, or 08 00am excuse me 11 00am at 76 temperatures are going to be pretty seasonal looks like until the middle of the week a slight little warm up as we head on to the weekend robin. Thank you dave all right, lets check in on traffic heading over to one of our busiest bridge us during the morning drive and thats westbound 80 the bay bridge heading into San Francisco and ive notice throughout the 4 oclock hour, its picking up so we have more and more traffic rolling in. But theyre behaving i dont see any crashes or stalls so come on and nows your chance its going to be pretty crowded later on so right now its a delay free commute into San Francisco. Off to the golden gate. Were checking in on one on one its the only bridge thats under a special fog advisory that was issued by chp traffic looks good a little foggy so you may be the headlights and wipers. All right coming up in the next hour the fight against 3 major wildfires in the bay area continues over a week now Team Coverage on the latest plus the damage that were safe. And more than a 177,000 americans have now died from the coronavirus well have the latest on the pandemic and the fight to contain the spread coming up. Liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. I wish i could shake your hand. Granted. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Hundreds of homes burned to the ground by wildfires across the bay area this morning. We have a closer look at the destruction. The smoke from all those fires is causing poor air quality in this morning, well have everything you need to know as you head out the door. And buildings and cars set on fire by protesters outraged by the shooting of unarmed black man show you the protests that erupted overnight. Youre watching kron 4 morning news at 5. Good morning. Everybody thank you so much for joining us on the kron 4 morning news on Marty Gonzales and im robin when said our big story that were following for you this morning of course the wildfires that are burning across the bay area. Lets begin in san mateo and santa cruz counties thats where the czu lightning complex fire. Continues to burn this morning. You can see the map on your screen shows the areas that are burned outlined in red, so far has charred more than 78,000 acres, its just 13 contained this morning. Well cal fire has been working to contain the czu complex fire for at least a week now more than 1600 firefighters are out there they have boots on the ground battling this fire and kron fours dan thorn has the latest on the firefight this morning. Firefighters continuing their gh
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