30 percent. Where it was at this time yesterday evening. Some 200 homes have been evacuated. Kron 4s jr stone is live near the fire line with the latest details tonight. J. R. . Reporter the good news right now is that the wind has died down. Especially in comparison to what it was earlier this afternoon reporter new video into the kron4 newsroom tonight. Shows a wall of flames. Eating away at a north bay hillside. Reporter the heat and low reporter since it is hard to see at times because of all of the smoke officer to see that it was straight up and down. Firefighters have of stability with the notion tried to climb it begins to get very dangerous. Reporter residences have burned to the ground. Firefighters have been fighting on the ground and in the air. Droping water hunter is have they evacuate many as 10 had been living in the subdivision. Not understand theres only one way and and one way out. Reporter for now the focus is for putting the fire out before it causes more damage. Reporter another area now. This with dense smoke. Wafting above persistent flames. Is thats burning tonight. Reporter electric cruise with pg e are out here as well because the electric lines are on what paul polls. Reporter i spoke with several of the evacuees and i will tell you what they had the state at 830. At 1130 reporter look at large the area is that is burning tonight. Crews on the ground. Working to douse hot some psst spots. Like this one you can see. Four planes are also helping from the air. Dropping flame retardent. Seven choppers are also up. Making water drops. Reporter were starting to see charred land. But the smoke and flames are dominating the normally peaceful landscape. Reporter white and black smoke. Right next to each other. This is just northwest of Lake Berryessa in the pope canyon area. About 5 miles north of saint helena. We mentioned nine structures have been destroyed. That includes two homes. And tonight there are hundreds of people who cannot get to their homes. I have been very, very emotional. I want some of our keepsakes and our balks. Dogs reporter the Evacuation Center is at Middletown High School in lake county. Its unclear when people will be allowed to return to their homes. Reporter we also have delayed this video and pictures in addition to the web site that we are always updating our twitter and facebook pages. We will have no intermission and throughout the broadcast if we learn of any new developments. Pam happenming now pam a tense standoff in Mountain View. Between police and a man with a gun. He has barricaded himself inside a home on williams way. Kron4s alecia reid is live in Mountain View tonight with the latest. Alecia . Reporter concerned individual acts a Police Officer to do welfare check on a neighbor. The belief he suffers from depression. And not on a door in the up in a standoff that lasted for hours. Kolis drop of a huge career mentor when negotiating with the gunmen inside his home. Managing to get the 13 yearold daughter out safely and more than five hours up the 46 year old from hurting himself. Officers on the scene called for additional units. Ready to go and when needed meanwhile, a number of neighbors were evacuated. Reporter then told me to drive out of the area in evacuate for safety reasons. It was a little bit unnerving to see the Police Officers with their firearms. Reporter after more than five hours of talking to men eventually someone did his weapon and was detained and will be evaluated. Pam developing news pam a stretch of interstate280 will close in less than an hour. Commuters travelling into San Francisco over the 4th to plan ahead. Caltrans will shut down much of northbound 280 in San Francisco to make repairs. Kron 4s Charles Clifford is live and has more on the project and the upcoming closure. Pam charles . Reporter the closure begins at 9pm tonight and continues through 5am next monday. July 7th. Reporter caltrans will be closing only the north bound lanes and on ramps of interstate 280 from highway 101 to downtown San Francisco. The southbound lanes and on ramps along this stretch of 280 will remain open all weekend. Reporter caltrans says they need to shutdown the north bound lanes in order to repair a broken hinge between two sections of roadway. Engineers discovered the problem a few years ago and a temporary fix is already in place, but this weekend crews will be completely rebuilding the hinge. Reporter is actually the second of three closures shutting down to 80 again over Labor Day Weekend pam an amber alert out of Southern California tonight. Pam the chp says 6 monthold Leilani Mosely was abducted from the Huntington Beach area. This is her photograph. Pam leilani went missing this morning. Shes 15 pounds and was last seen wearing a pink onesie. The chp says the suspect is this woman Carolyn Ferguson she was last seen driving a 2007 White Chrysler pt cruiser. Pam the vehicles license plate is from california and the number is 5uqz701. The vehicle has minor front end damage. Pam residents of a san mateo neighborhood are concerned tonight. After a Mountain Lion was spotted near their homes twice in the last week. Pam these residents live along fernwood street, which backs up to a creekbed which is home to herds of deer. It is scary because there are young kids and people have pets. People are looking for missing cats so that it is a little disconcerting. Pam monday nighta Mountain Lion killed a young deer in the creek bed and then returned again this morning and attacked another deer. All within 50 yards of one mans home , there have been postings that peoples cats are missing so its a little concerning pam the California Department of fish and wildlife says these animals are in their natural habitat and they have no plans to track, trap or kill the Mountain Lion. Pam they do advise residents not to leave pets outside unattended. They also advise not feeding the deer, because that attracts more deer and ultimately more Mountain Lions. Pam jurors in giants fan bryan stows civil lawsuit said they were deadlocked today. And the judge told them to keep deliberating. Deliberations began june 26th. Pam stow was left severely braindamaged in a parking lot attack after the dodgers 2011 opening day game against the San Francisco giants. Pam stow sued the dodgers and former owner frank mccourt, saying they failed to provide adequate security. Pam two men Louie Sanchez and Marvin Norwood pleaded guilty to the attack and are in jail. Pam emergency officials are ordering a mandatory evacuation of part of North Carolinas outer banks as Tropical Storm arthur approaches. Pam its expected to grow to a hurricane by tomorrow. And to batter the east coast by friday. Pam on hatteras island, officials are encouraging everyone to leave the area during Daylight Hours before high winds and heavy rains hit. And cause flooding. Pam kron 4 chief meteorologist Jacqueline Bennett is tracking Tropical Storm arthur as it moves up the east coast. From the carolinas up to the northeast. Reporter what pam what is the latest jacqueline . Jacqueline as we look up to the north that is where we will be tracking you can see a Tropical Storm and that is what it is right now. It turns into a hurricane very quickly here and by tomorrow and makes its way up to North Carolina as a hurricane as first the coast line. The sea temperatures will cool off and shalt die el current and should die off. That down to a Tropical Storm as it goes up the east coast but still in a Tropical Storm can cause a lot of bench. Can cost a lot of damage making my wife, and my mom family sick. Pam ahead at eight. Protesters block buses full pam of undocumented immigrant families. Over concern of the spread of Health Problems. Pam what the government is saying about their illnesses. Just when you thought the as would stay in oakland. They might leave why some say the city is striking out in its efforts to keep the team. And the california their son in a cage female announcer through sunday at sleep trains 4th of july sale, save 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. Plus, pay no interest for 36 months on tempurpedic and icomfort. Sleep trains 4th of july sale ends sunday. Your ticket to a better nights sleep reporter just end it amber alert has been cancelled the young crew has been found safe. Reporter two parents have been arrested. After police say, they kept their autistic son in a dog kennel. Loi vu and tracy le were arrested yesterday on suspicion of child endangerment and false imprisonment, at their home in anaheim. Police say they found a kennel inside the home with a mattress and bedding inside. Reporter they say, they think the parents might have kept him in the kennel to help control his behavior relating to illness. The 11year old autistic boy and his two siblings were taken into protective custody. Reporter the first human case of west nile virus in Solano County has confirmed. This is the second human case of the virus in the bay area. Contra costa county also reported west nile in a person last month. Reporter Officials Say the infected person is 40 to 50 years old, lives in suisun city and is now home after a brief hospital stay for westnilevirus assoicatedmeningitis. The virus is usually transmitted through bites from an infected mosquito. Reporter symptons of the virus can include headache, fatigue, fever, and skin rashes. Officials are emphasizing the importance of mosquito repellents and draining standing water to prevent the insects from laying eggs. Reporter the contra costa mosquito and Vector Control fogged an area of martinez this morning to prevent the spread of west nile virus. Crews sprayed insecticide reporter so far this year. Nine dead birds in Contra Costa County have tested positive for west nile virus. Crews focused fogging the area bordered by east pacheco creek. Jacqueline low clouds are starting to push into the east bag sa some day east bay jacqueline this is it that says they shores back to the bay shores. We will beat and beat a least with 84 in sunnyvale and 81 and so help san jose. With the exception of antioch that will be in 92 degree temperature. 65 in San Francisco and low 83 the north bay. What i get for friday for the fireworks forecast it looks like we will be clear for most of the bay area. Falk will move san late. Fog will move in late. Jacqueline brief fog on saturday morning. Clear skies and warmer temperatures with the same things corn for sunday and monday. Pam americans living along the usmexico border are concerned about possible Health Problems of people illegally entering the country pam the government has so far identified a handful of undocumented immigrants with illnesses. Pam this week, three buses with undocumented immigrants being transported to california were stopped by protestors. Pam on those buses alone10 children are now at local hospitals for unknown ailments. And seven additional kids are quarantined with active scabies. H1n1 is also a fear of many, after health Officials Say one child came in with the disease last week. Throughout history. Pam the white house said today the Public Health risk is just one challenge theyre devoting resources to. Pam still ahead pam the mayor of San Franciscos car. Caught parked illegally. We get an explanation reporter gary we will have the highlights coming up later in this broadcast reporter weeks until you hear of what a bay area startup is doing to recruit employees pettit state town of kron 4 gabe pam new tonight at 8. Competition for Software Developers is heating up in the bay area. Our tech reporter gabe slate met with a startup that is going to extremes to recruit new employees. Reporter offering 27 1 paris for referrals. So20 ,000 several hundred percent increase and our web site traffic has torn up substantially. Just the overall excitement of what we are doing for our company. Reporter the idea behind it is that we are taking their data and basically put in a spot on top of that. Reporter do not any good engineers for Software Developers is not too late to accept and 20,000 bounty. If we hire them and that way you will receive 20,000 for referring them. Pam whether youre staying at home or heading out, youll find the fourth of july will take a bigger bite out of your wallet this year. Find out why. Pam ahead at eight. A live report with new information as head pam future of the as and battling again . And battling again . Bulldog ah, the dog days of summer time to celebrate with your mates, grill a few dogs eh, hot dogs. Bacon burgers. Dachshund mattress discounters 4th of july sale ends sunday . Bulldog that cloud reminds me of. Radio announcer the tempurpedic cloud collection. Bulldog thats it radio announcer now with 48 months interestfree financing basset hound free financing . Radio announcer or get a queen size serta pillow top on sale for just 597. Bulldog thats a ringer of a deal radio announcer mattress discounters 4th of july sale ends sunday. Mattress discounters male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Pam kron 4 j. R. Stone has been tracking the firefighters at birds and talking with people who live in the area and how all of this is affecting their lives. Condition reporter for a lot better than what they were earlier this afternoon is that nearly as hot outside or when the outside. You can still see smoke billowing into the sky but not nearly as much as what we saw earlier this afternoon nevertheless the dead weeds are not allowed back home. And no. 9 spot in part of lake county this is what it looks like flames shooting in the air with plans and target been with a chance to put out the fire. Oh my god this is really for real and i am not watching tv. This is my life and i am going through this. Reporter of hunters asked to leave she slept in a truck for a car with her doll who now will not eat. She remembered leaving the home and getting a glimpse of the fire. It was like a bomb had gone out. White smoke and black smoke. Reporter the number is expected to double wednesday night as crews continue to put out flames. Mcgill is left hoping that her three chickens and three cats will be ok when she returns home i am ready to go home and i do not know how much sleep i had last night. At the dirty. Gary reporter known at this point has been hurt. Liven at the j. R. Stone kron 4 news. Live in napa reporter we wanted to share some snapshots from the scene of this fire. Highlighting the efforts being made by firefighters. Reporter these still images from the associated press. Here you see a kelseyville firefighters pulling back from the fire on butts canyon road, as the fire jumps the road. Reporter 140 homes were evacuated and 2,500 acres were burned. Here is another photo smoke rises from the butts canyon fire near middletown. A cal fire helicopter makes a drop on the butts canyon fire on tuesday, july 1, 2014, near middletown, calif. , close to the border between lake and napa counties. By early evening 140 homes were evacuated and 2,500 acres were burned. Reporter we will love to see your images if you are taking them from a safe distance you can email them and theyre always updating our website, facebook and twitter. Pam the back row and politics that are getting an echo in getting away getting in the way of a deal. Reporter things change again. Reporter expecting to go down and tenure deal that will keep the aids in the coliseum. As are hoping that it will continue to have patience and have the as negotiate with our negotiators. And hopefully reach a deal. Reporter we will do not want the taste to leave as we will give the as an extension but the best name Major League Baseball act to do. Faxed us to do reporter some say that what is so uncertain to what traders and orders moving across the bay wednesday in the city that to do Anything Possible to keep theas here. Not with or at any cost. This si a city of people. Not only Sports Reporter if someone wants to bryant different to the table then the team has no interest. Pam a new law is in effect in the city of berkeley that prohibits the feeding ofkron 4s Vicki Liviakis taking the news. Reporter some people like to feed lough reporter clearly squirrels like to be fed. But in berkeley thats now illegal. Reporter the city Council Voted in a new ordinance that would make it a crime to feed squirrels punishable by a thousand dollar fine or six months in jail or both. I hate squirrels as much as the next guy but that seems a little bit extreme to me. A marmot spotted in San Franciscos potrero hill neighborhood tuesday was captured today reporter to repair it original idea to trap and kill the creditors did not go down well with residents. Creditors critters reporter may be tempting to feed the score rose but with a fine or prison time that is for the birds. Pam the mayor of San Francisco cult parking illegally and what does he have to say for himself . Among jacqueline making a push for our bay shores i will have the answer coming up for for pam weve showed you how oaklands mayor, jean quan was caught looking at her cellphone while driving. Now it appears san francisos mayor. Has his own parking problems. Pictures show ed lees city car stopped in a crosswalk and parked in a bus stop. Kron 4s Justine Waldman got an explaination for the mayor misbehaving. Reporter this sliver car stopped in a muni bus stop should absolutely not be here. The photo of the illegally parked car is from the glen park on friday. Turns out this car drives San Francisco mayor ed lee all around the city. Reporter its blocking the muni stop so much, the bus has to pause in the street for passengers to get on. We take responsibility for that the San FranciscoPolice Department takes care of the mayors security detail. The officer who left the car unattended here, did not get a ticket. Instead sfpd, admonished the driver and dealt with the issue. Graphic sot we have reeducated and retrained the mayors security detail regarding the importance of complying with all the traffic laws and regulations reporter the second curbside controversy happened on tuesday. This time, we see the mayors car stopped in a crosswalk at 45th and noriega. The explanation this time, the mayors car was about to park in this empty spot. But before the driver could backupthe mayor was ready to get pickedup. Reporter you can see him here about to shake hands and holding what looks like a cup of coffee. In this case, sfpd tells kron 4 the mayors car needs to be in a safe place and ready to roll. Often times the officers dont park for convenience it is for tackle advantage in the event of an emergency reporter after the two situations the mayors security detail promises it wont happen again. In San FranciscoJustine Waldman kron 4 news jacqueline temperature and moral mainly in the 70s and 80s. It agrees impala auto 85 loss gatos, 90 to one spot which will be antioch. 65 in downtown San Francisco and the richmond with a east and the north bank. Fourth of july is looking good. And think the fall glenn returned around 10 or 11. The fog. Pam from the Grocery Store to the gas pumps, americans will spend more to celebrate the Independence Day holiday this year. Pam meat prices are mostly boosting the cost. An historically low cattle herd nationwide means hamburgers cost more. A drop in the number of hog farmers is pushing up the price of pork. Pam the Farm Bureau Says the cost of 2 pounds of ground round hamburger meat, and 4 pounds of spare ribs are both up 13percent. Dairy products also climbed 14 percent for a pound of cheese, and almost 8 percent for chocolate milk. Pam kron4 will help you celebrate fourth of july for free well bring you the biggest and best fireworks shows live from all around the bay. Catch the july4th fireworks special. Right here on kron 4 friday night at 9 pm pam the as tried to avoid this week in detroit and gary has the sport next female announcer sleep trains 4th of july sale doesnt just end sunday. Its going out. With a bang through sunday, save 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. Plus, pay no interest for 36 months on tempurpedic and serta icomfort. Big savings and interestfree financing . These deals arent just hot. Theyre explosive sleep trains 4th of july sale ends sunday. Sleep train your ticket to a better nights sleep pam had a point howard for defending the world cup. Even president obama got a call from even he got a call from president obama wednesday and the team captain clintons secret male announcer now, the Orchard Supply sports report with gary radnich. Zone gary as tigers justn verlander tough beginning as hey gfave up a solo home run to coco crisp to leadoff the game then another slo job to brandon moss three batters later 20 as gary bottom 4th 22 tie Austin Jackson singles to center off jesse chavez Andrew Romine scores 32 tigers gary top 6th 32 tigers verlander gets out of a basesloaded jam by getting nick punto to fly out to right to end the inning bottom 6th tigers break it open with 6 runs. Jim johnson gave up 4 gary torii hunter singles to left Miguel Cabrera scores 92 tigers final 93 tigers tigers sweep as in three games verlander back to. 500 at 77 gary Alex Rodriguez was granted an exception. The following season he signed a twoyear deal with yankees that would pay him a guaranteed 275 million he is not playing this season but everyone is different. A lot of us who love sports are tired of the story of the he used or not use in regard to trucks. Drugs gary i am just saying that i used this and i use that. Pam and gave you did banish of doing the report. Pam laughter gary aceves the steroid. If you are on steroids. I use to say tha s the steroid gary jason kidd was introduced as the new head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks today in the weird series of events last weekend kidd who was the Brooklyn Nets head coach asked nets ownership for final say in player personnel decisions the team said no. So kidds agent asked for permission to speak with the bucks. Permission was granted, and a deal was struck. Gary heres kidd talking about his new bucks family this is a family and im looking for to the future. This is about the Milwaukee Bucks and im very happy about the opportunity. Gary just for the wreckage of the jersey he head on in the first first half of the cramped game because 50,000. The jersey that Lebraun James 1 toward during the first half of the crack gamecramped game, 50k gary once again, if he has a bad game or get in trouble possibly break the law. Then i am interested. But my gosh people are getting pictures of this guy. I tell you one more time this stuff always makes me mad if any of the guys had options like this many people or all of us maybe we would not be so quick to judge. Gary the media is watching me to have been game your open. If you have a bad game. Youre open to a bad tweet pam happening now pam part of interstate 280 in San Francisco is minutes away from closing for days. Kron 4s Charles Clifford is live with what drivers need to know. Reporter here are the details it began as an 9 00 this evening and continues until 5 00 a. M. On monday. From highway 101 downtown San Francisco to north bay on a ramp that will also be closed those caltran is doing this work over the Holiday Weekend where there are fewer cars in the need to get in and fix a brit a hand to be telling two sections of the bridge. Go in and repair a hinge. The next repair will occur over labor day and a few weeks. Reporter Justine Waldman is pregnant reporter gas we are pregnant i am so excited we are so excited to share this news with you pam laughter jacqueline laughter yes pam that is amazing news we are very happy for you guys now it will be husband, wife and child reporter is is the ultimate special laughter reporter we are going to start a block on kron 4 doc, acting people would like to know how i am fillingfeeling. Reporter we are so thrilled to be sharing this news pam we are glad to share that with you and have a nice night everyone [ heart beating ] [ female announcer ] the internet gets more exciting the faster it goes. Thats why, coming soon, xfinity will double the Internet Speed on two of our most popular plans. Xfinity continues to innovate, bringing you the fastest, most reliable internet, period. [ heart beating ] xfinity internet from comcast. Double the speed. [ heart beats ] double the speed. Safeway understands you got to make every dollar count these days. 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