Frank somerville. And im julie haener. Fire danger is increasing around the bay area tonight as temperatures heat up. This afternoons fire broke out at a home on will a view toward in danville. It spread to rush and forced evacuations. Live coverage now from ktvus amber lee. She spoke with the family who lost their home and neighbors who tried to fight the vegetation fire. Reporter the family tells me the loss of their home very difficult to deal with, but they do plan to rebuild. There is also gratitude for their neighbors, fire crews and their 13yearold daughters quick action. Three children were inside their danville home when a fire broke out shortly after 3 30 thursday afternoon, causing severe damage. I looked out the window and there was smoke outside and flames outside about the render. Reporter 13yearold Madison Hoffman quickly got her younger sister and brother along with their pets outside to safety. She tells me they had just finished their first day of School Learning from
Good evening. This quake was considerably larger even more powerful than the deadly and destructive northridge quake in 1994. The epicenter of the quake is in the valley about 100 miles north of los angeles. It could be felt as far away as san diego fresno and las vegas. Video posted on social media shows the force of this quake. You see a Swimming Pool in bakersfield. The water splashing back and forth spilling out of the pool. A resident posted photos of the damage inside their home including broken glass and furniture. Seismologist a tonights quake was the main event and that yesterdays six point for quake was actually a for shock. Default is growing. We ruptured a piece in the first earthquake. We ruptured more on the 5. 4. We are rupturing more now. It is moving towards the northwest. Away from the metropolitan area. As far as we can tell. By definition because the seven point one is the largest we give it the name main shock. Yesterday or an hour ago recalling the 6. 4 the main s
. now at 11:00, firefighters are watching for flare-ups after a challenging day on the front lines, prompting evacuations in alameda, contra costa and solano counties. large fires erupted today in pleasanton, vacaville and near livermore. crews will spend the night mopping up after a frantic evacuation effort earlier today. the fire started around 2:30 thursday afternoon at the bull valley staging recreational area. that s where it started. it was racing quickly. reporter: the first firefighters on scene noticed erratic fire behavior and the wind pushing embers. the fire was tucked away in rough terrain with limited access. the blaze quickly grew. we had it today though. reporter: even with competing fires, including one just across the water benicia, neighboring departments rushed to help. i m very thankful. just coming down the queue, i m trying to leave. they had bulldozers, flatbed trucks, everybody was coming through. i was kind of happy. that was great.
right now at 4:30, looking live from our exclusive salesforce tower tower camera on this friday, a live look east over the sparkling bay bridge. good morning. friday, june 24th. i m len kiese i m amanda starrantino. let s start with a check on your weather and traffic, another warm morning out there, jessica. that s because you live in the east bay. it s an east bay thing. i m like what is happening? i m just about to show a graphic. san francisco is back to average. sorry. hanging out on my island. we re starting off with a lot of fog this morning which is why san francisco is cooling off a lot. the marine layer is giving us a little bit more moisture. this is what we re looking at for daytime highs. this is a huge spread. concord is well above average. san jose is above average but san francisco sitting right back to where we should be. there is a lot of events going on for us this weekend, the weather is finally slowly starting to calm down earlier this wee
counties. large fires erupted today in pleasanton, vacaville and near livermore. crews will spend the night mopping up after a frantic evacuation effort earlier today. the fire started around 2:30 thursday afternoon at the bull valley staging recreational area. that s where it started. it was racing quickly. reporter: the first firefighters on scene noticed erratic fire behavior and the wind pushing embers. the fire was tucked away in rough terrain with limited access. the blaze quickly grew. we had it today though. reporter: even with competing fires, including one just across the water benicia, neighboring departments rushed to help. i m very thankful. just coming down the queue, i m trying to leave. they had bulldozers, flatbed trucks, everybody was coming through. i was kind of happy. that was great. they saved our town. reporter: this as residents were put under an evacuation warning. i live in this building, she saw the fire and called me and the next