Know. J. R. Stone is in calistoga where entire neighborhoods are still in the dark tonight. Reporter complete darkness along these neighborhood streets on the western id of calistoga, a city where 40 of the people are without electricity and that includes tv. Tough for youngsters. Its hard, really hard. Reporter taylor may only be 6 but this is not the first time her family has lost power due to fire dangers. Now, though, they have a small generator that powers only the most essential items. I can only watch stuff on my ipad if its charged. If its charged. Have you been charging it . No. Because our charger doesnt work. Reporter across the state at least half a Million People are in the same situation. Dealing with Public Safety power shutoffs over fears of power lines falling and sparking a fire. You realize how much you depend on electricity when this happens. Reporter in calistoga you can hear the hum of generateors in neighborhoods. Winds are expected to pick up. Calistoga mayor ch
At cal fire currently has its hands full with a number of wildfires burning up and down california a fastmoving wildfire in butte county has burned more than 250,000 acres, its killed at least 3 people. The creek fire in Fresno Madera counties has burned more than a 175,000 acres. Its 0 contained and in Southern California, the eldorado fire in San Bernardino county has burned more than 12,000 acres. After that fire was sparked by a smoke machine at a gender reveal party over the weekend. As wildfires continue to ravage a state with some of the largest fires burning here in the bay area. It seems like every year these wildfires break new record and what is most concerning is that experts say things are likely going to get worse kron 4 Sanaz Tahernia takes a look at the wildfire trends in california. The state of california is typically associated with sunshine, sandy beaches and surfers. But now it seems like wildfires are making the list what used to be a rare event is now commonplace
Cars back on its tracks. Good evening. Everybody, im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus thank you for joining us tonight for kron 4 news at 8 our top story tonight once again a dense layer of smoke from dozens of wildfires. They darken the skies around the bay area again today, this is a live look at the bay bridge. Those lights really illuminating just how smoky and hazy it is once again. Yeah well the orange glow from yesterday is mostly gone the poor air quality sure isnt. We kick off our kron 4 Team Coverage with the latest air quality checked around the bay from chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow lawrence yeah thats kind of the irony we dont have that orange glow today, theres less smoke in our atmosphere, but the smoke that youre next all the way down to the surface and the spore quality out there right now and you can see out toward sfo you see the lights out there you see the haze that smoke down below as a small continue just to flow around the bay area and it is bad in some p
Outdoors but its of course been challenging especially with the bad air quality now and these new restrictions loosening assign san franciscans are doing their part to slow the spread of covid19. Its unbelievable fritz clay owns hair play salon in the city and has been closed since march constantly like people hearing about yes other counties of all and so can make an and micah, you know. You know listen to the is not San Francisco yet we were there when clay was getting ready to reopen in june only to have held orders reversed after a spike in covid19 cases hair salons are allowed to operate outdoors but not for clay salon he says hes ready to get back to work a lot more on my smock so now i have socks city. A lot of a lot of hand mask mask mass thursday, the city released this statement detailing the additional reopening starting on monday september 14th allowing Indoor Personal Services with limited capacity that includes hair and nail salons gyms and Fitness Centers. It remains to
Signs of ending. Tomorrow will mark the 25th day in a row. Good evening everyone, im frank somerville. And im julie haener. It was not the dramatic orange glow we saw yesterday. Even though the sky looked better today experts said their quality was much worse. We have Team Coverage tonight with chief meteorologist bill martin looking for signs of improvement. First, word from airquality officials. An and record 24 day of that error alerts with another one issued tomorrow. Experts say the worst air was in San Francisco tonight, very few places i good enough air to be outdoors. Keys are pub in San Francisco football fans not bothered by this movie conditions for the nfl Season Opener against super bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans. The smoke is heavy and we are all trying to break through it. We are all here to watch football. Reporter the bars manager not expecting outdoor patio to fill up ahead of kickoff. Today im surprised you got this far because the weather. Repo