Of those, 40 are homes, three are commercial buildings. 80,000 structures are still threatened. Containment still only at 5 . Dozens of schools are closed because of the smoke and Power Outages. Sharon katsuda is live for us in santa rosa. She spoke with some of the people about the tactics being used to fight the flames. Sharon . Reporter marcus, in the News Conference this morning the leaders of this battle against the kincade fire were clear they are working together to try and get evacuees back into homes. But right now there are still structures threatened, theyre saying especially in the windsor area and the mt. Saint helena area they are concerned and that is where we were live all morning long along spot road and pleasant avenue. Overnight the most fire activity that we saw was just south of the town of windsor along the shiloh ridge area. Firefighters made an aggressive stand in that area and brought in a significant number of resources as it was impacting a relatively populat
We have a heat advisory that will be in effect for many of our valleys, especially inland. That also includes San Francisco. Well talk more about this and whats ahead. Mike, youre seeing the traffic break. Thats right, kari. Lets look at the map. Overall looking good. Typical slowing on 680. One little blip as they clear some remaining cones left over at construction. Smooth drive towards the bay bridge where the live look shows you the cash lanes backed up, but we have a couple lanes that have yet to open. Pretty typical pattern here. Thanks, mike. Fire danger today is people in high fire danger areas are basically for controlled outages. Not only that but firefighters are on high alert. We take a closer look at the extra lengths people are going to to stay safe. Reporter high danger fire the red flag warning means extra staffing. Well have 14 extra pieces of equipment on the road. Well a strike team thats state funded. Reporter crews will be roaming, ready to put out a fire fast. If
Cheering crowd as he walked into a restaurant for a private afternoon fund raiser. The event hosted by a handful of people including bay area attorney joe cochet. Joe biden has given as i said his whole life to Public Service and know what is serving in the white house means. Ticket prices for the reception began at 1500 per person and cost up to 2,800 for a photo with the former Vice President too. A few dozen people came out today for a more personal experience with the man hoping to unseat President Trump in 2020. Its to hear more than a sound byte from the candidates more than a twitter feed, more than a youtube video. Because its very convenient, here in palo alto appear i live in palo alto. And so i wanted to have the opportunity to hear joe and meet joe. Mr. Boyden, your reaction biden didnt speak to reporters on his way in or out of the palo alto fund raisers but guests coming to see him said they were happy with what they heard. He said its about the american people, its not a
The campaign trail tuc because itsar substitute teacher. Shes a teacher. Its important to have people just like you and i working and doing the right thing for the country. So its great to hear her story, how they met and how they have worked together through this marriage, and now obviously hoping for, you know, a path ahead. And speaking of whats ahead. The bidens are spending a lot of time in the bay area. Stops in San Francisco, fremont. And then joe biden will be in palo alto and San Francisco next week. Get ready for a cooler and potentially rainy weekend. Take a look at our San Francisco camera. A couple hours ago you could see drizzle on the lens of the transamerica building in the background. A live look at the bay area right now. Beautiful, blue skies, but there are changes on the way. Heres meteorologist rob mayeda. We had light rain and drizzle earlier in the day, and the cool down is completed. Walnut kpreek n walnut creek not even in the 70s, 30 degrees cooler than the re
Reporter the mistry midblock on santa clara street near second continues holding secrets the day after the flames were out. Sunday michaela grant was staffing the counter at the city fish restaurant is just across the street to go she said initially patrons and employees felt there was an active shooter with a hostage situation for fire investigator saying arson suspect armed with a sledgehammer was threatening to burn down the building. The fire started getting bigger. It start it kept getting worse. Reporter the minimart and Adult Novelty store on the ground floor with apartments above what is the same man they believe was the employee one of the stores set the fire. He was mad the whole day. You could tell he was going through some stuff. Reporter investigators believe the suspect who started the fire also lost his life in a blaze. We did after the fire was under control find a body in the basement. We dont know if that was the person who was making the threats or not. We suspect th