More problems when it comes to the fire on the ground as well as what firefighters are trying to do to stop it. In the last couple of hours since we have been standing here the wind has started to pickup for the heavily, moving the smoke and ash towards us. From what we have heard from officials that is expected to continue today. They say they think the wind could get up to 70 miles an hour. We are looking at the live video now of the fire. We can see it is burning and huge tell us where you are. We can see there is extensive damage behind you. Or are you in a neighborhood . What was the drive like to where you are and what kind of damage are you seeing . Reporter this is a neighborhood. This home behind me is completely flattened. Across the street there is a house that seems untouched. Behind that there are four or five houses that are flattened and a look a lot like this. There are cars that people just left when they had to evacuate this area as we were driving in you can see a lo
Into another battle with firefighters going up against mother nature. Just like the northbay firefighters, strong wind is a big problem and really whipping up the flames. Ellis and barber is back again in Ventura County. Were trying to get the latest on how the wind is. Whats happening out there . Reporter you can see a little bit, a fire truck just pulled into this neighborhood. They have been driving around and keeping an eye on things here in terms of what the wind is going to do today that remains to be seen. Yesterdays fire officials said they plan to get air support up once the sun came up this morning. They want to try to fight the edges of the fire to keep it out of neighborhoods so more homes dont wind up like this one. The wind is starting to pickup and some say they could, experts and Officials Say they could get up to 70 miles an hour today. That could cause a big problem. We know in the past in fighting these areas in the past couple of days at least two helicopters had co
Valley. The camera is moving around quite a bit. Take our word for it. In the area on the 405 in san fernando valley, you can see how traffic is. These are aerial shots, live. The smokes, the flames, if you know the area near the getty center, right in the heart of the san fernando valley, extremely densely populated sherman oaks, brentwood, mullholland drive, it is in the area of the wildfire that is spreading. I was talking i dont know if you can see. They have a Fire Fighting helicopter up. That is good to see. They need that. And Steve Paulson has been talking about the air quality, the winds in the area as well. It is a very, very fluid situation down there in los angeles. And certainly with this situation, steve can chime in here, winds are the story. Very, very low humidity is a factor. 8 for some. 8 by the getty. The winds are not as bad but im seeing 54 Miles Per Hour east of ventura. Really . It is not as bad for some. But there will still be off and on wind gusts around 50 i
Hours. Chilly out there. Sunny conditions by noontime, in the low 50s. And by 4 00 in the afternoon we are looking at more sunshine. But a cool day today. We have several chances of rain to talk about for the week ahead of beginning tomorrow. Ill have my accuweather sevenday forecast in a few minutes. This morning the federal government is shut down. The senate failed to approve a shortterm deal to fund the government for another month. The bill had already passed in the house. At the heart of the debate, defefrd action for child hoold arrives, also known as daca. Democrats want to guarantee brokes for nearly 800,000 brought to american as a child. They want to shove aside millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political gains. The blame you this crash entirely on President Trumps shoulders. This will be called a trump shutdown. The white house says negotiations on daca are off until the government reopens. Lawmakers are working through the weekend to try and strike a deal
Rain. Cazadero, the same. San francisco now. 44. Soquel,. 41. Mill valley, a third. San jose, oakland,. 12. The most was up in Mendocino County. Scattered showers are already beginning and the coldest air is yet to arrive. This could produce some brief snow. Maybe up in the Higher Elevations. There have been a couple that went through San Francisco. Hayward, zipping by, visiting union city here. I mean, these are just the little guys. Better activity will be later on and some approaching the san mateo coast and maybe montero. 34 now lake port. Right at 40 in novato. Napa. The coolest air is on the way. Blackhawk is now 42. Concord pavilion, 43. There has been lightning strikes due west of San Francisco. Late morning, early afternoon, i would not be surprised of thunderstorm activity, brief, heavy rain. 50s on the temps. 7 02 already, sal. Were getting a lot of feedback on the one hit wonder jambs. My twitter feed is blowing up. There you go. We have business to take care of. That would