Wires from the czu lightning complex and relieve left townsend Santa Cruz County unrecognizable in some cases kron fours Maureen Kelly shows us. This drone video shows some of the destruction in the town of bonny doon where homes have been flattened to piles of ash. And debris charred remains of metal frames appliances and cars somewhat recognizable in the aftermath. Cal fire says that the 330 structures burned so far in the czu lightning complex fires at least 200 were peoples homes and its a total thats expected to rise as they continue to take stock of the damage smoke could be seen rising in several spots off the mountain. But now the weather is less of an obstacle for firefighters, there is a. Losing battle that we had a fight with that the beginning but now that the weather has more on our side cooler but the higher humidity, the visibility has also improved allowing for more air support but also the winds have turned in their favor where the winds are helping actually pushed the
Lets go to sal and see if anything is talking on friday. Whats new with you . Good morning to you. We can see traffic moving along the bay area. There are not a lot of big crowds. At 6 30, we will know if it will stay light. Even during the pandemic, we have had later commutes. This is a look at the bay bridge. Thats take a look at interstate 880. It is 6 01. Lets go to the headlines. We are following developing news. Firefighters are on the scene of a fire that threatened several homes in san jose and the south part of san jose. Elissa harrington joins us to talk about how investigators believe this fire might have started, alyssa . Reporter firefighters say that this was arson. They say that a witness saw someone lighting fires in that area. The suspect has been arrested. When units arrived, they found six separate fires, 2 to 3 acres in size. It was discovered that these were intentionally set. It was a witness who saw a person lighting these fires off. The colleen fire was reported
Safety of our staff and community. While we coordinating with the county, out of an abundance of caution, the officers were quarantined. They have since returned home. We are asking our Community Members to remain calm. At this time, we dont yet know if the patient had covid19. The precautions we have taken exceed the recommendations by the cdc. Of we would like to remind everyone that this is an active event, and we will provide updated information as it becomes available through our social media platforms. Once again, we have not yet determined whether or not the patient had covid19 and ask everyone to remain calm as Santa Clara County Public Health investigates this incident. We are doing everything we can to keep the community safe, and we will continue to work with Partner Agencies to keep our community informed. Of some of the things that our community can do to prevent the risk, i would recommend that they go to the Santa Clara County Public Health website for information and al
Perimeter. As crews clear the way to welcome thousands to the rodeo this weekend, many still have heavy hearts after a gunman opened fire at the gilroy garlic festival less than two weeks ago, killing three. With the sadness, there are concerns about security at the rodeo where organizers have made changes. We feel that they can come out and feel assured that were providing a safe event for them. They will see an increase in security. They will see it at the gate. Every patron that comes in gets wanded with a metal detector. Kurt ashley heads up security for the rodeo. He says there will be more security personnel this including Santa Clara County shoifrs units, officers on motorcycles and paid security guards. This is his first Major Community event since the festival tragedy. Miss gilroy rodeo will ride in the rodeo with a gilroy strong flag as a tribute to the victims of the shooting and a boot will be passed to collect money for them. We need to come back together as a community. T
Its nobody, no safe no more. Now, at 730, hes highlighting life here in oakland in an effort to try to help turn things around in the city. And assessinguthe damage to school. The fire and the additional problems caused by the flames. This is ktvu, fox two news at 730. A fewudisruptions to the start of the school week for many students. Thanksuso much for joining me on this monday night. Im heather holmes. The fire at Amador Valley high school in pleasanton remains under investigation. Our crystal bailey isuhere now with more on the damage and well, heather, ts is no one was injured and the fireuhappened when nothing was happening at the school. But it wasnt the only fire on campus in the last 24 hours. Officials say the small gymnasium at Amador Valley high school caught fire just before 8 00 sunday night. The is used for sports, after School Activities and testing. Last night, when we saw what was happening, you know, they said that the roof was collapsing and all of a sudden that wa