Kenny choi is an avid surfer around here. From his time in hawaii. This evening he is sharing what you can dget a rienor it mista and it can independent in a tragic way ocean beach stretches for miles an miles. No rock formations. It just stretches. Thats the Perfect Place for dangerous rip currents. We jumped into the water with First Responder and swimmers to show you what to do if you are caught up in a rip current. I zipped off my wet suit. Strapped on a go pro and jumped in. With a fire boat and water craft on standby, these men and won safrsco e frigid tersmiste people turn right back from where they came from like they are levering a building they came in. Reporter to reach the safe exit, theres a simple maneuver to get out. A rip current is all energy. Waves come in. Water has to go somewhere. What happens is water takes the easiest route out. Reporter heres shlddo when pulled away. Textbook explanation is swim parallel to shore. Onto a shallow sand bar, where the waves are bre
Calistoga. Those flames jumped highway 29 earlier this evening. Andria borba is in napa county tonight with the latest. The tubs fire is about 2 to 3 miles outside of calistoga proper. It is burning on highway 29 on mount st. Helena. Tonight the fight is to keep it on that mountain. Reporter the fight to keep the tubs fire out of calistoga is being waged here along highway 29. Billowing smoke choked vistas along the highway, a reminder the flames are still in charge here. The fire jumped the highway this afternoon in at least one location and cal fire crews were determined to keep it from spreading further. With the turnout barely wide enough for water tenders and strike teams, firefighters set backfires, leaving without room to run. People tried to load a horse in a trailer to get it out of harms way. The horse refused to budge. While fires tend to lay down at night, the fire continues to chew through vegetation, mocking the efforts of firefighters and their equipment. Here in calisto
Country wildfires is now up to 31 people. According to Sonoma County sheriffs, about 400 people are still unaccounted for. Cal fire says the fires burn more than 191,000 acres and right now one of the biggest fires is threatening the city of calistoga. Those flames jumped highway 29 earlier this evening. Andria borba is in napa county tonight with the latest. The tubs fire is about 2 to 3 miles outside of calistoga proper. It is burning on highway 29 on mount st. Helena. Tonight the fight is to keep it on that mountain. Reporter the fight to keep the tubs fire out of calistoga is being waged here along highway 29. Billowing smoke choked vistas along the highway, a reminder the flames are still in charge here. The fire jumped the highway this afternoon in at least one location and cal fire crews were determined to keep it from spreading further. With the turnout barely wide enough for water tenders and strike teams, firefighters set backfires, leaving without room to run. People tried t
Good evening, im veronica de la cruz. A wildfire near yosemite destroyed several structures including 50 homes and now its inching closer to two houpbs. That fire burned more than 70,000 acres so far. Tonight its threatening the towns of mariposa and colterville. Andrea borba is in colterville tonight, andrea. Reporter well ken, im standing on main street here in colterville just behind me is the historic mining town. And on the repblg behind that is photo journalist bob horn move in. You can see the det wilder fire advancing on this town tonight. On the hills outside colterville, airplanes chase the fading sunshine looking for a place to drop fire retardant on the fire. A delicate and dangerous dance weaving in and out of columns of smoke trying to stop the advancing flames while advancing each other. On the ground more than 3,000 firefighters continue to fight the fire. The effects of the fire were felt 50 miles away from the fire. Glacier point disappeared behind a shroud of smoke.
Good evening, im veronica de la cruz. A wildfire near yosemite destroyed several structures including 50 homes and now its inching closer to two houpbs. That fire burned more than 70,000 acres so far. Tonight its threatening the towns of mariposa and colterville. Andrea borba is in colterville tonight, andrea. Reporter well ken, im standing on main street here in colterville just behind me is the historic mining town. And on the repblg behind that is photo journalist bob horn move in. You can see the det wilder fire advancing on this town tonight. On the hills outside colterville, airplanes chase the fading sunshine looking for a place to drop fire retardant on the fire. A delicate and dangerous dance weaving in and out of columns of smoke trying to stop the advancing flames while advancing each other. On the ground more than 3,000 firefighters continue to fight the fire. The effects of the fire were felt 50 miles away from the fire. Glacier point disappeared behind a shroud of smoke.