Bay, or 35 contained the czu august lightning complex fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties are now 26 contained and then the l in you lightning complex fires in the north bay or 35 contained. Were going to start this morning by focus seen at the of on the czu lightning complex fire thats burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. The gray area on on the map on your screen shows the areas that have burned thus far in kron fours will tran reporting for us live at the Cal Fire Base Camp thats a Scotts Valley, he has the latest on this firefight well. Mardy us talk about whats being burned so far the acreage has gone up slightly though as far as the acre numbers and theyre happy about that because its not exploding so they just wrapped up a News Conference the acres. Now sunday, 82,540 acres thats about a 1000 more than yesterday, its not exploding exponentially so there are starting to turn the corner a little bit on this fire, although they still have a lot of ways to go. Robin
Contained. 80,000 acres of burned there so far. Cal fire is expected to give an update on the ccu fire any moment now. We are monitoring the briefing and will update you with any new information a bit later in the newscast. In the meantime, progress made by cal fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains may allow for people to return to their homes by early next week. More on that from ktvus jesse gary. Backfiring like they call it is under very specific conditions. We dont just use it for whatever. It is not just a random action. It is a very planned event that we use for the fuel. We bring that fire line to a safe area. Reporter late wednesday, cal fire cruise intentionally lit fires in the missive and make a brush fire, burning portions of santa cruz and san mateo counties. Firefighters are testing the viability, doing multiple controlled burns in the area bounded by l soil road to the south and how low road to the north. We want to contain the fuels between the control line and the main fire
3 a slow news stations. And breaking news happening right now protests erupting in the east bay over the shooting of jacob blake by police in kenosha wisconsin. Good evening, im ken wayne and im pam moore. Blake shooting has sparked protests across several cities in the nation kron fours Ella Sogomonian is live in our newsroom right now with more on the demonstrations happening in oakland tonight l a. Mccann hundreds of people have taken to the streets already in just the last hour or so in response to similar what we saw last time with the killing of george floyd except this time, theyre chanting the name take a flake. This is video courtesy of dennis pres bravo on the ground in open right now as they make their way down broadway and hes reporting broken windows and fireworks allegedly shot at police. Jacob blake is a man who was shot by officers in kenosha wisconsin this weekend and just outside his car which his children were sitting in the 29 yearold is now recovering in the hospit
Foot on this location, it stopped. After the tour, President Trump participated in a roundtable with local Law Enforcement. He did not meet with members of the blake family. Civil rights leader, Jesse Jackson held a rally with the blake family. Were live from kenosha. Mike, how was the president s visit received . Reporter it was received with a good number protester but the damage behind me, we dont expect to see any more damage in kenosha tonight. They regenerated the numbers and intensities of demonstrators out here. It change the dynamics to a political rally. He had trump supporters, anti trump demonstrators, black lives matter, and teeth a protesters. The only group we didnt see we did not see pro biden demonstrators only antitrump demonstrators. When you have that mix you did get complex. We had angry words and pushing and shoving her, water thrown over the crowd. Ultimately, everything dissipated of its own momentum. You did have the governor of wisconsin, tony ivars, requested
For joining us. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. Mike is keeping an eye on our commute for us. First kari hall with a forecast on what we can expect for today. We are starting out with low clouds, but we will clear out and it will be a nicer day ahead meaning cooler temperatures, as well as a light wind. Now were still dealing with the smoke drifting in at times, especially once the morning clouds clear out. And so were looking at temperatures here in walnut creek in the upper 50s reaching into the 70s as we go into late morning. Mike, youve been following a couple issues out there for the commute. Yes. Still over there in the east bay, kari. Hayward into union city. Lets look at 880. The nimitz freeway the second and third crashes of the last 45 minutes now block your right lanes southbound and jammed up to about fremont boulevard. Tow trucks are en route. Im told a total of six vehicles that have to be cleared. Well track that. The only slow drive right now, laura. Back to you.