Westbound is not a problem. We head up to highway 37 near sears point. That earlier overturn chp was unable to locate so better news there. No problems westbound 37 and of course road closures through calistoga with the evacuations. Well check on those in a few minutes. Sue, thank you. Flames in sonoma growing closer to homes, wineries, even sonoma square. There is one culdesac residents are still there trying to save their homes. Abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield live. Amy . Reporter hi, reggie, good morning. No fire here this morning and no homeowners. It looks like they are standing down overnight. It looks like they went to bed. They did bring in a lot of quichlt. Take a look at what they brought in to protect their homes, a water truck and a backhoe to carve out a protective perimeter. This gave them a confidence that they will be fine. Once we got the water here, the inch and a half hose, we can take care of it. This is my house, im trying to protect it to the extent that i can.
For mike nicco. Calm winds today. Air quality is unhealthy across the majority of the region once again. And little in the way of improving air on saturday as well. Numbers right now mainly 40s and 50s. We have chilly spots like gilroy and ukiah in the upper 30s. A look at your winds today theyre pretty light. What were watching later tonight and Early Saturday Morning theyre going to increase greatly with winds over 30 Miles Per Hour in the north bay. So your 12hour planner is all about the smoky conditions, the haze in the sky, temperatures will mainly be in the 70s later on this afternoon. Thats weather. A check of traffic with sue. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Happy friday. Weve got some situations out there for you to be aware of. A tour bus and a sedan mixing it up on the right lane, southbound 680 near andrade. Traffic is continuing to stack up to highway 84 with about a 25minute delay there. Eastbound 24 still in the clearing stages. They have this earlier truck fire.
Hour but watch what happens Early Saturday Morning. Those winds are going to increase once again gusting over 30 Miles Per Hour and that will send more smoke south into the bay area. It is hazy. Poor air quality across the entire region. Check out the roads with sue. Metering lights are on. Lots of cars stacked up into the mcarthur maze with delays at about 15 minutes to get all the way into San Francisco. A little sluggish on the upper deck. Slow traffic out of tracy up and over the altamont. An earlier accident cleared. Traffic is starting to thin out just a little bit but expect delays out of pleasanton. Well take a look at your mass transit options this friday the 13th in a couple of minutes. Thank you, sue. This could be a make or break day for firefighters defending the town of calistoga against a major wildfire making an allout effort to keep the flames from crossing a highway and into the community. Live to reporter matt keller in napa county for us. Matt . Reporter good mornin
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