District about whats ahead for kids returning to the classroom and more self driving taxis are coming to the streets of San Francisco, even as residents and city leaders are split on the decision. My from jack london square. This is morning time to the nine to today is friday, august 11th. Were looking live from maui right now where the sun is coming up. Just past this shot is a devastating scene on the Hawaiian Island. Welcome to the nine. Officials in hawaii have now confirmed the deaths of at least 55 people from the fire on the western side of maui. Yeah, crews start searching through burned out buildings and that could lead to a rise in the death tolls. Most of the deaths are in lahaina. The wildfires there destroyed more than 1000 buildings and more than 1000 people are still reported missing, though the Maui County Police chief says that that number could be much smaller. He went on to say they truly dont know how many people are unaccounted for because its so difficult to get a
Afternoon. Thank you for joining us. Im andre senior. We begin with this continuing to follow the latest developments surrounding the devastating maui wildfires. Now new information this noon is being revealed by Hawaii Governor josh green. A short time ago he said that lahaina residents who evacuated and escaped the fires will be able to get back to their homes sometime today, adding there will likely be a curfew. But new images show the destruction to which theyll return some major destinations and landmarks are damaged or destroyed. The wildfires of the states deadliest Natural Disaster since a 1960s tsunami that killed 61 people. Team coverage of the fires in maui this noon. Tv reporter james torres has a look at the help headed to the island from the bay area. Ktvu meteorologist rosemary oroczo is tracking the weather conditions. But first we go live to jake alexis who joining us live now located just south of lahaina right now. Jake. Well, andre, dozens are dead and an entire tow
Bank in place, a little drizzle out there, but temperatures, 5060s low clouds filling in nicely here. Not much change here compared to yesterday. All that tropical moisture we talked about is visiting Southern California for the high desert. And a little bit towards the central sierra. But for us, i think we have to wait a little bit before that maybe makes a move probably later in the weekend, 60s, 70s and 80s on those temps. All right. Sal is here. I dont know, picking up cones. Something else right now we have a crash, steve, that has all lanes here on 880 blocked southbound 880 at 16th. Let me put it on the map here for you. Southbound, 880 at 16th. The couple of trucks got into it in the 3 00 hour and its been theyre closed in that southbound direction. People are being taken off the freeway. Now. It is early enough that its not causing a major delay, but i would use eastbound 580 and forget about 880 south unless you are getting on the freeway after 16th. If youre getting on at t
Seeing smoke as fire rages at the steel recycling plant near the port of oakland. The latest on what we know about air quality concerns because of this fire. Plus, wildfires across the state in past years have fire specialists looking for a different way to fight fires before they happen. Well talk about the new tool cal fire is using to do just that. This is ktvu fox two news at noon. Good afternoon. Im andrere senior. M allie rasmus. This afternoon, parts of maui are a wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities. The results of several wildfires that continue to tear through the island, which has already claimed three dozen lives. And Officials Say the death toll could increase in the hours and days ahead. And while firefighters are starting to get a handle of some of those wildfires, now comes the massive and difficult task of sifting through the damage. Overnight, we learned that on top of the 36 deaths, more than 270 buildings have been destroyed or damaged, includin
Reached enough people in time from ktvu fox two news. This is the four and new images this afternoon underscores the scope of the destruction and fire toward maui. The death toll in that Devastating Blaze climbing once again today to 59 while rescue crews continue to search for survivors. Welcome, everyone, to the four on this friday afternoon. Im heather hall. And im alex savage, the 59 deaths in the lahaina wildfire now make it the second deadliest fire for the us in the last 100 years. Right behind the 2018 camp fire in butte county. That killed 85 people in the town of paradise. Local, state and federal officials now looking forward to the recovery there in lahaina and the surrounding areas. Fema Disaster Relief is also on the way to hardhit communities. Fox max gordon has more now from maui, where some people are being let back into their neighborhoods to see the damage themselves. Right now, were standing about 13 miles away from the town of lahaina at a roadblock where officials