Have to pull the water and get down there and put the darn thing out. Reporter cal fire has warned time and time again that residents staying behind or returning to an evacuation zone is not just illegal but also puts the firefighters in harms way if they have to stage a rescue. We know six people had to be rescued on on sunday. The number of homes destroyed could increase drasticlly as the survey crews make their way out there to survey the land and get a better look at the destruction left behind by the czu lightning complex fire. For now reporting live in scots valley, julian glover, abc7 news. Thank you, julian. In the north bay, the lnu lightning complex burning is proving to be very challenging for firefighters. Sky7 was overhead near sweet swatter springs road in Sonoma County yesterday and you can see that difficult terrain theyre facing. The fire is now threatening the armstrong woods state park but firefighters say theyre keeping an eye on its progress. The lnu complex fire h
It is tuesday, august 25th. Is it smoky in there this morning, kumasi. I find it gets smokier as the day goes on. Early in the morning, oh, its not too bad. And then it comes back. No, were not done here. For anyone without air conditioning, you might be like me. The windows open in the middle of the night woke you up. I hope that did not happen to you. Mike is back right now to give us a forecast for today. Mike, i hope you have some good news. I do. But let me tell you, even those of us with air conditioning are suffering as you can probably tell from my voice this morning. It tends to draw it in. We cant our houses air tight enough. Everyone is suffering, just different degrees, i guess. I want to show you the fog out there because it is mixing with the smoke and low visibilisibii in many areas and slowly funneling off towards the east. Air quality is unhealthy in the south bay. Unhealthy for everybody in the east bay valleys. Its moderate around the bay, thanks to that localized se
Burning statewide. And the Toronto Raptors defense of their nba title officially begins this afternoon. They are among eight teams playing on the opening day of the pandemicdelayed playoffs in orlando. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 17th. Thank you so much for joining us on this monday. Happy to have will reeve here, as well. Glad to be here. We begin the half hour with the Postal Service crisis in a dramatic move by House Speaker nancy pelosi. She is calling for the house to get back to work. Critics say those costcutting delivery of mail, medical prescriptions and paychecks and they could have a huge impact in november. Abcs got more. Reporter the battle over mailin ballots in the u. S. Postal service intensifying. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, cutting the august recess short to deal with the unfolding crisis. We have to do everything that we can to get rid of the new postmaster general who is a Campaign Contributor for trump trying to undermine the Postal Ser
Shooting, when with life threatening injuries. Police are sharing this video and asking the public for help with the case. Turning to californias fight against coronavirus, 12,800 people tested positive in just the past 24 hours, a single day record for the state which also reported an additional 115 deaths. Kenny is in synthesis go. He has the latest numbers. Reporter the numbers that you just mentioned are a ality check erthe ste of califo thfight against covid19, the milestone comes as the state Just Announced that it has added one more to the county watchlist. A semblance of normalcy. The governor highlighted something. I want to highlight the president not wearing a mask, and sending a message. Surpassing new york with more than 409,000 confirmed cases over a population of 40 million, the size of 41 states combined. It is a warning, it is important to sound the alarm, it does not mean cases are going up per person. The california per capita case rate is half that of new york, the
Footage of police arresting george floyd is leaked to the media. His eventual death began a worldwide protest movement against police brutality. And why the latest issue of British Vogue is making history, in front of and behind the camera. Hello. A huge blast in the port area of the lebanese capital beirut has killed almost 80 people and injured more than 4,000. Many people are still missing, believed to be trapped under the rubble. The explosion was so powerful it caused extensive damage to buildings over much of the city and hospitals have been overwhelmed. Officials say tonnes of confiscated Ammonium Nitrate caused the blast. 0ur middle east editor, jeremy bowen, has been following developments. Just to warn you his report contains distressing images. Explosion. It was a massive explosion. Shouting. Another view from the bay. And from the streets. What happened 7 oh, my god oh, my god. It looks as if dozens are dead and several thousand injured. And a country already deep in crisis