Ive noticed that the traffic has picked up within the last hour or so under 10 minutes off to fremont street, heres 92 its always our busiest during the Early Morning hours so traffic is a little sluggish off and on west of the 70 over its still possible. This is a good trip. No problems into foster city or send the tale and ill give you one more the richmond sandra fell hot spot free and easy drive here 7 minutes into the north bay area back to you thanks a lot rob and 5 oh one and lets get to the breaking news devastation in sonoma and napa counties where the glass fire continues to burn out of control. This is new video from overnight. This is a fire thats burning off of highway 29 on Greenwood Avenue in calistoga look at those flames. The glass fire has burned more than 46,000 acres. So far its 2 contained more than 22,000 structures are threatened. Its destroyed about 80 homes in napa and sonoma and we have a map here showing just how widespread the fire is within napa and sonoma
6 00 friday, critical fire conditions. Well have gusty winds blowing to the southeast. We already have dry fuels that will get dryer and this will become a red flag warning. So be prepared to advantage being eight. And it will be extremely hot tomorrow everywhere but the coast risk of heat illness. In the north bay, an area that was previously under evacuation warning is now an Evacuation Order. Cal fires latest update says that the glass fire has now burned more than 46,000 acres and is just 2 contained. So take a look at this new video that has come into our newsroom of the wildfire raging in calistoga overnight. The area west of 29 and highway 8 is upgraded to an Evacuation Order. Here is time lapse footage from yesterday. Firefighters on the scene tried to keep the fire from spreading, but you can see that the fire line kept moving forward over time. Fire conditions are expected to worsen in the coming days and Amy Hollyfield is up in napa county and well hear more from her coming
Situation with the glass fire. Deborah joins us live on how people are marking this somber anniversary. Reporter julie, with the pandemic, no public observances. Some neighborhoods will mark the moment. Tomorrow morning a brief bellringing in santa rosa and the city that bore the brunt of the firestorm. Three years ago, we went through some very incredibly difficult times. Truck the fire chief in the past presided at public ceremonies marking this date and disaster. Covid quashed that this year plus he is still turning the corner on the glass fire and hundreds of homes gone into counties. Firefighters are not all that aware of anniversaries. I want to thank all of you for being here today to help us with his current fire we are experiencing knowing that many of you were here in 2017 helping us. This is my neighbors house. Truck that meyer, night fire warden so fast that people ran for their lives and then had a long ordeal into turning wasteland in the neighborhoods again. Coffee park
We have 50s and 60s on the board for now a little bit of better cooling going on in at least uniformly 50s off towards the east bay for now 50 santa rosa, 59 san jose and for comparison sake a touch cooler across the district this morning. We saw from yesterday and temperatures should be shade into the afternoon that way as well projection for 11 by 2 88 we still have plenty of locations it will be reaching into the 90s again today well be showing you some of that, but there is some minor pulling in the early part of the week temporarily. We are watching for potentially another offshore Wind Development here on tuesday going into some of the week coming up in a bit apart. Lets get to the news this morning what was supposed to be a San Francisco demonstration against twitter and other social Media Companies. Turned into a chaotic clash with counterprotesters as demonstrators were throwing bottles multiple Police Officers were injured kron fours dan thorn has more on what sparked the vio
Nevado at 4746 degrees now later today daytime highs in the upper 80s low 90s inland and even some 80s right along the bay, im talking more about the heat and that fire danger all still ahead robin. Thank you john ive been tracking the same slowdown on the nimitz freeway since 04 00am this morning. Yes, its still there. Some late construction in oakland on the nimitz this is northbound between 23rd in 29. Kaye ro replacement work thats running late they were supposed to have it wrapped up by 06 00am but at least another hour to go. And thats why its so bad on the nimitz freeway this morning, the backup now spilling through san leandro on to 2. 38 your drive time just an awful 46 minutes because of this construction. So all morning ive been saying stay away from the nimitz and you should definitely do so take 5. 80 instead, its ok for big rigs to go in and take 5. 80 that was okayed by chp since its so bad on the nimitz the nimitz going south slow from hayward into a fremont thanks to a