Crews are mopping up the burn area. It started just before 4 00. There were no evacuations due to the fire and nobody was hurt. Firefighters are right nowvesti it was a long afternoon for fire crews looking to gets a handle on a fastmoving grass fire in martinez which may have been started by illegal fireworks. Abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard is live with the scary moments for People Living there. Cornell . Yeah, kristen, so many people scared for their homes and ranches. The fire started off of Franklin Canyon road according to authorities. Race add up this hill, took only minutes to get to the top. Fireworks the suspected cause for this fire and dozens of others in last 24 hours. Sky 7 was over the fire fight. A fast moving grass fire raced up a steel hill near Franklin Canyon road close to highway 4. Watch as helicopters do water drops and air tankers drop retardant on the blaze to try and stop it. Ive gotten to the point where i can tell how close it is. It seemed close. The fir
Serious injuries. The man is okay. Then place say he drove off the road and toward another couple who were standing on a bluff. The woman suffered serious injuries. Investigators say he just kept driving into a wall and through yards. Now chp officer and Sonoma County sheriffs got there at about the same time and say he tried to run down both officers. The deputy fired several shots when koffi would not stop. Investigators say at least three bullets hit him through the windshield of the Security Guard truck. He is hospitalized in Critical Condition tonight. Facing two counts of attempted murder, three counts of assault with with a Deadly Weapon and carjacking. The two women he hit have serious injuries and they are expected to recover with the stabbed Security Guard. Video of the stunning series of events will be released soon so you want to keep attune to abc7 news. That is an amazing story. You couldnt make this up. Thank you. [ sirens ] dramatic video, new at 6 00, you could hear th
Minute. First lets send it to meteorologist lisa argen for a preview of your bay area forecast. Good morning to you. Good morning, chris. We are starting out with plenty of low clouds and fog, so once again we will wake up to gray conditions though inland it is clear and temperatures are looking like this in the mid 50s in San Francisco. 54 in san ramon. 49 in santa rosa. So your forecast calling for the clouds and mainly gray start, everyone in the 50s. Then by noon time more sunshine, upper 70s inland. We are warmer around the bay, mid 70s to mid 80s by 4 00. We are coming up to near 9 00 by peak feeding but dont get used to it. A cool down on the way for your sunday. Thank you. The magnitude 7. 1 earthquake that rocked ridgecrest last night. These are some of the images showing the damage the quake caused, rattling light fixtures inside restaurants put people in a panic while multiple fires from ruptured gas lines were reported in kern county. This was centered 11 miles from ridgecr
Where you can see the low clouds, the fog, the beginning of the sun coming up just about five minutes ago. We have a nice day on the way. The clouds will clear by mid morning and we are looking at 50s across the bay right now, some upper 40s in the north bay. By the middle of the afternoon 70s around the bay. Inland will be climbing into the 80s. San francisco should see the mid 60s today, partial clearing. In fact, we should get some sun at the coast. Today will be the warmest day out of the weekend where numbers will climb to near 90 inland, but get set for a sharply cooler day tomorrow on sunday. Chris. Lisa, thank you. Now back to our top story. The magnitude 7. 1 earthquake that rocked ridgecrest last night. These are just some of the images showing the damage the quake caused, rattling light fixtures inside restaurants that put people into a panic, while multiple fires from ruptured gas lines were reported in kern county. This one was centered 11 miles away from ridgecrest. Again
The fourth of july. Last nights quake came around 8 19 p. M. And was felt as far north as sacramento. There have been multiple reports of damage to buildings, Power Outages and minor injuries. We will have more on that in just a minute, but first lets send it to meteorologist lisa argen for a preview of your bay area forecast. Lisa, good morning to you. Good morning, chris. The low clouds are clearing. We are seeing some sunshine around the bay, and as we look live from our roof camera, it is pretty nice out here in San Francisco. Temperatures are in the 50s, 60 in oakland. It is 59 in san jose. This is san rafael where weve got clear sky, in the mid 50s in santa rosa. A big comeback from your upper 40s earlier. 62, concord. Today it will be a warmer day. Thats the san jose airport where the numbers will climb through the 70s by noon time, and we will have a lot of sun even at the coast though it will be cool. We will see low to mid 60s there, climbing to the 70s around the bay, and to