Hand the fear and danger that people there on the ground were experiencing. They were near lahaina when they got the Evacuation Order tuesday night and tonight theyre back on the mainland trying to process what they saw. Damian trujillo is in san jose with the story youll only see on nbc bay area. Reporter this family says their hawaiian vacation was a dream up until the day before they were scheduled to leave. Then the unthinkable happened. It was a visit to paradise. They were all smiles as they soaked up the sun and fun at the beach resort near lahaina. It was beautiful, shopping, played in t pool. Wittles. All that good stuff. Everything was great. Reporter on tuesday the winds started to pick up as evidenced by their cell phone footage. By 10 42 p. M. They got this Evacuation Order on their phones. It got real when i walked out and you can see the sky was orange over the trees. You can see it flickering. Reporter the family grabbed their things and took off in the rental car to Ma
New this year and the ongoing challenges in one of our regions Largest School districts. Live from jack, london square. This is morning. Time to the nine, right . Good morning to you. Today is thursday, august 10th. And were starting with this here. Were looking live at the oakland estuary across the oakland estuary where you can see that steel recycling plant. It is still burning this hour near the port of oakland, although the smoke has gone down considerably, even since just a couple of hours ago. Welcome to the nine. Because of the dense smoke given off from the fire since it started the bay area air Quality Management district issued an air quality advisory. However, the Environmental Protection agency says its hazmat teams have tested the air and say air quality levels are within normal limits. Despite all the smoke smoke. So nothing particularly toxic burning there that were all breathing in. Officials are worried that that smoke, though, could drift over and affect cities like
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
Dozens killed. An Historic Town wiped out. Evacuees stranded in maui. Good afternoon. Im audrey asistio. Welcome to nbc bay area news at 4 30. Our ian cole is talking to people, looking to get back to maui to help out. Well talk to him in a bit. We are tracking other stories on this thursday including a fire of our own in the bay area. It is a steel recycling facility. Well tell you about the Health Concerns for one community. Also it is decision day for Driverless Cars in San Francisco. Our Sergio Quintana is tracking the future of transportation and the fallout. We have new numbers about what it takes to make it in the bay. Can you guess which bay area region has the highest average home value . Well break down the list. Lets begin with the devastation in hawaii. At least 53 people are dead, the number coming down moments ago from hawaiis governor who says more deaths are expected. Also hundreds of buildings and homes lost. Hospitals are stretched to limits treating the injured after
Very good wednesday morning to you. 6 00 right now. Thanks for starting your day with us. Im laura garcia. Im kris sanchez. Marcus washington has the week off. We get a ladies night in the morning. Good to have you with us this morning. Thats right. Well have more on a lot of news going on right now. First, lets check the forecast with kari. A mild day today . Yeah, weve been talking about how it cools down for the middle of the week. We are going to see temperatures dipping today. Looking at novato as you get ready to head out. Its in the upper 50s. Temperatures will remain about the same. As we go around the bay and take a look at what were expecting for today and whats average for this time of year, santa rosa today will reach a high of 78 degrees, but we normally on the second day of august hit about 83 degrees. You can see that we are going to be lower than what we usually see, but were going to try to take it in because we have high heat ahead in our weekend forecast. Well talk m