For joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 oclock this afternoon. Im justine waltman unseasonably hot temperatures mix with dry and windy conditions fuel this fire. Now this fire burned very way too close to homes and a lot of people are still evacuated now here are the evacuation orders for South San Francisco. The mandatory evacuations include current million road. Sonia road Mountain Road Ridge View Court view mont harris thats where the mandatory evacuations are in place. Now there is an Evacuation Center that has been opened. It is set up at the municipal social hall at 33 arroyo drive in South San Francisco that is a temporary Evacuation Center. Again we have just learned that the fire while it was under control has just flared up in the past 15 minutes or kron fours Maureen Kelly is live there for us shes gathering more details and shell join us later on this hour to bring us the very latest information. Now lets turn now to our Weather Forecast because we have been under a red fla
Conditions. Laura. Yes, certainly looks like the strongest wind event easily of the year is pretty impressive were going to see all those winds rolling down the bay area almost a textbook like pattern developing now as were going to see these winds beginning to kick in and theyre going to get ferocious starting on sunday night i believe but even thinking up by the afternoon in the north bay, but this together you can see surface area of High Pressure kind of building into the north youve got low pressure diving into the great basin. Its that contrast in the winds that brings us those strong gusty winds around the bay area you can see the iso bars here in white the tighter they get the stronger the winds were expecting a major wind event sunday night into monday morning. Even some damaging winds real possibility, so yeah weve high weather watch going up for the entire bay area same with the red flag warning doesnt matter where youre at were all going to feel these winds. Now over the mo
Youre going to see the strongest gust there, but even in the maybe some damaging winds. As those winds going to howl in too many of the canyons and valleys around the bay area too so do expect some trees to come down. Its going to be a mess across much of the bay areas those winds are going to continue to how looks like that will be the case right on through monday morning. It looks like by monday afternoon things begin to settle down, but this could be a historic event. Thats just developing those winds. The fire danger very dangerous later part of the weekend. All right lauren thank you for that today, California Attorney general Javier Becerra and Law Enforcement leaders from across the state. Address the climbing rates of overdoses amid the pandemic the sarah says within the last 2 years there have been theres been a 25 increase in Drug Overdose deaths in california. Sarah pointed to san diego noting a 50 increase in Overdose Deaths in july and august compared to months leading up
Restoration should happen. At least by 10 oclock tonight. And heres a look at pg es outage map this hour the areas highlighted in purple on the ones theyre still those calistoga and other parts of the north bay some power though is beginning to be restored first want to get to our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow who has the latest on these temperatures and winds large where do we stand, yeah, you this just updated guys right now so part of the red flag warnings have just come down across parts of the valleys in the east and also in the north bay you can see now the a red flag warnings can find the mountaintops above a 1000 feet still expecting some gusty winds there may be 2030 mile an hour gusts thats a down a bit the last couple of nights where gusting to 5060 plus but the humidity, the air so dry still very conditions of the oakland hills, the diablo range and also to the north bay youre going to see some gusty winds theyre continuing maybe 20 maybe a 30 mile an hour gusts acros
Status. I can tell you its a lot better than it was just about 3 oclock this afternoon when this fire behind me that happen in a where a wholesale bakery on starlite road. A rough day at around 3 oclock today you can see right now they have their firefighters here theyre wrapping up their hoses so obviously this is becoming under control here at this hour. Its been a crazy afternoon 9 alarms have been wrong in the city of South San Francisco. This fire only about a mile away from another grass fire that broke out around noon. A massive column of smoke could be seen pouring out of sine hill in South San Francisco today blowing over the 2. 80 freeway burning the grass around the iconic sign that greets people driving north on one oh one that reads South San Francisco, the Industrial City with the hot temperatures and breezy conditions, lots of resources were thrown at this blaze, it went to a 5th alarm plus a cal fire alarm which brought in air support. It got uncomfortably close to home