He was here in california to help. The 38yearold is the father of two. His body was discovered this morning on the fireline. Now, the fire he was battling is northeast of reading. You can see it here or the map. This evening, there are 23 large fires across our state. Closer to the bay area the rocky fire continues to burn. The latest up date coming to us just a couple hours ago. About 18,000 acres burned thus far and its only about 10 contained. Some highly flammable trees in the oakland hills. Nbc bay areas cheryl herd is there. Cheryl, about half a million tree ins question. Will they be cut down. Reporter some people believe these trees are what actually fuels these wild fires while others believe that tree cans actually help stop fires from spreading. Theres a widely held belief that the 91 fire had something to do with eucalyptus trees and nothing could be further from the truth. Reporter a meeting where people talked about saving some 400,000 trees from being cut in the east bay
A drone flying just under southwest of us. Where were the drones coming from and who is responsible . And from tears to elation. The baseball player who just days ago broke down on the field thinking he had been traded hits a dramatic gamewinning home run for the team he loves. And its gone he did it flores we have a feeling hes not going anywhere. Today, august 1st 2015. From nbc news this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im craig melvin alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer is here. You are right. Wilmer flores has been with the mets since he was 16. You can play at 16 . Well farm system. He was in the farm system. You are thinking you missed the boat . I could have played at 16. It c and ferocious noise. Reporter about 70 miles away same story, different terrain. Crews moving to contain the fire that has been torching forest pines. We see flames in excess of 100 feet. Reporter the rocky fire is the bigg
No reports of any injuries and no word yet on what caused that blaze. New this morning, a c carjacker faces charges. Just about 11 30 last night, police on routine patrol attempted to talk to a group of people. One of the men ran away. As officers chased him, he pulled a gun and started shooting. Officers fire backed as that suspect attempted a carjacking, failed and then successfullied carjacked another driver. The chase made it to onto the freeway where the suspect tried to drive into an officer. Witnesses say they saw the driver speed by in upwards of 100 miles an hour. This guy was shooting at the police. Shots fired three times on 101 and 28th in santa clara. He was hopping on the highways and going crazy. No officers were injured. The suspect did hit another car in the chase and both people in that car were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. The suspect was taken to the hospital. Investigators say his injuries are not from gunfire. He will be booked to count
Governor brown is calling california. We are now in a state of emergency because of wild fires raging across the state, take a look right now at this map, showing where many of the largest fires are burning throughout california. One of the biggest tonight is in lake county. Rocky fire 27,0 0 acres still burning. Santa clara county firefighters are headed up to the front lines of that fire. Theyve got a tough fight ahead of them. Fire fighters tonight are mourning one of their own. David ruhl who died battling a wild fire in the national force. Across the state, 8,000 of his fellow fighters are now on the front lines. Over here were probably seeing a flame in skpesz of a hundred feet. The drought is causing significant fire behavior in this area. Theres quite a few homes spread out through the area. More than 20 wild fires are now burning tlout the state. On top of that, lightning sparked more than 50 fires in Trinity County alone. A small fire quickly turned into a big neighborhood fi
Away from a been shed down and one intel monday morning. Trains will not travel on the bay through the weekend. They are replacing the tracks in the name of safety. we are replacing 2,000 ft. Of rel. Reporter for those that need to get across the bay of fleet of buses will help you cross. we have a dedicated bus moving. Reporter if you choose to travel the day through automobile. You might expect to travel four hours. Pam bart is shutting the tube down to perform some Major Overhaul of this section of track near the west oakland station and that means trains will not travel under the bay throughout the weekend. Reporter every night until jan. 10 00 p. M. To 10 00 a. M. A lot of the rose will be shut down reporter from 930 to 1 00 a. M. Those buses will provide substitution services to west portal. Reporter these closures will continue until january so plan accordingly. Pam the governor declares a state of emergency. As 18 wildfires rip through thousands of acres across the state. One o