canyon could only standby the road and watch. there s crews on the scene. they were there right away. it feels good knowing they re attacking it like that. yeah. and now we have a live picture from sky 7 hd. we have been kept back at a distance of 12 miles. now the helicopter is allowed to get in closer. you can see the flames are proceeding, unabated really. st it s still windy and warm out here. now coming back here live on the west side of the fire this is where the fire originated. we have unconfirmed reports of young children with a weed whacker that may have accidentally started the fire. so far mandatory evacuations in two communities. laura anthony, abc 7 news. it has spread to 800 acres. the smoke can be seen all over the bay area. maybe you where you live. and we have a couple of pictures from napa county. he e-mailed it to us. you can see the smoke peeking over the hills. this picture was taken and you can see the huge plume of smoke behind the vineyard.
year to $1.25 million. also oakland would have to forgive $5 million the a s owe in back rent. the oakland city council says it s a bad deal and wants more money. reid wants a better deal as well but worries rejecting the contract tomorrow will frustrate major league baseball. tomorrow is just going to be another black eye in the city of oakland. reporter: the vote will take place right here at the coliseum tomorrow morning at 8:30. now, once the city council the oakland city council votes down the contract, they plan to present a counter-offer to the a s. live at the coliseum, i m da lin, kpix 5. a s co-owner lew wolff emailed oakland city leaders yesterday urging them to approve the contract. sources tell us lew wolff doesn t plan to give the city any more money than what s on the table. the city of newark making a case as to why a 30-year-old business should be closed down. they say the motel not just the place to stay but a hotbed for crime. kpix 5 s ann notaran
shelter. many of them have pets. so we re giving them the option of sleeping here inside and some of them have chosen to do so. it s cooler for some of the folks outside and some of the people want to be near their stuff which is in their vehicles and also near their pets which are outside because they can t come into the shelter. the government will reimburse the state up to 75% of what it spends. juliette goodrich shows us how residents are doing their best now to cope with this emergency. reporter: from the ground to the air, fighting the butts fire has been tough to tackle. hundreds of people evacuated except ron, who isn t leaving. it s like a war zone. reporter: he says he is staying put. in that way it came right down to the houses and i decided to stay. reporter: wendy has been checking the hillside hour by hour all day all night. it s very unnerving when you consider our house is just on the other side of the hill. it s very frightening. reporter: j
we re here on butts canyon road. it s all happening right now behind me in that canyon. that is the plume of smoke that you re talking about. again, it does look like the end f the world. we were back there, and we can show you video of what it looks like back there. big flames, trees going up in a matter of seconds. the noise, the sound is incredible. this fire is clearly generating its own winds. this side of the fire has already been evacuated. those folks are over at pope valley elementary school. now what they re concerned about most is berryessa early we spoke with a woman who owned a horse ranch. she had to evacuate some children, some campers and horses. we were able to e vak wait the kids out of the camp. we probably still have 30 horses. but all the kids are safe and sound and they re out. and again they had to evacuate horses. she was still concerned about horses inside. at this point at the location, we re showing you the the area. it s smoldering out there. t
EASTON — Over 100 of Talbot County’s education stakeholders got up early on April 26 to attend the Community Partner Recognition Breakfast at the Easton Fire House.