Agencies are there on the scene 2 buildings to the east and the west of this fire have been evacuated. Berkeley fire now saying this building was under construction, no one inside at the time we will keep you updated on this breaking news story right here on kron 4 news tonight, we have crews headed to the scene and well have a live report. As soon as we can get that up for you. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 8 im justine waltman im Jonathan Mccall our other big story this saturday night less than 2 hours to go until the start of a new state wide curfew as part of the latest attempt to try and slow down the rapid spread of covid19 the stay at home order only applies to counties in the most restrictive purple tier, but that really covers most of the states population so here in the bay area that means every county except for moran, San Francisco and san mateo counties or this curfew applies. But well tell you more about how San Francisco could be affected by thi
At just west of the cal Berkeley Campus police say that this fire started at about 5. 30 this Evening University still shut down firefighters actively still working to control the fire right now. Lets go right now to kron fours dan thorn has been live on the scene all night long bringing us the very latest details. Dan any new information you want. Jonathan and just seen i can tell you that its a huge response as you can see out here happening right over my shoulder crews just continue to trench this construction site theyre really trying to make sure that there isnt any potential for any more flames to break out we do know that earlier today the report first came in at 5. 46 alarm blaze several crews having to show up here this burning in 2016 University Avenue in right now crews remain on scene on university between milby a street and shattuck avenue pg and e crews were out here earlier they have shut power down to the street there are several shops and restaurants that are in this a
Down days for the markets. Right now s p down by about 11, dow by 96, nasdaq off by about 47 we were so close to you dow 30,000 earlier in the week, but that seems to be slipping away a little bit 29,400 and change is where the dow is right now and again, down two days in a row, down again this morning and after yesterdays declines, all three of the major averages are in negative territory for the week a lot of things happening with covid and well talk more about that in a moment, but some of those concerns creeping back into what you see in the markets. If you are looking at the treasury market, the yield on the ten year right now is sitting just at about 0. 852 and the vix also spiking yesterday, probably a little bit on concerns about what happens as we go back into some of the lockdowns. The seesaw of good and bad news on covid. And well give you a bit of good news that happened overnight in the vaccine wars developed by the university of oxford and astrazeneca found to be safe. An
Look at the changes in San Francisco and san mateo counties. As both San Francisco and san mateo entered this most restrictive purple zone, the Party Started to enact changes that are going to effect businesses and lives and livelihoods. A trip to California Academy of science in San Francisco. Something several people did sunday. Despite what google may have said. I kind of expected. I was hopeful that google was right. Under new restrictions, the ferris will and museums have been forced to temporarily shut down. All these measures are therefore reason. Movie theaters also forced to close and any exercise will have to be outdoors. As gems are prohibited. These changes are affecting many businesses including those at pier 39 were sunday they shut down bungee jumping and the aquarium. Climbing cases and restrictions are not keeping some people way. When he some type of activity in our life. We cannot just run and hide from the pandemic. With a softer limited to 25 percent capacity. Forc
40s. Even some of our interior valleys dropping down to the 20s this morning. Here is a look at the clear skies as we look across San Francisco. Looking at 36 in concorde right now. Oakland coming in at 44. 33 in livermore, san jose you are at 39 degrees. Santa rosa down to freezing at 32 degrees this morning. As we head through the afternoon, mostly sunny skies and mild temperatures. Mainly in the 60s. We will have the rest of the week coming up in just a moment. Now lets check in on traffic. I heard from chp. They are getting ready to open all lanes eastbound 24 through lafayette. That is where we had an overturned vehicle resulting in serious injuries. It took some time to clear out the lanes. But again, eastbound 24 near oak hill road, lanes should be opening up within the next couple of minutes. We will keep an eye on that and let you know when they are officially opened. A couple of other trouble spots. If you are 24 in the highway for ariel wesler now, we have a traffic collisio