Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, california governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency after a wild fire burning just outside Yosemite National park nearly quadrupled in size. It is one of 55 major wildfires burning in ten western states. The fire near yosemite called the rim fire exploded yesterday. Its burned more than 99 square miles and is only 1 contained. The park remains open, but one access road has been cut off and residents of more than 1,000 homes have been advised to evacuate. Theresa garcia reports from near the fire lines. Reporter stands of cedar and pine exploded as the flames jumped from tree top to tree top moving faster than the crew fighting them. U. S. Forest service officer, lee bentley. We have a monster on our hands. This fire is making its own weather. Its going every which direction. This is one of the worst ive ever been on. Ive been doing it quite a few years. Reporter the fire threatens hotels, camp grounds and more than
Just as they did 50 years ago to hear dr. Kings historic i have a dream address. And a mayors mission to revitalize gary, indiana, a town that has long been down on its luck, now signs of hope and healing are everywhere. Good evening. That huge wildfire burning in Central California is growing virtually unchecked tonight as its impact is being felt more than 100 miles away, far from the fire fight, the city of San Francisco is under a state of emergency tonight because its water supply and hydroelectric power come from a reservoir near the fire zone. 2,700 firefighters are now on the lines backed by a relentless air assault, but working again to rugged landscape and exhaustion they managed to contain only a tiny piece of this fire. Nbcs tom costello is in groveland, california, to bring us the latest. Tom, good evening. Reporter hi, lester. Public utility crews say they are confident they can maintain water and power to San Francisco. This station is serving as an information point so
Like theyre there for the long haul. They are sifting through garbage from the design and. Looking for any traces of baby joshua. Blankets or clothing. Or any signs of baby wear. In the meantime neighbors at the Apartment Building have reported all lot of arguments between david joshuas mother and her boyfriend. Including an argument on wednesday morning just before the mother reported that they be missing. That is the latest. Is survived a vicious chainsaw attack. Live at christ hospital. As another it is a story that has drawn national attention. A Washington Heights man accused of attacking his neighbor with a chainsaw. The man who survived this attack is speaking about the heroine of salt. I really did not see him coming at me. The next thing i know they came out with a chance of. Tried to sell me out when all is sitting in the car. There was no time to think whether chancellor coming for as lead. It really came after it the chance of a. There was blood supply to all of the fingers
Crashed into a power pole on highway 101. Just a few hours ago. Tara moriarty is live on the scene and chp says what happened. Reporter authorities dont know why this man drifted off the row but they think he may have fallen asleep at the wheel. The van is still here. It slammed into a utility pole first that is lying on the side of the roadway. Firefighters had to use the jaws of life to pry the man out. He was trapped between the drivers seat. This happened at 1 00. The chp says the victim is a 30 35 man from San Pablo Bay with a washingtons drivers license. He was taken to hairing general hospital. The man is driving a work van but authorities dont know where he was headed. The doors to the vehicle are so jammed so these drews are able to search inside for any cruels. Mg a is out right now. The van marked the pole straight up over the ground but the fires have remained in tact. No electricity has been caught you have to anyone. Right now traffic on highway 101 southbound again near
Morning. This is from the rooftop here at ktvu news. Just five days away from that bridge shut down. We will tell you how you can avoid the expected traffic troubles spots coming up in our next hour. It is friday, august 23rd im pam cook. It is friday. Good morning, im dave clark lets check weather and traffic. Steve, are you expecting any weather problems . No its kind of quiet here. We have a pretty good fog bank out there. The low responsible for our way up in the Pacific Northwest and out of the picture. It got cloudy here. So temperatures stuck. 50s to 60s to start off with. We will start to see that fog burn back. And then mostly sunny. Here is some fog near the coast but there will be some sun as well. 60 to 90. We are all 50s on the temps. Santa rosa 56. San francisco 58. 61 san jose but not far away. So low clouds. Kind of cool and breezy. Upper 50s and 60s on the mild side. You get that west wind. Morning fog and then sunny. A little bump up in the temps inland. The breeze ou