To rise following those devastating wildfires. Maui. And it could take years to recover from them. But first, an official air quality warning for the bay area as we go live near the port of oakland after a fire tearing through a recycling yard. From the bay station. Youre watching kron. And news. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im justine waldman, heavy smoke visible in oakland after a large pile of scrap metal caused a fire near the citys port. That smoke could be smelled all across the east bay. Well go live now to kron fours Charles Clifford. Hes on the scene or near the scene for us. As theres now an official air quality warning for the bay area. Charles. Right now im in alameda. If you look behind me here across the oakland estuary across the water that big black crane over there, this fire was burning just beneath that. It looks we cant see any smoke at the moment. Were just a little it looks like they may have a mostly under control is going to take a look
Not enough he vows to help hawaii rebuild from catastrophic flames. How california is now lending an effort to stop the fires. Plus. I time ago was on front street the it . Stories of survival and tragedy this afternoon as thousands of people are still racing to evacuate the islands where history has also burned to the ground since 2018, shooting 13 notice of violation. Just answer steel. And demanding answers after a fire erupted at an oakland steel plant choking our skies with potentially toxic smoke. What were learning about the sites history of alleged violations. Now from the areas local news station. This is kron. 4 news at 3. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at just involvement and we will start with the thousands of people who are trying to evacuate maui right now as Deadly Wildfires continue to burn across the island. And as that smoke clears in some areas, the damage left behind by this fire can finally be assessed and that damage is significant with the
He says 2000 rooms are needed and hes encouraging the community to open up their homes if possible to survivors. More than 1000 structures were destroyed across the island, and the governor says it will cost billions of dollars to restore what is lost. It is going to take many years to rebuild lahaina. When you see the full the full extent of the destruction of lahaina, it will shock you. It does appear like a bomb and fire went off. If i may. And all of those buildings virtually are going to have to be rebuilt. It will be a new lahaina. Right now, there is no water and no power on the west side of the island. Search and rescue crews are moving into lahaina to look for survivors and any additional victims. We are going to try our very best to identify those that have perished so that the families can have that closure and can have that understanding. Were also going to try and connect our families with those who are in our shelters. As you understand, this is an emergency. We phone ser
Clouds, mainly to the south. 50, 60 lows are up a little bit. Get out of the way so you can see this. Look at that. Very close looks like it will stay down towards monterey peninsula, down towards central california. Thats pretty impressive for this time of year. So close enough well mention that for areas to the south. But i think that overall circulation is just south of my viewing area. But well talk about it. 6070s and 80s on those temps. All right. I do believe sal is here. Happy friday, my friend. And theres not a lot going on right now, as you might imagine. And you can see traffic is moving along pretty well. If you are driving on highway four and 680, southbound, 680, martinez to walnut creek, no major issues there. Bay bridge toll plaza looks very good and right now we dont have any major problems on the san mateo bridge. Weve also been looking at some of these south bay commutes and those look pretty good. 401. Lets get back to the headlines for that. Some new video tonight
Fires are breaking out, had to leave. Talk more about that. Yeah, thats a big story. Weve been live at sfo and were looking whether there was a way thankfully its calm down. So much history that was so hard to see. And now the devastation coming yeah, yeah. Here in the bay area were much calmer, obviously we are in for a warmup these next few days, though, you can see outside this morning. We do have mount tam looking down into that lincoln of cloud cover thats still sitting right there above the areas like berkeley and San Francisco. Visibility has improved a whole lot, though. Now current temperatures are in the 50s and san mateo as seth areas that are hanging on to some of clouds. Well, elsewhere, it 60s and 70s at this point and are all the sunshine later on today. Similar to yesterday. Were holding on to the seasonable warmth in the 60s, 70s 80s. Ive got all the details of your forecast as we go during james. Thank you and 10. 0, 1, lets get to the breaking news and out of maui. A