Police are telling people to avoid the area. People who live near youngville in napa county are allowed to return home tonight. Nbc bay area brought this story at 5 00 last night. The fire broke out and came dangerously close to homes and burned 60 acres before firefighters got a handle on it. The cooler temps today helping firefighters. Cal fire says the fire is 75 contained. Some other headlines this evening. The niners are shaking things up. This sunday Colin Kaepernick will take over as the starting kwab for the first time this season. The story well beyond the sports world. Nbc bay areas Michelle Roberts joins us now from[ 6 n levis stadium. Whats kaepernicks reaction . Reporter hes really excited about it. Head coach chip kelly says that kaepernick is healthy and ready to play and when we asked him about the ongoing protest of caber in this case during the national anthem, he says it hasnt been an issue and doesnt expect it to be an issue. It sucks. I dont like it. I dont like no
The afternoon, mid 60s San Francisco to mid 70s inland. Next two days pretty mild. The rain picks up for friday into saturday. Well talk about the storm systems on the way. Rob, still looking at the backup over there. The rest of the bay looks great. Lighter flow of traffic. Some folks got the day off, not many. Traffic was light yesterday and looking like today as well. Well take you out to some slowing for the trivalley, south 680 through pleasanton and hayward for southbound 880, typical spots. But lighter than typical for this time on a wednesday. Were still watching for this onramp at hacienda to reopen. Should be about 6 45 getting on to eastbound 580. The bay bridge toll plaza has backups, all lanes are filled but no problems out of the maze. Back to you. Flames erupt along a popular hiking trail and fire investigators want to know if its connected to a string of suspicious fires in the east bay. Today in the bays bob redell is live where arson investigators are taking a closer
The afternoon, mid 60s San Francisco to mid 70s inland. Next two days pretty mild. The rain picks up for friday into saturday. Well talk about the storm systems on the way. Rob, still looking at the backup over there. The rest of the bay looks great. Lighter flow of traffic. Some folks got the day off, not many. Traffic was light yesterday and looking like today as well. Well take you out to some slowing for the trivalley, south 680 through pleasanton and hayward for southbound 880, typical spots. But lighter than typical for this time on a wednesday. Were still watching for this onramp at hacienda to reopen. Should be about 6 45 getting on to eastbound 580. The bay bridge toll plaza has backups, all lanes are filled but no problems out of the maze. Back to you. Flames erupt along a popular hiking trail and fire investigators want to know if its connected to a string of suspicious fires in the east bay. Today in the bays bob redell is live where arson investigators are taking a closer
The afternoon, mid 60s San Francisco to mid 70s inland. Next two days pretty mild. The rain picks up for friday into saturday. Well talk about the storm systems on the way. Rob, still looking at the backup over there. The rest of the bay looks great. Lighter flow of traffic. Some folks got the day off, not many. Traffic was light yesterday and looking like today as well. Well take you out to some slowing for the trivalley, south 680 through pleasanton and hayward for southbound 880, typical spots. But lighter than typical for this time on a wednesday. Were still watching for this onramp at hacienda to reopen. Should be about 6 45 getting on to eastbound 580. The bay bridge toll plaza has backups, all lanes are filled but no problems out of the maze. Back to you. Flames erupt along a popular hiking trail and fire investigators want to know if its connected to a string of suspicious fires in the east bay. Today in the bays bob redell is live where arson investigators are taking a closer
Thats right. You know, it sound like were not going to have one of those big ones here in the mountains. Im told that the little problems can become big problems later on when the heavier rains arrive. The so the time to act on this Erosion Control and other mitigation efforts here in the fire zone is right now. Lets take a look. Be. This soil is now a mixture of ash, and vegetation. Add a little rain and there is nothing to hold that soil in place. Look at this. The landscape for long stretches on either side and other mountains roads are burned clean. Even a moderate amount of rain could cause problems here. Part of this fire burned very intensely and there are potential risks to infrastructure, homes and roads, bridges,ets. Reporter they are already at work on what it calls suppression repair. They are focuses on focusing on disturbed areas which can trigger a mud slide, threatening lives increasing the potential for one disaster on top of another. Now, without any surface protectio