So you cant see the flames. The flames are moving west southwest. Yesterday afternoon the people in fairfield were concerned that that shift in winds could bring it their way. They have every reason to be scared. The damage this has already caused is beyond imagination. As of late last night, cal fire says this atlas fire is now bus about 43,000 acres, 3 contained. Its hard to comprehend it. You always see stuff on the news and you never think it will be you. I hope everybody is going to be safe. [ crying ] reporter crews set a controlled burn tuesday night to clear out vegetation near the Water Treatment plant at the end of green valley road in Solano County. Thats where Fairfield Police have issued a mandatory evacuation. Back in napa county, napa police want to remind people that as of just before 2 p. M. , any established mandatory evacuation area does remain in effect. So something thats kind of scary to think about is that the head of cal fire is saying that he is anticipating tw
This is definitely the worst one expect the death toll from the north bay firestorms continues to rise as crews are working around the clock trying to get the upper hand on two dozen fires burning just in the north bay expanding into northern california. Good evening and welcome to our special coverage of the deadly firestorms. I am grant lodes. And i am steve aveson. 3500 homes and businesses have been destroyed and we have learned this afternoon that over 2800 of those homes lost were in santa rosa. Right now there are 400 people who remain unaccounted for in Sonoma County alone in the Sheriffs Office is using cadaver dogs to search for those people. We know more than 170,000 acres have burned, and that number could rise as there is very little containment in this particular fire. It is producing a lot of smoke coming down into the rest of the bay area. We have been trying to orient you little bit to show you the scope of the threat we are facing right now. I want to dial you in to s
Even closer look here in between sunnyvale and Mountain View is one of the hardest hit spots. At least 5600 people there without power right now in that one Small Community in between those two cities and ill be keeping an eye on this map throughout the morning for you. Ill let you know if things get worse. For now, no eta on when things will get back to normal. And this morning, this is a live picture of los gatos, what would be charter oaks drive but look, the creek has overtaken the street there. The storm slammed is south bay and all that rain led to flooding in several areas, the Rushing Water there. One resident has been watching the tree for weeks now, finally decided his sons bedroom was too much at risk. He tells us as soon as he opened the window to look outside, the tree fell towards them. Fortunately, no one was hurt. People living in a Mobile Home Park along coyote creek in san jose are ready to get out of there at any minute. The creek is being overwhelmed by water coming
My wife was driving through yesterday and she said everything looked like a like. There were firefighters helping people get through the roads. The longer we go through this, the more its going to affect you. This not my backyard thing is becoming very small amount. Walnut creek, Pleasant Hill and concord, you can see right up there, heading up towards pittsburg, thats where some of our downpours are right now and you can see that line stretches all the way back to about redwood city and thats one of the last downpours. In fact, look at that. Is that the moon . Yeah. Thats the moon. Heres a look at your 12 hour day planner. Downpours possible from 7 00 and scattered showers from noon until 4 00. Those slick roads causings issues already. Those water logged roads are causing issues, they are in terrible shape and 580 has had all kinds of pothole problems so weve got them again this morning. Westbound 580 just past north flynn road, the two right lanes closed for a major pothole repairs,
vicki and we first told you about the officers being cleared in this case. Through our mobile app. We sent a push alert at 3 00 this afternoon. Make sure you download the kron four mobile app to always stay up to date on breaking news. grant the wife of orlando nightclub shooter omar mateen. Has pleaded not guilty in court. Today. Bay area native noor salman appeared in a courthouse in orlando, florida. She faces charges relating to helping her husband carry out the shooting. Prosecutors say salman knew about the nightclub attack that killed 49 people. She was arrested in january here in rodeo. But was transferred last week to florida. A trial date has been set for june. vicki now to a big story weve been following all week. United Airlines Says it is making changes after a passenger was forcefully removed from a flight over the weekend. United airlines Ceo Oscar Munoz says he is ashamed after seeing the video of a bloody passenger dragged off the plane. Doctor david dao was removed fr