More than 70,000 people under evacuation orders. Fire officials are giving an update on the glass fire in santa rosa. Once that press Conference Begins we will bring that to you live during our newscast. I want to talk about the entire town of calistoga. It is still under that mandatory evacuation order. More than 5,000 people are out of their homes. Reporter good morning. Its a situation that folks here in calistoga are all too familiar with. Just driving through town, you can see the roads are more empty than they typically would be and many of those businesses have shut their doors. Its because of that mandatory evacuation because of whats happening just over my shoulder, weve been here since about 4 00 this morning. And this particular hill has been calmed and reignited and calmed and reignited. And now its a huge plume of smoke that weve seen the last 45 minutes. This is just one example of the impeding danger folks here in calistoga are under. Weve had crews here since last night
Punch. Both by the economy and health. The recent study found more than 3000 people tested in the mission last month, 2. 1 came back positive for covid19. By comparison a similar test in the other community turned up zero positive test. 90 of those testing positive were unable to work from home. They were almost all latinos. The virus exploits creek assisting vulnerabilities in our society. Hopefully with this data we can respond and start putting resources to work. It saddens me to hear that we are the highest population affected by the virus. And worse, what really bothers me is that people who have the virus, dont even know about it and they are living in a Housing Condition that they are living in. This man agreed to be tested and he was glad he did, the results are negative. My kids are concerned about me so for them i oh it to them as well as myself to know i am not infecting anybody else. Residents say that many live in overcrowded conditions and worry if they will still have jo
Is no significant incidents to report at this point. We also took a look at how Cinco De Mayo is being observed in San Francisco as it is in sharp contrast to san jose. Even before sundown the parking lot of the pueblo plaza and East San Jose was a hotspot for people celebrating Cinco De Mayo , using their cars. They waved flags and cruised. Spectators included families. We came to meat up with everyone that has trucks, burnout, have fun. Reporter large gatherings now illegal under covid19 restrictions. For the crowd social distancing appeared to be a distant thought, with only some wearing masks. Police arrived in vehicles and motorcycles. They dispersed the crowd. I think they are killing the mexican pride we should be here enjoying the time. Its a tradition, you know . They should let it happen, just for a little while. Reporter san joses police chief says it isnt realistic to have officers going to large crowds to give citations for violations of the health order. In the end our en
Least one person was killed and another seriously hurt following this crash on 880 northbound on san leandro. According to chp the collision first reported just after 1 00 a. M. And multiple lanes of 880 had been closed. They were just beginning to reopen them a few moments ago but unfortunately it was a deadly collision. There was not a big backup because it is so early in the morning. There still is just a vacation to be done and for the rest of the morning commute most of it looks good and we have another update coming soon now for todays weather and lets bring steve in. Good morning, steve. Good morning, sell. Thank you, sir. A pretty good breeze and the low cloud deck kept them in the 70s or local 80s. It wont take long for High Pressure to kick in. 50s on the temp and there is a howling breeze for some and certainly up in the hills everything is out for a warm up. 85 in the city 6172. More from san jose the central six and in the hill little pete was up to 50 miles an hour and th
Nearly a million, across 35 counties. Those power shutoffs began late yesterday. And once the all clear is given, thats when pg e is able to start checking the lines again. Well start reinstating power for everyone. We want to now take you to new video we have from highway 128 near chock hill road. This is incredible. I havent seen a car driving through these flying ashes and embers since last year when we saw this happening in paradise with the camp fire. This is brandnew video just into our newsroom from highway 128 near chock hill road. Again, if youre just joining us, this is a special edition of nbc bay area news because of the breaking news. rig to today. Its expected to just get worse, and so were all preparing for the best. Sonoma county has expanded evacuations into santa rosa. Theyre reaching all the way to the pacific ocean. People are being told if youre under a mandatory evacuation, dont stay behind. Dont try to save your property. Get out now. There are Evacuation Centers