In the united states. That number is expected to go up. 85 people tragically died when the campfire tore through butte county. The flames have destroyed 1700 buildings, many of them homes. Nine boats sank in the harbor. Residents were allowed to return today and saw the devastation firsthand. Melissa don is following the developing story on maui. Reporter those raging wildfires are now hawaiis deadliest Natural Disaster in the states history. Tuesday, the flames torched several areas on the island. And police described how she survived spending more than four hours in the water. I climbed over the seawall into the ocean. While the fire was happening and the cars were exploding, we would duck into the water. Reporter residents returning to find their homes reduced to piles of ash and rubble. More than 2200 structures damaged or destroyed. More than 85 were residential. Hundreds and hundreds of cars are lined up, waiting for that opportunity to go back to their community. Its been four d
Activity in and around that area. Its still quite early as far as the volume of traffic we could see out there at this time of this morning but again with that closure and depeppedding how long it will be out there it could cause a pretty significant backache. The lanes that connector road is completely shut down due to the fatal crash and again that will be out there sometime for the investigation. I want to update you on the accident along 880. Quite a few brake lights on the nimitz freeway this morning in oakland due to a crash involving a big rig and two other vehicles. They just opened all lanes 880 is finally clear. The crash was out there for several hours overnight but its moving along there in both directions. Amanda . Right now firefighters in hawaii are battling wildfires on the island of maui. Confirmed number of People Killed jumped overnight now standing at 36. The worst damage is in the Historic Town of la haina where entire neighborhoods are just completely destroyed. O
Driverless cars are coming to San Francisco as officials rely their expansion despite opposition from taxi drivers and Rideshare Companies will help all that and more coming up. From the areas local news station, youre watching the kron. 4 morning news well, good friday morning. Thank you for waking up with this bright and early for the kron. 4 morning news friday. August 11th, im reyna harvey. Its the weekend and i know youve got a whole lot of plans john, im thinking of maybe catching the Perseid Meteor Shower theyre going to you know what tomorrow night looks great for. Thats what its going to peak your saturday night after 10 00pm into sunday morning. Out there. Watch it. And hopefully thats something to get a chance to enjoy what weve got right now. Quite our is a little bit of a low gray. We are seeing skies that are clear for some patchy fog for others. That fog along the for some coastal drizzle, some mist out that direction and up into the east bay hills. Most of our visibilit
For fans of my sourdough jack, this is for you. 100 beef seasoned as it grills, Hickory Smoked bacon, and melty cheese on my original sourdough bun. And for my imitators. Better luck next time. Try my sourdough jack today. Or towards the mountains. The only escape once the thing swooped in was to get in the water. News stories of the moments flames broke out on maui. Tonight, survivors begin to take stock of the tragedy. Full house. I went back there in the morning. The whole neighborhood is ash. So the whole shark pit neighborhood is gone. Good evening on this friday night. Im greg lee. And im cristina rendon. Maui county officials confirmed another 12 deaths from these fires today, and they say it is likely that more victims will be found. That puts the death toll at 67. Tonight, lahaina residents started heading back to their neighborhoods today to see whats left. Many are finding charred remains of cars, buildings reduced to ashes and other destruction. State leaders say this is th
Good morning. It is saturday august 12th, 7 00 as we take this live look outside. Foggy from our bay bridge toll plaza camera, headed towards Treasure Island there and cant even see the city in the background. A typical summer morning in San Francisco. Thank you so much for starting it with us. Im kira klapper. Before we get to cinthia with our microclimate forecast we want to begin with breaking news out of the east bay where firefighters are battling this fouralarm fire in pittsburg igniting around 4 30 at what fire Officials Say is an abandoned building on east 10th street, intersection of los madonnas street. Firefighters say because of a risk of collapse and are defensive pr operations from th exterior. No injuries reported. We will continue to monitor this fire and bring you updates in this newscast and on our website nbc bay area dot com. Now turning to the forecast and Cinthia Pimentel joining us with the weather. Good morning, everyone. Yes. You mentioned off the top, a typica