30 percent. Where it was at this time yesterday evening. Some 200 homes have been evacuated. Kron 4s jr stone is live near the fire line with the latest details tonight. J. R. . Reporter the good news right now is that the wind has died down. Especially in comparison to what it was earlier this afternoon reporter new video into the kron4 newsroom tonight. Shows a wall of flames. Eating away at a north bay hillside. Reporter the heat and low reporter since it is hard to see at times because of all of the smoke officer to see that it was straight up and down. Firefighters have of stability with the notion tried to climb it begins to get very dangerous. Reporter residences have burned to the ground. Firefighters have been fighting on the ground and in the air. Droping water hunter is have they evacuate many as 10 had been living in the subdivision. Not understand theres only one way and and one way out. Reporter for now the focus is for putting the fire out before it causes more damage. R
Year to 1. 25 million. Also oakland would have to forgive 5 million the as owe in back rent. The Oakland City Council says its a bad deal and wants more money. Reid wants a better deal as well but worries rejecting the contract tomorrow will frustrate major league baseball. Tomorrow is just going to be another black eye in the city of oakland. Reporter the vote will take place right here at the coliseum tomorrow morning at 8 30. Now, once the city council the Oakland City Council votes down the contract, they plan to present a counteroffer to the as. Live at the coliseum, im da lin, kpix 5. As coowner lew wolff emailed oakland city leaders yesterday urging them to approve the contract. Sources tell us lew wolff doesnt plan to give the city any more money than whats on the table. The city of newark making a case as to why a 30yearold business should be closed down. They say the motel not just the place to stay but a hotbed for crime. Kpix 5s Ann Notarangelo with the case against the ez
Though. Ryan, thank you. The new rules will also allow for a fourth dispensary in the city. They will put that up for final approval next week. The pope valley fire burns for a second day in napa county. 200 homes have been forced to evacuate. And flames have grown to 5 square miles. Thats 3800 acres. Its now 30 contained, but weather has helped firefighters gain some ground today. Kpix 5s Juliette Goodrich takes us to the front lines. Juliette. Reporter liz, the weather helped overnight, but i have to tell you, just in the last hour, the shifting winds are making this firefight extremely challenging. In any event, case in point, right behind me shoulder this hillside just started flaring up again. And homeowners nearby are really rolling the dice deciding not to evacuate. From the ground look at that. Reporter to the air, fighting the butts fire has been tough to tackling. Hundreds of people evacuated, except ron. He isnt leaving. Its like a war zone out here. Reporter he says he is s
Overnight jumped to lake county. Northwest of lake berryessa. About 15 miles north of saint helena. The homes being evacuated are along butts canyon road, as well as the berryessa estates area. Spreading this morning. And take a look at this video from our camera on mount tam. Weve sped up the video so you can see the smoke plume grow. You can see it was going straight up into the air and then hit some sort of air current around 1000 feet. That current leveled out the the this is a satellite image and that damage shows a the smoke coming of the fire. When is at the moment of find its zero m. P. H. The wind is not a factor this morning. The humidity is not too big of a concern as well, and the temperature is in evanish to firefighters spray knapp 52 degrees. All in all its lebed but this afternoon will be a difference your looking at 80 and added. Days. In the life of the shows where herrenvolk drizzle off close of the coast. I attempted to the low 80s at best of all a lot not to bet. f
Two different crashes send dozens to the hospital. And cause a traffic headache. We hear from passengers who say the collision felt like a earthquake. A bad day for mass transit in the bay area. First in San Francisco a dump truck and a muni bus collided on geary in San Francisco, injuring 20people. Then shortly afterwards a big rig truck and muni light rail train collided. It happened after the truck left. Cutting off the train. The passengers described what happened. The driver of the truck was not injured. Top faugh police say he had apparently made an illegal left turn. The investigation is continuing. As for the crash involving the dump truck and muni bus. 20 people were also injured in that accident. It happened on geary boulevard. 20 people on the bus were hurt 12 were taken to local hospitals. Theyre all in stable condition. Investigators say a dump truck hit the brakes. And the muni bus driver also slammed on the brakes. And swerved to avoid the truck but hit another dump truc