Lotus and im Vicki Liviakis some gusty winds mean that any fire that has sparked a can spread rapidly chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow here tracking those winds for us tonight want various he has some breaking down guys down below me the urban areas where most of us live not much in the way of wind 5 mile an hour winds in oakland youve got 6 right now in the nevada 6 in the petaluma but certainly up above. Its a completely different story in fact those winds getting very gusty across some of the mountain tops and thats what were concerned about thats red flag warnings have been posted weve seen winds over 30 almost 40 Miles Per Hour across some of the peaks in the north bay expected to pick up here as we head through the next few hours and probably top out about one 32 oclock in the morning. Before we watch the winds begin to subside so red flag warnings are posted of course we just had a record heat wave things very dry out there now weve got the gusty winds above a 1000 feet also
Frias local news stations. Frantic evacuations. Came through here so fast you cant believe that i think theyre just barely got out to barely got out homes reduced to ash. A series of wildfires explode overnight intense firefight under way in the north east and south bass the threat of fire amid a Global Pandemic has caught some offguard im not prepared. Im not prepared. Breaking news tonight here on kron 4 news at 6 wildfires are burning in all but one bay area county at this hour and some of those fires are actively destroying homes right now. And people parts of fa rfield are now being asked to evacuate its not safe. Police say there is an immediate threat to life well get to that areas that are under evacuation in whe tho complex fires are burning in the north east and south bays. Theyre all grouped together in fires in the area and cal fire has given them all sorts of different names. So the seas eu complex fires. Thats the one that is burning in the mountains of san mateo and sant
Like macys what sells pretzels kiosk has 2 broken windows in someone stole the entire cash register. Whether no money was inside we dont know, but the whole door was stolen and gone. We also know that old navy was hit several glass windows can be seen their shattered and one of them has been boarded up now the tory secret is also a store that was looted the front doors broken into inside clothing racks empty mannequins toppled over the entire mall is covered in shattered glass. Its going to be a big cleanup. And that is what a along the creek Police Officer told me is that here on out moving forward theyre going to be cleaning up. This mall is going to remain closed. Down the street, i drove to the target on north main street where i also saw a broken door, and it looks like they were looted as well so looks like walnut creek hit pretty hard in the police here are monitoring situation construction. Crews are actually going to be here soon ford up any other stores that may needed and th
Treaters will get to go out. It will nice break. Ople text yesterday. Had to do a double t digits and teens. Very dry around here yesterday but the forecast is quiet and clear. Note issues for the trickor treaters tonight. Maybe a little chilly later but that will not matter. We do have the red flag warning which expired yesterday. The wind direction is still out of the north east for some but not for all. Its much weaker and windspeed has come down. There is a freeze warning to the north although its not as cold as we saw yesterday but still plenty of time. 30s, 40s and 50s. North east at mount st. Helena but only at eight miles per hour. Windspeed is a common way down and its only slightly offshore even up and lake county. More variable now. South, northwest. East, southeast. Everything is improving for the firefighters and the pattern looks to be really stable which is good. Temperatures will start in the 30s and 40s and we end up it looks like in the 70s. Bone dry for now but maybe
Gorgeous shot there. And were in the low 60s at 7 00, and 77 to 85 is our bay and inland temperatures, and then 78 to 90 so warmer this afternoon. Were looking at fairly decent start here on the roads this morning, just starting to see the volumes fill in at the bay bridge toll plaza. Westbound 80, the carpool lanes are open and everything looks good there. Everything else, cash or fast track is filling in. We had an issue overnight in san jose, a full closure of northbound at 680. All lanes did reopen at about 3 45 this morning. As you can see, were back in the green. Thats not going to be an issue this morning. However, this is an investigation for a deadly shooting on the freeway. Were going to get to abc7 News Reporter who is reporter they are in the early stpaeupblages of the investigation, and the man killed looked like he had gunshot wounds in the area of his head and neck and was somewhere between the ages in his late 20s or early 30s. They received a call shortly after 10 00 l