4500 buildings are threatened. Kron 4s phillipe jegal attended a Community Meeting tonight near the fire where the residents share what they have been going through. Reporter some residents have already been evacuated from their homes, others are making last minute plans to leave their neighborhoods if the flames continue pushing towards them. we are all ready do go but we will wait until they tell us we have to. Joanne scott is one of the people leaving in the community in groveland just outside of the burn zone. I have asthma. Today was a little more difficult. I stayed inside and used my inhaler. Reporter firefighters are battling strong winds and rough terrain. I havent been evacuated yet. How is this on your family . It is rough. The kids are with the grandparents so that makes it a little easier. Having school in session makes it complicated. We are going to stay at one of the camp sites here for the duration. Reporter do you know if your home is still up . My home is still up. R
I am pleased to announce that our giant panda and gave birth pam zookeepers going ga ga over the newest addition at our im pam moore. A full hour of your prime time news at eight. Starts right now. male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Pam the yosemite fire now inside the national park. The flames exploding aggressively overnight new fire crews arriving on the scene. Struggling in dry and dangerous terrain. We have to make sure we are cognizant of the conditions around us. Pam tonight, thousands of people are forced out by the flames. And now more evacuations are being urged. As the rim fire grows to 165 square miles. More than twothousand firefighters are struggling for control of the fire. That is only twopercent contained. Heres kron 4s grant lodes, with some of the incredible pictures. Grant . Grant pam images like this tell the story a wall of flames. Firefighters struggle to compete with mother nature. Some officials are calling this an epic fi
Today from our roof can try perry as you receive the san mateo bridge you can see some breaks of sun shine. Nine by noon time we are expecting mainly clear skies today in the bay area. At afternoon highs will be another round of high temperatures. Los 70s today for the bay and mid60s for other areas. Topping our news this morning. Its 150 miles away, but San Francisco officials are keeping a close eye on a raging wildfire thats crossed into Yosemite National park. Heres why. The fire r lines that bring electricity to the city. And with San Franciscos water supply from hetch hetchy reservoir. Governor brown has declared an emergency in San Francisco due to the effects of the rim fire. That fire is now burning more than 125thousand acres and threatening thousands of homes. Krour reporter Philippe Djegal. He is near Yosemite National park where the fire is burning. Good morning philippe. Bring us up to date the blaze. 2099624000 room 115 cell 7604239 personal 9253608659 we are about 20 mi
can be used to pay earned leave, but staffers wanted to make clear that that not new money, it s not something just discovered but that is something they ve budgeted. and state prison system has been out as well. pink slips including 140 guards is people convicted are now going county jails and there is a developing story now. california public utilities commission late today slaps pg&e with a 16.8 million fine. pg&e reported it to the commission last year in the aftermath that have san bruno explosion and since fixed laekz. there is 10 days to appeal or pay the fine. pg&e said in part to receive a penalty this extreme is disappointing. a san jose state student under aest for groping four young women and police released this picture of the suspect. his name is michael escobar. dorm students will be gathering to talk about safety. and we are live tonight. and we re told he did not live on campus and police say he targeted the dorm in early morning hours, groping four you
campbell. the governor has outlined an ambitious plan to california s future but warned it will take deep cuts or higher taxs to get back on sound financial footing. we aired the state of the state address in its entirety and ken prichard joins us live with reaction. good afternoon. reporter: ken. reporter: good afternoon. the speech today last about 20 minutes as opposed to 15 last year. it was more optimistic, talk of more cuts to come but not as much as last year, there is a sense it is turning a corner. governor brown started his speech with a playful jab at the republicans who had actually released their response to his state of the state address yesterday. even before the governor had written his speech. and i do want to say i didn t know that you were psychics and that you possessed the powers of precognition, after the speech i want to check with you on some stock tips. reporter: well after starting with levity he talked with some of the things. he talked