Now, from abc 7, live, breaking news. Its just really hard. So because i just remember my parents building that whole house. Wildfires across the bay area continuing to burn tonight. Some families to the south being told to leave now. While, others in the north bay are finding their homes have already burned. And tonight, fear for firefighters about possible Lightning Strikes. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im eric thomas. This is a quick look at three big fires burning in the bay area. The lnu complex, in the north bay, has charred more than 347,000 acres. It is the secondestlargest wildfire in california history. The scu complex, which covers parts of alameda, contra costa, and santa clara counties, is right behind at 343,000 acres. And the czu complex is up to 74,000 acres. It is burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. A crew in the north bay at the lnu complex and a crew in the south bay at the scu complex. But we begin with weather. There was some rain today. A welc
Look live our sutro tower camera. And at the lighthouse there in santa cruz its going to be nice. Temperatures going to climb to near 80 degrees at the beach, 55 near the delta. Less breeze today but chilly this morning. Upper 40s in santa rosa and petaluma. Low 60s by 9 00 in oakland and warm through the 70s and 80s. By 2 00 weve got the low 90s returning, so thats about 5 to almost 10 degrees warmer today in our inland valleys. Around the bay maybe 7 degrees warmer. At the coast our sea breeze will pick up. Itll be breezy there but tonight we wont see much in the way at fog. Well track that forecast, but the cooler week ahead coming up, liz . Okay, lisa, thank you. And new overnight contra costa fire crews were responding to at least 13 fires. There were four fires in the span of 30 minutes that involved two cars and two homes in concord. Firefighters quickly got the flames under control, and fi fireworks are being blamed as well for a grass fire in pittsburgh off highway 4 in ludrid
Headlands but San Francisco in the distance under the great this morning as low clouds sweep into the bay area. Temperatures right now are nice and cool were in the 50s and 60s. You factor in winds on top of this though we do have a brisk wind chill as youre stepping outside so jacket will do you well this morning Petaluma Nevado timber on a 52 degrees double in alameda 57 concord at 58 degrees right now later today, were going to see those winds remaining with us in fact only increasing into the afternoon. Daytime highs will remain in the 60s for San Francisco. Look how much cooler for san jose down over 10 degrees from yesterdays daytime high. More details in your forecast still to come daryn. Thanks a lot john 71 breaking news from overnight. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases now around the world has surpassed. 10 million. This latest had tally from Johns Hopkins university so far covid19 has claimed the lives of nearly 500,000 people globally. A 4th of those deaths have bee
Behind new york. And transportation Officials Say the city is seeing more cars than ever due to uber and lyft. So chances of conflict are much higher between bicyclists, pedestrians, and cars, all competing on these narrow streets. Keep in mind, most of the daytime population is concentrated in the downtown area. Thats also where many of the fatalities occur. In 2014, the city launched vision zero to reduce fatalities. Since then, city workers added more protective bike lanes. Constructed street calms measures and updated Traffic Signals to give pedestrians more time and a head start in the crosswalk. But critics say without drastic measures they wont be able to cut pedestrian fatalities down to zero any time soon. Walk sf is a nonprofit that advocates for pedestrian safety. What more can the city do . We need drivers to Pay Attention to the rules of the road and follow them and we need the sfpds help in enforcing those rules. We also need to change speed limits in San Francisco, 20 is
Bay. You can see the areas shaded in green through this evening, so watch out, flash flooding is occurring or could occur soon. In the south bay we have spotty showers from san jose to cupertino. A flash floored warning for the santa clara area until 6 30 tonight. In the Santa Cruz Mountains the rain is easing up but not for long as you take a look. In San Francisco, we are seeing heavier downpours right around the sunset, between the sunset and marina districts. In the east bay, morago, youre getting the heavy wind there. As we look at the Flash Flood Watch, its for the north bay, parts of the coastline and into the Santa Cruz Mountains until tomorrow morning. So were not out of the woods yet. From our santa cruz camera, raindrops dotting the lens. Winds are howling, gusting to 43 miles an hour at sfo. On the storm impact scale, this is a 2. Brief downpours and flooding. Isolated thunder is possible with gusty winds, trees and power lines could go down. The napa river is expected to c