Latest information. Heres a live picture from sky 7hd over a geothermal plant near st. Helena which has been damaged by the fire. Apparently cooling towers have been lost. You can see the scorched earth around the facility in st. Helena. Firefighters say the fire is just jumping so quickly because of the winds theyre contending with through the area. You can see smoke rising from inside of the power plant. We know the winds are bad. Its warm. And of course, four years of drought has created a situation that is just treacherous. This is what we had feared all summer long. That a fire like this might take hold, and that is certainly what happened in this case. Now lets go to cornell bernard, live in middletown. Residents lost a lot of homes in. Reporter its trulying extraering. So many homes are gone after this fire storm engulfed much of middletown. Im standing in what used to be the driveway of a home here on as you can see the shells of appliances, barbecue, part of the the ferocious
Of the weekend. Ill detail the recordbreak forecast potentially come up. Chris. Lisa, thank you. Breaks news overnight. One man is dead and another charges with dui after an accident on 580 in oakland. It happened just after midnight in the westbound lanes near the lakeshore offramp. A driver caremed off a wall and went into a construction crew where they were paving the roadway. A subcontractor working for was struck and thrown approximately 100 feet. The driver of the car was not injured. This morning some encouraging news for residentsful middletown who had been evacuated. They will be allowed back into their homes starting at noon today. Evacuation orders have also been lifted for twin lakes and rancho sendero. Some people have already returned home. And lake county Officials Say they will provide escorts today to areas where evacuation remain so people can check on their animals. This includes Hidden Valley lake, cobb and anderson springs. It comes as the fire continues to burn. I
80s at the coast. Half moon bay is at 48. A comfortable 57 in morgan hill. 63 Mountain View and plenty of triple digits inland. We will detail the hot numbers and when the cool down heads our way coming up. Carolyn. Thank you, lisa. Breaking overnight, a tense standoff is over in san jose. Police received reports last night of a man firing shots into an unoccupied vehicle. The officers located him inside a residence at capital express say and mclaughlin avenue but he refused to come out. Police fired flash grenades and he did exit the house about 2 30 this morning. He was put on a stretcher and taken to a hospital. Earlier reports that this is a hostage situation could not be confirmed. Police are not speculating on what may have led to this incident. Two victims of a driveby shooting open a San Francisco freeway are recovering this morning from gunshot wounds. Traffic on interstate 280 was picked up for hours from that incident. Someone in a car fired shots at another. We have the lat
Homes. Heres a map now of where the fire is burning in the community of cobb. Its burning so fast its challenging firefighters ability to warn residents of the danger. We have some extraordinary video to share with you some morning from the community of middletown. An abc7 news photographer was allowed to stay there after the mandatory evacuations took place. House upon house is burning. Theres no sound. You just hear the crackling there of the flames. You will also notice there are no firefighters. Peoples possessions, their memories gone in an instant. With he wont know the extent of the damage in middletown until later today. But it is definitely substantial. We received word the fire destroyed a school. A school that serves kindergarten through high school. A small private school. We have this report. Katie is going to join us live now. Good morning, katie. Good morning. We are live at the Napa County Fair Grounds in calistoga where the red cross shelter is in place for the thousan
Out always remember madyson middleton, the message her father was sending while the accused killer was inside the courtroom. The defense attorney for Adrian Gonzalez answered a not guilty, for the 15yearold and two months after being arrested for the murder, kidnapping and Sexual Assault of 8yearold Maddy Middleton in santa cruz. Outside the courtroom a rally for Maddy Middleton organized by her dad, with her picture and messages love you, and sweet angel. The father said he has forgiven the kill and stayed outside during the court hearing. It doesnt do anything for me, it doesnt change anything, it dont give me any satisfaction. I would rather have been out here for her and that is what is important to me. This has resulted in the tragic loss of two kids from our community. As charged, our 15yearold client now finds himself in adult Court Without the benefit of a fitness hearing. Gonzalez Court Appointed hearing wants a fitness hearing to determine if he should be in adult or juvenile