Firefighters on the line. The problem very, very strong winds in Southern California and the winds are going to continue the next several days. Bottom line, it looks like the situation there is going to get worse before it gets better. Hillary vaughn is on the fire lines in Ventura County. Hillary, you spoke to people. She spoke to people who watched neighborhoods go up in flames. Were actively involved in aggressively protecting homes. Fast moving and explosive. Everything is gone. A pair of windfueled wildfires have already destroyed hundreds of buildings and homes including a Psychiatric Hospital as they continued to burn north and west of los angeles. Its a huge hit. Ive been an owner for 40 years here and its just crazy whats gone on. Good friends up the street lost their homes and im just so sad for them. Im happy for myself and those of us who kept their homes, but its awful. The fire is triggering widespread Power Outages and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of peopl
The senate secede from its amendment and concurs with further amendment, the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. Reporter late tonight, republicans in the Senate Passed sweeping changes to the nations tax code. And, they submitted their victory with a revote in the house set for tomorrow. After eight straight years of slow growth and underperformance, america is ready to take off. Reporter by the democrats, including our representatives in california, call the billy tax scam favoring the rich. This is the worst bill to ever come to the floor of the house. With stiff competition for some of the things theyve tried to do, the worst bill in history. Reporter one dozen a dozen House Republicans voted against the bill including two from california who said that the bill would raise taxes on their constituents. Political analyst brian sobol says behind these deals, they would whenever some lawmakers on the fence, but that supporters of the bill may pay a political cost. Sobel says the democrats
40s to the north already. Some 30s before everything is said and done before sunrise. Skies are starting to clear. 40s and 50s to the south. Already 37 in kelsey bill. Low 40s in windsor. The cool air will settle down until about 7 00. It will filter in. Behind that not much. There could be some scattered shower activity to the north. Overall the system is falling apart as it moves south. It left us with some rain. Upper 50s for about everybody today. Breeze picking up later today. Is Allie Rasmussen doing traffic . Im here. Lets hope theres nothing going on traffic wise. Im hoping. Maybe we will see a little bit of early Holiday Light traffic. So far so good. Not too many problems to tell you about. Lets go to the maps. Driving through tracy, the livermore valley, not too many problems there. There was an accident earlier on westbound 84. It is that flashing icon you see there. It looks like they are getting it out of the way. Looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, it is wide and clear
I would not be surprised to see some upper thirties about 7 00 in the east bay as skies clear clear behind this front. You can see it right there with some cold air coming in. Fifties on your temperatures today. Maybe even some midfifties to the north. A good breeze. Allie tells us it was okay during the 4 00 hour. How about now . Things are getting busier. A new issue just came up at the toll plaza. First, lets have a look at the maps from the south bay. If youre driving from gilroy to morgan hill on 101 you will be fine until you get to capital expressway onramp northbound 101. Two vehicles involved in a crash that are blocking the slope lanes. No residual impact. Further north southbound 880 at the whipple offramp a new crash. Further north of that, highway four there are two issues. There was a wreck that is still an issue over there. The new one that came up is on the right hand of your screen, westbound highway four with a vehicle blocking the bailey road offramp. The bay bridge
Overall, we have the green sensors. The bay bridge there, ill change it in a second. Here, the highlighted yellow shows there may be fog throughout the drive. Petaluma, a fender bender at 101 and washington. Its mostly moved off to the shoulder and affects folks using that washington street exit. Be careful heading toward the downtown area. The travel times heading toward the bay bridge, as we look at the live camera and the toll plaza. The cash lanes have all cleared because they have opened up for business. Theres a few more cars we saw yesterday. Well track the metering lights in a half hour. Well see how it goes. Well give you the update. Back to you. Thanks. Now, the continuing coverage of the chp officer killed in the line of duty. A bell ringing ceremony will be held to honor officer camilleri. How are people remembering officer camilleri . Reporter chp officer camilleri will be remembered in west San Francisco at the academy he graduated not too long ago, just this past march.