At this ominous sky over the dry creek valley. You have a little bit of everything. You have blue sky, heavy smoke, youve got the sun trying to peek through and you have the clouds continuing to move to the southeast. Inside the burn zone, it is not pretty. We just returned from there a few hours ago. Were driving carefully up mill creek road in Sonoma County through a burn state that this morning seemed benign when compared with what must have been the hell that roared through here last night. It breaks my heart. This is my backyard. This is the fire that weve been worrying about for decades around here. Reporter thats the healdsburg fire chief describing the wadgfire. This afternoon he toured the browned out burn zone with supervisor james gore who usually has answers for. Does anyone have any answers for how many houses burned here . No. There are people throwing around estimates, 15 to 20 but nobody knows right now. There are no confirms numbers. Reporter but everyone knew to worry
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Neighbor, there were long lines going out of the neighbor because of the mandatory evacuations. I want to go off into the distance. First you can see the homes right here. Then we look at the hillsides. We are at the western portion of i80. You go see the hill sides that are charred black from the flames that have torn through this area. They are under a mandatory evacuation. Some of them are still here. I want to pan back out. There are other things i want to show you. It is pretty quiet here. When we go on to above that roof and on to that hill top, you can see where some of those air tankers dropped that fire retardant. I want to throw it right now to some of the sound we have from some of the folks living in this area on what it has been like in the last 24 hours. At some point, if we feel its not safe, we will definitely depart. But like i am, we havell. Weve been saying all day, if the winds are on our side, we have a chance. With all the emotional tension, it was definitely chal
Not to build housing. I want places for my kids to be able to live. I want others to enjoy what i enjoy which is housing security. Thank you. [indiscernible]. Im here to speak in support of the lot. Im personally squared when i transfer i wont be able to come back home and start a family. This is a perfect opportunity for that. What better way to have the inaugural day than starting off on the west side. Im really excited for the project and hopefully you can support it as well. Im a neighbor in this area. I dont support the project only because i dont support the height of it. Its a complete mismatch with the neighborhood. I love that were adding more Affordable Housing to the neighborhood. I think we need to consider the height of it. Most housing is two stories, this is four stories. Its a complete mismatch. Im a resident of San Francisco in d8 and a renter. I strongly support this project. I think if you look at it replacing a gas station with environmentally Family Friendly housin
Warning for a wide swath of the bay area. From 11 00 a. M. To 9 00 p. M. Next wednesday. The temperatures will be in the mid to upper 90s to around 105, 106, 108 degrees, increased risk of heat illness. For the northern most parts, napa and sonoma counties, the high temperatures oh the next few days will range from 100 to 110 degrees. And our spare the air alert is in effect for tomorrow and you can see even on saturday, as we look ahead a little bit, the triple dimming it is will be with us. The triple digits will be with us. It is a hot on and t even imane110. Now ln brinkley j u live fr reporter were all told to consider dining outdoors, do business curbside. But all of. Is pretty difficult with this heat and having to wear a mask. High noon in walnut creek. A lunch rush at these outdoor tables is just not materializing. Normally, i come down to get the mail or one of the other girls in the office and these tables are fulfill now here we are, not only covid but now heat on tth othe