Valleys. Daytime temperatures will gradually warm through the week into the weekend. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. robin landing our top story this morning. Strong winds and tinder dry conditions are fueling several raging wildfiring burning in Southern California this morning. Thousands of acres scorched, more than 180 structures destroyed, and thousands more in danger. Kristen holmes has the latest for us this morning. Tens of thousands of people in Southern California flee their homes and businesses as santa ana winds and dry conditions fuel massive wildfires in Southern California. Sotim not gonna wait around for somebody to have to come rescue me so im outta here. In los angeles about 150,000 people were affected by evacuation orders. The city of ventura has declared a curfew until its no longer necessary. As go
Into tomorrow. We have flooding concerns that will persist for a while. Flash Flood Warnings in effect until 6 30 this evening. And up around the Russian River near gurnville. Flood warnings in effect until tomorrow morning at 8 30, a Flood Warning just expired over the area of the napa river, although it had been posted officially as being 11 10 tomorrow morning. Thanks a lot, spencer. Sonoma county once again, took the brunt of the storm, the heavy rain is causing flooding and road closures there. Jonathan, some roads look like lakes tonight. Its true. Were standing in front of lake ronert. I made that up. This is the expressway, its covered with water. Weve been watching drivers come up to the edge of the water, throw on the brakes. Some have been turning around, others try to make it through, and thats when things get interesting. Add this to the long list of calls for help from drivers who got stuck crossing a flooded road. We had dozens in the last few days, most people take a ch
Remain, but for not much longer, youll be glad to know. Even though the worst of the area, it doesnt mean all the effects are over, right now, the napa river is reaching flood stage, which means its flowing its banks. We have Live Team Coverage spread throughout the bay area, our reporters have fanned out for you, to check on the impact of the weather. Spencer christian has the forecast for us. Well start with live doppler 7. You can see that the steadiest heaviest rain is in the southern part of the bay area, moving through the south bay now. Parts of the santa cruz mountains, parts of the peninsula and east bay. Even though we have showers up north over parts of the north bay. Our current storm ranks three on the storm impact scale. Its a strong storm. Capable of producing pockets of moderate to heavy rain. Flooding risk remains high. There will be gusty winds over the hills. Heres our forecast animation starting at 7 00 p. M. It will be starting to push out of the bay area, the stea
Week while we switch to Energy Efficient lighting in our main studios. Officer Juan Gonzales worked for chp office . n qu sa jose. Fa officer law began his career with chp in oakland the two men killed responding to a crash just souvenlg fresno before dawn. And they were told it was on the north side of the highway but it was on the south side and they realized they were headed for it. Officers took action to avoid striking any parties from the collision, lost control of the guardrail. No one else was hurt. The chp Accident Reconstruction Team was at the crash siteok recovering evidence. Governor brown and his wife offered condolences and sympathies. We join all californians, the statement says in honoring officers for courage and service. The flag at the capitol lowered to half staff v today. The two officers both had roots if the bay area zechlt Team Coverage tonight. Abc7 News Reporter vick slee in oakland where officer law began his career. And david lieu gee in san jose. Juan gon
About him from his former patrol partner ross lee. The patrolled together on the graveyard shift six months. Officer ross lee now wearing a black band with fellow i remember he came to work with a smile and happy to be here andcqgk to do the job. An taking care of his responsibilities. He found himself looking up to gonzales. A year later gonzales took a transfer to fresno. His spanish would be an asset. This is video from abc 30 action news featuring gonzales on the job aboutht two years ag he was describing an accident. I he came around the turn and lost control of the vehicle. Took outzv 60 feet of grass. What i took from him were ability to respond to the scene or any type of investigation to slow things down a little bit. Officer gonzales survived by his mother and sister. And now to abc7 News Reporter vic lee in oakland. Tell us about officer law. The officer considered law to be one of their own as part of the oakland chp family because he worked many years at this office. And