The day trying to determine if homes are still standing. She joins us now from davenprt. Stephanie . Its been an emotional week for people trying to see if their home is still there. We visited the Civic Auditorium just east of us that has been at full capacity for seven days in a row. Its one of the dozen shelters taking evacuees in. Its just south of here where we met many families. You notice that haze that stretches through the mountain significantly better than 48 hours ago. Their homes are in the middle of the fire zone, and all they can do now is wait. These are like tears of joy, tears of sorrow, because its very bittersweet. Its very sweet that my family is okay. Reporter Kathy Azevedo is living through the pain of simply not knowing. All you can do is take one day at a time and just be thankful for what is, you know, instead of what was. You really cant look back. Reporter mourning the thought of losing everything, she sat in her car praying for her family, her parents and he
Computerized system. The overall view is increasing relative humidity and very strong gusts, 9 to 11 miles per hour. Then moving down to the Santa Cruz Mountains, we have wind gusting to about 13 miles per hour. Relative humidity there is 74 . Again, thats encouraging and the temperatures only 68 degrees. Weather is improving for fire containment, but once again, the air quality is very poor across most of the bay area. We have a spare the air alert in effect for the next three days through friday. Dan and ama. Spencer, thanks very much. Well get to that News Conference as soon as it happens. Well bring it to you. Right now, we want to tell you about the scu lightning complex, the second largest wildfire in the state. Its scorched 363,000 acres, destroyed 20 structures and is threatening another 20,000. This is truly a massive fire burning in the east and south bay. Even beyond. Parts of alameda, contra costa and santa clara counties are all affected. Cal fire put this effort into pers
Chances theyll actually catch this animal . Reporter well they told me at the beginning they were very optimistic because they had a clear place to start the search, and the trail camera, with that, they had another place to begin again today looking for that animal, but they say the range can be up to 25 miles, so it may have traveled pretty far away, and thats when the trail potentially can go cold. Yeah, might take some time. Devin fehely live at the park in santa clara county. We appreciate it, thank you. Turning to campaign 2020, the bay area feeling the bern today. Thousands of sanders supporters waited for him to speak this afternoon. Hes the latest candidate to come to the bay area in the weeks leading up to the primary. Andria borba is live where she spoke to supporters about growing friction with another democratic rival. Reporter well, allen, senator sanders today, his speech touched on his usual themes of income inequality, as well as the need for health care in the united
Reporter and just how is he reached out to minority voters in california . I think what distinguishes our campaign to perhaps the others is were building a very, very strong grass roots movement. Just this weekend weve knocked on over 100,000 doors in the state of california alone. Thats the way you win elections. Just yesterday Michael Bloomberg proposed increasing Social Security benefits and setting a new higher minimum. Sanders and warren have endorsed similar ideas with an increase in payroll taxes. Bloomberg hasnt said yet how hed pay for the plan. This is great. This is democracy in action. Super tuesday will be really important. Yes, definitely. Today the sanders rally streamed live on cbsn bay area. Stream news any time on kpix. Com and from any of your favorite devices. New at 6 00, a mystery in marin county. A coupal out. Thseen on friday at the home on via de la vista in the Inverness Sea haven area, and thats where we find don ford. Reporter three days now, and still no si
Doubled. Where are those new patients staying tonight . I think it was an awkward position they were in because im not sure what they were going to do with those people. Its a true mystery, very distressing. A bay area couple vanishes in the wilderness. The mystery growing deeper tonight. We found cell phones, laptops, food left there. And one familys terrifying encounter with a Mountain Lion. A friend of the family near the girl turned and shoved the Mountain Lion. If they found the animal, id probably feel better. Plus spring training now underway, and tonight the oakland as are thinking big. World series for sure. Yeah, everybody believes it. Theres no reason why we cant, so hell yeah. Breaking news right now on the kpix 5 news at 7 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a crash in san jose sent a man to the hospital after he was pinned underneath a car. Video of the scene shows the aftermath of the crash on 17th street near jackson. Police say the driver of a bmw ran into a parked whit