And thrive. Smoke that could be seen and smelled for miles around. The haze is all over the bay area that everyone is talking about. Good evening. Im carolyn johnson. Im dan ashley. High winds and selfbay area fires are creating the haze that you might be seeing where you live. Tonight crews are still on the scene of this fire. Abc7 News Reporter alan wang is live along highway 12 in Solano County with the very latest. Alan, it is amazing how widespread this smoke is. It is starting to die down a little compared to the winds and they are fanning the flames that blew smoke all the way into the bay area. It was a combination of a rare wind and marsh land vegetation. By night fall fire crews were moping up hotspots and a herd of cattle were looking for greener pastures. It started around noon today. This massive grassfire east of sasoon city burned. Several cows were trapped, but a ranch hand helped free them. It burned its way into the nearby marsh land and seemed to generate more smoke
Side and around the bay we are looking at more mid80s and in fact inland a little variation, low to mid80s for you as well. The light offshore flow continues for the second half of the weekend and things really change to start the workweek and much of the week ahead and feeling like the season. I will explain coming up. Thank you. We have an update on breaking news we have been following in south San Francisco. All lanes of southbound 101 have reopened after a deadly Early Morning crash. It was shutdown near 4 15 and sierra point parkway. One person was qild and was killed and a wrong way driver was involved. And in oakland a woman is dead and police are looking for who ever opened fire at a busy downtown intersection. Police were nearby and heard the gunfire at 14th and broadway around 1 30 this morning. They saw a crowd of people running for safety when the shots were fired. At the scene they found three people were shot, two women and one man. One of the women died and the other two
Wind and marsh land vegetation. By night fall fire crews were moping up hotspots and a herd of cattle were looking for greener pastures. It started around noon today. This massive grassfire east of sasoon city burned. Several cows were trapped, but a ranch hand helped free them. It burned its way into the nearby marsh land and seemed to generate more smoke than flames. Fighting fires out here in the marsh and there is tbreen vegetation green vegetation and it smoked more than typical. The smoke snarled traffic along interstate 80 and the northerly winds blew it into the bay area creating a haze across the sky. Meanwhile more than a dozen homes out here were evacuated. I am waiting for my daughter to come out. They are trying to get the bird and the dogs. The only loss was a ranch building that contained hay and farm equipment. The fire is under control, but crews are paying attention to the wind and several teetering power poles damaged by the flames. In Solano County, alan wang, abc7
Cyclone phailin slams into the indian peninsula. How long troops will stay in afghanistan good to have you with us. In washington president obama met with Senate Democrats today to try to reach an agreement over the shutdown and debt ceiling. Meantime it is no, no and no from the white house, congress and the senate. John terrett joining us from washington. Were waiting to hear a yes john. What more can you tell us about president obamas meeting with the Democratic Congress caucus . No no and no. The meeting was in the oval office and present at the meeting were apart from the president of the United States himself, harry reid, Dick Durbin Charles schumeer they put a lid on the day which means the president wont be speaking about it either. We have heard a resume that the meeting went rather well, a state of the union really, so the president could be on the same page as everybody in the Democratic Party in the senate and the reason for that is they had had a meeting earlier in the day
Good to have you with us. With the house of representatives taking the day off, todays attempts to end the Government Shutdown and raise the debt ceiling are focused in the senate. The two sides remain far apart. Senators have spent the day laying out their positions, both on the floor and in talks behind closed doors. There has been talks of a shortterm increase in the debt ceiling, which the country is scheduled to hit on thursday, october 17th. But a white house Statement Issued after president obama spoke by phone with House Minority leader nancy pelosi praised her efforts to pass a oneyear increase hinting that the Administration May reject any attempt to fix the problem for only a few weeks or months. John terrett following the process from capitol hill. There seems to be a lot of talking but very little action. What actually went on this weekend . Any progress . Reporter there has been some progress, but its pretty miniscule. Its kind of tough to find. We know, for example, harr