Sonoma counties where the tufts fire in 2017 decimated neighbors like coffee park in santa rosa. The utility giant shut off power to parts of 35 counties 34 counties to reduce the risk of wildfires in windy conditions. According to cal fire, the majority of the states destructive while wildfires haveappened in october. Joining me now are anthony sehgal and jonathan cox welcome to both of you, jonathan i want to begin with you give us a sense of how this wildfire season is a shaping up compared to last year with the camp w fi and we are approaching november, which was when the camp fire broke out, in early november. Thats right. In comparison to the last few years we experienced u 200,000 acres of land burned in california. This time last year, we were re over 1 million of land burned, a relatively mild season in comparison to the last few. Maybe the biggest reason for that because we have some more steers that we havent had in the last two years thats due to the rain and much we havent
Mother of two. Her family heartbroken this afternoon, and hoping for justice. Now live from the newsroom with more, henry, on how this family is trying to make sense of this tragedy. Reporter alice, and healther, this family through their grief is trying to stay strong as they ple grapwith their loss. This woman was the wife and mother of two, who immigrated to the united states. She was just less than a block from her home, when she and her 4yearold niece were hit by a car. The driver took off. I thought i would have more time to give back to her. Reporter 17yearold Michelle Nguyen is devastated by the loss of her mother, killed by a hit and run driver just steps from her home. We live not even a block, it was on the same block. Reporter the driver never stopped. The girl ellie nguyen was taken to a hospital. We could have forgiven you, if you had stopped and checked if they were okay. But you didnt. I feel, i cant find it in myself to forgive you. Reporter they came to the u. S. From
In the next hour. They said they are monitoring the conditions in case they need to issue another Public Safety power shut off. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin, how bad is it out there . It depends on where you are, the red flag area is for areas above 1000 feet in the bay area. Most people didnt notice much wind, but if you got up around mount st. Helena, which is over 4000 feet, 51 mile an hour winds, and at mount diablo, 46 mile an hour winds, those offshore winds being the problem. Those dry, low humidity and hot winds we are seeing that have promoted this red flag warning into tomorrow. Usually in the east bay hills and north bay, they will accelerate. Tonight we are expecting gusts of 35 miles an hour, the forecast is less wind than we saw last night, so a little bit less, but its still a red flag warning and a dangerous fire condition. The heat advisory is in effect for tomorrow again, and thats because we are going to see 90 degree temperatures around parts of
Maybe a few scattered showers, Thunder Showers and temperatures above average here, 7080s and 90s, upper 90s for livermore. All right. Sal is here this time. He will talk about pleasant and steve and its not so pleasant. Its not so pleasant on the freeway. 680 is already a Construction Zone as you know if you drive it every day out of pleasanton heading to the san jose area. Well, this morning we had a crash at sonoma boulevard. It really did back things up. And also on valencia road, theres some slow traffic there. Its getting by, but its pretty slow as you drive through. If youre driving from hayward, the fremont, if youre on that side of the hill, thats a little better. Hayward to fremont actually isnt that slow. Bay bridge backed up all the way out to the maze. Metering lights are on 10 to 15 minute delay. San mateo bridge is moderate 701. Lets get back to you the headlines. Thank you, sal. We begin with a developing story in San Francisco. Police are investigating the discovery of
Underway. Ktvu Amanda Quintana at the scene with what we know so far. This is an active investigation and there are still a lot of unanswered questions. What we do know is that police were called here around could see its an open area. It has this garden. And then theres a walking trail where a lot of people ride bikes are run by. Its a its disturbing. Very some nearby residents walking through Golden Gate Park monday morning were shocked to hear a body was found there the night before. Others feel its just another example of how violent the city is becoming. And just it makes me think that things are not going in the right direction right now. And its this is very scary because this has always been very safe environment. Ross dempsey says he just moved to the Richmond District because he thought it was safer. You know, how do i have to think about living here now . You know, because you think its safe and its kind of like, is it really safe . Video from sunday night shows investigator