Acres, the flames have wiped out neighborhood, 150 structures have been destroyed including 100 homes. Two churches, a school and a saw mill were burned. A couples house burned to the ground, they found a note from firefighters inside their mailbox. What that note said left them in tears. Thats at 5 45. All the fires are what ever was everyone was worried about because of the drought. Mike up in the foothills, this is the cloud he showed you, this is the cloud from 70 miles away in the bay area. It is a massive fire, that is the number 1 priority in the state. We have fires throughout the state. The boles fire up north. The happy camp complex fire. Look at the temperature, 90s, all week weve had 90s with low humidity, this weather system slides through. It will drop temperature 15 to 20 degrees, this will have a huge influence on how firefighters will get a handle on the fires. Thats a broad brush, you knew the system was coming. When i come back ill give you the timing. This will have
About an 8 minute drive, there are no major problems if you are driving on the dumbarton. And passed the coliseum, that traffic continues to look good and 501, lets go back to the desk. New this morning, thousands are waking up with no power because of wet weather believe it or not. Joining us live in san pablo, we will tell you what triggered these Power Outages, good morning. Well, the rain is the contributing problem and they are restoring power to people in the east bay and homes and businesses are in the dark and at the peak, close to 12,000 customers were without your, rain fell and that caused dozens of power poles to catch fire, dust can build up on those lines which leads to fires. Pg e had to come and they dealt with the fires and throughout the night, they have reported weather related issues and they expect to have it back on between 10 00 a. M. And noon. Live in san pablo, ktvu channel 2 morning news. Two fast food restaurants are forced to close to their doors because of
Almost 28,000 acres. First though, we go to our chief meteorologist, bill martin, and where its raining right now. In fact, were already getting reports of rain in the northern counties. Weve had rain showers in guerneville. This is going to help firefighters out greatly in Northern California as this moist system moves onshore. You see the showers are still well to the north of us, up near eureka. The showers are now moving into the fire zones, up by happy camp, up towards weed. A big time help for firefighters, as we move into a different weather pattern. 90degrees in the fire zone. The last couple of days 15 humidity. Watch what happens tomorrow, it brings rain showers to Northern California, maybe a quarter inch of rain in some places. Humidity is going to quadruple, and go up 40 or 20 in some places. It also means showers here. Ill have the specifics on that after the break. Now to the raging king fire in el dorado fire. Fire officials tell us it has doubled in size in the past 24
7 00. Something we havent seen in a while. While its not much, there is a little rain this morning. You see a little slit of sunshine in those dark clouds. Team coverage this morning. Cal watching the wet roads. Alex savidge watching Power Outages. Steve tracking the system. We will check in with all of them in a minute. I am tori campbell. I am dave clark. Lets go right to steve paulsen. Reporter well, you know, i have to put on my traveling shoes. That, too. Hello everyone. Santa cruz mountains stead rain up there. After that it tails off. At least we are getting some rain. And i mean the real rain. Legit rain. Even San Francisco has a. 01. Santa rosa. 09. Petaluma. 04. Gilroy. 04. Napa has had some rain. Castro valley, san lorenzo, petaluma, san rafael. The radar is really light stuff. So it doesnt always pick it up. But fairfield back towards vallejo and napa, that seems to be an area where they are getting stead rain as well. My goodness, its warm out. Why is that . The lows never
My final prayer every night was to pray that we wake up the next morning and one of us wouldnt be frozen. Separated to get the help they need, now their emotional reunion. Accused of beating a couple on a busy street because they were gay. Tonight the crime this group cannot be charged with. But first developing to night digging into the mind set of the man accused of ambushing and killing a Pennsylvania State trooper while leaving another critically injured. Police releasing new information about eric frein and his vengeance with authority. Investigatorsly released these recent photos of him saying hes taken on new look and possibly even a new persona. As precaution many area schools were closed today and residents were asked to stay cautious all the while community prepares for Corporal Brian Dixons Funeral Services tomorrow. Fox 29s Jennifer Joyce is live in scranton tonight with the latest. Jennifer. Reporter well, iain, state police say there will be heavy security at corporal dix