This is where they cause a lot of trouble every fourth of july. They are now on high alert. We are live from oakland on whats being done to keep the streets safe. Derek . Reporter opd and the Fire Department will be out in full force, adding patrols, trying to look for illegal fireworks. Neighbors say based on years past, they hope this year it works. When you have these huge bomblike things go off and these rockets that go very high and come back down still flaming, its pretty scary stuff. Reporter scary says peter yuck because these fireworks last fourth of july near his oakland home are professional grade but set off by amateurs from houses. Its irresponsible, really. Reporter neighbor heather ottoway is wetting down her yard in preparation for tonight. There have been time when is it was so close and sparks landing in our yard that i thought our trees were going to catch on fire or our house burn down. I dont even want to be here tonight, so we will be at a hotel. Reporter enforcem
From across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on kpix 5 news this morning. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. Good morning, happy 4th of july im michelle griego. Hi, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. It is 5 01 on the holiday. Lets get you out the door with traffic and weather. We are looking good on this 4th of july. Just a couple of patches of fog outside now but a lot of sunshine coming our way into the afternoon. Looks like out the door you go if you are up early on this 4th of july like we are youre going to see some patchy fog along the coastline, a lot of sunshine toward the afternoon. Numbers going to be warming up today. 80s and low 90s well inland. 70s and 80s and sunny and bright inside the day. Along the coastline, couple of patches of fog but well clear things out there and the temperatures going to be very nice. Out the door we go. We have a lot of 50s right now. And a couple of patches of
Out toward the trivalley in the teens and our temperatures this weekend, livermore, pleasanton and areas south of san jose will be pushing the upper 90s and well talk more of the warmup on the way and coming up in the full forecast in a few minutes. Back to you. Some good news in napa county. Evacuation orders have been lifted and people forced out of their homes because of this weeks big fire are back home tonight. All roads were reopened at noon today. The fire is about 55 contained at this time. It it has burned about 4300 acres since it started on tuesday. Nine homes and buildings were completely de destroyed and many burned to the ground. The cause is will still unknown. Were also following another developing story. The Immigration Crisis continues in Southern California in the small town of murrieta. Dozens of protesters spent this fourth of july awaiting the arrival of more busses carrying undocumented immigrants from central america. Many of them children. Nbc bay areas Damian
Crystal clear message. Tonight, no one is allowed here, period. The crunch of the grass has it proven the dry year has it ready to fuel fires quickly. Crews trimmed the tall grass last month and theyre shutting down ryder and steel point, set to close at 6 00 tonight, to keep away anyone who wants to set off illegal fireworks. The park rangers have seen a major uptick in the use of illegal fireworks. It made sense for the safety of the community to close them early. Reporter the reaction from parkgoers was mostly supportive, though others balked at the city closing parks instead of opening them. For some people who dont want to go out to the firework Events Center at different areas, who want to chill out and sit up here and view the fireworks from a different vantage point. Reporter you think they should be able to come out here tonight . Absolutely. Its a tradeoff, maybe you dont get to see the fireworks from an elevated perspective, but if it saves a fire and potentially hurting peo
I owe you one. Reporter quite something when a fellow who lost his house is breaking down in tears of gratitude thanking the firefighters. They did save his big house which is a 1 million dollarplus house that was just over the ridge. People living in the burnedout house were friends of the bennetts. The stepps. They got out okay. Theyll probably need some help in the next few days. Another story coming up, a community threatened by a fire and a fellow who stayed behind to help his neighbors by saving their pets. Report mark matthews, nbc, bay area news. A lot of praise for fire crews thus far. More details on this growing force thats assembling to fight this fire. Looking 25at 22 alameda firefighters heading out to napa for a week. This is taxing because of the heat and rugged terrain. High temperatures, low humidity have made this firefight very difficult. But the winds still remain the main concern. Jeff, weve been talking about the wind now for days. The good news, that still conti