Brush, a lot of dry vegetation very erratic winds that were dealing with so our biggest concern is to start getting some containment around this and make sure people are safe in those evacuation areas. Amy head from cal fire joining us. We mentioned the people being safe. We also said three hikers have already been rescued. Any other people in danger right now as far as you know . There is the conanyon Creek Campground that is under evacuation as well as the mix canyon area we are evacuating. I do not have an exact number of homes in the area. Its as i say, were work on that number. We do have some road closures along 128 and are asking people to stay out of the area to make sure they are safe as well. 0 containment at this point. Amy, thank you for your time. Well check back with you later through this newscast and through the night. We appreciate your time. Lets accepted things over to chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. You heard the captain talk about the types of conditions theyre d
Strikes, 2,700 in the past 24 hours. Were checking the entire bay area here and you really only see about eight strikes so far. But that obviously can change through the rest of the day as the storms develop and grow and then shrink back down again. Reporter and as cal fire likes to point out, it only takes one or two positive lightning strikes to change everything. Coming up at 6 00 how cal fire is prepping to respond to any lightning fires while also dealing with all the other fires going on armedound the state. Live in san jose robert honda, nbc bay area news. Fascinating to see that lightning strike. Thank you, robert. A live look on the peninsula over palo alto. Our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is with us. I felt one sprinkle not many but one on the peninsula today. That monsoonal moisture moving from the south producing lightning strikes as we heard from robert honda. Over the past hour there have not been any cloudtoground lightning and that is good news at least for our fir
Reporter firefighters call this a plumedriven fire meaning theyre fueling the burn. It falls down and spreads the fire in all kinds of directions. That creates all kinds of challenges. Reporter there was a bit of good news today. Firefighters say cooler temperatures and calmer winds slowed the spread of the fire. But at this point, thats little consolation. 60,000acre fire, with the conditions that it meets, those things only help but just a little bit. Reporter joining the effort today, the air force reserves. This morning deploying two c130s to our region joining more than a dozen other air tankers and helicopters, all to bolster thousands of firefighters on the ground who spent the last five days working for some progress. Reporter cal fire says in that new area where the fire jumped, there are some homes, though most of it is uninhabited land. However, there is a lot of really dry brush, fuel for those flames. Report live in lakeport ian cole nbc bay area news. Thank you, ian. Fire
On the table thats signed by all parties to move forward. Reporter the proposed changes to restore pension and disability benefits were designed to help the Police Department retain officers and boost recruiting. Now the unions say the city wants to delay the process, even bringing up the idea of putting the issue to voters in 2016. The poa says the recent spike in Violent Crime shows the city cant wait. Those 48 hours where we had major crime scenes, major violence in the city, wiped us out. The calls for service arent being answered. Theyre sitting in a box and theres no cops to respond. The city manager has declined to discuss details but emphasized talks are still on. I think were still close. I mean every every step of the way weve had over the last few months a few bumps along the road. I think this is another bump. Reporter the city manager says the city council will now meet in a special closed session friday. Its hard to tell if the dispute will return negotiations to square o
And witnesses scattered. This is a very violent situation. It was a violent incident. Some people were obviously traumatized. Either the victims of the incident or people that had to observe or witness what was going on. Reporter police made a public plea for anyone to come forward. So far enough witnesses have been found to charge hernandez with felony attempted carjacking and hit and run. He was also charged with assault on a police officer, battery on an officer and resisting arrest. But investigators want more. In order to go ahead and amend the charges to include the kidnapping offenses that we know occurred, we have to have the victims come forward to go ahead and explain the incident and the situation as it unfolded. Reporter now, hernandez posted 75,000 bail. As you heard was released. As you heard, the investigation is also ongoing and no court date has been set. Live in san jose, robert handa, nbc bay area news. Robert, thank you so much. Just into our newsroom, he is no long