Honoring america with dazzling displays of fireworks across the bay area tonight. Legal and illegal. Good evening. Happy fourth of july. Were going to start with the illegal fireworks in many communities still going off now. In some cases the fireworks are as good as the ones the pros use and officials are cracking down. Abc 7 News Reporter live in emoryville with the danger they pose. Reporter a lot of official fireworks displays across the bay area wrapped up. We have been watching illegal fireworks displays for several hours. Over the skyline of oakland there are some going on right now. Before the sun set on this fourth of july the unofficial fire work displays went off. This is cell phone video of illegal fireworks in oakland. Police and fire across the bay area have been concerned. We urge people with the dry conditions that fireworks can be very damaging. This is why theyre concerned. Crews spent hours battling a brushfire in the Oakland Hills. Justin graham noticed smoke before
It was a very busy night for firefighters in contra costa county. In fact, firefighters had their hands full with brush fires burning between bay point and brentwood. This is where a grass fire came close to an apartment complex at lone tree way. It may have been sparked by a remnants of a professional Fireworks Show that ended moments earlier. Illegal fireworks have displaced four people in san jose. Officials say a neighbors fireworks landed in the backyard of a home just before 10 00 last night. It quickly started a twoalarm fire that spread to the fight. To the house. The back of the home suffered moderate damage. The flames were put out in about 25 minutes. Oakland firefighters responded to another illegal fireworks fire on skyline boulevard. It was just before 10 00 when a vegetation fire broke out about 200 feet off the road. Fire Officials Say bystanders confirmed the accidental blaze was started by fireworks. It grew to about a quarter acre but was very difficult to get to bec
Live from the kgo teach broadcast center. This is abc7 news. Good morning to you. Its sunday july 5th. Im chris nguyen in for carolyn tyler. Lets start with a quick first look at the forecast. Heres lisa argen tracking live doppler hd. If morning lisa. Good morning, chris. Im watching the fog meander this morning. We are looking at the temperatures on the mild side inland but we have moisture along the coast. Its all cue to the area of low pressure offshore that will be drifting offshore all week long. Heres santa cruz. Check it out. From watson to santa cruz, we are wet. But inland we are sunny and mild. 62 napa. Putting it all together today, temperatures coming down with numbers in the 80s in the inland valleys. Breezy around the bay, 60s and 70s. Once again the fog really right up to the shoreline. We will detail the week ahead, which features more cool weather coming up. Chris. Lisa, thank you. In developing news, firefighters are battling a 320acre wildfire in vacaville that thre
Oakland hills. And good evening, im juliette goodrich. And im brian hackney, it started just before 4 00 along castle drive near Joaquin Miller park. Not far from the chabot space and science center. We flew over the scene and crews are still mopping up hot spots at this hour. You can see how close the fire came to nearby homes. Mark is there life. It really looked like a close call mark. Reporter it was indeed brian. This fire had a lot of billowing smoke and we have just learned from oakland fire investigators that it is confirmed. This fire was caused by fireworks. Grass and trees were on fire with flames showing in the early afternoon at Joaquin Miller park. The first calls came in around 3 30 as many hikers were in the park enjoying the fourth of july holiday. As those hikers quickly left for safety, they passed resident Justin Graham who was out for a jog. And a bunch of hikers told me to turn back. They staid stop. We saw fireworks go off and we saw a fire starting and its getti
Killed on his morning jog. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page that. Driver a student on their way to school and many in that community are in shock tonight. Fox 29s brad sattin is live in robbinsville. Brad, emotional vigil there tonight. Reporter to say the least iain youre right. I think its probably safe to say that most people growing up did not have a close relationship with the superintendent of their schools. Clearly, though, it is different here. Take look behind me. All of these flowers here remembering superintendent steve mayer he clearly was different here in robbinsville. People filling up fox Moore Community park to show their love tonight. Turnout is a testament to who we are to a community. Reporter a testament to the love a community has to its community. Dr. Mayer was not your run of the mill administrator disbelief seen in the faces of so many how beautiful morning could have taken such a horrific turn. Im a pastor im supposed to get this. Supposed to know ho