Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Homeowners staring down disaster as the rocky fire rages out of control. Good evening, im juliette goodrich. And im brian hackney. The rocky fire in lake county has grown to nearly the size of San Francisco. It is 27,000 acres. More than 42 square miles and it is 5 contained. 50 buildings have gone up in flames. Half of them homes. Thousands more are threatened. A triple digit temperature, very low humidity. Winds that are helping push this fire through really steep and difficult access type terrain. For some homeowners it is too late for help. Kpix5s andria borba spoke with one woman who lost everything. Reporter as you drive along Morgan Valley road, the blackened hillside becomes overwhelming. There are so many people down there whose houses are just ashes. And everyone we know that lives down there, they have nothing anymore. It is crazy. Reporter the rocky fire has burned hopes to the ground. Among them, amanda o connors. He
Talking about the Police Action. Center street shut down in the northbound direction between capitol expressway and south side drive. Meantime at the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on. Traffic is backed up from the foot of the macarthur maze already. Heres pliant with a look at the to brian with a look at the forecast. We have a forecast thats in the as warm as it was yesterday. But still plenty warm. It will be near 100 degrees inland again today and the warmest spots. But fog and low clouds return to the shoreline. And were going to be looking for a reading at the coast to be in the mid to upper 60s. And right around the bay will be in the mid 70s. And the way things are starting out this morning, as we look towards the bay bridge, still some haze today around the bay area. Not as bad as it was over the weekend. Right now San Francisco is 61. Concord 64. Balmy start to monday morning. At a hot finish. Well view the complete Weather Forecast in a minute but first the lates
Camera has a lot of people talking this afternoon. Kpix 5s cate cauguiran spoke to police who tell us their side of the story. Reporter this video has been viewed tens of thousands of times you can see San Francisco Police Officers holding down a man Near Civic Center plaza. Oh my god. What are you doing . Reporter the woman who recorded the video says its what officer it went 30 minutes and claimed this was police harassment. We checked in with San Francisco police and officers say they didnt take him down but that the man fell. He was waving sticks around. And the 911 caller was concerned for the persons safety as well as the safety of others. Reporter the man had one prosthetic leg and claimed the sticks were his crutches. But police say they were in fact sticks but couldnt show them to us. He ran into traffic. And said he did not care whether or not he was going to be hit by a car. Based on his actions we believed the sunt was under altered mental state and detained him. Reporter w
Digit temperatures. As hot as it is, theyve seen worse. Ive worked in 118 degrees in Mountain House drinking a whole case of water. Construction workers always have the same message. If youre out in this heat, drink plenty of water. Take their advice because they are pros. Emergency officials are letting a fire at a Chemical Plant in crosby, texas damaged by harvey burn out on its own. The plant lost refrigeration yesterday that caused several explosions. The owners believe there will be more. The epa believes theres no serious danger but evacuated the area as a precaution. In houston rescue efforts continue as crews go door to door. So far they are rescued 72,000 people. Many of those are returning home to clean up from the devastation. Feel like crying but then im joyful because i could have been in the water. This too shall pass. I know that it will. About 20,000 homes will remain flooded for the next week because of Emergency Water releases from two reservoirs. Today houstons mayor
Announcer live where you live, this is abc 7 news. Now at 11 00, recordbreaking heat. San francisco reached a scorching 106 degrees. Since Record Keeping began, this is the hottest ever. All parts of the bay area baked in the summer sun. I dont like it. Yeah, its the air quality is bad. Making the challenging bay area commute down right unbearable. How hot was it on the train . I dont have a therm mom ter but probably 120 degrees. And the danger isnt over yet. Good evenin and thank you for joining us tonight. Im ama daetz. Dan ashley is off. Expect more of the same tomorrow. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Lets begin with abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. This heat wave did not discrim nalt. Everyone was dealing with the hot weather. San francisco today hottest ever since Record Keeping began, 106 degrees. Shattering the previous record of 103 in 2000. Sfo was an all after time record at 104. Moffett field tying at 106. We had record ties for the entire month of september, no