Contained. It broke out about 3 15 this afternoon off American Canyon road near highway 80. People who lived nearby were asked to evacuate, but that advisory has been lifted. Ktvus andre senior is in American Canyon tonight with an update on the efforts to put out the fire. Reporter were in the parking lot of American Canyon high school where the command center has been set up here. The smell of smoke is very potent in the area, but the good news is for firefighters the winds that caused this fire to explode to hundreds of acres earlier today have since died down. Any other sunday evening this would be consideredcture perfect sunset in American Canyon, but there was no time to admire the beauty because as the lights started to sl disappear, there was an earnest effort to stop the spread of a wildfire burning nearby. Its a worry out here all the time. Reporter wayne with his dog sonny watched the firefight totally aware he lives smack in the middle of a tinderbox amid the dry brush that
See that. We smell a lot of smoke in the area. Its very potent. The wind that caused this fire to explode to hundreds of acres earlier today has since died down. On any other sunday evening this would be considered a picture perfect sunset in American Canyon, but there was no time to admire the beauty here because as the lights started to slowly disappear, there was an earnest effort to stop the spread of a wildfire burning in the hills nearby. Its like a worry out here all the time. Reporter wayne and his dog sonny watched the firefight totally aware he lives smack in the middle of a tinderbox, some of the dry brush that fuels wildfires like he can see from his driveway. It was burning bad. I was watching it come the fla were reported around 3 15 sunday afterthat often makes towards the city. Reporter as the fire grew to a few hundred acres, a major offensive was launched, two helicopters, five fixed wing aircrafts, 20 fire engines and seven water tenders brought in and a helping hand
Can see carquinez and phoenicia bridge traffic looking good. At 4 31, lets get steve with the weather. We are starting off mild with high clouds and not much of a breeze at the surface. A little bit in the hills but temperatures, this will be the warmest day of the week and cooling begins tomorrow. In this er in nevada, we will be cranking up the breeze with much cooler but windy toward wednesday. 80s just about everywhere and sitting at 65 and it wouldnt take much, 66 in berkeley with 40s, 50s and 60s on the temps and his high cloud deck is holding up the temps on the peninsula. Woodside, wa high cloud deck and for the area, the breeze is offshore with an easterly breeze and we will look for a warm to hot day today and cooler weather tomorrow tomorrow. A santa rosa doctor is accused of killing patients with opioid subscriptions and he will be back in court. Dr. Keller is charged with seconddegree murder after four of his patients died. Hes accused of writing prescriptions for hundreds
Morning highs and above average for everybody in this will be the warmest day of the were below on both. Moving up south to north, 40s, 50s and 60s and tomorrow, the warmest with low 50s for others. Mid50s around san jose and santa clara and the system will give higher clouds with sunrise giving higher clouds and then mostly sunny with a slight offshore breeze and a northerly or easterly breeze in place with warm temps. 70s, 80s and near 90. 6 02. We begin with the bridges, getting crowded. Right now, some slow traffic approaching the toll plaza, typical for 6 00 with metering lights on for about 45 minutes or so and there is a backup and no big problem on the bridges right now that we know of. We will watch the chp list. Its getting more crowded with the typical commute and this is a look at 880 and it doesnt look too slow in front of the coliseum an 880 south between 238 and hayward is a little bit slow and then it picks up for the drive through union city and fremont. You are not to
Lets go out with a look at who will see the potential for the highest fire danger and its also going to get hotter. Yeah, thats one of the things well be watching this time tomorrow night as that red flag warning officially begins p. M. This time tomorrow. Well already be under those red flag conditions with the north bay and east bay hills. One of the trends weve been seeing in the weather models is to kind of increase those wind speeds in the north bay approaching tuesday morning. Sustained wind generally 15 to 20 miles per hour. And that does include lake county, portions of of Sonoma County into napa county. Portions of under that power shutoff watch updated by pg e. So the red flag warning is one component to the story, but look at the high temperatures as we head to tuesday. 80s and 90s, bay side, so we could see some heat advisories in addition to the red flag warning conditions in the hills. Ill let you know how long the fire danger and hot temperatures last in our forecast com