Lets start with a live look outside. The morning rush about to start with traffic hitting the road as we look at the bay bridge on the left. There you go the interchange in dublin on the right we have all that traffic. Happy monday. What is going on out the there. We will have clear skies smelling less smoky today. Visibility should be fine with the smoke and haze because we have calm conditions. The wind is very calm across the fire zone and they will stay like that and then we are welcoming the onshore breeze getting wind from the coast tuesday and wednesday and then look at this chance of rain reaching us wednesday night through thursday. Here is a look at the fire burned areas. Calm conditions across the board which looks good across the monitors. A little increase in gusts at 10 Miles Per Hour but the expected rain totals will be a welcomed sight. I will explain when we should see the rain, but up to 1 4 inch expected for those areas that are burning. We have to wait a few days bu
Firefighters will continue their attack on this ramping up the attack with more air attacks when the sun comes up. This section kicked up at 10 00 yesterday morning across Sugarloaf Ridgeline moving north from kenwood toward santa rosa. Firefighters waging attacks throughout the day dropping fire retardant with airplanes and water with helicopters as crews work to reinforce the containment line trying to stop the destruction. We have people sitting right on top of these homes. We have a fire truck sitting in the driveway because the last thing we want is to lose more homes. Reporter the fire was creating updrafts that kept fueling itself. There are no structures that have been damaged yet and firefighters are trying to keep it away from the city of santa rosa and the oakmont area. The weather has been working in favor of the firefighters. The temperature has been cool overnight and there is no wind so the air quality is terrible. Anybody in this area knows that and unfortunately we are
Derailed after alerting pharmaceutical companies about the unusually large shipments of opioids. Tmobile and sprint are planning to announce a merger as they gear up for what could turn into challenging antitrust negotiations with the government. The merger could create the nations thirdlargest mobile business behind verizon and at t. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, october 16th. Good morning to you. We begin this half hour with firefighters finally turning a corner in the battle against californias deadliest wildfires. Fire officials in Northern California say theyve made tremendous progress. With a little help from a shift in the weather. Right now 15 large fires are still burning and even as thousands of residents are allowed to return home, many others remain missing. The death toll has already climbed to at least 40. Abcs linzie janis has more from santa rosa. Reporter flames in every direction. Incinerating this house. Just two blocks from the nearest fire stati
Inside the home further complicating the horrific scene but quick work by his office prevented further loss of life. We evacuated the building opened up all the doors to make sure it was safe to go back in. Reporter we asked the chief if they had any suspects. Told us right now its the childrens mother. Definitely its the person that has the authority over the house at this time is always considered a suspect. Reporter at this point theyre no longer looking for anyone that may be involved. Okay, at this point no word yet on who the childrens mother is but again, her children, fiveyearold little boy and a month old baby boy, have passed away. For now reporting live in wilmington, bob brooks channel6 action news. Monica. Thank you bob. Now to action News Reporter sara Sarah Bloomquist live in the neighborhood. This has come as a shock to the neighborhoods. Reporter some neighbors said they started to cry when they heard what police were investigating here in the 800 block of west ninth s
The meeting this morning. Breaking news overnight. Oil rig explodes in louisiana rep genome for. The latest as crews search for the missing. Meanwhile, wifi everest or the Wireless Security vulnerable to hacking in your internet browsing could be tracked. The company or a stroke when this model three protections, laying off hundreds of others. Merger monday starts on wall street. Aramark announcing it deals valued at nearly 2. 5 billion. A broader look at the m a activity this morning. Global market this morning we do is viking. The dow industrials, s p and nasdaq also in the column. In europe this morning, stocks surging higher as well. Dax up, cacm fractionally. Asia overnight markets mostly higher with the exception of china down a third of a percent. A wild win for the dodgers to los angeles late in the cubs tonothing in the mlc s. Good all the highlights coming up your journey to to talk about it, Rasmussen Amy holmes here. Kevin kelly and his lambskin partners president lee carte