the national weather service tweeted out this map that shows the heat signature from fires burning an hour ago. the red dot shows the size of the heat signatures picked up by satellite. here are the specifics, crews are working three separate fires and one is at night valley near highway 128 and the fire is estimated to be 100 and 150 acres, and another fire is burning in yontville and it is 15 acres. three separate fires in knight s valley and another in yontville and a crew is gathering information on the scene with a report if a few minutes. what is the weather going to be like? the fattest wind have been in the napa county an the airport and you can see on mount tamalpais they have been faster at 2,600 and 44-miles-per-hour gusts in napa, and mount tamalpais has been slow at 34 miles per hour and in the east bay hills 43 and mount back mount diabolo, 70 miles per hour which is hurricane strength. we have a wind advisory continues for the northeast wind up to 60 miles
16 weeks of paid maternity leave. a change of heart by the new mom ceo at yahoo! new dads get eight weeks and wait till you hear the icing on the cake. good morning, america. happy may day. good to have george back from l.a. and a lot of people were up last night watching the special, diane sawyer talking to amanda knox about her harrowing ordeal and her most terrifying moments. now, amanda knox is joining us live later this morning. looking forward to that and a whole lot more. we begin with dramatic pictures of the massive 747 crash at the u.s. air base in afghanistan. the video from a vehicle dashcam posted on the web. we won t be showing you the moment of impact. it does provide important clues about what might have happened. martha raddatz is here with all the details. good morning, martha. good morning, george. this is a kind of jet that is used commercially worldwide and even though it was in a war zone they do not believe enemy fire had anything to do with the
the weekend. we are now tracking a number of incidents that may have the potential to be a hot spot. on 37 westbound just pass highway 121 there is a big semi truck that is blocking a lame. this makes it a problem and there may be close enough to 121. however, this is a major route and if you drive this every morning did you know how it may be perry ed here in the south bay northbound 17 at hamilton, chp has a another special traffic advisory. two of the four lanes are blocked and the northbound direction. so far the traffic is pretty light. fire crews are working a fire in the yountville area just north of napa up. the flames broke out run the 11:45 p.m. last night and have burned 15 a.. the fire is 25 percent contained, crews are hoping to have it fully contained by 8:00 a.m.. there are reports of a few other small on 1 a. fire is just south of the yountville fire off of the silverado trail area. a total of three happening right now. overnight gust and the area got up t
coverage on the firefight. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec tells us a fire has ravaged large sections of wine country and high winds are only making the problem worse. reporter: the smoke is very thick in the air right now here in knights valley and the winds were so strong overnight, it carried it up to 60 miles away. it s an early start to this year s fire season, and this home among its first victims. we re watching our house with the flames going up to it. reporter: he and his wife have lived here for 19 years. overnight, an oak tree was blown over by the wind taking down a power pole which started a fire that spread to their home. nobody was here. the winds blowing so hard [ crying ] it s an experience that no one should have to go through. reporter: nearby in knights valley, two fires burned to combine 200 acres by morning. they started at around 1 a.m. and the firefight continues this afternoon. resources are still being gathered from around the state. cal f
these temperatures are going to start to heat up again. yesterday, well, not as warm. average temperatures usually in the 60s and 70s. by the afternoon today, as much as 17 degrees above the average at 90 degrees in livermore. we ll have more on your weather coming up in just a few minutes. thank you. the red flag warning is of special concern in contra costa county where two fire districts are also dealing with financial issues there. the contra costa county fire protection district crews are now using bulldozers to get 200 miles of fire trails ready for the season. it is a rush job because hot, dry conditions have arrived about a month earlier than normal. not a good year for this to be happening because of the recent budget cuts. response times are expected to increase. we simply don t have the same number of resources that we can put on the road that we had last fire season. people who live in areas with a lot of vegetation are urged to keep a 100-foot defensible