Interchange. Bay bridge toll plaza. Well jump over there where we see a smooth flow of traffic. Low clouds over the oakland hills. So far drivers are not having a problem. Now to that breaking news out of lake county where wildfires are tearing apart homes and businesses and charring thousands of acres. This morning a major twist in the story as the suspected serial arsonist is locked up. Heres the latest at this hour. A state of emergency is now in effect for the area about 90 miles north of San Francisco. 4,000 acres are scorched. Nearly 200 homes and businesses just gone. The blaze only 5 contained. Now lets bring in today in the bays pete suratos who has been covering this story since yesterday. Pete, whats happening right now and tell us more about what we uncovered about the suspect in this case. Reporter well, authorities are describing that suspect as a serial arsonist but were near quarter horse lane and we showed you these communities. Pretty much ravaged as a result of this
A lot of clouds but well see that clearing out for some sunshine and it stays hot in the trivalley today reaching sbhoo the low 90s. While San Francisco will see a high of 66 degrees. Well talk about this temperature spread coming up. Heading over to mike, more slowing on the drive through fremont. When i was younger we had to remind him to put his pants on. He forgot something. Smooth drive. Nothing memorable about this commute. Standard flow of traffic. We do see more traffic flowing. Past sunol boulevard and fremont. Same direction off the Castro Valley y slowing past a street and industrial. Now the build toward the dumbarton bridge. Westbound directions build a bit. Looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. Big westbound commute in oakland. The span itself moves smoothly. Even the fastrak lanes are moving well. Well track that build. Mike, thank you. We go back to our north and update to the clayton fire that continues to burn out of control in lake county. This morning a major twist
Nothing. Nothing. 03 vo continues so much loss. So much damage. Tonight the devastg we have nothing, nothing. So much loss and so much damage. Tonight the devastating wild fire in lake county is being pinned on a sear willurial arso. The news starts right now. Thanks for joining us on this special edition of nbc bay area news. Im raj mathai. And im janelle wang. One man might be to blame. Here is what we know about the socalled clayton fire. It started saturday but picked up sunday ripping through clearlake and beyond many hundreds of people forced to evacuate. Tonight this twist. Athorities announcing Damin Pashilk has been arrested. Here is his picture. Accused of being a serial arsonist, theyre blaming him for starting over a dozen fires over the last year. Cheryl, this is a huge development. How did they track him down . Reporter theyre really not saying exactly how they tracked him down. Well probably find out more about that mr. Tin the coming d. Right now im standing where two h