The conditions improve. That is, people could start to leave tomorrow, weather permitting. This gives you a better idea of where everyone is stranded. There in the Black Rock Desert north of reno. Most people cant get a cell phone signal making it a challenge to communicate. We begin our coverage tonight with abc seven News Reporter cornell bernard. We had planned on leaving yesterday, but you know, it seems thats not thats not the plan. Matt schuster from San Francisco is patiently waiting for the weather to change in black rock city, home to burning man. So right now, how some some, you know, its a light shower. Its schusters 19th year attending the counterculture arts festival. And this year, torrential rain has stranded tens of thousands of burners. Its made the desert floor better known as the playa. A muddy mess. Its really not a good decision to try to drive. Organizers say driver out, even walking out is not advised. It is clay. Its even worse than than mud. So. So it fills in
Downpour in the desert turns burning man into a mess. This morning tens of thousands of festival attendees are stranded in the desert and more rain is on the way. It is pretty bad. There is little butterflies. A scare late last night at lax. A suspicious package gets a response from the bomb squad. A San Francisco caf÷ reopens for business after the owner says lawlessness in the city forced her to shut down. Good morning is start thank you for starting your day with us we begin in the nevada desert. Tens of thousands of people are stranded at burning man. Heavy rain and flooding has turned the festival into a soggy mess. People are sheltering in place as roads in and out of the area are closed and more rain is expected to fall today. According to the Pershing County Sheriffs Office, a person has died but they have not released any more information about the circumstances. Is annual event attracts people from all over the world including people from right here in the bay area. There is
Maybe you dont have a lot of food left or water left. Thats where you might start getting panicky. At 11 00, stranded in the mud. Were following the latest out of burning man. Tens of thousands are stuck after rains turned the campground into nightmares. We had major issues with people parking near the restaurant and getting windows broken. Now they go to the guarded lot. Theyre taking a guarded approach to winning back customers. An east bay customer is trying to get ahead of car breakins to help their business bounce back. The news at 11 00 starts right now. Thanks for joining us, im terry mcsweeney. Im gia vang. The Freak Weather at burning man has turned deadly. Pershing county Sheriffs Office is investigating a death after heavy rains soaked the grounds in the desert. We dont know how the person died, the victims family has been notified but theres no information right now. Instead of enjoying the finale, thousands of burners are told to shelter in place, stuck in the mud. The des
Direction. The driver in that sedan, a 22 year old man from san jose, died in that crash, according to witnesses that prior to the crash, the honda had entered the freeway and was traveling the wrong way. So it was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes just prior to the crash. The chp says the vehicles are cleared now, but theyre still cleaning up a fuel spill from the big rig. The hazmat crew wasnt expected to even get to the scene until now, and it has been rough on all roads all over the bay area. You can see red on google maps there in certain parts of the freeways throughout the east bay and other parts of the bay area, san jose isnt looking quite as bad, though, as it was an hour ago. Same on either side of the caldecott tunnel. Triple a says were still in the worst window for driving tonight until 7 00, according to its forecast. After 8 p. M. Is the best time to drive. If you can get to your memorial destination late. Be safe everyone. Indeed. Thanks so much. New at six
Francisco is honoring our service men and women today. From the areas local news station, youre watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. Good morning. Thank you so much for being here and joining us here on the kron 4 morning news. Im stephanie lin. Its saturday. May the 25th. Lets get your day started with a look at the weather with dave sphar i good morning, stephanie. Good morning, everybody. And starting things off. It looks like were back tracking into spring even though were in unofficial start of summer can take us a while to start really feeling like that yet again. But for today, we do have that fog cloudiness right around the immediate bay and its snuck into some of the valleys inland to now, thats should on balance mix out for most locations will be a little stubborn at the coast. And thats a stubborn right now, as you can see, the east bay shoreline. But this will probably parse away long before leave you today. Heres a look at our satellite picture in most of the major traf