Cracked the case. From housing bonds to e offices. Were tracking a very busy San Francisco ballot on this Election Night. The kpix5 news at7 00 begins now. With the latest on the stand off. Sheriff deputies have had the place surrounded for hours now believing that 20yearold Jonathan Salazar may have been hold uped in. He and 21yearold Santos Fonseca escaped from jail where they were being held for separate murder charges. The motel is just 10 miles left from the motel in salinas. The stand off has gone on for hours now. As i mentionerred we just heard from the Sheriffs Department minutes ago that salazar to be checked out as i mentioned, we just heard from the Sheriffs Department minutes ago that salazar to be checked out was not in the room. They did not find him. But they have a strong belief that he was in fact, there. We learned yesterday that salazar and fonseca snuck out from a hole in a bathroom ceiling. They evaded a razor wire that tops the perimeter fencing by escaping throu
Pg e turns off because of the dangerous winds headed for our region. We begin with an urging warning from authorities, the winds could gust 80 miles an hour. I am andre senior. I am alayna gomez. Firefighters worked to get the upper hand on the kincade fire, it is burning out of control. The latest numbers, cal fire said it has burned nearly 26,000 acres and the fire is only 11 contained. Authorities say 77 structures have been destroyed, that includes 31 homes. The spike in the number of people forced to leave their homes or businesses. Earlier today, 44,000 people were under Evacuation Orders which affected the residents of windsor and healdsburg. Mark essex said another 100,000 people under the Evacuation Order, that brings the total ,0 people in these communities are ordered to leave. We have Team Coverage of the fire. Tonight wind event, meteorologist, mark tamayo monitoring the conditions. We go live to an evacuation shelter. Greg talked to thousands of people evacuated. Reporter
Using 44 helicopters to help inspect some of the harder to access areas tonight, fire danger remains high across the state many mobile homes actually burned 2 this afternoon in the socalled sandalwood fire. This is down in Riverside County Southern California. You see here at least a dozen homes killed 5 are and the fast spreading flames. Easily consume them. Also currently awaiting a live update from governor Gavin Newsome and will certainly bring that to you once it starts the extreme fire danger is what prompted 2 of the states Utility Companies to shut off the power. We have Team Coverage on these massive shut off. Rob he joins us from Santa Clara County where restoration efforts are beginning. Chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow tracking the fire danger. But first anchorman is live tonight in brisbane where a fire. Up to this morning. It came dangerously close to wer lines. Dan whats the latest. Well, whats interesting about this fire is it it grew up to just below power lines, bu
Reporter getting extra resources to crews on the ground will help them hold the line. But given how big the area is, and the massive winds expected on saturday, the aerial assault will be key. Putting aircraft and resources on the new fires, quickly. Keeping them small, keep this one contained and we will be all right. Tara sharp grew in guiserville and helped to evacuate family and friends, she came back to donate food and money to the First Responders who she said, are risking their living to save her community. The gratitude is incredible. Its a small thing to do that we can do to help to help the people saving our communities. The power will likely be cut to the area this weekend. They want people to plan accordingly. And they add, if you are asked to evacuate, to leave immediately. The longer it takes to evacuate, the more difficult for firefighters to do their job. Abc7 news. Thank you. Abc7 news anchor eric thomas in geiserville talking with victims of the kin indicate fire, eri
The fire has now burned more than 54,000 acres, a steep increase from this morning when firefighters said the fire was 30,000 acres. Containment has fallen from 10 to just 5 . 94 structures have been destroyed and Officials Say another 80,000 structures are still threatened tonight. Also today authorities evacuated another 90,000 people from Sonoma County bringing the total number of people evacuated to 180,000. Heres a look at the evacuation zone. You can see the evacuations stretch from healdsburg down to santa rosa and then all the way to the coast. We begin our Live Team Coverage tonight with ktvus jana katsuyama. Reporter we just got an update. The wind gusts have been pretty intense here. I understand from one of the officials here that the fire has already jumped font road. Up the hill we saw about 15 minutes ago a number of vehicles coming out of shiloh ridge and dashing south down font road because in the past 10 minutes there has been an Emergency Alert imminent fire threat t