An army of firefighters battling wildfire across california tonight. As tens of thousands of acres go up in flames. We are tracking the destruction tonight. Youre looking at video from the cold fire in yolo county and the soberanes fire in monterey county. Good evening im Vicki Liviakis in for pam moore. Steve and im steve aveson. Tonight we are looking into why this fire season may be more of a challenge for firefighters. Kron4s Spencer Blake joins us now. And spencer is there progress tonight on the fire lines . Reporter the progress is very slowgoing, lets put it that way. The cold fire up in yolo county is still just 15 percent contained, and its burned 47 hundred acres. And down in monterey county, the 54thousand acre soberanes fire is 35 percent contained. Those stats are comign from cal firebut even on the municipal level, fire stations like this one in palo alto can feel the heat of the 2016 fire season. In some ways, this summers fire season isnt as bad as 2015s. Through the e
Reporter last night a driver hit a 13 year old igniting a conversation about a Pedestrian Safety here. Police said is the third accident at the intersection in five years. The other two did not involve a pedestrian. The intersection has to stop signs. One for both the existing skyline plaza and the other comes out of the neighborhood across the street. This is kind of scary because people getting off the freeway do not have a stop sign and they just the right through it and not Pay Attention to pedestrians. I have gone to two City Council Meetings twice. I have complained over the fall about it and the only thing that they have done about it was put up a sign a little yellow ciba said stop for pedestrians which is useless. It has been 24 hours since the accident. Pedestrians and need to be aware that a crosswalk, a signal, and a stop sign that this not ensure one security. You have to be alert. You have to take responsibility for yourself as you are crossing the street because view of
Music fans, and also some frustrated neighbors. Reporter thats right. Concert just ended. You can see the people spilling out right now. Some will be back tomorrow. And is concert organizers tell me they expect more than 200,000 people to attend over the weekend. Metal detectors at the gate air new addition this year of there are more officers work outside lands, and the fbi is monitoring the largescale event. Theyre always paying attention to these type of events. Thankfully at this point theres no credible threat. Reporter an indie rock band from new york was among the many artists performing on seven stages. Despite the chill and the overcast skies, outside lands draws people from near and far. We like going to these 3day events. A lot of fun. Reporter the event is billed as a gourmet music festival. Its one of the most beautiful place this is San Francisco. Its so great to have a festival here reporter its not so great for some neighbors. Riley van dyke lives within walking distanc
Jobs and the economy as well. Clinton toured a brewery ahead of a rally in florida today where polls there still show a very close race. Its really outrageous to me that somebody who claims to be so successful has done it by stiffing hard working americans. Clintons Campaign Says shell counter trumps economic plan with an address of her own later this week. In washington, fox news. A group of young californiaens rallied in sacramento today for more education funding. Students and youth advocates gathered on the steps of the capital building. For the past 30 years spending on prisons has gone up three times faster than spending on education. They want state lawmakers to redistrict money spent on encourse rating youth and immigrants to educational programs. Theyre really here to talk about california, the way you spend money is the way you prioritize us. When you spend money on prisons, youre not prioritizing us as young people. Lawmakers met with youth activists to hear their concerns.
Get out if you can get out early. Were looking at something on the ben franklin west. Theres Road Construction that has things down to one lane thats taking place until 5 00 this morning. Pamela, thanks. Its 4 31. We continue to follow breaking new this morning. 11 Police Officers shot, five of them dead. Thats the carnage after snipers opened fire on a peaceful protest. Matt delucia is live in our digital center. This was an tissue situation until an hour ago. Thats right, tracy. Three are in custody. A fourth has died. There had been a standoff with police in a parking garage. We hear two suspicious devices have been found. And mass transit, one of their officers is among the dead. Officer thompson. Hes the first officer killed in the line of duty since d. A. R. T. Formed a Police Department back in 1989. Take a look at the chaos. People running from that protest which up until that point was peaceful. People gathered in dallas and several other major cities to protest two recent pol