Social media pages, we are putting out those updates. Right now, we are just letting the firefighters do their job. This is fortunate for us that this is mostly hilly grassland area, not really surrounded by a lot of homes but there are homes on the east side of dublin that could be affected. So were very fortunate the weather has been decent and we have a lot of resources that were putting on the fire. But mostly its the terrain this is a grass fire, grassfires are much more manageable than heavy brush fires. Sergeant, can you talk about the evacuation . Do you know how many people roughly have been effected and why there were evacuations . It looks like the fire is blowing away from the homes. Its unpredictable so in an abundance of caution we want to do everything right. Some of the people that have been displaced, hundreds of people, we have opened up the Community Resource center and a Reunification Center here at the dublin wave off central park way. So families are encouraged to
No delays as you head northbound on 87. We are tracking a few cars backing up over at the bay bridge toll plaza. Nothing major. You have about a 10minute ride from the maze into San Francisco. Michelle. A new set of wildfires is keeping bay area crews busy in some difficult terrain. Kpix 5s andria borba breaks down why the bear fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains is proving tough to contain. Reporter the sound in the Santa Cruz Mountains is this, an on s. W. A. T. Of helicopters piercing the quiet, dropping water and trying to knock down the bear fire. The fire began at night scaring people out of their homes. Then they turn around and all of a sudden i see the flames from this shining in my living room. I saw a light. I just took my stuff and ran. I was asked to leave about 1, 2 a. M. And again at 3 or 4 a. M. And then i left at 7 a. M. I got my truck over there, everything that i own is in that truck over there. Reporter one of the things making this firefight difficult, the terrain her
Reporter the conditions are good this morning. Cool temperatures, no winds, because otherwise, firefighters have a lot working against them. This is prime fire season. The fuel is drive and accessibility around here is near impossible. This fire started monday night when a building caught fire near Bear Creek Canyon road and deer creek road in Boulder Creek. Its 5 contained. It burned about 300 acres and four buildings. Not sure how many of those are homes. The fire is burning in steep terrain, dry fuel, leaves and brush. A lot of the strategy is to fight the fire from the sky with water drops and fire retardant. 150 homes are under evacuation orders today. I turned around and all of a sudden i saw the flames in the living room and i saw like a light. I took my stuff and ran. I got asked to leave about 1, 2 a. M. And i finally left at 7 a. M. I got my truck over there. Everything i own is in the truck over there. Reporter now, the evacuations going on in the middle of the night. Many t
Heres a look at evacuation orders now for Santa Cruz County. Several Evacuation Centers are open. This man, 54yearold marlin coy, of Boulder Creek is now behind bars for allegedly looting an evacuated home. Police say he stole 15,000 worth of jewelry from the property and a mountain bike. Now to the wine country wildfires where firefighters have stopped the forward progress of all of the wildfires in the area. Here are the latest numbers. Tubbs fire 91 . Atlas fire 83 . Nuns fire 80 . Sonoma county authorities report that one additional death from the fires brings the total to 42. About 58 people are still listed as missing in napa and sonoma counties. More than 6,000 people have been allowed to return home. Governor brown is issuing an executive order to speed up recovery in areas devastated by the fire. President trump said despite the tweet, the Trump Administration says that the president has no plans to visit california. The next phase of wildfire recovery includes a cleanup of to
Look. Venado just west of healdsburg and others got rain, santa rosa twotenths. Ben lomond up to threetenths. More for the Santa Cruz Mountains. Of course those fires across the north bay hills and in the Santa Cruz Mountains that fire there this rain is going to help them out. Youre going to be dealing with some slick roads as well as some strong winds for drivers along 580 this morning. A wind advisory in place for the altamont pass. Both hands on well keep a firm grip and be careful. Theres some areas of some standing water. Some puddling. Right now its about 25 minutes for drivers making their way between 205 and 680. An opposite commute direction accident no longer blocking lanes. Traffic flowing freely between 880 and 101 about 15 minutes. Bay bridge toll plaza friday light 10 minutes from the maze into San Francisco. Now to the fire watch in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The bear fire is still burning this morning. The 320acre fire is 35 contained. 300 structures are threatened. Som