Visit with an awards ceremony, honoring 7 members of the National Guard who rescued hundreds of campers approved by the creek fire. The California Wildfires will be in the National Spot light again tomorrow. Democratic v. P. Nominee and senator Kamala Harris will be in fresno meet with firefighters, greg lee, ktvu fox 2 news. After the president departed, Governor Newsom headed north to butte county where he met with wildfire evacuees. The north complex fire in plumas and butte counties is 26 contained. The fire has burned nearly 262,000 acres. At least 14 people have now died in the west zone six of that fire. 7 people remain missing tonight, and more than 500 structures have been destroyed. This is a look at the devastation along bald rock road just east of the community of berry creek. That town was nearly leveled by the fire. The bay area workweek getting off to a start with more unhealthy air quality. The smoke has prompted spare the air alerts for four straight weeks now. As Maur
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Overnight, lightning strikes off the coast as a Severe Thunderstorm Warning moves across the bay area. Were bracing for another day of intense recordbreaking heat after more rolling Power Outages affect hundreds of thousands of people. Good morning, everyone. It is sunday, august 16. Im liz kreutz. Thank you for joining us. Those thunderstorms were seen off the coast of santa cruz, on the peninsula, near pacifica, and all across the bay area overnight. From the lightning to the winds to the heat to now these brush fires were tracking, were following it all. Lets get over to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at whats happening right now. Lisa . Hey, liz. You know, when we had one of these thunderstorms around fairfield, the temperature went from the 80s to 100. That was a heat burst that came down from the upper levels of the atmosphere with a thunderstorm. Just amazing whether the around here. As we go in c
Overflowing with ideas and energy. Thats the San Francisco chronicle endorsing democrat katie porter for senate over all other options. Porter is easily the most impressive candidate. Known for her grilling of corporate executives. With deep policy knowledge. Katie porters housing plan has bipartisanfriendly ideas to bring homebuilding costs down. And the chronicle praises her ideas to end soft corruption in politics. Lets shake up the senate. With democrat katie porter. Im katie porter and i approve this message. Since then. Katie meyers story prompted conversations about the Mental Health of students on college campuses. Meyers father spoke exclusively with ktvu james torres on the familys journey to use their tragedy to make a difference. Just remembering two years ago when we found out that she had passed away, was harrowing and devastating, and shocking, and it still is. Every day, from their home in southern california, katie Meyers Family reflects on her life. Two years after it
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An early friday evening on lake merritt. Its cold and breezy, but its nothing to stop the locals. Ive lived in the area for about 13 years, and all the cool stuff that happens in east bay kind of happens around here, but i do see its always popping over here on the weekends. They look upon lake merritt with joy, and its probably going to be popping again this weekend. On saturday, lake merritt will be the home of an afternoon concert. Its called love lake merritt. We could see things changing and becoming better, but perception is hard to fight. Kimberly miller is the executive director of fairyland at lake merritt. She is one of several organizing the event where the focus is to bring as many people to the lake as possible. Weve had a tough year here in oakland, but were all about positive vibes and we want to bring art and culture, which is what oakland is known for down to the lake. From music to visual art to dance, to make sure to remind oaklanders what its all about. We see the w