The Sonoma County board of supervisors voted to declare a local state of emergency because of the kincade fire. The agreed to extend the previous Emergency Declaration for the Public Safety power shut off. Allie rasmus was at the meeting that just wrapped up in joins us live with the latest. Reporter declaring that local Cuming County with state of emergency is the first step for the county to eventually apply for state funding to pay for the kincade fire. The cost of which is still being tallied. At this meeting this morning the Sonoma County board of supervisors, the county leaders address the fact that they wont be eligible for federal disaster funding because the damage to public property was not great enough. But that is part of the overall Success Story here, see the supervisors. The response. They congratulated each other and congratulated firefighters and Public Officials and emergency responders. There were 200 structures and homes destroyed in this fire but compare that to th
In san jose, police are investigating an officer involved shooting that left one man dead. As fire evacuees return home they explained how the tubbs fire from two years ago helped them deal with the kinkade fire. Santa rosa where theres a special Halloween Party for fire evacuees. Abc 7 news starts right now. Firefighters are making solid headway tonight on the kinkade fire in Sonoma County thanks to improving weather conditions. Containment is now up t 65 . The flames have scorched nearly 78,000 acres. And part of the fire is in 1 homes have been destroyedin in the four and four people have been hurt. People are beingme my are shari about just how different this experience was from the tubbs fire two years ago. Communication and coordinating seems to have improved significantly. Reporter hassan is live from downtown where he found evacuees very glad to get back home. Good evening. More than 186,000 people were evacuated due to the kinkade fire. Many local agencies like the Sonoma Coun
Somewhere along the Central California coast. Showers linger monday night into potentially wednesday before dry conditions return late next week. And our Team Coverage of the storm continues this morning now with averi harper. Shes live san jose this morning covering the rain. Hows it looking out there averi . Downed trees also a big problem in san jose and the damage is cutting power to thousands of people. Neighbors on east empire street, near 12th street say this palm tree snapped and landed on a home. No one was injured. But the damage did not stop there. And near downtown san jose, pgande crews are busy working on damaged power lines. Several traffic lights out because of the power outage as well. Well. Outage as the power out because of traffic lights out because of the power outage as well. In california news. A powerful storm blew into sountern and Central California bringing heavy rain, strong winds, flooding and serious damage to the area. Kron 4s pam moore show us the damage
Monument as we wait for the Cherry Blossom trees to burst on and bloom. The festival begins today and peak bloom happens thursday. With warmer temperatures coming in well see them on up quickly. Its hawrd to imagine when you consider how chilly it is outside today. Satellite and radar showing rain showers pushing off the coast as low pressure intensifies and moves to new england offshore now and showers in the forecast today. Were not done with the system. Mainly brought rain to d. C. And accumulating snow north and west to the moup taps. Cold, 40 reg national and 37 dullesen 38 bwi. Lets check temperatures elsewhere. When you get to the moun taps still not at freezing. Its closer, 36 whip chester and 36 martinsburg and 36 couple better land. Once you get up to the ridge to thats where theyre getting snow. 40 washington. 37 cambridge and 37 leonard up to. Chilly no matter what. Future cast shows were dry right now in thrping. By mid afternoon more shores through. We still have that chi
This is fox5 local news at 10. 0. Right now at 10, get ready for r what could be a terrible commute tomorrow. Beginning at midnight, metro iss shutting down the entire railail system until thursday. Il i fully recognize the hardship this causes to the region and tg the community. Tonight, the emergency inspections, rider reaction ande how you can get around town. And breaking news in the president ial raise, another candidate has called it wits as primary results continue to come in. Fox5 local news at 10 starts right now. T and the count down is on less le than two hours from now, metro rail is shutting down and will not reopen until thursday. Thanks for joining us tonight, o im tony perkins and im shawn yancy. The reason system wide emergencr safety inspections. Now we believe this is the First Time Ever the Transit Agency has shutdown service for mechanicall reasons. An average ride metro every day, so you know this is going to have a wide ranging impact. So off the top, here are so