Now live breaking news from abc7. That breaking news in napa valley where two large wildfires are burning north of napa. Thompson vineyards tweeted this photo just outside napa around 10 15 tonight. Cal fire saying its at 200 acres. You could see big flames and heavy smoke from a distance. This fire is threatening structures. Another larger fire is burning in calistoga off 128 and tubbs lane. This video was shared with us. Evacuations ordered for that fire. Windy and dry conditions are not helping firefighters tonight. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im matt keller. The wind will not making fires any easier tonight. Drew tuma . We have very poor fire conditions right now. Incredibly windy in the north bay hampering those efforts. Foes those fires can spread quickly. Atlas peak, look at those winds gusting to 30 miles er hour. Another fire were tracking this one in calistoga. Winds once again 33mileperhour gusts. Relative humidity is bone dry. Those two conditions can combined make
Not accounted for. In sonoma, to 85 people have not been found. Our coverage begins with justine is santa rosa. Give us the latest please. Reporter we know that in the state right now there are 22 wild fires that are burning but the ones that are getting the priority are the ones in napa and sonoma because they have the greatest risk to people and property. I want to bring in cal fire, who is going to tell us about the fire fight happening this evening. We are running a 24 hour operation, the challenges that we are facing today are the terrain and the wind event that is taking place later this evening. Reporter the cal fire chief said one of the biggest concerns he was having was that the wind are changing. Thats causing more evacuations tonight. Which way are the winds blowing and is that something that is going to change and help you guys. When it comes to fire fighting, sometimes you know which directions the winds are coming but that can change on you, the crews have been given ins
Learned the City Attorney has agreed to pay figueroa 190,000 in a settlement. Figueroas lawyer says it sends a message. Its all the more important to San Francisco to stand up for its values. He was the victim of crime. He had been robbed of his car. If somebody cant go into the sfpd and do that, then it creates a situation where, um, you have less public safety. Its a shameful way of taxpayer dollars. We have a settlement being offered here that likely would not be awarded by any jury. Reporter San Francisco Republican Party chair jason clark. San francisco is making a sham of our immigration laws. There was a warrant out for his arrest and the police did the right thing by detaining him and then did the right thing again by turning him over to immigration authorities. Reporter joe vazquez, kpix 5. The settlement came on the same day that the president held an immigration roundtable. The meeting was with a group of victims of crimes caused by illegal immigrants. Today, the house will
Event calling for the mayor to make amends and meet their demands. [ screaming ] fire chief suhr reporter mayor lee plans to work with Law Enforcement. And beyond that he didnt say much else. He wasnt available to the media. We went to his office and his staffers said he wouldnt be available for an interview. Reporting live at city hall, emily turner, kpix 5. A quiet ceremony today the first female sheriff of San Francisco took the oath of office. Senator Dianne Feinstein swore in vicki hennessy. She won the november election with 61 of the vote defeat ross mirkarimi. She started working at the Sheriffs Office in 1975. Hennessy was part of the first recruitment class that included women. In sillicon valley today it was supposed to be a low key meeting between Top Obama Administration officials and Tech Companies. The topic, fighting terrorism. But kpix 5s len ramirez was able to find out where the meeting was and why the white house is making it a top priority. Reporter sillicon valley
Investigated. Reporter cordell says the information has to be put into context. The report does not indicate whether the deputies are new hires or veterans and shows inconsistencies with discipline for same violations. What concerns me is i dont understand the logic or the reasoning behind all the kinds of discipline, where some people are terminated for driving under the influence, and others are not. Reporter she says the report has persuaded her even more that the jail operations need independent civilian oversight. In Law Enforcement generally we really need toe all of wait our hiring practices and see is there something we can do better. Reporter there was only one sustained complaint last year but that does not include pending cases. In fact, there were 65 use of force complaints last year, 36 of which are still being investigated. Frank. So, cristina, what happens next . Well, the Blue Ribbon Commission will bring questions and concerns to the sheriff tomorrow morning in a meeti