To rise following those devastating wildfires. Maui. And it could take years to recover from them. But first, an official air quality warning for the bay area as we go live near the port of oakland after a fire tearing through a recycling yard. From the bay station. Youre watching kron. And news. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im justine waldman, heavy smoke visible in oakland after a large pile of scrap metal caused a fire near the citys port. That smoke could be smelled all across the east bay. Well go live now to kron fours Charles Clifford. Hes on the scene or near the scene for us. As theres now an official air quality warning for the bay area. Charles. Right now im in alameda. If you look behind me here across the oakland estuary across the water that big black crane over there, this fire was burning just beneath that. It looks we cant see any smoke at the moment. Were just a little it looks like they may have a mostly under control is going to take a look
Not enough he vows to help hawaii rebuild from catastrophic flames. How california is now lending an effort to stop the fires. Plus. I time ago was on front street the it . Stories of survival and tragedy this afternoon as thousands of people are still racing to evacuate the islands where history has also burned to the ground since 2018, shooting 13 notice of violation. Just answer steel. And demanding answers after a fire erupted at an oakland steel plant choking our skies with potentially toxic smoke. What were learning about the sites history of alleged violations. Now from the areas local news station. This is kron. 4 news at 3. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at just involvement and we will start with the thousands of people who are trying to evacuate maui right now as Deadly Wildfires continue to burn across the island. And as that smoke clears in some areas, the damage left behind by this fire can finally be assessed and that damage is significant with the
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thousands under evacuation workers right now, and according to governor gavin newsom, 17 confirmed dead right at this hour. cnn s nick watt, joins us with all the latest on the los angeles river which in normal times his river in name only. what is the latest, nick? you are right anderson. this is normally just a trickle. in fact there is usually a homeless encampment in what is the l. a. river. those people have had to flee to higher ground. you know, californians just aren t used to this amount of water. and in many cases, the states are just not equipped to deal with it. further up north and santa barbara, the floodwaters just overwhelming the sewer system in that ended up with sewage on the streets in santa barbara, and also you know, drivers just trying to drive where they shouldn t be driving because frankly they just don t know any better. so we have seen quite a few rescues, people being plucked out of their cars and when we are talking about drivers also just incre
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