60 homes in the Community Forest have been evacuated the fire spread now to 130 acres. Authorities shut down highway 140 going into yosemite. Were joined by park ranger cary cobb. Thanks for joining us. Do you know anything about this missing tanker and the fire fight now . There was a plane crash related to the fire in Yosemite National park and witnessed by park staff as well as residents of the area. I cannot confirm what type of plane it was or how many people were on board. But it was a plane that is connected with the fire and was witness crashing in the area of the fire. That corroborates what we have had heard now witnesses say a plane did crash in this area. What is a concern tonight as we approach night fall about this fire still spread and the ability to fight it from the ground . The fire is in an area with very, very steep cliffs. Anyone familiar with the area has seen how steep of cliffs are. Were concentrating on an air attack we did have a fire in the area in late july
Live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. Weve got some big changes on the way right now. Were talking rain, wind. We could even see thunderstorms and hail. Lets get right to Brian Hackney in the weather center. This is the kind of storm we did not get all winter, but were getting it now, big low pressure that moved out of the gulf of alaska and is sending a lot of rain over mendocino county. It is unwinding over northern california. Toward the end of this loop you can finally begin to see the rain enhancing off of the bay area. Look at the heavy rain up north and look at the rain developing just offshore from the bay area. We will begin to experience heavy rain around 2 a. M. According to futurecast. We freeze the loop so you can see by 2 00, 3 00 the very heavy cold front is moving through the bay area. Rain comes down, winds go up, gusts up to about 40 miles an hour. Then it really powers through. It will be out of here by the morning commute and leave behind the potent
Live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. Weve got some big changes on the way right now. Were talking rain, wind. We could even see thunderstorms and hail. Lets get right to Brian Hackney in the weather center. This is the kind of storm we did not get all winter, but were getting it now, big low pressure that moved out of the gulf of alaska and is sending a lot of rain over mendocino county. It is unwinding over northern california. Toward the end of this loop you can finally begin to see the rain enhancing off of the bay area. Look at the heavy rain up north and look at the rain developing just offshore from the bay area. We will begin to experience heavy rain around 2 a. M. According to futurecast. We freeze the loop so you can see by 2 00, 3 00 the very heavy cold front is moving through the bay area. Rain comes down, winds go up, gusts up to about 40 miles an hour. Then it really powers through. It will be out of here by the morning commute and leave behind the potent
Discrimination. See how our wusa9 investigation forced the city to take action. Right now the morning commute looks okay, but a cold front approaches tomorrow night. Well let you know if that interferes with your evening commute and how cool it gets behind this front. A lot of news tonight. Good evening. Im derek mcginty. Im lesli foster. A lot of it revolves around our sports teams. It has been a busy day. The redskins and nationals have a lot to prove and a lot on the line. We begin in San Francisco where the nats have forced another game. Heres our kristen berset. Reporter the nationals came into at t park here in San Francisco with the end of their season staring them in the face, but what they responded with was incredible pitching by doug fister, some stellar defense by bryce harper and capitalizing on a huge error by giants pitcher Madison Bumgardner in the 7th inning, a big 41 win for the nationals and it keeps their season alive at least one more day. I mentioned yesterday we
Is it time to Start Talking dynasty . You know, with that that is for others were about every year really is a movie. That is the way sports is. Good news is that we have the same folks constructing the team every year. And managing the team. He praises fans as part of the teams success. At phils coffee, theyll be watching game six on tv but the baristas see one giant in person all the time. He orders tesoro original blend. Very to ask, hunter, are we going to win the world series . He says yes. Yes. Its that kind of confidence that led to this operation that started today. No one would talk about building floats and the quiet planning underway for a championship parade. Perhaps for fear of a jinx. Are you ready for a parade . Were ready for a game tomorrow night. If youre looking for a place to watch, a jumbo tron is being set up in front of city hall. A viewing party for you, and thousand of giants fans. More than 43,000 fans packed at and t park for the game. Officially that is 3 mo