Has barned 54,000 acres, containment has dropped to 5 . Another 80,000 homes are threatened by flames. Firefighters believe it will take until november 7th to contain the fire. Schools are closed because of the smoke and ongoing Power Outages. We have a full list on nbcbayarea. Com and running them on the bottom of the screen all morning. And tracking new evacuation orders overnight into. Sharon katsuda is live at the frontlines. Firefighters are still on the scene there . Reporter that is right. And we just moved from a decision location so were now here right along spot road in the heart of this evacuation area and you could see behind me there are fire engines here. They saved this home. Im told that the flames came right up to the back side of this home so very good use here but the fire has moved on closer towards santa rosa. That is what im hearing. Now lets take a look at video of the flames. We shot this about 3 00 this morning just off the road here. Got very close to structur
Twitter has announced a global ban on all political advertising on its site. The social Media Company says it wants to prevent potential problems with unchecked information and fake news. The policy comes in on 22 november, so it will affect the uk general election and next years us election. Our media editor amol rajan has this assessment of how the fight for voters attention is increasingly being waged online. Recognise any of these . In the coming weeks, brace yourself for a further onslaught of adverts in your social media feed. Elections used to be all about the ground war and air war, leaflets through the letterbox or Party Political broadcasts. Today there is a third front, the cyber war, and this digital blitzkrieg is the most complex and controversial of the lot. Data from the Electoral Commission shows the proportion of Campaign Money going to Digital Advertising is growing fast. The issue isnt just Political Parties. Its anyone with a political message to sell. Theres potent
already closed last month. critics say that is by design, a slow motion strategy playing out little by little until it s too far and too late to stop it. sandra: shannon bream will be here what s at stake and cases at the supreme court, including the abortion pill. but first this. suspect accused of leaking our nation s secrets in court for the first time. 21-year-old national guardsman jack teixeira seen wearing hands cuffs and a khaki prison jump suit as he stood before a federal judge. bill: facing two federal charges for removing and sharing classified information. cameras captured his dad leaving the courtroom just moments after his son was formally charged under the espionage act. sandra: questions grow how a low level employee had access to top secret information. darrell issa slamming the system last hour. secure facilities should not trust everyone that goes in walks out with the briefcase and not looked at. and the system obviously failed at several levels.
Live where you live, this is abc 7 news. Three water slides at a dublin water park where a boy narrowly escapes serious injury will be closed to the public but open to engineers and Safety Experts tomorrow who will try to figure out what went wrong. Good evening. Im eric thomas. The 10yearold boy went zooming off one of the slides yesterday. It was the first day of operation at the 31,000squarefoot water park in dublin. Abc 7 News Reporter Leslie Brinkley is live with new details at the wave. And leslie, the inspectors have lots of questions to answer. Thats right, eric. Tonight here at the wave, dublin city Officials Say they want to know what happened. Why did that 10yearold boy careen off a slide on the very first day this park was operating here. Cal osha inspected all six of these slides on friday and issued permits. The very next day, 90 minutes after the grand opening on saturday, this happened. A 10yearold boy hydroplaned off the emerald plunge slide. He scraped his back and is
Get a check of traffic this morning. If you are getting ready to hit the roadways, good news, traffic is nice and light so leave now because that likely will not be the case later this afternoon as everyone is returning from their Holiday Weekend. Traffic expected to be very busy. Right now we are looking at the san mateo bridge and those tail lights making their way in the westbound direction out of hayward heading into foster city, a 14 minute ride, no major delays to tell you about if youre making your way along 101, this is right near 380 so just north of sfo, you can see traffic nice and light, you can also count the cars out on the freeway there, speeds moving right at the limit. We are seeing a few slowdowns approaching the richmond, san rafael bridge. No reports of any accidents. An update for you on that coming up in the next traffic report but first send it over to roberta and get a check on the forecast. Our live weather camera from our kpix5 studios, looking out past pier 9