Los gatos is 88 degrees with 30 humidity. Sfo is blowing up 35 miles per hour, but at this area, the wind is light. This is fire season and we are fortunate that the firefighters got to handle on this fire so quickly. Its a rough area to fight fires with a lot of terrain and you will at this point. When i come back, we will look at the heat and we will have a spare the air day tomorrow. Ann rubin has been trying to make her way to the scene of the fire and she joins us now on the phone. Where are you and what you see . Reporter thats a good question. We have been taking frontage roads trying to wind our way up near the fire. Basically, as you mention, highway 17 is at a standstill. They are diverting some traffic along bear creek. We were sent a different direction and we are on a tiny road where i am watching attractive a tractortrailer trying to navigate that. Countless cars are stalled in the heat and no one is going anywhere fast. All of this started from the car fire at about 3 00
Pretty shot. Welcome aboard. It is saturday it is saturday, may 21. Lets start with a look at the weather because depending on where you are its one of those days it someone in other part of the area will said thats not what i got. Someone will be met without fail. I do not see a drop so we will get some rain. Isolated showers which means some of us will get back and some of us wont. Heres a live look at the cloud cover over oakland. 56 degrees. Santa rosa 50. San francisco 58. We will have clouds today and possibility for some scattered showers. What we will not have is the wind that we had yesterday. It was very windy yesterday causing trouble at the airport. But for today the wind pickup but not like yesterday. You can see we are mostly cloudy right now and mainly dry. A few sprinkles here and there. Meltedd the north is the better opportunity for rain. But we leave in scattered showers today. We dry out tonight. Lets go to this year we had a Winter Weather advisory last night. That
World safer. Reporter speaking at stanford you the do you want obama tried to calm the markets. He saids confident the u. K. can make an orderly transition out of the eu. While the u. K. s relationship with the eu will change, one thing that will not change is the special relationship that exists between our two nations. That will endure. Reporter this move does not take effect immediately. There has to be a formal and Legal Process for the United Kingdom to transition vought the eu. That is going to take some time. Cristina recently down in our newsroom, thank you. The head of nato said today the british vote is concerning but said great britains position in nato would not change. The u. K. Will remain a strong and committed nato ally. And it will continue to play its leading role in our alliance. Natos secretary general went on to say that the vote makes europe more fragmented which creates new security concerns but nato would remain strong and united. The Presumptive Democratic n
Counted, the move to leave the e. U. Remains ahead where you with about 52 of the vote. Those wanting to remain in the European Union are are at almost 48 . This is considered an upset. Most polls predicted a close race. But with the outcome reversed. In london, those who backed leaving the e. U. Are celebrating. The times of london reports early numbers showing voter turnout could hit 71 , a figure not reached in almost 20 years. Even with that huge turnout, as we showed you, the referendum is winning by a slim margin. If the results are confirmed, the vote to leave will likely have an economic effect far beyond the united kingdom. Markets in london and new york finished harbor sharply higher today as investors anticipate a different outcome but they may change when the markets open on friday. In the far east, already seeing investors selling off. The nike index plunged more than 7 while hong kong is off almost 4 with several hours of trading left. The london stock market opens at mid
Reporter let me show you. Firefighters are trying desperately to get thunder control. The fire started just after 3 00 p. M. One witness we talked to said that early own noticed a pallet on fire. Clearly it spread. The witness said this is ahg recycling which handles cardboard, paper, and plastic. Were told a shelter in place order has been issued for residents south of central and west of 880 to auto mall parkway. Also weve heard that businesses in the surrounding area have been evacuated. Now, an air quality inspector is also being broad in to monitor things here. Now, there have been large embers floating through the air. Theres also a concern that this might spread to neighboring buildings. This is an industrial area. When it is say theres a Plumbing Supply company nearby that has some flammable chemicals. Theres also apparently a refinery from. Our Vantage Point i can tell you for awhile there the smoke did appear to be getting a tiny bit lighter, although now it appears to be dar