Two new blazes that fired up thursday. One is known as the lilac fire, which is about 45 miles north of san diego. Sot nick schuler, Cal Fire Division chiefpeople who have not been currently impacted the fire. They need to prepare as if they are going to be impacted by the fire. Where are they gonna go. . What are their escape routes . What is their communication with their family . What are they going to do with their pets . And do they have their vehicles loaded to go. Meanwhile firefighters battling the fast moving flames across ventura and Los Angeles County are taking a beating,as they work around the clock to contain a series of difficult fires. Sot i use to be a firefighter and fires like this, wildfires, are just absolutely scary. You just dont know whats going to happen, they change on a whim, Mother Nature is powerful. robin thanks kristen. The smoke from the fires the smoke from the fires could be affecting the bay area today. Now lets move on this morning with a check on we
Continued dry weather with mild days and clear but cool nights. No rain is in the forecast for the next 7 to 10 days. A spare the air alert is in effect for today, saturday and sunday. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james james we continue to follow breaking news this morning out of Southern California. Wildfires causing mass devastation and now there is another fire burning in san diego county. darya this is new video from that fire. So far all of the fires have forced more than 200thousand people out of their homes. The fires have also combined to burn more than 140thousand acres. james and here is a map showing exactly where these fires are burning. Firefighters are still struggling to get the upper hand on any of these fires. darya Kristen Holmes is in Ventura County this morning with the latest. Purple is the new red in california as officials announce the fire weather is so extreme they are amending its colorcoding system to include
About to get underway. Reporter we should hear from attorneys from the victims family shortly. Those attorneys are saying that the ghost ship warehouse was unsafe and not up to firecode. We will give you a live look outside the Alameda County courthouse in oakland where attorneys just filed a 50 page lawsuit against the owner and manager of that building and oaklands fruitvale district. We are expecting attorneys and families to be speaking soon. Several lawyers representing the families of more than a dozen victims are filing this master complaint citing unsafe conditions in the building he will remember 36 people were killed last december when this fire started inside the ghost ship collect where an unlicensed concert was taking place. The building manager organized the event and charged an entry fee. He was also renting larvae workspaces to other artists even though people were not supposed to be living in the workhouse. He is named in the lawsuit and so is the owner of the building
People join them. They start at 4 a. M. So 4 a. M. , we got the first train we waited halfhour for the first train to go. Reporter so you can see where were on broadway and 15th and where it meets telegraph right behind me, front row, down broadway between 14th and 15th, that is all accounted for, hey, got some excited fans here, yeah theyre ready to go but this is a marathon today. This is not a sprint. So hopefully, everyone will hydrate well and all that stuff. We have full Team Coverage for you this morning. They will be explaining that. The city of oakland is expecting 1. 5 Million People to be here today. Thats 500,000 more than people than were here in 2015. Think about that for a second. In oakland, jackie ward, kpix 5. Wow. Crazy in 2015. Streets are going to be packed. We are thinking about it. Its going to be a lot of fun though. Roqui continues our Team Coverage now with security tips along the route. Roqui. Reporter thats right. We had someone walk by and say wow, this is
Valleys. Look for upper 80s and low 90s there. Along the bay shoreline, temperatures will climb to the mid and upper 70s. Coastal communities will enjoy mid 60s. Temps will hold steady through saturday, before falling as we enter next week. Sunrise in San Francisco is at 6 28 am. Sunset is at 7 58 pm. Dont forget you can always get the latest weather updates and traffic alerts with the kron4 app. Download it for free for apple and android devices. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 james our top story this morning. Spain under seige. A 2nd terror attack in a beach town near barcelona injured at least six peoplethe five terrorists involved were all killed by police. robin that attack happened several hours after a van plowed through pedestrians in barcelona. Take