More than close to 400 acres. We broke for more details on the arrest of this person and the Sheriffs Office tells us we have to wait for a News Conference in about 30 minutes behind me here at headquarters scheduled for 11 30. The first people who responded to the fire back on october 16th knew immediately something wasnt right, that the fire was suspicious. The bear fire forced the evacuation of 150 people, destroyed six structures, injured several firefighters who had to battle the flames in what was very steep terrain, was not fully contained until around 5 30 last night. Again, ten days after it started. This News Conference is going to be taking place behind me as i mentioned at 11 30. We will be streaming it live on our website, nbcbayarea. Com. Reporting live here in santa cruz, bob redell, nbc bay area news. And for weeks the devastation from the north bay wildfires kept thousands of students from school. Today for the first time many of those students in Sonoma County returne
They may be left as well. Any holmes threatened nearby . Yeah. Several nearby theyre still working. Fortunately, the wind speed isnt that great. Theyre working the protect all the homes in the area. Can you talk about the extent of the evacuations . And the thick smoke were seeing rising and spreading . Yes. The major concern is the embers in the smoke that youre talking about. So we do have crews patrolling the area. Just to protect the surrounding area as well. Can you tell us the cause of this fire at this point . Were looking at a sky map view. Theyre all any word what might be the cause . It looks like abandoned vehicles, rubbish, do you have any idea how it all started . I dont know how it started but it sounded like they identified several propane tank thats were feeding the fire. And causing it to grow in intensity. So you mentioned the trailer that caught fire. And we certainly see all the vehicles there. Is this actually the backyard of a home . Exactly. So theyre on the prop
About an hour ago or so we noticed it was thick and black. It never changed to gray which is usually a signal that perhaps the firefighters have been able to get a better handle on it. Right now as you can see the fire is still continuing to burn pretty thick and dark. I talked with a couple of residents out here whose main concern was that the fire was no the going to spread. And then also to try to make sure that the neighbors nearby to this property were not home and were going to be safe. That was one of the things i was talking with with the resident just a little while ago. She made sure to get some of the pets out of the neighbors home. The cat is safe thanks to her she says. Obviously we will keep tabs on the fire and the continuing firefight as we continue to see fire crews arriving. Reporting live in san jose, Sergio Quintana. Sergio while we have you we are checking in with jeff ranieri about the wind direction. While we have you onsite are you seeing embers spreading becaus
The latest. Reporter someone shot four people on this sidewalk tonight during the busy dinner hour. The sidewalk is wet because restaurant workers hosed off pools of blood. Look at the wall, you can see bullet holes from the shooting. Restaurant workers say bloodied shooting victims came in looking for help while other people streamed inside in panic trying to get out of the line of fire. Police and paramedics respond to a chaotic scene. Someone shot four people on a crowded sidewalk outside a liquor store and restaurant just a few doors down from the Northern District police station. About 7 25, officers heard gun shots, came out to investigate, they found four victims who have been shot. Witnesses who dont want to talk on camera say it looked like a man in a hoodie was walking down the street randomly shooting people. Police say two people of interest are in custody. Neighbors say they heard several shots. Quick fire, i thought. I couldnt tell if it was separate guns or if it was a s
Drive and klein road in san jose. Thats where we find kron4s Ella Sogomonian she is live with the new information we are learning about the owner of the lot. Ella . pam another big story tonight cnn is reporting. The first charges are filed. In the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 president ial election. The investigation is being headed up by special counsel robert mueller. Seen in this video. Cnn says. A federal grand jury approved the charges today. They are sealed under orders from a federal judge. Anyone facing charges could be taken into custody as soon as monday. The special counsels investigation has focused on. Among other things. Potential collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. It also focused on whether President Trump might have tried to impede the investigation. Few other details are available at this hour. pam walking to school alone just got a little bit more concerning in one bay area town. steve authorities on the peninsula are on the lookout f