Makes it a lot harder to burn. Their interest and helicopters and airplanes during the middle of the day to day or with more equipment to battle this bright blaze. Reporter he is telling me how crucial this is a water drop are trying to put out the diablo fire. Usually a hundred and 50 to 200 ft. Above the trees. So i see a lot of different pockets. Reporter so you are looking at video at what his helicopter looks like. Depending on how things look like but it carries about 100 gal. Of water and he needs to figure out where and diablo he is allowed to dip his bucket and appeared he could drop maybe one or hundreds and he is prepared to be out here at the diablo fire for a full week. There are few other things i like to point out. The smoke from the diablo fire is moving south. On the accounting and so clear county. The air quality is really bad right now. We are a lot we are far away i cant smell it as much as we can see it. We do not know the cause of this fire. Will be back with anot
Site of the twin towers with the name of every person who died in the attacks along the edges. The president marked the anniversary attending a ceremony at the pentagon. A hijacked American Airlines jet was flown into the pentagon, killing 125 people inside and 59 passengers on the plane. They left this earth, they slipped from our grasp but it was writen what the heart has once owned and had it shall never lose. Earlier today the president along with first lady michelle, Vice President joe biden, his wife, jill, walked out of the white house at 8 46 a. M. Eastern time, the moment the first plane hit the World Trade Center tower in new york they bowed their heads to observe a moment of silence. Mark bingham. Bay area native mark bingham and allen beaven were remembered today in shanksville pennsylvania people call recalled the heoism. Terrorists hijacked it with the likely intent of crashing it into the while the house or capitol. Passengers overwhelmed the hijackers. Here is a live pi
Colorado, flash flooding left one person dead in Boulder County and emergency evacuations are underway. Heavy rain has been falling north of boulder. A flash flood emergency is issued for bolder county and jefferson county. It has been raining for several days. The main highway through the city is closed. Mandatory evacuations are underway for the Small Community of jamestown where there are reports of homes collapsing. One has been killed. 400 students at university of colorado boulder were evacuated and the campus is shut down. Firefighters report major progress at mt. Diablo in contra costa county. The 3,100 acre fire is 80 percent contained. That is a relief to evacuees allowed to return home. No homes were destroyed. Full containment is expected tomorrow. The problem now is replacing vegetation to preventive erosion. A body of a 56yearold man was found yesterday in an area burned by the clover fire. The fire has destroyed 37 homes and 77 other structures. It burned 8,000 acres. It
Afternoon below average again from mid60s along the coast, 68 in San Francisco, a lot of lowtomid 70s around the bay shore and upper 70s in the south bay and the north bay and lowtomid 80s in the east bay valley. We will see more sunshine than yesterday. We have reports of wet conditions on the bay bridge in San Francisco away from treasure island. Other than that, we are in good shape but for the problem on 680 near main street we have a truck with a fat tire and i saw emergency crews moving down to help them out and the traffic is slowing down but still slowing. The 24 drive coming into orinda you are at top speed and not a problem. This is away from 17, all the traffic is moving swiftly. Thank you, leyla gulen at 5 02. Bargain hunters are lining up at a new nordstrom but not everyone is happy about the grand opening. Neighbors worry it will make a bad traffic situation worse. The traffic situation is bad because look what is in the parking lot of the Nordstrom Rack a safe way gas st
Gave an update and said crews frustrated they cannot get to people trapped in the mountains because conditions were too dangerous. It is only now that they are able to start assessing the full scope of what he called a disaster. In lafayette, colorado, a road dumped three vehicles into Rushing Water as rescuers reach a man trapped in the car, the car fulls deeper into the water and on to the driver but he is okay as are two others. Victim in each car and we sent rescue boats out and rescued them. They only had minor injuries. One community is completely cut off. People are trapped with no water, no sewer and the sheriff says they are safe but no one should let down their guard. As the rain dissipates and the danger passes, we continue to have bad news. University of colorado boulder has been hit. How high the creek was, how fast, and how muddy, and how dangerous it was freaks us out. 350 students and families have been forced out. The university is closed today and tomorrow and issuing