Close we will be to record territory coming up in just a few minutes. And kenny choi the north northbay hills. You can see and here just how dry this brush is in this area. With the three major wildfires in the bay area, nearly 100 contained come the shifting resources is happening right now as crews get ready for whatever lies ahead this weekend. Helicopters will be gassed up and ready to go this weekend. More than 17,000 firefighters still battling wildfires burning across california. Should think and relocating crews in Central Valley in Southern California now part of the continuous and highstakes game against mother nature. Resources and other parts of the state with the fire is little bit lessons. That is why the last two strike teams of from the contra costa by district is battling the lightning complex fires of the last month just returned home thursday night. With no fire is expected in the cz you scu and avenue wildfires, cal fire says only about a dozen firefighters remain w
Oakmont and into annadale early this morning. But there was a vealiant firefight here on the east side of santa rosa to save as many homes as they could. And the statement i heard is they have saved far more than they lost. Six shelters are set up across the counties, and officials are working to set up a seventh. One of the most famous resorts in the bay area has sustained heavy fire damage. Lets go to reporter kate larson at the meadowwood resort in st. Helena tonight. Kate . Reporter hey, ive been here for the better part of an hour now, watching this building here. This is a fivestar resort and club in napa valley. This is a hotel room, a lodging room that has just been burning to the ground. I saw it in flames about 5 00, and weve just watched disintegrate. Ive been speaking to the fire crews and theyve been here since 2 00 in the morning, fighting fires all over this property. They say a number of buildings have burned, including the building that houses a very wellknown restaura
Away tonight, were learning the tragic details of how loved one spent their final days together. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 8 oclock im Justine Waldman vicki is off tonight, im grant lotus dangerously high temperatures are expected to blanket the bay area this weekend prompting the National Weather service to issue a red flag warning. They get a live look outside right now at downtown San Francisco. Its not just the heat that were worried about even though it is a lovely friday night out there right now indeed were expected to get real serious winds gusts of more than 40 Miles Per Hour chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here with the details arent yet here we go guys were in fall on this that time of year we get a peak fire season temperatures going to be heating up lets take a look at those numbers tomorrow are up in the 90s inland 70s and 80s inside the bay and 60s not a bad start your weekend. Then we start to crank up the temperatur
Liberal voice and a champion for equality. And on the steps of the Supreme Court, crowds chanted rbg late into the washington night as attention is quickly turning to the battle over just when her seat should be filled. Tonight the condolences are pouring in. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed away. The 87yearold died from complications of partnncreatic cancer. She was surrounded by her family. She was small in stature but larger than life both on and off the bench. We begin our coverage with nbc bay areas cheryl hurd. Reporter Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg spent more than a quarter century on the u. S. Supreme court and spent much of her career fighting for e quality. Please be seated. How wrong it is to judge people on the basis of what they look like. Born in brooklyn, she tied for first in her class at columbia law. But with no job offers at law firms in the late 50s, she taught at rutgers and columbia, then launched the aclu womens rights project in the 70s. Later
Eye on their progress. A massive effort to clean up one of san joses biggest Illegal Dumping sites. Crews are tackling the trash at the notorious Monterey High School highway dumping ground. Things are starting to look a lot different. Reporter you know come this problem is so big and there is so much junk here that the work crews that started today say that it will probably take them a week to clean this up. The view from chopper five shows pile upon pile of trash in narrow, Illegal Dumping ground that goes on for a quarter of a mile on the southern tip of san jose. On the ground, work crews used heavy equipment to begin cleaning it up as well as hard labor. Its horrible, it is terrible. Reporter she lives in a homeless camp nearby, she said people began dropping off a few items at the beginning of the pandemic, supposedly as donations for homeless people. Then it just grew. They just show up in cars, trucks, and whatever and they do it fast, too, they pull up and they just dump right