We know more than 100 homes have been lost in the fire and dozens more damaged. So far, though, no one has been hurt. Heres a look at where the fire is burning. Firefighters are preparing for more dry and breezy conditions. A red flag warning goes into Effect Tomorrow afternoon. Firefighters are hoping the progress theyve made pays off as those red flag conditions bear down, and they try to protect the town of calistoga. Abc 7 News Reporter Laura Anthony has the story. Reporter it seems counterintuitive, to set fires when theyre trying to stop one. But thats exactly what firefighters are doing high atop Diamond Mountain road just a few miles from downtown calistoga. The goal, to gain the upper hand on the glass fire. While the winds are down. So thats why were really trying to button up the lower parts of the fire with our burn operations and aggressive operations there. Reporter in downtown calistoga its raining ash but no homes or businesses in town burned overnight. A night that pro
The governor talking about fire danger once again. Certain parks like mt. Diablo close the as a precaution. Conditions are extreme for most of the north bay mountains and the east bay. Good evening. Lets get right to abc 7 news meteorologist. Yeah. Lets take a look at the red flag warning in effect for the north and east bay hills. Along with the santa cruz mountains. Its in effect until 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow. The winds out of the northnortheast, 25 to 45. In the north bay hills, 65 Miles Per Hour cant be ruled out. Low humidity, dry conditions. Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. We have a wind advisory until 11 00 p. M. Tonight. Downed power lines and definitely Power Outages are a possibility. Check out the winds right now at the higher elevations. Gusting to 29 on st. Helena. 21 mt. Diablo. Take a look at the lower elevations. Some wind is translating down to the surface. Gusts to 25 in vacaville. The air quality is horrible across the bay area. It is obvious from the east ba
Ofour day and the afzy sunshine this afternoon. Here is a look at air quality. Moderate for most of us through our day. We have good air quality for the southcentral bay as we go through the rest of our monday. And as we go through our day we will see temperatures a little bit cooler compared to yesterday. The start of the cooling trend with that ocean breeze kicking in, it is 87 in concord, 79 in san jose, 74 in oakland and 70 for San Francisco. We will talk about when temperatures will be on the rise and return to offshore winds. Details on that will be in my full forecast request check in with gianna for look at traffic. It is monday and we are seeing people out the door right now on the Allatoona Pass communicate is getting busy already. The delays originate out of tracy and mount house. It is stop and go using speeds to 60 miles an hour in some spots. Sluggish conditions and drive times her 33 minutes. No delays getting on and off of the 680 interchange. Traffic is still limit anw
Once in their lives in a generally has to be within the same county. Prop 19 would allow seniors to move anywhere in the state, three times in their lives, and still maintain their low tax base. I think that make a lot of sense but dont mistake, theres going to be a billion dollar tax increase on longtime california residence that would pay for this. Reporter scott horton says the other side of prop 19 will have a huge effect, on those who might inherit the parents property. Currently children can inherit the house of any value from a parent, and keep the lower tax rate. But prop 19 would limit that value to 1 million, and require that the child live in the house as a primary residence. If they dont live in the house, and they, rented out, they will play the inflated tax rate. The state Attorney Says all of this should increase home sales, which may be why the California Association of realtors is pushing the proposition. You wont have seniors who, who feel like theyre handcuffed and c
Checking air quality conditions through our afternoon, the air quality forecast, looking at moderate air for most of us although good air quality for the southcentral bay. We are starting off our day with foggy conditions along the coast and the bay and then we will catch the clearing with hazy sunshine this afternoon. Daytime highs are a few degrees cooler compared to yesterday. 87 in concord, 79 in san jose and 74 in oakland and 70 for sa it is seasonal for th yearwill let you know what you can expect for the rest of the week, including when we will see temperature soaring in my full forecast but now check in with gianna for the latest on that slow ride across the bay bridge. It is a busy one if youre going here. You have some brake lights to deal with. Meter lights have been turned on in traffic is definitely stacking up as you go through there. Beyond that 880 overpass, almost to the foot of the maze, you will see some issues on as you go through there. Also, slow ride on 580. Traf