big rigs, nowhere to go. i can t see anything now around me. when the flames hit and shot up really high, you can see in the video they shoot up right next to me, way higher than the trees and they were huge, the firefighters at that point ran the other direction, sort of full speed, completely terrifying. terrifying for about ten minutes before the flames burned through the hillside and firefighters returned. okay, water spraying. sprayi. thank god. and the smoke is clearing too. after that, mckeszen kept driving. she skyped us today from san bernardino, where she showed us her u-haul truck intact, with minor charring on the tires. the whole ordeal added to her understanding of wildfires and will help her in her contract job with the state of wildfire action plan. larry? thank you, kristen, that video is unbelievable. truckers and motorists had to leave their vehicles behind as the flames bore down on them. caltrans is asking for people to stay away from that awa
seem so serious during break. i thought you sing all the time. let s get on with the forecast. it s looking pretty good. we will have rain. we need the rain. it looks like we will get scattered showers today. if you re heading out the door, it s all good. it s all dry and you don t have to worry about showers. grab that umbrella in case. we ll start to see that rain farther off to the east of here rolling in within the next four or five hours. i ll be keeping tabs on that and a look ahead to the weekend forecast. let s head over to mike now. he s tracking a little tri-valley slowing. just a little bit. we ll start on the peninsula where we have this flash of light from the billboard. we ll show you also we have pretty much flashes of green all over. one change in the tri-valley. highway 84 as you head to milpitas we have a little traffic picking up. a major lawsuit will be announced by the city of san francisco. if reports are accurate, the for-profit academy of art u
weather. download it for your iphone or android device. then click on the weather tab to see our live doppler radar. the app is free. kris///2shot san francisco s city attorney is revealing details into a lawsuit against the nation s largest for-profit art school: academy of art. the allegations? the school has illegally converted buildings into student housing. taking away from affordable housing in the city. scott/boxes nbc bay area s stephanie chuang is live at city hall. stephanie. live intro city atty dennis herrera says the academy of art has illegally they before previously low income housing converted to student housing. he said the academy put in a change of use request in 2007. he did admit that 11, 12 years ago the school did not apply or wait for zoning changes to combat exploding enrollment. a couple of thousands to peaking higher. they should be providing advice to the commission not asking in place of it. they have commissioners, they have a staff of people w
this presidential election. clinton spelled out her priorities including debt free college tuition, equal pay for women and immigration reform with a path to citizenship and she took aim at donald trump. when i think about what is at stake, even if i weren t running for president, i would be doing everything i could to make sure that the presumptive nominee of the republican party never gets near the white house. reporter: 1,000 supporters packed the gym at the school to cheer clinton on. dwight mcqueen got in at 7:00 this morning to make sure she and her 16-year-old daughter got in. shawna mcqueen not only got in, but got to stand on stage with her pick for president. we had our first black person and now the first female person in the course of eight years. that is really fast. you hope. mm-hmm, i hope so. reporter: again, clinton is on the move now heading to san francisco for a private fundraiser with senators barbara boxer and diane feinstein. the cost of tha
mostly cloudy skies, 4554 in san jose. big place to be this evening. 56 right now. as we head through the radar views. a few hit and miss showers around the sunol grade. the showers are coming from the northeast and heading to the south because of an area of low pressure over southern california just slowly moving out of here. for the rockies versus giants game, numbers in the low 60s, few passing showers possible after 1:00 and then sharks/predators coming up 7:00 tonight in san jose. we ll see decreasing showers. that is the trend as the low begins to move on and the all-important mom s day forecast, showers in the sierra but improving continues around the bay area. the rise in temperatures we can expect as we head towards sunday coming up in a few minutes. thank you, rob. developing story this morning, a devastating loss for san francisco after a deadly stabbing. the victim is a well-known former public defender for the city. police found the body of marla zamora at he