It is very frightening. Well, the federal government is now covering some of the costs of the fire. It will reimburse the state up to 75 of what its been. So far no injuries have been reported. And the cause of the fire is still unknown. Illegal fireworks started this grass fire in antioch last night. Flames came dangerously close to park middle school. Plenty of dry fuel on that hillside helped the fire grow to an acre after a half. Fireworks are illegal in most bay area counties. Lawrence has the weather. We are seeing that sea breeze again this morning. The good into us is it carried with it some patchy fog and some higher humidities. So the fire danger running a little bit lower this morning. But were also seeing a breeze kicking in too so toward the afternoon that wind will be picking up again so they are fighting that fire in the north bay some southwesterly winds expected there about 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour gusting to 25 of course. You get into some of the canyons and that terra
The door, 50s with patchy fog now. By the afternoon mostly sunny skies, about 84 in concord. 80 degrees in san jose, should be about 78 degrees in redwood city. 64 with some patchy fog. A little more sunshine toward the coastline today at pacifica. Lets check the roads with elizabeth. All clear heading to the bay bridge. Still no big issues from the oakland area heading into San Francisco. And they should have just picked up that overnight road closure in the macarthur maze westbound 580 to eastbound 80. The connector ramp should be reopened. Westbound traffic in the livermore valley, there was overnight roadwork in the westbound lanes, that has all been picked up. Eastbound roadwork through livermore continues until 6 00. We have a high wind advisory in the Altamont Pass. A little slowing now out of tracy. The usual stuff. Bart last more than 30 trains all on time. In fact, all mass transit looks good. Ace train number one left the Central Valley with no issues. Heres a live look at a
You what this storm looked like in the overnight hours. Hurricane that you are rolled ashore as a category 2 storm. If you take a look at the traffic lights as well, you will see the major blowing of the wind. We are feeling some of the horizontal rain right now. More than a dozen counties are under state of emergency as thousands are left without power. Storm surge and flooding made a threat. Most people have been concerned have been directly on the coast, now we have concerns about people inland who may be impacted by potential flooding and rivers going over their banks. Reporter governor is urging residents to stay inside. The storm sent tourists from beaches, many of the locals took it in trade. This is just a little bump in the road when you live here. You just have to be prepared. If it get toss a point that you need to go you need to go. Reporter National Weather service says that you are wont stay in North Carolina long it is expected to speed up. Dumping rain all the way up to
Mark has more on the latenight email that puts tremendous pressure on some oakland officials. Mark, take it away. Reporter indeed, frank. We did not see this coming. It was a stunning set of events here at the meeting of the Oakland Alameda county meeting this morning. The deal to keep the as coliseum open for 10 years is approved. The Oakland City Council initially directed the members on the board to vote against the deal, saying the as should pay more. Last night, the a ascoowner sent an email to Council Members and others saying if this deal was not approved, me had the okay from Major League Baseball to immediately take the as to another city on either a temporary or permanent basis. The Oakland Council president this morning called mlbs number two official and had the leagues position confirmed. The league would, in fact, allow the as to leave if this deal was not approved. Youre first going to hear from the Oakland Councilman larry reid about why he switched his vote from a no t
Thats airing. Reporter the Safety Campaign is called slow for the cone zone campaign, featuring the children of caltrans very own field Maintenance Employees and highlighting a message to be alert, my pam happening today. Pam crews are expected to pull the stranded fishing boat off San Franciscos ocean beach tonight. Pam were also learning more about the missing captain who may have abandoned the 40 foot fishing vessel pam when it ran aground. Pam but first lets check in with kron 4 s alecia reid. She is live in San Francisco. Where the stranded boat has become quite an attraction. Alecia . . Reporter i am going to get out of the way so you could see what the ways look like right now. Crashing against quite heavily. Now look at that coming in pretty hard. They have a big portion of the beach just cornered off. As the way to get his boat out of here. Now they also have a bulldozer weighty, and just waiting inside of in front of the boat to get out of fear. People are just one city all a