Latest out of the walbridge fire burning in Sonoma County right now it flared up overnight and what youre seeing on your screen is time lapse video. What we saw burning before the sun came up new evacuation orders in effect right now for several neighborhoods in Sonoma County. And we actually have a live camera from Mount Jackson check this out, its pointed west right at the fire. You can see all the smoke earlier we saw flames to firefighters are still out there. They say that they have stopped the forward progress of the fire but of course its not contain. And more breaking news to have military military helicopters attempting to rescue more than 60 people right now who are trapped in the creek fire in Fresno County. This will be their 3rd attempt to get to these hikers the rescues had to be called off last night because of heavy smoke. Thats pretty scary. We actually have a picture. The hikers are smiling theyre okay right now. They are sheltering at the vermilion valley camping res
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Live camera to from Mount Jackson points to the west here you can see the smoke coming off the fires, theyre filling the valleys and also overhead firefighters do say that they have stopped the forward progress of the fire so at least theyve been able to accomplish that. Speaking of the fires more breaking news to our south military helicopters are attempting to rescue more than 60 people who are trapped in the creek fire burning in Fresno County. Now today will be their 3rd attempt to try and get these hikers out the rescue operation had to be called off last night because as you can see in this video the smoke just got too heavy and too dense for the helicopter crews. We have a picture of the hikers they seem to be doing in fact this photograph shows you theyre all hunker down right now at the vermilion. Campers and lake edison volunteers are helping them stay fed and hydrated as they wait to be rescued again theyre in good spirits for now because they are still a little bit of ways
Now. And a good friday morning to you. Thanks so much for starting your morning with us. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. Well check in with mike in just a moment. Good morning to both of you. Lets hear the forecast with kari. Good morning. We are in our spare the air alert day. As we get a look live in san jose we are seeing still some smoke drifting by and our temperatures that will start out in the upper 50s but it will be a little bit warmer for this afternoon ill be tracking that coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the morning commute . Things are moving smoothly for the speed sensors. Lets take a look at our maps. The freeways are moving nicely and green. We do have closures, those are the exceptions. The Altamont Pass where we typically see slowing is starting to show anything below the speed limit. No problems westbound 37. The Golden Gate Bridge coming up. Thank you, mike. 4 31. Happening today the east bay is relaxing its shelter at home restrictions. Bob redell
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