Better. So heres whats causing all the smoke in the air. A number of wildfires burning in the northwest corner of the state north of eureka, into oregon, and theyre impacting the entire region. Abc7 News Reporter stephanie sierra tracking the impact. It is hazy out here today. The bay area air Quality Management district says the brunt of the impact is south of the golden gate bridge, which is where we are right now. Conditions north into marin county are improving, but experts tell us it will get worse before it gets better. The bay area is bracing for several days of hazy skies as some of the largest wildfires burning in the us are merging in the dense forests of californias northwest corner. Its causing scenes like this. No sailboats out on the bay, but smoky skies drifting over the golden gate bridge. The forecast models had indicated that we were going to see impacts from smoke, but not to the extent that we ended up seeing yesterday afternoon. So it did catch us a little bit off
Officials say the launch can carry Large Nuclear warhead and has significantly more power than previously tested missiles. Meanwhile President Trump is getting more backlash after retweeting inflammatory anti muslim video including the labels islamic mug puts his boy off roof and beaten to death. While blooms destroy the stature of virgin mary take the videos come from a leader in the british alt right britain first. Last year she was found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment. Counsel on islamic relations called the retweets by the president responsible. His irresponsible statements are putting our whole community in danger. We have already seen a number of attacks across the country against american muslims. 3200 this year alone and this will be the worst year ever in terms of hate incidences reported. The White House Press secretary Sandra Sanders answered questions on whether the videos were real. Whether it is a real video the threat is real is what she said. His goal is to
Went to san jose and got a wage theft policy past. They hope the City Council Members pass a law that says any Business Owner who fails to pay a wage theft citation cant get a business license. The goal to get every city in the south bay on board. The reason we need the cities and counties to step up to the plate is that there is a culture of noncompliance. Reporter the city council will discuss the proposal tonight but they will vote on it later this month. Things could get ugly tonight Oakland City Council meeting after a physical altercation ended up costing the city millions. Brooks shopped a former black panther at a restaurant. In december a jury awarded brown 3. 75 million in damages. The council is pushing for rule changes for Committee Science assignments. We asked mayor libby if brooks should be removed. I believe the council should have the authority to take appropriate actions in light of the fact that a Single Council member has cost the residents of oakland more than 3 mi
Now from abc7, live breaking news. And that breaking news is from michigan. A lithium battery erupts into flames in the middle of a crosscountry flight. Lets get right to Katie Marzullo with the breaking details. Katie . Reporter the faa tells us it was the lithium battery in a passengers laptop that caught fire. The laptop was in a backpack in the cabin of the plane. So were talking about jetblue flight 915, coming to San Francisco from new yorks jfk and had to make an Emergency Landing at the airport in grand rapids, michigan. This is video of the plane after it landed there. We understand that at some point passengers smelled smoke and the fire was discovered. And the flight was diverted. A woman on the plane told the abc affiliate in michigan this. I was stunned. I knew something was going to happen, because, you know, lithium batteries catching on fire when youre up at 38,000 feet, you cant help but think that weve gotta do something. So, i was prepared for it. Reporter the fire w
Now from abc7, live breaking news. And that breaking news is from michigan. A lithium battery erupts into flames in the middle of a crosscountry flight. Lets get right to Katie Marzullo with the breaking details. Katie . Reporter the faa tells us it was the lithium battery in a passengers laptop that caught fire. The laptop was in a backpack in the cabin of the plane. So were talking about jetblue flight 915, coming to San Francisco from new yorks jfk and had to make an Emergency Landing at the airport in grand rapids, michigan. This is video of the plane after it landed there. We understand that at some point passengers smelled smoke and the fire was discovered. And the flight was diverted. A woman on the plane told the abc affiliate in michigan this. I was stunned. I knew something was going to happen, because, you know, lithium batteries catching on fire when youre up at 38,000 feet, you cant help but think that weve gotta do something. So, i was prepared for it. Reporter the fire w