Calaveras rose ad is closed whi could impact who use the road to avoid highway 680 traffic. Cal fire made a lot of air drops. Crews are also using doziers and other equipment to help them cut fire lines in this area, which has very steep terrain, and they tell me that they have just stopped the forward progress of this fire. So certainly that is good news. Because this was six separate fires, it does beg the question, could this possibly be arson . I asked firefighters that. They say its too early to tell, but they are investigating the cause firefighters also say theyre going to be out here all night into the morning battling Marianne Favro nbc bay area news. The fire spread really quickly making it harder for firefighters to get control over it. Even though summer is winding down, clearly that doesnt mean were in the clear from fire danger. Roy mayeda is standing by with more to explain. Were already seeing warm ask dry conditions, but the extreme nature of the fire danger ahead will
To manage the ability to launch and land flights, the airports major carriers have been trying to steer passengers on other hubs and have been paring down domestic flights to sfo, but passengers are still feeling the pinch. Dozens of flights have been cancelled and even more are delayed. I saw that my flight got cancelled and i had nothing to do. I live in oregon and the closest airport to me is eugene, oregon. It was cancel. I had to travel two hours north of where i live and then that flight was delayed and i just landed and now im hoping my next flight will make it to chicago. Reporter now, united, Alaska Airlines and air canada have been waving flight change fees so passengers can rebook to avoid sfo and theyve been stocking gates and planes with extra snacks to help ease tensions as delays stack up. According to sfo they picked this stretch of 20 days because it comes at the end of the busy Summer Travel season and before the busy Holiday Travel season. But still it is going to me