Certainty and the mansion in bel air which has not had a fire since 1961. 500 fires have been burned back then. Five homes are destroyed and 11 damaged. And an Apartment Building and a school in los angeles has been evacuated. Also in los angeles 20 wear smiles have burned in the creek fire. Themes in the northern san fernando valley. 160,000 people have been ordered to evacuate there. The fire has destroyed 2500 homes. And people are in danger and firefighters are being treated with injuries. And the rye fire, its 10 contained, it may not be fully contained until next thursday. More than 5,000 homes are in danger, but firefighters actually made progress as the winds died down for a while. Californias to firefighter said the region is in the worst santa ana wind conditions that its ever seen. The wildfire threat from wind is extreme and that fires that erupt will burn uncontrollably. He has issued a purple wind warning, thats one step above red. I dont know if ive everybody seen that.
Clouds, 51 to 56 degrees. The morning commute, guess who will tell you all about it, hi, sue. The east shore freeway, the solid stream of headlights moving at the limit. If your travels take from you the upper portion of the east shore freeway, hercules through san pablo and el cerrito, berkeley into the mcarthur maze, youre looking at about a 26minute drive and thats through the toll plaza. No delays here except for a few minor cash paying folks. Thats not a bad commute. Quiet up there. We do have existing drive times for you in a few minutes. Mike told us yesterday the winds will be worse in Southern California and that is proving to be the case. Were talking about gusts topping 50 Miles Per Hour in some areas thats fanning the flames for the wildfires burning out of control. The rye fire burned 7,000 acres near santa clarita. The skirball fire and the thomas fire has grown to more than 90,000 acres. Thats near santa paula in Ventura County. A live look at the flames this morning in
Valley area. 150,000 people have had to evacuate there. Four homes and buildings have been destroyed, 2500 homes and businesses are still in danger, and two firefighters have been treated for injuries. And the rye fire, thats the fire closest to Magic Mountain amusement park, is not contained, it may not be contained until next thursday. Firefighters made progress as the winds died down for a while. The biggest fire is the one burning in ventura county. Its forced tens of thousands of people from their homes. It shut down a major freeway on the western side of the county. Whats the latest . Reporter good morning to you. We can tell you this is a Small Community and its next to highway 101 that is actually closed at this point. You can take a look this way. This is highway 101 right here, completely empty this morning. This is a rare site here in ventura county. Coming in from santa barbra this morning this was closed and its empty because of the closure. This was burning up on the hill
But particularly, this time it should be a time when people are gathering loved ones and such a happy time. Its very heartbreaking. Reporter investigators say around 10 30 a. M. The driver of the suv was traveling south on argonaut way, lost control for an unknown reason and plowed into the trailer killing the pedestrian who was working in the immediate area. Fremont Police Officers went to the hospital that was treating the driver and based on their observations arrested him for dui. Investigators believe the substance is some type of narcotic but are unsure if its an overthecounter medication or something illegal. People make decisions on their own, not always wise ones or smart ones, and some of them have very severe consequences such as in this case. Reporter at this hour the eastbound lanes of argonaut lanes are closed but some lanes are open. Most of the wreck is cleared. The identity of the suspected dui driver will be released once he is booked. Jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. In
But that backup stretches beyond mission boulevard at this point. So give yourself extra time in that stretch. Eastshore freeway about 20 minutes for drivers making their way from 4 to the maze. And once you get over to the bay bridge toll plaza, its another 20, 21 minutes heading into San Francisco. So you will be in good company over there. 880 through oakland, look out, caltrans has been doing some overnight roadwork and it looks like they should be clearing that up but its 32 minutes just to go from broadway down to 66th at the coliseum. Give yourself some extra time. Its possible to get away from the city lights. Look up and you will see the stars and the crescent moon. It means a dark morning for us. Heres a live look at san jose. Very Clear Conditions there. A little different up in the north bay where there is patchy fog and frost occurring right now. Clear skies for most of the bay area dry air is here yet again and its going to stick around for the next few days. We are under