And the czu august lightning complex fires on the peninsula to percent contained. Thanks for joining us on this friday night. Im Vicki Liviakis that im grant lotus we continue of course to track the 3 lightning complex fire still burning in the bay at this hour. Well start with that czu august lightning complex fire system thats burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. Fires that were burning separately in those 2 counties merged overnight in total. The flames have now burned about 57,000 acres and forced more than 60,000 people to leave their homes at this hour. The fire is just 2 contained at least 97 structures have been destroyed nearly 25,000 others are threatened this evening. 2 people have suffered minor injuries said there are more than 1100 personnel working those fires right now. And we have Team Coverage on the czu or this lightning complex fires are kron fours gayle ong dan thorn they are alive. In Santa Cruz County with the latest on the fires and the damage there and
Skies blanket the bay area from dawn till dusk. Thanks for joining u. S. Attorney and everybody high Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus certainly surreal lot of people saying these ominous skies were in a way stunning yet certainly. Unsettling to wake up to hard to know what time it was all day long want to check in first with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow. Obviously everyones wondering lawrence is going to happen again tomorrow. Yeah i think well start to see some improvement tomorrow were not going to see asked smoky conditions around the bay area but certainly. Theyll still be some smoke out there we had those north northeasterly winds remember were talking about the high fire danger yesterday, were worried about the real gusty winds. Well, those winds didnt cause or sparking fires around the bay area but we did have a fires that were already burning in far Northern California up you county near paradise they another fire burning there the bear fire lot of smoke filtering i
Francisco and mid 70s for oakland. So that smoke forecast still showing that smoke pushing across our region. Well talk more about the weekend forecast coming up. Gianna . Good morning, taking a look at the roadways right now, metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. So things are getting busy there. Also looking at another bridge here the Golden Gate Bridge, it is a foggy start to your commute out of marin county. So just a headsup if you are traveling from marin city to the Golden Gate Bridge. Limited visibility might be an issue this morning. Elsewhere the Altamont Pass also one of the busy spots westbound 580. Its a slow and go ride out of tracy getting on the 580 connector from 205. No accidents thats the good news but the drive time still right around 30 minutes to go from 205 over to 680. New crash reported on the nimitz freeway. Ill have that coming up in my next report. Len . Happening today, positive trends in slowing the spread of covid19 add up to good news for
Reporter her husband is a may n may not nans working. We dont need anything. Lets go. Reporter with fire suddenly everywhere, they realized the lake was their only escape. They grabbed their three dogs and took to the water. All i could imagine it the flames getting us. Thats how fast it was moving. It was really scary. I dont want to die this way. Reporter they called 911 and met a sheriff deputy on the other side of lake. Shes grateful her Little Family survived. The fire destroyed the store and some of the boats. It could have been so much worse. Im thankful we got out. I got my babies out. Reporter kathy is still feeling so much anxiety about what happened. They are evacuated now and have been staying in a hotel in napa in in t city of napa. Shes not sure if she wants to return and continue living near the lake after what they went through. The latest update on the lnu complex fire. More than 370 acres burned. Five people sadly died. As for evacuations, how mountain road, the White
The geico giveback. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. Now at 11 00, california surpasses half a million virus cases. Part of the bay area now shutting down more businesses. Ill tell you where you wont be able to go tomorrow. This is frustrating. A lot of people are going to lose their jobs. Its not fair to them. Two children run for their lives. When gunfire rings out in their south bay home. What police are saying about the shooter. Large gatherings. Police cracking down across the bay area. Tonight the areas being closely monitored. I bull [ bleep ] you not. Its time to become serious about this covid. And the clock is tick tocking for a popular social media app. How soon it could disappear from american smart phones. San mateo county shutting down businesses again. Businesses getting the notice hours ago. Kenny choi is live with how store owners are taking the newest blow. Kenny . Indoor businesses will have to stop operations by 12 01 sunday morning. Its been a roller coaster