I want you to pick out with me. Thats tonight at 9 00. Theres a t lot of red and orange here. This red line is the Atmospheric River, the fire hose pointed right in the middle of the bay. Now, it might be tough to pick it out, but that will be a near constant feature with us. There we are at 2 00 a. M. We have at least a branch of it up here, but there is a theme going into tomorrow which is very important. Look at sunday morning. Still pretty stationary for the bay area. The majority of the rain that will come in at a steady, pounding rate will be toward monterrey and santa cruz. Doesnt mean we wont get rain up here sunday. There is still good rain here. But if you want to focus on the most relentless, you follow the line an it will be a little to the south sunday. That is somewhat good news for the bay area getting more manageable rain amounts. I dont want to down play this. This will be a good rainmaker for us. It can lead to some minor localized street flooding. Maybe some of the w
Mattier is here to discuss the Real Solutions to this classic california crisis. Michael finney investigates how consumers who lost money can get reimbursed and meteorologist drew tuma looks at the science and history of our weather patterns. Its all coming up. But first, a little perspective. In the last three years california has endured more than 23,500 wildfires and still counting. They have burned more than 3. 5 million acres and cost taxpayers and homeowners more than 600 billion. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman can talk about that and more for us tonight. Wayne, you live in the north bay and have been reporting on the fires and the fallout for decade. Reporter i have. Im afraid to admit it. Since 1981 here in the north bay and all my life in california. As a kid i grew up with these fires, but these are new. We have new levels of frequency and ferociousness. It is the time of year when the leaves turn and we should be taking comfort. But in the fall in california, its not wha
The traditional territory. As guests. We recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the remote Fishing Community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. This meeting is being held in hybrid format with the meeting occurring in person in city hall room. 416 broadcast live on tv and available to view on zoom or listen to by calling 16699006. Using meeting i d 8795 to 718416. We welcome the publics participation during Public Comment periods, there will be an opportunity for Public Comment. General Public Comments at the beginning of the meeting and there will be an opportunity to comment on each discussion or action item on the agenda. Each comment is limited to two minutes today for those attending remotely the commission where here here up to 20 minutes of remote Public Comment total for each agenda item. Because of the 20 minute time limit. It is
5 contained. Three homes have burned. Hundreds more are evacuated. Its burn not far from clearlake in a rugged area near the community of lower lake. Cate caugiran is there. She tells us the terrain is a big challenge for firefighters. Reporter it certainly has been. I can tell you now as you said, that fire is still burning. Cal fire says within the past hour that fire kicked back up a notch has burned more than 200 acres within that past hour. You can take a look at this damage. Actually i want to point out these trees. They look like theyre pink, little reddish, thats actually flame retardant. Thats because fire crews are focusing on containment right now trying to keep this fire from jumping major roads. Because as we take a step back here we want to show you just how large the damage is. If you take a look at these hills, its getting so close to what looks like someones home as we are pointing out now. Firefighters say they they are working against Mother Nature batting the flames
Scotts valley into the huge highlighted area because we have flash flood watches in affect there. We have scattered rain showers around Half Moon Bay as well and San Francisco, heavy monitor downpours from the Marina District to the bayview district. This continues to fuel off of the ocean and its more Atmospheric River conditions, flood watch in affect. The huge red area , yellow as well and that means basically a warning and a watch for much of the bay area, backing into oroville. And check out the wind speeds now from about 21 in Half Moon Bay, 17 san rahome; 20 san ramon and they will continue thought the day. That is where we have the red highlighted area, a high wind warning in affect. Were talking 60 Miles Per Hour wind gusts where you see the blue. That is an advise or in affect all the way through tuesday. Pretty blurry toward the bay bridge right now and that is because its running in San Francisco. The disability is limited. The temperatures into the 50s. Later today, well c