Contained. 80,000 acres of burned there so far. Cal fire is expected to give an update on the ccu fire any moment now. We are monitoring the briefing and will update you with any new information a bit later in the newscast. In the meantime, progress made by cal fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains may allow for people to return to their homes by early next week. More on that from ktvus jesse gary. Backfiring like they call it is under very specific conditions. We dont just use it for whatever. It is not just a random action. It is a very planned event that we use for the fuel. We bring that fire line to a safe area. Reporter late wednesday, cal fire cruise intentionally lit fires in the missive and make a brush fire, burning portions of santa cruz and san mateo counties. Firefighters are testing the viability, doing multiple controlled burns in the area bounded by l soil road to the south and how low road to the north. We want to contain the fuels between the control line and the main fire
And warnings will expire at 9 00 p. M. So its not only the heat we are tracking. Its also our air quality. Air quality right now is moderate across the entire region. But were going fluctuate, again, between moderate and poor the next couple days. So the spare the air days have been extended. We have heat, air quality issues and by thend of the weekend, well have high fire danger. Well talk about it all in the accuweather forecast in a few minutes. Thank you. In some parts of the bay area we cannot head to the water over labor day. Lake berryessa is closed including tomales bay and the seashore in marin county, all the beaches in pacifica, the fitzgerald marine preserve and bonitas creek reserve and santa cruz beaches are only open for a few hours each day. Beaches that are open are popular spots. Abc7 News Reporter anser hassan talked to people who headed to Stinson Beach. Reporter Stinson Beach in the north bay was a hot spot for those trying to escape this weekends recordbreaking ba
Oakland near the Oakland Police station. There was a brief confrontation here between demonstrators and police but they are our heavy barricades and the crowd went in different directions. Right now they are in the grand lakes section. We saw some video online from a few weeks ago, fireworks being set off by demonstrators. Police have Just Announced an Unlawful Assembly which is in the precursor for arrests. A clock this evening. Several hundred people began marching through the streets of oakland to protest the shooting of jacob lake in wisconsin. It has been allowed demonstration. No violence, still quite a bit of vandalism. There are folks in the crowd protesting with shovels and other tools and began smashing windows in downtown oakland particularly along clay street. In some cases they even pulled plywood off the windows first and then hacked away at the glass. Most of this crowd were not committing vandalism, we want to make that clear. The anger among the demonstrators is palpab
Stand tonight. Their strike against Racial Injustice. An unprecedented storm about to make a direct hit on the gulf coast. Now at 11 streaming on cbs and bay area, we begin with the breaking news out of oakland. Kpix 5s joe vasquez is live at the scene for us. Reporter im in downtown oakland near the Oakland Police station. There was a brief confrontation here between demonstrators and police but they are our heavy barricades and the crowd went in different directions. Right now they are in the grand lakes section. We saw some video online from a few weeks ago, fireworks being set off by demonstrators. Police have Just Announced an Unlawful Assembly which is in the precursor for arrests. Protests began at around eight a clock this evening. Several hundred people began marching through the streets of oakland to protest the shooting of jacob lake in wisconsin. It has been allowed demonstration. No violence, still quite a bit of vandalism. There are folks in the crowd protesting with shov
Streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live out at dublin this morning. On this thursday morning. Good morning everyone, it is august 27th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. Good morning. First up, on this thursday morning, a check of our forecast with mary lee. Mary, good morning. Good morning to you len and michelle. And we are looking at that strong onshore flow kicking in. So low clouds and areas of fog along the coast and right around the bay. And even little bit of drizzle in spots as well. Especially along the coast. This morning, heres a live look with our Treasure Island camera. Looking at the bay bridge and our temperatures are running in the 50s to about 60 degrees and even catching some drizzle in oakland this morning. In the mid 50s. Mid 50s as well for San Francisco and looking at 60 degrees right now for san jose. So lets check current air quality conditions. Much better compared to even yesterday at this time. Thats some good news a little bit of relief this mor