And the disagreement is heating up in oakland. Four construction fires in the last year, most of them set intentionally. Some worry the motive might be opposition to new development. If someone is burning these buildings down as a protest against development, that would be tragic and terribly counterproductive. The conference wraps up tomorrow. Not sure if the protestors will be back. In oakland, kpix5. Just to put the red hot Real Estate Market in a little more perspective, we have an update on a home we told you about in june. It sets near the berkeley border. It went on the market last month for 649,000 and it needs about 200,000 in repairs. Guess what . It just sold for 850 grand. The bay area leads the nation in overasking home sales. Nearly 70 of oakland homes sold above their Sticker Price last month. In San Francisco it was slightly more than 70 , and in san jose, nearly 74 of buyers paid more than the list price. Those are the top three cities in the country. Of course renting
State. Why its forcing bay area crews to change their strategies. Reporter good evening, this is the air tank that firefighters wear when theyre doing their jobs. Whats incredible about it, is that it weighs 45 pounds. Once they get on all of their gear, its closer to 80 pounds. So when they are in all of this turnout gear, it can be dangerous for them to be working so hard while doing their job. We show up on the scene, were there, ready to go. Reporter firefighters across california have been busy this week with soaring temperatures fueling massive wildfires, including the whittier fire. I feel really sad watching this fire burning. Reporter 1600 firefighters are battling the 17,000acre blaze thats already destroyed eight homes. This is scary, you know, and its, it doesnt feel good. So you get your boots. Reporter and firefighters are taking note of the red flag warnings and getting prepared. We make sure we can rotate people out and limit their exposure. Reporter firefighters normal
Those amounts tapering off. Outside right now lots of clouds in place. Low and higher clouds. You still have enough lowlevel moisture to produce the missed and drizzle. Heres a look at the current radar. You will see the sweeps going around trying to detect rainfall. A few showers to the hills and action offshore. Nothing to significant. Here is a little bit of the medium view. More clouds out there. This will be the main story. Especially by the weekend as we have a series of storms setting up out here. We will have a lot of dynamics and moisture to work with. Were talking about excessive rainfall rates. We will track systems all day long through the weekend. And also on our weather app. Were taking a look at the live. You can zoom in. On saturday night we will have a lot of yellow and red showing up offshore. You can customize this app, i can add a marine warning layer. I can close that and there is the warning showing up. If you click on that there is a chance we could have a flood
Will begin with our storm tractor technology. Jacqueline not quite as widespread as what we saw earlier today but still moderate rain. Over vallejo and courter of an inch of rain. To the north and center rosa we are seeing heavier showers. In the south bay, moderate wing over santa clara with a 10th of an inch of rain to a quarter of an inch of rain. We still have blood advisory. Until 845 tonight. Flood advisory. Drive with caution this evening. Tonight, we will continue with spotty showers continuing into tomorrow with a no. Band of organized or rain. Jacqueline was the on and off showers and another bed of rain as we had until friday. Band pam related problems will consist no one knows solutions for canals that keep flooding over the neighborhoods. Pam j. R. . Reporter receding in this Mobile Home Park in redwood city directly behind me it is pumping behind me and there are still fears of future flooding. Now, the focus rise on this San Francisco bay location. The solutions are more
Destroys the boardwalk in new jersey. What firefighters are doing to quell the flames this morning. James we now know the cause of the wildfire thats charred mount diablo. Details on the latest with that fire, coming up. It mark and syria takes steps toward surrendering its stockpile of chemical weapons but get a check with the weather. Mark good morning. As we head into the afternoon expect temperatures to be a few degrees warmer than yesterday Chris Albrecht 7 day around the bay forecast coming up at 715. Good morning george. J. R. thank you there cup sprinterica. The accident is completely cleared and the back of reached into the macarthur maze is no longer. At present were not at risk of scene at the san mateo bridge back up. There ride to the Golden Gate Bridge, and steady with no delays for the southbound or northbound rights. The darya 702 right now. Officials arent speculating, yet, on what caused the fire that tore through a famous new jersey boardwalk. Chris welch reports it