Reporter good morning. There is no power at this church where evacuees have been told to go. You can see people are gathered around candles and have flashlights. The red cross is here providing blankets, food and coffee. With me i have one of the evacuees, eric, you said your family was asleep and he woke up you live in this neighborhood that had to be evacuated. What happened . We were fast asleep. We went to sleep early because of the blackout. There was really nothing much to do besides go to sleep. My mom who lives next door came banging on the door and she has a key so she came in and said wake up. Weve got to go. There is a fire. We have to evacuate. So we got dressed in a little bit of a panic. We werent sure what to take and in the end we just left. Reporter did you see the fire or smell the smoke . Smell the smoke when we went outside. Could not smell it from inside. Could not see the fire. It was on the other side of the neighborhood. Reporter described her was the neighborho
About the pg e power shut off in the south bay and we will bring it to you live. The time is 7 01 and lets get to breaking news weve been telling about all morning with a wildfire in moraga forcing evacuations overnight. Its called the barrel fire and appears to be knocked down. The all clear was issued for the Sanders Ranch neighborhood of moraga, great news and the fire started just before 1 00 this morning and burned 40 acres. It was burning near merrills star colonel north and sanders road south of st. Marys college and Moraga Police originally ordered evacuations for those along Sanders Ranch road, merrill drive and harrington road and now they say about 70 households out of the 140 evacuated are allowed to go back home. The people who live above merrill circle, you are still being evacuated. They are told to meet and gather at Saint Monica Church and there is another gathering area for evacuees, the safeway supermarket on moraga way. Officials with the Fire District there are clo
Aid agencies say the situation is desperate. Good evening. Senior ministers have rejected claims by their former cabinet colleague, amber rudd that securing a new brexit deal is no longer the governments main objective. Amber rudd, who resigned last night as work and pensions secretary, said up to 90 of the governments time is now spent preparing for a no dael departure at the end of october. She described the expulsion of 21 conservative mps who oppose no deal as an assault on decency and democracy. Our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. Reporter morning amber. Amber rudd says that when she accepted a post in Boris Johnsons cabinet, she did so in good faith, believing he wanted a brexit deal. But since then, shed seen little evidence that the government was putting in enough preparation to get one. There is this huge machine preparing for no deal, which is fine. You might expect in the balance between getting a deal and no deal 50 50 in terms of work, but its not that, its
Creek near the town of byron. Right now the fires about 15, 20 acres. We are told that they do have it under control. No homes threatened. But you can see it is smoky and fiery out there. The crews will stay at that location to make sure it doesnt spread. We have super high temperatures of course. Well be keeping an eye on it throughout this newscast. Contra costa county where that fire is burning had the hottest temperature in the bay area today on a day of recordsetting heat. And more records may fall tomorrow. Lets check in with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri with more on that. Jeff. Concord did get up to 104 degrees. As you all mentioned, the old record was 100 set back in 2008. And with all of that heat today we are Still Holding on to some very warm temperatures outside. 79 in concord, 78 fremont, 75 san jose. And 76 in lake port. So the reality as you get up, you head out the door tomorrow, its some fast heating. You have to be thinking about this as you get up and get going t
They shared fond memories about the murdered 21yearold ole miss students. Authorities in mississippi have released Surveillance Video. Abcs marcus moore is in oxford, mississippi, with the latest on the investigation. Reporter newly released video showing the last known images of ally kostial before her death. The senior at ole miss seen here in a white top and blue shorts leaving a bar near the town square last friday just before midnight. A short time later she would be dead from multiple gunshot wounds. Police say at the hands of classmate brandon theesfeld. Kostials murder has stunned many in this college town. Hes always been a gentleman and been sweet and been kind. Reporter one fellow student says he lived in the suspects freshman dorm. Constantly had to reference his fathers money, how his dad could get him out of anything. Reporter theesfelds father visiting him in jail. Would you like to say anything about his guilt or innocence, sir . Read the constitution. Reporter ally and