Sonoma counties. Evacuation orders and warnings are in yellow, on all sides. New evacuation orders in effect, west of the town of rutherford, new warnings have been issued west of oakville as well. Highway 29, shuts down, from calistoga north, to middletown, in lake county. The winds are not just a concern for the north bay, a red flag warning is also in effect for the east bay hills, through saturday morning. Tonight, beginning with kenny, who is live on the outskirts of angwin in napa county with the effort to save homes. Kenny . Reporter we are here in the northwest section of the town of angwin, take a look right behind me, that is the fire line, you can see that the flames reached all the way up to this point, the bulldozers have come through, and created a break, that saved the homes just days ago, but as you can see, as we walk over here, there is a home that is standing by, right now, and standing. Homeowners are doing everything they can tonight, so that they understand that t
The big concern is the red flag warning that went into fekt at 1 00. Our concerns are with that northwest wind. The perimeter in the sugar loaf state park area, and if that fire gets across the line that we have established down there, it will create a much larger area to fall back to. Keep in mind, the red flag warning will remain in if he can through saturday morning. So were entering another critical time. The glass fire is moving dangerously close to the northeastern edge of angwin. Stephanie sierra went directly into the fire line where the flames are bordering that small town. Reporter the work thats happening this afternoon is critical to save angwin. The fire crews tell me theyre building a fire line from friesen road to spring lake road which homes to save angwin. Its day five, working in triple digit heat. Surrounded in dense black smoke. These heroes arent giving up. Dragging 140 pound hoses up the hill side, each crew pouring out 100 gallons of water a minute to fight the f
News at 6. Im afraid that at that. The whole time is going to burn down that starts thats like a disaster looks like a disaster happening. Now its 6 o on alert and on edge north bay residents. So anxious as the winds pick up again escalating the wildfire threat in sonoma and napa counties, thank you for joining us at 6 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the bay area is under a red flag warning. Tonight through saturday morning that has cal fire closely tracking the weather is the last fire just keeps on burning. The wildfire. So far has scorched more than 56,000 acres in 5 days the to 5 containment a long way to go has destroyed a 143 homes so far over 26,000 structures remain threatened tonight. As we mentioned the bay area is now under a red flag warning set to expire saturday morning at 6 oclock. Of course this could spell big trouble for firefighters over the next couple of days chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us now with what were looking at the avera
Anglin, as 2100 firefighters decide to fight the flames, and build containment lines in an effort to keep the fire from encroaching into the town. Structures engaged in the area as a talk more about aircraft usage in that area trying to get the fire skirted around the community, and then also pope valley. Reporter the santa rosa fire chief reports that nearly 13,000 people are under evacuation orders now, with another 32,600 under an evacuation warning. It comes as Law Enforcement urges people to get out fast, as major arteries such as highway 29 and napa county and highway 12 in Sonoma County close to traffic. More evacuations are possible, although, we have been talking about evacuations in some areas, many people are and just to get home, but there is a real certainty that we could have additional evacuations as the fire begins to burn into the areas that have been described today. Reporter the new closures coming hours after Governor Newsom toured a Fire Ravaged Community thursday
Attacking the woman with a stroller. Knocked to the ground and a gold necklace was stolen off the victims neck. Reporter the robber ran off, the entire incident lasted about 10 seconds. Despite our victim unfortunately sustained minor injuries, scrapes and bruises. Reporter captain tempest roy of the sunnyvale of Public Safety says the man apparently did not care there was a child in the stroller which rolled into the street as the two struggled. But frankly the child was unhurt, there were no vehicles on the road at the time. Reporter Police Believe this is a crime of opportunity. Police say people can try to minimize the risk. Especially if you are wearing valuables, jewelry and what not, consider covering it up. Maybe with a scarf or covering up your bracelets. Reporter and litigators are trying to determine if the man was responsible for other holdups. Despite these types of crimes are taken seriously by the department of Public Safety. Sunnyvale is a beautiful and safe place to li