Changes the places we set aside as parks or other protected areas. The intention here is really, not only to understand the history of these kinds of protected spaces, but then also to make the process of preservation more visible. To make it easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time, but sort of more importantly, why they have changed over time. Because most of us when we think of preservation we think of something staying the same. And yet, preservation actually changes things, so that is really kind of the focus we are going to aim at today. Im going to see if i can manage this. There i go. So in the context of open space lands here in the u. S. , there is this sort of presumption that Public Ownership is the best way to protect a landscape. We even see the mini series by can burns from ways back on National Parks. It was called americas best idea. Thats actually taken from a quote. That natural spaces that have trails for hiking and sigh
At the same time, people forced out by the flames return home for the first time tonight. Stories of heroism, how one man ended up saving his neighbors homes. I am happy that people get to go homes. We begin with that breaking news out of marin county. Good evening. The woodward fire is now threatening three dozen homes. Residents who live south of Inverness Park , fox drive, and northway are told to leave immediately. Emergency crews are asking those evacuees to go down first serve branches drake boulevard. Evacuation center is open at the marina center. Across the state, it has already been an historic wildfire season. Currently, more than 7000 buyers scorching more than 1. 4 million acres. Three of the biggest are right here in the bay area, in the north bay. The lnu complex fire has burned 352,000 acres. Five deaths are blamed on that fire. After that is found a body in his home. Tonight, the buyer is 25 contained. Some residents were able to return home tonight. We are in Sonoma C
Only hot temperatures today, even warmer weather tomorrow and then to finish out the Holiday Weekend, were going to find increasing fire dangers. Lets talk about where we are right now. Temperatures are well into the 90s, its 104 in san ramone right now, 101 in santa rosa. 95 in san jose, 95 in oakland. 95 in red wood city. The city is warm with a temperature of 85 degrees. Excessive heat warnings and advisers are officially in effect right now and this heat is with us for several days. These will last until mon wthe whole entire Holiday Weekend. So lets go hour by hour. Later on this evening, t 70s an. So it is a warm night with little relief overnight. We will stay in the 60s and 70s to start the day tomorrow. That means tomorrow afternoon, hotter than today. Well look at those numbers. The fire danger and the full accuweather forecast. We will see you then, thank you. In some parts of the bay area, we can not head to the water over the weekend due to wildfire damage. Because of the
Breaking news tonight. High heat and high anxiety as rolling black outs hit the bay area. The threat of rolling black outs has many Small Businesses bracing for a tough weekend. Blistering record setting heat today and another round for the weekend. I will have the temperatures coming up. A san jose teacher shirtless in a Virtual Class. Now, from abc7, live breaking news. And that breaking news is widespread power out acknowledges and rolling black outs, up to 220,000 pg e customers during this record breaking heat, the rotating black outs should be done for the night. State power grid its the First Time Since 2011. Now, heres a look right now where the biggest problems are. The outage map shows South San Francisco and antioch have the most outages right now, 3,000 customers are in the dark in each of the cities. San matteo county and san rafel have been the trouble spots most of the night. Thats where abc7 is reporter the power came back around the area around 9 30 p. M. , many busine
Reporter the power came bac p. M. , many businesses here telling us they have had to close hours early in the midst of the pandemic when they are trying survive. For example, soul food was supposed to be open, and you can see the doors is are saying the frustrated on over the lack on communication. Thousands left in the dark all across the bay area tonight. No notification and then a all of a sudden we dont have power and its 105 degrees. Reporter Ashley Stephens is one of many of the customers that were without power for hours. Had what about the people who are like on oxygen tanks and have like, food in the freezer and the fridge. Its just, unreal. Reporter many Small Businesses struggling to stay afloat during this pandemic pushed to close the doors hours early. We tried our best to sell what we had available. Stuff that was already cooked so we can sell it out and not have to spoil it. And we tried to push it with our registers but the moment that the system crashed we could no lon