Fire map continuing north through the rural hills, it will run right into the burn scarred from the complex fire. Any shift in wind direction could easily spell disaster. Katie nielsen joins us with coverage, and there was some change in the air tonight. Diablo wind picked up, moving this fire southwest. Exactly what firefighters did not want to happen. You can see some of the smoke, the reservoir is buried beneath all of that smoke. This is more toward the road with the smoke plumes coming up , the wind pushed this fire toward the south. This fire is burning in a populated area near deer park. Air tankers paint the rages around bill canyon with fire retardant. It helps them get into areas that they may not be able to go into. Backfires were started along the east side of the trail to protect nearby structures. Tom lives on the west side of silverado trail. He decided not to evacuate. He is using garden hoses to try to save his home care we hope we dont end up like the guy across the s
Winds start to accelerate. Well talk about how much longer is hot temperatures sticking around. Well look at that and the forecast coming up in 12 minutes. Trying to escape the heat, thousand of people gathered at ocean beach in San Francisco this Holiday Weekend leaving no room for safe social distancing at all and forcing mayor reed to control those crowds. Live in San Francisco, the beach is looking better behind you today, roz plater . Better, a lot of people arrived. These are different crowds, family and children. Of course the night is young. This is ocean beach this labor day. A balmy 80 degrees off the ocean and dozens of families trying to beat the heat. It is so hot. Thats why we came out to the beach because it is insanely hot at home. Reporter for the most part they seem to follow the new covid19 rules. Stay with your pod, wear a mask and keep a good distance. I plan on being away from everybody from the spotlight more down there. Reporter it is a far cry from two nights a
State, many sparked by lightning that will become a concern again today. At least 965 structures destroyed, many of them homes. Heres a quick look at just how widespread these fire zones are. The lnu complex in the north bay, primarily in napa and sonoma counties and spread out among lake county. The czu in san mateo counties. The possible threat of new thunderstorms is a main concern right now for firefighters. Something we are tracking. Lisa, we can we expect this morning . We are looking at better possibility of that tonight into monday and under a red flag warning right now and we have fog dense along the coast but the view of mt. Tam shows the colors and the air quality is better for most of you this morning. That will be changing into those winds throughout the afternoon. 60 in mountain view. 57 in San Francisco. This is the east bay where you can see the gray sky here and some of the smoke and poor air quality with you. 53 santa rosa. 59 in napa. Cooler temperatures, higher rela
Mike, how is it looking right now for whats happening around the bay . Kari, overall things are improving. The trivalley had a couple issues coming into the area. Starting in the south bay north 101. Capital expressway theres a crash involving a couple vehicles one in the middle of 101, some slowing for the sensors right there holding folks up from 680 up to oakland road where we typically see the slowing starting to clear about now. Well track that and also clearing south of 80 through sunol out of pleasanton, that crash cleared a while ago. Back to you. Thank you, mike. Were going to continue to monitor all of the fires across the bay area. The latest this hour for you. The lnu fires in the north bay have burned more than 356,000 acres. And right now its 27 contained. Five people have died and nearly 1,000 south bay the scu fires are still the biggest in terms of acreage. It has burned nearly 366,000 acres and is 20 contained. Three First Responders have been hurt and 18 structures d
Hours ago. Firefighters had a chance to go into some of the damage from the fire in santa cruz and san mateo counties yesterday. They have confirmed 440 buildings have been destroyed, including 320 homes. On the northern end of the fire in San Mateo County, it is not spreading. That is good news. Firefighters say they are very confident that the fire will not spread toward Santa Clara County, where evacuation warnings had been issued earlier in the week. There are new Evacuation Orders or warnings foot and the counties involved. Near bonnie doon and Boulder Creek, there is a fire that is actively burning. Crews are going into do Damage Assessment, and repair some of the power lines and the infrastructure. That way, eventually people will be able to return home. It is stressful. We are staying at an Extended Stay Hotel with only six other dogs and a cat. 77,000 people were forced to evacuate because of the fire. They cannot return home yet, but they are very anxious to do so. The Santa