Home there very close to getting flames on to it. Several communities have been or are expected to evacuate next few hours. Nbc bay area newsso. Explain what is happening here with the tent city. Reporter its with the conservation corps supporting the firefighters here. But intentional story of survival. Jason hickey cant believe hes alive tonight. In eight hours he had to outrun and outsmart a wildfire. Intense heat, falling trees, scalding embuzzer, nightmare he found himself in last night as he tried to leave home north of davenport. Couldnt find keys, ran to neighbor and took his car. Driveways, peacocks and dugs, i lost my rv. Reporter couldnt stop to think about it. Window wouldnt roll up, and Station Wagon ignited. Couldnt keep up with it after a while. Something had lit up inside the dash, and exploded, i had to get out. Cars up there melted. Reporter took off running and spent hours dodging flames with his bunny in a cage. Like a monster, and man, it was really scary. Reporter
These are major fires. Reopen, but it is windy and in mind here. Rarely do we see such major one man didnt think he was fires along the coast in san burning. Going to pan over here again going to make it. Mateo county. Where you can see the fire on lets bring in Marianne Favro in these are live pictures of all the other side of the freeway, making its way up that hillside. Scotts valerivalley. The flames and that thick, black smoke from our nbc bay area sky a terrifying sight. This is my home county. Ranger. This is where i live. Marianne . Reporter jason hickey didnt this is south of pescadero. And its really hard to watch think he was going to make it. And its really scary to watch. We started covering this fire his nightmare began when his yesterday in earnest. And i know everybody is trying and its continuing to spread to figure out where do we go . Home burned down and he had so into Santa Cruz County. So that is the situation out many close calls overnight, as so far 10,000 acres
Reporter so far, Pleasant Valley road in vacaville is speech urging all americans to still clear of any take control and save the democracy. Hillary clinton also spoke and then tomorrow night, the one side of the freeway to the Convention Wraps up with joe biden. Other. The lightning complex fire President Trump and the continues to march into republicans are preparing for neighborhoods, looking for more homes to destroy. Next weeks republican convention. It started way back in the theyre watching the democrats this week to figure out what valley, moving down that hill works and what doesnt. Everything from talking points to technical setup for a virtual slow. We tried to fight it with convention. Tonight, the president firing back. The reason im here is shovels, but it came down this way. Reporter so far, the fires have burned over 100,000 acres, because of president obama and joe biden. Because if they did a good job, destroyed more than a hundred i wouldnt be here. And probably if t
It. So a lot of confusion in San Mateo County our Sergio Quintana is speaking to county health leaders. Hell have the latest information on our next newscast at 8 00, right after nhl on nbc. Also tonight, hair salon owners and stylists in Alameda County are pushing back on what has been a devastating past four months for their businesses. Salons are still unable to reopen their doors because of rising covid19 numbers in Alameda County. Thats right. But as ginger saab tells us, some gym members are taking hands into their own hands to be seen and heard by county health officials. We have complied and we are done obliging. Reporter it was a sentiment shared by almost 30 hair salon owners and stylists from pleasanton, livermore and dublin, all looking to reopen their businesses, despite existing restrictions for hair Alameda County. They say enough is enough. Prtic county. We are already licensed to be sanitary. Were licensed by the same board that dentists and nurses are licensed by. 75
Reporter we spoke with retailers who say it took time to prepare to have customers. They understand Public Health comes first but they hope people take precautions so this doesnt last a long time. Its going to hurt. Reporter stefan jordan runs a store and is concerned about not being able to have customers walk through the door after he reopened with precautions. Were a retail store. The money is what we do here so thats the devastating angle. Reporter after a rise in covid19 hospitalizations San Francisco was placed on the states watch list. Indoor malls will have to shut down and that affects Japan Center Malls in japantown. Retail indoor is closing currently. What were trying to assess if we can apply for Curbside Pickup and keep the restaurants open. Reporter theyve already had a few businesses cease operations. Maybe the good ones are at 40 and the low at 10 . You cant pay your rent and you cant live in San Francisco on that type of revenue. Reporter people can order online at jor