Members. I will introduce you real quick. That sounds great. [applause] to iker want to get want to get to your questions. I want to orient you to who the heck am i. I was raised by two incredible parents. They were civil rights activists. They saw violence and discrimination, but they also saw the best of america and they know we are who we are as a country because we Work Together and stood together. My dad is one of these guys that the older i got, the more difficult the stories of his childhood were. By the time he was older, the hail was like beach balls falling from the sky. Son, let me tell you when this tsunami hit my town. I said, dad, you grew up in the mountains of North Carolina. He said, dont you disrespect me. My dad was born to a single mom in a segregated world. I know my Family History back to slavery was just poverty, poverty, poverty. He would tell me, boy, dont tell people i was poor. Tell them i was po. I could not afford the other two. But he was born in america.
The destruction. Cal fire is saying 888 homes have been burned by a quick moving flames that broke out exactly a week ago today. The fire is now 50 contained. It has charred more than 74,000 acres. Today, evacuation orders were lifted for People Living in middletown, one of the hardest hit communities. Tomorrow at noon, People Living in Hidden Valley lake will be able to go back to their homes, so a little bit of good news there. And its not just the valley fire. Fire crews are being stretched thin across the state along with the valley fire and butte fire, two more fires broke out in monterrey county. We have team coverage, nbc bay area is middletown and has more. Reporter you can feel the sense of relief. Evacuees, knot knowing they would soon be home. The nightmare is halfway over. Now we have to go and clean up. But there were some who were afraid to face that harsh reality. Before i want to see this. Now im like, no, i dont want to see the ashes. Today, evacuees from middletown, e
Wall and spun into a work zone. Now, officials on scene tell us the driver in the accident was arrested on suspicion of speeding and driving under the influence. The person who died was a contractor working for caltrans. Lets take a quick check of your weather this saturday because it is going to be a warm weekend. Its the final weekend of summer 2015. Live look at the transamerica tower this morning. We are in the 50s all around the bay area, 58 degrees in the city right now. Sunshine for all today, warmer temperatures beginning today, and then peaking tomorrow, tripledigit heat, may even see some record breakers. Well have a look at your extended forecast coming up in a few. In many hours many of the people who were chased out by the valley fire can finally go back home. The Evacuation Order for middletown will be lifted today at noon. A lot of evacuees who have been living in tents at a camp in talatokinga are from middletown. So likely today there likely be delays and traffic jams
The west. You will see it on the radar but right now we are expecting some showers and thunderstorms. High temperature is 7 degrees below average. Wind gusting up to 35. We expect gusty conditions today. Its 49 at the lakefront. 51 and midway. Morris is reading at 50 degrees. On the radar, we will have some light showers to come in from the south and the south east. Further around the region low pressure will be on the flip side we can expect to see showers and storms coming in from the south and the west. Eventually it will shift. Expect rounds of showers today as much as half an inch coming our way. 5 00 p. M. With the chance of rain. Todays high is about 57. Stormy all week. Of talk about construction on the roads. From the tri state and county line road were squeezed down to a few planes. At cumberland we have some new resurfacing work that has that stretch reduced down to a single lane. Eisenhower has the left lane that out. We will have more about these construction hot spots in