Evacuations that are underway this on social media as you can see some of the black smoke and their white smoke early on in that fire. And cruztorres shared this video with the newsroom. Technically two fires in the area, the extension fire and the north Branch Extension fire. They have a fire fight in two separate areas that they are dealing with right now. The second is clear lake oaks, which is now at 20 acres. The fire fight continues at this hour. Lets check in with bill martin who will join us now. What are they up against out there . It has been a pretty hot week. You are right and everybody else. Weve got the fire conditions that are off their charts right now. In this area as you would know that it has been 100 plus that we would just need to get a check of the fuel moistures as you would see here and that it will be the measurement of, well, just what they said. How much moisture is in relief . And a rough estimate. That it will be a low that will be 10 . In the fire zone and
Different private company, california forensic medical group. Four ayes, one an extension. Motion passes. Reporter 2 investigates began lacking into this a year ago after an inmate died at the jail. We uncovered that corizon had lost contracts in at least six states and faced hundreds of civil rights lawsuits nationwide. Then, after our investigation revealed a series of questionable medical decisions and gaps in oversight from the Sheriffs Office itself, martinezs mother filed her own federal lawsuit against both the company and the county. You are a healthcare provider. You are supposed to be providing healthcare. If you cant do that, then you are in the wrong business. Reporter this all comes a year after Alameda County settled an 8. 3 million lawsuit for the death of another inmate at santa rita, the largest of its kind in california history. Yes, you are incarcerated, but nobody should go to jail and day and lose their life. Reporter but for martinez, another private company takin
Overnight shift. Reporter reenforcements keep arriving as the fire grows, here are a number to strike it that they were sliding that sand fire in Southern California and they got that call to come straight there. After driving on sunday night, working monday and tuesday there and then wednesday morning we would get relief from that fire and dispatch down to this fire. Reporter immediately they are tired that crews are happen mapping out on trailers before heading out. You try to pick up. Reporter there are personalsacrifices about about it too. And some of those arriving are defense specialists. These crews will try to protect the 2,000 homes still threatened. Weve been able to bring in more resources so that we could defend those communities, as much as we possibly can. Reporter while they have been working with the bulldozers, retardant to make that perimeter around the fire that it will continue to grow with what they thought would take a week to contain that will now take more than
Choices. Reporter chow maintained his innocence fnlgt agents handed him envelopes full of cash worth 60,000. He thoued money, and the money that did he get from taughts, he thought it was out of respect because many people would give him moneys walked around chinatown just out of respect. Reporter chow must pay more than 16,000 to the government and more than 15,000 to the leong family. They say this was a case of attorneys who let their egos get in the way of justice. New at 6 00, a preliminary hearing now underway in the killing of a west oakland woman. She was killed while shedding two of her children from bullets. Seven people are charged with murder and an 8th with being an accessory. Cristina rendon joins us actually, cristina was in court and has some information for us about what took place. She says that it was a full courthouse inside, that it was a full house inside the courtroom, excuse me. Each of the eight defendants has their own attorney, and so theyve taken up the jury
I hope he has nothing to say. [laughter] they are problem free, and they are talking about the drizzle. And, theres some moisture on the drizzle is 30 second some spots. Here we go to the north bay, this is the solano super commute. Through vallejo, you will have a very nicelooking commute. You are problem free on that ride this morning. We will show you what you want encounter on highway four, and pittsburgh and antioch, its getting busier and busier. But no slowdowns that we are seeing at that time. You can see that we are seeing more people making that commute across the span and certainly no slowdowns at you are seeing just yet. Thanks, alex. Is out on bail after being arrested at a youth camp were hes accused of playing strip poker with at least one minor last august. He got off of the flight from china. He faces charges including recording Confidential Communications and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Authority say he made a secret audio recording in which one of the