Evacuations and progress hopefully in the firefight. Joining us on the phone right now for the latest update is Christine Mcmorrow with Calfire Christine can you give us an update or are you starting to gain the upper hand on any of these fires. Hi there yeah, you know we are we did see today with and increased containment on the lnu complex fire that good news, however, you know we did also see increased we are getting more personnel under these fires as fires in other parts of the state week at a better handle on those were moving personnel into these larger in in the north bay and in east areas so that we can and continue to increase those containment lines. What do you attribute the increase in containment the lnu complex that north bay. Fire complex, the containment doubled in about 24 hours which obviously we hadnt seen that sort of. Leap in progress made thus far was it mostly the weather. Well the the weather didnt help us out today and we had a little bit higher relative humid
Million individual pieces of person protective equipment arrived at a San Francisco warehouse and the city is beginning the process of passing them out to Small Businesses, helping them to reopen their could bees sooner rather than later. The mayor saying covid19 will be an ongoing obstacle businesses will have to battle, even as many reopen their doors for the first time in months. We received over a million pieces of ppe, and we have today masks, we have shields, we have hand sanitizer, and were passing them out directly to Small Businesses, at least a 30day supply to support our Small Business community in San Francisco. The first round of handouts was directed at the citys latino population and latino businesses. Latino Task Force Members saying their community has had more coronavirus cases per capita than other community and has more essential workers. The step we see today with this ppe and this distribution through this partnership allowing us to help protect those same essenti
Pale more the increase in temperatures also bringing the increased risk of fire danger tonight, utility leaders have been going back and forth on whether or not to turn off the power to mitigate the chance of a possible wildfire outbreak we have Team Coverage tonight noelle bellow has more on cal iso is latest developments and dan thorn has reaction from residents who were left in the dark last night but first happening tonight, a red flag warning will go into effect at 11 oclock tonight it will last until tomorrow morning at 11 across the bay area. Monterey and san benito counties are already in a red flag warning fast moving storms can lead to a risk of dry lightning which could start wildfires. So not only is the fire danger really increase our fuel is already the critical level or grass crops you see in the hills are already a groundout or brush component now a very critical levels lower than weve seen in years and our timber component is right behind it so that makes the latter fu
By the lnu complex fires which have burned more than 357,000 acres containment there when up to 33 and the czu lightning complex fires have burned more than 80,000 acres. In just over a week the fires have burned more than 800,000 acres altogether. Now in the Santa Cruz Mountains crews are quite literally fighting fire with fire. Crews are setting backfires to help protect felton and other communities in the san lorenzo valley just north of santa cruz kron fours rob fladeboe takes us there now for a ride to the fire ravaged felt an empire road. A spot at the time firefighters are gaining ground on the czu lightning complex fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Its hoped backfires here along felt an empire road from upper fall creek to empire grade where one encounters many of those rocks and thick smoke will help keep the fire away from felton been lawman and neighborhoods in the nearby san lorenzo valley. And that way so when the main fire makes its way to the communities that are affecte
Rest assured, you are not alone. Weve all had to adapt. We say, you gotta get rid of the leaves, you got to get rid and with summer here, your energy bills might go up with rising temperatures. Of the debris, you got to get rid of the fallen trees at the evacuation center, together, we can save energy and money. Inland once again. We will have hazy conditions. Governor gavin newsom made an i popped my head outside and i try closing your shades during the day. Announcement to see the can smell the smoke. Resources putting in place to i cant really see much out setting your ac to 78 or higher. There. I will have a look at the or cooling off with a fan when you can. Current conditions and what you fight the flames. Ements. Can expect into your bay area united we are always stronger. Weekend. The time right now is 4 00. Lets check in with sal. Stay well, california, threaten the state of happy friday to you. Traffic is moving along and keep it golden. Pretty well. We dont see a lot going o