We have gotten through the overnight hours and the period with the potential for the most lightning there we have had a few Lightning Strikes across the bay area but not a lot. Most of it was in the Central Valley and the pacific. There is still rain. Look at the showers. Actually, there is more good news because it has been light rain. But when you start to get into the bands of yellow and orange, and into mendocino, that is an example of this lightning. That potential will stay with us until 10 00 this morning. Not to mention, the red flag warning is in effect until 5 00 this evening because of the wind that can still be an issue and there is the issue with that. We are not out of the woods yet but we have gotten through the worst part of the evening in terms of where we would have seen the potential for the most widespread issues with lightning. So here is the forecast. Once the shower was clear out of the north bay, it is just going to be us and the smoke. There will be a lot of sm
Santa cruz county. And any minute now were expecting an update from cal fire on the czu complex fires that are burning in santa cruz and san mateo counties and well have it for you live when it happens. Well meanwhile, lets start with the l in new complex fire. Thats burning in the north bay right now check out this map that shows you where the complex fires are burning which is in sonoma napa and solano counties so far at least 4 people have died and 4 others have been injured, lets check in with kron 4 Sarah Stinson who is in Sonoma County where the fire is threatening homes, sarah. They robin the on live here on West Dry Creek road just west of healdsburg where its still very dark outside a lot of times with these fires cal fire as the way till sunrise is to really see what theyre working with after a long day of battling the flames take a look at what they were doing yesterday and probably into the night to try and combat the flames and stop them from spreading to nearby communitie
They said its unsafe because fire still threatens this community. And im live here at the Fire Department got some information for everybody theyre bracing for higher temperatures. Take a look at the terrain that theyre facing this is some video that i shot yesterday before leaving the area. I was reporting on sweet water springs road and you can see its very steep. The road is narrow. Its a single lane road and that cal fire truck basically takes up the entire lane and they are have been use monitoring the flames and putting them out and yesterday was pretty calm until about 00 03pm in the afternoon when they expected that wind to come in thats exactly what happened the fire began raging yet again cal fire crews say the flames were going hard for at least 3 hours until 6 at night when he started to calm down a little bit. The fire in this area near guerneville and west of healdsburg has burned more than 20,000 acres says a fire fighter here at the Fire Department, its still 0 containe
Temperatures anywhere from 92 tuesday, other times mid to upper 90s. So still hot. For the hennessey fire, the winds spiking around 17 Miles Per Hour this evening. So that could cause some issues. The winds are bringing in slightly milder temperatures, 91 tuesday, mid to upper 90s elsewhere. Well look at the santa cruz muntains and the rest of our forecast coming up. Now to breaking news in Solano County, a pg e worker assisting with the lnu complex fire has died. The vacaville based employee was helping First Responders when it happened. We know the flames in Solano County have moved so fast. Amy hollyfield is live with more. Reporter so tragic to hear about this death. The employee was based here in vacaville. Pg e not wanting to release anymore information out of respect for the family. Weve also heard of four civilians who have been injured, those people suffering some burns. The fire activity here in vacaville is calmer this morning. But there is still there are still little fires
Were Still Holding on to the lower middle 60s in the east bay 50s north bay, 63 for san jose leininger day up today. We got those fog clouds left over at 07 00am then we go mostly sunny by 10 00am at 6986 going on by 01 00pm yesterday to revisit the 90s for some of those inland valleys, but the real jump in temperatures getting here tomorrow and by friday. Its a an excessive heat watch that we have going on more on your forecast coming up in a bit party all right dave, thank you so much to get our top story this morning. Senator Kamala Harris will appear with joe biden later today for the first time as his running mate, its going to be a very historic moment. As harris as the first woman of color to appear on a president ial ticket or that signs has a closer look now at bidens history making choice. With election day 83 days away the democratic ticket is now set with an historic perry. Joe biden selecting california senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, telling her the news during