I would say that the valley fire in lake county will be one of the top 20 most devastating fires weve seen in california and the fire season itself has probably been the most extreme that ive seen in my 30 years with regards to the number of fires that weve seen statewide, the way these fires are starting and spreading in and ending up in basically a migration is a rapid and very erratic spread of fire and its making it very, very difficult to fight and to get on and its putting people and property in harms way. And my colleague, Scott Schaefer spends part of the week in lake county as kqedsuki lewis. Welcome to you both. Suki, let me start with you. You were among the first allowed back into the fire zone. What did you see . It was as the sun was setting and we went through the blockade and there were still spot fires everywhere, and there was smoke rising from the bound and the big tree stumps from where the fire had burned to the ground and we were driving further down the road to a
I would say that the valley fire in lake county will be one of the top 20 most devastating fires weve seen in california and the fire season itself has probably been the most extreme that ive seen in my 30 years with regards to the number of fires that weve seen statewide, the way these fires are starting and spreading in and ending up in basically a migration is a rapid and very erratic spread of fire and its making it very, very difficult to fight and to get on and its putting people and property in harms way. And my colleague, Scott Schaefer spends part of the week in lake county as kqedsuki lewis. Welcome to you both. Suki, let me start with you. You were among the first allowed back into the fire zone. What did you see . It was as the sun was setting and we went through the blockade and there were still spot fires everywhere, and there was smoke rising from the bound and the big tree stumps from where the fire had burned to the ground and we were driving further down the road to a
Reports of some small street flooding. Out by point ray station, marin county getting hit hard. Thats the good news, showers are beginning to die down a little bit, or will begin to die down, but not before the afternoon commute made a complete mess up. When i com back, more showers behind this main front that is moving through right now. Well show you what you can expect as we head into tomorrow and the next day. Rain is certainly good news, but it is also causing problems across the bay area. Look at santa rosa this afternoon where a large tree fell on highway 12. It happened east of the dutton avenue ramp and the tree narrowly missed. Caltrans and the Fire Department managed to cut the tree up and haul it away in about an hour. Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains is back open tonight after a tree fell, shutting down all lanes of traffic. The Highway Patrol says they received a report just before 4 00 this morning and a large tree blocking all lanes. It took crews two hours to rem
By her family members. Janet oh, has more. Actually heard the thing rollover and heard the horn. Witness say they ran out to find the back end of a gravel truck on top of a car with a many would trapped inside. Myself and guy working on the side of the road trying to dig her out. Guy with the backhoe here he came around ripped the door off after he tried to pick the trailer up. She was smashed inside the car and dead. Martinez police along with cal osha are investigating the case talking with the driver of the truck to find out what went wrong. Police say the accident happened at 1 this afternoon along shell avenue. The truck was working for the city to improve the road safety. My own feelings i think they should have closed the road off. I dont think they should have been doing this with the road open. Neighbors say the driver was in the wrong place at the wrong time but they think the accident could have been much worse had it happened later in the afternoon when the High School Kids
Carjacking and heather you have a new photo of a man wanted by Police Reporter this just released photo it shows the suspected shoplifting walking down an aisle here just moments before police say he took off out of the store, jumped in a parked vehicle and then took off with those two people inside. Security camera footage at this oakland safeway captures the man at the center of a statewide amber alert. We want to find them, find them safely. Reporter police say the man is a knifewielding shoplifter who stuffed lobster tail and ribeye steaks under his jacket. After being confronted by an employee a man carjacked a car with a teenager and elderly man inside. An amber alert was issued. Witnesses originally describe the vehicle as a red or burgundy infinity suv with a license plate number 6 j fm648. In the last 30 Minutes Police said they tracked down that suv. And its owner on the east coast. They believe that license plate is on a sedan, make and model unknown. Whether its a suv or se