Been devastating to see those homes lost in this fire right behind me they are carrying out their morning to briefing to you have agencies from across the bay area here to help put out this fire. But i enjoy life right now with captain saw lopez is with the San Mateo County Sheriffs Office you know, lets talk about how its been for your department in the most important thing you want people to now so were currently working with cal fire in communicating with our residents in the south coast area thats been affected and many of those areas or rural and steep. So when we do issue a i suggest that everybody listens to those warnings you pack up your things and be ready to evacuate if those mandatory evacuation notices come out what have you seen anyone or people trying to stay back and not wanting to leave their houses and if that is happening. What do they need to do so those are some of the challenges we have experience at in the last 48 several deputies have interacting with residents
Mountains and also in southern San Mateo County thousands of people have had to evacuate these communities where the fire is burning and also where the fire continues to threaten theres been extensive damage in areas near Boulder Creek and also in bonny doon homes. Theyre just incinerated by the fire hundreds of other buildings have also been destroyed and many more are still threatened fire crews have been dealing with these intense fires for days now fire Officials Say that it is actively burning in heavy timber and thick undergrowth one of the big concerns has been burning trees which have been breaking apart hitting the ground and then causing the potential for more fires to spread however, firefighters have reported that there have been better firefighting conditions, thanks to improved. The weather. More aerial attacks and an increase in the number of crews that are working the fire. But evacuees that have been staying in nearby santa cruz have been patiently waiting for more upd
Devastation can see in the video homes have burned down businesses a burned down as we know napa is known for wineries but theres a lot of wineries up here its not as close to the heart of napa but more up in napa up in the hills near on highway, one or highway in one 28 in one 21 driving up when windy roads thats where you can see this area as a part of the l a new lightning complex which so far has burned 351,000 acres. Its now 25 contained firefighters have been able to make some Real Progress since the red flag warning was canceled yesterday that means the wind died down a bit giving firefighters a real chance to get a better handle on the raging flames and allow them to save some homes that otherwise could have been destroyed the hennessy fires the biggest fire in the complex and has burned over 290,000 acres its a very widespread fire that quickly burned towards and through napa county which surprised a lot of people who live here. More relieved a lot more an for us to get prepar
Cherry glen road. Now yesterday 24 hours ago there was no problem on the freeway but in the afternoon chp officers had to shut down both directions because of the fire and now that the sun is up. We can see why. I was here at around 6 oclock in the morning that landscape right in front of you that was fine the fire was along the ridge line but it kept moving. It charged the hillside, usually roads or i natural firebreak but because the fire was so intense, it actually jumped the freeway went on to the other side you can see its still smoldering and that ridge line that hill over there caught on fire. So for a while thousands of drivers were going down or through an fire and thats why they had to shut it down for everyone safety i did see in the overnight hours some fire trucks parked along the base of the hills just to keep a close eye on the situation right now as you can clearly see. Yes there are some trees that remain, but the dry vegetation has all. Been incinerated so theres noth
New guidelines for youth sports. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson has all the details for us and a live report from San Francisco ice or a good morning. Marty good morning. New application to get a waiver to reopen schools. It applies to Public School districts private even Charter Schools and they have to go through this process to make sure and they are allowed to reopen now, im live here at Sherman School to Elementary School in San Francisco in the cal hollow neighborhood. Its a good example is in San Francisco and thats on the governors watch list if the school is in the county on the governors watch list then they have to go through a few more hoops they have to have major discussions were talking public hearings with parents the county Health Officer they need to talk other schools in the area see what theyre doing and have conversations about whether it is a smart idea to have in person classes take a look at more of guidelines that we rode out for you on your screens you can get a better