Burning around the bay and as they continue to rage that major that declaration will help us right now the latest from cal fire puts the lnu complex fire. At 17 containment. That is the fire thats burning in the north bay. The scu lightning complex fire which is in the east bay has burned 10 contained right now and the czu lightning complex fire. Thats the one along the peninsula. Its just 8 contain still that is a jump from yesterday morning by about 3 so little by little they are working on it as fast as they can to knock down these fires before there is a threat. More dry lightning. Lets talk about the csu lightning complex fire in santa cruz and san mateo counties in total. This fire has burned 71,000 acres, 60,000 people plus have had to flee their homes and as you can see many structures have gone up in flames 2 people suffered minor injury. There are now 1300 fire personnel there battling that fire right now. Lets take a look at the map and that shows you Scotts Valley and santa
Frias local news stations. We are essentially living in a megafire youre a massive wildfires in the bay area breaking records fires in the north and east bay is now the second and 3rd largest in state history ive lived here all my life. Never seen a fire like this in this area, firefighters hope to gain ground on the flames after a break in the weather but cal fire warning mega fires and mass evacuations. Might be the new norm, its going to be early and more often folks have been experiencing this california the last couple of years. Thank you for joining us everyone at 6 oclock im Catherine Heenan the wildfires burning across the bay area they are making history tonight. The lnu complex now the second biggest fire on record for california burning 350,000 acres and it is only 22 contained, followed very closely by the scu fire complex. Its from 347,000 acres only 10 contained and then there is the czu complex in san mateo and santa cruz fires a santa cruz counties all together those fi
When its made with love, its made to be shared. News at 6. A deadly natural disasters. Batter the u. S. From coast to coast in the bay area lightning sparked wildfires that have killed 7 people are still burning tonight. Firefighters say the scope of damage is historic the number of fires that we had such a short amount of time in the way theyve burned as is pretty parallel in my career on the gulf coast lower slams ashore as a category 4 hurricane killing 4 people and leveling entire neighborhoods. Another night of unrest in america protests turn violent in oakland as nationwide outrage grows over the Police Shooting of jacob blake and the sports world postponing games once again in solidarity with racial justice. Thank you so much for joining us tonight on kron 4 news at 6 im Justine Waldman were tracking 3 major crises in america tonight. Unrest has turned destructive during a bay area protest. A deadly hurricane has slammed the southeast. But first we want to turn to the 3 wildfire
And the fact officials have been charged with blake with no crimes yet, one of Many Development of the story today. A peaceful night of demonstrations on the streets of kenosha, wisconsin following three nights of unrest under the shooting of jacob like. Identified as the officer who shot the 29yearold father of six seven times in the back too Jesse Jackson says from kenosha thursday there is a reason for the deep anger. On the roof killing in south carolina, police took him to get a hamburger before taking him to jail. The chief announced the arrest of Kyle Rittenhouse now charged with two counts of homicide for the shooting deaths of two protesters. Talking about the arrest, the Kenosha Police chief landed in hot water with comments the American Civil Liberties union says blames the victims of the shooting. This is not a Police Action or the action of those protesting. Its the persons involved, involved in illegal activity in the community. The aclu calling for the resignation of the
That moved into the bay area from the south, the remnants of what was a tropical storm. So humidity is up, but we still have conditions that are not so great for firefighting. Let me give you a look at conditions near the czu lightning complex right now, going down to the Santa Cruz Mountains. Relative humidity is up. Thats good news. 74 . Dont mind that wind reading there. Our computers are not accurately recording the actual current steady wind right now. But the gusts are accurate. Gusts up to 17 miles an hour right now in the area of the czu lightning complex. Here in gaurnville, its 81 degrees. Relative humidity at 41 . Gusts only 4 miles per hour, so very light wind there. And near the hennessee temperature, relative humidity at 30 and the gusts at 8 miles per hour. So some improvement in the weather in the north bay. In the south bay we could use more help the wind and temperature. Ama . All right, spencer, thank you. Officials in lake county are holding a Virtual Community meet