Experience for hundreds of campers who got trapped by an outofcontrol fire in california. The creek fire has burned more than 73,000 acres since friday evening in the Sierra National forest. The only road out of a popular Recreation Area threatening the lives of more than 200 people. Military helicopters got there in time, taking everyone to safety. Cbs news spoke to one man who says he barely escaped. Were all in the water and we just we keep going down into the water to protect us from the embers. Some of the embers the size of golf balls. Winds blowing 40, 50, 60 mileperhour in some cases, some of the gusts. We keep going under and under and under. In my mind im going, are we going to die from the fire or from drowning . 20 people had injuries ranging from burns to broken bones. More coming up ahead on cbs this morning. A gender reveal party is to blame for a wildfire east of los angeles. Cal fire authorities said the el do fra generating pyrotechnic device used during the party. So
Streaming on cbsn bay area , we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look out east at the bay bridge. Officials are warning to brace for the heat and save on the energy to avoid power shutoffs. Good morning, it is monday, september seventh. It is a labor day. I am michelle griego. I am len keise. And lets get your forecast as we start th ceak rerecords. We could, we are looking at another day of extreme heat for the bay area, so we have heat advisories for the coast and right around the bay with excessive heat warnings in effect for the rest of us in pink and th at viis in effect as we go through hour day. We do have a spare the air alert that remains in effect th those hazy, smoky skies once again, they wiare 21 days a row, a record 21 days for a spare the air alert in effect and we will be watching our fire weather concerns. We do have a red flag warning that is in effect as we go through tonight all the way through wednesday morning. Checking temperature
Talking about our high fire danger and a spare the air alert with our hazy and smoky skies. There is a lot to get to. The heat advisory is along the coast and the bay for today. We have excessive heat warnings in effect for the rest of the bay area. All the highlighted areas in pink are under the excessive heat warning. We have a spare the air alert that remains in effect and we continue with smoky and hazy skies. We are record 21 days in a row with our spare the air alert in effect. So we are looking at a red flag warning, critical weather conditions up in the hills. The north bay mountains as well as east bay hills, that is from tonight all the way until wednesday morning. We will talk all about this coming up in my full forecast in just a few minutes. Lets check in gianna lets look at traffic. We start on 80, westbounder leisuretowne boulevard we have a crash with all lanes blocked that happened at about 2 30. This is a fatal incident. Chp is still on scene for the investigation. Th
And livermore and san jose and it will be a hot day around the bay, 90 in San Francisco, 94 in oakland and the low 80s along the coast. There are excessive heat warnings that can be for the rest of the bay area and another spare the air alert, a record 21 days in a row. And a red flag warning that starts from 10 00 tonight until 8 00 wednesday for the Higher Elevations, wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour as we go through tonight and wednesday. We will talk all about this coming up in just a few minutes. As we look at the roadways, if you are getting ready to go outside , or laboring on a labor day, youre good to go. We started with a serious crash along 80 and midway. That has been cleared and the commute is pretty easy towards the bay bridge. You can see our short, once you get to the bay bridge, there are no delays into San Francisco. All our travel times, especially the Allatoona Pass commute, are in the clear. Because of the labor day, there are a lot of changes to Public Transit. A
His 2016 president ial campaign, a promise to protect American Workers, to put an end to the abuse of the h1b visa program. President trump signed an executive order at the white house today banning federal agencies from firing american citizens or green cardholders from their federal jobs and or suring Foreign Workers and hiring Foreign Workers to replace them. Todays action also orders a study to determine just how many federal jobs are now held by foreign visa workers. President trump today heard from a number of American Workers, workers who were forced into the degrading, humiliating process of training their less qualified foreign replacements. Thats right. H1b visa workers trained by the reporters they were the workers they were replacing from the Tennessee Valley authority. The federallyowned corporation that provides Utility Services to residents in seven states. The tva recently announced a plan to outsource 20 of its Technology Jobs to Companies Based overseas. Do you suppos