It is at least 600 acres and due to the tough conditions there is no containment estimate at this time. Residents have been evacuated from bellavista and jones valley areas. In all 2000 homes are threatened. Just after the fire broke out authorities ordered or thousand people on the Shasta College campus evacuated. Early evacuation center. It also had to be closed down. People are being sent to Crosspoint Church in redding. The winds are making the fire unpredictable. It is not far from last years deadly carr fire killed eight people. The air tanker is being deployed to try to get the fire in check. Lets go to paul. The conditions we know it is hot. That is what we do up there in redding and Shasta County this time of year. It is hot and dry and will get hotter and drier is the week wraps up over the weekend. 96 degrees in and around the fire. The wind is gusting to about 19 miles per hour. Both of those are problematic for fighting in the fire. With the temperatures that high we shoul
The fire broke out about noontime. 800 acres just since noon. Authorities ordered everyone to clear out of the Shasta College campus. Fire crews worked pg e has shut down power to the area. No word on a cause. We are expecting another update from firefighters in the next hour. More on weather conditions near redding. Wind gusts about 15 to 20 miles per hour. Obviously near the fire itself. Its own heat engine. The wind would be more severe. The overall pattern is breezy. Dry and hot. As expected in far northern california. 96 degrees. Relative humidity is low at 15 . The wind gusts are up to 19 miles per hour. Hotter tomorrow. 100 degrees in and around the fire zone. Not much relief from mother nature. Pretty warm around here inland. Concorde you are currently 94. Santa rosa 91. Livermore 88. Oakland 79. You will stay seasonably warm tomorrow. Temperatures 3 to 5 degrees above average. That is 90 concorde. A comfortable 72 in San Francisco. We can forecast coming up. Some bart writers
Meeting. Reporter really contentious meeting here at the Hilton Union Square which centered on Climate Change and the call for a single debate on the issue Democratic Candidates running for president made stops at the summer meetin in San Francisco this week, Climate Change a top issue on most platforms. But many green activists are pushing for a president ial debate devoted exclusively to Climate Change. There is plenty of voters that are really disengaged not paying attention and Climate Change is a central issue to all of us young people. East bay congresswoman barbara lee supports the idea. We also have to have the Climate Change debate because it cuts across every single issue. Reporter Party Chairman tom perez initially shot down the move arguing it would only allow other single issue debates. We want to make sure we dont change the rules in the middle of the process. Reporter but under pressure from activist, perez allowed a vote and called on members for comment. We need to tak
Welcome back to mornings on 2, it friday, august 23rd. Im Cristina Rendon in for pam cook this morning. Good to see you, too. Im dave clark. You will notice its cooler outside. Its nice. Steve is off today but Rosemary Orozco is here to talk about this. For folks that leave their windows open for the nice cool air overnight. Moving through this morning, hopefully you will feel it. Temperatures have fallen off a bit from yesterday morning at this time. As we get into the afternoon, we are expected to keep that trend with temperatures coming down by several degrees. A look at sfo, partly cloudy skies, San Francisco, 60 degrees. 55 to start your morning santa rosa, low 60s, oakland, livermore and 65 san jose. Dave said it was cooler and there is the proof down by 11 degrees over santa rosa, navado, 9 in napa. Down by five over areas of half moon bay. That moist air moved out. Its a drier day as well. A look at fairfield with a weak on shore breeze at 6 Miles Per Hour and the marine layer
Low 60s oakland, livermore and san jose at 65. Heres a look at the 24hour temperature change, down by 9 degrees in napa. Down by 5, san carlos. Down by 5, san jose. And east bay, also a little cooler this morning. Winds are onshore in fairfield. It is a light breeze. 13 Miles Per Hour. Were like the calm for the north bay, as well as central and south bay. Getting into your bay. Temperatures falling off by a few degrees in some areas. Perhaps 5 to 7 degrees in many areas inland. 89, the afternoon highs for gilroy today. For our areas around the bay, well go 80 degrees san mateo. And by the coast. 64 in pacifica. Temperatures are going to remain in place for your bay area saturday. We do begin to see a warmup sunday, though. Details in the extended forecast in just a little bit. It is 7 01. Lets check traffic this morning for allie. Traffic looking okay as sal mentioned. Doing all right for a friday morning. We have a problem to tell you about in san jose. This is northbound 101. North