Firefighters spent the day and evening busy fighting flames all across the bay area. A vigil here in richmond to honor murdered soldier Vanessa Guillen, and to fight back against Sexual Violence in the military. Confusion over restrictions and reopening plans. Business owners in the south bay are demanding answers. This breezy and cooler weather wont last much longer. Were tracking warmer weather on the horizon. Well have the details in the accuweather forecast. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area, for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. After a long weekend, bay area firefighters just are not getting a break tonight. Theyre already dealing with two fires in the south bay, and we saw multiple fires break out this afternoon. Some were smallhi oers raced dangerously close to homes and forced people to grab what they could and evacuate just in case. We counted at least eight fires today, and some are still going, including one in fairfield. Thats where
But i want to go off and show you what it looks like on the hillside. These are lights that had just been turned on in the last five minutes or so. You could see those crews up on the hillside, closely monitoring this situation as i speak to make sure hot spots dont spark up. Flames shooting into the air in fairfield on monday. One of many fires to burn across the area. I thought the house was going to burn down. Reporter so did many others, as strong winds fueled these flames. Got very close. You can see the flames were literally in their backyard. As i am talking to them, i see the flames come over the top of the hill. Reporter chris engle turning on the sprinklers and life. In fairfield, 30 homes were evacuated and it was just one of many spots where fire put people and their homes in in rodeo, an frightening situation. The wind is going that way from left to right direction. Reporter flames tore through 230 acres of land near the interstate and forced many out of their homes. Just
And you can see that the sun is up and were at 54. Most temperatures in the 50s this morning. There are a few 60s around oakland and the east bay valley, so a touch warmer there. 80s and 90s inland with strong sunshine. High burn factor today. Well follow back into the 70s at 7 00, but it wont be quite a quite as cool and refreshing because of the breezes not being around. Well talk about how long the heat will last coming up in the accuweather 7 day forecast. The Trump Administration is making a big push to get kids back into the classroom. We want to reopen the schools. Everybody wants it. The moms want it, the dads want it. President trump hosted a round table discussion on how to safely reopen schools yesterday. A petaluma private School Principal and student were invited. One sophomore says that he is a lot just tourn. Be able to get back out, means a lot to our emotional and Mental Health to be out there with our friends. And bets city y devos is ech the president s comments and
Saying the president was shaped by a father who was a, quote, high functioning sociopath claiming trumps own sister called him a clown after he announced his run for president. The white house fires back this morning. Supreme court scare. The court revealing chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized last month after falling and injuring his head. What were learning about his condition. Breaking overnight, Mary Kay Letourneau passes away, the teacher who made National Headlines convicted for sleeping with her sixth Grade Student. Then she married and had two children with him. Her story this morning. Protests erupting over this disturbing case in indiana. Viral videos appearing to show a pair of white men attacking a black man. Let him go, dude. Crime investigation. Also, the new developments t the amy crefusi to cooperate. And an abc news exclusive. As the nba arrives in orlando to enter the basketball bubble, were taking you inside the magic kingdom. Your first look at disney world
Employee. The police are not commented on a motive. They are asking anyone with information to give a call. Henry lee, ktvu fox2 news. The Minneapolis Police chief said that he will and contract negotiations with the police union that we can open up his department to change. The chief said the issue of racism needs to be addressed headon in the wake of George Floyds death. Majority of the Minneapolis City Council has called for the department to be dismantled, and ending contracts. They said the union has been a roadblock to change. We are the visible, first face of government in our communities. Our communities are crying out, theyve been doing it with mr. Floyds death, but decades before that. We must do better, we have to do better. Is that a review will look at Critical Incident protocols, along with use of force and disc neri policies. Leaders in Law Enforcement testified, House Democrats say the meetings focus was to examine issues of police brutality. Enough is enough, the peopl