Including a big rig, that crash on southbound 880 under 238 is all cleared. Speeds are slow still this morning. Moving over to b. A. R. T. I want to keep people posted on whats happening there. Tenminute delays on the San Francisco line headed into the east bay because of work in the tube. And another alert for b. A. R. T. Riders. The Holiday Plaza side is closed. Access can be from the westfield mall side. We will be watching. Thanks. We begin with the fire emergency in Sonoma County. Heres what we know. The fire spread to 16,000 acres. This as whipping winds are expected this weekend. Cal fire is telling us 49 structures have been december tr destroyed and more are threatened. We have learned that a pg e transmission line failed at about the same time that fire started. Mandatory evacuations are in effect east of highway 128 to geyserville. The Healdsburg Community center, Sonoma County fairgrounds and the sonoma Veterans Memorial building are being used as Evacuation Centers. It is
Wind picking up tonight. Theres now a mandatory evacuation along part of highway 198 near geyser vil and hills berg. Officials stress the fire is not threatening the city of hills berg tip. Anyone in thisrea in blue is told out. Its north of highway 28 of biaser road and chalk road. Theres still an advisory in place for awe gauically m caent. Be prepared to evacuate. The authorities is updating eryone on whats happening. Lets bring you an update on e burning. Or stories thats the redwood fire near ukiah, the nones doory in Sonoma County. And the tubbs in napa county still the largest. You can see the acreage. Two more victims in the meantime was found in the atlas fire bringing the total nber dead from there fire, 34. Been evacuated across the state. We know these are stressful and taxing times and peopleave gone through a tremendous amount ofoss and grief is beginning to set in. The tubbs fire is now considered the third deadliest in calornia history. Governor browne and senators fine
A decision from the dtrict attorney she decided not torosecute what could be the largest mortgage fraud case in the countys history. Despite the investigation, the prosecutors decided it was not in their jurisdiction the decision has victims ffed disgusting. Overwhelmed. Sentiments by some of t people who say theyre taken by this man. Miguel angel lopez salida and his wife, heidi. He ran a company out ofhis complex in the town of petta luma. In april, 2013, this is what petama police were ying. Asking for an advance fee to seek modification. After our story, investigators seized computers, records from both the officend evidence turned over to the district attorney. One and a half years later, she is sending the case back to the attorney general without filing char charges. Its the biggest single mortgage fraud case in history. Ji is trying to bury it. Despite being given notice, the da did not make herself available. He said state Attorney Generals Office agreed migu loep yiz and heid
we ll look back at the stories that inspired us from 2011, the stories that inspired us, shocked us. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning, everyone, i m savannah guthrie in for ann. it s the last friday of 2011. happy 54th birthday. you didn t have to say the 54. i was going to say isn t it great we celebrated our 40th in the same week. verizon is payicharging a convenience fee if you want to pay your bill online. didn t the people at verizon pay attention with what happened with bank of america a few months ago with the debit card fee? people are outraged at being nickelled and dimes. you got to pay extra to pay your bill so we ll get into that. a marine who made it through tours in iraq and afghanistan uninjured, forced into a fight for his life after being shot in florida. wait until you hear how he used his military training to survive. we ll talk to him live from t