A helicopter. Crews marching uphill there to try to get to this fire. We understand the smoke can be seen for miles throughout the east bay. People throughout the east bay able to see the smoke in the sky, and given how dry things are out there, this is a scary sight, given the Oakland Hills as well. Theres a big fire that just happened just witnessed some fireworks going off, and the fire starting around then, and they were actively calling the fire department, and as we came back out of the trailhead the sunset trail the first fire truck was coming up the hill. We talked with another neighbor who said he heard what he thought was fireworks but didnt see anyone in the area. They tell us fire crews arrived within just a few minute minutes of the fit 911 calls. Thing best fear the tinder dry conditions and theyve been trying to keep their homes clear of brush so make shouldunder there is no fuel to start a fire. Residents remember the devastation of the Oakland Hills fire storm in 1991.
101, embers from the structure fire started a brush fire. The chp had to close one southbound lane. Both fires are now out. The crews will be spending the next several hours mopping up. Live in san jose, abc7 news. Thank you. Watch out heads up fire destroyed a house in vallejo today. I started at 2 00 this afternoon. Firefighters did keep it from reaching other homes but this house is a total loss. Arson is suspected in a fire on Howard Street in San Francisco. Firefighters believe someone set far to this parked truck 4 00 this afternoon. Young see the tire is melted. The entire hood is charred. Police have not said if they have a suspect in custody. A major road closure in San Francisco should kole to an en. Doyle construction should wrap up by midnight. Reporter from the looks of things you can get a really good appreciation just how much has been completed this weekend. If you have driven through here you may remember that traffic used to drive around the tunnels. Now you can see b
Scientists make history. 3 billion miles away. Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Hello pluto. We are at the big bay area Party Tonight as nasa scientists make history 3 billion miles away. Im ken bastida. Im veronica de la cruz. Liz has the night off. Pluto is known as the icy planet but Christin Ayers shows us we earthlings are giving it a very warm welcome. [ cheers and applause ] reporter this is the sound of success a decade in the making as cheers went up inside nasas mission control. Hundreds of people at this party were cheering too. It is really monumental. It is a moment in history. It is really exciting. We got all the way out to pluto. It is cool. Reporter just shy of the dwarf planet pluto, the spacecraft new horizon phoned home with essentially this message. Yeah, im still working and everything went cool. Reporter new horizons sent back this very cool image of pluto. Scientists explain the probe which is the size of a baby grand piano has been hurdl
Scientists make history. 3 billion miles away. Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Hello pluto. We are at the big bay area Party Tonight as nasa scientists make history 3 billion miles away. Im ken bastida. Im veronica de la cruz. Liz has the night off. Pluto is known as the icy planet but Christin Ayers shows us we earthlings are giving it a very warm welcome. [ cheers and applause ] reporter this is the sound of success a decade in the making as cheers went up inside nasas mission control. Hundreds of people at this party were cheering too. It is really monumental. It is a moment in history. It is really exciting. We got all the way out to pluto. It is cool. Reporter just shy of the dwarf planet pluto, the spacecraft new horizon phoned home with essentially this message. Yeah, im still working and everything went cool. Reporter new horizons sent back this very cool image of pluto. Scientists explain the probe which is the size of a baby grand piano has been hurdl
Inspections rule is so important is because if there is a new design or new materials being proposed it will catch something early on. Reporter also included in the City Council Decision is the requirement of existing balconies and weather exposed elements to have proper vent lake to prevent dry rot. The city council estimates that these inspections affect about 6,000 properties in the city. Back to you. Christian, someone has to pay for all those inspections. How is berkeley going to do that . Reporter thats the question. At this point the city says they dont have the resources to perform all these inspections within six months and at this point no solution has been found. So that will be the question moving forward. Thank you, Christian Hartnett live for us over in berkeley this morning. Thanks. New details are emerging about a kidnapping in vallejo. The case Police Originally called a hoax appears to have been a well planned abduction. But as kpix 5s andria borba tells us, if the vi