Frias local news stations. We are essentially living in a megafire youre a massive wildfires in the bay area breaking records fires in the north and east bay is now the second and 3rd largest in state history ive lived here all my life. Never seen a fire like this in this area, firefighters hope to gain ground on the flames after a break in the weather but cal fire warning mega fires and mass evacuations. Might be the new norm, its going to be early and more often folks have been experiencing this california the last couple of years. Thank you for joining us everyone at 6 oclock im Catherine Heenan the wildfires burning across the bay area they are making history tonight. The lnu complex now the second biggest fire on record for california burning 350,000 acres and it is only 22 contained, followed very closely by the scu fire complex. Its from 347,000 acres only 10 contained and then there is the czu complex in san mateo and santa cruz fires a santa cruz counties all together those fi
The women owners are defying owners. Chicago, teachers and parents once again at odds of reopening plans that even parents say are major league screwed up. California, wildfires that are raging out of control right now with no end in sight. Talk about impeccable timing . Were on top of all of that. Were focusing on developments in washington where the president is meeting with a number of tech leaders and workers. Blake burman at the white house with more. Hey, blake. Reporter hi, there, neil, and President Trump is set to be signing an executive order in washington momentarily. Im told what this will involve to try to insure when federal contracts are given out, they are given out to u. S. Citizens and not potentially h1b visa holders. Trying to insure the contracts are given to american citizens. We should be hearing from the president shortly. We will wait to see, neil if the president will be taking any questions and if he does i have to imagine he would be asked about this tweet h
Fugitives into the hole with all the sports which all over the world continues to be called off all played behind closed doors including this football match at brazils american or stadium once famous for holding muti 200000 fans in the World Cup Final. Welcome to the news our governments around the world have stepped up restrictions on the movements of their citizens to reduce the spread of the coronavirus the number of deaths recorded in italy has risen 25 percent in the past day to just over 800 overall its only has the highest number of cases outside of china that almost 25000 spade became the 2nd european country to impose a nationwide lockdown its confirmed 2000 new cases and the number of reported deaths as doubles and then in the middle east. Iran has announced 113 people died in the past 24 hours the number of confirmed cases is nearing 14000 in the United States increased screening measures for people returning from europe of course chaos at airports the u. S. Has imposed a ba
Flames quickly spread to this house. Raymond sue lives yards away. He snapped this photo while hosing down his own home. There were lots of flames and the flames had consumed whole trees. The flames were much taller than the outsides. Reporter neighbor lisa nguyen is worried about the fire reaching her home. I have three dogs in the house right now. Reporter the flames burned a section of one house and moved on to other neighbors yards. Firefighters had to deal with steep terrain, dry grass, and temperatures soaring past 100 degrees. It was so hot, firefighters could only work 40minute shifts. So backup crews were sent in to relieve them. Weve had one firefighter have a heatrelated problem. He is being treated here onscene. He was not transported to the hospital. Reporter firefighters have received several reports from neighbors saying they saw power lines smoke and saw at least one home catch fire. Just to give you an idea of what a close call this was, initially firefighters thought
15 minutes, the fogcooling breeze. The breeze picking up at 21 miles per hour. Look at the temperatures tonight, still very mild inland with 70s and 80s back here in Contra Costa County by 10 00 p. M. The heat wave is taking its toll on many people where temperatures hit 100 for the second straight day. Passengers had to deal with hot weather delays, and standing on one of those platforms is not where you want to be in 100 degree heat. Reporter oh, my god, it is so hot out here, jessica. There have been a number of delays on b. A. R. T. Over the last couple days directly related to heat. We told passengers complained about 20 cars being too hot yesterday alone, dealing with this triple digit weather has not been easy. I just might meltdown and just pass out from it. Reporter 7yearold laleh describes how two back to back days of triple digit heat has her feeling. When it gets this hot, drinking lots of water is a must. Yes, to make you hydrated. It makes me feel really lazy, lightheaded