That coming up in just a few minutes. And the search continues for a new police chief for the city of oakland. Were going to talk about the forums schedule today and how the city is seeking help from the public, from ktvu, fox two news, this is mornings on two. And good morning to you. Welcome to mornings on two on this saturday, august 12th. Im claudine wong. You made it. The weekend is here. Happy saturday one and all. Im Frank Mallicoat and its a bit of a chilly start. Lets check in with rosemary and find out what is cooking on this big weekend. How about cooking . We are going things up. Yes temperatures are expected to be a little bit warmer today compared to yesterday. And then sunday looks to be the warmer day midnineties for our hotter spots inland. And we will continue to climb into monday and tuesday. So a better look at the Current Conditions and what you can expect for your bay area weekend as well as the extended forecast coming up. Okay thank you, rosemary. Well, the offi
This is one of the main shelters where people are also bringing a lot of donations. I want you to take a look at this line because it has been like this all day long. These are people who who are coming by to drop off water to drop off toiletries, you know, paper towels, anything thats needed, nonperishable food. And the red cross has set up the shelter here at the war memorial gym. This is where a lot of the people who lost everything in that devastating fire are coming here. As you know, youve seen all of those images. This region has been devastated. Those whove witnessed the destruction, they say it was just a raging inferno and we have two people here who actually survived, had to run for their lives. Joanne, describe what happened. It was Like Star Wars flashing fire. It sounded like a giant blow torch. And youre running from that. And we had to run in the ocean because we were starting on fire and were in the ocean probably like eight hours getting fighting the water, getting pu
Making some progress in fighting the flames at this hour. This as the video shows what people had to do to make it out alive. Plus a live look in San Francisco. The gates just now opening, literally moments ago, for this years outside lands music festival. We are live with what you can expect if youre tending the festival, including the allimportant forecast. All important. That it is. Good morning. Thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. Im marcus washington. Im kris sanchez. Laura garcia is off. Well get to that in a moment. As of now, we are stilt talking about whats happening in hawaii. The death toll in maui stands at 55. But we expect that that is going to increase. There is ground gained in containing the flames. Six fires are still burning in maui and the big island, but Officials Say that lahaina fire is now 80 contained. Nearly 11,000 people remain wiwithout power, a and some of e outages are expected to last for weeks. But firefigighters theree on th grouound continue
Maui. Massive wildfires have ripped through the island for the past three days, burning down thousands of structures and some say they had almost no warning before the flames hit the fires surrounded their homes before they could even get out, there was nowhere to go. Were being told by officials here that the focus is quickly turning to rebuilding despite the widespread destruction, there is some cautious optimism among residents and business owners. Many of them lost everything in these fires, but theyre now thinking about how to move forward. Line is such a special place for so many visitors that come see us every year. Its the historic significance and just the memories there. And that will mean plenty of help from the feds as well as state and local governments. Theyve already ramped up their response. Opening shelters for thousands who were forced to evacuate and now private aid groups are starting to show up in big numbers as well. The red cross is here. The people are so kind.
Search and rescue teams get into the houses burned. Support has been pouring in since the first images of the fires came out. This united boeing 787 left sfo with supplies from the red cross. And there were similar scenes at the airport in moneta where we caught up with some of the volunteers doing what they can to help the victims. About a dozen people with the red cross based here in the bay area have left for hawaii and now more are on the way. Both tom tanner and michelle aver is headed to honolulu first on two week deployment. They know they will get to maui but will adapt to the changing needs of the situation. They will assist government leaders on the ground coordinating the response to the wildfires. One aspect is a unique challenge for the red cross. They are prepared for this assignment. This is on somebodys worst day of their life. They are there. They dont have a place to stay. We have to stablize stabilize the situation it is a special place. I got married there in maui.