Stories of desperate calls for help. Last i love youse and some found just outside their front doors. Cal fire determined the fire was caused by a faulty pg e transmission line. It destroyed roughly 19,000 buildings with most of the damage occurring in the first four hours. The day the fire broke out the town of paradise had a population of 26,000 people. So far only 3000 have moved back and one year later the number of destroyed homes that have been rebuilt stands at 11. The future paradise is bright. City Officials Say the rebuilding of 450 more homes is in the pipeline. Alex savidge has been in paradise all day and he joins us live with much more. Reporter there certainly is a lot of construction happening all over the town of paradise and surrounding communities. Tonight we are here at the Paradise Alliance church where fire survivors are gathering to honor the lives that were lost one year ago in the camp fire. While this is a somber day, a lot of people are also very hopeful, exp
Around cupertino, campbell, san jose. Sarah closer mostly cloudy this afternoon although fog may be slow to burn off. A dry forecast for now. Hang in there. High pressure is over us and eventually will turn but not for a while. We have a cooler pattern for a couple of days. 50s, 60s and 70s. Sal is here. Where would you like to start . We will start in vallejo because we have a problem on interstate 80 westbound near tennessee with a motorcycle accident. It was in the left lanes. Traffic is flowing unusually slow as you drive down through the carquinez bridge. 37 is slow trying to get away. 680 looks good from Cordelia Junction down to the venetian bridge and into martinez and we have slow traffic on highway 4 through bay point. The bay bridge toll plaza that up for a 1015 minute wait. San mateo and dumbarton bridge off to a better start than yesterday in the south the commute is off to a good start as well. This is a live look at 280 in se traffic is moving nicely. Lets go back to the
This will be a for the month as far as active weather. It looks quiet once we get to next week. Patchy fog today than e daeasing clouds throughout th 60s and 70s on your temperatures. Heres the man with the plan on the traffic. Good morning. Right now we do have traffic that is moving along well. I want to mention interstate 80 is back open after yesterday where it was closed. Lets talk about 580 and 205. Slow traffic as you drive out to the livermore and pleasanton area and no major issues out to hayward and Castro Valley as you are driving on 880. Looks good to local and and we mention 80 is open including the bay bridge toll plaza. Lets go back to the desk. The Investigation Continues into the cause of that huge explosion and fire yesterday in crockett at the new Star Petroleum storage plan. The fire is contained but the impact continues. All schools will be closed today in the John Swett School district. As you just heard both directions of interstate both directions of interstate
View. It sounds like lanes are open but well double check when chp gets on scene. Heres crockett, rodeo, i know youre going to talk about the fire that had it closed for hours yesterday. No closures today. Lets get back to the breaking news, the aftermath of the inferno yesterday. Investigators plan to be on site all day to learn what sparked the fire which burned close to seven hours. Two storage tanks blew up sending huge plumes of tanks skyward for hours. It closed 80 in both directions for hours, all lanes are reopened this morning. But it strictered a shelter in place yesterday. But now the authorities have lifted the shelter in place. And at one point firefighters tweeted out schools would be open today. This morning nbc bay area is confirming all schools in the john sweat juunified School District will be closed. Whats the latest, thom . Reporter i can tell you when we first arrived on the scene this morning, the heavy smell of burning oil was still in the air. It has cleared ou
5 am and he will focus on the tracy commute but i will also mention that interstate 80 is open right now. If you went to bed and did not know if it would be open for the morning commute, it is open. Lets start with 580. 580 at 205, slow traffic coming up on 205 from 11th and on 580 as you approach the Altamont Pass and then it looks all right to livermore and dublin. The problems on 680 from san ramon to pleasanton and into the snow grade. Looking at interstate 880 we have a good drive as well and getting out to the bay bridge toll plaza there is a small delay. Nothing major yet. Lets go back to the desk. An investigation is underway into what caused that massive fire at the Nustar Petroleum storage plant in crockett yesterday afternoon. The fire was contained but the effects are still being felt this morning. One example. All schools in the John Swett School district are closed for the day. Both directions of 80 are open to traffic in a shelter in place order was lifted last night. Sa