Begins to fall apart, so the east bay valleys, the santa clara valley, doesnt look like any rain at all, temperatures in the upper 50s. Near normal today, but changes for the second half of your weekend. Katie . All right, lisa, thank you. Breaking news, san jose fire Officials Say they suspect an arsonist is at work again this morning and are offering a 10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Arson investigators are looking into this house fire near 17th street and east st. John. It broke out shortly after 4 00 this morning. A jogger spotted the fire and got elderly neighbors and went to a nearby fire house for help. The fire was on the roof of the old victorian home, and the roof partially collapsed as fire crews tried to climb up there, so they had to back off, then they had to fight the fire from defensive positions outside. Were told this fire is likely to be another case of arson. Absolutely suspicious. Do we suspect that this could possibly be the arso
Helicopters are battling the blaze. But the tinder dry brush and triple digits temperatures reignited the flames. The unseasonably early wildfires come during one of the states worst droughts. Firefighters say they havent seen explosive fire conditions like these in years and already had crews positioned in the area. Its almost a week and a half before this fire broke out. We had resources ready to go additionally here in Southern California. Reporter crews hope to get the upper hand with calmer winds but officials think the wildfires have caused more than 22 million in damage so far. Cooler more humid air that could provide relief to the area wont arrive until saturday. Allen and liz, back to you. Thank you. From the bay area to san diego, we have firefighters on the front lines tonight. Strike teams from santa clara, napa, sonoma and alameda counties left for duty earlier this morning. Meantime our spring heat wave is pushing temperatures into the high 90s in parts of the bay area. S
Any will it have on the election now two months away. Especially with Governor Brown enjoying a 16 point lead in the latest field poll. Issue that is hit home. Reporter there were two definite teams in tonights debate. Brown on californias recovery. Four years ago when i went to sacramento the place was in shambles. We were being turned a failed state just like greece. Thats not the case anymore. Reporter the other theme kashkaris contention that recovery is still not at hand. His 40 years in government has left him out of touch with the struggles of working families. Hes declared a california come back but in all, our middle class is all but detroyed. You learned your job well there working at sachs. Kind of like the arsonist puts out the fire. I really appreciate that. Reporter kashkari painting brown as the problem. I did not come from a rich family like you did. Reporter most talked about kashkaris pledge to kill high speed rail. Hes raising your taxes to fund what i call the crazy
World he appears to be following in footsteps of bill gates. He made a salary of 77 million last year, but no indication how changing titles will impact his pay. Ora cell made him rich. Forbes ranks him worth 51 billion. He has mansions, owns moef of the island of lanai in hawaii and can afford to engage in yacht racing. A race the team won two times. But is the team of katz, herd and ellison going to be moving oracle some . The ship with sail best with one captain. You dont tend to give that up in the midst of something of a storm. According to glass door, ellison steps down with a 76 Approval Rating from employees. National average is 65 . Mark herk had just 34 approval when stepping down at hewlettpackard. A man charged with starting one of the biggest forest fires of the season faces arraignment tomorrow. The 37yearold Wayne Huntsman being held on bail following arrest yesterday, accused of setting the king fire near Pollock Pines in the sierra that now threatens thousands of homes
Now threaten thousands of homes and highway 50 to like tahoe remains closed. Laura reports. If drive along highway 50. Main artery to and from south like tahoe is quiet with road closed as they try to contain the king fire. Huge plume of smoke overhead. Taken into custody. In ultimately in placerville. Earlier authorities announce they have a man in custody they believe started the fire. 3 37yearold wayne allen hunts man was arrested wednesday in placerville and now being held on 10 Million Dollar bail at the El Dorado County jail. Hunts man described as transient charged with willfully and maliciously setting fire to forget land near pollack pines. He has prior felony conviction ins Santa Cruz County but no of those involve arson. In the mean time the king fire grown to 71,000 acres and spread from el drd 0to placer county. Fire spotting over mile ahead of the main fire that means that the ember that come out of these fires the smoke column l loft and which out into the unburn area la