Thats near japantown and right along highway 101. The fire put up a lot of smoke. No word on the cause right now. We were able to see that fire from one of our Traffic Cameras. You see the flames and smoke on the left side of your screen there. The fire is burning so close to southbound 101, the chp says a tree caught fire right next to the freeway, forcing them to shut down several lanes at mckey road. One lane still closed right now. Up in San Francisco, a fire at mclaren park. People even watching from homes below. Crews are still at the scene. Its not clear what started that fire. Im going to be following this as it develops. Illegal fireworks lighting up the skies above the east bay tonight. This is video from our Traffic Camera in emeryville about an hour ago. No official fireworks programs. This is just people out in the street. Heres what it looks like in emeryville right now. Bay area fire crews busy. In fact, Contra Costa County fire at one point were battling 14 fires at the
Some because of fireworks paired with smokes from fireworks is causing air quality issues this morning. 56 degrees. Wind speeds at 17 Miles Per Hour in walnut creek. 65 degrees already and we will be warm again. Just to give you an idea about five degrees warmer in livermore, san jose a few degrees there. Todays micro climates highs in the 70s, 80s and 90s. A spread of good old micro climates. Now San Francisco yesterday did hit a high of 76. And here is what im talking about air quality, down to the south moderate. In the east bay its unhealthy especially for sensitive groups. Ill go into more detail on that coming up in a few minutes. Kira . As vianey mentioned, we are following dozens of fires erupting across the bay area. Many likely caused by illegal fourth of july fireworks. All but one official fireworks displays were called off this year to stop the spread of covid19. It does appear people, residents, made their own shows igniting brushfires across the bay. We begin with breaki
Details rana. James and darya good morning that fire continues to burn you can see Law Enforcement have this road here closed off on east done this is in the unincorporated area out here now again that fire you can see the smoke in the background ongoing go ahead and give you guys a closer look because you can really see just how strong the fire is on the hillside then go ahead to the iris scans you guys can see there. But look at that the fire continues to burn even hours after it was started. Firefighters have been here on with a number of agencies trying to get the fire put out were going to show you that video from overnight here now the fire right now as we know is about approximately 40 acres in size that was the last update that cal fire gave out that was about 5 hours ago. So theres a strong possibility that th co since then now we do know some evacuations in the area are in progress for finley ridge road and that theres also a hard road closure like i mentioned on east done a
Minutes. Mike, your chp reports have calmed down. They were going a little crazy in the morning, but all these crashes that were in the east bay all cleared up, i reported them as they got deleted by chp. They took care of that. In the south bay as well the disabled vehicle. All over the bay the Speed Sensors are great. North bay no problems coming across that benicia bridge or carquinez bridge. Easy drive heading over toward the bay bridge. Transit shows a good ride. We will show you the toll plaza itself. We have only these cash lanes on the right approach that show a little lag here so we will track that. Back to you, laura. Right now, mike, i will take it from here, i want to tell you about breaking news that we have coming out of southern california. Thats where Actor Luke Wilson was involved in a deadly crash. Now, this also included a wellknown pga golfer. That crash happened last night near the riviera country club. L. A. Police say that a ferrari clipped wilsons suv, then coll
Hour north of the area. Graham report the his daughter missing from his home open july 2 and was believed armed and dangerous. You can see him there. He told deputies sixmonthold ember was abducted from her crib and Surveillance Video shows something different. That graham was at a store at time and he claimed she was abducted but the child has no yet been found. A man already in custody for a Home Invasion robbery in dublin is now linked to a bizarre kidnapping place in vallejo, 38yearold is under arrest in connection with the kidnapping of Denise Huskins who was take friend her home in the middle of night march 23. Her boyfriend was tied up and given an extensive list of instructions to follow. An intense search followed and she later turned up two days later in southern california. Initially Police Called it a hoax but a sworn affidavit released today by the f. B. I. Now links mueller to the crime. The story is still developing and we will have Additional Details on the arrest this