Reporter good morning. There is no power at this church where evacuees have been told to go. You can see people are gathered around candles and have flashlights. The red cross is here providing blankets, food and coffee. With me i have one of the evacuees, eric, you said your family was asleep and he woke up you live in this neighborhood that had to be evacuated. What happened . We were fast asleep. We went to sleep early because of the blackout. There was really nothing much to do besides go to sleep. My mom who lives next door came banging on the door and she has a key so she came in and said wake up. Weve got to go. There is a fire. We have to evacuate. So we got dressed in a little bit of a panic. We werent sure what to take and in the end we just left. Reporter did you see the fire or smell the smoke . Smell the smoke when we went outside. Could not smell it from inside. Could not see the fire. It was on the other side of the neighborhood. Reporter described her was the neighborho
Its 70 contained. Before we show you the fire and give you the updates i want to point out that behind us is st. Monicas church. This is were some of the evacuees were told to go to get updates. A short time ago they got the word that half of the people who were told to evacuate ca w return home. We are seeing a little bit of traffic. People who just got the notice are leaving this Evacuation Center and heading up the hill. Up the hill from us in the distance you can see some of the fire trucks and vehicles on standby, watching this fire. Merrill fire broke out around 1 00 last night. It spread to 40 acres but is now 70 contained. At one point it was threatening 140 homes in the Sanders Ranch neighborhood, one mile south from st. Marys college. The university was not threatened. Firefighters say they have a good handle on the fire and will start to switch to mop up mode, and watching things. The spokesperson want to thank the residents were evacuating so quickly. When police came to th
We got wildlife, snakes and bears and stuff like that. Before help finally arrived. And royal appearance. Duchess meghan takes her place on the balcony to attend the queens official Birthday Celebration trooping the color. All the pomp and pageantry. And raptors soaring. Toronto taking game four of the nba finals leaving the warriors in an unfamiliar position, down three games to one. Can golden state battle back . Drakes take on it. Where yall at . Where yall at . And could kevin durant be the warriors last hope . All the drama on and off the court. Can we just talk about how nuts it is that golden state is down . Theyre down. Theyre such a stacked team. Back against the wall. But i mean good for the rap im from the bay area so i support the warriors but good for the raptors, though. Always love an underdog story. I spent some time recently with some friends from toronto. This is a huge deal foouin well ha to see. Well have much more on this wild series coming up, but we start here th
And lots of 40s. Officially it dipped to 48. Today, 60 48. What is average . 60 48. You dont see that all the time. Except for patchy fog, we will be good to go for a while. The system is inching closer and it will make an impact later today. It is drawing in moisture, not a lot but a little bit from the west southwest. 30s for many. 40s. There are cool readings. Even 39 in pinole. Sunshine for the morning and clouds come in in the afternoon. If this system produces any rain, it would be light and brief. 60s on the temps. 7 01. Do you want to start with the backup where . The bay bridge or what. Yeah. It is backed up for a good long way. Good morning to you. And good morning to you. If youre trying to get to San Francisco, the bay bridge is backed up for a 15minute delay before you make it on to the span. Driving on 880 northbound and southbound, the traffic will be okay. Slowing closer to 29 southbound. This is highway 4. You can see slow traffic through most of bay point and pittsbur
Chase. Make more of whats yours. Announcer live where you live. This is abc7 news. It doesnt make the Institution Look very responsible. Its almost like you were rooting for a shutdown. And now we will have one. No agreement tonight means our government is shut down for the first time in 2000 since 2000 13 2013. Good evening. The senate just adjourned for the night without an agreement to keep our government funded. A live look tonight at the capital where Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says the senate will convene again in 10 hours. Kenneth mouton is in washington. The senate build failed to approve a shortterm deal to fund the government. We sought sought damaged we saw sent democrat and democrats inviting the top democrat in the senate to the white house for a 90 minute meeting. The blame should crash entirely on President Trumps shoulders. This will be called the trump shutdown. Reporter at the stroke of midnight, press secretary Sarah Sanders blasted democrats, saying they are be