Abc7 news starts right now with live breaking news. Tonight a major break in the lake county fire. It is my pleasure to announce the arrest of Damon Anthony pashil. Leads to relief. Now they have a long battle ahead. Good evening. Im dan ashley. He is damon pashil jievment he was booked on 17 counts of arson for fires in lake county including the 4,000 acre clayton fire. His charges will likely be enhanced because homes have been destroyed. He has been arrested a dozen times before mostly for parole vie layings, mostly weapons and drug charges. Katie was at the emotional meeting where investigators announced the arrest. She is there live. Katie . Ama and dan, the fire lines are holding tonight and the fire is mostly contained in an area that is outside of town and they will be staying at the twin pine casinos. Tonight is full of cheers and tears. On 17 counts of arson. It is hard to look at that man and know he caused all of this. Especially i have very dear friends who have helped me
Interchange. Bay bridge toll plaza. Well jump over there where we see a smooth flow of traffic. Low clouds over the oakland hills. So far drivers are not having a problem. Now to that breaking news out of lake county where wildfires are tearing apart homes and businesses and charring thousands of acres. This morning a major twist in the story as the suspected serial arsonist is locked up. Heres the latest at this hour. A state of emergency is now in effect for the area about 90 miles north of San Francisco. 4,000 acres are scorched. Nearly 200 homes and businesses just gone. The blaze only 5 contained. Now lets bring in today in the bays pete suratos who has been covering this story since yesterday. Pete, whats happening right now and tell us more about what we uncovered about the suspect in this case. Reporter well, authorities are describing that suspect as a serial arsonist but were near quarter horse lane and we showed you these communities. Pretty much ravaged as a result of this
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Today. It will be warmer than yesterday. That will be the trend over the next few days. Heading into the weekend and looking for a hot one, effort inland areas. Getting a look outside now at all of our microclimates. Its 67 in the trivalley. And 51 degrees in the north bay. The same start we had recently with low clouds near the coastline and mostly clear skies. It all clears out today with some more sun and up to 9 is degrees in the trivalley. Well lack ahead to this weekend coming up. Mike is still tracking whats happened earlier in San Francisco. We had a full closure of a connector ramp. Critical one. I was worried about this transition from southbound 101 basically off of octavia getting on to eastbound 80, your skyway 80 toward the bay bridge. Connector three minutes ago reopened. I suspect on the lower deck. If you want to stay clear of remaining activity take fourth. Good onramp. And tracking issues on the east shore freeway. There are a couple of crashes there. Well see what w
A lot of clouds but well see that clearing out for some sunshine and it stays hot in the trivalley today reaching sbhoo the low 90s. While San Francisco will see a high of 66 degrees. Well talk about this temperature spread coming up. Heading over to mike, more slowing on the drive through fremont. When i was younger we had to remind him to put his pants on. He forgot something. Smooth drive. Nothing memorable about this commute. Standard flow of traffic. We do see more traffic flowing. Past sunol boulevard and fremont. Same direction off the Castro Valley y slowing past a street and industrial. Now the build toward the dumbarton bridge. Westbound directions build a bit. Looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. Big westbound commute in oakland. The span itself moves smoothly. Even the fastrak lanes are moving well. Well track that build. Mike, thank you. We go back to our north and update to the clayton fire that continues to burn out of control in lake county. This morning a major twist