Firefighters battled flames that pattern. Were waiting to see what firefighters trying to get a lit up a tree next to homes happens next with respect to the handle on them. The series of fires that is situation but were also starting to lay all our plans stretching across san mateo and Santa Cruz County has reached evacuation on the west side. Reporter as evacuations 57,000 acres. Continue and more areas are put containment at 2 . On standby just in case, county 97 structures have been destroyed. 77,000 people under mandatory authorities are asking tourists evacuation orders. To turn around and come back he terrorized women in the later. Please, if you dont live here, dont come here to bay area and across california for years. Recreate. Tonight the man known as the wed love to see you on a different day, just not now. Golden state killer will spend the rest of his life in prison. Reporter and there is a little more progress. A judge sentenced joseph there are more firefighters that are
Bay area skies scribed as eerie and a apocalyptic. Some saying they were even scared. The orange atmosphere has quickly turned into a dark night here in the east bay. What people are doing to both remember and cope with the unearthly sky. Smoke choking our skies today. Ill let you know how much longer the air quality will suffer coming up. Purifiers and filters. Air quality experts with tips on how you can take safety a step further. Abc 7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. If i can imagine what the end of the world was going to look like, it would look like this. Honestly, unlike anything ive ever experienced and ive lived in Northern California for 36 years. Its so dark. Its scary to me. Ive never seen anything like this before. This is strange. Its weird. Its. A dlie like no other in the bay area. Our entire region bathed in an eerie glow of orange and red. A look at why it happens. What a strain day we had. Good eveni
Lifetime snaps of San Franciscos skyline cloaked in a cloud of orange. Its really sad that its the condition the way it is, but it makes for some really dramatic pictures for sure. Reporter both automobile photographers trevor joelen and daniel turned their back to the road and pointed up. Even with the fog, its usually just gray and neutral colors, but today its a lot more orange and red. Reporter in walnut creek, cars were covered in arab and in oakland the zoo closed because of poor air quality. The solar panels on a abc 7 photographers home in pinole generated a fraction of electricity when the suns rays actually reach the earth. Out here in the bay exercising, fishing, doing whatever they can to find some slice of normalcy. I was pretty disoriented, honestly. I missed an appointment. I almost never do that. Reporter Jason Johnson says the weather reminds him of growing up in the midwest. A storm would blow in around the time of a tornado or Something Like that and it would be pitc
Came into action, grabbing rocks trying to knock down some of closer to boulder creek. We have also watched firefighters staged here of highway nine all day today, the flames. Murphy said he wanted to trying to stop the flames from engulfing the area. Prevent that fire from crossing the trail. Thankfully he got out without any serious injury. Dont try this at home. It is heartbreaking. Fire crews say this is not but nothing is worth our lives. Something they would [announcer] the following is a paid commercial program as firefighters attacked the fire ripping through the mountains, they also begged residents who refused to evacuate leave. It is difficult to maneuver as it is with the narrow roads. E you to ce back . We ve tisr operty, we have to proed some returns home to try to save them. I wanted to see if i get at least slow it down. I have a fire hose and pump. Maybe i can keep some members off and buy us some time here flames leveled homes and destroyed everything in the path of t
Communication infrastructure. Heres a map of where the fire is burning as of tonight its burned acres and ne rds are i place there. And in parts of alameda county, five structures have been destroyed and 20,000 homes are threatened. Come down the hill threequarters of the way, hundred foot flames coming straight down the hill. Responrsav been hurt. Hotels are offering special rates for evacuees. Evacuees. Eva. Rates are 75 a night and require proof of residency. Its happening in san jose also, the mayor tweeted more than a dozen hotels are offering rates starting at 99 a night for fire victims and evacueees, you can book a room online. On the peninsula, a warning for beach goers, stay away. They want to leave the roads open for the first responders. We have the details. Reporter fires all across california continue to spread, destroying homes, forcing thousands of evacuations and adding to the worst air quality in the world. We are in an emergency situation. Reporter as conditions cont