Is not fun. The subject to high wind because its not that big. Now they are back over this area. Look at that burn area on the zones. You have to tip your hat to the firefighters that jumped up at 1 am and did what they had to do to protect the structures right there. All mentioned i will mention, this has power shut off in phase 2, power went off after 10 pm last night, so electricity not a issue, so it is really easy to start a fire out here you christ. Eight hours later, most evacuations have been lifted, it burned more than 40 acres. Right now, firefighters are trying to find the cause of fire. It mentioned at 1 am this morning, this was after pg e had shut off power so we know it was in the power power lines that spark is. Steve, a lot of people that turn their power off, said its not that would be where i am . You have to understand something. A lot of these transmission corridor lines the Higher Elevations and a lot of these grades are linked up. So, if you 70 mileperhour wind a
Of that mountain that looked like it was acting as a fire break which helped slow the progress of this fire compared to 45 minutes ago. This is good news because they are homes closer to the daly city side of the mountain. Despite that, voluntary evacuations have been ordered. Acreage, 15 or 20 acres. No official word yet. Wind has been a huge story in the bay area this week. The red flag warning is up and running for tomorrow. Meteorologist mark tamayo joins us now. Some people were seeing wind. There is a dry winton place and its it defined wind direction coming out of the east and northeast. Im sure the fire crews are seeing that on the map. As a result this a good strategy to contain this in the short term. There is the mapping system. You can see wind coming in out of the easiest off of the bay. Typically a normal summer day we will talk about a wind coming in from this direction but as you know this has been a fire weather pattern with offshore wind setting up. Here is an idea of
Bay. Early morning temperatures are in the 50s and 60s. Expect plenty of sunshine again this afternoon as skies clear by mid morning. High temperatures this afternoon will be slightly warmer than yesterday. Look for upper 80s inland, upper 70s by the bay, and 60s at the coast. Looking at the rest of the week, the weather no major hot spots. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james breaking news this morning. Crews are working to put out a fire that broke out at a black angus resteruant in pleasant hill. People in the area say they heard popping noises then the fire broke out. No word of any injuries or the extent of the damages from the blaze. Well bring you more on this fire as the information enters our newsroom. james our top story. The entire town of mariposa forced to evacuate. This after a raging wildfire shows no signs of slowing down. darya and now, governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency f
Adding to the upbeat mood, a slip of the tongue by the board woman. You recently turned 90 years old. 90. Im sorry about that. You look great. Reporter simpson is actually 70. But the discussion quickly turned to the serious nature of the hearing. Should oj simpson be set free . He was convicted of robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges in what he said was trying to retrieve stolen personal property. He and other accomplices burst in to a hotel room where simpsons belongings were held. He told the parole board he had no idea the two men with him had displayed guns during the incident but admitted thats no excuse. Its just not worth it. Nine years away from your family, its just not worth it. Im sorry. Theres nothing i can do about this media circus thats going on right now but i could have done something about the whole thing in the beginning, if i would have made a better judgment back then, none of this would have happened and i take full responsibility. Are you humbled by this inc
Somewhere along the Central California coast. Showers linger monday night into potentially wednesday before dry conditions return late next week. And our Team Coverage of the storm continues this morning now with averi harper. Shes live san jose this morning covering the rain. Hows it looking out there averi . Downed trees also a big problem in san jose and the damage is cutting power to thousands of people. Neighbors on east empire street, near 12th street say this palm tree snapped and landed on a home. No one was injured. But the damage did not stop there. And near downtown san jose, pgande crews are busy working on damaged power lines. Several traffic lights out because of the power outage as well. Well. Outage as the power out because of traffic lights out because of the power outage as well. In california news. A powerful storm blew into sountern and Central California bringing heavy rain, strong winds, flooding and serious damage to the area. Kron 4s pam moore show us the damage