Fires in the area. We are live in lower lake with the story. Alyssa. Reporter we just saw the Business Owners of this auto shop pull up and started and crying and hugging each other and in the backyard surveying the damage. Next door this building has been red tagged. This is a devastating time for the community and even this arrest brings some relief, it will not bring back the homes. You could see the extent and distance the fire traveled. Reporter cal fire gives us a ride through lower lake showing us the path the fire took when it roared into town. More than 175 structures have been destroyed, 4,000 acres scorched. Most of the area is still offlimits with thousands forced to evacuate. It is not as if we could open the door and allow people to come home and there are organizations who have a voice on when it is safe for people to enter the home. Reporter crews are working to restore power and firefighters are putting out spot fires and they helicopter retardant from above. They beli
Im michelle griego. The clayton fire is nearly 40 contained with 4,000 acres burned. Today pg e crews are replacing poles and other equipment that was damaged. 700 customers, most evacuated, are still without power. The man Police Believe is behind the fire is due in court this afternoon. Kpix 5s anne makovec is live in the newsroom with that part of the story. Anne. Reporter he is charged with 17 counts of arson, not just for the clayton fire but several others around lake county in recent months. Damin pashilk is getting ready to face a judge. He was a firefighter in prison. He served five years for drugs and firearms charges. During that time the state trained him as an inmate firefighter. At one point he was deployed to the fire lines in trinity county. Since his relief, records show he has had six parole violations. Todays charges carry enhancements that could increase his punishment if convicted because of the number of homes and businesses destroyed in the fires he is accused of
Area. We will update you as we get more information. No rain in morning during our morning commute. Thats a change. Meteorologist jon layoff mloufmn is in for sam today. Jon heres ford first alert doppler max. Almost everything is south and east of us. In fact this little dollop around alliance is headed off to the east and away from us towards youngstown. Thats all we have out there. Clouds have been abundant, and they will be right on through the course of the day. We look to get a few glimpses of sunshine from time to time as we make our way through a day that goes up into the 70s by 10 00, 7 at noon, 83 at 4 00, low to mid80s and some spots wont get into the low 80s. Headed to the bus stop with a and more clouds than anyone else. Theres humidity in the air. Theres a slim chance of a shower, and on the lake today with 78 degrees in the water. Waves two feet or less, and you may have to dodge a rain drop. Chances are slip you have to do that there. Theres the weather store for her. H
2016. Now all by himself as he comes into the home straightaway. The first ever olympic gold medal for a womens wrestler in u. S. History bolt comes off with the lead and now hes really working. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games. With matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller and good morning, everyone. Welcome to our last special split edition of today during these summer olympics. Im matt lauer along with hoda kotb on copacabana beach. Savannah is back in new york city. And take a look down from the chopper above. Some of our athletes from team usa spelling it out for us here on the beach, and included in that group, seven Medal Winners from thursday. That pushed the u. S. Total to 100 medals, including ashton eaton, the worlds greatest athlete times two. There he is. Winning the decathlon yesterday. By the way, thats a beautiful sight from up above, isnt it . Very nice. Dont get me wrong, im
2016. Now all by himself as he comes into the home straightaway. The first ever olympic gold medal for a womens wrestler in u. S. History bolt comes off with the lead and now hes really working. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games. With matt lauer live from Rio De Janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to our last special split edition of today during these summer olympics. Im matt lauer along with hoda kotb on copacabana beach. Savannah is back in new york city. And take a look down from the chopper above. Some of our athletes from team usa spelling it out for us here on the beach, and included in that group, seven Medal Winners from thursday. Yeah that pushed the u. S. Total to 100 medals, including ashton eaton, the worlds greatest athlete times two. There he is. Winning the decathlon yesterday. By the way, thats a beautiful sight from up above, isnt it . Very nice. Dont get