He rocky fire continues to grow with aa vengeance. The blaze shows no signs of stop, almost doubling in size overnight. As the fire burns north theres a huge assault in the air and from the ground to stop it. The battle lines for the fire have been drawn on highway 20. They dont want the fire to jump the road. These crews keeping an eye out on the hillside to the north, in kasembers set it on fire. Bass fires are being backfires are being set. Theres so much energy and heat in the main body of the fire, and we dont want that energy and heat right at the roadside. This camper and his friends from concord panishinged when they found themselves in the path of the fire. 8 00 at night we saw flames on two ridges over so we decided to get out. In mad rush to get out their rv flipped over the side of a steep road and now theyre stuck. When the wind switched to the east. How much nervous residents came to this meeting to get update about the fire. More than 12,000 residents remain out of their
With a cloud of smoke. Scary pictures. Good evening, im Katie Marzullo. The rocky fire has now burned 47,000 acres. It has destroyed at least 24 homes, 26 outbuildings have also been destroyed. 6300 homes are in danger and right now firefighters have the fire just five percent contained. Cornell bernard is live from lower lake with a look at the response. Cornell . Reporter this fire is now burning across three counties tonight, believe it another nor. Lake county, colusa county, and yuba county, this the newest worry. In the last hour, the fire has burned across this ridge. Its moving to the northwest. Just an incredible shot here tonight. Caltrans just informed us, because of the fires approach in the western direction it will close highway 53 in the next 30 minutes through lower lake, as a precaution. He rocky fire continues to grow with aa vengeance. The blaze shows no signs of stop, almost doubling in size overnight. As the fire burns north theres a huge assault in the air and fro
20 degrees above average for this time of the year. Here are the records across the region. At sfo we hit a record of 91 degrees this afternoon. 92 in oakland. 94 in san jose. Even Half Moon Bay toasty at 92 degrees. We were not alone, though. Los angeles a new record today at 104. San luis obispo, that 108. Not only a record, but also the hottest location in the lower 48 today. So it was warm across the entire state of california. And even out there right now, there is a lot of mild air overhead. 78 the current number in San Francisco. 75 in san jose. Its 60 in fairfield. Even cloverdale holding at 70 degrees. Another mild start to the day on wednesday. And that will create another warm to hot afternoon. Well have the numbers amed the full accuweather forecast in a few minutes. Thanks a lot. Sky 7 was above as a brushfire burned near San Franciscos legion of honor this evening in that warm weather that didnt help, of course. Sky map 7 on sky 7 shows the fire on the hillside below el c
Spy live from the kgotv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. An earthquake measured in at 5. 1 and continues to rattle the region with aftershocks. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. For the latest on the quake lets go to abc7 News Reporter Lisa Amin Gulezian who is live in menlo park. Lisa . Reporter ama, here at usgs the experts are monitoring all of the aing tiff activity including the aftershocks. The quake hit a few miles north along the Bartlett Springs fault. It was 85 miles from sacramento. It was felt as far inland as chico and as far out to the coast as fort bragg. For those in the Small Community , they definitely felt the shaking which isnt necessarily over. The whole truck feels like it is bobbling back and forth. The first thing i thought it was earthquake. We could see anywhere from a magnitude three to five aftershocks in the next week. The probability of having a larger earthquake in the next week is about 10 . Three more aftershocks hit the area a few minutes after the
Damage or injuryies in lake county but it was felt. I did not feel an earthquake in a lost yours. It has been. A lot of years. A lot people feel the same residents and Business Owners can see light fixtures swinging backandforth. There were also plenty of squared pets. 5. 1 earthquake was felt as far inland as chico and out to the cost at fort bragg the largest to hit the area in the last decade. San bruno and reacting to the guilty verdict for pg e and the deadly gas line explosion. Tiffany is outside san bruno city hall. I gather officials are answering questions today . They will be here at city hall to answer questions and to talk about the guilty verdict. The jury found pg e guilty of six countries related to the san bruno pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes in 2010. The charges include fire counts of violating Pipeline Safety standards and one count of obstructing the investigation into the explosion. Some people do not feel this verdict is enough.