Right there, burning up to the edge of the building. Chopper 5 spotted a helicopter water drop on to a home. Hoping to prevent further damage. At one point, we even spotted an animal running through the blackened hillside, trying to escape the flames. The fire burned for more than an hour and a half. White smoke filling the sky. Red retar dant can be seen on the hillside there. No word on how it all got started. A live look now, this is chopper 5 overhead. The fire was contained in the last half hour. The flames completely knocked down. But a lot of scarred territory down there. Still some hot spots. A little bit of smoke pouring from some of the charred grass. Firefighters were able to save a whole community, just right over the hillside there, by working very quickly, this morning, and putting those flames out. And another brush fire, lit the night sky early today. Three acres burned along highway 4, and at Contra Costa County fire department, saying that it is the third fire in the
Get out of the vehicle . Everyone decided to get away from the b5 ucfire. Reporter flames continuing to torch vast areas of San Bernardino county. The north fire has burned at least 5400 acres, destroyed 20 vehicles and burned five houses. On friday, high winds knznxand dry conditions werent the only thing that posed a challenge for fire crews. More than 5 drones flying in e n the area forced tankers and helicopters to halt their aerial 5 minutes. Now, luckily, nobody was injured in the fire. Cal fire zsysays right now the fire is 45 contained. Vicki . All right, thank tpnyou, scott. Meanwhile, firefighters here hthe bay area are preparing for any potential fires that could f be similar the one in Southern California. Kron 4s v÷j alicia reid has 8bb reaction. Are they concerned . 2ncporter well, absolutely, vicki. Now, theres a lot of vegetation on either h hops onto the freeway, the fire chief i spoke with today says there is potential for it to 9czs happen here in the high wind, fir
Together. my grandfather said he knew his father. Ir reporter read lincoln navigators part behind his car. Martinez was not inside. He drove at the mall with help from a friend. He was arrested at the parking lot and taken away. Investigators said all the victims are related. Ranging from six months to six years old. And he was the father of one of the girls. its sad but thats life. Vicki tonight, berkeley is mourning and remembering those who died in the balcony collapse last month. It happened just over a month ago and tonight there is a vigil downtown in their honor. Berkeley has also made massive changes to the way they handle architechtural elements like balconies in that time. Kron 4s emily turner joins us emily . Reporter what has that happened now the race is on for the next six months. All the dax all astaires need to be expected inspected for the next three years. Theyre doing this to avoid this situation and. Vicki the family who lost a daughter in the pier 14 shooting is in
Wednesday. James it is headed in Southern California it is also stressing up toward the Central Coast will in return to bay area today that the big question much talk about how much and where were born to save the rain future castile the animation grow into a tie vote of the wet weather fallen to the south and falling run along the sierra not much here in the bay was zone in the give you a closer look at the future cast were still all we build very humid sticky conditions the moisture was going to be here in saturated with the actual rain and not fallen around the bay you conceded in the upper hand corner the bay area suffers not looking after rain coming down. James there would not be in the organized rain no wave of what weather will pass over the bay area were looking at a relatively dry conditions will very humid. 69 curly dock inside wasnt for those 77 in San Francisco 80 what an oakland today will be the warmest of the next seven you concede that in our 7 day around the bay forec
Once again have an em bass here in the United States. Today begins a new era between cuba and United States. After decades of tension a u. S. Embassy will open its doors and u. S. Capitol will host cuban delegation to commemorate the reopening of theirs. Its a historic shift for the two countries who broke off relations in 1961. Though physically only 90 miles apart the cold war and clash between capitalism and communism kept the culture isolated. This year obama and castro regime worked to warm the cold war era tensions. In late may United States formally removed cuba from the list of state sponsors of terror. I believe we can do more to support cuban people and promote values through engagements. These 50 years have shown isolation has not worked. Its time for a new approach. Reporter today the American Embassy will be back on the cuban water front. The political fight over this issue is far from over. There are many members of congress, republican and democrat, who are opposed to no