In and around South Lake Tahoe are spending yet another anxious night, hoping and praying firefighters can hold the lights. Crews have been doing a remarkable job so far protecting communities. This week near where the destructive Counter Fire is burning. It is burning as we speak tonight and the fire is only about 3 miles south of the recently evacuated South Lake Tahoe area which has been a Ghost Town now since late monday. Good evening, everybody. Thank you for being with us tonight on kron 4 news at 9. Im grant lotus. Im Justine Waldman in for Vicki Tonight and the Caldor Fire is moving northeast towards the California Nevada State line. And here is a look now at the latest numbers from calfire. This fire has burned more than 207,000 acres it is 23 contained and nearly 600 homes have been destroyed. Weve also learned that Cal Fire is down a Strike Team because of a covid outbreak and we have Team Coverage Tonight on this Caldor Fire Kron Fours Ken Wayne is live in the newsroom with
When fun time from the Bay Areas local news station. Youre watching kron. 4 news at noon. Now at 9 as the Caldor Fire continues to expand in Eldorado County. Crews are now focusing their efforts on stopping the fires progress. They dont want to cross highway 50 or highway 88 that would create a disastrous situation. Thank you so much for joining us here. During kron, 4 news at 9 oclock tonight. Im justine waltman. Im jonathan mccall. Tonight. Flames are moving east in creeping closer to south Lake Tahoe. Flames. Also moving south as well highway 88 now closed that Dew Drop because of safety concerns in the last few hours. New Evacuation Orders have been issued for folks living in parts of Al Pond and L Mode or college hears a look at what we know right now about the fire. Its about 10 miles away from south Lake Tahoe. And so far it has burned more than 156,000 acres destroying more than 650 buildings and threatening more than 18,000 more. This fire has already injured 2 people and 3 fi
And jonathan and just enough San Mateo County officials say that theyre seeing a rise in covid cases within the last 2 weeks or so. So the Mask Mandate is returning to certain county facilities out of an abundance of caution to keep people safe starting monday. Face coverings will be required at San Mateo County facilities. That goe to r People Wa pay their property taxes. That means People Want to. To the Planning Department if you dont want to receive, you know, hsa. What that means basically is now now whether youre vaccinated, youre not vaccinated. You have to wear. Ask san mateo County Supervisor David canepa says 89 of eligible county residents are fully vaccinated, but the increase of covid cases is a sign the pandemic is still here. Were trying to find a place where were able to protect our employees protect the the public and really sort of. You know, look at the data and the science. What you know, what are we seeing. So 2 weeks ago weve seen just nearly a double in cases. Sa
Mountains and the hills of the North Bay. Same areas tomorrow, by the way, seeing those excessive heat warnings. That will continue through 11 00 sunday. So one more day of this Inland Heat. And we have to watch in addition to the warm temperatures and Inland Heat tomorrow. I do want to address the Air Quality. With the spare the air day today, while conditions will be a little better tomorrow, the ongoing Fire Story North and east may start to enter our weather picture. You can see a lot of the upper Air Smoke for now up to the north and east. Take a look at the near Surface Smoke map. Through the day tomorrow, theres a hint that some of this may try to move down to the coast. If youre in the North Bay, you may not only have those hot temperatures above 100 degrees. We may begin to see more smoke entering the Air Quality forecast in the coming week. Coming up, well talk about when real cooling arrives for our valleys and other impacts in our forecast coming up in ten minutes. Rob, tha
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