Which feels like a ghost town. I was in Boulder Creek yesterday and the homes i saw then are gone today. Firefighters from agencies all over the bay area, and state are trying to stay on top of the relentless flames that are ravaging the czu area from here in the Santa Cruz Mountains from here in is to hope. They are busting their butts, and they are exhausted and tire and they dont have enough resources and they are tired and not enough support. Reporter and the homeowner is one of the handful of people still in Boulder Creek setting up his sprinkler to keep the roof soak. If i can preserve my property and keep it from a statistic, that is great. Reporter it is not hard to see what the evacuating residents are worried about. Some of the friends neighbors have been reduced to rubble, and the fire is still moving. Do you plan going to go . When it is necessary. What are the parameters . Flames inside of my home. Reporter but the homes down the street show how fast it can happen. Reporte
Police reforms in San Francisco. The loss of life is tragic, and it doesnt matter how it happened, its tragic. These things, we try to avoid them as much as we can. But we do have an obligation to protect the public. Reporter neighbors say groups of people often hang out on the block and they were upset. Its to the as bad as it used to be because of the police presence, but they still hang there. So im just heart broken over this. Reporter the San Francisco police did say that it was early in their investigation, and theres still a number of interviews left to complete. But there are several investigations now underway. Reporting live in San Francisco, christy smith, nbc bay area news. A sweltering day across the bay area. Some places even broke records. Temps are pushing into the mid 90s. The east bay, south bay seeing some of the hottest weather right now. Jeff ranieri is tracking the heat and the major cooldown just around the corner. Were still locked in for what looks to be a 25 d
For this officer and he may still get a call that he has to work overtime tonight. How tired are you . Pretty tired. But it is my friday, thank goodness. Reporter today, san jose pd is in the middle of a staffing crisis, not enough officers to cover the shifts. Between march 16th and august 16th, more than 1400 times, officers have been ordered to work overtime and in most of those cases the overtime was for at least six officers. Its rough. Friday and saturday nights are rough. Reporter they are scrambling from calls to calls which is why he will declare a staffing emergency pulling detectives to patrol cars. You know, when the phone rings, my heart drops. Theres only a few reasons that i get that call. And its brutal. And, you know, like i said, i dont want to especially for something that i can help. Reporter tonight, swing shifts are on the streets hoping theres enough officers on patrol to watch ear others backs. And we ran into officer jepson here and hes working an extra six hou