destruction. 29 homes up in flames. and tonight: thousand now at 11:00, this wildfire burning a path of destruction. tonight dozens of other structures in the line of danger. i m ken bastida. i m elizabeth cook. right now it s million right now it s 48,000 inside. andria borba is downtown mariposa tonight, andrea? reporter: liz, this part of mariposa is one that has burned down. that s the concern here tonight that this fire will continue its on word mark and take out thousands of homes and businesses. i have never seen it so close to town. reporter: along the old highway the fight against the fire is on. crews are setting up camp throughout mariposa. making a stand against flames that come roaring down ridges. in some cases lighting is backfired to stop the burn. further out the bulldozer is busy cutting lines through the dirt. someone told me they were dumping fire retardant at the top. so i got a little scared. reporter: our cameras captured two massive dro
out. if you re leaving early tomorrow it s actually motte a good thing because it will be snowing tomorrow morning in the sierra 5,000 feet. clearing skies in the afternoon. high effort peaks we could see 10 inches of fresh snow tomorrow winter weather advisory in affect. we can tell you how much rainfall we can expect for the holiday week. tonight two suspects both considered armed and dangerous are on the loose. they are wanted for the murder of a promising bay area musician. joe vasquez reports investigators believe he was killed because of the color of his skin. reporter: ten days ago the body of william simms was found right here on the street. the sheriff s department announced this is a hate crime murder. i don t think you understand it brings to the area. reporter: friends say simms was a gentle soul. a 28-year-old gifted musician who worked at best buy. he was the best human being i knew and he didn t have an evil bone in his body. he cared and helped other
. right now in parts of the bay area. the storm is just starting to arrive and there s more wet weather ahead for your holiday week. live look outside in san francisco, this is at pier 39. pretty soggy in the city right now. good evening i m elizabeth cook. let s get to chief meteorologist paul. san francisco one of the wettest spots but marin county sonoma county napa solano county you have been quite soggy the wettest spot currently from san fernando south to mill valley east of tiburon. em c berkeley emeryville and oakland getting steady rainfall. and next up as this front works its way south foster city san mateo redwood mountain view and hayward. if your travels are going to take to you the mountains watch out. if you re leaving early tomorrow it s actually motte a good thing because it will be snowing tomorrow morning in the sierra 5,000 feet. clearing skies in the afternoon. high effort peaks we could see 10 inches of fresh snow tomorrow winter weather advisory in
fire. san jose fire department says they were able to get here within 4 minutes and they successfully put out the fire. take a look at the aftermath that s left behind. luckily we re just talking about external damage to this building and there are no injuries to report. we spoke to the man who shot the cell phone video tonight. take a listen. it s a little bit dangerous. we need more care for the kids. for the people around we need to keep them a little bit farther away from the fireworks. there was no damage done to any of the businesses inside of the shopping center. no one was hurt. the celebration did go on. a lot of people stuck around as fire crews cleaned up the mess. betty yu, kpix 5. san jose has a long and a bit complicated history with illegal fireworks during vietnamese new year s. it was the scene last year at a buddhist temple. parents brought their kids to watch. they believe it scares away evil spirits. fireworks are illegal in san jose so where were th
the fire broke o breaking news in san jose tonight. fire erupts during a lunar new year celebration full of fireworks. that broke out at the grand century shopping mall. kpix 5 s betty yu is there with the latest. hundreds of people turned out tonight for this celebration and it was a big one. check out all that s left behind from this party. we have fireworks, boxes, and red paper just about everywhere. we want to show you some cell phone video shot by a man who came by to check out all the festivities. he saw the fireworks and the flames. we re told by san jose police and fire that one of the mortars flew up in to the air, hit a nearby tree. the tree caught fire and that spread to the edge of the shopping center and the top of a bakery in this plaza caught fire. san jose fire department says they were able to get here within 4 minutes and they successfully put out the fire. take a look at the aftermath that s left behind. luckily we re just talking about external dam