That are coming to assist. Firefighters are working really hard, trying to stay hydrated, just trying to get this fire out. Were a little concerned about the road. We are trying to keep people safe. Reporter i know you guys have said there were ten fires that started overnight because of potential Lightning Strikes. How are you dealing with that in terms of staffing and in addition to all the fires we have going on right now . Lightning expected again tonight . Absolutely this morning i started at 5 00 a. M. With these fires here in the area. But we anticipated the red flag warning. And also the local governments, we did staff firefighters ahead of time. So we have some units that are ready to go and our resources got spread thin. We were in action quick. Any concerns about tonight if we will see more of these wildfires started by lightning . Absolutely. You know, the thunderstorms are unpredictable. We dont know unprecedented times with the weather. If you see some smoke or flames mak
Now at 11 00 we are on storm watch for another Lightning Storm in the bay area. The city is already seeing some rain. People are cleaning up after this mornings storm, a look at some of the major damage. This happened all the same time. Large wildfires sparked by lightning still burning across the east and south bay. Thats where we start with breaking news. 4 fires bursting in east contra costa county. Orders impacting residence along marsh creek road. Just outside of brentwood. The four fires sparked this morning when lightning struck the ground at the round valley regional preserve. Now burning 400 acres with zero containment. After hours of battling the fire, crews issued evacuation orders less than two hours ago. Coming up we will have an update on the growing cluster of fires in santa clara countys prompting orders. A short time ago we learned of a small earthquake in contra costa county. A 2. 6 magnitude earthquake near alamo around 10 00 tonight. Since we live in earthquake coun
Morning. Several lightning strikes to the north in mendocino county, between korea and ukiah. You can see all the lightning strikes. Engh instability, fighting off as thunderstorms this morning. Because of that a red flag warning remains in effect for the entire region until 11 00 a. M. Because lightning strikes can lead to new fire starts. We saw that 50 wild fires started over the weekend from thunderstorms, lightning strikes. Also extreme heat continues. Excessive heat warnings and advisories remain effect to the dangerous heat. Were talking checkable digit heat in concord, fairfield, livermore. Mid 90s in san jose and 80s for San Francisco and 82 and 89 for oakland. Along the coast in the mid 70s. Up in a fetersto threst, exacy i ts ecthkiet do good morning. We are coming to you live near snow. Keeping an eye on the flames all morning long. In the past hour or so, you can see the bright line of orange flames. T ofees at arsilhouette toward the left. This fire is progressing overnig
Its backed up for a tenminute wait. Its a little bit better than it would be on a week day. I think some people are taking some time off. For the most part, youll see slowing here and it looks good getting onto the bridge and driving into San Francisco. Were looking at highway 4. When was the last time you saw no red on highway 4 coming over the hill . Maybe a little slowing but thats all. And you can see the road sensors all green. Its green. Even on 80 westbound, it looks o the macarthur maze. We have a lighter than usual coa look at interstate 280 getting up to highway 17. Silicon valley commute is off to a good start. 6 01. Back to the desk. All right, sal. The burs s are getting ready for the possible areas are getting ready for mud slides. County leaders are putting those on alert saying the upcoming rain could bring new problems, christien. Reporter thats right. And already a lot of work has gone underway to try and prepare the area for the rainfall. You can see the waddles that
Cards that have been streaming in here all day. The police chief says they have lost a warrior, a leader a friend the day july 22nd became the end of watch for Sergeant Scott lunger. Scott loved this job. He did it eagerly. It is a tragedy that someone has done this. Reporter calling it a dark and devastating day, Hayward Police are dealing with a loss of one of their finest. They say Sergeant Scott lunger was shot and killed after he pulled over a pick Truck Driving erratically through a hayward neighborhood about 3 00 this morning. Partner down partner down. Police say the officers partner fired back into the suspects vehicle. A short time later the bulletriddled truck was found abandoned in east oakland. Based on information from the vehicle we have identified a person of interest. Tonight haywards police chief say they have arrested a suspect, 21yearold Mark Anthony Estrada, an oakland man they say has ties to a gang. They spent the day searching the suspects east oakland house. Ne