This far. 20 years ago there was one that made it all the way to bear valley and they stopped it there but these winds are totally different this year and theres a lot of fuel. This fire started sunday afternoon. There are now 700 firefighters on the front lines, including a strike team from San Francisco. So far the flames have destroyed one structure and damaged a second. The good news though, no reports of any injuries. Earlier tonight we spoke to jesse figueroa, the owner of a market in the Small Community of greeley hill. Hes also an Emergency Responder and he told us about the evacuations. Im Operations Manager for Mercy Medical transportation which is the ambulance provider in mariposa and everyone, the employees, theyre being evacuated and we had four ambulances staffed today which we normally only have three, just trying to get people moved out, helping the hospital. Everyone is trying to help out to get everyone out of here. Smoke from the fire can be clearly seen in the Yose
Of five fires that night, all within a mile, all set within an hour. Its definitely considered arson at this point. Right now, actively searching for anyone involved. We refer it to a hot set, a flick of the bic. Reporter the fires quickly let, and a crime more frequent than i realize. In any of the bay area counties there are fires being started every day. Reporter two other fires were next to a middle school, another behind an apartment complex, another alongside the fairgrounds. They were put out quickly, which may be part of the fire setters psychology. Many feel i set it in a place where it wouldnt hurt anybody, or i set it in a way that it wont spread very fast, but thats something, thats a mind game they play with themselves, and re halt is, once the fires set, you cant control it. Reporter which is why this tiny fire alongside highway 4, one of two, is as serious as any other arson, because of its potential. Remembering the flames, and how close they representative, members of
At Storm Tracker 4. You can see we have showers falling now. They said to not put the umbrella away. Heading into the weekend it could affect us as well. Right now it may affect you if you are heading over one of the bridges. Theres the golden gate. Everybody looks like they have a wet deck. Remember the law. It is still dark so you need wipers. We will kickoff the hour with a check of weather and traffic. Were talking about and over one turn vehicle. Now i have a seven car crash at the Richmond San Rafael bridge. Light rain showers that appear on radar. There is moisture upstream. This will be around for tomorrow. A mild sector of air coming with this. Temperatures are a little bit warmer. You see the spotty rain shower in the radar. This is moving from west to east. Therefore richman up to the delta and portions of the east that you can expect brain what heavy then drizzle over the course of the next hour as we go forward. This is a check of the south bay. Upper 50s on the east bay s
AT&T’s request to withdraw as a carrier of last resort and to stop offering landline telephone services in California has been rejected by the state Public Utilities Commission in a
Tuolumne County officials and many county residents are concerned the telecommunications titan AT&T has applied to the state Public Utilities Commission to cease offering landline telephone services in California.