Not a hard shutdown in Alameda County officials said that if they meet the requirements for safety. And things stabilize meaning theres an explosion of coronavirus cases that they can resume operations as early as next week. But you can clearly see how many cars are in the parking lot at this time at tesla people are coming and going looks to be just as busy as it was yesterday so even though they reached agreement to make sure to buy the next several days to see if measurements are put in to make sure that everybody is safe it looks like busi ess as usual for tesla we tried to reach out to tesla late last night and so far no comments at this particular time the Alameda County Sheriffs Department and Fremont Police department they say they dont anticipate going in there and making arrests should they not fully comply with the order. Minimal operations according to Alameda Countys guidelines requires them to do basic things like payroll and just run of the mill opera operations, but you
That is where that fire is. She tells us from the fire lines, trying to get more information but from what we understand, its an evacuation warning for the area of middletown and the wind is not too bad this morning but that could pick up in just a little bit. Lets talk about the kincade fire in Sonoma County having burned 116 square miles now, an area twice as big as the city of oakland and its only 15 contained. It kept growing through the night, but at a slower pace because the wind was not as strong. There are Evacuation Orders and warnings and so napa and lake county with 90,000 buildings in danger. 80,000 our homes and was strong wind expected to pick up later today, there are big concerns about how much more damage could be done. As we get into the red flag warning, it will increase to levels we saw when the fire initially began. Evacuation orders are downgraded to evacuation warnings for about 30,000 in the western part of Sonoma County. Allie rasmus is at the Sonoma County fai
The air quality that they have decided to shut down i 80 from highway 4 to 780 in vallejo. They are saying at this juncture theyre looking at a sixhour closure which puts us into the midnight hour. Thats not an exact science theyve got going. Theyre going to reassess as the evening progresses but you have to plan for the worst case scenario. He went through a list of different alternate routes you could go to, but the bottom line is theres going to be traffic no matter where you go. Your best option is to avoid this at all costs but theres going to be traffic. Its an eerie scene in the foreground, thats interstate 80. It is rare we see a shutdown of this magnitude for several hours. Theres interstate 80. You see zero cars on that except for fire crews. Just about 50 or 100 yards away is this fire. If you watched throughout the afternoon, at some point there were raging flames, an inferno. Right now its much better. Its almost out but weve seen that before and it seems to flair back up.
View. It sounds like lanes are open but well double check when chp gets on scene. Heres crockett, rodeo, i know youre going to talk about the fire that had it closed for hours yesterday. No closures today. Lets get back to the breaking news, the aftermath of the inferno yesterday. Investigators plan to be on site all day to learn what sparked the fire which burned close to seven hours. Two storage tanks blew up sending huge plumes of tanks skyward for hours. It closed 80 in both directions for hours, all lanes are reopened this morning. But it strictered a shelter in place yesterday. But now the authorities have lifted the shelter in place. And at one point firefighters tweeted out schools would be open today. This morning nbc bay area is confirming all schools in the john sweat juunified School District will be closed. Whats the latest, thom . Reporter i can tell you when we first arrived on the scene this morning, the heavy smell of burning oil was still in the air. It has cleared ou
5 am and he will focus on the tracy commute but i will also mention that interstate 80 is open right now. If you went to bed and did not know if it would be open for the morning commute, it is open. Lets start with 580. 580 at 205, slow traffic coming up on 205 from 11th and on 580 as you approach the Altamont Pass and then it looks all right to livermore and dublin. The problems on 680 from san ramon to pleasanton and into the snow grade. Looking at interstate 880 we have a good drive as well and getting out to the bay bridge toll plaza there is a small delay. Nothing major yet. Lets go back to the desk. An investigation is underway into what caused that massive fire at the Nustar Petroleum storage plant in crockett yesterday afternoon. The fire was contained but the effects are still being felt this morning. One example. All schools in the John Swett School district are closed for the day. Both directions of 80 are open to traffic in a shelter in place order was lifted last night. Sa