Setting off investigation orders and and warnings at this hour. At least five different fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties. You know see the big plumes of smoke from the air above the fires. There are now Evacuation Orders in the area of Butano State Park, and people who live in the communities deer born park be under evacuation warnings. Altogether, these fires have burned about 1,000 acres, and right now there is zero containment. All right. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin now. What are firefighters dealing with, and is there in any positive news . Well, what theyre dealing with, frank, we have a live picture of the hennessey fire in napa. What they are dealing sat two and a half days of lightning strikes in the bay area. Unprecedented from my tenure of 35, 40 years in the bay area to have that much lightning that much over adoration over that large of an area. All bears counties had some strikes. Weve seen numerous fires. So cal fire is in a situation where
Whole , with love and understanding and small acts of kindness. Is the Halfway Point of a very unconventional convention. Good evening, everyone. The democrats ramped up their criticism of President Trump tonight and made an appeal to moderate voters. Our local reporter greg lee is back with us. The nominee himself even made a couple of cameo appearances tonight. Reporter at a normal convention we would to the only see the candidate and full of times. The democrats really tried to use this virtual format to showcase joe biden sympathy and emphasize the parties diversity. 231 votes for Bernie Sanders and 263 votes for our next President Joe Biden reporter with a virtual rollcall from across the country democrats formally made former vice President Joe Biden there 2020 president ial nominee. Thank you very much, from the bottom of my heart. Thank you all, it means the world to me and my family. Reporter day two of the highly produced Democratic National convention headlined by dr. Jill b
I am dave clark. Its august 18. I know where to find Steve Paulson. Even though i know we are in the middle of a heat wave, there is some good news to look forward to. Looks like it tomorrow. A little bit. It will be above average. Coming down it looks like 5 plus degrees. The higher clouds have drifted northward. If you are in santa rosa north, more high clouds. We are not expecting thunderstorm activity unless you were in mendocino county. Warm and hot. A little cooler toward the coastal bay. The city is a couple of 50s showing up. For firefighters, it will be a tough day. Napa, almost 70 degrees and a northerly breeze up there. Not strong but it is north and northwest. It is going to be mostly sunny. No thunderstorm activity. You can see cloud cover south and more to the north. Over us it will be mostly sunny and warm. 70s, 80s, 90s, 100s. Sal, the last concert i saw this year was tower of power at the fox. They are a good group. You did yourself well. They represent oakland in the
More than 350,000 acres have burned. Containment is up to 27 . Nearly 1,000 homes and other structures, though, have been destroyed and tonight some of the victims are getting a firsthand look at whats left. This fire also the deadliest. Five people have died. Today we learned one of the victims was a disabled man. Jodi hernandez joins us from vacaville. Reporter james leon bone lived in the English Hills area of rural vacaville all of his life. We are told he was mentally and visually challenged. He could barely see. He didnt have a phone. He didnt drive. And sadly he did not survive. He deserved a life and he deserved he deserved to know that he was he was loved. Stephanie is beside herself thinking about her neighbor who lost his life when the lnu complex fire blew through rural vacaville. James leon bone was wellknown in the area. His neighbors say he lived in a home without Running Water or electricity and was almost completely blind. He could feel and, like, steps and certain thi
State. He vaded capture for decades. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im dion lim. And im dan ashley. Prosecutors say todays plea deal brings justice for those who have waited for one of the states most notorious killers to be sentenced. Abc7 News Reporter Laura Anthony was in sacramento for the court hearing, and joins us live. Laura, this day certainly a Long Time Coming for so many families. It is, dan. The level of detail, the brutality in the details we heard inside what was a courtroom here at sac state today was stunning. Joseph deangelo with his admissions and his pleas confirmed that he is in fact the golden state killer. He avoids the death penalty. And while he looked and sounded frail, the level of evil in his acts was overwhelming. How do you plead, sir . Guilty. Its the word Joseph Deangelos many victims and their family members long to hear. The golden state killers unqualified admission of guilt to 13 firstdegree murders and dozens of rapes and other c