Now. And this is the concern. The wind and heat a dangerous mix. Well show you this wildfire in just a moment. Its happening in the north bay. Its in geyserville, not star from the lake county line. Here it is. Sonoma county sheriffs just issued evacuations for northern haeldsburg and geyserville. Theyre telling people to leave immediately. You can see that glow on the hillside there. Were also getting new video from the santa rosa fire department. Crews clearing fallen trees. These trees along parker hill road in fountain grove. Pg e has already cut power to thousands of people in sonoma and napa counties. Our sky ranger overhead in santa rosa. Down below thousands of homes it is dark. Power could be out on and off for the next four days. Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd leads our coverage tonight in the darkness there in santa rosa. Cheryl. Reporter well, raj, its kind of weird because the wind has been picking up but its calm right now. As you can see, there are a lot of small businesses.
The Major Company deciding to freeze pensions for thousands of workers. Caught on camera, the fiery disaster on this hot air balloon. What a witness reported. And how a bridetobe caught her fiance robbing a bank to pay for her wedding ring. Good tuesday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Im kenneth moton. And im Elizabeth Hur in for janai. We begin with President Trump facing a growing backlash even from some republicans after his sudden decision to pull u. S. Troops from Northern Syria. The president says hes making good on a Campaign Promise but some of his staunchest reporters saying hes betraying americas kurdish allies who helped fight isis for years. Abcs ines de la cuetara joins us with the latest from washington. Good morning, ines. Reporter good morning, kenneth and elizabeth. Well, the president s decision comes as his own military leaders advised him against it over fears it could destabilize the region. Overnight new images of u. S. Forces withdrawing from their p
Reporter good morning. There is no power at this church where evacuees have been told to go. You can see people are gathered around candles and have flashlights. The red cross is here providing blankets, food and coffee. With me i have one of the evacuees, eric, you said your family was asleep and he woke up you live in this neighborhood that had to be evacuated. What happened . We were fast asleep. We went to sleep early because of the blackout. There was really nothing much to do besides go to sleep. My mom who lives next door came banging on the door and she has a key so she came in and said wake up. Weve got to go. There is a fire. We have to evacuate. So we got dressed in a little bit of a panic. We werent sure what to take and in the end we just left. Reporter did you see the fire or smell the smoke . Smell the smoke when we went outside. Could not smell it from inside. Could not see the fire. It was on the other side of the neighborhood. Reporter described her was the neighborho
Characters of this years biggest movie, y barbies sidekick, may no longer be just a ken. Good morning on this thursday , september 14th. Yeah, a lot to get to. Were going to start the check of our forecast with drew. Yeah, good morning. Were in store for a very pleasant afternoon out there right now. Temperatures are starting out in the mid 50s to the low 60s. As you get outside. This is the mount tam camera. And what youre looking at is all that fog down below kind of bouncing off the city light. So our marine layer is with us this morning. There are areas of drizzle close to the coast. So well have that blend of sun and clouds early on. Well have that cloud cover pulling back to the coast as the morning goes on. Its a bright afternoon. Maybe 1 to 3 degrees cooler than yesterday. But all in all, we are in store for a mild to warm afternoon mid 70s around the bay shoreline. Low 80s and i should say upper 80s in our warmest spots inland. But a cooling trend is going to get underway here
Merchandise and then reselling that. And thats what we want to curtail. 41 sheriffs and Police Departments will be awarded up to 24 million each. That would help create retail theft, investigative units, train Loss Prevention officers and install advanced surveillance technology. Sfpd says theyre on board. Would love to have these resources to help hire officers to help combat the issue of organized retail theft. In san mateo county. Thieves hit the sephora recently and stole 3,500 worth of perfume. Thieves also hit this lego store and stole just as much in legos. Police made arrests in both cases. San mateo county supervisor dave canepa says he welcomes the grant money slated for his sheriffs department, but he thinks more changes are needed, especially with current legislation. We have to look at these penalties and the penalties that we have in place arent working when it comes to retail theft and organized crime. That has to be revised. And we have to look at prosecuting at a highe