Alcatraz. And it even affected construction sites. Some crews had to use their lights in the middle of the day. And this is what travellers leaving or arriving at sfo were seeing. A passenger took these photos from a window seat as his plane was landing. You could smell smoke in the cabin. And we could he see outside, so it wasnt like engine fire smoke. It was just burning. You could just smell it. You could see the ground on that side, you couldnt see it on this side. And it was just dark, dark burnt orange. Crazy. Sfo says that air quality did not affect departures or arrivals. So the air quality hasnt taken a big hit with air readings painting a different picture. And chris nguyen has the story from the south bay. Reporter as wildfires burn, a combination of smoke and haze made for a rtli ow it feels like it is the end of the world or something is lurking. Something is in the making. It is a very eerie feeling. Reporter with ash falling from above, the darkness during the day could
Neighbor, there were long lines going out of the neighbor because of the mandatory evacuations. I want to go off into the distance. First you can see the homes right here. Then we look at the hillsides. We are at the western portion of i80. You go see the hill sides that are charred black from the flames that have torn through this area. They are under a mandatory evacuation. Some of them are still here. I want to pan back out. There are other things i want to show you. It is pretty quiet here. When we go on to above that roof and on to that hill top, you can see where some of those air tankers dropped that fire retardant. I want to throw it right now to some of the sound we have from some of the folks living in this area on what it has been like in the last 24 hours. At some point, if we feel its not safe, we will definitely depart. But like i am, we havell. Weve been saying all day, if the winds are on our side, we have a chance. With all the emotional tension, it was definitely chal
More than a dozen fires are raging in every bay area county but San Francisco. Cal fire has grouped them by region to the north the lnu lightning complex fire. In the east way, the scu lightning complex fire. And to the south, the czu august fire. And across the state cal fire today there are more than 60 fires that started because of lightning strikes this week. Cal fire tonight says there is extreme fire behavior. Fires burning in four north bay counties. Napa, sonoma, solano and lake. Seven fires have burned a total of 14 h. 124,000 acres. The most destructive started in napa and pushed deep into Solano County today. In the east bay, a disastrous combination of dry fuel, gusty wind and hilly terrain fires in alameda, contracosta and santa clara counties could explode in size. Burning at least 102,000 acres. New Evacuation Order have been issued tonight for residents east of san joses city limits. Residents of coastal communities all the way south to davenport and Santa Cruz County h
Cal fire tonight says there is extreme fire behavior. Fires burning in four north bay counties. Napa, sonoma, solano and lake. Seven fires have burned a total of 14 h. 124,000 acres. The most destructive started in napa and pushed deep into Solano County today. In the east bay, a disastrous combination of dry fuel, gusty wind and hilly terrain fires in alameda, contracosta and santa clara counties could explode in size. Burning at least 102,000 acres. New Evacuation Order have been issued tonight for residents east of san joses city limits. Residents of coastal communities all the way south to davenport and Santa Cruz County have been told to evacuate. Five large fires and a number of smaller ones burning in both counties have claimed 10,000 acres with zero percent containment. You can see how intense the flaps there are tonight and there are a lot of embers flying around. Images show the chaos when the wildfire in fairfield flared and jumped across 80. This picture shows the sky a gol
With us tonight is mike presidency dio of the center for arts and culture. Prior to joining fort mason he was an nonprofit sf heritage in opened up the directors efficacy of the los angeles conservancy and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. We asked mike to moderate tonights program because his preservation work in los angeles is the subject of tonights talk in here in San Francisco. Thank you for being with us mike. Mike. Welcome and theyll hand the microphone over to you. Thank you so much frances. Such a pleasure to be here tonight with my two longtime friends and colleagues Ken Bernstein and Stephen Schafer to talk about their stunning new book preserving los angeles how preserving historical cities can transform americas cities published by angel city press. Dare i say this book is a monumentalda achievement in the preservation field. Ken has devoted his career h to enhancing the heritage of los angeles and when i joined in 2006 i had big shoes to fill. Ken had just lef