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national forest. at least three homes and several cars have burned. thankfully, so far, no reported is injuries. here at home, hot weather means fire danger. it also means the potential for planned power outages from pg&e. last year that caused a lot of problems, especially for small businesses. we are joined from los gatos on how they re handling this, robert. rememb reporter: when temperatures start hitting about 100 degrease, ydegreases, you don t have to tell cal fire about fire deng ir. the white hearst fire that burned in 2008 started from a lightning strike. one of several lightning-caused fires that cal fire responded to that year. today fire crews at the alma station reviewed the response plan for hot-weather lightning storms. the unit has to be ready, because unlike other fires, lightning can strike in remote areas and in more than one spot. we may have to split the crews and a few more firefighters on the other fire. whether it s multiple strikes, lig ....
area well, just in case things are getting a little bit too boring, mountain lion seen roaming the streets of san francisco was around last night and around this morning and has been captured and an officer spotted the animal oracle park this morning and called for backup and police surrounded it until animal control arrived. crew safely capture the mountain lion near the park and along the waterfront. the mountain lion is now in the custody of the california department of fish and wildlife and when i saw this last night i was thinking, boy, this has been quite a year, add this everything that s happened something serious or something not and it has been quite a year and i never thought i would the amount lion in downtown san francisco. i was shocked as well and i was kind of to twitter is eyesight popping up i live in east bay and we get an occasional wild turkey with foxes in the backyard but since the pandemic started we have had deer all over the back hill and mor ....
policies and anti-racist behavior. you are either with us and with the black community or you are against. there is no way you can straddle this. allies in action. a bay area conversation. thank you so very much for joining us for this special edition of abc7 news. i m dan ashley. over the past several weeks, the issue of race relations shas exploded into the headlines, into the streets and into the national consciousness. it has. instead of our 4:00 p.m. newscast, we ll spent an hour engaging experts and you in an abc7 listens virtual town hall on allies and racism. this has been on the backs of our friends of color and it is time to step up. we ll have a very frank conversation including questions from you. this is a very important one-hour virtual town hall airing on tv. you might be watching it right now on youtube and facebook. we re glad you re here. if alliship is a new term for you, it is someone who cannot fully understand what oppression fels like ....
they ve been working non-stop, both from the ground and the sky. to stomp out the hotspots before the wind picks up again tonight. the plan is is, is to keep the fire currently where it s at in this portion of the fire, and just secure is t so it can hold its own in the wind. reporter: he has his own fire trucks on stand by, too. he says vevacuating is not an option. how do you evacuate, 15 giraffes, three rhinos, 10k buffalo. reporter: he ll leave no animal behind. it s my responsibility. i put them here, and i ve got to see it through. reporter: and we re back here live. you re looking at jamala, the giraffe. all of the animals are from africa, african animals. there are about 30 species that live on this wildlife preserve. firefighters are on the property, building, creating lines and putting out those hotspots, really hoping to stand their ground as the wind whips up tonight. i m jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. thank you. some beautiful and special ....
morning. also as of last night it stands at 15% containment, close to 00 buildin 200 buildings have been destroyed, including 86 homes. pg&e s latest round of power outages went better than expected for people outside of the north bay because the utility never turned the power off for people in santa clara, alameda, contra costa and san mateo counties. they predicted overnight weather conditions never really materialized. the map scholes the current outages, most are in the north b bay. let s get to meteorologist kari hall tracking the wind and fire conditions. we are seeing breezy winds picking up this morning. that will start to increase as we look at oakland, san francisco and half moon bay. earlier this morning we had a wind gust at st. helena reaching 57 miles per hour. as we go through today we ll see improving weather conditions for most of us, but we will have the breezy conditions for the higher elevations, and so as we go into the next several hours, it lo ....