Distance of the fire. And thats why the firefighters actually had to evacuate many of the homes last night just in case that fire jumped the fire line the embers carried over and then could possibly set this neighborhood on fire. Fortunately that was not the case the people were allowed to return to their homes in the overnight hours as far as the cause of the fire didnt take them very long to figure that out at least one person was arrested possibly many more by the end of today as far as the fire got out of hand really quickly. Its an area thats hard to ach you cant drive your fire trucks up there so they have hoses going along the ridge line and when that was not enough to actually took to the air and drop fire retardant down to the flames and the people in the neighborhood they are thankful that the firefighters quickly pounced on the flames because this area because its so dry and the home so close that this neighborhood give the easily been something that we saw in santa rosa whe
And various communities, including Alameda County, san ramon, and Silicon Valley, talking to those trying to do something about hunger. And when we examine the situation in Alameda County, we find that one in five residents experience or are at risk of hunger. In fact, about 119,000 are considered food insecure, and an addition 130,000 are marginally food secure. Addressing the need is a daunting task, and that is taken on by the Alameda County Community Food bank. Joining us to talk about whats being done and what needs to be done are director Michael Altfest and outreach associate roy chim. Welcome to the show. Michael altfest thank you for having us. Robert you know, you hear that kind of term, food insecure, and things like that. Give us an idea in terms of what that means. Michael its quite simple. So, when were talking about somebody thats food insecure, theyre literally answering questions like, i do not have enough food to feed my children today. So, these are people who are st
Safety advocates say theyre fed up. That hit was,eaction when i saw here we go again. Weve had two pedestrians killed in redwood city in the last month, two cyclists killed. A little bit further south. They wrote a letter demanding san mateoucounty take action. The only way to solve these problems is much more investment and safe street infrastructure. They also filed a condition at e represents a rather dangerous hazard. And this group of two. E the driver responsible might live nearby for that reason. Weve been out here every day leafleting. The Highway Patrol has returneduto the scene, knocking on doors. Were hoping to find in or that someone else will. We want this guy to face the he did and for what he failed to do. The victim in this case has been released from the hospital and is road to recovery. Chp is handling the case, and theyuask that anyone them. Greg or julie. Hopefully this leads to some mateo county and thank youn well, new at five tonight. Seven people were hurt when
System was forced to bring in a bus bridge for quite a while this afternoon. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 5. Im noelle bellow and im grant lotus. Trains are back running at the orinda station. But for a while earlier, that was not the case. Strong winds have really been causing issues throughout the bay area for most of the day and palo alto, a tree knocked out power for almost 900 customers between embarcadero road murillo road. Crews are out working to safely remove the branches and restore s all day to safely remove those branches and restore electricity. I in like this. Sparks and a big pop deal. Armstrong heard the commotion just before noon thursday. I was just, you know, the cats. The casket super spooked. When jumped back, you know, another one happened in the hot tub like shut down or something. I dont know. Kind of scary. Palo alto utilities reported the outage at 11 40am, impacting hundreds of customers. The utilities citing the cause a tree in armstrongs
That work has grant mentioned was initially scheduled to start in january, but it got delayed again and again because of the rain. But it is finally set to begin at 9 friday night and go through for 4 in the morning on monday. On 6. 80, in pleasanton signs warning drivers of a major disruption this weekend. Caltrans is shutting down a ninemile stretch of the interstate. To replace worn out lanes. The goal is to fix pesky potholes. Janice morrow with caltrans district 4 says the closure will be a shortterm inconvenience that comes with a longterm fix for will smooth years and to 6. 80, will be closed between al costa boulevard in san ramon all the way south to state route 84 in seminole northbound 6. 80, will remain open. Morris says getting it done in one weekend will allow them to reduce the number of nightly closures needed. And in turn allows caltrans to finish the project sooner moving the project, the helm. So done in this area. This spring, here are some alternative routes. You c