Pale more the increase in temperatures also bringing the increased risk of fire danger tonight, utility leaders have been going back and forth on whether or not to turn off the power to mitigate the chance of a possible wildfire outbreak we have Team Coverage tonight noelle bellow has more on cal iso is latest developments and dan thorn has reaction from residents who were left in the dark last night but first happening tonight, a red flag warning will go into effect at 11 oclock tonight it will last until tomorrow morning at 11 across the bay area. Monterey and san benito counties are already in a red flag warning fast moving storms can lead to a risk of dry lightning which could start wildfires. So not only is the fire danger really increase our fuel is already the critical level or grass crops you see in the hills are already a groundout or brush component now a very critical levels lower than weve seen in years and our timber component is right behind it so that makes the latter fu
Increase of fire danger keeping utility leaders on alert in case they need to take action to lessen the chance of a possible wildfire outbreak we have Team Coverage tonight noelle bellow has more on kauai essos announcement on not turning off the power today. Dan thorn has reaction from are in moran breathing a sigh of relief but first a red flag warning will go into effect at 11 oclock tonight and last until tomorrow morning at 11 across the bay area monterey and san benito counties are already in a red flag warning a major concern fastmoving storms that could lead to a risk of dry lightning which could start wildfire for more on the red flag warning in the continued heat wave want to check in with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow lauren yes certainly been hot enough around the bay area so weve had the record heat the last couple of really were primed. In fire conditions unfortunately now were start looking a little subtropical moisture begin to wrap around that big dome of Hig
Destroyed. Thats the latest count. At least three people have been hurt. Robert handa joins us from felton. Robert . Reporter thats right. Were here at the Cal Fire Base Camp thats been set up here in felton. Im here with a lot of weary firefighters, which, as you heard have been battling fires, steep terrain and tall trees which have limited the usual aerial attack. The smoke has almost washed out the mountain scenery. The aerial view shows how much the fire and smoke have blanketed this stwrech from the Santa Cruz Mountains to San Mateo County and has those underneath it moving frantically. Michael herzog and megan are doing whatever they can to protect their felton home. After getting their evacuation notice grabs what they need. We just got the essentials. Reporter it was difficult for firefighters to move around in this terrain, so they set the backfires to keep the fire from spreading into neighborhoods and businesses. One business was in Boulder Creek where the redwood keg staye
Some parts of the bay area. We have had temporary service to client that should ben lomond,. 4 inches of rain not have happened. So far. We are fixing this. Service here is scattered activity into lake county and northern improved across all categories. I am laser focused on improving will continue. This rain is helping out in service for the american public. Some areas. Poor air quality will remain in place for the east bay and the south bay. The u. S. House passed a bill thunderstorms remaining in place throughout the course of saturday to address mail the afternoon with a red flag delivery disruptions. It provides 25 million in warning in place until 5 00. Funding. Mitch mcconnell says he does not intend to take up the bill. Temperature wise, slightly cooler for some. President trump has said he will be to wait. The Republican National what you can expect for the convention is underway. Afternoon and weekend ahead. Delegates will vote later today to renominate donald trump. Lets say
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