Southern california is raging out of control burning homes and forcing thousands to find shelter. Good afternoon. That fire is burning just north of los angeles. Governor brownished a state of emergency a short time ago. Crews say wind driven flames have scorched more than 30,000 acres and destroyed at least 150 buildings. Chris martinez is live with the latest from ventura county. Reporter that wind continues to be a big problem for firefighters at this hour, continues to push this fire further than it has been. This is the result when you combine the fire and winds. A lot of homes and neighborhoods are just simply burned to the ground and gone. Right now thousands more are still threatened. Firefighters battled raging flames inches from homes in ventura county. The wind whipped blaze broke out monday rapidly igniting vegetation fire Officials Say hasnt burned in decades. I have lived in ventura most of my life and i have never seen anything like this. It brings tears to my eyes. Repo
Francisco has died. According to some sources in the hospital speaking with the mayors staff and supervisor, all the supervisors there now, it is a state of shock. The Staff Members are in tears. There is a lot of consoling and hugging as mayor lee Just Announced a few hours ago in the middle of the night. The former mayor willy brown tells me he was told mayor ed lee was shopping at safeway when he collapsed. An ambulance was called. Could, to a source there at the hospital now now according to a source there at the hospital now, a top official was briefed that the mayor was speaking with paramedics on the way to the hospital, so he was still conscious on the way to the hospital. But some time between 10 00 and 1 00 this morning it went terribly wrong and the mayor dead this morning, pronounced in the 1 00 hour that mayor ed lee has passed away. Right now at the hospital as i mentioned, a succession of people. All the supervisors are there. Much of the top staff have been awakened in
Into terminal b. They were standing outside the terminal for quite a long time after a brief evacuation due to reports of a suspicious package inside terminal b. According to the airport spokesperson officials were alerted just after 10 00 this morning. Travelers are told to expect delays. Also breaking this noon hour in the north bay, the village mall on lock down and being evacuated. Its the mall right off highway 101 on the east side. Chopper 5 was over the scene moments ago. You can see people evacuated standing across the the street as well as a heavy Police Presence there. This picture is from twitter and shows us police on the scene there along a service road leading to the mall. This is a developing story so stay with us for the latest details here as well as online at cbssf. Com. The man accused of killing a chp officer on Christmas Eve is facing Second Degree murder charges. The 22 year old remains hospitalized. Authorities say he was under the influence of marijuana and alco
Provide cooling but keeping that smoke in place. All the fires are across Northern California and that is smoke coming our way from all these fires and that is what we have been dealing with for several days now, burning in oregon as well. The way the wind direction is, its into the region so unhealthy conditions for the east by a, santa clara county, and they have been doing that a lot lately. The air quality in effect today. Humidity still dry north of us. Michelle . Neda, because you said the hot weather triggered the spare the air day, the fifth in a row, Jessica Flores is live with tips and warnings. Jessica . Reporter hey, good morning, michelle. Its the sixth consecutive spare the air alert today and what is triggering that, the heat wave we have seen for the last several days, causing dangerously smoggy conditions. You have probably seen the hazy skies if you have been out at all. The hot air, combined with smoke from nearby wildfires in oregon and california, causes the proble
Everybody getting, you know, a little off the chain. I know what youre talking about. Parking was a challenging situation. Right now were tracking speeds in the green across the board and this will likely not stay that way as everyone is heading home so if you have anything to do and we have light traffic right now but keep in mind you want to postpone your errands this afternoon because you dont want to share the roads with everybody. East shore freeway moving at the limit, no delays at the maze, no backup. We rarely see that and fantastic and may not see those this morning. 12 minutes from the maze into San Francisco. Lets check in with neda on the forecast. Were not seeing the marine layer. The clouds are well above the Golden Gate Bridge and a welcome relief from the hot and hazy conditions. We have the haze in the sky and concord, 72 and a nice break from the heat with 73 livermore and 64 for San Francisco. Heres what to keep in mind and near normal on the bay and coast for the ho