Wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gate bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. robin we have an update this morning on a mail bomb that was sent to the home of a Police Officer in the east bay. It happened friday on bay farms island in alameda. Now we are learning this is not the only recent incident of someone being sent an exploding package. Kron4s jr stone has the details. Sot a parcel was delivered by mail and it did detonatea description of what happened when a mail bomb was sent to this Police Officers house in alameda. A bomb that injured someone when it went off. That case happened this past friday. Sot its very rarebut while a mail bomb may be rare, fridays case in alameda is the second exploding package in the bay area in six weeks. On october 19th a package was sent to a home in east palo alto. It exploded and injured someone in the process. Sot it is a serious federal offense with s
Heavy smoke fills the air. And evacuation orders are in effect. The bear fire is burning in the northern part of Santa Cruz County near highway 35 along bear creek road. Kpix 5s Sandra Osborne reports from Boulder Creek where the fire has been burning since last night. Sandra. Reporter we have been watching as helicopters circled as they are making air drops on the flames in the canyon behind me. Recently we have had a lot of ash falling down on us. We have seen a lot of smoke over the canyon. This fire right now is at 152 acres but the containment is only 5 right now. Now, the good thing is we do not have a lot of wind out here. The bad thing is the amount of smoke were seeing, they have one helicopter making drops right now but because of safety reasons they have to limit the number of air strikes as of right now. Our cameras captured these images of whats being called the bear fire carrying through dry brush and trees along the edge of Bear Creek Canyon this morning. 911 alerted res
Homes. Cal fire did not hesitate to evacuate 150 families nearby. Here on the southern flank the next morning, it was a surreal mix of peace and destruction. One side a picturesque Santa Cruz Mountain scene. The other, the wildfire burning out of control. Todays forecast for the Santa Cruz Mountains was about as good as it gets short of it actually raining. Calm winds, Cool Temperatures and high humidity kept the flames low and slow. With the flames creechg along the ground creeping along the ground, the strategy in this canyon is let it burn to the water edge and then to the manmade fire break and watch as it snuffs itself out. The fire dancing into their backyards, neighbors who at first ignored the mandatory Evacuation Order are finally going. What do you say to people who say you are crazy and stupid for being here . Well, let me see. Thats a good question. Are we crazy or stupid . Up the hill at a high point along bear creek road, crews are clearing brush and preparing for battle
No delays as you head northbound on 87. We are tracking a few cars backing up over at the bay bridge toll plaza. Nothing major. You have about a 10minute ride from the maze into San Francisco. Michelle. A new set of wildfires is keeping bay area crews busy in some difficult terrain. Kpix 5s andria borba breaks down why the bear fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains is proving tough to contain. Reporter the sound in the Santa Cruz Mountains is this, an on s. W. A. T. Of helicopters piercing the quiet, dropping water and trying to knock down the bear fire. The fire began at night scaring people out of their homes. Then they turn around and all of a sudden i see the flames from this shining in my living room. I saw a light. I just took my stuff and ran. I was asked to leave about 1, 2 a. M. And again at 3 or 4 a. M. And then i left at 7 a. M. I got my truck over there, everything that i own is in that truck over there. Reporter one of the things making this firefight difficult, the terrain her
The Senate Judiciary committee grilled the attorney general about several ongoing investigations. Attorney general Jeff Sessions was questioned about the president s firing of fbi director james comey. The probe into russias meddling in the 2016 election and more. Lauren blanchard reports. Reporter Jeff Sessions is on the job as the nations top Law Enforcement officer for eight months but today is the first time he was called to testify before the Senate Judiciary committee. Under these circumstances today, i will not be able to discuss the content reporter attorney general Jeff Sessions citing executive privilege telling the Senate Judiciary committee he will not discuss his private conversations with President Trump. Despite sessions refusal to answer questions on the president s firing of fbi director james comey, the nations top Law Enforcement officer did go on to criticize comey saying the investigation into Hillary Clintons emails was closed before being fully investigated. I do