The afternoon and will last until 6 00 friday night. High temperatures, low humidity strong winds and hot weather and strong winds are expected. In the forecast. Our awareness is heightened we begin tonight with an update on the damage caused by him obviously, in preparation for that. There. Thats why we need to put in cal fire is reporting 51,000 the hard work today so we can acres burned Sonoma County. Be prepared for tomorrow. Reporter preparation thats up from 48,000, includes more than 2100 fire announced at 5 00 this personnel from all over afternoon. California and outofstate helping to fight this fire. But containment has not cutting line, creating improved. It remains only 2 . The Damage Assessment is higher barriers between the fire and unburnt fuels, using the natural barriers. What you see , the number of homes or a lot of the crews doing today businesses destroyed has gone up to 150 from 113 at last is going around some of the structures and clearing them report. Live cove
Extended all the way through friday. With not a lot of change with that smoke in our atmosphere. Temperatures running right around where we should be for this time of year. Upper 60s in San Francisco and low 70s in oakland and mid 80s in san jose and looking at upper 80s for concord. Well talk about the rest of we and what you n up in just a minutes. Now lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic for the latest on the commute in san mateo county. Good morning. Good morning. Yeah, taking a look at the roadways right now. 280 is open and looking good in both directions but we still have the ongoing closures along the coast on highway 1. Both directions due to the wildfires still shut down between pescadero and the Santa Cruz County area. La honda road still in effect. And closures along highway 9 are also still in place. Parts of highway 1 through there at schafer road and highway 9 at Paradise Park and 35. Bear creek road at 35. Also parts of 17 accessing that from the off ramp. Fo
Extra minutes. Right now the drive time 72 minutes from 205 over to 680. That might be even more so now. So Altamont Pass road getting busy as well as an alternate route. That portion of the freeways. Heres anne. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. Yeah, it has been a real rough morning in the east bay when it comes to the freeways after this fiery crash that happened late last night. This was 680 north and the north main exit and walnut creek. For some reason this vehicle left the freeway hitting a tree and burst into flames. This happened just before 11 00 and when they put the fire out, authorities found the remains of at least three people in the wreckage. They were on scene there for several hours this morning. Before they towed away that vehicle. Took it to the Coroners Office where the investigation into the cause of that crash continues. Well, ne, we looking at unhealthy air quality once again. A spare the air alert remains in effect today through friday. Now a little bit of
Highway so that the people that are living in those communities can evacuate quickly and safely. Reporting live in fairfield. We will keep on top of this. Thank you. Fenutel fire reporting a helicopter pilot was killed while fighting a wildfire in fresno county. There are now investigating that. With the lightning complex fires have now scorched more than 46,000 acres in containment which is zero. The evacuation orders are covering parts of vacaville and fairfield were the leading edge of the fire is still threatening homes. We are life the evacuation zone where people are packing up and getting out. Reporter i am life on the north side of interstate 80. And everything you can see has been evacuated at this point. Take a look on the ridge line behind me. You can see smoke from one end to the other. As the fire continues to grow unchecked. Driving along Pleasant Valley road the damage from overnight becomes apparent quickly with mailboxes. Not far beyond that the danger remains the flam
Reporter donald trump rehearsed and ready for his big night, preparing to accept the gop president ial nomination and give the most anticipated speech of the convention. Im talking about trade, im talking about law and order, ill be talking about borders, many different things. Reporter today many still talking about trumps former rival, ted cruz. Stand and speak and vote your conscience. Reporter ending last night without endorsing trump met by an uproar of booing from the convention floor. Despite his earlier pledge to support the partys nominee, cruz unapologetic this morning, telling the texas delegation theres lingering resentment from the campaign trail. I tell you the day that pledge was abrogated was the day this became personal. I am not in the habit of supp t supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father. Reporter Trumps Campaign manager claiming today the ongoing outrage caused by cruz if that was said by your wife or dad i hope you do the same thing. Divide the