Were asking them to go head and leave their homes and evacuate. Take no chances. What about the response . Can you give us a sense of what youre able to put on the fire . Six air tankers and dc ten ordered to respond to this fire. 200 plus firefighters for the initial attack Additional Resources are on order to the fire. So far, no injuries that we know of at this point . No injuries have been reported into the call center. The fire is 0 contained and like i said its a fastmoving fire. Well, good luck to the crews and everybody who lives in its path. That is Suzy Blankenship with cal fire thank you. This fire burning north of santa rosa, in the town of lower lake as we look live from sky 7 hd. Were getting photos of the clear lake fire on social media now. Here is a photo taken from the lake. And another abc7 news viewer took this picture from clear lake oaks. If youre a safe distance from the fire and have photos or video just share them on social media us. If youre in the clear lake
Structure burn, you can see it right there on fire. This fire started around 3 30 this afternoon and quickly devoured 150 acres. The fire is burning north of santa rosa between highway 101 in the town of lower lake. Joining us on the phone is Suzy Blankenship with cal fire, thank you and give us an update, please. The fire is in lake county, off rocky creek and morgan valley. Its north of santa rosa in lake county. Conditions are now, the fire is at 150 acres, plus. So this fire is growing rapidly. Its a fastmoving fire. And the terrain is in the heavy brush and timber. Suzy, why is it moving so fast . The wind or terrain, or both . Its both. So winds are 11 miles per hour, but we know that terrain is dry and drought ridden. So you know the fuels are heavy. And there is a lot of brush up there. Talk more about the evacuations. Because this is a quickly moving fire. Were in the initial attack phase. We do have evacuations. I dont have a clear area of what areas are being evacuated. I wo
Should dump a name that represents oppression. In order for us to teach the kids the next generation how to overcome this, it has to start with the schools. Maybe give them rename them with a person that is more relevant to current times, possibly. Or just consider it. Reporter School Board President haney who is running for reelection points to harvey milk and Caesar Chavez elementary as powerful symbols. No action will be taken unless students and staff and parents and alumni agree. It is deep to me. It is a lot deeper than it is something i have to sit down and think about. Reporter no estimate on what it would cost for any changes. In San Francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. And an in tense manhunt for a convicted sex offender is over in san jose. This Morning Police arrested David Lee Russell who is wanted for attempted kidnapping. He was rested while arrested while driving in oakland road in north san jose. Police got numerous tips to track him down. Officers had been looking fo
Palm springs Police Confirm jim tramel was hosting an easter celebration sunday at his home in the coachella valleywhen the water became charged. Seven people shockedthe kids turning blue when tramel jumped into the water. Tramel died at the hospital. His nine year old daughter is still in intensive carethey werent the only ones hurt. A ten year old is in stable condiiton doctors treated four others who have been released. In a desert resort town full of Swimming Pools. This is practically unheard of. very unusual that we would have Something Like this happen reporter Swimming Pool shocks are rareaccording to the Consumer Product safety commission. Thre have been 60 electrocutions in Swimming Pools since 1990. The red cross says if someone becomes shocked in a pool you should use a fiberglass hook to reach the victim and stay out of the water. some of these homes are 25, 30 years old or older then they can deteriorate so maybe it is something that needs to be looked at. Reporter this p
Executive amnesty. In a showdown house vote 51 republicans said no to their speaker and the threeweek plan failed worrying gop moderates. The biggest danger is if somehow dhs closes and we have some sort of terrorist incident and then people blame the republican party. Reporter democrats are already calling republicans reckless. You dont like an executive order, oppose it. Do not undermine the safety of the american people. Reporter but a dhs disruption now looks inevitable. Speaker boehner told house members to stay in town. Senators are still around. But what they can or will do before or after midnight remains unclear. Im Steve Handelsman news4. Meet the press Moderator Chuck Todd zwroins s joins us to explain. What does this mean . Its not midnight let yet. I think the house leaders have said prepare for more votes tonight. They dont have a plan c, though. Plan a was to try to jam the president , that didnt work and jam the senate. Plan b was the threeweek extension, which i unld w