Are ans ofolutely we will e yo it burns right up against homes. I drove home and saw the smoke and started, so i knew this was going to be bad. We get them here every once in a while, but nothing thats come this close. Relief from neighbors in East San Jose after firefighters gained the upper hand of the clayton fire. Good evening. Im julie julie haener. And im greg lee. The fire first broke out this afternoon around 230 near clayton road and villa de la vista in san jose. Ktvu zac sos joins us live tonight. And zach, more fire danger is on the horizon. Yeah, thats right. And as you can see, crews still out here working this fire. They do seem to have a good handle on it. At this point. Its around 20 contained. The good news to come out of all of this, so far, no homes, no structures burned. But cal fire says this fire came very close to doing just that. Overhead. And on the ground, crews descending on a fast moving grass fire in East San Jose as it crept perilously close to area homes
the branch went right over the top of us. pretty good size. reporter: even aircraft are dodging debris. a new covid variant fueling concern overseas is heating up in the bay area. we ask the experts what you need to know about it. azazel a suspect in a decades- old bay area murder, why police say they are confident of this cold case is finally closed. now at 11:00 and streaming on cbs news bay area, the washington fire in yosemite has grown to more than 2700 acres, now 22% contained as that battle continues to save the partington sequoias. andria borba meanwhile reports fire crews face another danger far above the flames. reporter: burning a dangerously close, the washburn fire is not just causing trouble on the ground but also in the skies. listen to this radio dispatch from a canadian-based aerotech tanker. a branch went right over the top of us, pretty good-sized. if we keep seeing that, we might have to knock it off, i don t want to take a chance of us hurting
Leaders. It was a continuation of my disappointment. For the first time in five years, congressman John Garamendi sat down with the ceo of flannery associates, former Goldman Sachs trader jan sramekiscu his vision for a so called utopia, a new city in eastern Solano County focused on affordable housing, clean energy and sustainable infrastructure here. But garamendi says their proposed plans could hurt Travis Air Force base. Its very, very clear that they intend to go to an initiative to change the zoning requirements for that entire 55,000 acres in doing so, they may very well diminish or eliminate the protections that Travis Air Force base presently has. So i remain very, very concerned. Did they specify to you specific plans they wanted to do with that land surrounding the base . Why they bought it in the first place . No specific Development Plans were given to us, and i dont believe they have any specific Development Plans. I think they had a pie in the sky, a fairy tale. Congress
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An early friday evening on lake merritt. Its cold and breezy, but its nothing to stop the locals. Ive lived in the area for about 13 years, and all the cool stuff that happens in east bay kind of happens around here, but i do see its always popping over here on the weekends. They look upon lake merritt with joy, and its probably going to be popping again this weekend. On saturday, lake merritt will be the home of an afternoon concert. Its called love lake merritt. We could see things changing and becoming better, but perception is hard to fight. Kimberly miller is the executive director of fairyland at lake merritt. She is one of several organizing the event where the focus is to bring as many people to the lake as possible. Weve had a tough year here in oakland, but were all about positive vibes and we want to bring art and culture, which is what oakland is known for down to the lake. From music to visual art to dance, to make sure to remind oaklanders what its all about. We see the w