there are significant calfire air resources and ground resources. we have now about 20 deputies in the area. the road is closed. it is at the beginning of soda canyon road. that is the road that old soda springs road feeds off of. we have a road closure. soda canyon road goes up the mountain and then we have mandatory evacuations. that is what the deputies are doing. >> how many people are roughly being evacuated? >> i don't have a good number for you. we are looking at ranches. we are in the dozens. we do have animal resources. we are not at that point. just to get them going and staging but with that many deputies, we are doing that as we speak. do you have what you need to deal with this effectively? >> on the law enforcement side, can't speak to the fireside. your air resource could probably see them. >> from the law enforcement side? >> on the law enforcement side, we are good right now. we are ready to bring in more but it is one road. at this time for the 20 deputies, things are slowing down. we have sufficient resources at this time. it is i

calfire says they are babbling hot temperatures. we can feel the triple digits out here in redwood city. also, the wind is not challenging, which is fantastic news for firefighters. several agencies from south san francisco to palo alto have responded to this. that evacuation order and those evacuation warnings pretty significant. >> you have a lot of valuable homes threatened. there are a lot of resources throughout the county in the bay that have helped us. we want to make sure the public is heating the evacuation orders and warnings. if you're getting an evacuation warning, it's a good idea to leave at that time to give us all the opportunity to fight the fire the best we can. aircraft, there are people that will fly drones or something like that. do not do that. allow the professionals to do what they are doing. they are making a good attack on this that is helping, so any ability to hinder that, we don't want that to happen. >> they are calling it a six-alarm fire with all of the response mentioned earlier. speaking with reside

calfire assistant chief chuck harold, thank you very much. will let you get back your duties and check back later. >> thank you. >> in the meantime, mike, i want to bring you in because he was talking about erratic weather conditions and ended were watching that closely as well. mike: what concerns me the most as it does them are the wins. and the winds are renting up to their fastest levels of the day, which happens between now and about 8:00, so that is something that we are watching. also if you live downwind of these particular fires, your air quality is going to be pretty bad, so make sure you close the windows if you can or wear a mask if you have to be outside. look at the guston san francisco. 33. hayward 22 and eventually that slides down towards the gray where it is because to 20 right now. look at fairfield and rio vista, 2023 and that is the push through the straight and those winds will never completely go away. in fact, as we head to the overnight hours, you can see the wind pushing through san francisco at 11, gusting to 22 at

calfire says it started about 5:30 p.m. yesterday evening. no structures have been threatened, and no evacuations. as the fires burned, we were sending out breaking news alerts through the abc7 app. you can customize the app for topics you are interested in and download it now. reggie: a report shows california has a some of the worst air in the nation into could shorten the lives of people. according to the life quality index, california had 19 of the 20 worst counties nationwide for particulate pollution. it was blamed on smoke from wildfires. experts say if the bad air quality continues, it could take months or even years off the lives of residents. there is a silver lining, none of the counties were in the bay area. most were in the sierra foothills and central valley. kumasi: today in florida, family and friends are marking one year since the tragic condo building collapsed in surfside. people this morning came er for individual where the towers once stood. the first lady will deliver remarks at a public memorial to honor and remember th

more than 65 acres burned according to calfire. ,there are no reports of any injuries but one structure was destroyed. we spoke to people as they were being evacuated. here's what they had to say. >> the police officers came and they asked us to evacuate, which we did. >> as we were coming down niles canyon, we saw billows and billows of smoke. it look like it was by our house, so i said step on it. >> sheriff's deputies had to help a handful of people who were immobile. in pleasanton, unser hassan, abc7news. >> evacuation warnings were issued for the scenic fire, which sparked an airport costa and burned danger -- which sparked near poor costa -- port costa. tim johns was on the ground. tim: i just got done talking to crockett fire officials and they say this fire is now nearly contained. it did burn about 50 acres in total. it was a brush and vegetation fire that they said had displayed erratic behavior. due to the quick response by the fire crews, they were able to contain it. a couple of hours ago, crockett was under a mandator

the last update we got from calfire of officials was at the top of the 6:00 hour. they say the fire is still at 200 acres and 5% containment. evacuations are in effect for soda canyon road under 1300 block to the top of the road. there are about 25 sheriff's deputies and several chp units continuing to assist with evacuations, and the road is still closed at silverado trail and soda canyon road. still an active scene, firefighters continuing to battle the blaze as it continues to progress up the hill. we haven't had tons of more information at this point in time, just because they are continuing to battle the blaze. we will continue to bring you the latest up dates as they become available to us. i will toss it back to you guys in the studio. see you a little bit later. dan: team, thanks very much. we will touch base with you later on. let's move onto some other news. one week later, one by one, the children and teachers killed at a texas government preschool being laid to rest. funerals are beginning as we get world that the uvalde police department and the school

. >> eric hernandez is with calfire. >> i am just cutting trees, stuff i can catch on fire. not everything has burned within the 570 acres. our goal is to reduce the fuel load. request the old fire is burning and the atlas fire burn scar. the low wind and intensity of this fire has helped to keep it from spreading and they have more resources. >> that makes it a lot easier for us. today, she is just a for that she has a house to come home to. >> very grateful. i am grateful for the hardship, making myself a better person, a stronger person. i am burned out. >> calfire has been stressing having an evacuation plan and no way to evacuate in case of an emergency. abc 7 news. >> thank you. the suspect enables devastating fire at a san jose don't -- home depot store did not enter a plea in court as expected today. that is because the public defender for feeling guilty declared a conflict. -- dylan gogarty declared a conflict. he faces some 30 charges that carry a possible life sentence if convicted. he will be back in court later this month. >> new details on what reparations for

calfire is looking into whether a faulty power line sparked a fire. turning to new details on a deadly bank lending accident. investigators identified the man who died is 58-year-old david jacob. he was writing tandem with a woman when the craft went down on memorial day. it happened inside a popular spot for hang gliding. while there is no word on what caused the accident the sheriff's office is the area where it happened is very rugged and strong winds may have played a. developing news about the empty shelves of baby formula. they may be restocked soon as some production of formulas resumed today. the abbott plant we started specialty formula production today. abbott said it is focusing on certain formulas, including a product for babies who cannot tolerate other formulas. abbott said the first batches are expected to be available to consumers around june 20. similac and other products will take longer to become available. moving on, taking a look at weather, we are getting desperately needed rain. francis joining us in tracking their showers. mete

calfire says it is 5% contained and it is still an active fire. dan: it is to the north of the city of napa and less than three miles away from the famous silverado resort, to give you a frame of reference. thank you for joining us. meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking the conditions. kristen: clearly the wind is very important. sandhya: as you can see from our live view, it is a shaky view as the winds are pretty much pushing that fire. we look at the current conditions, 83 degrees, relative humidity is 22%. windows out of the southeast at 15 miles per hour. they will remain gusty the next couple of hours and then it will begin to subside in the overnight hours. hopefully they will make progress by then. as we look at live doppler 7, the fire is getting picked up. you can see it moving towards the napa area. we have a red flag warning in solano county until 8 p.m. due to gusty winds and the community. dan: thanks very much. check this out, the fire shows up on satellite. the national weather service treated this animation. the black dot is the

we are now live, where we got an update from calfire. >> yeah, they wrapped up that press conference a few minutes ago with confirmation that a firefighter was injured, but no details as to the extent of those injuries. we know they were called here just before 2:30, the battle two fires, the one fire that has been

kumasi: only 6% of calfire crews are women currently. as wildfires continue to increase, so does the demand for trained firefighters. the program says it is aiming to build confidence and encourage more women to join the firefighting field. reggie: a high-stakes emergency meeting on gas prices today. members of the biden administration urging ceos of oil companies to take action to loyal -- to lower oil prices. president biden has been critical of will companies for raking in profits but not helping production. the push for more green energy is making -- chevron's ceo says the white house is wrongly vilifying oil. >> the fact that the president cannot control the price of gasoline and we need more players at the table. reggie: the national gas average is under five dollars per gallon. the same is true in the bay area. the average is $6.49 in san francisco. fighting is called on congress to suspend the federal gas tax three months which would save drivers around $.18 per gallon. jerome powell is giving a second day of remarks on capitol h

the latest report we got from calfire is that this fire is about 10% contained. progress was stopped two hours after it started. that's very promising news. their focus is getting this fully contained. the biggest threat is to the homes nearby. where live in pleasanton. kumasi: the most active fire is in the ultima area near the alameda county line. this is the tesla incident because it's near tesla road. this is a remote area. it is already burned more than 300 acres. it is 10% contained. started around 5:30 p.m. yesterday. there are no structures threatened. as these fires burn, we were sent -- sending out multiple news alerts. you can customize the app for your topics. reggie: california has some of the worst air in the nation and it could shorten the lives of residents. california had 19 of the 20 worst counties nationwide for particulate pollution. it was blamed on smoke from wildfires. if the bad air quality continues, it could take months off the lives of residents. the silver lining is none of the worst counties is in the bay area. most were in the sierra

calfire says the fire swelled to about 102 acres. crews hope to have it fully contained within the next several hours. in san mateo county, a fire burned 20 acres since yesterday not far from 280. luz pena spoke to neighbors who returned home after being evacuated. lose: -- luz: at 42% containment, calfire confirmed this fire was extremely close to homes. >> we have a good line around it. that's where we scrape the lines of the fire cannot cross. >> kathy and her family decided to evacuate. she described seeing smoke and flames as they drove off. >> i think we heard one report because some buddy was up in one of the copters, and it was basically 200 feet from where the pavement ends, which is awfully close. >> her son jumped into action, helping the family pack, not knowing if they will go back to their home. >> we had a checklist i was going through. we were kind of yelling at each other, like what do we need to do? what am i supposed to do? >> down the block, bruce baker decided to stay back. he has lived in the neighborhood for 42

calfire is asking for help as it investigates this fire. it broke out on the mountain on june 3. it started a little before 5 am, the east side of the mountain, west of highway 101 and the bayshore freeway, the fire burned 21 acres and anybody that knows anything about the fire is being urged to call calfire. >>> back at home a live look at the golden gate bridge, wrapping up another muggy sunday with a bit of june gloom. bob is joining us now. it is supposed to be june. >> instead we had rainfall falling again around the bay area and in the last few hours skies have started to clear we did see a welcome sight around san jose. brief light rain at times. the south of downtown. into morgan hill, the skies are starting to clear as the shower start to move out and we will see a little more wind and less humidity tomorrow as the wind picks up out of the northwest which will set the stage for a warming trend that puts us temporarily back into the 90s around the valley midweek. we have to watch fire danger in late as the north winds return and then stay tuned. later this week we could s

calfire says they expect to have 700 firefighters there. crews are trying to prevent flames from crossing over into yuba county. >> they took off very fast. it was a rapidly moving fire and it is in a very remote area with difficult access. reporter: the fire destroyed at least one structure. evacuations were issued for more than 350 homes. 500 buildings are threatened. >> at least our weather is milder but what is it like up there? >> it is a good question. not quite as nice or as humid up there but there are signs it could get a little bit better, more conducive for firefighters. the temperature is 80, that's not bad. it is the humidity at 15% and winds blowing out of the southwest that is an issue. temperatures will warm up tomorrow and friday will be near 90 but they will drop down to almost 79 sunday. it's going to be a quick turnaround back to warmer temperatures so if they can really get a grip on this fire during those times that would be most beneficial. looking up to 24 hour gusts and humidity, the gusts will drop down tonight, al

calfire, local agencies in alameda county fire are all joining the site to try to stop the flames from advancing. you can see another drop of water right now. our meteorologist mike is tracking this. let's get an update. mike: it is breezy as the summertime pattern develops and that means the sea breeze is shooting right up 680, which is the gateway to the south bay and silicon valley. normally this time of year it would be getting very busy with traffic but with so many people working from home, hopefully that will not be the case and people will not impede the firefighting efforts. let's look at current conditions. we have the south southwest winds blowing through. it is 84°. humidity is 33% and the wind is gusting up to 18 miles an hour and will ramp up faster the next few hours. so my big concern is watching the fire rise up the canyon walls. but this is a tree laden area and if flames get to the top of the trees and we have amber hopping, it will drop embers into the club at castlewood and possibly across 680 into pleasanton. that is the worst case scenario, but it is possible if

a calfire unit chief said the current higher risk for napa county is 7/10. >> you noticed in napa county and sonoma county the landscape has changed. >> you are prohibiting me from rebuilding my home from a fire two years ago because you have not performed as you are required to. reporter: and fearing the worse for his neighbors. >> it is scary that it will happen again. reporter: abc 7 news. dan: we will stay on that story and keep you up-to-date. ama: let's get to mike nicco. mike: it was cooler today and felt nice. the fire danger will increase a little in the hills and mountains as the temperature rises in the next couple of days. right now it is below threshold levels that would trigger any watch or warning, as is our heat. we'll have a low risk of heat as we get warmer temperatures tomorrow and wednesday. breezes in the hills and mountains will raise the fire danger, but comfy weather for father's day. here is a look at our temperatures, 58, san francisco. san jose, 62. santa rosa, 64. concord, 68. winds pulled back considerably. no more 35 mile per hour guests. we will have a delt

calfire has completed fire prevention work on more than 110,000 acres. >> time now is 5:06. a commuter alert in the east bay. if you're taking part, you could face some delays. the agency's single tracking between concord and pleasant hill after a partial train derailment. bart officials are blaming the heat. >> he was just trying to get his kids took their mom so he could get to work in san francisco. >> the train started shaking violently, then they came to a sudden stop. the conductor got up, walked to the back. he was up telling ever to evacuate. >> davis was on bart with his two kids when the back two cars of the san francisco train derailed. it was likely due to the heat. >> heat can manipulate tracks. >> a bar spokeswoman -- bart spokeswoman says the heat caused the rail to curve, forcing the last two cars to derail. >> i am on that train. we definitely derailed. i am in the back. we've got some smoke. >> an off-duty train operator was riding in the last car. passengers were able to evacuate three chain fence. she was one of them. >> i've never felt that before. i am

calfire began battling the blades around 3:30 in the afternoon. they plan on being out here the rest of the night. as of tuesday night the fire has been burning off of soda springs road in napa county. evacuations were ordered for some residents just after 4:00 p.m.. crews are battling the plates from the ground and sky. >> topography is not in our favor since we are dealing with sloped areas. it has been a challenge to get to some of the rural areas. ask the cause of the fire is under investigation. he lives in the area and believes he saw the fire began. he was sitting outside just as the wind began to pick up. >> we heard a pop and then a spark fly out of a telephone pole box. >> a few moments later he noticed flames from that location. >> firefighters and residents say this is the same spot as the atlas fire in 2017. >> that fire burned tens of thousands of acres and lasted for weeks. it is an experience that prompted him and his to take extra steps to help reduce the threat of future wildfires. around here has been working hard to tina fey to

calfire began battling the blades around 3:30 in the afternoon. they plan on being out here the rest of the night. as of tuesday night the fire has been burning off of soda springs road in napa county. evacuations were ordered for some residents just after 4:00 p.m.. crews are battling the plates from the ground and sky. >> topography is not in our favor since we are dealing with sloped areas. it has been a challenge to get to some of the rural areas. ask the cause of the fire is under investigation. he lives in the area and believes he saw the fire began. he was sitting outside just as the wind began to pick up. >> we heard a pop and then a spark fly out of a telephone pole box. >> a few moments later he noticed flames from that location. >> firefighters and residents say this is the same spot as the atlas fire in 2017. >> that fire burned tens of thousands of acres and lasted for weeks. it is an experience that prompted him and his to take extra steps to help reduce the threat of future wildfires. i know around here has been working hard to tina

calfire is working at least eight fires, none larger than 1000 acres. we are looking at anywhere from 15% to 99% containment, so nothing big right now. let's look at the graphics. as we look at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow, we are looking pretty good, low to moderate. then the heat of the day and winds pick up and you can see orange start to develop. that is mainly in the east in the ultimate pass -- the altamont pass. by 11:00 in the evening, the orange is gone. by thursday morning we are back where we started w after my car accident, i wondered what my case was worth. so i called the barnes firm. when that car hit my motorcycle, insurance wasn't fair. so i called the barnes firm. it was the best call i could've made. atat t bararnefirmrm, our r inry a attneysys wk hahard i could've made. atat t bararnefirmrm, to get you the best result possible. call us now and find out what your case could be worth. you u mit bebe sprisised ♪ the barnes firm injury attorneys ♪ ♪ call one eight hundred, eight million ♪ kristen: welcome back. dub nation is counting down

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. >> calfire, along with contra costa fire, were a big help today in slowing this fire. tim: that erratic fire behavior and rough terrain made it difficult to initially fight. >> it's a difficult area to get into. there is very little road access. and so crews are working in. tim: local residents say they are just happy that despite the scare, things weren't worse. >> it could have easily been a disaster today so we are very lucky. tim: thankful to the fire crews for a job well done. >> that is what needs to go out, is the response and how well it was handled by the fire group. tim: in port costa, tim johns, abc 7 news. >> across the carquinez strait, fires sparked near the valero oil refinery. the police department tweeted it was receiving lots of calls about it. 10 acres of grass burned but firefighters are still on the scene. >> evacuations remain in place for the canyon fire burning near sunol i alameda countyn. that fire has grown to about 71 acres since it started at around 2:00 this afternoon. it started as a brush fire on top of a mountain ridge. as the fire grou

. >> calfire, along with contra costa fire, were a big help today in slowing this fire. tim: that erratic fire behavior and rough terrain made it difficult to initially fight. >> it's a difficult area to get into. there is very little road access. and so crews are working in. tim: local residents say they are just happy that despite the scare, things weren't worse. >> it could have easily been a disaster today so we are very lucky. tim: thankful to the fire crews for a job well done. >> that is what needs to go out, is the response and how well it was handled by the fire group. tim: in port costa, tim johns, abc 7 news. >> across the carquinez strait, fires sparked near the valero oil refinery. the police department tweeted it was receiving lots of calls about it. 10 acres of grass burned but firefighters are still on the scene. >> evacuations remain in place for the canyon fire burning near sunol i alameda countyn. that fire has grown to about 71 acres since it started at around 2:00 this afternoon. it started as a brush fire on top of a mountain ridge. as the fire grou

agencies are among those which we'll share 118 million dollars in local wildfire prevention grants calfire made that announcement today. cal fire says 144 local fire prevention projects along with the more than 100 funded last september will help local communities get ready for wildfire. but the news isn't all good. in fact, a bipartisan group of state legislators say that. >> cal fire is ill-equipped to battle this summer's wildfires due to severe under staffing now hoping new legislation will get the votes in the governor. sign off to change all of that on first-and kerman reports. the human cost is being felt. >> month without downtime. desperate calls for mental health, broken marriages and suicide. >> cal fire captain liz brown joins state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle wednesday to support legislation that will cal fire is staffed. they say while california's population has doubled since the mid 70's cal fire hasn't kept up. cal fire has the same amount. it's not less fire engines and less personnel. and we did in the 1970's, the legislation would add 356 full-time firefighte

just one of the 3 components that as tyree zander with calfire concerned going into the end of the workweek, a relatively low humidity, the drive education. and also the heat. >> those are just component fire to be able to aggressively grow and within the vegetation or the land. and it's an last week. crews battle the old fire in napa that burned more than 500 acres. one of the 2300 wildfires in california this year. >> in sonoma county, a heat alert has been issued for friday from 11:00am to 10:00pm in response to the national weather service's heat advisory with triple digits possible. want to give them a heads up and want to get the time to start making preparations for the heat this week. >> paul lowenthal and other firefighters with the santa rosa fire department were busy thursday. >> putting out this small vegetation fire all spot about 50 by 50 but it was able to be held primarily because of the work that was done by the property owner to keep it in compliance with our way today, but ordinance and also a quick response from our fire department. >> in addition to fire safety, he's al

calfire saying that they have but 2 air tankers handling this into their battling it on the ground up the sky. >> we have a neighbor there who sent us some video a little earlier. bernie reggiano. he's near the silverado country club he spotted the air tankers dropping a fire retardant on the situation as well. so if you have pictures or video and can, you capture those images safely, if you would share them with us, we'd appreciate it. you can use the crowd for mobile app or kron. 4 dot com to upload those videos. and those pictures said we have reporters headed to the scene. by the way. and as soon as they get there, we will bring you live coverage from them. and lawrence is tracking the weather. so we'll keep you posted there. in the meantime, we move on now to other news. and that tragedy in texas. so many lives taken now one week ago today, the community and you've all day, he's now saying goodbye and the first to 21 funerals for the little children and teachers killed by a gunman in texas. they have begun today even as the investigation deepens into what happened on that terribl

governor newsom says calfire is taking aggressive actions to safeguard communities against wildfires stations are fully staffed and trained operating 24 hours a day new equipment has been added to the line including 64 new fire engines for the north 16 new fire engines. the south and a total of 16 new exclusive use aircraft ready by july first cal fire also estimates to estimates to have treated more than 100,000 acres for this coming wildfire season exceeding its goal by nearly 11,000 acres. in contra costa county officials are urging people not to call 911 because of the heat unless they really do need medical attention. this fire service is really pressed fighting fires. also going to medical calls. the ambulances are also frequently delayed. so we really want to get the message out or citizens that if it's a real emergency don't hesitate to call 911, but if these are things that can be managed at home. or an urgent care or going next door in asking if they can hang out in their air conditioned place for a little bit. there are a lot of ways to get around that. heat stroke can hap

calfire says -- >> now we see flames. we don't know exactly how many acres have burned or what sparked the fire. that's a video from minutes ago and you can see the helicopter doing a water drop. 30 minutes ago things were so intense there's the drop of the red fire retardant. these pictures were shared with us by a viewer in san carlos, quite a distance from the fire but you can see the smoke rising up along the hillside. white smoke going into the air. >> let's give you a map showing the evacuation zone. that area is in red where people are evacuated. from roughly the emerald hills golf course and just to the north and west of

governor newsom says calfire is taking aggressive actions to safeguard communities against wildfires stations are fully staffed and trained operating 24 hours a day new equipment has been added to the line including 64 new fire engines for the north 16 new fire engines. the south and a total of 16 new exclusive use aircraft ready by july first cal fire also estimates to estimates to have treated more than 100,000 acres for this coming wildfire season exceeding its goal by nearly 11,000 acres. in contra costa county officials are urging people not to call 911 because of the heat unless they really do need medical attention. this fire service is really pressed fighting fires. also going to medical calls. the ambulances are also frequently delayed. so we really want to get the message out or citizens that if it's a real emergency don't hesitate to call 911, but if these are things that can be managed at home. or an urgent care or going next door in asking if they can hang out in their air conditioned place for a little bit. there are a lot of ways to get around that. heat stroke can hap

calfire confirmed displays was close to homes. >> we have a good line around it. reporter: kathy and her family decided to evacuate after 2:30 p.m. on tuesday. she describes seeing smoke and lames. >> we heard one report 200 feet from where the pavement ends. her son jumped into action, not knowing if they will go back to their home. >> we had a checklist i was going through, yelling. reporter: down the block, bruce decided to stay back. he has lived in the neighborhood for 40 years and said this was the closest call. >> i can imagine, people losing their homes. reporter: what sounded like an explosion at 2:30 p.m. that day, then they lost power. >> i heard a big boom. reporter: we asked. >> any idea? >> i have investigators right now working hard on determining the cause of the fire. reporter: yesterday's close call is the reason why today they are better prepared. >> running around and trying to get what you think is right. that's not going to happen to me again. reporter: it took firefighters about six hours to control this fire. this could be a completely diff

calfire put on quite an air show and attacked it from up above with tankers, helicopters. they were fighting us on the ground and fighting this one all night long. it started at 3:30 yesterday afternoon and they are calling this the old fire. it burned north ofick road and old soda springs road. the atlas fire burned here in 2017. firefighters say it is a tough area for them to do their firefight. >> topography is not in our favor since we are dealing with sloped areas. it has been a challenge to get to some of these remote areas. amy: firefighters were feeling confident last night they had the upper hand. that is when they lifted the evacuation orders they put in place yesterday. they set up a community center evacuation center for residents. they let them back in but said they have to be careful this morning when they return home. there are a lot of emergency vehicles in the area. firefighters are not turning their back on this one. they are working to dig out containment lines. last night, they said it burned 570 acres and they contained 5% of it. this morning, we are h

calfire is asking everyone to reduce activity that would be a risk. reggie: the next hearing into the investigation on the january 6 attack on the capitol today. this hearing will focus on then president trump's pressure campaign to overturn legitimate results. special coverage starts at 10:00 a.m. kumasi: the supreme court is set to release more decisions at 7:00 a.m. it is not clear what decision will be coming down, but there are 18 remaining cases. they include the must anticipated ruling on abortion rights, a ruling on gun rights, and another on immigration. reggie: state lawmakers are calling for an investigation on high gas prices. they want an answer on why california prices are $1.40 higher than the national average. jobina: this caused a huge backup for people trying to leave the parade and is in effect again for bart. there is no richmond line service due to a trackside problem. kumasi: number seven --drew told you about it, but beyoncÉ is back. she dropped a new single called "break my soul." it is a truck from her new album that drops ju

reporter: one thing calfire has been stressing is for people to have an evacuation plan, practice that plan and nowhere to go to in case of an emergency. larry: thank you. really stressful for people with homes up there every summer. crews are keeping watch on a grass fire that broke out this morning. we have video from smoke rising. it broke out near sears point around highway 37 and arnold drive. crews stopped the progress of the fire around noon, it burned 15 acres. no word on how it started. liz: sheryl sandberg is stepping down as chief operating officer of meta, the company confirmed her departure today. she said she is going to leave in the fall and focus on philanthropic work. she did not say why she was leaving. meta's chief growth officer bill become the next coo. sandberg started at facebook in 2008. facebook grew from 500 employees to nearly 70000 and from 100 million to 3 billion monthly active users. larry: building a better bay area by covering issues that affect all of us, our focus on health and covid. during the omicron surge, people were testing positive for covid fo

calfire puts the fire at about two to three acres. however, this is what it looked like earlier. air tankers have been spreading retarded across the area and two helicopters are in the vicinity. this view shows that they are making good progress, multiple crews on the ground. weather plays a huge role when it comes to these wildfires. you have been watching it all. >> i was watching the winds down in morgan hill and they are up to 15 miles per hour as the sea breeze kicks in, it is not as stout as yesterday. most of us, 21 miles per hour or less. let's go back to those hotspots. you can see these conditions are exactly the same as yesterday, 84 degrees, 29% humidity. as we head through the next 24 hours, you can see winds drop below 10 miles per hour overnight as humidity ramps up to 73, but there winds ramp up to 20 tomorrow afternoon and the humidity drops to 33%. for the scenic fire, it is about 82, the winds are fast. over the next 24 hours, notice the winds, this -- they never stop during the summer months. humidity levels will reach saturation but they will drop tomorrow. w

calfire officials asked the utility for fault data on lines near that fire. p jenny said it detected a fault near the suspected origin -- pg&e said it detected a fault near the suspected origin of the blaze. containment was at 65% this morning. rain is forecast to hit the bay area this weekend. let's get to mike nicco. pretty unusual for this time of year. mike: uncommon to have this portent of a storm to go through. it is a one on the storm impact scale and it will bring us light to moderate showers, especially across the parts north bay rich hill briefly reduce our fire threat. let's look at what is going on with live doppler seven, detecting verga across the coast and if you look at that little arc to our north, that is more than likely the radar scanning the clouds and a single level in seeing rain that is not reaching the ground. that never really moves into crescent city. it is the storm that is coming in tomorrow that it's going to bring us the better chance of wet weather. we only need a 10th of an inch to briefly reduce the fire threat. i think you a

reggie: calfire expects to have 700 firefighters in place this morning to battle a 510 acre wildfire in nevada county. drew: number five, cooler weather finally arrives inland today. that fog first thing this morning, keep the layers with you throughout the morning. into the afternoon, warm spot in the 80's. jobina: we are following two issues in hayward right now that are going to slow you down a little bit. a second one on eastbound 92 right at the connector. kumasi: number seven, the fda is urging parents to stop using baby food like this one. they say children with develop mental delays are at higher risk of being hurt. reggie: today's gma first look, as food prices soar, shopping experts say there are ways to save money at the supermarket. >> this morning, how to save at the grocery store as food prices soar. >> eggs are like five dollars. >> did you by any today? >> nope. >> you want to use a hand basket instead of a large card. you are likely to buy less on impulse. >> she shares the best tips to save some extra cash. >> save up to 50% off. you can find some serious savings in

kumasi: currently only 6% of calfire crews are women. as wildfires continue to increase to the state so does the demand for trained firefighters. the program says it aims to build confidence and encourage more women to join the firefighting field. [cheering] reggie: vice president kamala harris surprised students at a school in d.c. to celebrate title ix. this law bans gender and sexual discrimination in all school activities. students gathered to purchase bait in activities including basketball. we have to say it took her a few tries and some advice from students, and the second gentleman. finally the vice president was able to make that shot, and everybody cheered her on. kumasi: there you go. reggie: that is a lot of pressure. kumasi: and with the heels on, there is a lot going on. reggie: you know that pressure. kumasi: also, edit. as the summer season gets underway there is a shortage of lifeguards and it is plaguing the whole country. how one city is hoping to get more workers to fill the gaps. reggie: the san francisco bay ferry s

calfire hopes to have the fire fully contained by sunday, but they sure have a lot of work ahead of them. let's talk a bit about our forecast now is that as we take a live look outside at sfo, looking a little overcast out there called for meteorologist mabrisa madrid is here with all the details on maybe what we can expect this 4th of july weekend. yeah, that's right. we're going to track cooler and cloudier weather this weekend, stephanie. but let's head back to that rice's fire near sacramento. 84 degrees, very dry conditions there this afternoon. 27 1% relative humidity. the one thing really helping out firefighters is the calm winds right now seeing sustained winds at 8 miles per hour. and the good news for us closer to home in the bay area. we're not tracking any of that smoke and ash from that nearby wildfire. thanks to our cool sea breeze. those westerly winds pushing all of that smoke and ash away from the bay area's. we have great air quality today. that's going to continue for tomorrow as well. let's take a look at our latest drought monitor map. because as you can see, we're

agencies are among those which we'll share 118 million dollars in local wildfire prevention grant money calfire made that announcement today. the agency says 144 local fire prevention projects along with the more than 100 other projects funded last september will help local communities prepare for wildfires. but the news is not all good. a bipartisan group of state law says that cal fire is ill-equipped to battle this summer's wildfires because of severe under staffing. they are hoping new legislation will get the votes in the governor. sign off to change all that. >> cal fire has the same amount. it's not less fire engines and less personnel. and we did in the 1970's, the human cost is being felt months without downtime. desperate calls for mental health, broken marriages and suicide. >> cal fire captain liz brown joining state lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle on wednesday to support legislation that will change how cal fire is staffed. the legislation would add 356 full-time firefighter so that each engine could have 3 firefighters on board. backers of the bill are hoping they

calfire says the old fire fully contained now. it started tuesday, burned 570 acres. at one point people had to evacuate, but no homes were damaged. crews will keep patrolling the area, make sure hotspots don't flare up. an investigation is underway as to whether a pg&e power line may have had a role in that fire. >>> at the old fire they had about a half inch to 3-quarter inch of rain around the fire line. that was some good news. you can see the area around sonoma county, santa rosa, half moon bay and oakland saw more rain in the last 24 hours than we typically get for the entire month of june. we saw even bigger numbers in some of those north bay hills including mount tam, 2 inches of rain. if you didn't get that kind of rain, you had the humidity. it was very muggy and very hawaii-like around the bay area. i think we'll hang onto that another day tomorrow with low clouds and drizzle in the morning. the second half of the week the heat makes a big comeback. for the morning full of misty skies. the warming trend later this week could put some valley temperatures clo

calfire estimate it has already burned 900 acres and is reporting 10% containment. over 500 homes are threatened. evacuation orders and warnings are in effect right now. the fire is burning not too far from grass valley. reggie: the morning many report. spirit airlines giving itself more time to figure out its future. the airline announcing it is delaying a shareholder vote on a proposed merger with fellow discount airline frontier. that was supposed to happen today, it has been pushed back to july 8. officials want more time to negotiate with frontier and jetblue, which has put in its own bid to purchase spirit. negotiations have been tense, with spirit ceo calling jetblue ceo childish for the way they have approached the deal. a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway, down about 500 points. snapchat is debuting a subscription option. power users can pay $3.99 to be on snapchat plus. it has a few special perks, including the ability to rewatch other people stories. people can pin a friend to the top of chat histories as a bff. it is the f

we've learned that the alameda county fire department calfire fremont and oakland fire departments are all on the scene right now trying to get this situation under control. people who live in golden eagle have been told to evacuate right now. and here is that evacuation map, the red area. that's golden eagle. you need to leave right now. yellow areas indicate evacuation warning to should be ready to go at a moment's notice. but against the people who are in golden eagle in that section of pleasanton need to evacuate because of this large brush fire. we don't have any details right now. as far as how big this fire is or on. if there's any containment, we're working to get those details for you because we know people definitely want know that information. the 3rd fire. vacaville. where we alsthis time yesterday we're tracking another fire. this one is now that him fire and the county offices. emergency services says that there is an immediate threat to life. there is an evacuation order in place. this fire has burned cres at last check. it was 0% contained. the evaction orders for this

. >> in local wildfire prevention grant money calfire made that announcement today. the agency says 144 local fire prevention projects along with more than 100 projects funded last year. will help local communities prepare for wildfire. the news is not all great. a bipartisan group of state legislators says cal fire is ill-equipped to battle this summer's wildfires due to severe under staffing. they're hoping new legislation will get the votes and get the governor's sign off to change that. >> cal fire has the same amount. it's not less fire engines and less personnel we did in the 1970's, the human cost is being felt months without downtime. desperate calls for mental health, broken marriages and suicide. >> cal fire captain liz brown joined state lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle to support legislation that will try to change how cal fire is staffed. the legislation would add more than 350 full-time firefighters. so each engine could have 3 firefighters on board. backers of the bill are hoping they can get it passed and signed by the governor in the

helicopters spent wednesday focusing on protecting the community's of dobbins, oregon house and bowlers bar calfire hopes to have this fire fully contained by sunday. but they have a long way to go. happening now. the city of mountain view is introducing more water restrictions. homeowners now only allowed to water their lawns twice a week. the city says people with even home address numbers can water their lawns on tuesdays and fridays and people with odd home address numbers can water their lawns on mondays and thursdays. any decorative water features like pools, fountains and ponds must stay dry unless you have animals living in them. it's been nearly a month since a water main failure flooded. all 35 floors of an apartment building in san francisco. this happened at 33 to in the soma neighborhood. 500 people who live in that building still stuck in limbo. that water main failure sent 20,000 gallons of water pouring into the building. san francisco supervisor matt dorsey held a town hall last night to provide updates on the situation. the real estate management firm for the building. hines origi

. >> calfire tightlipped about what happened here. the cause of the fire is under investigation and the identity of the victim here has not been released. in sonoma county, j.r. stone, abc 7 news. reggie: the redwood fire has been 75% contained. it is -- it started in marin county. a burned 113 acres and impacted traffic. you can see all of the smoke and fire equipment in this video. chp shut down one northbound lane near the san antonio road for a couple hours. a train service was also stopped but resumed again last night. kumasi: fans of california's great america a long divide to the beloved themepark. according to its parent company is closing at the end of the current lease but that could be 11 years away. ryan curry is joining us in santa clara with the announcement that has people said. ryan: it will be a tough 11 years for a lot of people. but that is 11 years away so hopefully in the meantime people get to enjoy as much as they can of great america before anything were to happen before it announces its closure. the way it is

calfire said it was had burned about 25 acres and is 5% contained. kron four's justin campbell has more. >> firefighters now working to put out hot spots. but most of the burning and the heavy smoke from earlier when we arrived on the scene is now gone. how fire tells us that this fire started around 2.30, this afternoon, multiple 9-1-1, calls. >> still too early to determine the cause. investigators are here, but they say roughly 20 acres bonds. they bought it from the ground in the air with helicopters dropping water every few minutes. they say the queen wasn't necessarily a factor but the heat. no houses were destroyed. beat them. sign for this fire was it came very close to the pga. any substation now power was actually knocked out at stanford university for some time. >> now, fortunately, one firefighter was taken to the hospital. we don't have an update on. >> that person's condition. as soon as we get that, we will be sure to let you know. >> they say they will stay here on the scene, fighting this fire to make sure that pain all night long. w

and agencies are getting money. 800 are 118 million dollars in local wildfire prevention grant money calfire just announced they have 144 local fire prevention projects that are going to be funded along with more than 100 projects funded last september. and that will help local communities prepare for wildfires. unfortunately, it's not all good news. but right now a bipartisan group of state lawmakers is working on it. they say cal fire is ill-equipped to battle the wildfires. what we expect this summer because they're severely understaffed. so they are working on legislation to pass that and change the problem. >> cal fire has the same amount. it's not less fire engines and less personnel we did in the 1970's, the human cost is being felt months without downtime. desperate calls for mental health, broken marriages and suicide. >> cal fire's captain joins state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle saying that the trying to get this done and that they support the legislation to help change how cal fire is staff, what it would do is add 356 full-time firefighters so that each engine could ha