Heres bla fire fiegtsders would have to teal with as we head to war the weekend. The heat. Hopefully, theyll get a handle on this. Ill be back with a full look at the local bay area forecast. Hr m coing up. All right. Thaing so much. Sanity skblus talked about the rain. Can tafer dogs are now zeshlg if for a missing man. The fear ha scored 70,0 0ic others at least. 585 homes dpe stroied. This aver noon, the golf novr talks president obama to talk about 1 wild fires burning throughout the state. Well, i have to say, it is pouring rain right here right now. I am in anderson springs. This is an area that whether or not he will thing his car was found. A shis disfanz from here mplts the rain has arifled. By not in time for so many whove lost everything to the valley fire. Its wet. Very, very wet. Way too late for the rain. Probably, depending on how much we get, may not be enough to truly put an end to this. This is where nearly everything was wiped out with the height of the fire. Up the
88, and 90s by 4 00 and a comfortable evening, 60s and 70s and 80s. How is the commute . The bay bridge toll plaza shows cars waiting do pay cash. We are looking at a slow commute headed into San Francisco, fast trackers do not have problems. Moving over to emeryville camera, the eastern span, traffic is slowing at treasure island, though, not a problem. A new crash on 880 not causing delays but the vehicle is involved at parkway. Breaking news from the east bay Fire Destroys a luxurious home and firefighters are looking for the cause. Amy hollyfield is in alamo. A woman was home but she get out okay. Here is a look at what she had to escape from her entire home was engulfed, a Smoke Detector woke her up and neighbors say her how was out of town. Fires got call to come at 1 30 to the home on crest avenue in alamo. They took a look at this and said they knew they could not save it. This was hazardous situation with electrical wire. No one was injured. Look at the sign out front of home,
So watch out during the commute. You can see the lingering clouds, gray through the morning where drizzle. And quick sunshine and temperatures in the mid60s to low 70s by noon as we round out the 12hour day planner in the mid60s at coast and mid70s an the bay and topping out in the low 80s. Probably our last comfortable day. The heat is coming up. We had a significant amount of rain in san rafael and it was lovely. Wish it would last. We have the macarthur maze flowing smoothly into the bay bridge toll plaza and points beyond and know delays there. No metering lit at this time, either. Problems coming up on the u pass, westbound 580 with a motorcycle in the lanes. The rider is out of the lanes but use caution as they wait for a tow truck to clear it out. Very slow out of tracy. Air quality officials are warning smoke could drift into the bay area today from the valley fire. We are looking at destruction. Our reporter is at the napa county fairgrounds in calistoga. Each new look at the
The way to new york. The pope stopped for handshakes and hugs before hopping and the fiat with a brief meeting with the house of representatives Speaker Boehner and other congressional leaders and he became the first pontiff to make this historic walk down the House Chamber center aisle. I am most grateful for the invitation to address this joint session of congress. In the land of free and the home of the brave. An estimated 50,000 washed on monitors outside the capitol talking about climate, the death penalty, marriage and family and appealed for compassion and hope for refugees. He received a standing ovation on the way out. The pope flies to new york city next where a High School Band will welcome him with new york, new york. One lucky teen got close enough to shake hands with the pope. He posted this video to instagram and the maryland native was part of the large crowd waiting where the pope was in washington, hoping to see him as he left no the capitol. And our news producer cap
And its just 5 contained. Whats really striking is just how quickly it grew. This map shows where it is right now. The fire was just 400 acres at 3 38 p. M. On saturday. Now three hours later it was up to 10,000 acres and the next morning up to 40,000. We have six crews on the fire lines for you this afternoon. We begin our Team Coverage with abc 7 News Reporter cornell be barnard who is live in middletown. Reporter this is a nightmare thats become all too real for the people of middletown. You have to see it to believe it. We are on lincoln street just one block away from busy normally busy highway 29 thats shut down to the public, though. The destruction done by this fi firestorm all too clear here. This neighborhood was reduced to ashes. We were with one family when they returned home for the first time. Firefighters still battling flames just miles away. A new fire fight for crews south of middletown where overnight the valley fire reared its head over a ridge. Looking forward to s