As the bright lights of the motorcade passed. 2yearold addie grips the flag. We havent talked to her much about it. Reporter her grandfather is a dispatcher. We cant believe that these things happen to the people trying to take care of us. Reporter referenceverence for those who go out everyday. You just never know what will happen to them. I feel for them. I respect them so much. Im proud of residents today for just showing an lending their support. Reporter whether a sign of gratitude or salute the message is the same. I just love Law Enforcement and i support them. Reporter what were you thinking as the motorcade went by . It brought tears to my eyes. I was so welled up with so much emotion and pride. Reporter pride in the city and those who protect it. Prayers that this loss so senseless never happens again. I just hope we will stick together and continue to be as one as a city and just show our support for our Hayward Police officers. Reporter in high ward, melanie woodrow, abc 7
Firefighters tell me has burned today. And there was a structure in there, as well. That may bring our structure loss total up to four buildings. The places evacuated south of the incident and over here west of the incident. We are on dam road, which is about here. Now, i tell you, that is about a threemile distance from the ridge line. One of the concerns were talking about is the ash and the embers. Our equipment, you can see just the amount of ash that was collected on this gray foam and if theres an ember in that, it could really ignite this grass. Firefighters say its 100 assurety that if an ember falls, it will ignite the grass. Thats why theyre having such a problem with containment because of the dry conditions and because of the drought and everything takes so quickly. There are a lot of communities right now that are on advisory. They are onned a evacuation advisory. And there are mandatory advisories, as well. There is a long list and cal fire and the Sheriffs Department are
Th this is abc7 news. There is so much energy and heat in the main body of the fire. The rocky fire is burning hot and intense tonight forcing more evacuations. Good evening, everyone. The rocky fire in lake county continues to grow. It has burned nearly 85 square miles and has become the largest fire ever in lake county. And it has spread to yolo and coluuso counties. 3,000 firefighters are battling the fire and it is only 5 contained. Sergio is live with the latest. Sergio . Katie, tonight we found a hill so we could watch the fire line in the distance. It is something we notice a lot of the residents near clear lake doing. A lot of people are evacuated and they say they have things packed just in case they have to leave. At sunset crews started backfires to cut a fire line along this ridge which is only a couple miles away from the town of clear lake. We are afraid it will jump that ridge and come down. It is really close. It is and out back it is nothing but grass. Gail and lots of
Broadcast center. This is abc7 news. Out of a job. The 49ers star aldon smith was cut after being arrested for dui and vandalism. His fifth arrest since 2011. And tonight smiths former teammates are talking about his latest run in with the law. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Smith was with San Francisco for four seasons. He spent much of the time suspended. The niners held their regular practice this afternoon. Katie was there and is live from levi stadium with the story. After practice players told me who ever takes overral done smets position will have very big shoes to fill. They are pulling for smith. Anquan boldin and bethea say even though he is not a teammate, he is still a friend. For me it is not about football. It is making sure he is okay as a person. As a team though we have to move forward. At the end of the day, wish the best for him. Players deny reports that there was trouble between smith and Colin Kaepernick off the field. I have to ask about the reports he and kaeperni
Spoiler alert its awesome. Broadcast center. This is abc7 news. Out of a job. The 49ers star aldon smith was cut after being arrested for dui and vandalism. His fifth arrest since 2011. And tonight smiths former teammates are talking about his latest run in with the law. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Smith was with San Francisco for four seasons. He spent much of the time suspended. The niners held their regular practice this afternoon. Katie was there and is live from levi stadium with the story. After practice players told me who ever takes overral done smets position will have very big shoes to fill. They are pulling for smith. Anquan boldin and bethea say even though he is not a teammate, he is still a friend. For me it is not about football. It is making sure he is okay as a person. As a team though we have to move forward. At the end of the day, wish the best for him. Players deny reports that there was trouble between smith and Colin Kaepernick off the field. I have to ask about