Has more. Reporter firefighters will continue to work throughout the night as the fires here that have already left behind so much destruction dont show any sign of letting up. Fires are raging in california. The thomas fire in Ventura County northwest of los angeles expanding to over 70 square miles in a matter of hours. Theyre attacking it the best they can. Thats all they can do because this wind is moving in every direction. These fencedin horses rescued just in the knick of time. Its craziness. I just dont know where to go. I dont know where to take them, where its safe. Some homeowners lost everything. Its just devastating. This was going to be my dying in house. The only thing is the house died before i did. Reporter this 60unit apartment complex destroyed. The vista hospital razed to the ground, all patients and staff making it out in time. Dont know what theyre going to do without it because i know a lot of people who got help from this place. Reporter the thomas fire is just
Valley. The camera is moving around quite a bit. Take our word for it. In the area on the 405 in san fernando valley, you can see how traffic is. These are aerial shots, live. The smokes, the flames, if you know the area near the getty center, right in the heart of the san fernando valley, extremely densely populated sherman oaks, brentwood, mullholland drive, it is in the area of the wildfire that is spreading. I was talking i dont know if you can see. They have a Fire Fighting helicopter up. That is good to see. They need that. And Steve Paulson has been talking about the air quality, the winds in the area as well. It is a very, very fluid situation down there in los angeles. And certainly with this situation, steve can chime in here, winds are the story. Very, very low humidity is a factor. 8 for some. 8 by the getty. The winds are not as bad but im seeing 54 Miles Per Hour east of ventura. Really . It is not as bad for some. But there will still be off and on wind gusts around 50 i
Today, but vianey, how is it looking out on the roads . Its looking clear on our end in terms of the traffic maps. Overall the bay area has been fairly quiet, but chp was reporting that crash earlier that popped up on my map and this is along southbound 880 near highway 92. It appears to be a minor fenderbender, a tow truck is already on the way. So that should be cleared out. Not seeing any delays on our Speed Sensors which is always great news. A quick look at your bridge drive times, westbound 580 towards the Richmond Bridge 8 minutes, westbound 80 towards the bay bridge 10 minutes. Taking a live look outside is the metering lights are on. Back to you. Now to a developing story. We continue to follow out of richmond for you this morning. A shelter in place is now lifted after a massive fire at a metal scrap yard. We have been we have pete suratos out there right now, he is gathering more information, but we can tell you that it started about 12 hours ago at sims metal management, wh
300 gun violence bills. None of them have had a hearing or a vote. I have seen an awful lot of solution elements at work here in california. President trump said to give guns to teach with military training. I think they should make the law hard tore get guns. As far as background checks and regulations, thats fine. Most gun owners that i know feel that way. When you want to take away our rights, thats what we have problems with. At one point, tensions rose as the media spoke of him. What most people asked for was action from washington. The congressman told us they only planned to hold one town meeting on this topic. But now it looks like they will probably have more. Reporting live in lay fayette, christie smith, nbc bay area news. State democrats are in san diego this weekend as part of a threeday convention. That comes amid the release of a democratic memo, rebuttal to a gop memo claiming the fbi and Justice Department abused their powers to spy on a Trump Campaign official. It com
I. C. E. Plans to conduct an enforcement exercise in the bay area within the next 24 hours. The mayor said she got that information from multiple credible sources that there is going to be an i. C. E. Raid soon throughout the bay area, including in oakland. And she says shes sharing the information publicly to protect immigrant families. I. C. E. Enforcement operation, you can expect to stee in the bay area in the next 24 hours according to oakland mayor libby shaf. Tonight, she released this notice, sounding the alarm, saying she believes its her duty to give law abiding immigrant families fair warning when a threat appears imminent. For undocumented immigrants who may face i. C. E. Agent, an immigration attorney offers this advice. Dont open your door unless they have a warrant in your dmam. Remain silent and contact your attorney. Parents should put in writing who they want to care for their children should they be detained. Children should be left in the care of a Family Member or