Containment Figures News Today

Overnight in the ventura county area. the solomar beach neighborhood, were told, has been evacuated, as well as nearby campgrounds. its been a relatively quiet month here in california. two months really. we havent had much fire activity. but the conditions are extremely dry with the drought conditions weve seen here in southern california. and also we have had the santa ana winds which kicked up this time of year. when you combine those dry conditions and those windy conditions, you can see tha...

Because he had a california medical marijuana card. >> when will officials start allowing people to return back home? >> reporter: we dont know. theyre not saying. 10,000 different homes in this area under evacuation orders. right now theyre acting with an abundance of caution, telling people to stay away until they have this completely contained. but it is southern california. it is the foothills. these residents are used to these fires. many of them have remained home, decided to tough it out ...

$20,000 bail. facing felony -- possible felony charges that could bring them up to three years in jail. i also want to point out, anderson, one of them was found with marijuana in his backpack. wont face any charges for that because he had a california medical marijuana card. >> when will officials start allowing people to return back home? >> reporter: we dont know. theyre not saying. 10,000 different homes in this area under evacuation orders. right now theyre acting with an abundance of cauti...

Allowing people to return back home? >> reporter: we dont know. theyre not saying. 10,000 different homes in this area under evacuation orders right now. theyre acting with an abundance of caution, telling people to stay away until they have this completely contained, but it is southern california, it is the foothill. these residents are used to these fires. many of them have remained home, decided to tough it out and fight the fire with hoses, if they need to, if it gets to that, anderson. >> j...

Just went on. and they said that its still 1700 acres but theyre not releasing any official containment figures. we believe thats because they still dont know whats going to happen with the weather and the winds, and they dont have it completely locked down even though theres no active fire lines right now. >> all right. casey wian, appreciate the update. keeping them honest, an especially chilling new development in the strange and mysterious death of a man named alfred wright. weve been cove...

Biggest economic weekend of the year, its like a ghost town. its like i had some of my fire information officers at pine crest lake. usually 10,000 people on a sunday. its just everywhere in this area smoke impacted. were losing all that, so much economy its unreal. >> reporter: now, despite that bleak assessment, officials say they feel like theyre getting a handle on things. you mentioned earlier, jessica, 15% containment figures. thats good news. it was 7% yesterday. the other good news, the ...

Its just everywhere in this area smoke impacted. were losing all that, so much economy its unreal. >> reporter: now, despite that bleak assessment, officials say they feel like theyre getting a handle on things. you mentioned earlier, jessica, 15% containment figures. thats good news. it was 7% yesterday. the other good news, the humidity levels. 60% which is really helping firefighters battle this blaze, jessica. >> casey, is there a real threat to the yosemite and san francisco water supply st...

flooding, washed out by roads have been waiting for supplies, relief workers are now using air drops and some are having to resort to four-wheel drive vehicles just to reach these people with everything from pampers to prescriptions along with, of course, food and water. amber lyon once again following this for us out of vermont. live today in wilmington. amber, i see a lot of people out and about behind you. it looks like some progress is being made. >> reporter: yeah. theres a lot of...