On the atlas, sulfur and other fires, but theres a lock way to go. Parts of sonoma are on edge, waiting to see which way the fire turns. We have team komcoverage in sonoma, where residents and firefighters are working to protect the community. Lisa . Reporter were here on wilking way inside the mandatory evacuation zone, and there are some residents who refuse to leave. They have this water truck standing by, and they have also set up all of these ladders. They are watering down that roof. You can see that its shaped shingle and flammable. The fear is if this house goes down, the entire neighborhood will. Were going to make a stand and save the neighborhood. Reporter those arent just words, they are serious about the task at hand. The one leading the charge is a retired battalion chief. Hes organized this entire effort and got a backhoe in to dig a trench to create even more densible space behindthe houses. Because as it stands right now, the fire is less than two files away from here.
Still the winds, roads in the north bay closed. We have drew tuma in. They have that 24hour window. The winds will remain calm but overnight tonight into saturday morning they become active again. The winds are certainly going to be an issue as we head into saturday morning. A live look outside. You can already see the smoke and the haze. Air quality a big issue today. Very unhealthy in the north bay but unhealthy across the entire region and even into saturday we really dont get any relief from this poor air quality. Winds right now are calm to light but watch what happens. Future tracker wind gusts as we get you into late tonight and Early Saturday Morning those winds, unfortunately, will increase with frequent gusts over 30 Miles Per Hour and that will bring more smoke into the rest of the bay area. Thats weather. A check of the roads with sue. Good morning. Good morning. Well start with a sig involving the caldecott the right bore has reopened. If theres a good news situation it is
Logic will tell you that the failure of these lines and the equipment, more likely than not, either caused or contributed to te spread of this fire. Reporter dan noyes, abc7 news. Line workers say that customers often object to their trees being cut back, so theres blame to go around here. Cal fire is still investigating. We have posted the entire statement from pg e on our website, abc7news. Com. In mendocino county, the redwood and potter fires have burned more than 32,000 acres between them. Ukiah high school has been closed all week, but volunteers gathered to unload cases of water. Lonny rivera has that story. Reporter in this leveled community, the only lively sound comes from tree cutting crews. Theyre focused on chopping down unstable burn trees to prevent further destruction. The fire got here at like 2 00 a. M. But we woke up at about 1 00 to 1 sa 1 15 a. M. , and people were calling us trying to cake us up. Reporter his family made it out of their Redwood Valley neighborhood
Tonight, were learning what about what led to that argument and the charges that could be coming for one of the people involved. Kron4s Justine Waldman joins us live from the campus. Justine you talked to the student being confronted in the video . Reporter this video is getting some much attention because it has prompted the investigation at starting a discussion about Cultural Appropriation and the one guy in the video does not know the girl but does want to get to know her so you can apologize for this firestorm the argument has now started. Discussion about and dreadlocks go from bad to worse in this now video taken monday at the Student Center San Francisco State University the two students argue one pushes and grabs the other. Senior is the guy with a dress tells me he has had her like this for five years he explains that this all started when the girl in the video refused to hand him a flier. He admits he called or written response. And then says the girl in front followed him t
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