are telling us four homes were impacted and 20 or 30 homes were threatened. this is an area that is problematic every year. we sent an additional engine off the get-go and then as the units responded and we saw the smoke intensifying we bumped it up to the second alarm quickly and third alarm when we arrived on scene. in solano county we have gone to four and called in assistance from strike teams. when i spoke to my brother he was very very worried i thought the whole house was already on fire. i rushed down he couldn t talk on the phone by the time i got here he was in the backyard. is whole yard is full of ashes. he was using a hose so it is dangerous. i am pretty much shocked. that is kind of crazy. i hope everybody all of my neighbors are doing okay. it is kind of scary. this was a massive effort to put out the blaze we understand how fire came out to help as well as fairfield, vacaville, among others all of them bringing their crews dozers and hand crews to atta
60s-70s i know it s still hot, but not the 105 or 106. i think a lot of people are happy to hear that. let s take a look at tracy s super commute. traffic is light on the ultima past, we can see the road sensor showing green. that means the traffic is at or near the speed limit. you can see for the east bay for the most part you don t have a lot going on which is just the way we like it. this is interstate 880 there s oakland coliseum you can see the traffic is looking good. and at the bay bridge toll plaza it is there and not too low but definitely you ll notice it as you drive into san francisco. today s another spare the air day, the second day in a row and air-quality officials say the air will not be healthy. the heat, light wind mixing together to create smog out there. you are advised to carpool or take public transportation to reduce pollution. while it may be cooler today than yesterday health officials say be very careful with this heat. in the south bay the
newscast. we have the power carried under pressure because of the recent heat wave we had. pjd said in the bay area alone 170,000 customers lost power this week mainly because of failed transformers. they need to cool off and it usually happens in the evening , but not this week. they said new transformers are already at the distribution center in fremont ready to be installed. animals are also in danger from the heat. in santa clara county precautions are being made to keep animals and their owners in doors. county libraries in gilroy , morgan hill , sayre toe goldman sachs cupertino , campbell and more. you can get all the latest weather information on ktvu.com. half a million people are expected to turn out for pride celebrations throughout the weekend. yes. we have more from city hall with the look at the preparations already under way and the special ceremonies that kicked off this morning. reporter: take a look behind me. they are getting the main stage ready at
the september 16, 2015 meeting of the san francisco berd of appeals. the presiding officer this evening will be the board s vice president, dairl honda. he is joined tonight by commission frank fung, commissioner rick swig. to my left is robert brian, he is a deputy city attorney and he will provide the board with any needed legal advice. at the controls we have the board s legal process clerk and i m also very pleased to welcome our new legal assistant, gary cantera i m cynthia goldstein, the board s executive director. we will be joined tonight by city departments that have cases before the court. senior building inspector duffy is here, representing the department of building inspection. the board requests that you turn off or silence all phones and other electronic devices so they will not disturb the proceedings. please carry on conversations in the hallway. the board s rules of presentation are as follows: appellants permit holders and responders each are given 7 minute
here, representing the department of building inspection. the board requests that you turn off or silence all phones and other electronic devices so they will not disturb the start pushing for that after the current executive gets reelected because the current executive in my view is appointing a bunch of people at all of these commissions doing us in. please don t back burner it too much. thanks. public speaker: jed holes man. san francisca: as the board of supervisors are aware that currently the situation we have in the county is when someone needs to be, when an empty seat, a vacant seat is there the mayor is actually able to appoint someone who takes office immediately before the board of supervisors even gets an opportunity to hold a hearing on that appointment. this has happened with wendy and jordan on the retirement board and also i believe with art torres on the public utilities commission. the mayor has the power to appoint someone and the board can do their due di