Get as it relates to the czu complex fires as the santa cruz, San Mateo County fires and this is a live picture from. The podium there where we expect cal fire officials to speak momentarily. So this News Conference was scheduled to get underway the top of the hour. So were probably moments away from that happening, well keep an eye on the shot and the minute they come there to the microphone to give us the very latest will jump back to our live coverage but right now lets cover the lnu complex fire which is in the north bay. This map shows you the area burned around sonoma napa and solano counties kron fours sara stinson is live in napa county with a closer look at the damage to homes and other property sarah. The devastation is hard to see with your own eyes and i hope by us being live here you can really get a good idea of how awful the hennessy fire has been ripping through napa county salon a county here alive above Lake Berryessa in this Highlands Community look at this this is a
Mike, how is it looking right now for whats happening around the bay . Kari, overall things are improving. The trivalley had a couple issues coming into the area. Starting in the south bay north 101. Capital expressway theres a crash involving a couple vehicles one in the middle of 101, some slowing for the sensors right there holding folks up from 680 up to oakland road where we typically see the slowing starting to clear about now. Well track that and also clearing south of 80 through sunol out of pleasanton, that crash cleared a while ago. Back to you. Thank you, mike. Were going to continue to monitor all of the fires across the bay area. The latest this hour for you. The lnu fires in the north bay have burned more than 356,000 acres. And right now its 27 contained. Five people have died and nearly 1,000 south bay the scu fires are still the biggest in terms of acreage. It has burned nearly 366,000 acres and is 20 contained. Three First Responders have been hurt and 18 structures d
Contra costa, santa clara, san joaquin, and stanislaus. Nearly 230,000 acres have burned. The fire election and now 10 contained. Cal from their homes d. The czu complex is burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains and the southern end of San Mateo County. 50,000 acres have been charred, and the fire is still zero percent contained. 64,000 people are under evacuation orders. Cal fire said at least 50 structures including dozens of homes have been destroyed, but that number is expected to grow. For those frying to get out of the Santa Cruz Mountains today, it has not been easy. Gridlock was described as they tried to leave. You could see people packed up, trucks backed up, trailers backed one motor homes leaving. It was have a very slow crawl. Reporter multiple towns in the Santa Cruz Mountains and toward this coast have been evacuated, including boulder cream, davenport, and pescadero. This is a live picture. This is jonathon cox of cal fire. Lets listen in. So seven clear on what that means
Was on fire. Reporter thats andy immel standing in the photo surrounded by whats left of the home he built over 42 years. H nifds gandline. Nd tdher, j s big cry. Before that it was we dont know, maybe. We kept hope. Reporter but on that morning that the immels were still hoping, this is what was happening in their neighborhood and all over boulder creek. By morning it was all rubble. The bits and pieces that make a home completely charred. This street, fallen leaf drive, completely devastated. Still there were streets that prove just how unfair a fire can be. Her burned to eground. That just goes to show that we dont have the resources on it that we would normally. If this were a normal situation where, say, this were only one or two fires within the state, we would have more resources here. Reporter cal fire crews stretched thin, dealing with this kind of work. Spot fires that are smoldering slight change in weather conditions. You dont really grasp what it really means to be in that
This is near la handa and right terrorized women in the bay area and beyond in the 1970s and 80s. Joseph deangelo also took off now it is 0 emoke napa, solano his mask today in the courtroom and had a breach meief message sonoma counties. Thousands have been evacuated from their homes and this fire victims. Judge Michael Bowman handed has proven itself deadly. Down the harshest penalty four people have lost their lives to this fire. Possible, 11 consecutive life lets begin in the north bay, sentences and no chance of the big collection of fires parole for the golden state called the lnu complex fire. Killer. The survivors have spoken it has turned, as we said, very, clearly. The defendant deserves no mercy. Very deadly. Were going to take you now to [ applause ] i think he got exactly what cal fire, which has just started he deserved with one exception, which is that he needs to be in its Evening Press conference. General population becau lets listen in. Reporter jennifer carroll, for