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Neighbor, there were long lines going out of the neighbor because of the mandatory evacuations. I want to go off into the distance. First you can see the homes right here. Then we look at the hillsides. We are at the western portion of i80. You go see the hill sides that are charred black from the flames that have torn through this area. They are under a mandatory evacuation. Some of them are still here. I want to pan back out. There are other things i want to show you. It is pretty quiet here. ...

These are major fires. Reopen, but it is windy and in mind here. Rarely do we see such major one man didnt think he was fires along the coast in san burning. Going to pan over here again going to make it. Mateo county. Where you can see the fire on lets bring in Marianne Favro in these are live pictures of all the other side of the freeway, making its way up that hillside. Scotts valerivalley. The flames and that thick, black smoke from our nbc bay area sky a terrifying sight. This is my home co...

Good evening i am heather holmes. And i am frank somerville. Thousands of people are under orders to evacuate. Wildfires are raging up and down the bay area. Racing through dry forest. Dozens of fires is sparked by lightning are merging. Cruiser trying to stop the flames from the three major fire complexes that are burning think were all well aware in the north bay, south bay, of the fact that there are a lot more important things going and san mateo and santa cruz on in the world right now than...

Disaster declaration comes as 2 of the largest wildfires in state history are burning right now in the bay area. The l a new lightning complex fire has burned more than 325,000 acres in Napa Sonoma Solano. Lake and the s c you lightning complex has scorched more than. 339,000 acres across alameda contra costa santa clara, san joaquin stannis loss and yolo counties. These are now the second and 3rd largest wildfires in california history surpassed only by the mendocino complex fire which burned m...

Nearly 340,000 acres. And is 10 contained 5 structures have been destroyed 20,000 others are threatened to First Responders and 2 civilians have been injured. Kron fours dan thorn live for us in Santa Clara County tonight where the su lightning complex continues to spread. In the area around Mount Hamilton, so dan what have you learned tonight. And in this fire is primarily burning right now in the deep rural areas near Mount Hamilton as you head up the lick observatory. Still very smoky and ver...

Acres tonight we also know that President Trump has approved californias request for a president ial major disaster declaration. This afternoon governor gavin newsom tweeted his gratitude for the president s help writing that, although these are unprecedented times california is resilient. And well get through this. We have Team Coverage on these fires tonight kron fours noelle bellow gayle lot gayle ong and dan thorn on live with the latest on the fires and the damage and our chief meteorologis...

With an update on the coronavirus pandemic the u. S. Once again set to pass another grim marker with a 141,000 americans dead from the virus across america nearly 60,000 people were hospitalized with infections. The cdc now forecasting more than a 157,000 americans will likely be killed by the virus by august 8th, has just in a few weeks time and now as Health Officials and government leaders push for americans to mask up. Our decisions not our conditions are decisions that will determine our fa...

In the east bay, the Richmond Police department is welcoming its newest chief come the saturday although she is a veteran of the department the new chief will be making history in the top position. On force theresa spoke with the new chief about her life and how it has prepared her for this moment. They have been the interim chief for now almost 11 months, ive already had a kind of a head start moving forward. Richmond police chief besa french on stepping into the official role as the police chi...

Side of the river. This structure was donated to us about 10 years ago by the descendants of the original founders of that congregation. They bought the land in 1870 two parcels of land with the express purpose of building a house of worship. And in the sale document which we have from the courthouse, they named their structure they named their congregation the antiyokut baptist congregation, and that message of being against the yoke, or against slavery, is something that is important for our s...

If they had to use the third one in the japanese still resisted. Learn more about the Manhattan Project here on American History tv. Announcer each week, american and history tvs american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. Coming up next, we traveled west of new orleans to visit Whitney Wallace louisiana, to learn about the history of slavery in america. Ashley my name is ashley rogers. I am the director of Museum Operations at the whitney plantation. We are beginning our tour t...