Plus sounds so support the Gilroy Community continues its healing process and remembers the victims who tragically lost their lives one year ago today during the garlic festival shooting. Good evening, everybody thanks for being with us tonight at 8 oclock im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 8 well get to the situation in gilroy momentarily. But our top story tonight that massive fire. The damaged at least half a dozen San Francisco buildings and displaced at least 100 workers early this morning. We have Live Team Coverage from the scene of the fire which is still active to reaction from d out by flames. How smoke from the fire affected folks in the surrounding areas. We begin with Taylor Bisacky is live in the south of market district, where one point roughly half the citys entire firefighting resources. Were helping out with this fire taylor. Well right now firefighters are still battling the hot spots inside one of those buildings and if you
Alarm fire started at the rear of that mans building. Good evening, everyone. Im frank somerville. And im julie haener. Tonight, new information about what may have happened. Ktvu has learned fryer crews were called out to extinguish a mattress fire at the rear of the big building on 14th street between south bend as an fulsome. The mattress fire was out 11 30 last night. The big fire broke out around 6 30 this morning. Live coverage now from ktvus amber lee. Our cruise still pouring water onto that fire . Reporter this is a very active seen behind me. We can see firefighters using huge trucks to put out hot spots. The fire did apartment tells me 160 firefighters were here at the peak in 20 remain here tonight. At this point, the fire is still not contained. Ive never seen a city fire spread this fast before. It was amazing. Reporter huge plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky as flames burned six buildings in San Francisco zenner mission district. One who had to evacuate said it
Half moon bay, some of the east bay hills like i was mentioning their Mountain View youre down to about a 4 mile visibility. And the San Francisco youre down to 2 right now, but were looking better as we move further inland for east is unlike in concord we definitely have some good visibility. There. Now on the fog is going to be sticking with us through much of the Morning Hours and still finally starting to clear up by the middle of the day right around that lunch time hour well see most of the east bay under clear skies with lots of sunshine and yourself does own a part of the north bay that coastal fog will be sticking with us through much of the remainder of the day. Temperature wise so were pretty even versus this time yesterday and napa and fairfield were about a degree cooler in concord in oakland word a couple degrees cooler in Half Moon Bay as well, but overall in livermore and san jose youre a couple Degrees Higher than where we were this time yesterday so this has been a pr
As will playgrounds all due to covid19. The San Francisco unified school board met tuesday to discuss what schools will look like a combination of print base learning kits and actual online instruction. But with the virtual doors opening up in less than 3 weeks parents remain in the dark about numerous things for working if youre looking 2 and a half weeks out if i have to request a schedule change from my employer. If you or me and privilege enough to work from home and make your own schedule you still have to plan around whatever yours your childs schedule is and so today we just know that School Starts in 2 and a half weeks we dont know what time it starts. We dont know how much time theyre going to have to be in front of a screen. We dont know when assignments are ready the School District says theyre still working out details with the Teachers Union and hope to share specific soon in the meantime the district is also looking ahead to when students will be able to return to the cla
Talked to one of the residents in the area this morning who i was asking him when i got here to the know exactly where the statue was because its no longer here and he was shocked because he was like wow i run by here every morning and its no longer here which is really strange to not see it so last week and the leaks weeding up the weeks leading up to this day. Well people in the area and protesters were calling for the removal or loot removal. Of the sir Francis Drake sculpture that was because of the according to them, sir Francis Drakes controversial past and saying that he had ties to slavery. Now hundreds of people last week take to the streets and demonstration asking not only for the removal of a sculpture out here but also they wanted removal from street signs as well as park locations. They even like you mentioned aria got that petition online and thousands of signatures. Well there so again residents waking up this morning to the removal of that sculpture again were going to