To the bottom of this growing scandal. D. C. Move, thec department of justice named former fbi director robert the russiaoversee investigation, although the white house had saidwill counsel was needed. Said this will confirm what we are ready know, there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. Everyone should breathe a sigh of relief. Scott members from both sides of the aisle praising muellers credentials and his fbi past. This allows him to lead the investigation with the fbi. The investigation can continue to try to get to a conclusion. Will have wide ranging ability to dig deep and look for any criminal collusion with the russians. That could l investigation into bill clinton. That unveiled the Monica Lewinsky case and prompted his impeachment. That was an impeachment on the house side, not the senate. All of this taking place in both chambers, investigations on the house and senate side. Another big announcement, for willquick answers, mueller be looking for c
Bay. Early morning temperatures are in the 50s and 60s. Expect plenty of sunshine again this afternoon as skies clear by mid morning. High temperatures this afternoon will be slightly warmer than yesterday. Look for upper 80s inland, upper 70s by the bay, and 60s at the coast. Looking at the rest of the week, the weather no major hot spots. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james breaking news this morning. Crews are working to put out a fire that broke out at a black angus resteruant in pleasant hill. People in the area say they heard popping noises then the fire broke out. No word of any injuries or the extent of the damages from the blaze. Well bring you more on this fire as the information enters our newsroom. james our top story. The entire town of mariposa forced to evacuate. This after a raging wildfire shows no signs of slowing down. darya and now, governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency f
Bay. Early morning temperatures are in the 50s and 60s. Expect plenty of sunshine again this afternoon as skies clear by mid morning. High temperatures this afternoon will be slightly warmer than yesterday. Look for upper 80s inland, upper 70s by the bay, and 60s at the coast. Looking at the rest of the week, the weather no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. darya breaking overnight. Five fires breakout overnight in the east bay. And firefighters are calling them suspicious. tiffany heres a look at where the fires happened. They all broke out within a mile from each other near lone tree way and highway four. Kron 4s Lydia Pantazes is live in antioch this morning with the details. Lydia. lydia there were five brush fires in antioch all of them within a mile of each other. This is one of the areas burned. As you can see the hillside is charred but firefighters were able to get here quickly before it did any damage to nearby structures. This fire is
This far. 20 years ago there was one that made it all the way to bear valley and they stopped it there but these winds are totally different this year and theres a lot of fuel. This fire started sunday afternoon. There are now 700 firefighters on the front lines, including a strike team from San Francisco. So far the flames have destroyed one structure and damaged a second. The good news though, no reports of any injuries. Earlier tonight we spoke to jesse figueroa, the owner of a market in the Small Community of greeley hill. Hes also an Emergency Responder and he told us about the evacuations. Im Operations Manager for Mercy Medical transportation which is the ambulance provider in mariposa and everyone, the employees, theyre being evacuated and we had four ambulances staffed today which we normally only have three, just trying to get people moved out, helping the hospital. Everyone is trying to help out to get everyone out of here. Smoke from the fire can be clearly seen in the Yose
A break if that wall of flames does come this way. Most of this historic gold rush town of more than 2,000 is empty following an evacuation order. Firefighters now filling up the streets where tourists normally stand. The few families that remain are ready to leave in a moments notice. Bunch of pictures and all that in there and a little bit of clothes to keep it from breaking in there. Important paperwork. Reporter darren hale has lived here most his life. Even with a massive fire bearing down on mariposa, he wants to see it through. I probably wont go. Might send the wife and cats off but i wont go. Reporter this fire isnt going anywhere either, now threatening to burn down one of californias original hometowns. As we mentioned, more than 5,000 people have been forced from their homes. Hundreds of evacuated homeowners are in red cross shelters in the nearby city of oakhurst. One woman said she obeyed the order to evacuate but said her son stayed behind, hoping to protect their homes.