Mountains and also in southern San Mateo County thousands of people have had to evacuate these communities where the fire is burning and also where the fire continues to threaten theres been extensive damage in areas near Boulder Creek and also in bonny doon homes. Theyre just incinerated by the fire hundreds of other buildings have also been destroyed and many more are still threatened fire crews have been dealing with these intense fires for days now fire Officials Say that it is actively burning in heavy timber and thick undergrowth one of the big concerns has been burning trees which have been breaking apart hitting the ground and then causing the potential for more fires to spread however, firefighters have reported that there have been better firefighting conditions, thanks to improved. The weather. More aerial attacks and an increase in the number of crews that are working the fire. But evacuees that have been staying in nearby santa cruz have been patiently waiting for more upd
Basically have to go out and buy supplies again so well be scrambling to do what we can. Parker tosses to megan 00 it sounded like big. I dont know what was going on in there. 15 thanks yasmeen. Our team is covering this all give you updates as we get them. The time now is. Lets get to 13 first alert meteorologist greg bennett with drying trend is taking over the valet for today. Mainly sunny skies will be common along with highs featured around normal values for this time of year. Expect 99 to104 degrees valley 35 mph this afternoon. An air quality advisory is in disturbance churning up monsoon moisture from the south. Thunder will be into the high terrain and the timing looks to be Late Afternoon into the late evening. During this time, the valley should see mainly sunny skies and high temperatures between 97 and 102 degrees. New information in overnight on a woman who was shot while walking home from the store. Police think the woman was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Tw
Bonanza high school student. The state argued otherwisesaying accident or not. Solid should be convicted of 1st degree murder. thats enough, thats enough the jury will disregard the outburst prosecutor the felony murder rule applies to everyone who is engaged in a conspiracy or who aid or abetted him in a crime like robbery he committed. brian loftus the jury will be deliberating this dismont who pleaded guilty earlier this month will be sentenced in october. Kirsten Joyce metros newest substation is now open. To handle any issues the west area of the strip. Sheriff joe lombardo was on lombardo was on hand for opening of the Spring Valley command office on eldora avenue. Thats near durango and sahara. The Department Says the command will have about 100 officers patroling 31 square miles of residential and commercial areas. This is the ninth comand area in if youve ever had a ever had a question you wanted to ask someone in law enforcement. Let us know were asking Sheriff Joe Lombardo q
The east as dry air continues to filter in off the Southern California coast today. As this occurs, temperatures will fall. Thursday highs range between 98 and 103 degrees with the weekend yielding mid and upper 90s the chance for rain only holds for thursday and mainly sunny skies return for the rest of the weekend into next monday. The winds. Hold onto your hats with friday and saturday due to gusts potentially getting up between 35 and 45 mph. Firev breaking overnight. Parkway. Were just getting this video in from the scene there. Firefighters say it was just smoke damage. Right now were waiting on an update from clark county Fire Department. Well bring you that as soon as higway near twain was evacuated overnight after reports of a flammable substance inside. Around 9 30 last night employees found an item they thought was flammable in a hotel room. Security evacuated the building and called police. They checked it out, and eventually gave t investigators are still looking into this
Terrorists. Thats from britains science chief as he slams u. S. Tech company for turning a blind eye to misuse of their services. And u. S. Voters head to the polls today with the key Midterm Elections deciding which Party Controls congress and whether there will be two more years of political gridlock in washington. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. And we have to kick off with our top story, which is oil today. Of course, its down 27 since it peaked in 2014. June and down over 10 since the start of october, down 1. 6 , as you can see so far today. Really, quite an astonishing move yesterday. In fact, it was up at the start of day when the saudis announced they were going to be increasing the price to the far east and then they announced they would be cutting to price to the u. S. Seeing a sharp selloff as we went through the course of the day. Even though i think theres a bit of complacency in the longterm oil price, in the shortterm