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KRON KRON 4 News At 5am July 12, 2024

Santa cruz county. Lets zoom in now on the czu lightning complex fire. You take a look at this map on your screen. The red line shows the outline of the fire and it has grown so much you can see that spread now to the coastline. New this morning that fires turned deadly a 70 yearold man was found the body of 7 yearold man was found in the last chance area of Santa Cruz County kron fours will tran live this morning at the Cal Fire Base Camp thats a Scotts Valley. He has the latest will. Marty so far right now as of the update yesterday at around 11 oclock last night 74,000 acres have burned for this fire. We do know that at least 131 structures have gone up in flames with many others damaged. We expect a News Conference in one hour from now they have thousands of firefighters spread throughout california. The moving forward the biggest challenge will be the resources heading to this location. Yes, very dry very smoky. But the good news is i did not see any Lightning Strikes thats the fear in the overnight hours the dried lightning, not accompanied by any rain and we do know that this fire just like many other fires were started because of Lightning Strikes that took place 8 days ago. Now this fire not only has it turned deadly. It has been very destructive a destructive of course it has burned through big basin redwoods state just race through there as firefighters are scrambling to try to save lives and try to save homes, but it went pretty much unimpeded for a while because it was in such a ragged hard to reach area that their biggest concern mardy and robin as you know their First Priority whenever the attack of fire. Its to save lives and unfortunately this state as hard as they try they could not say that state park in Santa Cruz County. It is also ripped through many residential areas, many people have been told to evacuate. Others have been told to get ready to evacuate the latest numbers only 8 containment. Its so its not even double digits at this point hopefully that will go up and we get an update in about 15 minutes from now we do know that at least 3 people are unaccounted for and a handful of people have been injured fortunately were not hearing of any major injuries, however, 2 firefighters keep it here. Once a News Conference begins at 6 oclock he will carry that live for you back to you. And weve had reports of some some light showers or sprinkles around the area. Do you notice or have you seen any rain where you are as the ground wet. No rain at this time actually its a little bit humid at this time i was looking up at the sky because i know that dry lightning was a major concern and i was going through the Santa Cruz Mountains and i did not see any Lightning Strikes. No rain whatsoever but very smoky conditions. I think this is reminiscent and i covered the fire 3 years ago in santa rosa. Thats breathing conditions very reminiscent of that horrible fire that we saw 3 years ago marty all right, thanks a lot. Well thats will trend. From the south bay this morning. Now lets continue our Team Coverage on the lnu complex fires burning now in the north bay. Take a look at this map that shows where the complex of fires are burning in sonoma napa and solano counties its outlined in red on your screen. So far at least 4 people have been killed in those fires for others have been injured. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson reporting live for us near healdsburg where the fire is now threatening homes, sarah. Yeah i live in Sonoma County where firefighters have been working all weekend long to try and contain the wall bridge fire and they are working hard, but its still only 5 contained. Take a look at video from yesterday you can see sort of the strategy that firefighters are taking their fighting fire with fire and they are back burning to make sure that it doesnt continue burning towards the nearby communities such as winds are healdsburg. You know Santa Rosa Calistoga so many communities in this area that have been you know. Threatened by this fire that is why theres been a lot of evacuation orders a lot of evacuation warnings and the Weather Forecast through tomorrow. Has caused some concern for cal fire they said its calling for dry lightning and thunderstorms that could cause erratic winds extreme fire behavior within the existing fires putting in Different Directions and it could it has have potential to start new fires so that is theyre really on high alert theyre fighting it rapidly trying to get it to stop and make sure they have it under control in case things do erratic in crazy now we did catch up with a person who was evacuated at the Evacuation Center in and they said theyre glad they got out when they did. I stayed a couple extra days i floated much truck with all my tools and everything and waited a little bit and then its are coming over the hill, the house going to so and to go you know, i feel really bad for the people that have lost homes and you know were going to go back and theres places going to be there so it is hard enough like this, but if you go theres all your stuff in your house. The environment right now. And my opinion you know its. And needs weve taken care of better. Its very true. Some people will go home to no home at all it is devastating to see we know in the entire l a new lightning complex 871 structures have been destroyed in right now about 30,500 structures are threatened because this fire is burning in a very remote area. I mean thats kind of a benefit but the problem is when it burns towards the non remote areas, the communities nearby and thats what theyve been trying to avoid but as we saw on friday when it just burns southeast and rips through a neighborhood there near healdsburg that can happens thats what theyre trying to avoid stay tune. This morning obviously its dark out right now were hoping to get a good view of this firefight in see where theyre at and this morning for now live in Sonoma County Sarah Stinson kron 4 news. All right sir, thanks a lot for that live report well be checking in with sarah throughout the morning. Now a wildfire coverage continues in the east and south bays. Take a look at the map on your screen thats outlined in red it shows where the scu lightning complex fires are burning now in alameda contra costa santa clara. And san joaquin counties. Flames from those fires have burned more than 343,000 acres just 10 containment this morning, 4 people have been hurt in those fires and fry 5 structures destroyed. All told more than 20,000 other structures are being threatened. Kron fours dan thorn has the latest. Thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes in the eastern area of morgan hill fire continues to burn in the area of henry coe state park threatening several communities we saw lines of cars racing up to him coming back from their homes and jackson oaks holiday lake estates and along thomas grade people understandably on edge cars and trucks loaded up with anything people could grab. Evacuation orders were issued because of a change in weather including wind which had helped the fire spread or send embers into these areas most of these homes are in hilly rural terrain. Firefighters right now fighting the fire just east of these communities at 5 oclock on sunday police were forced to close the road along east dunn avenue and were turning people away from going up because of potential danger city Officials Saying staying behind is not worth the risk. As we look at whats happened in some of the other areas here in our state the past few years. Want to take a chance. Many of the evacuees worried about leaving their homes concerned that once they come back there might not be a house there anymore. A tactic. We are facing try to pack up all the pictures and stuff like that. Yeah weve got to weve got to get going up their living in california. You know experiencing wildfires is certainly a obviously up where we live. Theyre in the hills police have continued to block residents from going back up into these areas, not only for their safety but to prevent other people from going up and stealing evacuees are being told to go to and some high school where there are Resources Available to people there and also to follow online at morgan hills City Government website where there will be more information on other orders and other warnings reporting in morgan hill dan thorn kron 4 news. We have an interactive map on our website just head over to kron 4 dot com and actually shows all of the fires that are actively burning and the location of all of the Evacuation Centers, its very helpful. We also have a list of up to date evacuation orders and warnings on our website just head over to kron 4 dot com. And we continue to follow breaking news, the fires that are burning out of control across the bay area this morning. Those fires of course having a major impact on air quality here thats going to show you of just how bad the air quality is through this map. Now the darker the color, the worse the air quality and the worst air right now is in the east bay, especially in the tri valley area want to go ahead and get a check on the air quality would days far in the Weather Center day we had a little bit sprinkles over the over the overnight hours. Thats going to help a little bit i would guess a well yeah and it would and if im right now we cant deal with winds winds would also clear it out to i think its going to be more of a gradual pattern is what it looks like in terms of this. One thing we can say is weve had some light rain showers across the region overnight that didnt come with lightning. So thats the good type of rain to get and certainly could use the rain. What it appears like Going Forward is were not going to get much more in the way of rain in fact the skies opening up. And that may provide instability going on upstairs to drive some dry lightning because the rain when ever reach the ground. Heres the latest we have going on in stormtracker for a couple of lines youll notice that the Sonoma County. Another batch will be here to a napa county it looks like thats going to be the focal point of anything that goes on will be large in the north bay. A little bit in portions of the east than peninsula, but its going to be those points north is where most of the action today will be and certainly with the rain. Thats been going on last night thats whats lingering as we speak. Do still have the red flag warning thats in place it covers the entire bay with the exception of Solano County. Again without possibility of dry lightning and again those skies should open up. Pretty quickly going on into this a late morning live shot for the Golden Gate Bridge. This is the kind of moisture we really could use that the surface. Its not penetrating very far inland however, yet tomorrow probably will and thats going to help kind of settle things down a little bit better once we get rid of some of this tropical air that a lot because that tends to drive the atmosphere make it crazy that 71 going on at 09 00am by high new word, 86, well cover your forecast coming up in just a little bit marty all right dave thanks a lot. Well, still ahead another Police Shooting leads to violent protests overnight. Well show you what led up to that shooting thats coming up after the break. And as we head to break were taking a look at the damage caused by the czu lightning complex fire in santa cruz and san mateo counties oh look at these photos theyre just a heartbreaking this from boulder creek. So many homes reduced to rubble and ash as that fire continues to spread this morning. Like you, my hands are everything to me. But i was diagnosed with dupuytrens contracture. 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State officials are now investigating the shooting. And its the republicans turn to make their case for the trump pence ticket the Republican National Convention Gets Underway tonight in a scaled down fashion karin caifa is in washington where most of the activity will take place this week. Preparations at the white house for the convention spotlight, including the newly renovated rose garden where First Lady Melania Trump will speak tuesday. And the south lawn where President Trump will give his acceptance speech thursday offering a rebuttal to the democrats last week i think youre going to see a very hopeful. Version for a vision for america that hes going to be unleashing youre going to see a real diversity, the Republican Party that hes built a President Trump has been very involved in a fast evolution of our nc programming over the last few weeks. Since he announced in late july he would not travel to Jacksonville Florida for a speech. He said to want more Live Programming and fewer taped segments than the democrats and a greater focus on Everyday Americans democrats during their convention blasted the Trump Administrations handling of the coronavirus pandemic hes failed to protect america. The Trump Campaign characterized the dnc is dark and republicans say theyll cast trumps Pandemic Response very differently that is something that Many Americans most americans and many voters will be concerned about. And the president has been leading the nation in this effort and americans can see that President Trump is expected to make an appearance every night of the convention. In washington, im karin caifa. And in newly released audio President Trump sisters reportedly heard calling him cruel and phony. She also accuses him of line. The president s niece mary trump claims to have secretly recorded her aunt, Maryanne Trump Barry in 2018 2019 Washington Post first obtained the transcripts and the audio from mary trump who recently released a book that criticizes the president barrys more critical comments focus on how her brother has operated as president. Good good he really it changed his story is a lack of preparation. The only. Well barry is a retired federal appellate judge who has never spoken out publicly about disagreements with her brother the president. But the audio seems to tell a different story mary trump has made it clear from her book and the release of this audio that shes had major differences with her uncle President Donald Trump white house issued a statement on saturday night saying that while not everyone agrees with the president. He does continue to work hard for the american people. White house adviser Kellyanne Conway is saying goodbye to the Trump Administration conway says shell be leaving her post at the end of the month citing family as a reason for her departure. Her husband George Conway who works for an anti trump Republican Group called the lincoln project, well also be leaving his position. Kellyanne conway is scheduled to speak of this weeks Republican National convention. But its unclear if thats still on the agenda. Well lets get an update on todays forecast we have some wet weather in store, lets check in with dave ward see how its shaping up days robin good morning, good morning. Everybody we jumped quickly to the radar here we have the set so that if we start seeing Lightning Strikes will see it up here. Right now again thats been quiet thats good were getting some rain up well take that as well. There you see where the latest bands are basically north of marion county, little batch of air to Sonoma County also in napa county little bit of collection around the label looks like as well for the start and coupled with this at the surface were getting a little bit of that marine layer i e e fog which looks like its starting to clear out a little bit from this Vantage Point it looks like th

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