Transcripts For KRON KRON 4 News At 7am 20240712 : vimarsana

Transcripts For KRON KRON 4 News At 7am 20240712

Kron fours will tran is there live at the Cal Fire Base Camp in scott valley with more well. Actually we just got an update from cal fire unfortunately you talked about the structures and the damage we do know now its now 538 structures and that involves either barns or homes that have been destroyed so that number has gone up, but they say theyre not surprised by that especially with having investigators going into burned areas and now going through the neighborhoods and county feast your eyes on this james and area that is not smoke thats fog and theyre so happy to see fog because it brings moisture to the area it cools things down. And it allows firefighters to get a bit of a break once the fog lifts it will be sunny again and they expect to have the aircraft back up in the air in the aircraft has been wonderful for the firefighting efforts in fact theyve increased the gallons every day as far as gallons dropped to the fire. It is still 19 containment so that did not go up. But more importantly the acreage did not explode as well were sitting at 80,138 acres and that was up maybe about a 1000 acres over the course of one full day and a lot of those acres james and area. They were intentionally set by firefighters putting controlled lines in that area. And the areas throughout Santa Cruz County and that is important because when theyre protecting santa cruz that protecting you see santa cruz and other Populated Areas which is why were not seeing. The fire explode in terms of numbers from say like 79 to a 100,250 1000 acres, its only about several 100 to a 1000 acres every day. Heres a little bit of the News Conference and the happiness by cal fire. Past couple days weve been able to make a significant progress on our fire fight. Weve been able to establish more lines can to improve those lines that we have established and getting that another day closer to 2. Extinction this fire. Okay so lets talk about those lines theyre happening in areas where people have not been evacuated. So if they see smoke in your area they say dont be surprised dont be alarmed dont call them. It is more than likely a controlled burn in those controlled burns are actually helping them fight fire with fire a little bit of a little bit of information as far as missing persons cases, they are talking 6 missing persons cases in fact right now they are actively searching for one person who told family and friends. But here she was heading back into an evacuated area which is now and they went in there looking for this person james and area and so far they have not been able to locate that person so they say please dont do that. Take away resources from the Sheriffs Department. Speaking of the Sheriffs Department. They also went into an evacuated area overnight and they did find a 63 yearold woman dead inside her home in felton they say family and friends called them after not hearing from her for about a day or so starting on monday. They were concerned about that they call the Sheriffs Department they went back into her home in belton found her dead. But they believe that she died from Natural Causes so theyre not chalking this up not just yet to they do an autopsy. To be fire related you can see a lot of the resources are mobilizing right now theyre having a change of shift. Were actually throwing more firefighters that does past couple days, its around 14. 100 firefighters right now there are a little bit more than 1600 firefighters back to you all right, thank you very much for that update well. The czu how my fire did go through the oldest state park in california. And this shows you. The word Big Basin Redwoods State Park and what it looks like charred right now a lot of it there are redwood trees. Close to 2000 years old in that park in the good news is that many of those old growth big trees did survive. When the forest fires happen and the wind storms and lightning when they hit the redwood trees. Those that dont topple over they can re sprout. So park officials are going to be out inspecting those trees in the coming days. Lets continue our Team Coverage now by heading north to the lnu complex fires burning in the north bay and heres the map showing you where did is currently burning in of theres 2 sections to it theres the one on the right surrounding Lake Berryessa and then theres the the hills that are burning on the left side of the map there in Sonoma County and of course as you can see the impact sonoma and napa solano counties kron 4 Sarah Stinson in fact live in napa county shes been giving us our up close look at some of the damage to properties there sarah. James the devastation from the hennessy fire thats a part of the l a new lightning complex is quite overwhelming, however, just got some good news from cal fire overnight. Theyre able to make some progress in stopping the flames from continuing to burn more land theyve gained 6 more containment totaling to 33 containment live here off of steel canyon road on manzanita lane seeing 3 homes in a row burned down to the ground this seluk skeleton of a car thats left here and you can see just the devastation. All of these homes are all up on a hill that go down to Lake Berryessa right above steel canyon resort, which is where people in a park their boats people enjoy Outdoor Recreation ahead out of lake and now it looks like this just completely charred all above the land completely burned to a crisp. The devastation as i said its overwhelming thats what im trying to get you video of of different Vantage Points you can really get a good idea of what were looking at up looking at up here because no one else can get up here. Other than p jeannie fire in media and police now highway one 2121 are still close with roadblocks so people are still restricted and thats why even more per more important that we show you this the hennessy fire has burned 80 of the total 347,000 acres thats up from 356,000 that were reporting yesterday in the l a new lightning complex appear in the north bay hundreds of people evacuated from their homes when the fires for sure up to over a week ago. Now certain areas are being allowed to go back into their properties not where i met quite yet. The most difficult time for people facing what is left of their homes fires are not fair you can see no homes next to one thats from just still standing, but we know 978 structures have been destroyed in this complex and theres still much containment to be gained but even though we do have some good news at least thinking a little bit more containment over night that is one step closer to having this contained in everyone. You know going home and trying to rebuild and this is the 3rd largest fire in state history. Its left 5 people dead and its still threatening. 30,000 structures now of this morning in about half an hour. Well have some fresh video for you. Of some club clip of the whole kind of the whole landscape it will show you the hills in the back from lake below in the burned homes that way you can get a good idea of what were dealing with up here near Lake Berryessa for now ill send it back to that story james. Ok thank you very much sara and well continue our Team Coverage now lets go to the scu lightning complex fires and this is the map of that area that is burned in alameda contra costa and santa clara counties kron fours reyna harvey is following that for the east bay live look at the damage there reyna. Good morning thats why im live in little more here off of del val and minds rover you can see the Sheriffs Office behind me they have this road closed now for residents in the area. Theyre only allowing certain people to go through and thats if they live in a safe distance from this fire. You can see just over here will looks like fog is actually smoke or going to show you some images that were sent to us from actually evacuees trying to leave the area you can see the fire from the hillside here. This fire now making history as the second largest wildfire in the state of california. We know its over 300,000 acres they do have some containment about 20 contained right now weve got a chance to speak to some residents who had to evacuate take a listen. Were just getting to the line a sleigh really doing a lot of there and then like this kind of and the state has to read packed what we could the jeep was full to the brim we got everything this First Clothing in looking for documents but everything has pretty much gone of their pictures and stuff like that. The answer is tragic here a lot of the stories now although more than 20,000 structures are currently threatened only about 18 or so and actually been destroyed and thats because the remote area of this fire Law Enforcement as we have to drive away passed down this road up into the mountains just to be able to get to where the fires currently burning again still a very deadly and dangerous fire not deadly rather because no one has died in the fire so far but still a very dangerous fire because Law Enforcement and firefighters out here have been injured trying to get out the flames so again well be on scene bring you the very latest for now reporting here livermore Reyna Harvey Kron 4 news very good all right, thank you right now we have an interactive map on our website at kron 4 dot com shows where all the fires are that are actively burning and the location of the evacuation centers. And we give you the very latest on the warnings and the numbers and everything they need to know right there so check it frequently kron 4 dot com mean also following the winds to the smoke. Its impacting all of us and heres a quick look at the latest with air quality around the bay, you may notice a little cooler outside theres a little bit more of a sea breeze. And were seeing that reflected here in the bay area air management quality. Map and theres a green actually show fairly decent air quality yellow a gets a little murkier than of course the parts in orange and red air quality is a pretty bad but actually lets talk to john about this a bit because the pictures actually improved a little john yeah, definitely some improvements out there james which is certainly welcome after what weve been breathing in the past few days which is not been good stuff. So we are seeing some relief out there what youre seeing on the horizon, some fog and weve never love that fog so much replacing some of the smoke with that we are seeing some smoke up in the Santa Cruz Mountains right above the blaze in the south bay souls right around vacaville, the other than that most of us are starting off pretty clear thats not to say it wont be hazy later on. But we do have some relief this morning 50s 60s for current temperatures with double in concord livermore each right at 60 degrees. Oakland and hayward each at 62 with some 50s in the north bay and out along the coastline. Skies will clear out into the afternoon and make for pretty pleasant one all breaking news from overnight 2 people were shot and killed and a 3rd wounded when somebody with a long rifle started opening fire on protesters in kenosha wisconsin. Apparently investigators say that it could have been a vigilante who was there protecting businesses or counter protesting in this all happened as those demonstrators were in the streets demanding justice for the 3rd night for jacob lake on sunday. He is an unarmed black man 29 years old who was seen on video shot 7 times in the back by police on sunday now is in the hospital partially paralyzed and his mother is praying for peace. In addition to that i have great piece. It allows me. If a dam park already forgiven and its this forgiveness is not for everybody else. Back and knee. Love our music city we do that. X out all of this madness. People in my family theyre not ready to letter going that you know the to feed and on the level that i have at this point. And thats ok 0 its ok to be angry. Wisconsins governor has declared a state of emergency after cars and buildings were set on fire and hes called in 250 members of the national guard. Well now to the latest on the coronavirus state leaders are set to release new reopening guidelines this week with Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala sharing now some of the businesses that could very well be allowed to reopen. California Health Officials tuesday said reopening talks are ongoing with counties and Business Leaders as the state prepares to release new guidelines later this week in august of this truck full of harp on for many of our guns state leaders wont say when exactly the new rules will be out which counties will be affected are which businesses can reopen and how but they have dropped pieces of the discussions, especially is smoking poor air quality pose challenges for businesses operating outdoors number of homes are asking us about any change to our orders, especially as we part of the word, i are times when the back to their temporary move indoors. Currently were talking to a lot of counties about them governor Gavin Newsome also mentioned monday the beauty and cosmetology industry will be included and specifically their concerns their are part and parcel of the conversations that we have advance with local Health Officers over the weekend and they are part of the guidelines that would be putting out later this week officials confirmed the plan for schools will stay the same counties must keep schools closed until theyve been off the States Community spread watch list for 14 days when asked of the 14 day wait would also be applied to businesses state Health Officials would not say tuesday. The new guidance will be released as california continues to see declines in its overall Positivity Rate hospitalizations and icu admissions in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. We are monitoring the latest with the numbers of covid cases as well statewide and in the bay area and as you can see. Statewide there have been well over 682,000 positive tests and more than 12,400 people have died those include the bay area that came to covid which is 1045 as of this morning. The jail and temperatures those college justice is going to be closed over the Labor Day Weekend mayor london breed and sheriff. Both announcing this new timeline yesterday its 2 months ahead of the november deadline. There have been calls to close the county jail for years now citing outdated and unsafe conditions for both inmates and Sherrifs Office staff. And San Francisco you have to stay on the bus for now transit Officials Say there. 2 problems that are keeping them from relaunching the rail service. One is equipment and the second is a health issue because of covid. At our Transportation Management center, its the nerve center of our entire rail system. We had an test covid positive. We followed our standard Contact Tracing quarantine procedures and as a result of we were concerned that we would not have the whole necessary team to be able to run the rail system safely. In the meantime the alternative for many passengers is to continue using the all bus system thats been in place since april free money this morning 2 Major Airlines are offering deals to woo you back to flying and Labor Day Travel is going to be different than last year jane king is live in new york with those stories and more hi jane. Hey daria like so many things will be different. So the last hurrah of summer Labor Day Weekend according to travelocity is going to be different than what we see the passes as alternative accommodation so things like cabins in condos are growing in popularity in its searches is made travelers may extend the holiday an extra day or 2 many are making last minute plans this year and fishing interest is up 500 compared to labor day last Year Southwest Airlines flush another threeday fare sale with travel dates in february and most routes and then as late as april on flights to hawaii. The cheapest flights are 39 sale runs until midnight tomorrow and frontier is offering a nearly free nonstop. Roundtrip ticket aimed at Small Business people like he is cutting ties with several big retailers in favor of direct to consumers so its products will no longer be sold at stores like belk and dillards south those bombs caused bobs stores and fred meyer the decision comes as brick and mortar retailers are struggling in part 2. The changing Consumer Habits and then also having to be shut down during the pandemic and with the coronavirus causing so much financial uncertainty, many wonder if it will hurt the credit score now the higher your credit score the lower it will drop if you make a late payment. Mainlanders are offering relief but youve got to call him and ask for there not to volunteer lee do that if you do have to pay a postponed paying a bill. You can do that then consistently get back to getting the bills on time and pay off some debt and that you get that credit score back up again live from new york, im jane king back to you toria all right, thanks a lot jane is 7. 21 right now well be back with more. And just a few minutes. Some wild fire victims are returning. Going back to their homes and looking at whats left. Were going hear the story of a family in vacaville. And they say despite everything im thankful. And heres a live look outside we have a

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