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Report a domestic disturbance involving her 35yearold boyfriend. She spoke evasively, spoke in code, pretending to order a pizza. When officers arrived, the couple refused to open the door, later coming out and they were detained. Police looked for other suspects inside and thats when they found what they call large scale psychedelic mushroom processing operation. Officers seized 277 pounds of rush room in various stages of cultivation, worth about a million dollars. The house sits across a church and child center. For them to be out here because they see us here all the time, knowing the children are here, for lack of a better phrase, shame on them. Reporter county prosecutors are reviewing the case to see if any chance are warranted. Flames broke out at a home in san jose across the street from James Franklin smith elementary. Intense flames and smoke came from the home when fire crews arrived. Nobody was at home. No injuries reported. Firefighters went on the offensive and tried to spray the flames from the roof but the fire was too much. The fire made its way into the attic space and was definitely involved. We had crews on top of the structure. They were abling to place a hole on top of the roof it get all the heat the gasses and everything out. But, unfortunately, it was too involved and the stage commander decided to remove the crews from the room. Investigators have yet to find the cause of the fire. And new at noon, the b b b is putting out a notice because of a scam for people wanting to buy puppies that dont exist. Reporter these are elaborate scams, for puppies. People have paid thousands of dollars for animals that never showed up. A News Conference was held at the berkeley east bay humane society. The agency looked into similar complaints from 10s of thousands of pet buyerings across the country including people here in the bay area who say that they were scammed out of meney. Scammers will ask to wire on transfer money to get shipped. The pet would either be free or very cheap compared to the pure breed that it usually costings. Unfortunately, thats a scam. Heartbreaking for a lot people because you are thinking that you getting this cute cuddly pet and, in turn, you are just giving money for nothing in pawn. Those of these online puppy scams can be traced back to the west africa nation of west cameroon although the criminals are using people here in the u. S. To pick up wired payments from victims. The best way for people to protect themselves is they should meet that new Family Member in person beforehanding over any money. If the individual is in another state, be willing to go drive to that state. If that pet is going to be a member of your family, be sure to get to know it. The Better Business bureau found that about 80 of online ads for puppies and other pets may, in fact, be fraudulent. Thieves simply impersonating legitimate pet sellers. The aiming cyst forwarding its findings to Law Enforcement across the country and the fbi. Once you hand over that moan oh, alex, you are never going to see it again . Reporter its gone. We asked the representatives with the Better Business bureau today what likelihood is that someone who handed over their money for a puppy or a pet that never showed up, what likelihood is that theyll get that money back . He said very unlikely. Slim to none. Last goods time to mention that there are plenty of shelters also across the bay area with pets up for adoption. Absolutely. We were at one just today, the berkeley east bay humane society. Plenty of pets looking for loving homes. Go check them out. Thank you, alex. Sure. The leader of the conservative Group Patriot Prayer is set to have a rally despite the cancellation of the socalled free speech week. We are here on the campus of uc berkeley, the birthplace of free speech. The Group Patriot Prayer is the same group that canceled last months rally at San Franciscos chrissie field. This was the scene yesterday as hundreds of demonstrators held what they called a victory march to celebrate the cancellation of free speech week. Yesterday, we brought it to you. Some classes were canceled though protests were peaceful though one demonstrator was arrested for wearing mask on campus. And police are investigating the theft of two guns belonging to an officer. The officer was from the city of taft near bakersfield and was driving a cityowned suv when it was broken. No Oakland Police are now reviewing the security footage trying to find the people who took the weapon. Law passed in oakland requires Law Enforcement officers to lock up guns in vehicles. Its unclear how the guns were stored in the vehicle. A new ruling will allow confession bits undocumented immigrant accused of killing kate stein le into evidence. The defendant said that he was not advised of his rights. But prosecutors say that he kept talking and demanded to sign a confession. The shooting of kate stein le at pier 14 was an accident, the defense contends. New numbers show that bay area Violent Crimes rose much more than the national average. Reporter the cities of fremont and hayward fared the worst in the fbi study which shows an increase in violence and property crime. Violent crime was increasing across the nation but four bay area cities surpassed the national average. Those cities are fremont, berkeley and san jose. Fremont topped the list with a nearly 25 increase in violent crime. Fremont halls the population of a little more than 233,000 people and last year, the city reported 420 Violent Crimes. The Fremont Police say they have not had a homicide case in more than a year but aggravated assaults and robberies have increased. The fbi news on the spike of violent on property crime in fremont caught some bay area locals by surprise. I dont notice a difference. Years ago, when we moved to newark, we had some things stolen from our home and a car broken into. But we believe that was the result of a neighbor who had a drug problem. And hes gone and i have not seen any difference. But not others. I do site happening. Really . Yeah. Its happened in my house and my neighbors had their trucks robbed. I guess there are a lot of them running around, breaking into construction trucks, taking all the tools. I have seen it. I have seen it. Its getting worse, yes. Across america, the fbi reports murder rates are on the rise. San jose had a 57 increase after reporting 47 homicides last year. Compared to just 30 in 2015. The city has been open about its need to hire more police. The Silver Lining to this report shows that property crime is down in the bay area particularly in walnut creek and in San Francisco. We talked to a person with the Fremont Police who said they were surprised bit fbi numbers. They said that, overall, crime has improved in the last couple of years of fremonts history and that residential burglary also are significantly down. Leigh martinez, ktvu fox 2. The recovery effort continues in puerto rico as crews continue to try to get power back to the island. We are learning when the president will be going to the area and touring the devastation left behind by hurricane maria. And we are taking a look by the bay. Well check in with meteorologist rosemary orozco. And we are monitoring the wildfire across Southern California. Its already torched thousands of acres and is forcing evacuations. This is the new comfort food. Grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. A better way to grow, a better way to eat. And it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. California grown with no antibiotics ever. My challenge is to be in sync with my body, myself, my life. It all starts with a healthy routine. Begin the activia two week probiotic challenge by enjoying activia yogurt with billions of probiotics everyday. Take the activia probiotic challenge today, President Trump announced plans to visit puerto rico. Some democrats have criticized the u. S. Governments response saying it has been there are slower than the response to recent hurricanes in texas and florida. Help is slowly making its way to puerto rico after people are recovering. Supermarkets started to reopen but customers say that shelves are just about empty and they say Drinking Water is nowhere to be found. Fema says that airplanes and ships on the way with meals, water and generators as crews work to restore power. Back here at home, firefighters in Southern California are battling a wildfire that is forcing people to evacuate. I been called the canyon fire, burning through 2000 acres, just 5 contained. Reporter william la jeunesse brings us more. Reporter firefighters know when it started but not how, whether from a lawnmower, or a car. It exploded. This one ripped through backyards, palm trees and tall brush to light up 2000 acres forcing 1000 residents of corona to evacuate. Just came up quickly like a firestorm, over the ridge there. Probably 50foot plane, sounded like a turbine engine whit came over. At times, we thought we should have left. Flames across every hill all the way around us, swirling embers. It was crazy. Fire just 5 contained despite a helicopter and a d. C. About working overnight. So far, firefighters only lost one home as crews have come in from around Southern California to assist. Corona High School Gym is open to evacuees to avoid the danger. The good news is, right now, flames are burning away from homes into the Cleveland National forest. The bad news is that winds and temperatures are expected to pick up into the mid90s later this afternoon. And just a short time ago, the Santa Clara Fire Department tweeted this saying that their type three strike team has been deployed down to Orange County to help fight that center. Several cooling centers will open as the bay area is expected to get pretty hot. The city was criticized during the Labor Day Weekend when three people died from heat related problems. Bay area warm. Mid80s in the city. Rosemary, that is out of bounds, really. Really is. This is a heat island with all the concrete and buildings, feels a lot hotter he out interest. Yes, we are warming it up. Today, warmer than yesterday. Red flag warning in place for our area as well. We talked about the fire burning in Southern California. Well, we are under heightened fire danger especially in our hills. Even though its not as hot in areas like the coast, the hills are hot. North bay hill started on saturday but east bay hill, extended on saturday into wednesday. And even this little patch here, this issue from the National Weather service out of sacramento. But it does include areas like vallejo, venetia, closer to fairfield and into the sacramento value e if i shift here a little bit, continues for the east bay hill to the diablo range, going on into wednesday afternoon. A look at the temperatures right now, 91 degrees in santa rosa. Definitely an offshore wind in that area coming from the northeast and east as we look to liver more, 81 for you at this hour and 83 in san jose. Around the bay, low 70s in oakland, upper 70s in San Francisco. 83 degrees right now palo alto. Here is a look at the 24hour temperature change for most, if not all of us, up for yesterday. Six in napa, seven in hayward. Temperatures are climbing today and continuing to climb over the next couple of days. Looks like between now and thursday will be the warmest days. A view of the winds where we do have a bit of an onshore breeze at napa, nine Miles Per Hour for now. Santa rosa coming from the east. Everybody sort of dealing with that wind up above those surface winds. The temperatures will continue to climb as we get into your afternoon. We are talking upper 70s and 80s around the coast. Weve got bayside communities in the upper 80s and some warmer locations expected to be in the low 90s. As we showed you a moment ago, areas right around santa rosa already there. 95 the high for santa rosa. 9 about in novato. Temperatures in the mid to upper 80s inland. 91 degrees for antioch. South bay location at 89 for san jose. 90 degrees expected in gilroy. 85 by the water in us have. 82 the afternoon high for San Francisco. Here is a look at your e tended forecast. The temperatures will change very little, even warm a bit as we get into wednesday. Wednesday could be the warmest day before that sea breeze begins to trickle back into the bay area bringing temperatures down just a little bit on thursday and more so, looks like, for the weekend. A little bit of a better cooldown with a system that will move through the Pacific Northwest and bring our temperatures down. Talk about the red flag, we got a report that there is a fire now burning in oakland. 580 and keller. You have a live picture now up in this area. This is about 580 and keller. Again, this is in east oakland. Right where it starts to get hilly. We can see an awful lot of smoke coming up from the fire. We dont know exactly what is burning. It is obviously a very densely populated area. Rosemary, if you can help to read the smoke, rising slowly. Yes. You dont see that straight up plume. Tell me whats happening with winds. From that vantage points, looks like the winds are generally light in that area. We are now into fall which means that we have not had any decent amount of rain for quite some time. That vegetation is incredibly dry. Taking a look at the conditions out there, that northeast breeze is a dry one. That thing could spread rapidly. You can see homes up in the ridge. Two different neighborhoods there. Exactly. If you are drying on 580, this is what you are seeing. There is something on fire. We dont know exactly what in the area of 580 and keller. You see homes and trees and vegetation. I think its densely populated but there is a patch of what you consider small open space. People in the Oakland Hills say remember to career trees or dry brush through your properties. Firefighters come through and check each home for that perimeter in case that fire breaks out, ideally, it will not burn through your home. We are talk bug the area of edwards and mountain. Mountain boulevard, of course, is a major thorough fare. At one point, mountain is parallel to 80 and he had ward is a edward. Again, this is edward and mountain. The fire has not abated much, if anything, getting thicker, darker, that plume growing larger. From my vantage point, this might be again, rosemary, you may be able to help us out. It smoke being blown towards the coast, west or east . Thats what i would say. We have a variable wind in place at the surface but the higher up you go, thats a northeast dry wind. Im looking at the moment in that area and it looks like, right now, the winds are coming from the north and northeast. So, yes, definitely thats the big concern. Those the drier ones, kind of like the santa ana in the south. Once in a while, you hear somebody refer to them as the diablo. October 91 is the date that is stuck in my mind. We are coming up on the anniversary next months. Always a concern but especially when it is dry right now. The legal action taken against equifax as one bay area city is taking action and the company ceo is also making a big announcement. Why do the best things in life create so much mess tackle it all with finish® quantum. Even on the toughest messes you get an unbeatable clean. And now get 25 more loads then cascade® platinum™ switch to finish® quantum. Credit Recording Company equifax is now being hit about a lawsuit from the city of San Francisco. Dennis herrera filed the lawsuit accusing equifax for failing to protect personal data of more than 15 million californians. This comes hours after equifax ceo stepped down. In his unexpected announcement, he says he is retiring immediately. This comes amid intense scrutiny of the security breach. Stocks right now slightly higher after giving much of an early gain. Banks and companies are down right now. The Dow Jones Industrial is up 19 points. The nasdaq is up 21 points. Within just the past hour, cincinnati republicans announced theyll not vote this week on the latest Health Care Bill. This announcement comes can as it appears they dont have the votes to pass. To make this kind of Sweeping Change and deep cut just does not make sense to me. Maine senator Susan Collins is the latest republican to announce she will not vote for the measurement she joins senator mccain and rand paul and one other republican. All democrats are against it. This Health Care Bill is a health care lemon, a disaster in the making. Democratic lawmakers say they want to work with republicans not to repeal the Affordable Health care act but to approve it. The controversy over the anthem protest continues to grow as President Trump once again takes to twitter to comment about the demonstrations. Also a stinky situation in the south bay. Next, a neighborhood being over run with skunks and the creative ways that some people are dealing with the situation. And we are continuing to monitor the breaking news out of the oak land hills east of interstate 580 at the intersection of mountain and edward. At at t, we believe in access. The opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. Connecting with the things that matter most. And because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, weve created access from at t. California households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for James Franklin<\/a> smith elementary. Intense flames and smoke came from the home when fire crews arrived. Nobody was at home. No injuries reported. Firefighters went on the offensive and tried to spray the flames from the roof but the fire was too much. The fire made its way into the attic space and was definitely involved. We had crews on top of the structure. They were abling to place a hole on top of the roof it get all the heat the gasses and everything out. But, unfortunately, it was too involved and the stage commander decided to remove the crews from the room. Investigators have yet to find the cause of the fire. And new at noon, the b b b is putting out a notice because of a scam for people wanting to buy puppies that dont exist. Reporter these are elaborate scams, for puppies. People have paid thousands of dollars for animals that never showed up. A News Conference<\/a> was held at the berkeley east bay humane society. The agency looked into similar complaints from 10s of thousands of pet buyerings across the country including people here in the bay area who say that they were scammed out of meney. Scammers will ask to wire on transfer money to get shipped. The pet would either be free or very cheap compared to the pure breed that it usually costings. Unfortunately, thats a scam. Heartbreaking for a lot people because you are thinking that you getting this cute cuddly pet and, in turn, you are just giving money for nothing in pawn. Those of these online puppy scams can be traced back to the west africa nation of west cameroon although the criminals are using people here in the u. S. To pick up wired payments from victims. The best way for people to protect themselves is they should meet that new Family Member<\/a> in person beforehanding over any money. If the individual is in another state, be willing to go drive to that state. If that pet is going to be a member of your family, be sure to get to know it. The Better Business<\/a> bureau found that about 80 of online ads for puppies and other pets may, in fact, be fraudulent. Thieves simply impersonating legitimate pet sellers. The aiming cyst forwarding its findings to Law Enforcement<\/a> across the country and the fbi. Once you hand over that moan oh, alex, you are never going to see it again . Reporter its gone. We asked the representatives with the Better Business<\/a> bureau today what likelihood is that someone who handed over their money for a puppy or a pet that never showed up, what likelihood is that theyll get that money back . He said very unlikely. Slim to none. Last goods time to mention that there are plenty of shelters also across the bay area with pets up for adoption. Absolutely. We were at one just today, the berkeley east bay humane society. Plenty of pets looking for loving homes. Go check them out. Thank you, alex. Sure. The leader of the conservative Group Patriot Prayer<\/a> is set to have a rally despite the cancellation of the socalled free speech week. We are here on the campus of uc berkeley, the birthplace of free speech. The Group Patriot Prayer<\/a> is the same group that canceled last months rally at San Francisco<\/a>s chrissie field. This was the scene yesterday as hundreds of demonstrators held what they called a victory march to celebrate the cancellation of free speech week. Yesterday, we brought it to you. Some classes were canceled though protests were peaceful though one demonstrator was arrested for wearing mask on campus. And police are investigating the theft of two guns belonging to an officer. The officer was from the city of taft near bakersfield and was driving a cityowned suv when it was broken. No Oakland Police<\/a> are now reviewing the security footage trying to find the people who took the weapon. Law passed in oakland requires Law Enforcement<\/a> officers to lock up guns in vehicles. Its unclear how the guns were stored in the vehicle. A new ruling will allow confession bits undocumented immigrant accused of killing kate stein le into evidence. The defendant said that he was not advised of his rights. But prosecutors say that he kept talking and demanded to sign a confession. The shooting of kate stein le at pier 14 was an accident, the defense contends. New numbers show that bay area Violent Crimes<\/a> rose much more than the national average. Reporter the cities of fremont and hayward fared the worst in the fbi study which shows an increase in violence and property crime. Violent crime was increasing across the nation but four bay area cities surpassed the national average. Those cities are fremont, berkeley and san jose. Fremont topped the list with a nearly 25 increase in violent crime. Fremont halls the population of a little more than 233,000 people and last year, the city reported 420 Violent Crimes<\/a>. The Fremont Police<\/a> say they have not had a homicide case in more than a year but aggravated assaults and robberies have increased. The fbi news on the spike of violent on property crime in fremont caught some bay area locals by surprise. I dont notice a difference. Years ago, when we moved to newark, we had some things stolen from our home and a car broken into. But we believe that was the result of a neighbor who had a drug problem. And hes gone and i have not seen any difference. But not others. I do site happening. Really . Yeah. Its happened in my house and my neighbors had their trucks robbed. I guess there are a lot of them running around, breaking into construction trucks, taking all the tools. I have seen it. I have seen it. Its getting worse, yes. Across america, the fbi reports murder rates are on the rise. San jose had a 57 increase after reporting 47 homicides last year. Compared to just 30 in 2015. The city has been open about its need to hire more police. The Silver Lining<\/a> to this report shows that property crime is down in the bay area particularly in walnut creek and in San Francisco<\/a>. We talked to a person with the Fremont Police<\/a> who said they were surprised bit fbi numbers. They said that, overall, crime has improved in the last couple of years of fremonts history and that residential burglary also are significantly down. Leigh martinez, ktvu fox 2. The recovery effort continues in puerto rico as crews continue to try to get power back to the island. We are learning when the president will be going to the area and touring the devastation left behind by hurricane maria. And we are taking a look by the bay. Well check in with meteorologist rosemary orozco. And we are monitoring the wildfire across Southern California<\/a>. Its already torched thousands of acres and is forcing evacuations. This is the new comfort food. Grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. A better way to grow, a better way to eat. And it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. California grown with no antibiotics ever. My challenge is to be in sync with my body, myself, my life. It all starts with a healthy routine. Begin the activia two week probiotic challenge by enjoying activia yogurt with billions of probiotics everyday. Take the activia probiotic challenge today, President Trump<\/a> announced plans to visit puerto rico. Some democrats have criticized the u. S. Governments response saying it has been there are slower than the response to recent hurricanes in texas and florida. Help is slowly making its way to puerto rico after people are recovering. Supermarkets started to reopen but customers say that shelves are just about empty and they say Drinking Water<\/a> is nowhere to be found. Fema says that airplanes and ships on the way with meals, water and generators as crews work to restore power. Back here at home, firefighters in Southern California<\/a> are battling a wildfire that is forcing people to evacuate. I been called the canyon fire, burning through 2000 acres, just 5 contained. Reporter william la jeunesse brings us more. Reporter firefighters know when it started but not how, whether from a lawnmower, or a car. It exploded. This one ripped through backyards, palm trees and tall brush to light up 2000 acres forcing 1000 residents of corona to evacuate. Just came up quickly like a firestorm, over the ridge there. Probably 50foot plane, sounded like a turbine engine whit came over. At times, we thought we should have left. Flames across every hill all the way around us, swirling embers. It was crazy. Fire just 5 contained despite a helicopter and a d. C. About working overnight. So far, firefighters only lost one home as crews have come in from around Southern California<\/a> to assist. Corona High School Gym<\/a> is open to evacuees to avoid the danger. The good news is, right now, flames are burning away from homes into the Cleveland National<\/a> forest. The bad news is that winds and temperatures are expected to pick up into the mid90s later this afternoon. And just a short time ago, the Santa Clara Fire Department<\/a> tweeted this saying that their type three strike team has been deployed down to Orange County<\/a> to help fight that center. Several cooling centers will open as the bay area is expected to get pretty hot. The city was criticized during the Labor Day Weekend<\/a> when three people died from heat related problems. Bay area warm. Mid80s in the city. Rosemary, that is out of bounds, really. Really is. This is a heat island with all the concrete and buildings, feels a lot hotter he out interest. Yes, we are warming it up. Today, warmer than yesterday. Red flag warning in place for our area as well. We talked about the fire burning in Southern California<\/a>. Well, we are under heightened fire danger especially in our hills. Even though its not as hot in areas like the coast, the hills are hot. North bay hill started on saturday but east bay hill, extended on saturday into wednesday. And even this little patch here, this issue from the National Weather<\/a> service out of sacramento. But it does include areas like vallejo, venetia, closer to fairfield and into the sacramento value e if i shift here a little bit, continues for the east bay hill to the diablo range, going on into wednesday afternoon. A look at the temperatures right now, 91 degrees in santa rosa. Definitely an offshore wind in that area coming from the northeast and east as we look to liver more, 81 for you at this hour and 83 in san jose. Around the bay, low 70s in oakland, upper 70s in San Francisco<\/a>. 83 degrees right now palo alto. Here is a look at the 24hour temperature change for most, if not all of us, up for yesterday. Six in napa, seven in hayward. Temperatures are climbing today and continuing to climb over the next couple of days. Looks like between now and thursday will be the warmest days. A view of the winds where we do have a bit of an onshore breeze at napa, nine Miles Per Hour<\/a> for now. Santa rosa coming from the east. Everybody sort of dealing with that wind up above those surface winds. The temperatures will continue to climb as we get into your afternoon. We are talking upper 70s and 80s around the coast. Weve got bayside communities in the upper 80s and some warmer locations expected to be in the low 90s. As we showed you a moment ago, areas right around santa rosa already there. 95 the high for santa rosa. 9 about in novato. Temperatures in the mid to upper 80s inland. 91 degrees for antioch. South bay location at 89 for san jose. 90 degrees expected in gilroy. 85 by the water in us have. 82 the afternoon high for San Francisco<\/a>. Here is a look at your e tended forecast. The temperatures will change very little, even warm a bit as we get into wednesday. Wednesday could be the warmest day before that sea breeze begins to trickle back into the bay area bringing temperatures down just a little bit on thursday and more so, looks like, for the weekend. A little bit of a better cooldown with a system that will move through the Pacific Northwest<\/a> and bring our temperatures down. Talk about the red flag, we got a report that there is a fire now burning in oakland. 580 and keller. You have a live picture now up in this area. This is about 580 and keller. Again, this is in east oakland. Right where it starts to get hilly. We can see an awful lot of smoke coming up from the fire. We dont know exactly what is burning. It is obviously a very densely populated area. Rosemary, if you can help to read the smoke, rising slowly. Yes. You dont see that straight up plume. Tell me whats happening with winds. From that vantage points, looks like the winds are generally light in that area. We are now into fall which means that we have not had any decent amount of rain for quite some time. That vegetation is incredibly dry. Taking a look at the conditions out there, that northeast breeze is a dry one. That thing could spread rapidly. You can see homes up in the ridge. Two different neighborhoods there. Exactly. If you are drying on 580, this is what you are seeing. There is something on fire. We dont know exactly what in the area of 580 and keller. You see homes and trees and vegetation. I think its densely populated but there is a patch of what you consider small open space. People in the Oakland Hills<\/a> say remember to career trees or dry brush through your properties. Firefighters come through and check each home for that perimeter in case that fire breaks out, ideally, it will not burn through your home. We are talk bug the area of edwards and mountain. Mountain boulevard, of course, is a major thorough fare. At one point, mountain is parallel to 80 and he had ward is a edward. Again, this is edward and mountain. The fire has not abated much, if anything, getting thicker, darker, that plume growing larger. From my vantage point, this might be again, rosemary, you may be able to help us out. It smoke being blown towards the coast, west or east . Thats what i would say. We have a variable wind in place at the surface but the higher up you go, thats a northeast dry wind. Im looking at the moment in that area and it looks like, right now, the winds are coming from the north and northeast. So, yes, definitely thats the big concern. Those the drier ones, kind of like the santa ana in the south. Once in a while, you hear somebody refer to them as the diablo. October 91 is the date that is stuck in my mind. We are coming up on the anniversary next months. Always a concern but especially when it is dry right now. The legal action taken against equifax as one bay area city is taking action and the company ceo is also making a big announcement. Why do the best things in life create so much mess tackle it all with finish\u00ae quantum. Even on the toughest messes you get an unbeatable clean. And now get 25 more loads then cascade\u00ae platinum\u2122 switch to finish\u00ae quantum. Credit Recording Company<\/a> equifax is now being hit about a lawsuit from the city of San Francisco<\/a>. Dennis herrera filed the lawsuit accusing equifax for failing to protect personal data of more than 15 million californians. This comes hours after equifax ceo stepped down. In his unexpected announcement, he says he is retiring immediately. This comes amid intense scrutiny of the security breach. Stocks right now slightly higher after giving much of an early gain. Banks and companies are down right now. The Dow Jones Industrial<\/a> is up 19 points. The nasdaq is up 21 points. Within just the past hour, cincinnati republicans announced theyll not vote this week on the latest Health Care Bill<\/a>. This announcement comes can as it appears they dont have the votes to pass. To make this kind of Sweeping Change<\/a> and deep cut just does not make sense to me. Maine senator Susan Collins<\/a> is the latest republican to announce she will not vote for the measurement she joins senator mccain and rand paul and one other republican. All democrats are against it. This Health Care Bill<\/a> is a health care lemon, a disaster in the making. Democratic lawmakers say they want to work with republicans not to repeal the Affordable Health<\/a> care act but to approve it. The controversy over the anthem protest continues to grow as President Trump<\/a> once again takes to twitter to comment about the demonstrations. Also a stinky situation in the south bay. Next, a neighborhood being over run with skunks and the creative ways that some people are dealing with the situation. And we are continuing to monitor the breaking news out of the oak land hills east of interstate 580 at the intersection of mountain and edward. At at t, we believe in access. The opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. Connecting with the things that matter most. And because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, weve created access from at t. California households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for Home Internet<\/a> at a discounted rate of 10 a month. No commitment, deposit, or installation fee. Visit att. Com accessnow to learn more. The Energy Conscious<\/a> whopeople among usle . Say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade<\/a> california and do your thing. My challenge is to be in sync with my body, myself, my life. It all starts with a healthy routine. Begin the activia two week probiotic challenge by enjoying activia yogurt with billions of probiotics everyday. Take the activia probiotic challenge we continue to follow breaking news out of the Oakland Hills<\/a> looking southward. You can see smoke resulting from a fire thats burning at edwards avenue and mountain boulevard in east oakland. This is just east of 580, about three miles west the oakland zoo. We understand that at least one acre has burned. Firefighters described it as having rapid rate of spread. Thats a steep hill that fire is burning on. This is a fairly densely populated area where a rock quarry used to be. In the past 10 or 15 years, i would say, many, many homes close together have gone up in the area. We have understand that some 30 homes are threatened. These are homes on campus drive. The fire is going to second alarm. You can see why firefighters are very, very careful asking to get this out. Again, we just learned that not only are fire crews being reinforced opt ground, they are also asking for more help from the air. We have been monitoring this live picture here in the studio. We have not seen any water drops on the fire here in east oakland just yet but we do understand that could be coming. A moment ago, mike, you and i were looking at this picture and we saw some active orange flames at the top of the ring. I dont see that orange flame burning right now but can you see an awful lot of thick black smoke rying from the hills in east oakland in the area of 580 and keller. Motorists on 580 are seeing and smelling the smoke. Well keep our eye on this situation. Well work to get more information from the fire department. This thing has been going for 15 minutes. You know the air drops are coming any minute. Ground crews are up there. And you can see this one jan, marcel, tweeting. This appears to be i cant tell exactly. I cant tell if a condo or a townhouse is on fire but thats a different vantage point, looking up at the fire that quarry as you said. Looks like the smoke is going straight up here, rosemary . From this vantage point, winds are fairly light. Im seeing winds up to 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour<\/a>. It is 80 grease in that area and relatively low 80 degrees in that area and relatively low humidity. 30 . So thats not critical. And i just heard our producer say that it has gone to a third alarm. When you have cop doughs and apartments, think of all the cars. Hopefully at love them are at work or away from the fire with but with all the engines having to go up there, thats a concern. Again, to the left of the screen, we saw a little lick of orange there. This used to be open side. This area was developed and now there are a lot of condos and townhomes, fairly dense housing but it is surrounded by still an awful lot of what we would consider wild land. You see here from the trees and grass here in the pictures as well. As we are looking at this picture, we are seeing more black smoke. You know, obviously we are not firefighters. We cant read the pictures to pre cyst but when you see white smoke, thats good news and when we see more thick fires, that means that its still burning. As we understand, the fire has gone be to three alarm. Firefighters have requested more support from the ground and in the air. Sky fox is bringing us these live pictures. You can get a much better look. This is terrain that is very steep. This is when you are driving on 580 and look to the east and you see these hills go pretty much straight up. So that is the sort of elevation that fire crews are fighting. You also see, you know, a lot of crass and trees and open areas. Thats the brush that can burn. I mentioned this. We do these stories every year if not more. Firefighters are extremely proactive especially after the hills fire and they go door to door in this neighborhood and they check to make sure that homeowners have cleared a perimeter around their homes. I have friends who live in this area and they say they made us cut down the weed. We had the weed whacker out. Notices are left on the door. The notices say, if you dont do it, we will and well bill you. All that preventive work is coming into play here. Sky fox is giving us a much close are look at the situation. Right there are the bright orange flames. If there is a positive, it is open space. There are homes not on top of those flames but the fire is going up. There are homes on top of the ridge and apartments, condos are below where those flames are burning. I remember being down in sonolla. Cal fire was there. Morgan hill is another spot where theyve got air attacks and then, of course, santa rosa, at the airport up there, air, they have air attacks. As we look at the homes, there at the very top of the ridge, i think that might be skyline. Im not positive but skyline is the street that goes to the top of the ridge. There there is an awful way to go where the fires is now and where the homes are at the top of the skyline. But the fact this this is happening, crews are racing to the scene, the fact that the fire has gone to three alarms fairly quickly tells you that fire crews are very concerned about whats happening here. To recap, the fire has been burning for maybe 40 minutes or so, it seems. I would say 201215 when we first reported it. Maybe less than. That the flames are getting a little more intense there. Structure protection about to get underway for those homes up there. Engines are getting up there because is dot not look too accessible. Its picking up steam there now. You can see the billing there down below it. I dont know what that is. Looks like it was under construction. May have started and going up that ridge side there. That dense housing, the condos, homes, shallnow disappearing on the bottom left hand corner. There are plans to build out the rest of that area but clearly, that has not happened. At this point, looks like the fire started in what i would consider open space. May have been graded a bit. The fire was traveling upnorth. It reaches what i believe is skyline at the top. Sky fox is zooming in and giving us a look at another part of the fire. My question here is, nobody hikes in this area. There are no trails coming here. How did this fire start . Thats one the questions that investigators are working to answer. We are taking another good look. There are ground crews there. Yes. There are. I guess they started at skyline and hiked down to where the fire is. If you know oakland, this spot used to be an open space a rock quarry for a while and has become developed in the past 15 years or so. You can see fires here popping up in a couple of spots. Rosemary, when you see that, are these considered spot spires in are these embers . They dont look bad at all. Im seeing a gust up there to about 20 Miles Per Hour<\/a> or so. As we know. That is one the big concerns with wind. Can definitely pick up embers and debris and start a new fire as it blows to it a new spot. But it does look like it is fairly light. At least the wind. But very dry. It does not take much. And once the fire starts, it can spread very, very rapidly. Again, we have not had a decent amount of rain in quite a while. And that vegetation is moisture starved. Until the rain comes back, any time it warms up, it dries out. We get the northeast winds what we call the offshore winds. That brings us fabulous weather and also the high fire danger. The stapling area is in the Merritt College<\/a> commune college in the oak land hills. Im still waiting for that first water drop. Once they get that going, that will help the firefighters tremendously. You can see the firefighters going down that single track. You dont want them get too far. So if the water does get to them, they can knock it down. You can see the fire engines by those homes which is nice to z they have been driving over the neighborhoods over the years since the 91 fires. The installation of water hydrant and more water available for the first 30 minutes, 45 minutes of this attack. The fire is now at a fourth alarm. So, again, this speaks maybe not to the exact spread of the fire but the urgency of the response it demands. The newest information is that the fire is now at four alarm. Oakland fire crews getting help. Here you can see firefighters putting water on the flames up above after having hiked down from what i believe is skyline. The three of us talked at length about the Oakland Hills<\/a> fire in 91. That did not happen in this area but maybe three miles from that spot. The one difference is that this is a fairly open area compared to mount claire where you had twisty roads and windy driveways and streets that, you know, as anybody parks on them, they became oneway streets because there are no ways for these engines to squeeze through. The fact that this is happening from what is happening just above Housing Developments<\/a> there in the hills of east oakland, unfortunately, the fire is traveling up and eventually would reach skyline. Clearly, we have crews and other resources working to prevent that. But, again, this is open space that we are seeing. If you read the space, there has been some grading done but there is an awful lot of trees and brush and dry grass that is exactly what firefighters worked so hard to keep residents away from their homes. We have friends, like i said, who live in this area who tell us about am inspection, crews coming to their door. You know, we had such a wet winter which was great to keep fire danger down but then so many firefighters will tell you, mike, that water just makes things grow. Thats why when you look at this picture, i like i could not pick a perfect spot and fire away. I dont see that. They are in an area where there is not a ton of vegetation. Luckily enough, thats not higher up in the hills or father north to the downtown area where the hills are, enough to spark a fire as you talked, gasia, about the 91 fire. These engines will stay throughout here. If i can correct myself, its not skyline, that main road thats above. Thats campus drive. So skyline is up from there. That major road that you seeing, thats right campus drive. Campus because, of course, Merritt College<\/a> is the staging area for fire cruise. Im helping you to get a better read on loathe case here in oakland. Thats a fire that started perhaps less than half hour ago here. If you are driving on 580 in east oakland, this is the smoke that you see. This is five miles before you get to the oakland zoo. The zoo is not threatened. We understand that there are some 30 home, i believe, that are threatened by what they are calling the campus dry grass fire. When you look at the shot, i feel like there are a lot more homes than 32. Most of those homes are below where the fire is burning. Rosemary, really, anybody can tell you that fire is burning up hill andey venetianly away interest that dense housing. Thankfully, it looks like. You correct me, i guess, if im wrong but at the base of that area, there is a roadway and then you have to go another step are farther in order to get to homes that have developed. So there is more space down. Im just looking, what are we, 100 yards from the top of that screen to where the pools were, to where the fire is active right there . Sky fox, you can see skies going down. Another car is coming and going. So make a lot of people are gone during the workday and for school. Whats the name of that street . Campus drive. Thats on the right hand side the screen. You can see the engine there, getting ready and probably in spot to do some structure protection right there. But, again, kind of the smoke just going up, rosemary, it is on the side of the firefighters right now. Right, which, we are very lucky for this. Because a strong wind, no matter what direction, it can fan the flames and can sent send the fire down. There is another good indication that the smoke is sitting still, thats another indication that winds are not strong. We have a red flag warning . For this area. For the east bay hills yes. And a fire down south burning in the Los Angeles Area<\/a> as well. Thats right. Again a fouralarm fire burning in the Oakland Hills<\/a>. Since the first time that we brought the pictures to our viewers, the smoke has grown greatly. We are seeing a lot more smoke and fire happening. We have been talking about the area. Now, we can talk to somebody who lives in the area. Lets bring on the phone a resident who lives nearby. Your name is sonia in. Yes. Where are you from where the fire is . Why we are off of edwards avenue and circle hill which is right below the quarry. The quarry is right behind our house. You are actually reporting wrong. That road above it is is not skyline boulevard. Its ridgement and collect kell tore Merritt College<\/a>. There are areas that you can High Pressure<\/a> up there that only the locals do. But we are looking right at it and whats burning is the old leona quarry. Used to be a quarry and they built houses there. Above it, they were letting it settle before they built any more houses. Whats burning is the area between the quarry and ridgement and that big mansion you see actually belongs, they say, to a Football Player<\/a> or something. So thats what that area is. I wanted to correct you guys. You keep saying skyline and thats not skyline. Its ridgement boulevard. Where are you right now. The freeway is our break. The freeway where we live on circle hill drive, the freeway, 580, is a breaker between us. So there is the park right at the base where you enter to the townhouse there is. Got it. And then the freeway. We stay in the community right behind burke halter park. Thats an open space between us and the freeway. We have a direct view. All of us are right here. First, we were able to see all the flames, now, the flames have gotten so big that we cant see anymore. The smoke is blowing in your direction, towards San Francisco<\/a> bay . Yes. Thats what it appears to be doing. Are you under any evacuations or have you seen any Law Enforcement<\/a> out there. No. No. They have it all blocked off that you cant get up keller. As you guys correctly reported, they are stage up at merritt. And if they go up simmons, they may try to block that of 0. There i dont know how far over it will get them to the fire. How concerned are you, sonia . Not that concerned right now. The only thing that would really probably affect us is the embers catching because we have a lot of rod wood and eucalyptus behind our home in a big grassy area. Thats the only big threat. For now, everyone is watching. Rosemary wants to ask you a quick question since we have you here. Looking in that area, the winds dont look like they are too strong although im picking up on a few gusts between 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour<\/a>. How is the wind in our area . It comments in gusts, yes. It comes in gusts. Always kind of breezy in here. We call this little valley, it can be windy here. So its it goes with the tri here. Okay. But most of the people here have been here for more than 30 years. We kinds of we kind of know how it goes. A few years ago, the Eucalyptus Grove<\/a> caught, over about the i church there. Has it been about 15 years that that Townhome Community<\/a> went up across the freeway in front of you. A little over that, yes. Now, we have a good view of the fire. This is now going pretty good from our view. Are you talking about what you are seeing on tv or look out. No, we are looking out right on our backyard. My dad is on his ladder. We have pretty good view. Looks likes its blowing up hill. Looks like its going away from you. These are your neighbors who are affected. Sonia, i appreciate calling in and especially giving us a better location near campus drive as that main street here that we have been showing thats lining both houses. Thank you so much, sonia liveing there in east oakland, blocks away from where this fire is burning. We are now bringing you more information. We used to say that some 30 homes are threatened. Cal fire says about 50 are now threatened by what is now a fouralarm fire. The fire has grown definitely in size. We are seeing once again that very thick dark black smoke. We are seeing active orange flames as sky fox here pulls out and give us a much better look. This is 580, the main artery that goes to the city of oakland. You are on the east end of oakland here. The nearest exit would be edward, after that, keller. If you are driving on 580 and you are seeing smoke in the area, im guessing guessing peo are on 13 in the red wood heights and montclair neighborhood as well, the smoke is essentially being pushed west towards oakland, so we just heard from sonia who lives on the other side of the free way, she is seeing and smelling smoke from where she is. There you go. The first aircraft coming in. Looks like a cal fire plane, buzzing the fire, maybe trying to get a specific location or angle for the water to come in, fire retardant to come in. Thats a great sign because we have been waiting for this to get up get up. You about the sunol area where the helicopters and planes are. The only fire being put on is above the fire where the homes are. We have some firers coming down with the hose line as far as they can. Its dangerous there. All of a sudden, seems like the flames are pushing back down the hill. Now seem to be going back up. Im assuming that people who live along campus drive are told to either live or get ready to leave. Certainly, they are watching it. We just talked to sonia who is watching the fire burn away from her home, going up the hill. Now we have people liveing there on campus drive, looking out of their backyard, downtown hill and seeing flames advance towards them. We have been watching this fire march on and march upwards. Thats taking off right there. I would be very surprised if people who live here have not been told to prepare to evacuate or just evacuate their homes. Look, you see i see two, three, four streams of water being put, trying to be they are there for structure protection. These are official firefighters. I thought they are people with garden hoses which is what you see in situations like this but, no, these are actually fire crews. The actual staging is Merritt College<\/a>. Lets bring in ktvus tom viacar to ll us what is ppeng. Right is a very, very large plume of smoke. There is a lot of very dark smoke down on the lower end of it which could indicate two things, that that some various kinds of brush are burning,s which not unusual. But the other problem, of course, is there could be structures involved. I dont see this from our vantage point. Within a couple of minutes, well be there. The fire is very much concentrated in a single area and it is to the right of a number of homes. Now, there is some buildings above it as well. I suspect, at this point, they are protected for now. But as we get closer, we will be back in touch and well tell you exactly what we see. Thats the situation as we approach the fire. Probably less than a mile away. Tom, real quick, im assuming you said you were in the area of 35th and highway 13, on 580. Right. You can see this clear across oakland . Oh, yeah. This is a huge plume of smoke. Of course, because its so high on the hill top, it is visible from, you know, very great distances. And what we are doing, going up redwood highway at this point. And the last we are very close to Merritt College<\/a> which is where we are actually going to go, where we are told that the staging area is. audio difficulties . We might be losing tom. We are losing him right there. Once he establishes that picture reporter very dry. Tom va car sounds like he is a minute or two from the staging area. Well stay past 1 00 to stay more on this breaking news on a fire that has grown expo tensionally in size since we first reported it. It now has grown to four alarm, centered in the Oakland Hills<\/a> now in the area of 580 and edwards. Specifically, it is just above a fairly new Housing Development<\/a> there but the fire is marching its way up the hill and toward campus drive, it appears. We know that there are some 50 homes threatened. We see an awful lot of white smoke which i take as good sign, much better than the thick black smoke and the bright orange flames. Five or six minutes ago, we saw the fire getting steamed. I cant get a sense the wind. It goes up. As you mentioned, gassa, white smoke. Can you get some black smoke at the homes on the west side of the fire. So not erratic because it does not seem like its strong but unpredictable right now. Yes, with the pattern in place, it is very typical to have variable winds. Sometimes west and sometimes east but the flow from the northeast and the northeast general direction means that it is just a very dry wind out there. Its just its a lot drier than what we typically see if we had a cool pacific breeze. You can see it is having an effect on traffic there on 580. You can see how slow it is in that area for traffic going eastbound on that side as they can obviously see a large plume of smoke. A possible drop is about to happen there with the aircraft. In is the drop right there is the drop right. There a number of Law Enforcement<\/a> or Fire Departments<\/a> assisting oakland there. A positive sign here when you start seeing that happening. Especially because its just, probably 25 to 30 yards away from that home right there. At least on the east side the fire. Right. We were seeing firefighters with hoses out putting water on the land immediately behind the homes which is what you see. When you put down that fire retardant, it is like taking out a big marker and saying, this is the line to not cross. To the side of 580, looking up the hill, we have highlighted it for you. There in the area of edwards and keller, specifically campus dry is the main street here thats suspected. We have another fire retardant drop perpendicular to the first trying to keep the flames from reaching the homes up there along campus drive. The staging area is Merritt College<\/a>. I have not had a chance to check their calendar but i assume that they are in session. 50 homes are threatened. Now it is a fouralarm fire. That speaks to the acreage but also to the amount of response needed any time you say fire, Oakland Hills<\/a>. Here we are almost in october. You can understand why people, residents and firefighters are concerned. Yeah, 26 years ago, this coming october from the anniversary of the Oakland Hills<\/a> fire there. When you look at where they are dropping, thats probably the first priority. Where that is first drop going to be . Right now, from that first look, the priority is on the northeast side of this fire protecting those homes in that area. We have seen two drops come in. Now a chopper making its way to maybe dump some water down there although i dont see a bucket on this particular chopper. Maybe getting a better look at the fire. Fouralarm fire burke there in the Oakland Hills<\/a>. No official evacuations from Law Enforcement<\/a> agencies . I dont know if our newsroom can find that out. We are efforting to find out if evacuations are underway. Like i say, ooh if i am leaving there, im packing up and leaving if i happen to be home on this tuesday afternoon. We see swimming pools and back yards and that sort of thing that, look, aisle an honest. Those homes have a great view of oakland. You have a beautiful sight but also at the top of a ridge here and that is where it does appear that an evacuation is underway as the producer tells us. I assume if you a home that is backing up to the side of the campus, you are being told to evacuate. We have been covering this fire for you since about 12 15. At least thats how long we have been covering it. I know in Oakland Hills<\/a>, rosemary, people talk about eucalyptus and how it is extremely flammable, not native, a huge fire in the oakland hill fire. Looking at this picturesque picture, i see some eucalyptus. We have watched the flames come up just some but thankfully, not too much. And weve got a lot of smoke out. There looks like the fire is almost being pushed a little bit more horizon, thanksfully not vertical and right up the hill but the winds are generally light out. There there is a red flag warning for this area which means just very dry conditions and when a fire starts, it can spread very, very fast thankfully thats in a spot where it can be better. Winds kick up in the afternoon. That much hotter, that much drier. Relative humidity is blow 30 but could drop down to the teens. You can see the water drop here. I did see another chopper kind of appearing to be touching down. I wonder if the strategy here is to maybe put some crews on the ground and start at least that way, they dont have to go from the top down because thats a dangerous situation. That is what is happening as the cal fire chopper is putting down. Firefighters getting down with their gear, starting to maybe cut some lines and make a difference on that side of the fire hoping to prevent it from spreading in that direction. Rob roth is joining us now on the phone. What are you seeing . We are a little bit above a white plume of smoke i saw the first area tanker, did to make a drop. I see white smoke","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia600806.us.archive.org\/10\/items\/KTVU_20170926_190000_KTVU_FOX_2_News_at_Noon\/KTVU_20170926_190000_KTVU_FOX_2_News_at_Noon.thumbs\/KTVU_20170926_190000_KTVU_FOX_2_News_at_Noon_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240629T12:35:10+00:00"}