Intersection is closed for construction work on the south bay bart extension. The problems is may cause for you commuters and for nearby businesses. Mornings on 2 begins right now. Were following a fast moving sixalarm fire in pacifica thats threatening 80 to 90 homes. Coming up what firefighters are telling brian flores about this breaking situation. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Its monday january 26th. Im tori campbell. Im dave clark. Steve, you are following the weather out there in pacifica . Here we are talking about a grass fire in january. Come on. About 11 to 8 miles an hour. Daly city, a couple of people said they can smell the smoke. A few gusts to 15. Its out of the eastsoutheast. Thats an offshore direction. This will give us a partly cloudy morning and mostly cloudy afternoon. This is our best and only hope for rain is right here coming up. I never thought i would say that, end of january hoping to get rain from the south. 30s, 40s and 50s. 30s for some. Woodside is in there. Menlo park. La honda, 57. The higherrervations are still on Higher Elevations are still on the mild warm side. Still an easterly component for many. There will be rain in Southern California. The question is can we get it up here . Patchy fog. 50, 60s and 70s. Heres sal with an update. Im getting reports of an offshore breeze. Thats not helping firefighters, steve. Thank you for that information. Lets go to the maps. I want to show you where this grass fire is in pacifica. Its near fassler avenue and Rockaway Beach avenue. Those streets. Its a little bit inland. But fassler avenue is closed basically as far down as highway 1. Now the traffic on highway 1 has not been affected too much. Highway 1 remains open. But rubbernecker valley would start to kick in here, especially as it starts becoming lighter. You want to avoid the area if at all possible. Well have a live report from the scene coming up. Lets go to the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see traffic here is going to be moderately heavy. Its backed up from the macarthur maze. The metering lights are on. And traffic is has been heavy since 5 45 this morning. San mateo bridge all of a sudden, we have a big backup as you drive through. Westbound 92, you can see some slow traffic heading out to the peninsula. When you get there, its not that bad. A lot of people are on the road. Its moving again. It was stopped for a while. 7 03. Back to the desk. Back to the breaking news in pacifica. A brush fire has forced the evacuation of dozens of homes. The fire started before 4 00 this morning. Its burning near fassler avenue, not far from terra nova school. The schools witness says its close for Staff Development day. Brian flores just arrived on the scene. Whats the situation there right now . Reporter hi, tori. That could be good news that the school is closed today depending upon how many evacuees are at the evacuate center in pacifica at the community center. Im going to step aside. Were high atop a hill close to fassler avenue. Down near the bottom is Rockaway Beach boulevard. Thats where many of the fire crews are battling the fire. Crews are battling this fire from on top of the hill and from the bottom. Weve seen hoselines pouring water down below into the canyon. As you mentioned, this fire started roughly before 4 00 this morning. It continues to burn. Want to go to video that we shot earlier of this fire burning near pacifica. 80, 90 homes have been evacuated. Many of those evacuated were told to go to the Pacifica Community center which is located at 540 crest street. We did speak to residents who say actually a lot of these people know each other. A couple of factors affecting firefighters this morning, talked about the wind. Steve mentioned that. The latest weve heard 15mile anhour gusts in the northwest direction. Obviously embers played a role, we also are hearing were also hearing from firefighters with some equipment as well. Sounds like chainsaws down near the canyon. Here is an update from fire officials about how the battle to fight the fire is going. The wind are blowing 10, 15 Miles Per Hour. Probably a 20mileanhour gust. Thats whats pushing the fire downhill as well as the moderate to heavy vegetation that we have in the canyon. We have fire crews surrounding the area, especially in the area down on rockaway. Reporter again 16 plus firefighters are here several agencies are here battling this fire from all over the bay area. This is a sixalarm fire. So far burning five to six acres this morning. As we take it back out here live this morning, this is a live look. We have seen fire crews down near the bottom as well. Many evacuees have been told to go to a Pacifica Community center at 540 crest street. The smoke is blowing, i would guess in this direction. Its blowing towards vegetation. Firefighters have this area surrounded. But again, this fire continues to burn here in pacifica and well stay on top of this here on mornings on 2. Back to you. Has there been any talk about the fact this might be suspicious . I mean, a grass fire in january is not your typical situation in the bay area . Reporter you are exactly right. Thats what firefighters are saying. Very dry conditions out there this morning. No official cause on how this fire started. That remains under investigation. The priority is to get the fire under control. But they are examining how this fire started but 80, 90 residents evacuated this morning. Well give you more information when we get it. Yeah, absolutely. Thank you, brian. Well check in for an update soon. 7 07. Theres another measles warning. This time at a costco in gilroy. Tara moriarty is live at a costco on Camino Arroyo where a person shopped. Reporter were also hearing about a walmart where a person shopped and were working on getting the information for you. Someone infected with measles shopped here last sunday and that was between 4 00 and 6 00 p. M. If we take a look at the video now, we can show you the warning signs up. Doctors obviously concerned. The Health Department says that exposure, it was possible on january 18th, again, between 4 00 and 6 00 at night and they want shoppers to be alert for symptoms now through february 8th. Two more weeks. Measles is very common around the world in europe and asia and other parts of the world. So its just reporter disneyland theme parks in anaheim are where most of the 68 cases stemmed from. Bay area doctors says protection has softened with more parents choosing not to get their children immunized. Measle symptoms are usually a runny nose, cough, watery eyes and then a fever worsens and a rash starts on the face and friends. Most people recover quickly but it can lead to pneumonia or even brain damage. If you think you are infected, you are asked to call the Doctors Office first before going in so you dont explosion anybody waiting in the waiting room. Back to you. Thank you. Three people being treated for serious injuries after a backyard deck railing suddenly collapsed in San Francisco. It happened at a Birthday Party on vienna street in the excelsior district. Firefighters say two men and a woman were leaning against the wood railing when it suddenly collapsed, and they fell 20 feet onto a concrete patio. More people falling down. You know, it depend how you fall 20 feet, you can have serious injuries. But in this case, they dont appear to be lifethreatening. Investigators say the railing was rotting. The deck will be examined to see if its up to code. A monster storm on the east coast could affect us in the bay area. Many areas could get up to three feet of snow starting today. Coming up in 15 minutes, well give a live report from Reagan International airport. Threats against three flights caused scary moments for passengers and is being investigated by the fbi. Two flames involved were a jetblue from long beach and a delta regional skywest jet from phoenix. They had to be evacuated in seattle. A flight from los angeles to orlando was diverted to dallas. Investigator says they got what they say were Credible Threats about the flights. The passengers were all taken off the flights. The planes were checked back and put back into operation, specific details about threats or who may have sent them, they havent been released as yet. 7 1. Starting today, a San Rafael Park will be off limits for the public. Boyd Memorial Park will be closed because of health and security issues. City leaders say the park has been the target of vandals and have been finding Drug Paraphernalia there. The city plan to the work out new enforcement strategies to keep the park safe for everyone. A big deal. 7 11. A south bay intersection, shut down. It will stay that day for most of the year. Coming up in 20 minutes, what b. A. R. T. Has to do with that task obstacle. But next, an update on where things stand as the japanese government grapples with an unpredictable hostage crisis. Were looking at a commute thats pretty busy in many areas all over the place. We have the normal slowdowns, 237 slowingdown westbound as you head to sunnyvale. Not often we say clouds coming up from Southern California might give us our only rain in january. Well have that, talk about it and also the wind and the gusts at pacifica with the fire. For over 60,000 california foster children nights can feel long and lonely. To help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for foster children, big and small. Bring your gift to any sleep train and help make a Foster Childs night a little cozier. At subway, a great meal starts with a great sandwich on the new simple 6 menu. With six of our best sixinch subs, like the tender turkey breast plus any bag of chips and a 21ounce drink for just 6 every day. Japan is working with jordan trying to save the life of a japanese hostage still held by the Islamic State terror group. Last week isis released a video showing two japanese hostages a and demanding a 200 million ransom. Japan refused to pay and apparently isis killed one of the hostages over the weekend. Now isis is demanding a Prisoner Exchange to spare the life of the remaining hostage, 47yearold journalist. Isis is demanding the release of a woman currently jailed in jordan arrested nine years ago with an explosive vest that did not go off. Shes facing the Death Penalty for her involvement in several bombings in 2005 that killed dozens of people in hotels in jordan. The website for Malaysia Airlines was hacked by a group claiming to support isis. Users who logged onto the site saw these images, the plane with the text, 404, plane not found. The browser tab red, isis will prevail. There is an image with a lizard with a pipe along with the text, hacked by lizards squad. The domain system, they say, was compromised but insists the internal servers, which contain passenger information, are secure. The Airlines Website seems to be back to normal now. Reverend Jesse Jackson was here in the bay area speaking at a church in richmond that plays a strong role in ending gun violence. Some of us who talk about back in the civil rights day. When did it end . He spoke at bethlehem missionary baptist church. He talked about the street protests about police use of force. Reverend jackson said the police are not the root of the problem and blames poverty and a lack of opportunities. Police should not shoot people. People should not shoot police. We can resolve these issues because we need each other. He will be visiting the peninsula and Silicon Valley later today. Hes pushing for more Job Opportunities for women and minorities in technology companies. The federal government says it has stopped openly sharing personal information from the obamacare website with private companies. Last week, the Obama Administration came under fire after it was shown that healthcare. Gov was giving out personal information, such as zip doedz, pregnancy status and whether they were smokers. The department now says it will no longer give out users informs but it says theres information but it says theres no way of knowing what information is shared once its stored in the governments computers. Earlier this told but a 36 yearold girl named danielle. She said when she began the process, he she added her phone number but later decided she was not interested. Soon after, she received dozens of Health Insurance sales calls from all over the country. Covered california spokeswoman confirms the agency did share some data from thousands of comurs to never finished computers who never finished signup. Its been a busy morning for sal. I know you are following whats happening in pacifica with the fire, but you are looking at everything else, too. Thats right. Pacifica place are getting help from other agencies. Highway 1 is open through pacifica. You cant see the smoke very much from where they are. But you can smell it. So one of the things that i do want to let you know is that were covering this and were going to have more. Well come back with more information on the fire. Well have traffic and weather. The time is 7 18. Well be right back. For over 60,000 california foster children nights can feel long and lonely. I miss my sister. I miss my old school. I miss my room. I dont want special treatment. I just wanna feel normal. To help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for foster children, big and small. 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Were watching flights land but according to flightaware, this is the fifth worse airport in terms of cancellations and delays. Operations are normal. The problem is other airport, especially toward the northeast, are already getting very backed up. For some part of the northeast, this will be snow on top of snow. Many stores, theres been runs on essentials, although some may be stretching the depp initial. Im shopping before the storm. Reporter what are you getting . Chocolate. Its an essential. Chips and popcorn and half and half for coffee. Reporter but the signs are all there, be prepared. Salt trucks, snowplows ready to go and a warning from bill deblasio. I want everybody to understand that were facing most likely one of the largest snowstorms in the history of this city. Reporter this is a storm that could span some 250 miles. Across the most heavily traveled part of the country. Im from california. It scares the begee zus out of me. Reporter many airplanes are preemptivety canceling flights. For all of this, there are still the naysayers who claim theyve heard it before. Are you prepared for the blizzards . No. I dont believe you guys. Its gonna bypass new york. Reporter maybe hes right. Well see. Mayors in the northeast tend to make or break their reputation in terms of how far they respond to snowfalls of how they respond to snowfalls. Thank you, doug, and we want to take you out to San Francisco airport. Dozens of flights have been canceled. Oakland and san jose are not reporting cancelations but the situation could change. If you have a flight today, even if you are not heading to the east coast, you urged to check the status before heading to the airport. Many airlines are waiving fees and rebooking people onto other flights. It helped drivers get around but Law Enforcement agencies say a popular gps app could actually put officers lives in danger. Reporter were live in pacifica where a sixalarm fire continues to burn. Coming up, well give you an update and goods news for resident and good news for residents. A couple of things going on. Clouds coming up from Southern California. Could that be our only rain . And well update the winds on the pacifica fire. A vegetation fire in pacifica has forced evacuation of dozens of homes. It started at 4 00 a. M. Its not far from the high school. 80, 90 people evacuated. Brian flores is at the scene. Its a little lighter, easier to see. Whats the situation there now . Reporter were getting a better look at the fire thats been burning before 4 00 a. M. Were high atop the hill closer to fassler avenue. Down below in the canyon area is rockaway ridge boulevard. As you can see, still the fire is continuing to burn here and it remains a sixalarm fire. I just spoke with a fire Public Information who says that fire crews have been able to get the upper hand on this fire and it looks like residents will be able to return home about an hour from now. So thats good news for many of these residents who were not expected to see any type of fire this morning. Want to go to video now if we have it of the fire when we arrived here on scene. It was burning pretty well here in pacifica this morning. Again, in between fassler avenue and rockaway ridge boulevard. 80 to 90 homes were evacuated this morning. Many of those residents were told to go to the Pacifica Community center this morning. Its unclear whether they w