Saying. Reporter larry and ama, the mayor was not shocked by the numbers. She tells us that their goal is to have a total of 700 beds by the end of this year. There are more than 4,000 homeless in the city. A waiting list to be on a waiting list. Item number 115. Reporter frankie lee ban ser one of more than 4,000 homeless living in oakland and says shes been waiting for housing for months. Oakland is answering this crisis with a sense of urgency innovation. Data collected by oakland and Alameda County officials confirmed the Homeless Population per capita surpasses anywhere in the bay area. Oaklands Homeless Population rose 47 between 2017 and 2019. We have the triple whammy of income inequality, an inadequate supply of housing, insufficient protections against displacement and a Mental Health system that is not working. Reporte lmoaknd opened its first safe rv parking site and announced two more under development. It has four sites they call cabin communities offering sheds in backya
And killed in cold blood it is but first the breaking news out of napa where a fast moving brush fire has really exploded in size. Good evening, everybody. That wildfire near Lake Berryessa has bushed more than 2,000 acres and is spreading rapidly. Campers at a camp ground in napa county have been evacuated and people in the mixed canyon area have been told to leave. Dozens Fire Fighters were on the ground battling flames. In addition to the crews fighting on the ground, theres a dc10 as well as several helicopters and air tankers trying to get the fire out from the air. The fire began around lake bearsias at 2 30 initially reported that it began from a car fire but now the cause sunday investigation. According to the chp highway 128 is still closed right now between rag canyon and monticello dam. Joining us by phone is paul loenthal with the lower district management team. First can, we get a handle on the exact size of the fire. Early in the day 300 acres and then 1,000 and 2000. Whe
Burning southeast of the lake and west of the town of winters in both napa and yolo counties. Cal fire says 380 firefighters are working on it right now. Julie watts reports. Reporter good morning. Yeah, the evacuation area for this fire is growing. Currently hundreds of homes are threatened by these flames. You can see the road is closed behind us leading up to these areas. Firefighters facing unpredictable winds, difficult terrain and because of the drought, its also bone dry. Now, billowing smoke and crackling flames created an orange and black backdrop for tankers fighting the massive fire yesterday. Hundreds of firefighters continue to battle the rural fire. Helicopters scooped up water each bucket holding 324 gallons. Emergency responders fear the fire would move quickly, and it did, ballooning to thousands o acres in just a matter of hours. Super dry vegetation, four years of drought. The winds keep changing direction. All of a sudden its windy and we dont have very much contain
Model for young officers to Senior Officers creek he was that guy he was technically aware and experienced. He was smart. He was skeptical. He truly represent what we do every day in this line of work this is a dangerous job and a sergeant knew that it was a dangerous job he brought resources to work everyday and mentored everyone every single day in the organization. Reporter this is video of the pickup truck that was pulled over. We also received word in the last hour that the suspect, has been arrested. Mark a strut and the chief talked with in the last hour about having game tied to an association with the gate and the oakland area certainly more to come. And once we receive more details will bring them to you. There is a visual at 8 00 at city hall. J. R. Stone kron 4 news. Grant the trucks registration was an expired. Grant a recording of the Police Dispatch radio reveals what happened next. Shot fired. Shots fired. He is still going partner down. Partner down. Whos down . Grant
Caused by years of drought. One of the gutters is broken. But we were pretty lucky. Power lines were no match for the winds and there were scattered Power Outages through the area. Firefighters said it made for a dangerous situation on the streets. The bottom line, power is out in lots of places in the city right now. We have downed poles everywhere. When you approach an intersection that has no power, treat it like a fourway stop. Reporter the power is still out in this area. In fact, there are no street lights or stoplights in this area, so traffic is moving slowly through the area as well. You can see that pg e crews have a lot of cleaning up to do. There is a lot of debris that they have to clean up before they can even start restoring the power. Its going to be several hours if not a day or two before this situation is cleaned up. Reporting live in san jose, kpix5. Live look at Oakland International airport. The Stormy Weather being blamed for hundreds of canceled flights across c