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Evacuation Orders Downgraded to Warnings as Crews Mop Up Estrada Fire Near Watsonville – CBS San Francisco

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WATSONVILLE (CBS SF) — A wildland fire burning near Watsonville that forced evacuations after being sparked by a prescribed burn Friday afternoon was 10% contained by Saturday morning, according to Cal Fire.

Firefighters made “significant progress” overnight against the Estrada Fire in south Santa Cruz County, a Cal Fire spokeswoman said Saturday. Officials later updated the size of the fire to 83 acres.

“The fire did not grow last night,” said Angela Bernheisel. “We expect a lot more containment today and we hope to be able to lift the evacuation orders tonight. Conditions calmed down significantly overnight.”

A Cal Fire prescribed burn in the area Friday afternoon jumped its containment lines near Corralitos Friday. In response, firefighting crews from Cal Fire and Santa Cruz County local fire departments attacked the blaze and surrounded the it with retardant Friday night.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office issued evacuation orders and warnings and an evacuation center opened at Corralitos Community Church. That evacuation center closed at 10 p.m. because of light usage, according to Santa Cruz County officials.

The evacuation orders were downgraded to warnings around noon on Saturday.

A 20-acre prescribed burn at Estrada Ranch was scheduled for 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Friday. It was intended to reduce dry fuel and prevent a wildland fire. Cal Fire warned residents on social media to expect to see smoke from the controlled burn.

It’s not yet known what happened to cause the flames to jump the line around 2:40 p.m.

Noe Torres, a Watsonville resident, said that, when he saw wildlife trying to escape the fire, he knew he had to prepare for the worst.

“I saw a bunch of wild turkeys coming down, that was scary,” Torres said.

Torres said he then turned on his sprinklers to protect his property.

Kim Miles said she’s preparing just in case the wind shifts.

“Absolutely,” she said. “Grab some personal things that can’t be replaced, pictures and whatnot, have my car ready if we need to go.”

When asked if she would be able to sleep tonight, she responded, “Very lightly.”

 

At least 30 engines responded to the blaze Friday afternoon as it flashed across hilly terrain covered in oak and grass.

At least seven Cal Fire air tankers attacked the fire but were grounded after nightfall.



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Thairo Estrada hits 2 homers in Giants win vs. Rockies

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DENVER — The Giants boast one of the most prolific power-hitting offenses in the Majors, so it wasn’t a surprise to see them continue their historic home run pace on a balmy Monday afternoon at Coors Field.

Darin Ruf and Buster Posey set the tone with first-inning shots against Colorado lefty Kyle Freeland, and Estrada and Mauricio Dubón added three hits apiece to help the Giants improve to a Major League-best 88-50 and maintain a one-game lead for first place in the National League West over the rival Dodgers.

The offensive output was even more impressive considering the Giants didn’t land in Denver until the wee hours of Monday following an intense matchup with the Dodgers on Sunday Night Baseball.

“This group came ready to play today,” manager Gabe Kapler said. “Obviously, late flight last night, get in at 1:30 in the morning. The whole crew has a very, very quick turnaround, and there’s some tired eyes this morning. These guys got ramped up well. They got prepared and ready to hit, obviously, from the first pitch of the game.”

San Francisco now leads the NL with 206 home runs this season and ranks second in the Majors behind only the Blue Jays (210). The 2021 Giants have already hit the fourth-most homers in franchise history with 24 games left to play, putting them on pace to surpass the record 235 they hit in 2001.

Unlike the 2001 club, which received 73 homers from legendary slugger Barry Bonds alone, the present-day Giants have benefited from a remarkably even distribution of power. No current hitter on the roster has more than 30 home runs, but 10 have reached double-digits, including Brandon Belt and Mike Yastrzemski, who are tied for the team lead with 21 homers. (That’s not counting Kris Bryant, who has hit 24 homers between the Cubs and Giants this season.)

Monday marked the 13th game in which the Giants have hit at least four homers this year, matching the single-season franchise record set by the 1954 club, but they received an equally important performance from right-hander Kevin Gausman, who gave up three runs over seven innings to help spell San Francisco’s taxed bullpen.

Gausman leaned heavily on his four-seam fastball — 70 of his 98 pitches were heaters — en route to delivering only his third quality start since the All-Star break. The outing was particularly meaningful for Gausman, who grew up 30 minutes away from Coors Field in Aurora and got to pitch in front of fans in his hometown for the first time in his professional career on Monday.

Gausman estimated that he had at least 30 family and friends in attendance to watch him take on Freeland, a fellow Colorado native.

“It’s weird,” Gausman said. “This is I think my fourth start here, and this is really the first time they’ve been able to come and see me. It was nice to know that they were there. They don’t get to see me play very often, so it was pretty cool.”

Despite the quick turnaround, the Giants wasted little time flexing their power against Freeland, as Ruf opened the game with his 15th home run of the year, a 375-foot shot to left field. It was the first career leadoff home run for Ruf, who has been filling in at the leadoff spot against lefties while Austin Slater recovers from a concussion. Two batters later, Posey crushed a 403-foot blast out to right-center field for his 17th homer of the season, staking the Giants a quick 2-0 lead.

“To be honest, I was kind of expecting everyone to be a little sluggish,” Gausman said. “We expended a lot of energy that last series, too, just mentally being locked in every single pitch. Really from the get-go, they were locked in. Quality ABs from the get-go, really making Freeland work. It was definitely nice to see.”

The Rockies got one run back on Ryan McMahon’s leadoff homer off Gausman in the second, but Freeland surrendered a third solo shot to Estrada to start the fourth. Gausman helped his own cause with an RBI slash-bunt single that made it 4-1, and the Giants later chased Freeland from the game with a four-run fifth that was highlighted by Estrada’s second home run of the afternoon — a two-run shot down the left-field line — and Ruf’s two-run triple.

After securing his first career multi-homer game, Estrada now has six homers over 42 games with the Giants, who acquired the versatile 25-year-old from the Yankees in exchange for cash considerations in April.

“I always try to compete and take good swings,” Estrada said in Spanish. “I just try to make good contact and hope the ball goes out.”

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Results and highlights: Estrada wins split decision over Chocolatito

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Juan Francisco Estrada waited for over eight years to get his rematch with Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, and in the end was able to edge a controversial split decision victory for a measure of revenge, unifying the WBC and WBA titles at 115 pounds.

Estrada (42-3, 28 KO) won on scores of 115-113 and 117-111 in his favor, the latter a source of real debate as many will see it as too wide, with the third card going to Gonzalez (50-3, 41 KO), 115-113.

Bad Left Hook had the fight 115-113 and 116-112 on separate cards, both for “Chocolatito.”

Beyond any debate, this was simply a magnificent fight, and I think boxing fans would absolutely welcome a third fight between the two stars, who are two of the most wonderfully skilled fighters in the sport. It was non-stop action from the opening bell of the first round through the final bell of the 12th round, and everyone should take their hats off to these two outstanding fighters.

If you missed the fight, please do yourself the favor and watch it as soon as possible.

“I think I did enough to win. ‘Chocolatito’ is a great fighter and I think he deserves the trilogy,” Estrada said through an interpreter. “I knew it was a close fight, I didn’t know if I was up or down, but I knew I needed to close out the fight in those last two rounds.”

The plan is for Estrada to face Srisaket Sor Rungvisai — who won a much less impressive fight on Friday — for a third time, but he seems to think there may be more demand to see Estrada-Chocolatito III — and he may be right. Still, Rungvisai is the mandatory for Estrada, so if Estrada wants to keep the WBC half of his unified championship, that has to come next, unless Rungvisai were to surprise everyone and step aside.

“Whatever happened had to happen, but I gave it a good fight. I would have been happy either way with the result. I did my work,” Gonzalez said through an interpreter. “It was a better fight than the first one. I felt I won. In the last round, I gave it all, it was a great round. I’m happy because I’m going back home to see my family.”

Gonzalez, of course, does want a third fight. “I won both of them. Whatever Estrada wants, we’ll do it. I’m very happy with my performance and having the crowd enjoy the fight.”

CompuBox saw Estrada landing 314 of 1,212 (26%) total punches, compared to 391 of 1,317 (30%) for Gonzalez. It was simply an incredible output from both fighters. Gonzalez out-landed Estrada in power punches, 352-297, but Estrada held a solid edge in body shots, 89-31.

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