California firefighters aided by aircraft battled a wind-driven wildfire burning Sunday in an area straddling the San Francisco Bay Area and central California, authorities said.

The Corral Fire began burning Saturday near the city of Tracy, 60 miles (96 kilometers) east of San Francisco, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the city of Livermore, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.

Dark plumes of smoke traveled high into the sky over the fire area comprised mostly of grassy hills, where strong winds continued overnight.

Early Sunday, Cal Fire updated the size of the fire to 17.2 square miles with 13% contained, which increased from an earlier report of 13.7 square miles.

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Interstate 580, which connects the San Francisco Bay Area to San Joaquin County in central California, was closed in both directions from Corral Hollow Road to Interstate 5 due to the lack of visibility from the smoke, the California Department of Transportation said in a statement.

The San Joaquin County Office of Emergency Services issued an evacuation order, pinpointing the wildfire in an area east of Interstate 580. Residents between Corral Hollow Road and Tracy Boulevard were ordered to leave their homes, with residents south of Tracy Boulevard told to be prepared for evacuation.

An evacuation update included areas west of the California Aqueduct south of Corral Hollow Creek, west to Alameda County and south to Stanislaus County. A temporary evacuation point was established at Larch Clover Community Center in Tracy, the county emergency services office said on its website.

The wildfire was near the Lawrence Livermore laboratory’s Site 300 southwest of Tracy, Cal Fire said in a social media post late Saturday.

Lawrence Livermore is a research and development institution primarily focusing on the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. Site 300, 15 miles (24 kilometers) east of the laboratory’s main installation, supports “development of explosive materials as well as hydrodynamic testing and diagnostics,” according to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory website.

“Here, our researchers can safely formulate, fabricate, and test high-explosive assemblies to assess the performance of nonnuclear weapon prototypes and components,” the website says of Site 300.

The wildfire presented no threats to any laboratory facilities or operations and the fire had moved away from the site, Lawrence Livermore spokesperson Paul Rhien said in a statement to The Associated Press early Sunday.

“We have been working in close partnership with Cal Fire, Alameda County Fire Dept, and other emergency services partners throughout the evening,” Rhien said. “As a precaution, we have activated our emergency operations center to monitor the situation through the weekend.”

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — There’s a new community resource center coming to San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood.

The youth violence prevention group United Playaz broke ground on the project on Thursday.

It’s happening near Howard and Russ Streets in San Francisco.

“It’s going to be a resource community center built for literacy and re-entry services and everything else in-between that the community needs,” said Rudy Corpuz Jr., Executive Director of United Playaz said.

Just two doors down from its first location on Howard Street, United Playaz is expanding to a second location.

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“When you look at the statistics, people who can’t read by the third grade most likely end up in prison. And so, we want to teach kids, not only how to read, but to understand what they’re reading,” Corpuz said.

Several members of the organization have spent serious time in the criminal justice system.

The goal is to make sure kids in the next generation don’t follow in their footsteps.

“I was arrested in my development as a young man, because I gravitated toward that street and that’s what this building is about, so these young people could gravitate towards this positivity that the city got to offer,” Patrick, a United Playaz team member said.

The City of San Francisco says this $20 million expansion was made possible because of a total of $15.4 million in federal, state and city support.

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Of that, $9.4 million came from the city.

“The fact that they are here today and doing this work, and want to do this work and want to help change and save lives, is extraordinary,” Mayor London Breed said. “You don’t get this kind of combination of support anywhere else, I think, in this city.”

Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi was also there to present a $4 million check from U.S. Congress.

“This building, will be to dispel fear and isolation and restore it with hope and community, peace, peace for people,” Pelosi said. “This building will be a manifestation of the respect that we have for the dignity and worth of every person, that it is our responsibility to help meet their needs and to understand the resource that they are to the community.”

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And they’ve got the support of the Golden State Warriors, who share the same district.

Organizers say the team has agreed to help put in the roof when the time comes.

“This is an effort around everybody. It takes the hood to save the hood,” Corpuz said.

The center is projected to open by February of next year.

The San Francisco Giants front office has improved over the past few years.

While the team hasn’t played as well as many fans have hoped for, this past offseason was a positive indication of what’s to come for the future of the organization.

If they can continue to spend money the way they have and land high-end free agents, the Giants will eventually find the success they’re looking for.

This season saw them start slower than they had hoped, but May was a much better month for San Francisco. With players hopefully getting healthy soon, too, this could be the floor for how good the team could truly be.

Outside of landing free agents, keeping their own talent is just as important.

Camilo Doval, who made a name for himself as one of the better closers in baseball over the past few seasons, is the perfect example of that.

According to Susan Slusser of The San Francisco Chronicle, the Giants offered Doval a contract in the $50 million range last year.

“The Giants demonstrated they want to make it a long-term arrangement with Doval, offering him a multiyear deal in the $50 million range last year, the Chronicle learned. The sides were unable to come to an agreement, perhaps because another closer, Edwin Díaz, had received a $102 million deal from the Mets not long before.”

Making a long-term commitment to the flame-throwing right-hander would be a wise decision.

Over his four-year big league career, the 26-year-old has posted a 2.77 ERA and 1.19 WHIP. He had 27 saves in 2022 and 39 in 2023.

Having a lockdown closer to win games is as important as any other position on the roster.

Doval, who owns a 2.78 ERA this season in 22 2/3 innings pitched, is just that.

He’s struggled with command issues at times, including this year, as he’s walked 15 hitters. However, his 29 strikeouts are also impressive.

Doval doesn’t hit free agency until 2028 but he could be an excellent candidate to get paid early.