north of jameson canyon road. >> palomino lakes as well as parts of windsor and healdsburg. >> north of jameson canyon road and wei-80. suisun valley road. we have an entire list on our website and the abc 7 news app. >> a lot of people are getting out while they have time to get out. good morning to you. jessica castro on assignment this morning. she's in sonoma county and we'll speak to her in just a moment. >> everyone wondering about wind gusts. are firefighters going to get any help today? >> they got a little help overnight. the wind advisories were above 1,000 feet and continue until 5:00 with the fastest winds during the overnight hours in the east bay hills. mt. diablo had wind gusts ever 50 miles per hour. thankfully no fires over there. the red flag warning continues until 5:00. included in this and not in the wind advisory, the santa cruz mountains. here's a look at what's going on as far as your 12-hour day

planner. it is cool this morning. temperatures running in the mid to upper 40s. we'll be around 70 to for now, temperatures by 7:00, 54 to 61 but the air quality will be unhealthy all afternoon. here's alexis. taking a look at the roads this morning, we don't have any major problems. we are looking at heavy traffic on westbound 80 through the emeryville stretch. now, last night when we had the fires in the vallejo area getting close to 80, caltrans was avoiding trucks to avoid that stretch of 80. they could use 580 through oakland. that is no longer the case, so those restrictions are back on. you'll have to stick to 80 and interstate 880 if you are in a semi here and heading out on the roads this morning. westbound 580 tracy to dublin up to one hour two minutes. we do have a crash just before 680. i'll talk about that necessary. westbound 4 antioch to aun cord

in the yellow at 28. and 101 san rafael to san francisco looking great at 18 minutes. firefighters continue to battle nearly a dozen wildfires in the north bay. >> the biggest is the atlas fire that has grown to more than 42,000 acres. just 3% contained. >> the tubbs fire in santa rosa has charred more than 27,000 acres. 10% containment there. >> mendocino county, the redwood potter fires have scorched 30,000 acres. at least 23 people have been killed in the fires. >> and right now there are new concerns just outside of american an canyon. >> the atlas fire is flaring up and matt keller along highway 221 for us. matt. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. yeah, we're just right outside of napa and ash continues to fall from the sky. we've got a glow here in the hills just east of us. you can see that there is smoke coming off that mountain there or that hill there and they have got some flames going on right

now. it looks like those flames are about to crest that ridge. of course we've been watching it all morning long. check out this video we have from an hour ago. you could see significant flames in the skyline wilderness park area. the good news, there aren't any homes in this area but obviously firefighters want to get those flames out. across the highway an advisory evacuation has been issued. about 45 minutes ago a long line of police cars rolled by headed toward the city of napa. i saw several different agencies that can help with road closures, evacuations and patrolling neighborhoods. new evacuation centers are also popping up. one was set up at american canyon high school with cots, blankets, food, water and wi-fi. the race ground is open for rvs. fairfield high school is open as a shelter. eacuation centers are taking donations like clothing and blankets. people are trying to be hopeful, but of course it's difficult when you still have fire burning

out of control like you see in the hills here just east of napa. reporting live, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> matt, just so i'm clear. i know you're near american canyon and we talked about that new shelter in american canyon where people were coming last night. these places are still far enough from the fire that they are safe there, correct? >> reporter: yes, they are. we're significantly far away from -- actually just at about 20 motorcycle officers just rolled by. that's all the noise going on. but we're closer to napa. in fact the addresses all around here would be napa so we're far away from american canyon where that shelter is set up so we're safe in that area. >> great, matt, thank you. in santa rosa, a new alert. the city warning people to be ready for a possible evacuation isn't this advisory covers the area in gold on your screen. now, the red part you see, that

was already under a mandatory evacuation area. jessica castro is live for us at the sonoma county fairgrounds in santa rosa with what she's gathering there. >> reporter: hi, guys, good morning. a couple of new things to report. we have learned there is a fire being reported in windsor at east side road and crews are just getting to the scene right now. very little information from here where we are right now available, but wanted to pass that along. also want to let you know that the tubbs fire is at 10% containment, although overnight we've learned that it did make a move towards lake county. it is sitting on the border of the sonoma and lake counties. here at the fairgrounds is where they will be handling logistics today and deployment of teams for the tubbs, pocket, nuns and adobe fires. there's about a thousand firefighters and other first responders staying here at the fairgrounds ready to deploy. many of them sleeping out here in tents. the winds did cooperate overnight. there were some new advisories issued for santa rosa last

night. those do remain in place. reporting from santa rosa, i'm jessica castro, abc 7 news, back to you. >> just a quick question for you. we know that there are firefighters at the fairgrounds but there are also evacuees. do you have anything in terms of numbers of the people that are there right now? >> reporter: yeah, i was able to get some new information. there's about 498, that was the last count here at the fairgrounds, so that's in addition, it's just off a little ways but that's in addition to all the people you see behind me, the firefighters and first responders, so a lot of activity out here. reporting live, back to you guys. >> jessica, we appreciate it. thank you. real quick i want to show you a feature that we have on our website right now. i know a lot of you are constantly wondering where are the fires burning as we speak. here's a resource that we have. it is under a section that says maps right on our front page of the website. when you scroll through that story about the maps, you're going to see a statewide fire map. and then when you zoom into that statewide fire map, then you'll

see all the areas in the north bay. this is a google map that is compiled. we were just talking about santa rosa, for example, where jessica is right now. so here's santa rosa, here's napa. you can zoom in as close as you like and it shows you the border of each one of these fires. this is updated. this is where really a lot of people have been looking as they are wondering where the next evacuation could possibly be, how close to their homes the fire is now spreading where it is now more contained. that's just a resource on our website. you'll find it on the front page. just click on the area that says maps. >> reggie, thank you. mandatory evacuations are under way right now for the entire city of calistoga. authorities have been going door to door telling people to get out. the concern is that the tubbs fire could blow in that direction. >> still unbelievable. we can't believe this is really happening. we've never been in a situation like this. >> oakland police officers are enforcing road closures in

calistoga. lincoln avenue, the main street, is a virtual ghost town right now and most people have already left. some, though, are refusing to leave. officials in sonoma and napa counties expected to update the public on the fires later this morning. both briefings expected to start at 9:00 a.m. we'll have live coverage on tv, online and on our abc 7 news app. you can download our free app right now so you can get that as you are traveling and doing your business today. you can always sign up for our breaking news alerts so you get a push right to your

check out how much cleaner the air is in santa rosa as the winds are blowing about 30 miles per hour from north to south pushing all that smoke down to the south and that's why it's worse in livermore, oakland and san francisco right now. here's a look at walnut creek. not quite as hazy as yesterday afternoon. very unhealthy air in napa and over towards solano. yellow is unhealthy for all of us, and it's still poor for most of us. when it gets unhealthy like that, that means all of us will be susceptible. unfortunately, here's the forecast thursday through monday. poor air quality all the way through. alexis. >> boy, you just hate to see that, mike. you could see walnut creek was clearly filling in there on our

traffic camera. a little good news in the tri-valley. we'll have one crash, westbound 580 a little closer to hacienda drive but they pushed that off to the right-hand side. stop-and-go traffic approaching that. you're a little over an hour tracy into dublin. it is a spare the air day. we do have a b.a.r.t. delay, 10 minutes, between free maumont a warm springs due to an

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abc 7 viewers have asked for help to locate loved ones. >> ellen and bob pearson's family reached out to us. they have not heard from the couple for two days and their daughter says they're good about keeping in contact. >> here's another couple, brian and udonia family members hope they were able to escape from the tubbs fire. >> if you've seen any of these people go to abc7news.com and we will link you to the hotline. people who have escaped the fire can register themselves safe as well with the american red cross. remember, we were telling

you on monday that sutter and kaiser facilities were in the danger zones and so they had to evacuate patients out there. the sonoma county sheriff's office tweeted that the hospital's contact information is on your screen and that way if you are looking for an evacuated patient, this is where you want to call. for kaiser, it's 855-599-0033. for sutter the number is 797-543-4511. the devastation is so widespread, our new sky map feature was turned on when sky 7 was turned on over santa rosa's coffey park neighborhood yesterday. as you can clearly see the landmarks there and the street names that are affected. >> if you or someone you know lives in this neighborhood, we have posted this video with those street names on it on our abc 7 facebook page if you want to freeze it and look at this more carefully. maggie has been covering the fires. >> she's live on miller drive

with a look at the devastation. maggie, we can see it behind you. just terrible. >> reporter: natasha and reggie, it is terrible, to say the least. street after street, just complete devastation. surrounding me in this community that used to hold 100, 200 homes, now nothing. all of them are gone. the cars have been reduced to just piles of metal. you can really tell how fast and ferocious this fire swept through here. completely wiped out. look at this, this is how hot the flames were. it completely melted the aluminum off of this tire and now the mercury is running down the sidewalk. it's an insane sight to see up close how fast and how hot, even melting the glass out of this car window. an i think what's most staggering is you hear those numbers, more than 171,000 acres, 23 people died, hundreds still missing, 50,000 without power. they are staggering, they are huge. but to see this devastation up

close and realize it is just block after block. these are people's homes, their livelihoods that have been reduced to rubble and ksashes. we've heard people describe it as a war zone. being in the middle of it, that is exactly what it looks like. >> maggie, i know you saw some people come through yesterday who lived in the neighborhood to see if there was anything they could collect from their homes. that area is still as i understand a mandatory evacuation area, right? so how are they getting through? >> reporter: right now some people, if they say that they live here, police are letting them come in but it's on their own choice so they are held accountable for their safety. police do not recommend that you come back and look at your homes right now. some people have gotten through, they come to look at their homes. those we have spoken to are obviously in shock, completely overwhelmed by what they're witnessing. many of them have lived here for decades and never seen anything like this. we should caution everyone, they should listen to authorities. right now this is a touch-and-go

situation. authorities are updating us and the communities, but they do express people to be cautious an make sure if you are evacuated, to listen to them and stay out of that area. >> absolutely. maggie live for us in the coffey neighborhood, thank you so much. a pg&e lineman believes downed power lines and exploding transformers sparked the wildfires in the north bay. >> he told the i-team that he wants to remain anonymous. we reviewed emergency dispatch report go aheings and several c came in about power lines falling in high winds. >> rankin valley electrical investigation, 1047 maverick. hazardous conditions, possible transformer explosion fulton road at old redwood highway. >> please be advisees there are power lines down with the transformer down. all units be advised. >> the lineman also says customers may be to blame because many resist when crews try to cut down vegetation.

>> pg&e sent a statement that reads in part these destructive winds along with millions of trees weakened by years of drought and recent renewed vegetation growth from winter storms all contributed to some trees, branches and debris impacting our electric lines across the north bay. we have posted the entire statement at abc7news.com. meteorologist mike nicco joining us now. >> good morning, guys. let's talk about good news, some not so good news as we ebb and flow through the next seven days. it's much cooler out there except in places like novato and santa rosa, where it's a little warmer because the winds kept the temperatures up. 40 in danville and dublin and pleasanton, 41 in walnut creek and lafayette. mid-50s to upper 50s, pittsburg, antioch and brentwood. the winds on mt. diablo are gusting to 49 miles per hour. 47 in hayward. san jose

pacifica pacifica 49. most of the bay in the low to mid-50s. 280 at 17, some of our cleanest air is over top of you right now. you have moderate amounts of pollution so it's not unhealthy yet. good news, the sun and smoke, it's going to be here but the good news, the fire danger tapers. tonight it will be clear, even cooler and calmer than this morning. and tracking a chance of rain, that's the best news i can bring you. here's a look at today's temperatures, about 68 to 72 around the bay. 72 to 75 inland. 62 to 64 around the bay. tonight look at this, everybody just about in the 40s, even some 30s in the north bay valleys. 5:00 i'm wednesda.m. wednesday green coming down from the north. it promises the potential, a third of an inch of rain across the north bay with the rest of us just seeing sprinkles by thursday morning. temperatures before that are going to get warmer this weekend. the winds are going to relax, the air will be bone dry so the

fire danger is still pretty high but by wednesday it will drop dramatically. checking out the roads, we have several closures still in place for the north bay as you would imagine with all the fires. 101 on and off-ramps to and from hopper, by 17 ticentennial rema closed. northbound 121 was fully closed in the sears point area. it is closed at state route 37 but not the entire way up to sonoma. they are trying to discourage folks from heading north into the sonoma area. state route 12 is closed from watmaugh to 121 as well. westbound 580 tracy to dublin is one hour four minutes but the crash in the dublin area has cloerd to the shoulder. cloerd to the shoulder. southbound 680 dublin t

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area, put in a code and just like that a free place to stay. not just for them but for their animals too. if you own land and want to donate space, you can do that. >> hipcamp does a lot of tents and glamping an things like that. the biggest question some face is what to do with their pets. >> the red cross set up a shelter in santa rosa at the sonoma county fairgrounds. evacuees and their pets are welcome there. >> california veterinary medical reserve corps is also there to help with vaccines and any other needs. people said it was easier to evacuate. >> they were able to give us crates for our animals, they gave us food for our animals, water bowls, toys. >> you've got dogs, cats, a couple of birds and i think we have a turtle. >> demand for the shelter as you might expect is high. they're already setting up cots to open a second building right now for another wave of evacuees who want to stay with their pets. next at 6:30, the new video

showing what cruise are up against. >> if you think the smoky air is bad right now, just wait. it is about to get worse. >> reporter: and i'm jessica castro at the sonoma county fairgrounds. nearly 28,000 acres burning near santa

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against time. more people being forced from their homes. >> cal fire issuing three new evacuation orders overnight. so take a look at this information on your screen. in napa county, advisories were issued for people living east of silverado trail, soscol avenue, highway 221, highway 29 and north of jameson canyon road. we have listed specific cross streets on our website, n abc7news.com. palomino lakes as well as parts of windsor and healdsburg. >> solano county, north of james j jameson canyon road, i-80 and suisun valley road. these are advisories, if you'd like to leave you can. but be prepared to leave if the situation worsens. >> there's a mandatory evacuation order for the entire city of calistoga. parts of geyserville and northeast of the russian river area as well as the northeastern corner of sonoma. >> in santa rosa, so hard hit over the past few days there's a new alert.

the city is warning people to be ready for a possible evacuation. that advisory spans the blue part of your screen to highway 12. the red part is already under a mandatory evacuation. the yellow part of your screen is the advisory area. >> our reporters are on the ground spanned out across the north bay and we'll start with jessica castro live at the sonoma county fairgrounds. good morning, jessica. >> reporter: good morning. we do want to give you an update on the firefight here. i'm joined now live by public information officer paul lowenthal. you had good news overnight. the weather cooperated as well as additional resources. >> the humidity went way up, temperatures are down significantly so that's much better than we experienced the past couple of days with the warm nights, breezy conditions. so that worked in our favor. we'd rather have this rather than hot, dry and windy. we also increased the number of resources. we've had resources come from as far away as nevada, washington

and oregon. we also got word that the anaheim fire, the canyon fire released a significant number of resources and they have all moved up overnight to help us out in this area. >> >> reporter: and that's important because the tubbs fire fire did move a little bit as well. >> the tubbs fire is still the number one priority. it did advance to the north. it moved north of calistoga and up towards lake county. this is our number one priority. we have a lot of work to do and a lot of resources continue to pour in just with the sheer volume of hot spots that need to get wrapped up. >> reporter: paul, thank you. of course we're here at the sonoma docounty fairgrounds whe firefighters and other additional crews are staying. people are starting to wake up and we can see a lot of activity. we'll stay here and give you updates throughout the day. reporting live, i'm jessica castro, abc 7 news. back to you. we're going to turn to weather and traffic. alexis tracking all the closed roads because of the fires and

mike is tracking the dangerous winds and also the air quality, which is just awful this morning. >> yeah. it has been awful all morning. good morning, everybody. here's a look at san rafael. you can see it's a little cleaner here at least looking than it was yesterday because of the northerly winds pushing all that pollution down into other neighborhoods. only the santa clara valley has not unhealthy air. i wouldn't say it's very healthy, it's moderate, but it's not as unhealthy as everybody else. let's take a look at what that means. unhealthy air, everyone begins to experience health effects. members of sensitive groups experience more serious health effects. quick look at your 12-hour day planner. temperatures in the 40s, much cooler this morning. 60 at the coast. 70 to 74 inland. the breezes relax by 4:00. the fire danger relaxes after that. but the spare the air continues all day. more on our chance of rain coming up. alexis. we've got a couple of issues to get to on the roads that are new within the last few minutes.

the south bay northbound 85 just before blossom hill road, multi-car crash blocking at least one lane and backing up quickly. you can see you're slow almost all the way back down to 101. we've just had reports of a new crash in walnut creek. a motorcycle is down near monument. the left lane is blocked so emergency crews are on the way. the next traffic update coming up in less than 10. this fire is different from others because it's affecting so many centers of population, including now areas in and around the city of sonoma. >> amy hollyfield is following the tough decision people face to stay or go. good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning, natasha. yeah, this is a hard stop right here at 7th and castle here in sonoma. police are here keeping people out. they tell us this morning that the evacuation went pretty well. it was wrapped up by about midnight. a lot of people they say had already left. they had to pack up last night and they had to decide what to take from their homes and their

businesses. people had to make quick decisions about what to leave behind and think about the possibility that it could all be gone when they come back. >> we were told that the fire is getting close to the square here. i built 30 years of my business and i'm not letting the fire take it. i'm going to clear everything out as much as we can and then hopefully if the fire doesn't get to the square, we're going to move everything back in. >> reporter: look at the line of cars of people trying to get out when this order was issued. it was issued for portions of eastern sonoma county. our team did meet some people who packed their cars but decided to stay until they feel threatened and then they will leave. police this morning tell me that they can only order people to leave but can't force them. it is their right to stay. they say once you do leave, you won't be allowed back in until the evacuation order is lifted. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you very much. this morning firefighters are battling nine out of control

north bay fires. >> together they have charred more than 105,000 acres. the atlas fire is the largest at more than 42,000 acres. it is just 3% contained. >> the tubbs fire in santa rosa has consumed more than 27,000 acres and is now 10% contained. >> cal fire says more than 29,000 homes, mostly in santa rosa, remain threatened. at least 23 people have been killed in the fires. 13 of the victims died in the tubbs fire. take a look at this, the alameda county fire department posting this video on instagram of the partrick fire. there's a strike team on the front lines of the wildfire, that just 2% contained. >> and this is new video on facebook of cal guard soldiers arriving at the moffett air national guard base. >> take a look at the firefight in kenwood. this is just north of glen ellen in sonoma county, a short distance from santa rosa's oakmont neighborhood.

lots of neighborhoods on scene battling some of the flames there. some homes in nearby glen ellen have already burned. >> we're looking at how widespread the destruction is at the journey's end mobile home park in santa rosa. monday morning we watched live with amy hollyfield and her camera as this was burning down. one woman died in that mobile home park. now her neighbors face the task of rebuilding after flames destroyed just about everything they own. in healdsburg, some residents have packed and left home after being warned they might have to leave at a moment's notice. >> some ambulance dispatchers are staying put and they have been working nonstop transferring patients out of sonoma county. now their dispatch center is in the advisory area. >> we'll wait until we can't, i suppose. it's hard to leave your job when this is supposed to be what you do. >> ambulance drivers took this video as they evacuated patients on sunday night and monday morning. just take a look at how close those flames are. they are continuing to work even while some of them have lost

their homes and all of their belongings. >> most public schools in the fire zones will be closed through at least tomorrow. they include vacaville unified schools, napa valley unified schools. napa valley college, calistoga and st. helena. >> and other districts have cancelled. vallejo city schools are closed for the rest of the week. mt. diablo, martinez and antioch school districts have all closed today. we have a full list of all the closures on abc7news.com and the news app. a half marathon race scheduled for this weekend in san francisco is cancelled because of concerns about air quality. that's according to the chronicle. this is the virgin sports event that was supposed to happen. sky 7 captured the smoky haze over the city last night. we are under a spare the air alert today because of all the smoke. the air quality expected to get even worse into the weekend because the winds will be calmer and the smoke is just going to settle. >> the sonoma county sheriff is set to give a briefing this morning at 9:00 from santa rosa.

napa county officials will also have an update at 9:00 and we will send out a push alert on the abc 7 news app when it starts. we'll have live coverage on the app. you can also find extensive resources like the maps that show you exactly where the fires are burning and up-to-the-minute evacuation information. the app is free to download on your apple or android devices. up in the north bay mountains we still have some gusty conditions up there, about 20 to 30 miles per hour. let's take a look at the map and you can see they're blowing in a southerly direction, whether it's south or southwesterly. they're still up there and they have still gusty. down in the valleys a little bit cooler and calmer this morning, with just 9-mile-per-hour winds at santa rosa. so the winds definitely stayed up with the fires are but down where the rest of us live not too bad. the fastest winds over in the east bay, still winds blowing at 50 miles per hour on top of mt. diablo this morning. 39 sebastopol and petaluma.

that's great to get those fires to lay down. the rest of us in the 40s until you get to napa in the mid-50s. humidity levels not as conducive this morning as they were yesterday morning. we're in the 60 to 80% range. yesterday we were in the 80% to 100% range. because it's going to be so bone dry, we keep that red flag warning going for all neighborhoods, including the santa cruz mountains until about 5:00 this evening. look at that apocalyptic futuristic sunrise developing from the exploratorium camera this morning. that's like something you'd see in a movie. so roads dry and smoky. spare the air today. lighter breezes if you're going to be on the bay. as i was driving into work, every once in a while the circulation stops in my car and it takes like five or ten seconds and i can taste the smoke and have to reach down and push the recirculation button. have that thing on and keep the smoke out of your car. >> i actually had a mask on when

i was driving in it was so bad at my house when i left this morning. so it is just terrible air quality and really no end in sight. we've got spare the air alert in effect until at least sunday and likely see it go longer than that. i want to take you up to the vallejo area. if you were with us last night you probably know that we had 80 restrictions for semis through the vallejo stretch. they did not want any semis going through that area because of those fires were close. so they were letting you take 580 through oakland but that is no longer the case and we're not seeing any delays through the vallejo area on 80 right now. of course we still have a ton of closures too. follow me on twitter and i have a lot of links available for you there. but state route 128 is closed tubbs lane to chalk hill road and then everything north out of the calistoga area is closed as well. mass transit for the north bay, smart train free service on a modified schedule. that's going to be that way through sunday. golden gate transit, piner and industrial terminals are open with limited service today. and sonoma county transit,

service is suspended. they are actually working on evacuation services. so that will not be an option unless you're trying to evacuate today. >> alexis, thank you. our wildfire coverage continues next. insurance claims can be confusing and frustrating after a disaster. what you can expect to be reimbursed for, and you may be surprised. >> it is 6:42. we're going to show you this live picture just before we go to break. this is from our camera where matt keller is just outside the city of napa. you can see the flames continue you can see the flames continue to burn on a ridge ther

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we're back at 6:45. calistoga residents under a mandatory evacuation order as firefighters battle the tubbs fire. nine north bay fires have burned more than 105,000 acres. yesterday governor brown declared a state of emergency for napa, sonoma and yuba counties. at least 23 people have been killed in the fires. >> the atlas fire is the largest in the north bay and that is burning in napa and solano counties. >> this morning abc 7 news reporter matt keller giving us a closer look at that scene. he is just outside of the city of napa. matt. >> reporter: good morning, reggie and natasha. my director just went in my ear and asked me how the smoky conditions were out here. actually it's a little bit surprising this morning. for the last couple of days it's been really bad at this time but right now i feel like we're in

an island. we've got smoky conditions around us. when i look up, i actually see blue skies, which i haven't been able to see the last couple of days. when you see the smoke here in these hills just outside of napa, you can see the blue skies behind it, but obviously that is going to change with all of this smoke going up into the air. this fire has been burning here this morning and we've been seeing flames earlier this morning, but now all you can see is that smoke but you can know there are a lot of flames behind there. the good news, though, this is not burning in an area with homes, this is in the skyline wilderness park area. obviously firefighters want to get these flames out. earlier this morning a long line of police cars rolled by here headed toward the city of napa. about a half hour later, more than a dozen motorcycle officers came through and we've been seeing fire trucks coming into town all morning long. a lot of help being sent here from all over. new evacuation centers are also popping up. one was set up at american canyon high school with cots, blankets, food, water and wi-fi.

the sonoma raceway campgrounds is open for rvs. fairfield high school is also open as a shelter. evacuation centers are taking donations like clothing and blankets. firefighters will be keeping an eye on these flames here in the hills. of course they want to get these flames out, but we'll be dealing with the smoke all day long, all week long and, yeah, firefighters are coming in to town to lend more hands up there to fight this blaze of the reporting live in napa, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> we appreciate the update. thank you. now we'll turn to sonoma county and a spokesman who's been helping us out with new information throughout the morning. scott alonzo is on the phone with us. scott, you're telling us several thousand people are in the shelters this morning. what is it that you are looking forward to today? what's the kind of point of concern that you are looking at? >> good morning. yeah, we're still fighting six different fires throughout the county and those are our top priority. we have to ensure that lives are being protected and property as well because these fires are not

only threatening lives, they're also threatening numerous structures and businesses and roads. so we are urging people that if they have been given a mandatory evac notice to depart immediately. we have 24 shelters in the county, including four shelters with enhanced services. i just want to quickly read off which four shelters that is. that's the sonoma marin fairgrounds in petaluma, the sonoma county fairgrounds in santa rosa, lc allen high school in santa rosa and the santa rosa veterans building. these centers are being prioritized for resources and have blankets, towels, sheets, mental health services, so we want folks to try to go to one of those four enhanced shelters. >> i can only imagine, scott, that a lot of these folks who are in shelters or are staying with family and friends, they're getting pretty antsy to know what exactly happened to their property. is there any indication of when they might be allowed to go in or escorted in to see their

homes? >> we don't have an exact time frame yet. we do know it's not safe right now. we are working with state fire safe. but when the evacuation orders are in effect, those areas are no-go zones. you cannot enter those areas. so please do not attempt to drive home if you've been given that evacuation notice because these areas are dangerous. we want you to be safe. >> scott alonzo. he also shared with us a credit union, redwood credit union which is a site where you are donate money. natasha and i have both tweeted that and put it on our facebook pages. >> 100% of those donations will be going to help the north bay fire victims. now to your morning money report. if you are forced to evacuate, you could now be facing big bills while you wait to go home. >> things like hotel rooms and food can be covered by your insurance if your property suffers damage, you may have to pay for temporary housing, storage costs and transportation. here's what a state farm agent says that you should do to make sure that you get that reimbursement. >> we encourage everyone to hold

on to any receipts related to them being displaced from their home. so the hotel receipt, buying extra clothing because they didn't have enough time to pack, buying food for the dogs or a kennel for the dog because the hotel they're staying at doesn't allow dogs. >> that's good information to know. and in just three days state farm has received 1,400 homeowner claims, 850 auto claims connected to fire damaged vehicles and those numbers are expected to skyrocket once people are allowed back into their homes to fully assess the damage. >> all professional bay area sports teams, warriors, a's, raiders, giants, niners, quakes and sharks have joined together to help raise money for the fire victims. they have committed to $450,000 and they want all of us as fans to chip in. they have set up a you caring pa page. all that money goes to the red cross. >> you can just text red cross, one word, to 90999 and it will send $10 to the american red cross. if you want to volunteer, they do need volunteers. this is the number to call.

707-577-7600. >> the air quality right now, you can see it behind us with the orange glow. >> it's terrible. >> i know that it looks pretty but it doesn't smell that way. it's not good for us. we are having worse air quality in san francisco and in oakland than we are, mike, up in santa rosa right now. >> yeah, those northerly winds did vent some of the north bay as we expected and pushed it down to the south. low visibility petaluma and livermore right now followed by napa and half moon bay. this is the way it looks. smoke makes a colorful sunrise but i'd rather do without it. fire danger tapers today but so do the breezes. i'm tracking a chance of rain. let me say that again, i'm tracking a chance of rain. 62 to 64 along the coast of san francisco, 61 to 71 around the bay and 72 to 75 inland. temperatures in the 40s tonight in most neighborhoods, even some 30s in the north bay valleys.

5:00 wednesday evening you can see moderate rain up around brookings, but that falls apart, brings us some light to moderate rain to the north bay during the overnight hours. we wake up thursday morning to some sprinkles and then clearing conditions. right now possibly a third of an inch of rain in the north bay wednesday. what it will do for all of us is induce a cooling, cleaner and more humid air mass by wednesday. alexis. >> all right, looking forward tomt, mike. we do have quite a few issues to get to on the roads. the bay bridge sounds like a motorcycle possibly rear-ended a big rig westbound 80 just past treasure island. that is stacking up quickly. we know we have at least one right lane blocked, possibly more as emergency crews arrive on the scene. yeah, it looks pretty like mike said but that is not the sunrise we really want to see. a lot of smoke filling in here at the bay bridge toll plaza and you can believe that backup will merge with those delays heading towards treasure island. and we have a crash on southbound 680, not here at our walnut creek camera, actually just north at monument. i'll talk more about that next.

>> thank you, alexis. there is good progress to report against the sulphur fire in the clear lake oaks area of lake county, off highway 20. now 45% contained. the sulphur fire has burned 2,500 acres. they are mopping up hot shots and burned out. resources there will be sent to another fire. looking outside at 6:53 with abc 7 keeping

6:54. whether you're just joining us or heading out the door, here are the seven things you need to know before you go. number one, thousands of homes are threatened as firefighters battle the north bay fires for a fifth day now. this is video of the atlas fire. you can see it flaring up earlier this morning in napa. more than 105,000 acres have been charred by nine fires. at least 23 people have been killed. number two, calistoga under a mandatory evacuation because of the tubbs fire. last night police officers and firefighters went door to door urging people, 5,000 of them, to get out of their homes. number three, the northeastern edge of sonoma under mandatory evacuation orders this morning. abc 7 news was there last night. you can see emergency vehicles iving around securing that area. number four, a new mandatory evacuation in effect for mendocino county because of the redwood fire. all of potter valley is now evacuated as well as the roads going to potter valley road. number five, we are under a spare the air alert today.

all of the smoke in the air just making it terrible for us to breathe. the air quality expected to get even worse into the weekend. air quality won't start clearing up until possible tuesday, wednesday of next week. here's a look at your 12-hour day planner. we're in the 50s at 9:00. we'll stay there at the coast. low to mid-70s elsewhere with the fire danger tapering after 5:00. and number seven, one of many issues, southbound 680 in walnut creek, there's a crash involving a motorcycle that's down right now and that is blocking the two right lanes and that is backing things up into concord. >> i want to remind you that we do have that free abc 7 news app and we will be issuing push alerts there any time there's breaking news about evacuations. of course it's where we'll be sharing with you any news conferences by our counties affected by the fires. >> we have one coming up at 9:00 a.m. with new information. also we are updating fire maps. you can see exactly where is evacuated and what is burning right now. >> just click on the map section right on the front page of our website, abc7news.com. we'll see you in about 25

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