fires in sonoma county is now at 44,000 acres and the tubs fire has burned 34,000 acres. >> in mendocino county, the redwood fires have burned 35,000 acres. the pocket fire in sonoma county has burned nearly 10,000 acres. and that sulfur fire in lake county is now up to 2500 acres. >> the fight against the flames is still very much active today. you can see the flames today at the tubbs fire in the sonoma/napa county area where. because of that fire, the city of calistoga remains under a mandatory evacuation order. >> laura anthony is joining us live now with more. laura. >> this fire has spread in some places here on mt. st. heleny, but take a look to my left.

this is where the firefighters have drawn the line, if you will, with this dozer line. they have made tremendous progress on this fire today. now, 25% contained. still, there is some concern about winds picking up this evening. firefighters high above calistoga on mt. st. helena continue to battle back any flames that dare stlthreaten to across highway 29, the demarcation lines have established to knock down the tubbs fire. >> right now, the fire is backing into highway 29. we want to keep it on the north side of highway 29. we're making sure in the switchbacks we keep the heat out because a slight chance in the wind will blow the fire back over the road. >> in the meantime, helicopters hovered overhead, making water drops on the ridge to the west of the highway near the summit. and near robert lewis stevenson state park. all of the efforts above have not been lost on the residents below in downtown calistoga.

like this family, which left a message and snacks in front of their evacuated home. >> there isn't any flames that we can see. >> some residents have decided to stay behind, and though they're feeling more at ease now, they're still well aware this fire above them is still far from out. >> i think the other night when the wind was supposed to come up, we took shifts sleeping just in case. we have enough neighbors and everybody's looking out for everybody. >> now, these guys don't just cut these lines and leave. you can see they're leaving a hose line. they're also standing by with this rig. cal fire rig, we're told, from pasadena. the guys on it are from up by red bluff, a small sample of the crews that have come here to try to help here in northern california. in fact, larry and kristen, most of the people, the firefighters we have seen up here today, have been from southern california. places like orange county, glendale, lots of help coming in to the area to try to make some progress on these fires.

live on mt. st. helena, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> much needed help. thank you. now to the nun's fire. flames are getting dangerously close to homes just west ofuateville in napa county. the fire is slowly moving down mt. beater to dry creek road, threatens hundreds more homes. >> leslie brinkley live along dry creek road. leslie. >> reporter: hi, good afternoon. a few hours ago in this very spot, it was fairly clear back here. now, it isb secured by smoke. you can't see the hills behind me. we drove about three fourths of the way up the hill toward oakville grade here along dry creek road, west of yountville. just south of there, we were told the fire has come down to dry creek road for a one-mile stretch. evacuees stopped by this checkpoint. they can't go beyond it. they're asking for updates. this dry creek road resident drove up panicked, worried about her husband who chose to stay at

his home. one of seven located up a long steep one-way driveway to the ridgestop. >> he said they're actually fighting the fire now. >> like the fire is -- >> at the house, yeah. >> and you're worried. >> very worried. >> the ominous smoke, the smoldering slow-moving fire crept up on homes here. the dry brush is fueling the low line of crackling flames. no trees appear to be on fire, at least not yet. these u.s. forest service crews tapped into backyard pools to hose down a defensive line behind the homes. dry creek road is the line in the sand. if flames cross the road, hundreds of homes are in jeopardy as is all of napa valley. to the east of dry creek road, they have already fortified with a long line of bulldozers and fire retardant. they've got to stop the fire here. >> well, i have an old saying. so far so good. and i'm feeling helpless but

thank god there's good support. >> perry was relieved to see photos we shot of his house up the road. it's still okay. he got out his porsche and his dog, wally, but standing here with neighbors is agonizing. >> it's waiting. you know, i keep my phone or ipad next to the bed, and at 4:00, if i hear a beep, i'm right on it because there's few tough guys still in there, and they must have power, so they're posting. >> well, we're looking and have been watching this flag behind there. we can tell from our vantage point, it seems the wind is shifting. it's very, very light winds right now, but it's not really coming from any particular direction. it's allowing the smoke to build up down here. we spoke to one woman who told us a few days ago, her son lost his house over at atlas peak. her house is down dry creek road

here. she's very worried. she might lose her home. and she said she doesn't think she can cope with that. reporting live from napa, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> leslie, thank you. anxiety very high and understandable in that area. thousands of people still under evacuation orders. you see the largest evacuation zones are now near napa county and solano county. they're also large evacuation orders near santa rosa and geyserville. >> while fires are burning throughout the state, cal fire says the fires in the bay area are now their biggest priorities. that's because they pose the biggest threat to homes. 9,000 firefighters are working now. they're scrambling t lines and get rid of debris before the winds pick up. >> i didn't get any negative feedback from the guys, the boots on the ground. that's a good thing. about this time usually each day, we have been getting some negative feedback. i'm having a hard time hearing i need more resources here. we can't get the aircraft in there because of the wind, we can't get the aircraft in there because of the smoke.

making a lot better progress today. >> cal fire investigators are actively working to determine the cause and origin of these fires. >> the bad news is the winds are expected to pick up again tonight. and that is the last thing they need. >> yeah. abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel has the forecast. >> they're not going to see winds like this. take a look at the hilltops right now. they're currently really light, generally speaking about 10 to 14 miles per hour. but the wind is coming out of the north, which is a drying wind. those wind speeds will increase heading into the late night and tomorrow morning hours. relative humidity right now in the teens for fairfield, novato, those numbers will be dropping during the overnight hours as those winds kick up, which is why a red flag warning is going up. 5:00 tonight until 11:00 p.m. saturday. it covers virtually all of the north bay hilltops and valleys. solano county, east bay hills, highest wind gusts in the hills, 40 to 60 miles per hour.

at the lower elevations, 30 to 35 with low humidity. any fires that do start will spread rapidly. you can look at the wind advisory. 11:00 tonight to 5:00 p.m. saturday, you're looking at gusts over 50 miles per hour over the hilltops and that could topple trees and power lines. here's a look at the lower elevations. you notice those wind speeds going up towards midnight, heading into the early morning hours. highest fire danger will be during that late night/early morning hours. firefighters will have challenging conditions ahead. larry, kristen. >> thank you so much. now let's take a look at a few of the other fires burning, this time in mendocino county. the redwood potter fire has burned 34,000 acres and it's just 10% contained. flames are burning north of highway 20 and west of the mendocino national forest. crews are chopping down unstable trees to prevent any further wildfire flare-ups. officials say eight people have been killed and candidly admit that number will rise.

8,000 people are displaced. >> we do have better news to report on the sulfur fire in lake county. that's a 2500 acre blaze. 55% contained now. it's burning off highway 20 and sulfur bank road. a mandatory evacuation was lifted this morning, but a 7:00 to 7:00 curfew does remain in effect between the mendocino, potter, and sulfur fires, 245 homes have been destroyed. 1,000 more are threatened. >> people evacuated from some neighborhoods in napa are now being allowed to return home, but only for a short time. >> abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington was there as a few residents were able to survey the damage. >> what's wonderful seeing the home standing. >> 82-year-old helen returned to her napa home for the first time since her daughter rushed her out the door at 1:00 a.m. monday. she left with a suitcase full of clothes and nothing else. >> we could see the fire, the whole hill. >> three neighborhoods reopened to evacuees friday.

helen stayed just long enough to feed her cats and grab a few items. her daughter helped clean out the fridge. >> i'm going to take this out. this is bad. >> you had all that cheese. >> power has been out for days. leaving food to spoil. >> well, i'm leaving because there's no power. >> she's going to go back to my house. >> no gas or electricity. the whole avenue doesn't have anything here. >> monticello park is one of the neighborhoods in napa that reopened friday with police escort. that means people can go home and check on their properties and grab medication, but they cannot stay. there's too many hazards. we found downed trees and power lines. pg&e is working to restore electricity. some neighborhoods burned. an anxious line of people lined up at the road block, waiting to get a ride up the hill. >> trying to find the kitties and feed them. and water them. apparently, the fire came right down across the street. >> we have water, and we're going to take them to our birds

and try to keep our birds alive. and then get out. >> officials urge people to take caution when going home for the first time. wear boots or sturdy shoes, masks and gloves. and try not to touch any of the toxic debris. in napa, alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. >> in some areas, rescue has now turned to a search for victims. >> one of the more tougher duties to have to do is sift through some rubble and turn over metal and other things that have been burned and try to find somebody. >> the crews now searching the rubble, looking for people missing since the fire began. >> and hundreds of people, they can't get near their homes to find out if their house was destroyed or perhaps spared, but

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authorities today began the grim task of searching the journey's end mobile park in santa rosa. two bodies have been found in the park. >> eric thomas live in santa rosa with more on the story. eric. >> reporter: we just got off texting with sergeant dave thompson of the sonoma county sheriff's office who confirmed the discovery of bodies in here. let's take a look at the journey's end mobile home park from this vantage point. this was advertised as 160 comfortable retirement homes for retired people, and you can see now that more than half of it is gone. just reduced to burned, charred rubble. the searchers, the search and rescue teams for four different koub counties have taken a break. they may be back here again tonight. to recount for you the remains of one perb were discovered

today. the remains of another person, 69-year-old linda tunas, were discovered on wednesday. today, it was a hazardous task taking cadaver dogs and 50 volunteers through here. it was also mentally challenging for the people who lived here. let's hear from searchers and from a gentleman who fought the fire near his home in the mobile home park. >> they're all wearing steel-toed boots or protective boots. they're wearing gloves. they're wearing gators around their ankles. they're told to watch out for voids and things in the flooring. in case of a fall through situation. >> how do you die like that? you know. that's gault to be horrible. so i say a little prayer and went about my business. >> that gentleman is only known as priest. at least that's the name he gave us. he was talking about the body of 69-year-old linda tunas, which was discovered on wednesday. someone he knew, someone who lived here in the park. he also told as the fire rolled through, asking the firefighters

if they would lend him a fire hose that he could use to save at least some of the homes there. you can see some of those homes are still standing towards the back of journey's end mobile home park. so once again, the searchers have suspended what they were doing, at least for this evening. they don't rule out the possibility that there may be at least one more body in there, and they may be back later on tonight or possibly tomorrow. we're still waiting for confirmation from them of which one it's going to be. in the meantime, they have erected a fence there to keep onlookers out. and there is still a security presence there. and still several roads blocked off in the area. you can't even get on 101 here. we'll keep a watch over things and let you know live from santa rosa, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> thank you. a grisly task. 90,000 people have been displaced by the fires and a lot can't get near their homes to find out if their house was

destroyed or luckily spared. >> there is a new tool that could help. chris nguyen is here to show us. >> it's a special map designed by a data architect in oakland. we pulled it up on the big screen. this is a map of santa rosa. we want to mention the reds sections you see on the screen, that's vegetation. not to be confused with fire or any areas that were destroyed by the fire. so let's take a closer look at the map and walk you through it. the developer, robin craft, created a tool on map box that uses satellite images to allow people to see if their homes were impacted by the fires. he did this by using an open data set provided by a company called digital globe. now, we're looking at the journey's end mobile home park in santa rosa that eric thomas mentioned. the spots of gray showing the devastation. now, if we take a look just to the northeast of mendocino avenue, you can see here that the buildings, these buildings inside this box, spared by the fire. just another example of how

blocks can change from neighborhood to neighborhood. the developer is now asking companies with access to satellite images to help with providing those pictures so he can update the data set with the latest information. we put a link to this on our website, abc7news.com. it's a great tool for those who have been evacuated and can't return to their homes just yet. back over to you. >> thank you. the stories of people escaping the flames are really compelling. matt returned to find his santa rosa home completely wiped out. but he said if he hadn't acted fast, he and his family, friends, and neighbors would not have made it out. >> i opened the garage door, and literally, it was like a tornado. i have never seen things whipping around. it was nuts. then i looked up and it was a ball of flame coming towards us, right towards the house. my girlfriend was staying. i ran upstairs. got her. said celine, we gotta go. she ran. she grabbed her bag. we went out. i said what should i grab? i just said get in the car.

we got in the car. we stopped at our neighbor's house. it was about 12:31 when this hit. at 12:32, because i was looking at the clock, and my neighbors, i saw their lights weren't on. i honked the horn. they have a gate. the dog woke up. consequently, i found out that woke them up. they got out at 12:35 when i talked to them, 12:36. by the time they left, literally, you know, two minutes behind us, they had to go through a wall of fire because they couldn't get out. and at that time, their houses next to them were engulfed which is one house away from ours. and it was just nothing but fire. >> imagine trying to drive through that. the video you saw right there was shot by his neighbor travis. he evacuated to a friend's house in healdsburg and they watched the tragedy play out. >> he lives up on a ridge. and we literally watched atlanta burn. it was just something out of "gone with the wind." fire, fire, fire, and we heard explosion after explosion.

we assumed those were the propane tanks. and it literally was just ablaze. everywhere you looked, there was a blaze. that's all we saw. >> he described the color of the fire as tomato soup red. says it was unbelievable. >> when you look at that video, you really understand why it's called a fire storm. >> no question. >> another spare the air effect or alert is in effect, and today, tomorrow as well, in the bay area. you can see from our exploratorium camera, the air in san francisco looks cleaner today than it did yesterday. a little bit, anyway. on the left is 2:00 p.m. yesterday. on the right is 2:00 p.m. today. but san francisco's air quality level is still considered unhealthy. >> our abc 7 news cameras captured several people wearing masks in the financial district this morning. not a typical sight. and now take a look at this map showing the air quality throughout the bay area. red is unhealthy, and there's a whole lot of it. the purple area is very

unhealthy, which means everyone may experience more serious health effects. and that darker spot is hazardous, which means health warnings of emergency conditions. and the entire population is likely to be affected. >> the bad air is causing problems at sfo. there have been 99 flight cancellations today and more should be expected. right now, incoming flights are delayed nearly three hours. the smoke and visibility all very poor. >> let's get a check of the forecast for the weekend. sandhya patel is here. what's dangerous is the forecast calling for increased winds, especially through this weekend. >> yeah, larry, that is not going to be good. the winds are going to ramp up out of the north-northeast, and that's going to further dry out our air, which is why that fire danger will be increasing. take a look at our airports, as they just mentioned. arrival delays at sfo almost three hours. but oakland and san jose airports are doing just fine. sfo's delays due to the smoke. if you're going to the cal game tonight against washington

state, it's going on, is what i'm hearing from our very own larry beil. 67 degrees tonight at 7:30. expect hazy sunshine, breezy conditions. cooling down by 10:30 to 59 degrees. so a good idea to just take a light jacket with you if you're going. and an m-95 mask might be a good idea as well, especially if you're sensitive to the smoke. live doppler 7 showing you clear skies. visibility is low around parts of the bay area, down to three miles, where most of the heaviest smoke has been concentrated near the wildfires in santa rosa right now. here's a live look from the mt. tam cam. you can see just how thick the smoke is. you really cannot see far here. 60 in san francisco. oakland, currently 76 in san jose. santa cruz has had its share of smoke, but it's not as bad as parts of the bay area. 79 in concord, 77 in livermore. here's another live picture, really dirty air from the south

beach camera looking to the bridge. smoky skies through the weekend and a chance of showers next week. until then, air quality will suffer. a spare the air alert is up as we head towards saturday. unhealthy to poor air quality. sunday, the same story. it's not until monday that you see an improvement. moderate across parts of the bay area. wind hour by hour, ramping up tonight, going into the wee hours of the morning. 2:00 a.m., gusting to about 34 in places like solano county, fairfield, napa. wind will continue into the morning hours. thas when the strongest winds are expected between late tonight and tomorrow morning. then they will relax. humidity values will drop from tonight at 11:00 p.m. where you see 50s and 60s, tomorrow heading into 11:00 a.m., down to the teens. and by the afternoon, single digit readings in the north bay, which is why the fire concern is there. tomorrow morning, windy, hazy. temperatures, low 40s to low 50s to start off your saturday mornrday afternoon, 60s to 80s. hazy sunshine will continue.

and this is what firefighters should really be looking forward to and many of the residents impacted by the wildfires. hour-by-hour thursday night, we see the rain moving in to the bay area, continuing into the late night hours. and possibly into friday morning, which should help those firefighters with the humidity. accuweather seven-day forecast. gusty, smoky. the next day or so, and then we'll look at the winds relaxing, the temperatures will really rise. 70s to 90s for sunday. repeating that on monday, very close to that warm fall weather, and much cooler beginning tuesday through friday with a chance of showers thursday night into friday. download the accuweather app to check out the temperatures. kristen and larry. >> thank you. >> a real story of survival coming up. hear from a couple who braved the blames for hours in a neighbor's swimming pool. >> if you would like to help, you could donate $10 directly to the red cross by texting red cross to 90999.

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now to a truly incredible story and some quick thinking. we're hearing from a sonoma county couple. they survived the wildfire by huddling in a pool for hours. >> tried to get out to our cars. >> we ran down here and found our way into this pool. >> abc news obtained this video from the l.a. times of jan and her husband john. they say they survived the firestorm on monday morning by running out of their home and they jumped into their neighbor's swimming pool in santa rosa. they used a wet t-shirt to protect their faces from burning embers that were flying all over the place. they also went underneath the water periodically just to keep from being burned alive. they were in the pool for about six hours before the fire died down. >> the silverado country club neighborhood has been reopened only to residents. and rick and family were just

overjoyed to find their home still standing. rick called it surreal. >> you can see the house standing. >> huge relief. huge relief, just praying it was still here. >> thought it was going to burn down, but you see that? it burned a little. >> it is a relief. but this family certainly understands how lucky they are because many of their neighbors' homes did not make it. >> on the front lines from aircraft to firefighters, the battle to keep the fires from spreading. >> and it's shocking to see how bad

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now at 4:30, let's get you up to date on the latest headlines from the north bay wildfires. the death toll is 34 this afternoon. two more victims were announced just moments ago in the atlas fire. >> seven fires are still raging in sonoma, napa, mendocino and solano county as well as lake county. combined, they have burned 183,000 acres. state-wide, about 90,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. the sonoma county sheriff has just ordered a new mandatory evacuation for northern geyserville. this is north of highway 128, from geysers road to chalk hill road. >> the petaluma airport has turned into a firefighting base for helicopters and the

fairgrounds in petaluma are a makeshift home for hundreds of evacuees. >> david louie live in petaluma now. david. >> reporter: well, larry and kristen, they're insisting we weary face masks so we're complying. the challenge for evacuees at the fairgrounds and they don't know when or if they're going home anytime soon. this is their home for now. earlier in the week, there were 300 of them here. now, that census figure is down to 235. one of the evacuees here is liz costa, who works for the state and was forced from her home in santa rosa. she's here with a coworker and friend in search of necessities since he left home with nothing. this part of the fairgrounds looks like a big box store organized by volunteers by category of goods. donationvise come in nonstop all week, and supplies are being shared with some of the other shelters in the area that might be short of certain items. >> i don't know about my home yet. but you know, there's such great

support around. everybody is just being wonderful. you couldn't ask for better folks. and we're so grateful for places like this. >> short distance away, petaluma's airport is transformed into a base for firefighting helicopters that are arriving from reno and southern california. chinooks, blockhawks will get their gas here. they have brought in a temporary center to coordinate missions. the helicopters should be okay flying in the smoke. >> they can do pretty well. of course, they have a glass cockpit, they can see where they are, but they can slow down and creep through any smoke areas. you can hear them before you see them. so excellent pilots. they're the best. >> general aviation operations have been suspended to give the helicopters full use of petaluma airport. back here at the fairgrounds, it's remarkable to see how well all the evacuees are handling

the situation, dealing with each other and the pressure they're under facing uncertainty. but some of the evacuees keep insisting once they get resettled back in their neighborhoods, they plan to come right back and do volunteer work to repay some of the kindness that has been extended to them. we're live in petaluma, abc 7 news. >> all right, david, thank you. firefighters, they're still fighting very hard, and they're saving homes. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield caught up with an exhausted team and found out what a huge difference they were able to make last night. >> reporter: here is a close look at the fire lines. firefighters saving a sonoma home. this was late yesterday on east seventh street. up in a rural area, locals say is known as the ranch. >> we were just literally running from house to house, and you know, these houses are on ten, 20-acre parcels. it's not like they're right next to each other. >> this is just one team from the fire department. these firefighters with their one engine estimate they saved six homes from late afternoon

until 9:00 last night. >> you know, it's just super smoky. it's super hot. you really can't see very well. pretty neat that, you know, somebody that doesn't know is going to be able to come home and find their property there. >> oh, no. >> is that in the ranch? that's where we live. >> that's above our house. >> we showed the video to evacuees who are desperately waiting for any information. >> it's terrifying because it had been two ridges away, and now it's on doorstep. >> any information we do have is always welcomed. but often, there is a follow-up question. >> do you know if the fire has come over the top of the hill? >> along with anxiousness among evacuees, there is also a lot of gratefulness. >> one wind storm away from having this town demolised, and it's so sad, and we have so many friends and family here, and there's so much love in here, and these responders are absolutely incredible. >> look how some are channeling their anxiousness. this home has garden hose on the roof just in case. this home has not even been

evacuated yet, but you can tell the homeowner is on edge. other residents asking us if we need coffee, do we have masks. everyone pitching in in any way they can. in sonoma, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> we just got a new batch of abc 7 360 pictures in to take you inside the fire damage in the wine country. today our producer went to napa, but first, i want to show you a before picture of the fire. this is west gate and tamric drives in the silverado area. this beautiful gated community is called silver oaks, built on a golf course. now, across the street, let's go across the street here. you can see some really large mansions. there's at least one, two, three, four that i can see. okay, now, get ready to be really stunned by the devastation. we're going to go and 360 this and look at that. what do you see? just one mansion remains. the ones surrounding it have all burned to ashes. and now let's go across the

street to that gated community. larry, you can still see the gate right here. that still stands, but the homes right next to it destroyed. so much has burned down, you can actually see the green part right there, the golf course that the community was built on. and we found out that basically 15 of the 38 homes here have burned down. so very sad situation. >> and kristen, just wanted to jump in, if you can swing it back. i mean, the luck of that one home that somehow managed to survive. and the homeowners there, when the two homes around it are gone. i mean, it's just -- >> you see it? >> luck, feate, whatever, remarkable. >> more 360 pictures from the burn area posted on our website, abc7news.com. >> fema is on the ground providing assistance to fire victims. trailers with food, water, cots, blankets, are on the ground at fema's staging area at travis air force base.

the agency has taken over a five-acre space which supplies will be distributed to evacuation centers. 150 paramedics from outside california are on standby. you can apply for assistance through fema. we have a link on abc7news.com. >> the smoky, unhealthy air leading to questions about this weekend's football games. what you can expect. plus -- >> izzy's here. izzy, come here, baby. >> oh, my god! >> what a moment. a beloved pet lost in the firestorm reunited with his family. the lengths it took to get izzy home.

as you probably know, air quality continues to be a big problem around the bay area. you're looking at our east bay hills camera. very hazy. because of that, many sporting events have been cancelled due to the air quality. >> but in berkeley, the cal/washington state football game is going on as planned tonight. >> could be tough for the athletes. sports anchor rick kwan is live at cal. rick. >> reporter: hey, kristen, hey, lara. less than three hours away frame kickoff here, and for now, the game between cal and washington state will go on as scheduled at

7:30. according to ncaa standards, if the air quality index is 200 or greater, players should come off the field. as of this afternoon around 4:00, the aqi was 167. school officials believe it will go down as the night goes on. walking around the stadium, we saw a number of fans and students wearing masks. coach wilcox did not want to name names, but some of his players are from the north bay and have been directly affected by the fires. >> our thoughts are with everybody up there and what's going on. it's obviously really sad. and we're here to support them. obviously, the guys on our team, but also the people up there that are affected by this, because this is really, really difficult for a lot of folks. >> by the way, both the cal and stanford soccer teams played yesterday. and there were no issues reported before, during, or after the contest. as for the cardinal football team, they're scheduled to play against oregon tomorrow night at

stanford stadium. that game will go on as scheduled. reporting live from berkeley, this is rick kwan. >> all right, rick, thank you. decision on whether the riders game against the chargers will be played on sunday in oakland is expected any time now. the game remains scheduled for 1:25 at the coliseum, and it's not expected to be moved or changed. the teams are in contact with the nfl as well as local authorities. different scenarios are being considered. some have discussed moving the game to sunday evening or perhaps levi's stadium or an unlikely scenario would be even southern california. >> the winds are shifting. let's find out from sandhya what that means in terms of the firefighting and the air quality. >> yeah, winds will ramp up and basically dry out the air, which means red flag warning and wind advisories going up soon. i do want to quickly show you, there has been an earthquake just snornorth of ukiah just af 4:00. magnitude 4, so if you did feel an earthquake in that vicinity, this is why.

obviously, they had a 4.0 earthquake. last thing they need with the fire. red flag warning for the north bay and the east bay hills. north bay valley, solano county also covered, 5:00 tonight until saturday, 11:00 p.m. gusts up to 60 miles per hour possible. with the windy conditions, wind advisory has also been issued that begins at 11:00 p.m. tonight and runs until 5:00 p.m. saturday. trees could topple. power lines might go down, and any fires that do develop will spread rapidly. tomorrow, smoky, hazy. 60s to 80s for your saturday afternoon. and a check on the accuweather seven-day forecast, winds will die down sunday. warmth builds sunday, monday. 70s to 90s. we cool it off considerably heading into the latter part of the work week, bringing in a chance of showers thursday/friday. >> thank you. >> all right, exhausted firefighters taking a break from fighting those flames. the words of thanks to the first responders from the community. >> i'm michael finney. hundreds of crowd funding sites are set up to help victims of

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regarding the winds picking up. >> abc news reporter elizabeth third is in santa rosa where some of the residents are returning home with mixed emotions. elizabeth. >> that's right, larry and kristen. you drive around town here, and unfortunately, we have seen a lot of this. house after house burned to the ground. but here on this block, take a look to see what we found about a handful of homes seemingly untouched. even these homeowners say they can't believe it. the current california wildfires now the deadliest fire disaster in state history. so far, killing at least 31 people, burning an area as large as new york city, and destroying thousands of homes and businesses. firefighters now racing against time with winds expected to get stronger overnight and through the weekend. this as new questions emerge with some families claiming the staff at a senior center in santa rosa left dozens of

elderly residents to fend for themselves. >> why did nobody stay behind to insure that everybody was evacuated? >> while homeowners in communities still threatened continue to watch the forecast nervously. >> here we are, and this looks like world war ii. >> gene and mike of santa rosa already overwhelmed by the destruction surrounding them. >> i have been here 39 years. to find it still standing, i don't know what i did, but i must have done something right somewhere along the lines. >> this is probably the only three homes from here for three quarters of a mile that way and one mile that way. >> more than 2800 homes were destroyed in their city. mike and gene's homes among a handful in the neighborhood still standing, leaving them with what they call survivor's guilt. >> it's like why us? 700 other homes burned. and ours remains. >> i couldn't believe it. and the police cars and the

policemen and firemen and everybody who has come by has been so nice. i wish we could all stay that way forever. >> it really is incredible because as you can see, this block is surrounded by devastation. but these homeowners say their homes, aside from some smoke damage, their homes are just fine. i'm sure you just saw a police car here pull up to the house, they're just here to make sure the residents who did return home, they're staying safe, because technically, this remains a mandatory evacuation zone. reporting live from santa rosa for abc 7 news. back to you. >> elizabeth, thank you. >> so many of us feel helpless watching the devastation to our friends and neighbors. hundreds of crowd funding sites are set up. the question is, are they really legitimate. >> michael finney is here to try to answer that. >> i can tell you, everywhere i go, everybody is asking, who do i give to? everybody in the bay area is really lending a hand. i don't know if it's everybody, but it seems that way.

now, unfortunately, scammers know this. they're trying to take advantage. however, there are some ways to be sure your money is actually getting where you want it to be. the heartbreak of destruction sweeping the north bay has thousands of onlookers wanting to help. but will your money go to those who really need it most? >> unfortunately, scammers really do try to take advantage of people's generosity, especially in times after disaster. >> rebecca of the better business bureau says con artists may call or e-mail claiming to be collecting money for wildfire victims. >> that's why we really recommend that it's always important to do your research. so you know, don't jump at the first thing. >> she says don't respond to solicitations or click on links. contact a charity directly. >> so you type in give.org. >> the bbb's give.org website will tell you if a charity is legit. it rates them on two dozen factors for trustworthiness. charity navigator.org also rates chair a ates and lets you know

who is raising money for a particular cause. harpster says check out crowd funding sites carefully. while most are likely to be legit, con artists sometimes pretend to raise money for a victim but really keep the money for themselves. >> don't be afraid to ask questions. if the organizer of the campaign is hesitant to answer the questions, that's a red flag. >> she said scammers may use real pictures to put up fake campaign sites. it's best to donate only if you know the campaign organizer personally. now here's what i want you to do. check out give.org or charitynavinatorerigator. not only do they tell you if a group is legitimate, they rate them for effectiveness. how much of your dollar goes directly to the victims. go to abc7news.com. >> that's really helpful. >> a heartwarming story out of santa rosa. jack weaver and his brother-in-law patrick trudged up a steep hill, three miles, searching for their parents' dog izzy who ran off the night of the fire.

they had to walk because authorities wouldn't let them into the area. >> izzy! here, pup. >> izzy. >> izzy's here. izzy! izzy, come here, baby. >> oh, my god! >> izzy. >> hey, baby. >> wow. >> unfortunately, they stopped the camera right there because they were so excited. izzy is doing fine. unfortunately, the family lost their home in the fire. so devastation, but happy to have their pet. >> no doubt. all right, turning lemons into lemonade. or in this case, grapes into wine. >> i have stumped many a bin of grapes over the years. none of them in these conditions. >> the north bay winery trying to harvest grapes with no power. how they're making it work. >> right now, dan's here with a look at what's coming up at

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in the midst of the chaos of the north bay fires, many wine makers are trying to get back to work, but without water and power, wineries have to rely on old school methods. here's reporter cornell bernard.

>> smells good from here. >> reporter: it might be a first for veteran wine maker dylan sheldon. he's stomping graemes the old fashioned way. >> trying to improvise without power. >> sheldon works an inspiration vineyards in coffee park where the power has been out since monday. burnt out neighborhoods caught in the fire's path are only a half block away. >> it's like being in beirut. >> a small generator powered a punk to extract wine from tanks. many employees have friends who have lost anything or are still in harm's way. >> my girlfriend's family is actually in danger of losing their home. they're in sonoma. they got evacuated a couple days ago. >> owner john philips bottles his own wine and processes grapes for a dozen other boutique labels. stopping his operation would mean ruin for the unprocessed grapes. >> really turn lemons into lemonade, right? salvage a very bad situation and try to have some normalcy and

continue to support the wine community and keep it going. >> some equipment now on loan to philips from nearby wineries. competition now on hold. three doors down at a wine services, generators power a grape press. employees have soldiering on despite the devastation around them. >> it's very eerie and odd. but working is a good distraction from the reality that's in the neighborhoods that some of us live in. >> harvesting remaining grapes is now a challenge. some wineries in sonoma and napa counties were damaged or destroyed in the fires. the lasting effect still unknown. dylan sheldon says he'll keep stomping breaks to support fellow winemaker whose have lost it all. it's now a family operation. >> let's -- the really cool thing about sonoma county and napa is just people doing what they can. it is very hard work. >> the grape harvest goes on. in sonoma county, cornell bernard, ab krrb 7 news.

>> we have a list of the wineries and other north bay businesses destroyed by the fires at abc7news.com. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> finding just bones and bone fragments. >> remains found as crews begin the slow, grim search through burned wreckage. >> the flames are still very active, threatening more homes across the wine country. >> a homeowner who stayed behind the hold back the fire is now missing. >> fire danger remains strong tonight, and is even growing in some areas. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> some progress in wine country as firefighters gain ground on the raging wildfires. but that could change with the coming weekend weather. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen zee. thanks for joining us. we want to get you caught up on the seven large fires burning in the north bay. >> the total number of people killed is now up to 34 after two deaths in the atlas fire in napa

were just announced. >> 18 of those total deaths are from the tubbs fire alone, which is now the third deadliest fire in california history. >> hundreds of people are still missing, including 256 in sonoma county alone. and at least 5700 structures have now burned down and 90,000 people have been evacuated around the state. >> we just got a new evacuation order from the sonoma county sheriff's office for unincorporated sonoma county right near healdsburg. it's north of highway 128 between geyser's road and chalk hill road. >> this is new video of the fire burning near the area posted by the geyserville fire protection district. >> people in that mandatory evacuation zone are told to get out right now. >> one of the largest fires is the nun's fire, still raging along the napa/sonoma border. it's burned more than 44,000 acres and it's just 5% contained. flames are slowly moving down,