creek canyon area near bear creek and dry creek roads. matt keller is live in the santa cruz mountains right now. matt, what's the update? >> reporter: good morning, jessica and reggie. i have an important update to pass along would you. i just talked with cal fire and they say currently in a rescue operation to save a firefighter who fell down a ravine, they don't know his condition, they haven't reached him yet, they're trying to get to him and get him out and see how he's doing. no word on how -- if he's injured or what they're facing, but he did fall down a ravine and they're trying to get to him. they say they are currently in a rescue operation. another person, an inmate with a hand crew team out here, was injured as well. smoke inhalation, so they're dealing with a lot of smoke. behind me you can see what they're dealing with as well with the flames in the trees and in the brush, the deep brush out here. we did talk to the cal fire aist cyst ant chief and he told us what he's facing. >> it's kind of hard to see at

night in these steep canyons, we have an access issues and as you can see behind me there's steep and rugged terrain. >> reporter: about 125 acres have burned and they say about 150 residences have been evacuated. the santa cruz sheriff's department is going door to door trying to get people out. they say there are about 150 of those homes that they are trying to get to to get out of the area those are mandatory evacuations this he also you say if anybody is in the peripheral area of this fire, las couple brass area is part of the place that has been evacuated as well. if you are not in the evacuation area but if you feel unsafe and then they're saying go ahead and leave the area. there are road blocks out here on highway 9 and also on bear creek road. you can get out on highway 9, they stopped that construction so people can leave but if you

do leave they are not letting people up into the area. they want to make sure they don't have to do evacuations again. you can see that the fire is sitting down in the canyon, that's the good news, they are going to wait until day night before they can get out that aircraft and put some water from above on these flames. but again, just got that update, the most serious situation going on right now, firefighters are currently in a rescue operation trying to get to a firefighter who fell down a ravine. i will continue to get updates from the assistant chief on the scene and pass those along to you. >> that is very concerning, we hope that they are able to get to him, matt. thank you. here is a look at the areas under evacuation orders this morning, deer creek road and rons road. >> also dons road, lost valley road, favre ridge and oak ridge. cal fire says if you feel like you are in danger, you need to leave immediately. an evacuation center has been opened at boulder creek elementary school in boulder creek and evacuees can go there

right now. >> we have been alerting you to these updates with push alerts through our abc 7 news app. you can download that right now for free, we will keep sending you updates on this fire and other breaking news. so we are going to turn to abc 7 meteorologist mike nicco he has been tracking the weather all morning long. >> i do have good news. everybody, hi. as we look at live doppler 7 you can see the winds are still calm, the temperatures still pretty warm at 70 degrees up around 1600 feet and the relative humidity still pretty dry at 26%. it gives you an idea of what matt talked about, they're rescues that firefighter how steep that terrain is and how this is a chimney fire right now, staying within the valley but climbing up the walls as the heat rises and makes the other vegetation susceptible to fire. 4:00 we will be 76 with a north wind at 11, 7:00 a northwest wind and 67 degrees. so not ideal as this morning but nothing like the north bay bend through. >> that certainly is good news. i want to take you there on our

traffic maps as well because we do have road closures. we did just hear from matt that obviously we have evacuations in the area. highway 17 road work should be done by 6:30 this morning, we just had a lane down on the southbound side south of the summit and state route 9 actually picked up that construction ahead of schedule this morning once those fires broke out and they realized people were trying to get out of the area. bear creek is closed at deer creek, hawk ridge and state route 9. if they get any more confirmed information from chp i will pass that along. now to the very latest on the into irs that continue to burn in the north bay. there is progress in mendocino and lake counties, the red wood fire now 55% contained and the sulphur fire 90% contained. >> the atlas fire is 70% contained and the tubbs fire is 75% contained. the nuns fire at 53 and the pocket fire at 45% contained. flames are still burning, though, in oakville, a community

hit hard by the nuns fire. recovery a long road ahead for those folks. >> visitor numbers are down significantly as you might expect. many business owners say profit isn't the point. they are thinking of the local people. so for the rest of the month tasting room fees at hall wines in napa valley will be donated to fire relief efforts. >> it means everything. it's very -- it feels very emotional, we have so many colleagues and friends and employees who have been affected by the fire and the devastation has just been -- it's everywhere. >> our hotel is full, but it's full of people who we are giving rooms to for free. if anybody has been displaced out of their house or lost a house. >> that's very generous. cal fire expects full containment of the nuns fire by friday. >> the generosity of these people in the wake of all these fires. >> we also want to show you this new video this morning of the frantic evacuation of a north bay hospital as a wall of flames

inches closer. look at this, it's the sutter santa rosa regional hospital shared this surveillance video yesterday showing knows flames approaching the facility last monday, 77 patients were moved to other bay area facilities. as evacuees filter back into their workplaces and homes many who have a structure to go back to are experiencing survivor's remorse. for example, in larkfield. wikia remains largely intact with the exemption of several homes on carriage lane. on one side of the street susan hemstreet's home looks like she never left but across the street it looks like a bomb went off. she said it is hard for her to face her neighbors because of go ilt. >> it's surreal because there's ash everywhere, but you go inside our house and it's like we just stepped out for the day. >> the community also had

stories of neighbors looking out for one another. one man saved the home of an elderly woman by creating a fire break around it. happening today members of the contractors state license board will be in santa rosa to educate fire victims will unlicensed contractors and insurance adjusters. they are going to discuss the risk homeowners take when hiring unlicensed contractors. cheapest isn't always the best. people who have lost their homes and are looking to rebuild can be in a vulnerable position emotionally. state officials want them to slow down and think before they act. of course these are our neighbors, we have friends who are there in the north bay, we have employees here at abc 7 who have been affected by all of this and 7 on your side's michael finny will be at north bay evacuation centers today to help some of those people gaekted by these wildfires, you can go see him today at the sonoma county fairgrounds in santa rosa at 10:00 this morning.

we continue following the breaking news out of the santa cruz mountains. as you just heard matt keller as you just heard matt keller report they're

it is 6:10 and we do have an

update to our breaking news in the santa cruz mountains, our colleague, matt keller, just tweeting out moments ago that firefighters have found the injured firefighter who fell down a ravine about 50 feet. it does not sound like he has critical injuries so that is very good news. again, they were able to find him, of course, this fire continues to burn there. about 125 acres the last time that we checked in and they are evacuating people. more from him in just a few minutes. right now we want to get a check of our weather. let's check in with mike nico. mike, you said that the winds will really help out. there's virtually none out there in the santa cruz mountains. >> there is virtually none right now even at the highest elevations but the temperatures are a little warmer out there. the winds will pick up out of the northwest at 11 miles per hour to conditions will deteriorate, but i repeat this, this is not going to be a repeat of what happened in the north bay. let's take a look at our visibility back at home, 5 in half-moon bay, clouds hugging the coast there, 8 napa, 6

petaluma. let's talk about what's going to happen today with your 12-hour day planner. excuse me with your air quality first. now, the air quality in the north bay the bay area air quality management district says it's going to be poor, not only today but also tomorrow which usually triggers a spare of air alert but they are also saying today is not a spare the air. if you have asthma or if you are elderly or the young, may have some issues with the smoke. the rest of us will be moderate. quick look at your 12-hour day planner. we're starting off warmer this morning in the 50s, we will stay in the mid 60s at the coast, upper 70s around the bay and mid 80s inland. a little warmer than average but that will change with a chance of rain. more on that next. we still have having trouble getting the crash cleared westbound 580 a mile east of eden canyon road. this is going on an hour now that we have the three vehicles involved off on the right shoulder but the tow truck is having trouble getting there there and chp is on the scene taking that right lane away. we are looking at heavy volumes there, about 11 miles an hour

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about 125 acres at last check. there are mandatory evacuations in the area. a recent halloween we just got, we knew a firefighter fell down a ravine, seems that firefighter has minor injuries. here is a tweet from matt keller saying firefighters found the injured firefighter. he had a broken wrist and cuts to his face after falling down the ravine, but they are bringing him out now. again, this fire continues to burn, there are some road closures in the area and there are evacuations. there are about 150 people evacuated at last check firefighters told us about 100 homes in the area are threatened. this is the las cumbres area what matt keller has been telling us from the ground and these flames still raging this morning. they are hoping to get aerial support when the sun comes up. more on that in a few minutes. let's check in with what's happening with the other fires including in mendocino county, this he have that one 55% contained, the red wood valley fire has burned nearly 36,000

acres, it's responsible for eight deaths. the sheriff there says all mandatory evacuation orders in the county have been lifted, though. they are allowing residents to be back into their homes, but they do say some parts remain under evacuation warnings, which means you should be prepared to leave if the situation changes. we have a list of all evacuation orders on our website, abc7news.com. firefighters are making significant progress on the sulphur fire in lake county. that fire is now 90% contained and all evacuation orders have been lifted. the fire has charred more than 2,200 acres near lake oaks. law enforcement patrolling fire areas 24 hours a day in case of looting. in kenwood and oakmont and sonoma county firefighters are leaving and residents are slowly being allowed back into their communities. both towns were raked by the nuns fire with wineries and homes going up in flames. >> my guys and gals worked their

tails off to take care of what we did to put our fingerprints on it and to make it right. >> it's so eerie i don't even know how to explain it. even what i'm feeling, it's just a weird -- i don't know. >> melissa and her husband were filling buckets with water to give to the pets of their when wood neighbors. they were giving back even though their home was also burned to the ground. >> we have seen so many stories of generosity amid all of the tragedy and loss in the north bay and it's kind of eerie to talk about the santa cruz fire this morning and then we have all of the fire still raging in the north bay. it seems like so much lately with all these fires. >> i just got back to visiting the east coast and they are like your whole state is on fire and i'm like, yeah, pretty much. >> seems like it. >> once we got to new mexico i couldn't even see the ground anymore because the smoke was so bad. it's getting pretty bad out here. we still have a couple days or weeks to go until possibly we get a pattern shift and start to

get the rain season. we will have a chance of rain thursday into friday, not a great amount of rain but a chance, it will definitely bring cooler conditions but it's not going to green things up and stop the fire season. here is a look at san rafael, look how clean that air looks from 101 looking outbound right now. our warmest day until we get to sunday or monday. tonight steady lows, mainly cloudy skies, a lot like this morning just a little cloudier and that chance of rain still coming. increasing clouds from the south, though, the warm air injection out ahead of a cold front. warm today even with the lack of sunshine compared to yesterday. first front will fizzle out to the north but opens the door to the front bringing rain in. lake and mendocino counties 7:00, northwest corner sonoma county light rain. lowest color the lightest green means the lightest amount of rain. no yellows, no oranges, no reds not expecting a lot out of this system. by midnight covering the entire

north bay and moving into the bay. the heart of the bay. by 4:00 in the morning it's in the south bay but notice it's falling apart. by the end of the commute most of it's up in the sierra and by about 2:00 we are already starting to see some sunshine break out. look at these rainfall amounts, we may get a quarter of an inch in some of the highest elevations up in the north bay um towards youkiah. my accuweather seven-day forecast look at those highs thursday, 50s, 60s and barely 70, friday 50s and 60s and by the time sunday and monday rolls around warmer than average and dry once again. we have a new problem for the san matteo bridge. four to five vehicles involved in a crash on westbound 92. you can see the fire traed headed towards the scene. sounds like a decline, definitely past the toll plaza. those emergency crews on the way to find it. maybe you want to head down to the dumbarton bridge instead. still have significant delays on

580. it does look like we are starting to improve and they are in the clearing stages, but, boy, we will take a look at drive times and see what's happening there. westbound 580, tracy just into dublin really not even through this a crash screen you are at 53 minutes, i would add another 20 to get to castro valley. southbound 680 dublin to mission boulevard you are extra heavy in the yellow at 26 minutes. northbound 85, 101 to cupertino you are coming in notice green in just 17 minutes. 1,000 farm animals evacuated during the north bay fires, next where they are now finding refuge. plus the breaking news that we are tracking in the santa cruz mountains. a pretty big fire there right now tearing through the bear creek canyon

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we're back at 6:24. we continue to follow that breaking news out of the santa cruz mountains. as you can see a fire is burning there, it's been burning since 11:00 last night. a firefighter did fall down a ravine, the good news is firefighters have found him, they are now rescuing him. about 100 homes or structures i should say are structured so there are mandatory evacuation orders in place. more on that in the next half

hour. the atlas fire in the north bay not only forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes but hundreds of farm animals also had to find safety. >> in fact, dozens were forced to leave animal place, it's a rescue shelter in vacaville as those flames threatened their home a mile away. workers loaded them into crates and trailers and drove them to a ranch where 300 of the shelters animals live. >> very unsettling. we take care of the animals first, my partner and i rocky, we each packed an overnight bag and walked away from our home and all of our belongings but we knew our animals would be safe. right now the ranch is trying to find forever homes for those evacuated animals. okay. time to ask finny. >> today's 7 on your side's michael finny is tackling a question about credit reports. >> i was wondering how i could fix my credit score. i have a few things on my credit and i want to figure out the fastest way to get rid of it without having to pay everything off in full, interest and

everything. >> hey there. i have to tell you this is going to be a hard one to avoid. in order to improve your credit you must pay down as much debt as possible, there's really no way around that. let me give you a hack that will help. ask your credit card companies for an increase to your credit limit. if you get that all of a sudden you're using less of your available credit and that makes your credit score go up. let me give you another tip. once you pay off one of your credit card accounts, make that payment early each month and that will never show on your record and that makes your credit score go up, too. >> if you have a question for michael finny record it on your smartphone or tablet and share it on social media using the #ask finny. a fire burning out of control in the santa cruz mountains this morning. matt keller is there live with an update. we are live at sutter santa rosa regional hospital, a hospital in the direct path of

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now from abc 7, live breaking news. >> coming up on 6:30. a fire forcing evacuations in the santa cruz mountains this morning. as you can see huge flames

shooting into the night's sky and this morning at least two people have been hurt including a firefighter. >> it sparked around 11:00 last night near bear creek and deer creek roads. i'm jessica castro. >> and i'm reggie aqui. let's get right to matt keller live in the santa cruz mountains. >> reporter: good morning. reggie and jessica. i want to get you an update on the firefighter who was injured out here, he fell down a ravine about 50 feet and we were told that he has a broken wrist and some cuts to his face. i was just told that they have a medical helicopter that is coming to the scene that's going to take that firefighter out and get him the medical treatment that he needs. also have another update on the other aircraft that is going to arrive here at dawn. this is going to take place as soon as we get sunlight out here, they will attack this from the sky. they have four helicopters lined up and two air tankers, that's going to help them get these flames out. this is bear creek canyon behind us. you can see that the flames over the last hour or so have started

to sit down, it looks like burning coals rather than the big flames shooting up the trees. that's the good news, firefighters say they're going to be aggressive. >> as you can see right now from the -- what we saw before, the fire is not as active as it was so we're trying to push to get direct line which means we're going direct on the fire's edge to try to hook this thing as best we can. >> reporter: and firefighters are obviously dealing with some steep rugged conditions, it's really tough to get into this area and obviously some dangers out here with that firefighter falling, you have a hand crew, an inmate on the hand crew had smoke inhalation and that person had to be brought out. they are obviously facing a lot of difficult situations because of this steep terrain, it's difficult to get in here and it's dark out here. there is not a lot of light in the santa cruz mountains so they're dealing with that as well. about 150 homes have been evacuated, the sheriff's department from santa cruz and

from santa clara county were knocking on doors as well as the chp. they have road blocks up here as well to let people obviously leave the fire area, highway 9 that construction was ended early so that they could get out of this area, all those residents. oven one home has burned to far that's the good news, that's where this fire started, a home caught on fire and spread into the wild land and that's what started all these flames. i just got yord that there was a [ inaudible ] that was burned in this fire as well, they're bringing animal services to help out that house cat. right now firefighters feel they can be aggressive once that daylight comes they will get those hooeps and get those air tankers and that will will help out a lot here in the santa cruz mountains. >> matt, we certainly hope this thing is able to go out soon. thanks for the update. here is a look at the areas under evacuation orders this morning, deer creek road, rons road. >> and also dons road, lost valley road, favre ridge, oak

ridge as well. cal fire says, though, if you don't live on these streets and you feel you are in danger you need to leave right now. >> you heard that they are going door to door getting people out of the area that is most affected by the flames and evacuation center has been opened at boulder creek elementary school in boulder creek. >> obviously not something we are taking lightly in light of everything that has happened in the north bay recently. >> right. >> mike, will the weather cooperate? >> it really is. it already is as matt talked about, this thing is already laying down a little bit because of the calm conditions that are out there. this is at 4:25 when the fire was really getting going and you can see live doppler 7 picked it up. radar now and you can see it's gone. so the fine particulate matter, the embers, the smoke not nearly as prolific as it once was. the winds are fairly light but they are starting to pick up a little bit of a no rs to southeasterly flow which will start pushing some of that smoke into the south bay. here is a look at the forecast,%

the conditions, the weather conditions, will deteriorate but they're not going to be extreme like they were in the north bay. this will never be like the north bay. you still see we have pretty calm conditions at 7:00, 61, a north wind at 9 and 75 at noon, a north with end at 11 and 76 at 4:00 that's when they will be the worst. the winds will start to calm as the sun comes down and cooler air filters in, northwest at 7 and 67 degrees. not worried about this fire spreading too much especially with the sun coming up soon and aerial drops coming in. we do have some road closures due to this fire as well. we will take you don to the santa cruz mountains on our traffic maps. basically between highway 17 and highway 9 you heard matt say they did pick up construction early on hoyt 9 this mornin so folks could get out of the area. we did have some lanes scheduled to be closed until much later this morning, but they did rap that up well ahead of schedule. we did talk to chp in the south bay here in the santa cruz area,

they did confirm that bear creek is closed at deer creek, hawk ridge and state route 9 and that's for a couple reasons, obviously want to keep people safe and they want to have those routes open for the fire crews to be able to get in and out as needed. so i will update you as soon as those change, but we have that confirmed by chp just a couple minutes ago. back to you guys. we want to get now to the north bay fires. here is a look at the containment figures this morning. progress in mendocino and lake counties, the red wood fire is now at 55% containedment the sulphur fire at # 0% contained. the at last fire at 70% and the tubbs fire at 75% containment. the nuns fire at 53 and the pocket fire at 45%. >> this morning the sutter hospital in santa rosa will reopen after being evacuated last week. >> amy hollyfield is there for us this morning. good morning, amy. >> reporter: hi, good morning, reggie. they are going to be opening in just a few minutes at 7:00 this morning, but they will be easing back into business, it's quite a

process to reopen a hospital. no surgeries are scheduled for today but they're definitely ready for any emergency surgeries that need to take place today. they will be ready to treat anyone who needs help. here is some video of the evacuation that happened a week ago. you can see in this video from sutter hospital in santa rosa that fire was threatening the building so they evacuated 77 patients to other bay area hospitals. a spokeswoman tells me this morning most if not any of those will be moving back to the hospital today. most of them probably don't need to come back. >> the average length of stay for a patient is around five days. so since we are approaching here day nine, likely they've been discharged. of course, they would be welcome back if the hospital needs to transfer them back to the hospital, but we expect to be open to the community that's here and probably have new patients. >> reporter: they had to clean the hospital and then pass inspection with two state agencies before they could reopen and again that's

happening at 7:00 so just in about 20 minutes. they're hoping that this will be a healing for not just the patients but also the staff. at least 60 of the employees here lost their homes in the fire. so it's been a very stressful week and in many ways this hospital is ready to just get back to the business of healing people. reporting live in santa rosa, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. some sonoma county residents are able to return home after officials lifted evacuation orders to four different areas. and those areas include highway 128 between river rock casino and chalk hill road, faugh and east shiloh road, west of fourth street east and gehricke road and all the counties north of east napa and west napa street to the burn area are open. cal fire and sonoma county officials say they have confident in the progress that firefighters are making. >> if your house is in the in

the area that is evacuated it could be weeks before you can go home. >> we do have areas that are evacuated. as soon as we can mitigate the threats of that by putting good control line on these fires and making sure that we are not putting people back into their homes and having to pull them back out, the next day, is eliminated. we will get those repopulate td as well. >> the sonoma county death toll is at 23 people. around 80 folks are still listed as missing. the sheriff warns the death toll could increase as searches of burned neighborhoods continue. at last count more than 40 firefighters, police officers and other first responders lost their own homes in the north bay firestorm. after saving lives, many of them are now starting to focus on their own losses. the fire union is offering financial help, counseling and assistant with housing. novato fire battalion chief menzel returned to his home and it's now turned into rubble. >> i mean, everything was

incinerated. there's nothing to sal raj. i've been through, my home, and it's unbelievable. it's extremely humbling, but also it's uplifting because -- because i have so many people that are reaching out. >> a fund has been established to help these firefighters. to donate you can text ff strong to 41444. we also have a link to a go fund me page on our website. abc7news.com. we do have some great news from pg&e this morning. the utility is hopeful that all fire victims should have all of their power restored by the end of the day. they had hoped to have everyone back online by midnight but right now an estimated 22,000 customers are still in the dark. pg&e says that's roughly 5% of customers who lost service during the height of the fire, but again hopefully that changes by tonight. several schools in the fire zone are still closed. napa valley unified schools are

set to reopen tomorrow. sonoma county schools will begin reopening between monday and thursday of next week. and sonoma state resumes classes tomorrow. santa rosa junior college will reopen on monday, napa valley college has been housing fire eve could you khweis, the shelters will close today and the school will resume classes monday. i've been watching the bear fire from sky 7 and winds are picking up just a little bit, they're blowing to the southeast -- i'm sorry, i'm looking at it it's right over the camera if i'm not looking at you it's because i'm watching the helicopter but it's not fanning the flames which is the good news. so just like us they have nearly calm conditions down there. let's take a look at our forecast. there we go, i meant to show you something else. let me switch this back over and get you 280 and 17 there. there we go. all right. so you can see the smoke still out there, a colorful sunrise

developing down in the south bay and across all of our neighborhoods because of the high clouds and smoke. waking up a little warmer this morning, temperatures around 52 to 53 degrees, our warmest temperatures will be inland, 78 at noon, 84 a little warmer than average this afternoon, 72 around the bay at noon, nice day to be outside and the air quality will be conducive to sitting outside from time to time, 77 at 4:00, 64 to 62 at the coast, 50s, 60s and 70s as we head throughout the 7:00 hour from the coast to the bay to inland. let's talk about our storm impact scale, it's 1, it's light, thursday night through friday morning, light rain is on the way from a couple hundredths in the south bay to a quarter inch up in the north bay mountains. breezy at times. i will have an hour by hour look at that and the drop in in our temperatures that are coming with it. here is alexis. good morning, mike. taking a look at the san matteo bridge i did just confirm we do have a crash on westbound 92 right around the decline of the san matteo bridge.

we have really heavy traffic around the toll plaza. we had a lane down on the eastbound side as well but that jest reopened. to you are to five vehicles involved in this crash. one lane blocked on the westbound side the eastbound side has reopened. i think we are making progress in the tri-valleys. have not gotten official word that that crash has cleared westbound 580, but check that out, we are changing over from the red back into the yellow and as we take a look at these speeds all the way up to 31 miles per hour so that's definitely looking better than the 5 or 10 a short time ago. smart train back to regular service and offering free rides through wednesday this week. golden gate transit, piner and industrial are open, a regular schedule for you and sonoma county transit back to a normal weekday schedule. they will not be charging any

including carpet and hardwood, tile, stone, even air ducts and window treatments. and your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed or your money back. that's 35% off everything coit cleans. call or click today. welcome back. we continue track that go breaking news in the santa cruz mountains. this is a wildfire burning in the bear creek canyon area. we are actually told it began with a home that was on fire late last night and then spread to the surrounding area. there is about 100 homes at last check that are threatened by

this and this is, again, in the bear creek canyon area and an evacuation center has opinion set up for the residents that have been displaced. boulder creek elementary school in boulder creek is housing evacuees right now. this is in the las cumbres area. two people have been injured including a firefighter and we want to get a little bit more information as we continue to look at those flames. we are joined now on the phone by scott mcclain from cal fire. >> scott, good morning, thanks for being there. first of all, let's talk about what's happening in the santa cruz mountains. how quickly do you think that you will be able to get this one under scroll. >> this is at 125 acres and they stopped the forward spread at this point in time. it's holding at 125 acres. there has been an injury and that was the firefighter. >> scott, thank you. i got the information. it's a little hard to hear so if you can just bring it as close to your mouth as possible, but i

think what you said was that it sounds like this fire is not spreading anymore. >> that is correct. it's holding at 125 acres. >> very good. >> okay. and we are told there is about 100 homes that are threatened in the area. is that correct? what is the evacuation process, how has that looked this morning? >> the evacuations are still in process, i mean they are still in effect for the las cumbres community as well as the deer creek road area, those will stay in affect until the firefighters can get in and get a good handle and get containment up. >> what are your resources like right now in light of everything happening in the north bay as well, how are crews handling this new fire this morning? >> as you can tell the fire is holding at 125 acres, they did a good job considering the terrain and type of vegetation they are having to deal with, especially on -- in october, i mean, look at this weather, it's cold but this into i remember is still promoted to 125 acres. >> but you had enough folks down

there to fight this, there wasn't a drain on the resources because of the north bay? right, there's enough to handle it. >> we heard from our meteorologist this morning that winds have cooperated, that it was not windy today. can you talk about how that has helped and how that will help the northway. >> very good point. we are looking at pretty good weather, it's calm down in the valley, you will get a little bit of a breeze in the ridge tops but still it's very manageable. the containment has continued to climb on all the fires as far as the pocket, the tubbs and the nuns and especially the oakmont branch. the oakmont branch is still active and we're still getting a handle on that one. >> okay. scott mcclain from cal fire, thank you for joining us on the phone an of course best of luck to your crews out there still fighting those fires this morning. thank you. okay. we want to get now to your morning money report. not only did thousands of people lose their homes in the north bay fires, hundreds right now are unemployed. >> the human resources director

at hilton sonoma wine country also lost her job along with 130 coworkers as you know that building was demolished in the fire. she it urnd to social media to find help for her work family. she sent out a plea to businesses in the area with all the positions of employees now left without a job. within hours she received thousands of responses. >> i expected a couple hundred shares and as of now it's about at 8,000 shares, i have about 500 e-mails to my work e-mail. i already have about seven employees that have started working. >> people who are looking for jobs can go to the local assistance center at the old press democrat building in downtown santa rosa. the california academy of science is extending that free offer to wildfire victims. >> it is a nice distraction. last week the museum posted online it was offering free admission through sunday for anyone directly impacted by the fires. cal academy says more than 10,000 people visited the museum for free during that time.

yesterday they tweeted the offer has been extended through today. portland based salt and straw ice cream shop will help fire victims this friday. according to our partners at hood line they are donating 15% of profits in celebration of a new location. the new story is at hays and lag in a streets in san francisco. >> the ice kroo em is so good and for a good cause so help out our folks in the north bay. we want to help our neighbors. abc 7 has -- abc 7's on your side michael finny will be in the north bay today. he will be at evacuation centers to help out people evacuated about i wildfires. go see him, say hi and get your answers answered at the sonoma county fairgrounds in santa rosa at 10:00 this morning. we have a full list of all the locations on abc 7 news on your side. mike, how does it look? >> it looks colorful if you look

from the south bay, 280 and 17, the smoke and high clouds creating a colorful sunrise. so what we're going to be dealing with today and the next couple of days is looking ahead to this. all right. so for today it's going to be warmer an average with high clouds mixing with the sunshine and the smoke. a little less sunshine than we had yesterday. but then we will turn our attention 7:00 thursday night it begins, the transition back to autumn which will offer some light amounts of rain. there is no yellows, no oranges, no moderate rain. the lightest green is the lightest amount of rain and it's moving into the north bay at 7:00. by midnight it's covering the entire north bay and just about the entire coast all the way down to half-moon bay, trying to get across the peninsula into parts of the bay, it will be a harder time but it will be there. by 4:00 in the morning it's in the south bay but notice it's losing its starch, it's falling apart. by the end of the commute by 59

most of the wet weather is going to be -- and frozen weather for that matter will be up in the north bay. by noon we will start to see sunshine break out. rainfall amounts i'm going with the lighter amounts, first storm of the season is always a little lighter and.2 in mountain view,.11 in the east bay hills to calistoga, two tenths to a quarter inch in the north bay mountains but it will make things slick for the morning commute. 50s, 60s and 70s, all of us in the 50s and 60s friday, but this time of the year with he reverse that quickly, sunday an monday warmer than average and dry once again. we've got quite a few issues to get to right now even with that dry pavement. westbound 92 for the san matteo bridge on the decline, we have the far left lane blocked on the westbound side, eastbound has reopened, 7 miles an hour, 12 miles an hour, you are jammed almost back to 880 and that have

have a ripple effect. walnut creek south on 680 hearing about a disabled pickup truck blocking a lane near treat boulevard. a quick check of drive times westbound 580 tracy to castro valley 1 hour 6 minutes, northbound 101 highway 85 to the san jose airport in the yellow at 22, northbound 280, highway 1 to san francisco still in the green at ♪ hey grandpa. hey, kid. really good to see you. you too. you tell grandma you were going fishing again? maybe. (vo) the best things in life keep going. that's why i got a subaru, too. introducing the all-new crosstrek. love is out there. find it in a subaru crosstrek.

okay. 6:54. if you are just joining us here are the seven things to know before you go. number one is breaking news in the santa cruz mountains where a fire is forcing evacuation in las cumbres and deer creek road areas. cal fire says it's threatening about 100 homes, shelters are set up at boulder creek elementary and lakeside elementary. the medical helicopter is on the way to the scene to trans fort a firefighter who fell down a ravine. firefighters are making progress in the wildfires in the north bay, the atlas fire 70% contained, the tubbs fire 75% contained. >> number three, a live picture from sutter hospital in santa rosa, it is reopening in just a few minutes at 7:00 this morning. the hospital had to evacuate last monday when the fires were beginning to move. number four, the fire burning in mendocino county is 55% contained, the red wood

valley fire has burned nearly 36,000 acres and is responsible for eight deaths. and number five, we are waking to high clouds and smoke and a colorful sunrise, temperatures low to mid 50s, this is going to be one of our warmest days, mid 60s at the coast, 70s in the bay, 80s inland. we do have road closures in place for the bear creek fire. we did confirm these are chp. about 30 minutes ago, bear creek road closed at deer creek, hawk ridge and state route 9. security experts have discovered a major vulnerability in virtually all wifi connections called the crack hack and could put every device on the entire planet at risk of being hacked which is certainly what we don't want to hear when everyone uses their cell phones all the time. >> the fix is you have to make sure you have a password on your router which i know most of you do. if you don't do it right now. >> better than one, two, three, four. >> thanks for watching up this morning, you can see that smoke is holding over the c

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