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lithe whole neighborhood isn fire right now. son of a gun! this is -- get everybody out! >> first come the flames. >> i'm telling you it's face-to-fafive minutes. >> then the destruction and heart break. >> and tonight new communities to our north are at risk. >> am i going to go home to a bunch of ashes, or am i going to go home to my house. >> as firefighters work around the clock to stop a state on fire. >> we will bring some peace to this chaos. >> good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm eric thomas. the new danger is from a pair of fires. they have charred more than

30,000 acres and are 10% contained. they formed one fire with new flames threatening communities all around clear lake. one of many for firefighters across the state. crews are making progress on the car fire. we have live team coverage tonight. our reporters are spread out across the fire line. first, let's get to abc 7 news lli lillian kim. >> reporter: there is still a glow coming from the hills behind us. that's just over highway 29. >> the flames are getting closer to clear lake and many of the towns alongside it are under mandatory evacuation.

kim says at this point there is no reason to leave. >> if it stays on the other side of 29 i'm not worried. if it were to jump 29, then i think i'd be more worried about it. >> reporter: ashes falling around town. those who have left are doing all they can to make sure their homes remain standing. >> sundays are so many people, kids walk around. i mean, it's smokey, ashes everywhere. i mean, it is sad. >> shelters are opened up. >> i have been in a i f have nen a fire. and so am i going to go home to a bunch of ashes or am i going to go home to my house? >> now we're here and it's just take a deep breath. you don't realize how upsetting it is until you are in the middle of it. >> reporter: with so many fires

burning throughout california, concern is growing about resources being spread too thin, in which case kim has a plan. >> if worse comes to worse, we can run down and jump in the lake. >> six structures are been destroyed so far. live, lilian kim. >> thank you very much. this map shows all the evacuation orders. there are a lot of them. anything in red, that area is under mandatory evacuation. if you are in a shade of yellow, that's an advisory order and those people need to be ready to leave in a fire notice. the ranch fire and the river fire, which is rapidly moving. we're constantly updating our website. and the weather, of course, is a big reason for all these evacuations as the fires rapidly move to the south and east.

our moeteorologist is tracking the heat. >> certainly a big issue. the winds are active even at this late hour. take a look at the map right now. the winds are gusting to 23 miles an hour right now, near the river fire. and at times that wind direction has blown smoke and it has blown flames towards lakemore. track the wind gusts by 5:00 or 6:00 tomorrow evening, we anticipate that wind to be 10 to 20 miles out of the north or out of the west. good news in the coming days. it will certainly be hot tomorrow, but as you go into thursday and friday in the upcoming weekend, we will chop off about ten degrees. take a look at how warm we get

tomorrow afternoon. >> all right, drew. thank you very much. the death toll from the car fire rose to six today. the fire is still growing, but mostly in remote areas. 600 structures have been destroyed. officials today announced parts of redding that were evacuated will soon be repopulated. several people have been arrested for looting and trespassing. the fire has burned 149 square miles. that's three times the size of san francisco. it is 17% contained. tonight the man who lost his wife and two great grandchildren in the car fire gave his heart wrenching account or trying to save the three as the fire spread through their home. ed's wife and their two great grandchildren died thursday night. >> i talked to jr. on the phone. he just kept saying, grandpa, he said, come get me. he said come get me. the fire is coming in the

backfire. i said i'm right down the road. he said come and get us. emily said, i love you grandpa. come and get us. come and get us. i said i'm on my way. i tried to call him back and it just went to nothing. the poor babies and my wife. what did i do wrong? >> so difficult to hear, so, so difficult to deal with. dionne is at an evacuation tonight where the pain from this fire is still so fresh. >> reporter: eric, it is indeed. here at the colleg t center hasg for three days now, and even though the parking lot does not appear to be as full as in day's past, still there are 600 evacwees inside this location alone. for them and so many people in

this community, they believe that relief is nowhere in sight. the inferno claimed its sixth victim. while authorities wait for family to be notified, we know it was a man who refused to leave. >> when they choose to stay behind, they are not only placing themselves and their families in danger, they are placing firefighters and energy personnel in danger. >> friends and family of a great grandmother and two great grandchildren that died in a fire are angry. >> i feel like the evacuation could have been handled far better. there could have been a much more cautious route taken. >> we are looking into if there was notificatios made there. however, it is important that if there is a fire danger and people are aware of the fire danger, they can evacuate at any time they wish. they do not have to wait for an

evacuation notice. >> for some of the 39,000 who have evacuated their homes, it isn't easy getting used to the new normal. >> taking a shower and putting clean clothes on and shampooing my hair, i can't go in and get clean clothes. it will take a while to get back into routine. >> one of the most poignant examples to come, the deputy who lost his home thursday morning. while this is all that's left, the brave hero soldiers on, helping others, keeping his community safe. >> reporter: back out here live now two important messages. if you want to help, volunteers here at the college say they do not have the capacity to process any more donations at this location. if you would like to donate, bring those items instead to the salvation army. new items only. abc 7 news. >> thanks. and eerie sight tonight in

an area decimated by the car fire. this lake used to be filled with boats. now it is reminiscent of a scene out of a horror movie. >> reporter: at whisky town lake, the car fire burned right to the water's edge, even destroying dozens of boats as they sat on the water. new just a blur beneath the water's surface. >> they have to let everybody in. >> reporter: but the people that live here are resilient. >> i am just kind of hanging out waiting for the power to come on. i had a bunch of food in my refrigerator and freezer and i didn't want to lose it. so i had a generator and more or less took this opportunity to try to keep everything going. >> reporter: this neighbor has been here since the fire started. >> what's that been like? >> not fun. there is no power so there is no power, no air-conditioning, no fans, no nothing. >> reporter: why didn't you leave? >> because i want to make sure

this house stays here. >> abc 7 news. late this afternoon, the national park service reported another firefighter has died. he has been identified at 33-year-old brian hughes. hughes was captain of the arrowhead interagency hot shots. he was originally from hawaii. a tree fell on to him this morning while engaging in a tactical operation. full containment is not expected until august 15th. it is expected to reopen on friday sgrrchlgts friday. in napa county, people are returning to see the devastation tonight. many are coming back just to find their homes in ashes. abc 7 news. >> i don't know who is going to rebuild, who is going to stay. >> reporter: the home they have lived in for 16 years was destroyed by the steel fire.

seeing it up close is unreal. >> this is our family. we are really tight up here. we are best friends. we take care of each other's homes. we have keys to each other's homes. this is our life up here. it is gone. >> the whole neighborhood is on fire right now. son of a gun! this is -- get everybody out! >> reporter: some ran door to door helping to evacuate people living there. >> i'm telling you, it is five minutes. we had five minutes. >> reporter: one block has been reduced to ashes. cal fire says extreme weather conditions were no match for fire crews who attacked it from all sides. >> we had winds and also just very steep slopes and obviously were dry fuels on tsles >>bo 30eo were evacuated as a chaotic mix of smoke and flames overtook the

neighborhood. >> there is a beam underneath the house that caught on fire and it's red tagged. so i have nowhere to go. and i'm just going to to my best. >> reporter: folks here have lived through other wild fire scares before, but never thought one would that i think their lives forever. >> everybody's been 100% prepared for this. it happened so fast. >> reporter: we have heard that a lot, just how fast this fire happened. i was struck my things which survived like this family's boat, a little bit plastic, but virtually untouched. the good news is there was no injuries here. the smoke from the fires in northern california is drifting to the east and we mean to other states. the national weather service says it is not just going to nevada but utah as is expected to intensify tomorrow. remember, download the abc 7

news app and enable push alerts for breaking news updates. our website also has tips for what to have ready to go if you have to leave in a moment's notice. much more ahead on this busy sunday morning, bigger than basketball. >> they're playing with the community. >> police, the mayor and the community bond together. also ahead, the u.s. hospital dealing with an ebola scare tonight. why there is no reason for alarm. and later the secret government program that could be keeping an eye on you while you ngsoeny

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tonight police took on the community in basketball. abc 7 news kate harrison has our story. >> reporter: oakland pd ditched their gun belts and badges in favor of something a little more breathable for a game of hoops against town business in a first ever building bridges basketball game. >> i started this process to bridge the gap between the community and police. >> reporter: he spent the past year organizing the game and put together a group of kids, young men and women to represent oakland. >> this is a reintroduction to the community with the lice >>epte it wa week for oakland. there was a stabbing and the demonstrations that follows and concern that a white supremacist group was coming to town, which is why this basketball event was

a welcome event to city and community leaders. >> this has been a heart-breaking week. >> the oakland mayor showed up to cheer on the teams. >> it feels very healing for me as the mayor and i'm sure for everyone out on that court. >> reporter: and oakland pd's assistant chief made sure the competition stayed friendly. >> we have seen a week of senseless violence in our city and just to have an opportunity for everyone to come to a peaceful event where we can engage, get to know each other and just play basketball. >> opd walked off the court with the highest score. the real winner, though, is oakland. work on the golden gate bridge suicide baras begun. big crates have been delivered. according to our media partners, insider pieces of a platform that will be constructed underneath so workers can safely

install the suicide net. drivers will not be able to see the construction when they cross the bridge. the suicide barrier project is expected to be done in january of 2021. an iconic bay area music and movie studio is closing. on 10th street in berkeley. the studio will close in mid-september. carlos santana recorded his grammy album there. green day and jrecorded there as well. fantasy studios also reduced one flew over the nest and the english patient. runners woke up very early for the 41st annual san francisco marathon. the race started at 5:30 this morning. the men's winner was a 40-year-old from mil valley. he picked up his son just before he crossed the finish line.

bonny tran from san francisco was the woman's winner. there was a half marathon and 5k and some handsome runners there. martin ortiz there on the left, chris win and meteorologist drew, who seems no worse for wear for running 13.1 miles this morning. >> yeah. we were up early. it was a great race and the weather was perfect. it was cool. it was cloudy. >> i'm sure it was an easy run up those hills. >> by mile eight, we all looked at each other like, oh, boy. okay. we have a nice week ahead in terms of temperature. we will see cooler air finally move in midweek after being in the 90s for several days. tonight, though, live doppler 7 along with satellite showing we have high clouds streaming in from time to time. so clouds mixing with stars out there. i do want to give you an update towards the car fire. we have this red flag warning in

effect. the entire area is shaded in red. that red flag warning meeting not only hot temperatures but gusts 25 miles an hour or higher. right now this will expire tomorrow morning at 8:00 in the morning, but i would not be surprised if this does not get extended in the coming days. the temperatures will be over the century mark the next couple of days in the afternoon. tonight a live look. we are soft with fog along the coast and tomorrow morning we'll see plots of drizzle close to the coast first thing in the morning. it is breezy out there. generally 5 to 15 miles an hour. a little bit stronger through there right now. we do anticipate these winds to be with us tomorrow afternoon as well. gusty anywhere from 15 to perhaps 25 miles an hour. tonight, though, that wind coming up that cool ocean water is keeping the coast rather chilly. in the 50s right now. 55 for half-moon bay in san francisco. we still have some warmth.

rather warm at this hour with a temperature of 73 degrees. overnight tonight, here is a call. we have that fog along the coast. it is moving in and around the bay shoreline as we speak. tonight will be a cooler night than last night thanks to a stiffer breeze. temperatures will drop into the 50s for the next 12 hours. hour by hour for you. time out your morning on your monday. we'll stop the clock at 6:00 in the morning on monday. fair amount of fog over san francis francisco. by 9:00 we still have a pretty cloudy sky. but by 1:00, 2:00 in the afternoon, the cloud cover pulling back. that summer spread in still effect. the highsin monday in the south bay 82 for san jose. along the peninsula, 74 for redwood city. cooler along the coast. cool in san francisco.

64 downtown. cooler in daily city. 85, though, in the north bay tomorrow. 83. lake port is sizzling tomorrow at 100. a lot of 60s and 70s. 66 for berkeley. 67 in oakland. and inland will be in the upper 80s to lower 90s. 93 brentwood. also a bit of a haze in our atmosphere because of that smoke from our fires to the north moving into the atmosphere. don't be surprise first-degree you see that. fog tomorrow morning. afternoon sunshine thanks to that smoke moving inland. steady pattern tuesday before we start to cool off. by thursday and friday, we're stuck in the 70s and 80s. >> not a bad p

fans captured p ed barack oa and the first lady dancing at the concert last night. beyoncé and the obamas have teamed up in the past. the former first couple clearly enjoyed themselves last night to the tune of would have been there, but he was here resting up for the race this morning. >> next year. >> next year. >> right now time for sports. >> talking a little baseball. six new members joined baseball's most exclusive club. who was inducted into the hall of fame. and bruce bochy was

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there is no skipper on board. manager bruce bochy was not at today's game. he was in coope eerstown to wat the hall of fame. giants avoiding the sweep by milwaukee. g-men down 2-0. buster posey clears the bases with a double. the giants one of only two teams without a grand slam. but posey four for five with three r billions. gorkys hernandez doing yard work. you don't see this every day. the panda was a two run triple. he would later hurt his hamstring. the giants win it 8-5. and this is the mood of a's fans right now. oh, yeah, bummed out. rockies sweeping up against the

a's. tom murphy tees out to the deepest part of the park. just the second of the season and the rockies up 2-0. khris davis rushes it. that's his 28th of the year. the a's down 3-2. bottom half of the inning. lines it to center. check out the diving catch nick martin ai. he will likely need a new bat. but the a's would go down swinging. wade davis strikes out. matt olson to end the game. oakland swept in colorado 3-2. they were held to four runs in three games. braves and dodgers. struck out eight batters. did not allow a hit. got the first two outs. one strike away. yeah. no, no, not today. that was it. he went eight and two-thirds innings with eight strike-outs.

he did pick up the win. six new members immortalized. included in the class of 2018 is former detroit tigers star alexl trammell, former padres closer trevor hoffman. bochy managed him for 12 seasons and played a big part in hoffman finishing second in major league history with 601 career saves. >> my third base coach bruce bochy becomes my manager the following year. he connected and challenged his players. bochy, you believed in me from day one and i couldn't be more thankful. >> bochy's impact felt all around baseball, not just here in the bay area. this report is sponsored by river rock casino.

live with you live. >> good evening. tonight's headlines, many communities are under mandatory evacuation orders tonight as fire creeps closer and closer to towns. the complex fires burn more than 30,000 acres. tonight communities of lakeport, upper lake, niece and upper springs are under those mandatory orders. residents returned to their fire ravaged neighborhood tonight. a fast moving wild fire tore through the highlands area of

napa county, chasing 300 residents out of their homes. the car fire has exploded over 95,000 acres. but tonight containment is up to 17%. today the death toll rose to six in that fire. more than 600 structures have been destroyed. thousands more are threatens. march >> reporter: new flames igniting and little relief in sight, the car fire now spreading in every direction. the death toll here rising to six. among the victims, melody and two of her great grandchildren. her body was found draped over the children in an effort to save them. several other people are still the december direction spanning the sides of philadelphia. more than 500 structured destroyed. these photos showing the before after of one of those houses. jerry returning to his childhood

home, finding what's left of his mother's wedding ring and little else. >> that's a lot of memories. >> yeah. old pictures, everything, you know. >> reporter: more than 3,000 firefighters on the front lines even as some have lost everything themselves. >> that was a firefighter's house right there? >> yeah. a lot of firefighters lost their houses, too. >> 59 wild fires are burning in 11 states, including one where two firefighters have died. california's governor expanding the state of emergency to more counties. firefighters are working around the clock trying to keep this from happening to anymore homes. they are dealing with these ter at least another week or two. abcnews. another person has driven off a cliff six miles south of where an oregon woman went off

the road. investigators say it appears the driver was headed north and had trouble with the curve that caused him to cross over the roadway and plunge off the cliff. >> a masked man in a car and police. take a look at this video. the suspect is behind the wheel of a toyota spider that appears to be splashed with paint. police tried to stop the driver, but he managed to escape. you can see the black cloth covering his head. the license plate on the car came back as stolen. the driver and vehicle were last seen in martinez. >> it's going to be 24 hours before we know if a man who recently returned to the u.s. has ebola. he was taken this morning to a hospital in denver and so far there are no indications he has the deadly disease. based on where he was in africa, the hospital is taking no chances and has put him in a special unit.

>> the patience reported on being in an area of the congo, but he was in a location where the ebola outbreak had been officially declared over. >> three people came into contact with the man and they are being checked out since it can easily be spread from person to person. a secret program involving air marshals, the tsa and behavior of every day passengers being tracked. more on the program. >> passengers are already used to the routine. take out yourelectr wait down. tonight a report about a where passengers are secretly being watched on the plane and after they land is raising some concerns. it is called quiet skies and specifically targets u.s. citizens not in the terrorist screening database or suspected of wrongdoing according to tsa.

>> we're seeing examples of the tsa following around people who are in way significantly suspect. the criteria they're applying does not point to people who are potential terrorists. >> as first revealed to the globe, armed undercover air marshalls have been taking notes on what passengers do, who they talk to. some of the behaviors they watch for are excessive fi iv iv iv e cold penetrating stair or if they boarded last. but the air marshall association president is worried, releasing this statement. the air marshall association believes that missions based on recognizing intelligence or in support of ongoing federal investigations is the proper criteria for flight scheduling. >> tsa tells abc news they follow individuals who may have

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it was a great day to get out and fly a kite. the annual kite festival. as always a large crowd young and old turned out to see. the weather cooperated with plenty of wind. the festival features, music, demonstrations and people can learn how to build their own kite as well as fly them. let's check in now with the forecast. >> we'll have that breeze once again tomorrow afternoon, gusting about 15 to 25 miles an hour at times and a wide range in temperatures, very similar to how this weekend shaped up. doppler 7 is showing very quiet skies. tomorrow 64 in san francisco. it's hazy and it's hot inland

going to 92. air quality because of fires to the north will have some smoke filtering down in the north. air quality will be modern. in sacramento the central valley, it declines more into the unhealthy range. in the next seven days, sunny skies. little bit of haze. steady pattern before we cool off inland by thursday and friday. back down into the 70s and 80s. >> all right, sir. thank you very much. going fast in nascar is a good thing unless you have no brakes. a crash one nascar driver is lucky to walk away from and what jimmy garoppolo is working

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training camp is in the books for thell eyes are on jimmy garoppolo. he is sending expectations through the roof in santa clairement everything he does is being an hazed. from thoughing the deep pass to who he's dating. he's been seen throwing on different throwing angles, something he hopes will make him a better qb. >> it is fun to work on those weird throws, but i always brett favre worked on it. you never know. when you get into a game, bullets are flying. you never know how you have to throw it. >> as far the raiders, they ashe f up in acg khalil mack is still a hold-out, but the defense is not lacking any intensity. it's only been a few practices, but bruce already sees a big difference in silver and black. >> the defense is night and day to me, really, from the past two

years to this year. guys are flying around. guys are doing less thinking, you know. first day we had five turnovers. all last year we had 14 combined. so guys are going at out. guys are battling. guys are trying to get the ball. >> all right. now to the track. the fastest rides on four wheels hit the track in the north bay for the sonoma nationals. plenty of people in the the yellow car defeated derek kramer by 7,000s of a second. funny c reaches 319 miles an hour to beat ron caps and in top fuel, blake alexander easily beats tony shoe maker. boy, that is really going fast. all right.

nascar, scary moment late in the race. bubba wallace loses his brakes. tries to slow down by going into the grass but hit it is wall. he would end up hurts his foot, but the good news is nothing serious. he joked. they gave me an ultrasound. no twins or anything, so i'm good. kyle bush will pass two cars to take the lead and eventually the checkered flag. he started 28th after failing an inspection, picking up his sixth win of the cup season. final stage of the tour de france. a victory lap for thomas who won his first tour de france. this is normally what the leader does on the final stage, sipping champagne during a leisurelyri. he became the first welch man to win the tour. he promised the victory tour will last for weeks. to golf, final round of the

canadian open had to be delayed due to weather. that didn't stop dustin johnson. one bogey for a six under 66. he even had an eagle opportunity on 18, but just misses the putt. wouldn't matter. he touched in for birdie with a three-shot victory at 23 under par. number one player in the world captured his 19th pga tour victory. he passes tiger woods for most wins on four since 2008. tiger had 18. this abc 7 sports report is sponsored by river rock casino. thank you, sir. that's it for tonight. i'm eric thomas. thank you so much for joining us. we leave you now with a look back at what's been a trying past few days for so many in northern california. good night. >> this is that new normal. >> this is the new normal.

>> it is a firestorm exploding in northern kravcalifornia righ now. >> the car fire is exploding. >> 37,000 people have been forced from their homes now. >> leave when we ask you to leave. if you feel like you need to leave and nobody has told you, leave. >> get everybody out! >> we had two minutes to evacuate. >> didn't care about anything else. it was really close. >> wow! >> uphill, downhill. >> there is orange haze in the air. >> everything is ashes. >> this whole subdivision is gone. >> home after home destroyed. >> just heart-breaking standing hehose is jmp bnt tnothg. eac new day the extent of the destruction froreveal itsel. >> so i have nowhere to go, and i'm just going to do my best. >> you don't realize how upsetting it is until you are in the middle of it. >> this is our family. we are really tight up here. i mean, this is -- this is our

life up here. >> i had a house fire in '97 and lost everything. and i've been wanting to pay back and this is the way that i'm able to pay back. >> i know a lot of really wonderful people that are always happy to help. >> we can't put the fire out for them, but we can at least take some of the worry out of their heart.

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