it's unbelievable when that fire took off last night. >> a stubborn wildfire burning in lake county is now surging again. a new round of evacuations under way. >> i used to fight fires in the '70s and '80s and never seen anything like this. >> he said the fire in redding went any direction it wanted to. finally, firefighters are gaining ground on the fire that killed six people. >> he was one of the best. a pillar of strength for that hotshot crew. >> remembering the second firefighters to die on the firelines near yosemite. >> the newest fire concern is in lake county. the city of lake port tweeted out this scene of fires descending. >> two fires called the river and ranch fires 60,000 acres and those fires only 10% contained. cornell is there live. there is avaatio oert?

>> reporter: yes. it is happening in the town of kelseyville. people living there have been told to leave. here is the reason why. a fire burning over that ridge, about 4 miles from the town of lake port and getting closer. tonight, they say they need more firefighters on the ground to battle this mega fire. massive wall of flames towered over a ranch near highway 75 moving closer to the town of lake port and trying to stop the monster fire in its tracks. >> it's blowing hot this second and games coming up. you don't know what it will do. >> reporter: to the north, flames are chewing up dry brush. six structures overnight were destroyed including this home off highway 20. there is nothing left. >> i call it apocalyptic.

unbelievable when that fire swept down into the valley and destroyed so many homes. >> reporter: pat owns a grocery store with customers ignoring evacuation orderses loading up on supplies. >> what have you got? >> prime rib and beer. >> reporter: cutting a fire break around his family's home. >> it's what i need to do. i'm not stupid. when we need to go, we'll go. >> reporter: the town of lake port looks like a ghost town. the chief of police said in the last 24 hours five people have been arrested for looting including these four suspects whose pictures they released. >> we absolutely will not tolerate looting behavior or entering these areas. we will be very aggressive making those stops and checking people out. do you need more help, more resources on this fire? >> absolutely. yes. >> reporter: they need more resources on this fire, some crews working double shifts?

with the other fires tying up normal resources, hard to get the resources we need to get the mission accomplished. >> reporter: with a look at the other fires in the complex, getting ready to do another drop to the north of upper lake. california fire telling me they have put out the call for reinforcements and crews are arriving, good news, to provide relief to firefighters. a mandatory evacuation order issued for kelseyville tonight. abc7 news. >> cornell, thank you. the weather has been a real problem on these fires, especially in lake county. >> definitely. let's get to meteorologist sandy patel. >> let's look at the conditions near both those fires. in the 90s, pretty hot. humidity, low. ranch fire, 24%, at the river fire, 15%, dangerously low and

winds gusting at 20 miles an hour. winds out of the west-northwest pushing the smoke to the east. still remaining gusty, as we head to the overnight hours, winds will subside only to pick up tomorrow afternoon and evening. some of the smoke has been drifting into the bay area. that view was barely visible. the air quality, nir from good to moderate. a look at the forecast coming up. >> thank you very much. firefighters will face hot and dry conditions over the next few days trying to contain this backfire burning 14,000 acres east of eagle lake and 14% contained and expected to grow because of timber and brush in that area and winds picking up. a man where this one is burning, more than 1,000 structures are gone and more

than 98,000 acres charred. >> in the cities of albany, oakley, brooklyn, san leandro and san lorenzo combine. laura is in redding with the latest there. >> reporter: hi, dan. despite those numbers i can tell you no new structures have burned, no significant numbers in the last couple of days. going to be an agonizing return home for some folks who live in those neighborhoods. behind me the folks will be very disappointed. their neighbors no doubt will be greatly relieved. the battle continues high above whiskey town lake where firefighters are trying to keep the flames from running into the trees. >> like you hear in the news -- >> reporter: down below in redding nearly 40,000 evacuees are hoping to get back into their homes soon. >> the wait is the worst part.

>> reporter: the what it was excruciating for this man who didn't know if his home was still standing. >> you never think it's going to happen to you. you work 20 years to put things together and even if the house is there, the landscape is going to be just terrible. >> reporter: we checked on henninger's home for him and unfortunately it was gone. >> it's hard to feel fortunate this time. >> reporter: others like joy holman know her family home is okay. >> it feels good to stand here and be close to our homes. those of us that have them. we have close friends that lost theirs five doors down there had theirs burned down, neighbors, time. we do, but a guilty feeling. >> reporter: her 7-year-old daughter, gen, wrote the signs. >> we filed them in. >> reporter: why did you do

that? >> we did it to tell the firefighters and police to keep up the good work. >> reporter: the construction crew transporting heavy equipment to try to help this horse running loose in the burn area. they almost succeeded, but then the horse had another plan. now, in the past couple of hours since we put that video out there we heard from somebody on facebook who thinks that might be his horse. we're hoping the two can be reunited soon. as for the fire itself, i'm happy to say it's about 20 miles to the west of where i'm standing, and that could be good for residents here hoping to get back to their homes soon. abc7 news. >> thank you. the carr fire this is ninth most destructive fire in california history. records go back to 1923 and 7 of the top 12 most destructive fires have occurred since 2015.

the ferguson fire near yosemite grown to 56,000 acres and now 30% contained. two firefighters have died. a reporter from our sister station shows us effort to contain the fire and how one firefighter is being remembered. >> they gather together to remember the fallen firefighter. >> we are deeply saddened and offer our condolences to the family, loved ones and crew and friends of captain brian hughes. >> these crews are trained and experienced to go into the toughest fire situation, to engage fire and take on high risk situations. brian was one of the best. >> brian hughes was the second firefighters killed battling the ferguson fire. bulldozer operator, braden barney was killed a week earlier. while the fires continue to

spread, crews have managed to keep a single home from burning and in some evacuated areas they are being allowed to return home. eileen was allowed to return to her house. >> reporter: did you worry? >> i did. it was very stressful. >> reporter: the fire continues to impact yosemite national park and the floor remains closed. >> a large portion of the park remains open. visitors can still come to the highway country, tioga pass, that is all open. you can still go backpacking, high sierra camps open. >> whether scientists are as fascinated as we are by the tornado-like columns that formed at the fire. from the university, they're on site to measure the updraft taking place. more on their research and how

it could help forecast the intensity of fire storms. >> it was a spectacle few have seen close up, a phenomena at the carr fire because of strong winds. >> as those winds were coming along and being heated by the intensity of the fire, some kind of updraft got generated which itself was rotating and gave rise to a fire tornado. >> reporter: dr. allison chair of the department of meteorology at san jose state. she says north california has been experiencing stuck weather, no relief in sight, triple digit temperatures and strong winds have been relentless. >> these are warning signals things are changing and we need to wake up to that now. >> reporter: a team of graduate students and clemmons are there to work on ground breaking

research. they will look at the fire and make measurements off of it. you can point at a fire and detect motions inside the fire cloud. >> reporter: they want to measure the powerful updraft because of its ability to lift burning debris and propel it long distances and sending off embers that set off spot fires downwind. it can help create computer models of fire intensity and evacuations if the fire appears to be worsening. >> if it's 1% longer every year, over 30 years that builds up. you need to start thinking where you will live and how you live. >> reporter: fires have a name, pyrocumulus. abc7 news. people in san francisco as far north as santa rosa report having a minor earthquake this

effort. the 3.7 magnitude quake was at 3:20 this afternoon and bart trains stopped on the tracks. >> get to the next station, just perform a cursory track inspection. just make sure everything is okay. checking to see if everything registered. nearly 4,000 people told the usgs they felt the quake. >> stay with us. the death of a political maverick, former mayor and congressman, ronde dellums. liberals and conservatives calling him a friend. the as do what no team has done before. why they are canceling season tickets for next year. >> what happens when you combi

during his first run for 19t spiro agnew labeled him an out-and-out radical that ought to be purged from the body plic. once in congress he used his platform to shrink the military budget. friends across the political spectrum remember dellums. >> so powerful in his insistence. >> i spent a lot of time with ron in the gym and out of the gym. he was a great awesome guy. >> he is survived by whooifs,

cynthia and five children. >> by his wife -- >> a fit and healthy mother vacationing in greece with her family died after eating just one mouthful of uncooked chicken. raw chicken and its liquids are responsible for deaths every year in the united states. the consumer federation of america looked at the centers for disease control of preventions outbreak numbers. they claim chicken is the country's most dangerous food. the federation is calling on the government to strengthen rules on chicken suppliers. the cdc says consumers should wash raw chicken, surfaces the chicken has come into contact with and thoroughly cook the birds before serving. finally catching a break with low employment. they starting to relax

requirements for new hires. several are requiring college degrees. a million new jobs were posted with no experience necessary right in the ads. self-taught programmers are now finding jobs with companies like intel. walmart targeting middle america, putting together a plan to take on netflix. the "wall street journal" says the focus of walmart could be on people who live outside of big cities. the retail giant has apparently been consulting with experts several months now. a final decision whether to launch is expected later this year. everybody wants in on this business. it used to be we were the video guy, now everybody is the video guys. the vending machine at the san francisco national airport is creating quite a buzz. explaining why. >> reporter: inside terminal two near the food court, a vending machine that dispenses

non-edible items all the rage. >> the first thing when we came o the plane, we that machine that sells the vest. >> it seem as little weird to buy clothes off the vending machine. >> reporter: the vending machine has been here almost a year but generating a buzz now thanks to social media. sfo has a down vest vending machine for visiting cvs. short for venture capitalists, more than 3,000 likes, 5,000 plus retweets and 100 plus comments. >> there's uniformity in the venture capital world. uniformity is one of those and down fleece vests is one you see often. >> reporter: he knows. he works with venture capitalists and headed to new york when he spotted the machine. he said the tweet has been more laughable than offensive. >> me deal is d.c.s are so used to seeing hot deals they may not

be prepared for a cold climate. >> reporter: the vests around $50 and jackets around $70. >> i think it's cool. another way to make money. >> reporter: doug says the mchine run by a third party vending company is making money. >> they're telling us they're doing sales over $10,000 per month just from this machine alone. >> reporter: a bay area talker cleaning up and keeping people warm in style in san francisco, abc7 news. uber is putting the brakes on the self-driving trucks unit. they will end the program based in san francisco and instead focus the efforts on self-driving cars. the truck efforts have been plagued by controversy and legal problems. if you want to get your hands on a limited edition tesla surfboard, you're out of luck. elon musk put 200 of these boards up for sale saturday at $1500 a pop and all gone by

yesterday afternoon. your accuweather forecast. >> summer lived up to its name. pacifica in this mid-50s, concord in the mid-90s. about a 40 degree spread between coast and inland. look at doppler 7. pretty foggy along the coastline and you will see that fog expanding. a view from my south beach camera showing you it is not clear because of the fog. 81 in san jose and 57 in half moon bay. abc7 news exploratory camera showing you some marine layers starting to spill in over sales force tower. 70s santa rosa to napa. still hot in vacaville, 98. and concord and livermore 91 degrees. if you're thinking about what's going to happen the next few day, i want to show you the temperature trend. concord tomorrow, 90 degrees, temperatures slipping a few degrees by midweek, recovering a

few and end of the work week early next week. live doppler 7 just showed you the fog, sitting right along the coastline. it will advance. low clouds and fog tomorrow morning, hazy sunshine in the afternoon with minor midweek cooling mid-atlantic morning drizzle. winds 24 miles an hour out of the northwest in san francisco. it's the setup creating windy conditions. high pressure over the southwest, low pressure northwest of the bay area, sandwiched in between, why the breezy onshore conditions will keep the coast on the cool side. temperatures in the 50s. overcast and drizzly in spots. hazy skies do due to the smoke and afternoon hours. check out the temperatures any time you want.

numbers in the 50s, fog, low clouds and spotty drizzle. give yourself a little extra time for the morning commute. low 90s and upper 50s on the coastline. the sea breeze with us. keeping numbers in check. here's a look at the air quality tomorrow. like today, good to quality tomorrow. sensitive groups unhealthy to basically unhealthful for many people around the northern portion of this state. keep that in mind. accuweather, 7-day forecast, upper 50s to low 90s. hazy skies for some of you tomorrow. a little cooler

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i always go get my second 0 hot dog until the seventh inning. >> i like to stay until the end. you never know. from baseball to football and college coaches getting ready to win. next. first, we want to thank adrian for these pictures from ken wood in sonoma

ama daetz, coming up at 6:00, we continue our live coverage of the carr fire. they're doing a fantastic job. they have a lot of volunteers around the clock to make sure the volunteers are cared for. thanks to the generosity of the bay area residents. also -- >> we can get mollie back, we just have to have somebody call. >> a father's plea for help. talking about the search in iowa for his daughter, mollie and details on a possible new clue, all coming up on abc news at

6:00. dan, kristen. >> all right. ready for football? >> in santa clara for the annual luncheon for current coaches and players associated with cal and stanford during their careers. >> the heads say winning the pac-12 conference will be a tough chore this year. as for santa fe state, they're building towards the future. >> one of the three conferences, it's not the top three or four, six, seven deep of anybody that can win it. >> week in and week out, the talent across the conference in terms of the players and coaches is incredible. >> the process of rebuilding san jose state has been incredible below challenging and fun. incredibly challenging and fun. >> how exciting. >> world news is coming up next.

>> for all of us here, we appreciate your time. see you phenomenagain in half au tonight, as we come on the u air in the west, several developing stories, but we begin there in california. the massive and deadly fires. the death toll worsening. tonight, at least eight dead now. four firefighters, in some cases, the fires sweeping right over them. a grandmother and two great-grandchildren among the victims. and this evening, new pictures now from the air. the fire and winds forming a firenado, a fire whirl. also tonight, the city bracing for possible protests after this newly-released police body cam. >> put your hands up! >> the armed suspect running from police. you can hear him screaming, "please don't shoot me." officers explain why they opened fire and killed him, just as prosecutors said today they will not press charges. the family and protesters taking over the podium on live tv. president tr