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♪ one year later, tonight we're looking back on the night the north bay wildfires sparked and seeing what's changed to prevent a disaster like this from happening again. and we're live in santa rosa where we're talking with a local nonprofit tonight that is helping people who lost not only their homes but also their jobs. who is under insured and why in the north bay fire zone? we will look at that. i'm michael finney, "7 on your side" is coming up live where you live, this is "abc 7 news." one year ago a firestorm exploded across the north bay, destroying homes and claiming lives. tonight we're looking back and looking forward at what was lost and what we've learned. >> i think one of the things i've learned is that material things aren't that important, and that sounds cliched but it is true. >> thanks for joining us.

i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley live in santa rosa tonight in the fountain grove neighbor, which has become an iconic symbol of the destruction left behind by these wildfires. we're dedicating most of our newscast tonight to this first anniversary of the wildfires in the north bay, the most destructive in state history. you're going to see a lot tonight that will remind you of what happened back then and what has happened since. late on sunday night last year, october 8th, small flames fanned by extreme winds merged into six massive fires. these fires wiped out 8900 homes, burning 200,000 acres, nearly 300 square miles, and it took the lives of 44 people. the fires burned in sonoma, napa, lake and mendocino counties with names that are now seared into our memories, the tubbs, nuns, atlas, pocket, redwood and sulfur fires. it would take 23 days before all

of these fires were contained. now, let me show you a live look in santa rosa tonight at the mark west springs neighborhood. homes here are being rebuilt and right now neighbors are holding a sort of block party to gather together with food, wine, even some live music to share stories and memories and to really buck each other up as this rebuilding work continues. here at the fountain grove neighborhood in santa rosa, a party is starting tonight as well just a few feet away from me on the next street over, and then tomorrow night another one is at this home that is under construction behind me. people very much wanting to mark and commemorate this anniversary by getting together, sharing stories and rebonding as they continue to do the work to rebuild. now, in the year since the fire, police -- or the year rather since the fire, police, firefighters, public officials have all been working together to find ways to improve, alert people a little bit faster than they did, give them a better

opportunity to get out in a hurry, and the idea is to learn from the past and also look to the future and make sure that they continue to help these people recover as best they can. we have a lot to bring you here tonight. i want to begin our live team coverage with "abc 7 news" reporter laura anthony. she is live in napa silverado neighborhood right in the heart of wine country. laura, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, dan. in the year since the fires here, napa emergency officials told us they have learned a lot. among the chief lessons they've learned is that those stationary sirens, the ones we are used to seeing atop tall poles, don't reach everybody necessarily. a lot of people simply don't hear them. here in napa county they're going to bring the sirens straight to the res res r it is an unfamiliar sound meant to get the immediate attention of residents in napa county. >> we heard from the community that they would like an emergency alert system.

>> reporter: napa county sheriff john robertson calls the european high/loci ren one result of the lessons learned from last year's devastating wildfires. >> allows us to drive a patrol car throug rural areas along country rides, thereby advising people rapidly that there's an emergency. >> they had to crash through gates to continue on their mission. >> reporter: captain chris carlisle showed us what his deputies were up against last october, trying to evacuate heavily-wooded but well-populated communities in the middle of the night. the high/low sirens are just one new tool. napa county has also distributed thousands of evacuation tags for residents to place on mailboxes, faces, gates, fences or doors before evacuating. >> it allows us to drive through neighborhoods, see that an entire strip of homes have been evacuated and we can move on to places of people that may not know about the fire yet or the emergency. >> reporter: still, given the magnitude of last year's

wildfires, the intensity of the winds, the speed and height of the flames, first responders here are well aware, no amount of preparation can guarantee it won't happen again. >> 50 extra fire engines went and put the fires out when it started. there was not a chance we would be able to contain the fire and stop it from spreading. those conditions would not allow that type of fire fight to occur. >> reporter: now this is where charles and sarah rippey died. this is all that's left of their home, basically the outline of a foundation. they were 198 years old. it is hard to know at this point whether a better warning system might have saved their lives, but officials here in napa county hope the new sirens are at least an improvement. in napa, laura anthony, "abc 7 news." we can certainly hope so, laura. thanks very much. you know, on this one-year anniversary for so many people this is a time of reflection and perspective, and we want to continue our live team coverage

with "abc 7 news" reporter cornell bernard who is with me live here in santa rosa tonight with a brave homeowner that we met last year. cornell. >> reporter: dan, you're right. john graves was brave. his spirit totally unforgettable. this is where his home on ranchette road once stood. today he is marking the anniversary by taking stock of the things the fire did not destroy. >> well, you know, i'll remember this day forever. >> reporter: that's john graves last october showing us the rubble of his home, destroyed by the firestorm. he would never forget that day and we never for got john. >> reporter: john, how are you? >> good. >> reporter: we caught up with john graves, his wife kim and their dog jerry at the condo they've been renting since the fires. a picture of the home they lost hangs on the wall. >> the morning when i saw you was when i was at my house and my house had been destroyed, and everything was chaos. >> reporter: john, again, we're so sorry about he here. >> reporter: i was struck by how

calm he was that day and what he said. >> we're just going to put the pieces back together and rebuild. this is -- you know, it looks horrible now but this is really a beautiful spot. >> i was probably in shock, to be honest with you. you know, we -- that was -- that was our home 25 years. >> this is the footprint of the main house here. >> reporter: john shows us the lot of his old house. remarkably, this gas grill was the only thing that survived the fire. the family will rebuild, but building permits and insurance have slowed the process. >> you have to be very patient and you have to be persistent. >> reporter: a year later he is reflecting on what he lost. >> my dad took me to sears when i was eight years old and bought me a ted williams baseball glove and i still have that. >> reporter: but john made some new discoveries. >> i lost a lot of material stuff, but the important things were still there. you know, we were all together. >> reporter: it is a tough anniversary for kim graves, but she and jerry keep coming back

to this lot on ranchette road. after all, it is still home. >> do you see the dog, too? he lochs it around here. he can't run over there. i bring him back here about once a week, and i'm coming back. so i look forward to that day. >> reporter: and the family says they hope their new home will be rebuilt by next fall in the same spot, a place to start some new memories for sure. live in santa rosa, cornell bernard, "abc 7 news." dan, back to you now. >> cornell, thank you. new memories will be very nice. certainly grit and resilience have been very much on display in the north bay for the past 365 days. "abc 7 news" reporter wayne freedman is live in the larkfield estates neighbor with examples of that. wayne. >> reporter: good afternoon, dan. when they talk about resilience, they're talking about what they describe in this part of the woods as sonoma strong. we have also talked a lot about the thousands of structures lost, but there's another kind of structure, those that were

scathed. i'm standing in front of one now. it is a business where roughly two dozen people work. they know how fortunate they are. around here they call this shopping center a miracle after the santa rosa firestorm. >> oh, my god, i felt relief. >> reporter: karm encampos, owner of the burger bar which somehow the tubbs fire left standing this time last year even though pretty much everything around it burned including the neighborhood. >> i was back in here at 11:00 the next morning and this place was probably 120 degrees everywhere. >> reporter: it is next to larkfield estates where joel chandler, among others, has been rebuilding, a shopping center that also felt like home that somehow survived even though the neighborhood did not. at the coffee shop, jerry says it has not been easy since the morning commuters disappeared. >> we have been here 11 years, so we didn't want to close up and walk away. we're definitely a part of the eporter: in the last year

that community has changed. turns out salvation came from a different clientele. >> now it is construction guys. >> we're building 46 homes across the street. we have 67 employees. they all eat. >> reporter: nobody around here says business is up, not with the dinner crowd gone, but it is enough. >> we used to be open later of an evening, but there's nobody out here. so we close at 5:00. >> reporter: still, that is much better than the alternative. and as we come back live, you see the business is still open outside the yogurt shop. it is interesting because this, they say, is about friendship as much as anything else. people who live in that neighborhood have come here, they've gone out of their way to eat and dine and buy in this shopping center, and the shopping center businesses say they're here for them and will remain so. it is a long rebuilding process. live in santa rosa near larkfield estates, wayne freedman, "abc 7 news." dan. >> all right. it is, wayne, but they are underway. just a few powerful examples of

the real spirit of the north bay community. "abc 7 news" is devoting an extensive portion of our newscast tonight to the north bay wildfires one year later. our team of reporters and anchors put together stories on how the devastating fires have changed the lives of so many and how they've met the challenge of rebuilding and moving ahead. stay with us. a lot more to bring you here, but now back to kristen in san francisco. >> so many amazing stories to tell. as dan mention, our coverage of the north bay wildfires anniversary will continue throughout the "abc 7 news" at 6:00 tonight. at 6:30, the i-team's dan noyes joins us. he digs into the reasons some neighborhoods have been rebuilt while others haven't. >> a lot of fine print, insurance is big business, there's a lot of money at stake. >> and next, "7 on your side's" michael finney finds out why insurance sometimes is enough. >> i'm spencer christian with good news. good news. our red

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sky 7 is live in solano county showing what is left of a home that burned to the ground this afternoon. a flare-up destroyed the house of a caretaker on a ranch near the belden's landing boat avalanche. nobody was hurt. a build ingalls burned yesterday. the fire has burned almost 5,000 acres. it is 70% contained. on this anniversary of the north bay wildfires, we find many homeowners don't have the cash to rebuild. why? they were underinsured they say through no fault of their own. "7 on your side's" michael finney has been looking into this issue for the last year

really. >> yeah. >> he joins us do you have enough insurance to replace it? those we talked to say they thought they did and are now pointing at their insurance companies for this underinsured mess. a month after the fire i visited the sherwood's home or what was left of it in santa rosa. it looked pretty much like this, only then there were more blackened trees and ash. >> welcome back to the neighborhood. >> the sherwoods banded together with neighbors, hiring a single contractor to rebuild their homes. when dealing with insurance companies, they were each on their own. you see, the sherwoods like many here don't have enough insurance to rebuild what they lost. >> now, why were you underinsured? >> i think that's tino ithkdy has the exact answer. policies are set by insurance companies, not by the person purchasing it. >> state farm did issue a special investigation into our policy because we wrote so many

e-mails and made so many phone calls, and what they found is they came back and said, no, you're insured properly. you know, our big question is how can that be when it is four years old and we're $100,000 plus underinsured. >> state farm would not discuss the sherwoods' claim citing privacy concerns but did write, we are always willing to work with our customers to make sure they are receiving the full benefits allowed within their policy. amy balk heads up united policyholders, the consumer group advising homeowners here. she says in most fire zones around 60% of the homes are underinsured. she believes sometimes insurance companies sell less than what is needed because homeowners are price sensitive and the companies want to make a sale. the insurance information institute says that doesn't make sense. it is not a benefit to the insured to sell less than what is needed, but both sides agree it is a contract and everyone must pay attention.

>> insurance is a contract. it is written by lawyers. it has got a lot of fine print. insurance is big business. there's a lot of money at stake. >> lany wahl and her husband are dealing with that business arrangement right now. her home, seen here in a pre-fire photograph, was insured for less than $600,000. the cost to rebuild a similar home on this now-vacant lot is pushing $2 million. she says before the fire she and her husband asked for more insurance coverage and her lender questioned if the policy amount was enough to rebuild. the insurance company, usaa, declined an interview citing privacy issues, but in a statement said, our members do have the final decision on how much and what type of coverage they should purchase. lany says all of the blame should not lie with the insured. >> the insurance companies know that stuff. that's their job, they're everyday business. so to me it is not fair that they put that burden on us. >> discussions between usaa and

lany are moving into mediation. the sherwoods and state farm are still talking. amy bach says this much consumers and this many fires are not to blame. >> it can't be that they were all being cheap and lazy. it has got to be a problem on the insurance companies' side. >> when you come back to do the two-year story we will have you in and have a glass of wine. >> hopefully everything will be worked out by then. well, the insurance information institute believes the 60% underinsured number is an inflated figure. i have posted on our website tips from the insurance information institute along with the full statements by both insurance companies that i featured in this report. >> boy, if it is really 60%, michael -- all right. thank you. >> sure. >> just one of the many issues. right now let's go back to dan ashley, my partner, in santa rosa with a lot more coverage. dan. >> yeah, kristen, thanks so much. once again i'm standing in the fountain grove neighborhood in santa rosa where the tubbs fire

burned with such ferocity one year ago. it destroyed more than 5600 buildings and ranks as the single-most destructive wildfire in state history. again, that's just in this fountain grove area. it is also on the record books as the third deadliest fire in california history, responsible for 22 deaths just here. that's half of the total from all of the north bay wildfires, those six wildfires that burned one year ago. new at 6:00, let me show you some pictures now of an assisted living facility that burned down during the tubbs fire. it is being rebuilt. these are photos of the new building where oakmont senior living's villa capri used to be. "abc 7 news" broke the story of the evacuation in which family members said staff left residents behind during the fire. the department of social services recently concluded its evacuation into three of oakmont's living facilities and filed a legal notice to revoke

the licenses of two, villa capri and verena. dss said had it not been for family members who helped rescue and evacuate residents more than 20 elderly residents would likely have perished in the flames. oakmont senior living has requested a hearing to challenge the dss decision. since the fire, several family members settled a lawsuit against oakmont senior living for an undisclosed amount of money. weep continue to follow that story. perhaps the major reason the north bay fires were so bad that night were the wind. they were just howling a year ago, sending burning debris the size of dinner plates all over the place, sparking new fires continually. it spread in two miles in just a few moments, just about one hour it managed to reach two miles, and it was just impossible for firefighters to get a handle on that night. tonight it has been a relatively calm night. the breeze is blowing a little bit, but it is quite calm now and a lovely, mild evening.

abc 7 weather anchor spencer christian monitored the fire conditions back then and he is with us with the forecast tonight. spencer. >> you're right, dan. the red flag warning for high fire danger has expired. the wind diminished though still quite warm. still a concern about the risk of fire. we had highs today near 90. santa rosa, 89. around the bay line, a high of almost 80 here in san francisco. as we look out over the city, you see it is much cooler, down to 67 degrees here in the city. 71 in oakland. we have 70s and low 80s in most other locations. here is a view of the setting sun from the east bay his camera and more temperature readings for you. upper 70s in santa rosa, napa, novato. vak au v vacaville, 83 degrees. a cooling trend begins to tomorrow with low clouds returning to the coastline and warming at week's end. notice the cooling. by wednesday we see inland highs only in the upper 70s.

low 70s around the bay. about 60 on the coast, but it starts to warm up again at the end of the week. from friday through the weekend we can expect high temperatures inland in the mid to upper 80s. once again, upper 70s around the bay. if the winds increase again, that means fire danger will increase as well. >> let's hope they don't. >> i know. >> spencer, thank you. >> okay. oakland's mayor joins state and federal lawmakers for a special ride on b.a.r.t today with the intent of keeping passengers safe during an emergency. up next,

barlt today tested a new earthquake alert system designed to keep passengers safe. right now shake alert provides up to ten seconds warning when the ground will begin shaking before a quake strikes. lawmakers and local leaders were on the train during the test, including state senator jerry hill. >> this is not just a game changer, it is a life saver. >> it will allow three technological means trains to be slowed or stopped. it will allow surgeons to withdraw scalpels from a patient. >> they barely noticed when the train slowed down to 27 miles per hour. elected officials made the case for continued state and federal funding to expand the shake alert system. now, we're used to natural disasters and facing them head on in california, but recovering from the north bay wildfires has given some people a reason to pause. >> do they want to rebuild in an

area that has experienced traumatic fires over the last 50 years? >> the i-team's dan noyes digs into the reasons some neighborhoods have been rebuilt and others haven't. >> reporter: and i'm dan ashley live in santa rosa, once again the fountain grove neighborhood. we are taking a look back at the tragic events that began one year ago today. we will take you on a before and after tour thanks to drone view 7. stay with us.

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live where you live, this is "abc 7 news." one year after the north bay wildfires, the slow rebuild. flames destroyed more than 5,300 homes in october 2017 and only a fraction of those have been rebuilt. some neighborhoods show great progress, others very little. i-team report dan noyes has been diving deep into this. you have been investigating for a while, and on this one-year anniversary you have answers. >> that's right, kristen. it is a complex maze of issues people have to consider. do they rebuild or start again

somewhere else? the morning after the coffey park neighborhood burned to the ground i drove the streets. >> incredible and sad. >> now one year later our drone shows coffey park is quite literally rising from the ashes. new homes finished, others well on their way. >> it is a boost in the arm for santa rosa and sonoma county. >> sonoma county supervisor susan goren. >> but hidden in the ribbon cutting are the stories and the complications behind the scenes. >> reporter: she hasn't begun to rebuild her own oakmont home destroyed in the fire. the supervisor is too busy helping constituents and is hoping construction costs come down. something as simple as making a list of what she lost has been very painful. >> i didn't want to do it initially. i still don't want to do it. i'm not finished with it. i'm trying to put a replacement cost or a value on something that's been in your family

100-plus years is difficult. >> reporter: while coffey park is rebounding, other parts of santa rosa are still mostly moon scapes. >> it is a sad scenario because i still feel like i'm living in a nightmare. when i come home i come through complete darkness. >> reporter: this attorney owns one of the homes that escaped the fire in mountain grove. he is working for homeowners considering a lawsuit against pg&e. he said people are having a hard time rebuilding because of concerns about toxins in the drinking water. many elderly residents who paid off their homes long ago didn't carry enough insurance to replace them. >> when you are an empty nseest mostly paid if not all, they were underinsured. when you have no mortgage there's no incentive to keep a large insurance payment so they got double whammied by the fire. >> and the cost of construction, but i think a larger story is do they want to rebuild in an area

that has experienced traumatic fires over the last 50 years. will the outcome be different for them? are they young enough to want to go through the rebuilding process? many for many different reasons are saying, i'm done. >> supervisor goren is concerned about the types of jobs people are taking with them as they leave the area and who will take their place. the fires have forever changed that area in so many ways, kristen. >> i would imagine. i mean as the homes become more expensive, the new ones, you will get a different group of people. >> exactly. >> so much has thangd. thank you, dan. >> thanks. let's get back out with my partner dan ashley in santa rosa. dan. >> hi, kristen. as we continue our coverage live here from the fountain grove neighborhood, you know, when the fires broke out they certainly damaged a few wineries but it is important to keep in mind the vast majority of wine country was completely untouched. still, all of the publicity and all of the smoke in the air all

over the bay area added to the perception that the whole area was devastated. as a result, hotels, restaurants, wineries took a big hit in business. they lost a lot of money as a result. certainly some saw physical damage but it was the perception that was so damaging as well. you know, when the atlas peak fire sprepd ad in napa spread s quickly and did ee norm usa damage. this is what white rock vineyard looked like before the fire and here is drone ju 7 showing after. the winery dates back to the 1870s, making it one of the oldest in california. three generations made it out of the winery safely. when the family returned to the ruins they found their livestock and dog survived, but they lost up to 20% of their total wine inventory. today there are signs of recovery at the winery. new buildings are going up, but the houses up the hill are still vacant lots, reminders of how

much work still needs to be done. >> that's just one example. but, again, keep in mind many of the wineries, most of them were completely untouched by the flames, and their main message, kristen, is if you want to help us outcome up and do business with us. come stay at our hotels. come visit the wineries. come eat at our restaurants. they are very much open for business, the recovery well under way. they just need our support and business. >> and the hospitality is incredible, dan. what a great idea. >> absolutely. it is true. >> thanks. well, tomorrow we will be just four weeks away from the midterm election. today the two candidates for california governor engaged in their first and possibly only

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california's two gubernatorial candidates, gavin newsom and john cox, debated at a local san francisco radio station. the format was loose but the two addressing some of the most pressing issues californians face. abc 7 reporter lyanne melendez was there. >> reporter: it was a debate not meant for news. cameras were not allowed near the candidates. reporters relied on cellphones to poorly record comments made

by kaf innewsome. john cox left without talking to anyone and eventually exited the station's parking garage. >> let's get started. >> reporter: on the issue of the state's housing crisis, newsome brought up prop 13 the yearly increases. >> you are talking about reforming prop 13? >> we are talking about a tax conversation around this housing comfort. >> is prop 13 on the table? >> everything is on the table as relates to this issue. >> reporter: cox says california needs housing reform, saying there's too much red tape, taxes and lawsuits that stand in the way of more construction. >> there's no good reason why i am able to build other places for a lot less cost than in california. >> reporter: on the issue of our criminal justice system, cox believes the state needs tougher laws and sentences that stick while newsom said locking people up is not necessarily the answer. with regard to our sanctuary state status, newsom called a

proposal to build a wall between the u.s. and mexico border a monument to stupidity. cox said public safety is the most important thing for californians. later in the afternoon, cox stopped by "abc 7 news" to talk to us. i asked him if having president trump's support would help or hurt him among california republicans. >> i will support the president when he does things that are right for california. i will oppose him when he does things that are wrong for california. >> reporter: here are newsom's comments taken with a cellphone. >> i thought it was an important conversation. i thought the contrast between the two is pretty self-evident on critical issues the state of california faces. >> reporter: both cox and newsom say they're open to more debates before the november election. in the newsroom, lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." by now you should have gotten your sample ballot in the mail. to learn about what is in it go to abc7news.com/election for local voter guide to the people and propositions you will be

voting on election day, which is november 6th. brett kavanaugh will be hearing cases on the supreme court tomorrow. he was sworn in tonight during a ceremony at the white house. kavanaugh received an exoneration of wrong-doing from president trump. >> and with that i must state that you, sir, under historic scrutiny were proven innocent. thank you. >> kavanaugh's nomination was rocked by sexual assault allegations from high school and college that included a sexual assault charged may palo alto university professor christine blasey ford. kavanaugh was confirmed saturday by a 50-48 vote, the smallest senate margin in 137 years. our coverage of the north bay wildfires' anniversary continues next. we know the wildfires burned down a lot of homes. the loss of housing also meant the loss of some jobs. next dan will talk live with

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welcome back once again. much of our coverage today dedicated to the year anniversary of the north bay wildfires. i'm reporting once again from

the devastated fountain grove neighborhood in santa rosa. we are, of course, in the heart of wine country, and this region and this industry depends very much on the hard work and efforts of the immigrant community and, of course, they were affect just as everyone else was so affected and they still are today. with me is anita of a nonprofit that has been around for about 50 years. talk to me about how the imfwranlt community was affected because it is hard enough on people who have english as a first language. when it is your second language, even more challenging. >> absolutely. the immigrant community has many barriers, and community language and other barriers that california human development, when the community needed them we came to the call by opening a wildfire relief center. in that we provided resources for the immigrant community and others affected by the fire. >> what were the priorities immediately in the first days and weeks of the fire?

>> first days and weeks people wanted ancillary food, they wanted help with tools and equipment that had been lost during the fires so that they can get back to work. >> and you were able to do that, help raise donation? >> absolutely. transportation. absolutely with the help of the community and some state and federal grants we were able to leverage those to really provide those ancillary assistance to the community. >> and, of course, lots of jobs were suspended or lost. >> absolutely. >> creating even more need. >> a great need indeed because in this community here in fountain grove many people lost their jobs. they're domestic workers and workers who worked in landscaping and those jobs were lost when the fires devastated them. >> anita, what is the need still today, 365 days later? >> well, we are finding the need today to be grief counseling in the second phase of the fires, and also long-term case management. >> what does that mean, long-term case manage innocent? >> people need long-term solutions.

they're dealing with their grief and the aftermath of now they've become a little more table, but now what is next, right, and they're dealing with emotions tied to that. >> that's what california human development is all about. thanks, anita. >> thank you. >> thank you so much for coming on and for all of the great work you are doing to help people in this community. >> thank you. >> again, the immigrant population who does so much work here in wine country still reeling from the effects of the north bay will fires like everyone else. our coverage will continue, but let's go back to san francisco and kristen. >> thank you, dan. today cal fire tweeted in honor of the anniversary, quote, one year ago today, the unpress au didn'ted october fire siege overran california. the firestorm started in the middle of the night while most were asleep and vulnerable. remember that in the fall season fire danger is still high. we certainly had the key ingredients for making the danger high today, but it is

diminishing. back to spencer. >> that's right. the winds have diminished and the red flag warning for high-fire danger has expired but we have warmer than normal weather and it is quite dry out there. here is live doppler 7. you see sunny skies across the bay area right now. during the overnight, skies remain mostly clear with low cloudiness returning to parts of the coastline. overnight lows mainly in the 50s. cooler in the north bay valleys where lows may drop down to about 50 degrees. starting at 7:00 tomorrow morning under mostly sunny skies, during the day we'll see little patches of fog returning to the coastline, increasing along the coastline, providing a little bit of cooling effect. so tomorrow will be a warmer than average day, much like today, but not quite so warm. we will see temperatures drop off five or six degrees in most locations. look for highs tomorrow of 63 in half moon bay. 70 here in san francisco, where today it was almost 80 degrees. some inland locations that were up to about 89 degrees today will be in the low 80s tomorrow. so good news. now, let's turn to something that's not good news. this is hurricane michael which

is intensifying in the gulf of mexico right now. it is a category 1 storm but over the nextcted to move north through the eastern gulf of mexico and intensify to a category 3 hurricane before making landfall wednesday, early wednesday afternoon near panama city, florida which is in the florida panhandle. it was a month ago hurricane florence devastated the southeastern u.s. and here comes another hurricane likely to produce flooding rainfall over much of the southeast. back to the bay area. here is our accuweather seven day forecast. cooling begins tomorrow by a few degrees. further cooling on thursday when inland highs reach only into the upper 70s. gradual warming begins on thursday, and friday, saturday and sunday back into temperatures that are ranging six, eight, ten degrees above the average for this time of year. >> boy. as long as the winds are slowing. >> let's hope they stay rather light. >> yeah. >> thank you, spencer. we have sports today. mindi bach is here and a lot of raiders fans are scratching their heads. >> absolutely. this is a day a lot of coaches

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now abc 7 sports with mindi bach. sunday's loss was déjà vu for the raiders marshawn lynch and he didn'ts es

trs ustr eedss i beast mode's hands. the result, an interception. you remember that lynch was with the seahawks in superbowl xlix. he remembers. on the patriots one-yard line, russell wilson's pass intercepted. not handing off to lynch at that time was considered one of the worst decisions in superbowl history and cost the championship. gruden said the situation wasn't comparable. >> we were down 20-3. it wasn't the last play of the super bowl. we were down 20-3. it won't be the last pass i call on first and goal either. i think it is the best time to throw down there. i regret it was intercepted. turns out to be a horrible call. lynch is frustrated. i think i threw my visor and my headset, so i think he and i have a lot in common. >> evander kane frustrated with the sharks as well. they were in brooklyn for a matinee against the islanders. came with a chance, but robin

leonard what a wall today. the sharks took 35 shots on goal and leonard stopped all of them. bad luck as well. the shot deflected and into the net. thesl shut out the sharks. they win 4-0. san jose drops to one and two and will play in philadelphia tomorrow. . the man that will take over as head coach of the last place san jose earthquakes. they introduced almeda as head coach. the former argentinian player has success as a player and coach. >> translator: it is a very special day for me. i have a lot of happiness being here and being part of this club and i want to get to work to get this team back to a competitive level and fight in mls. >> so steve ralston will remain interim coach of the final two games of the season as he works

on next year. a lot is expected of him in san jose. >> high hopes. >> exactly. >> going back to gruden, that wasn't what raiders fans wanted to hear him say. >> yeah, you got to give the ball to your best player, that being marshawn lynch. >> you see how many defenders he can carry. sometimes you got to play the strategy, too. >> thanks, mindi. >> sure. >> coming up tonight at 9:00 on kofi cable tv, a horse walked up to a show in the east bay this weekend. this bizarre scene at 9:00. on "abc 7 news" at 11:00, veterans forced to sleep in cars and skip medical care. we go inside the peninsula operation trying to change that. coming up the night on abc 7 at 8:00 it is "dancing with the stars" followed at 10:00 by "the good doctor," and stay with us for "abc 7 news" at 11:00. at 11:35 it is "jimmy kimmel live." tonight's guests are john goodman and actress regina hall. right now we send it back to

dan. >> kristen, thank you. finally here tonight from fire-ravaged santa rosa, a few thoughts about what really matters. one year ago flames raked this neighborhood and others bear, leaving a moonscape befinhind. for those not affected it is hard to believe it is a year. for those who lost so much every day feelts lis like a year. that's why we thought it was important to return here to see what has been done and hasn't, and to spend time with those whose homes are no longer standing, normal is a long way off. their lives never will be as they were before this day 365 days ago. in the days and weeks after the fires, people rushed in to help and to donate. it was really beautiful to watch, all of the caring and the compassion. what really matters now is to remember that the job is not yet done and the good people here still need our help. that is our report live from santa rosa tonight.

another look now from drone view 7 above the wildfire and what was left behind a year ago. for kristen sze, spencer christian and the entire "abc 7 news" team along with mindi bach, we appreciate your time. enjoy the rest of your evening. we will see you again at 9:00 and 11:00. i'm dan ashley. good night from santa rosa.

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