the fire flares up in a ferocious way. they are issuing residents to evacuate at moments notice. thanks for joining us. new fires are breaking out as part of the fire which is burning in los angeles and ventura counties. it is 35% contained. here is some more video we have in just an hour ago our sister station says this flare up is burning outside of thousand oaks about 50 acres burned so far. we have seeing a major aerial

attack. flames dropping retardant. people that live downwind are being to be told to be ready evacuate. we'll take you live to southern california in a few minutes for the very latest on the resurgence of this fire. now to northern california and the campfire burning this morning the death toll has been raised 42 confirmed. the fire is 30% contained and burned 125,000 acres, that's 195 square miles. this map gives you an idea of what 195 square miles will look like here. it will cover oakland stretching all the way to hayward and reaching lafayette in the east. we have more on the campfire from one of the hardest hit areas. >> more than 200 people missing in the campfire. it looks like a bomb exploded. it made it prescrar hino b ihh

looking for more bodies. even buildings have been reduced to rubble. this is filled with carnage and we are hearing stories of survival. we spoke to one man that is still living here. amazingly his home was untouched during the fire. he did not evacuate because his mother was 90 and blind. he pulled out a hose and started watering down his property. he thought his entire family was going to die. in a split second the flames turned and headed in a different direction. he is up here living among all of this devastation. his entire neighborhood has been reduced to

this map identifying the damaged and destroyed structures. most have been labeled with a red dot. an image is attached to many of them. smoke continues to choke the bay area. we look at it and we can tell it is awful. so when is this going to subside? you can see about two-thirds of our neighborhoods in the red and the other third would be in the orange which is poor for those that have asthma or

issue the orange is for the most sensitive. those will be feeling the effects also as we head throughout today, tomorrow, thursday and friday. i wouldn't be surprised if there will be a sprinkling of reds in that area. starting friday winds will start to shift instead of coming out of the north. it is bringing that smoke to us. it will push the smoke to points eastward. we'll have humidity rising which means the air won't be nearly as dry. after that we have rain on the way. >> all right. thank you. can't wait for that. >> bay area schools wrestle with how to keep kids safe. several schools have shut down their campuses. we are live with what's happening there. >> the principal just stepped out of the district office and told us at this very moment

superintendeg to figure all of this out. they say education is the goal but safety is the priority. >> it feels empty, quiet. the schools, streets, all of it because of this. >> it was good yesterday. it is bad again today. >> several other districts cancelled dallas because of the current air quality. smoke is continuing to hover over the region. adam has a first grader. he says last year schools closed their doors during the north bay fires. >> it seems like it will be a new normal. i was thinking about some areas have snow days. it seems like we'll have wild fire smoke days in california. >> i have never seen it this bad even when we had the fires. >> i don't really miss

it is will be in session tomorrow. the officials here tell me they hope to make a decision and let families and staff know by 6:00 p.m. reporting live, >> we showed you we are live for us now with the very latest, natalie. >> well, the mandatory evacuation order was lifted this morning. some homeowners coming back to total destruction. the big concern, the santa ana winds sparking new flare ups down the road from here. >> this morning more than 5,000 firefighters struggling to

control multiple infernos. >> there has ban flare up right buildings to entire mobile home communities. >> 20 people lost their homes in here. i mean that's just that's probably the hardest. >> officials have surveyed a portion of the burn area. the number of homes lost expected to rise. >> the embers hit certain houses. my old neighborhood probably eight up ten homes or lost. >> we know of two power outages where both started minutes before the flames erupted. the causes remain under ngs. abc 7 news. >> thank you. of course you can stay on top of the wild fires with the abc 7 news mobile app. it's free to download.

enable push alerts to receive breaking news updates. northbound highway 1 is shut down because of a crash reportedly involving up to 20 vehicles including a big rig. that's the spot, the yellow dot. you can see it's not too far away. there are injuries. again, we are talking about 20 vehicles. right now there's no estimated time of when the freeway will reopen. whether it's fires or other emergencies san mateo set on expanding emergency alert situation chls we are live where supervisors are making a key decision. >> i can't get word that this passed unanimously. it means they are now going to be signed up to receive

emergency alerts. you probably received an alert on your phone most likely because you signed up to receive them. people will now have to opt out. >> when tragedy occurrs we are not prepared for it. if we use the right tools, whether it is e-mail notification it gives people a better jump on how to deal with things. >> a new resolution allowing the office of emergencyerces to expand the notification system. it was started in 2008. a big issue ten years later, only about 9% are enrolled meaning 690,000 are not signed up. they said the recent disasters show the importance of getting emergency information. >> there would be a certain

amount of people that would get that information. others wouldn't. >> they have the ability to use other agencies to get your contact information and enroll you without asking your permission. >> rather than having 10% we hope we would be able to reach everyone. if people don't want that information they can opt out. >> the resolution passed but it could take a few months the implement. >> all right. thanks a lot. >> cnn fighting back again president trump. p and ♪ he's only 11 years old but --

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we are waiting for governor brown to begin a news conference behind these closed doors. we expect them to touch ton fires and the election. we'll bring it to you live when it begins. speaking of the elections, it's been one week since the midterms. your voice your vote continues. some races are still to call. there is still millions of votes left to be counted.

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all right. let's start with the way it looked this morning. we had smoke, clouds and a lot of color. look at this. you can see the impending sunrise wash across the under side of those clouds. just like that it was gone and we are dealing with ugly skies recause of the smoke out t y f can you? >> if you're heading out here are the temperatures you need to dress for, mainly mid-to upper 50s. half-moon bay at 53. it is 62 in morgan hill. it is still because of the reduction in visibility by that smoke. it is not going any where any time soon. that combined with high clouds, even cooler highs today, that's what it takes to get our

temperatures back to average. that's pretty sad. if that's not the sign of the weather climate nothing else is. high clouds leaving. a touch cooler tomorrow morning. the cleaner air and chances of rain. let's talk about temperatures this afternoon. some 70s out there. san jose at 70. morgan hill at 73. the rest of us around 65 to 69 degrees. look at that. you can barely see maybe a mile, maybe two because of the haze and smoke that's out there. low 60s at noon and mid-60s at 4:00. once that sunsets we are down around 50 or so. by to 51.

here is this. we have been watching this about three or four days now. models are starting to come to a little closer agreement. it is just the timing is off right now. here is one model. it shows wednesday at 7:00 t. day before tpg thank. it stays thursday you can see possible moderate rain. it moves up we get another shot for friday an em brel la might be skreeted. we have at least four lure air quality and it hopes the door if the dance of rain. >> thanks. >> we want to take you lye where

governor jerry brown are speaking. let's listen in. as we try to work on that audio for you we want you to know they are having issues. issues. issui >> so are. he will leave you the i'm it was very positive and cream. >> could it be possible -- or that np what the

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pg and e and whether it would be in potential trouble. it suffered an outage at about the time the fire was ignited. we'll have a lot more on abc 7 news later today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. you can continue to watch this on the abc 7 news app. michelle obama launched her book tour. jessica joins us now with more. >> yeah. her new book is deeply personal. she talked about difficulties getting pregnant and even her anger at president trump. despite all of that today in an interview with gma she hopes her new book look uplifting. >> today is the day. >> book is out. >> book is out.

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