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news. >> that breaking news is a new wildfire that just broke out in southern california. we've seen people throwing belongings into their cars as embers rained down on them and flames approached their homes. powerful winds are pushing the flames in rialto in san bernardino county. a helicopter reporter with our sister station in los angeles saw back yards burning. > hot, dry winds triggered the massive woolsey fire to flare up this evening. flames have charred more than 150 square miles across ventura and los angeles counties. it's 40% contained. some evacuated residents have thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley.

the death toll is climbing amid the grim search for victims of the camp fire. >> six more victims were found in paradise today bringing the death toll to 48. more than 88 huck steuers have been destroyed. >> tomorrow governor. >> brian: and interior secretary ryan zinke will survey the damage firsthand. a lawsuit was filed against pg&e on behalf of the catch fire victims alleging pg&e failed to maintain equipment resulting in this deadly fire. >> here's a look where the fire is still burning. it's grown to 130,000 acres and 35% contained. cal fire says record levels of fuel dryness are feeding the flames. >> live team coverage for you tonight. we'll begin with wayne freedman. >> he's live in chico where victims got a chance to hear from first respond others. wayne? >> reporter: well, for someone who lives in this region, who lost a loved one or lost property and who wants answers, they didn't get answers tonight

but something almost as important. they got to touch base with the people working for them. >> persistence. >> even in an auditorium at chico state university tonight, there was no escaping the camp fire or its effects or concern about it. >> reporter: do you know yet? >> no, we don't. >> reporter: this meeting an encore confident press briefing 90 minutes earlier with a big difference. every person here has a stake, possibly loss. as testimonies of their ordeal. >> there was no saving. this was the ultimate firestorm. >> i currently own a fireplace, a chimney and birdbath. >> reporter: patti savage knows her home is gone. her boyfriend urged her not to try to save anything as flames moved in. >> this is just different you. nope? i can't explain it. i've never seen a fire spread that fast. >> reporter: though there have been recurring themes, not good ones as residents heard tonight. >> a number of arrests have been

made throughout the area. >> reporter: six in all four for looting two others for suspected fire related vehicle thefts. names and faces now online. >> it's public record when a person is booked flow the county jail or a local police department facility, name, charges, city of birth, steph residence is public record information always. >> always. >> reporter: comes with the turf in california's worst fire ever in a place called paradise that isn't right now. not with so many people in pain and doubt. >> we're counting on wa we don't know for now and just trusting. >> so the situation is still in flux. word tonight the national guard will bring in 100 people to look for victims and questions, for example, when is can i get back home. patty savage told us tonight she doesn't expect to get back to seefreedman, abc7 news. >> gosh, tough wayne.

news. police and forensic experts are examining burned out vehicles for any signs of human remains in the town of paradise. neighbors realized some of their family and friends had almost no chance to escape when flames overwhelmed places like con kowal. >> a lot of my friends died in their cars and homes because they couldn't get out. >> the wind was about 50-mile-an-hour and the flames were straight across. it was like a monster coming down off the hill that came to destroy. >> again, governor brown plans to survey the devastation in butte county tomorrow and meet with fire victims there. >> snow ma county families will have to wait till tomorrow morning to find out if utilize will reopen. sonoma state university and uc davis will hold classes tomorrow. meteorologist sandhya patel joins us with how air quality is looking. > we're seeing subtle changes in air quality.

take a look. the ru is not quite as murky. it's a little crisper. we still have smoke lingering. spare the air alert and air quality advisory through friday. look at a times lapse from our san jose camera just before sunset tonight. you saw how gray the skies were due to the smoke from the camp fire. this is why we're continuing to monitor the next three days, poor air quality for the bay area. saturday moderate air quality and look as to why we're going to see change. first comes the wind switch saturday which will bring moderate air quality. next week tracking chances can of rain beginning next wednesday continuing through thanksgiving and even on black friday. you can check the current bay area quality conditions in your area anytime you want. we have an interactive website. go to abc7.com. if you click on weather go just below live doppler 7. >> the poor air quality has been

especially hard on kids. >> news reporter unser hassan is live in palo alto where he spoke with experts. unser? >> reporter: yeah, doctors say they're seeing twice as many kids with respiratory issues for this time of year. if your kid is having a hard time believing, bring him in. >> his young daughter has been coughing a lot. >> sheep had a cough and bit i've fever. we decided to get her checked in. >> reporter: this doctor is with palo alto medical foundation. he says they're seeing twice as many kids with i have respiratory issues for this time of year. >> running, laughing triggering a cough i'm worried about their lungs. >> reporter: the likely cause in the poor air quality caused by the fire. it's especially a problem for baby abc young children because their lungs are still growing ef when it's over 51, it's a

problem, over 100, it's dangerous sfoogs this weekend we've been at 160, 180. >> reporter: symptoms include rashes, headache abc mood swings. one or two weeks of bad air likely won't cause long-term damage but advises parents to still get their kids checked. >> the longer you breathe in pollutes air, the higher the risk of damage. >> reporter: it's a good idea to keep kids indoors. indoor air quality can be poor, as well. keep doors and windows closed and make sure no one smokes inside. >> evac kuehlees were forced to find whatever shelter they could to escape the flames. kate larsson has the story of a family who hid in a rite aid store. >> their home burnt down in of this fire northeast paradise. he and others survived thanks to a drugstore and heroic efforts. >> people are panicking right

now. >> reporter: shawn documented his family as the camp fire climbed towards their homes in meg gallal last thursday. >> i got a quarter tank of diesel. >> reporter: the town lost power it the morning of the fire. shawn didn't think he had enough fuel to drive out of town and evacuated to a nearby rite aid. >> i knew that was a safe zone. >> reporter: shawn, his girlfriend and dogs went to bed in his camper till the fire broke them up. >> it's 1:00 a.m. there's emmers bombing cowan. >> every emmer coming over right aide was starting spot fires across the street and mobile homes, i mean, every single ember was fire. >> reporter: shawn says firefighters showed up and broke into the rite aid so the about 30 people could shelter inside while they made sure the drugstore didn't catch fire. >> many of the people inside rite aid lived across the street and seeing their houses burn in

front of them. >> reporter: firefighters told the evacuees how to safely drive out of town. >> meg gailia is gone. >> sheer is video of the rite aid just this morning. there was charred wreckage all around but the store is shawn says his family is trying to figure out if they will rebuild. >> a mom and her young son moved to paradise because they couldn't afford the bay area. >> the join of their own home turned to shock and sadness. they like so many others lost everything in that devastating camp fire. >> news reporter amanda del cas teeio has their story from the south bay. >> reporter: a new home, a fresh start and finally a room 5-year-old aden could call his very own. >> whole. >> reporter: joy volted in a matter of minutes as the camp fire forced evacuations on the morning of november 8th. >> we thought it was a routine

evacuation. >> reporter: britney bush spen last year planning her family's move. when the fire ignited aden's school called requesting she pick them up. they went home and realized their days were in danger. >> if i stayed 20 more minutes, i would be trapped in there. >> we could see fire on both ends coming towards our house. >> reporter: she says video showed her new home leveled. she has no renter's insurance but a friend of her mother stepped in. >> we told us let us knows what your daily items that you need are. her response was i have nothing. >> reporter: maria began collecting donations at her san jose salon. clothes, toys and toiletries to help aden and bush begin their recovery and this go fund me page. >> we would like to move back. we were completely in love, that

town. it was beautiful and everything we could ask for. >> reporter: in the not too distant, hopefully another fresh start for her and aden. >> i'm excited to get my newhouse. >> reporter: amman dab del castillo. >> abc 7 is teaming up with vitalant to be benefit wildfire victims. volunteers can go to the irwin center to donate blood. michael finny will be there all doo. >> as we continue, we'll turn our attention to other things. the bay area has some of the worst commutes anywhere in the nation. >> we'll look at whether old

abc7 news is committed to building a better bay area. we're spending more time looking at issues that affect our quality of life and trying to find solutions. we all know traffic congestion is a huge problem sow building more highways help? >> that is a question the bay area has been asking more than a century. alexis smith has a closer look at the bay area roadways that could have been. >> reporter: as long as cars have been on our streets, california highway planners have seen the need for a networ of roads to move cars faster and more efficiently around the bay area. >> this is a plan that you know, really started to germinate in the 1950s. and then flower in the 1960s. and began withering in the 170 metropolitanoveres

long-term highway plans he been possible. scenic highway 1 was once planned to be a major freeway. swathes of concrete could have been laided from san rafael to point reyes. a freeway would have aleve congestion in the south way and another linked brentwood to liver more. >> around the east bay in particular a lot of plans were not built. >> reporter: one would have started at 680 and fremon. to connect at 238 and 580 in hayward. the plan was on the books nearly half a century but in 2004, the idea officially died. >> if it were ever to be built, highway 238 would be the eighth bay area bridge and it would have connected with 380 right here near sfo and continued along this route all the way to pacifica. under highway 280, you can still see is the two overpasses that

could carry cars all the way to rockway beach. the construction is unlikely to resume anytime soon. there have been a number of proposals to build another connection between the east bay and san francisco. some over the bay, others under it. >> one of the most outlandish proposals was what was designated to be state route 61. >> that crossing would have starred near golden gate fields in berkeley and traveled pair and ended near hunter's point where it could have connected to a network of urban freeways that crisscross san francisco. benjamin grant is with the bay planning and research association. he says it wasn't till the freeways started going up and that people realized the magnitude of all these plans. >> the embark dare role freeway woke people up when people realize what had it looked like.

>> reporter: when the earthquake struck in 1989, the bay area's feelings about highways changed even more. >> a different philosophy fill prevailed which is cities are meant for people. >> the m tampa bay c will start planning for 2015 next year. the focus has solicited. there will be changes but don't look for the dramatic plans when it comes to roadways. many proposals involve improving public transportation. >> how can we work on can a better bay area. let's turn our attention back to the forecast for the fire lines and here in the bay area air quality. >> i have encouraging news to report. air quality is going to improve. we'll get rain in the bay area. let's start out with the smoke. nasa satellite imagery showing

smoke from the camp fire in the violet purple there. you notice some of the drifting into the bay area today. obviously, still dealing with poor air quality. brighter colors were an indication i have that smoke. high pressure over ahead. we have down sloping winds. northerly wind, northeasterly wind. that's beak keeping the smoke coming into our area. the high pressure singering air beneathing it traps the smoke at the surface you. really need the wind to switch direction and blow out that smoke. that is coming, as well. i do want to give you encouraging news. visibility has started to improve. not as low as it was earlier this afternoon and evening. four-mile visibility in liver more and oakland. five miles in san jose. high clouds passing through our region. temperatures anywhere from the 30s to 50s. the clouds overhead ip sue late us a little bit except for the valleys. a beautiful view of san francisco all decked out

tonight. lingers text few days. air quality improves by the weekend. rain moving in the middle of next week. first thing tomorrow morning, hazy skies, temperatures in the 30s to 50s. you will still need a light jacket or sweater. tomorrow afternoon lingering hazy conditions. there might be a slight improvement in the amount of smoke we're seeing. temperatures will come up. low 70s from santa rosa to san jose. 66 san francisco and in half moon bay. wind gusts 12:00 friday afternoon, still coming out of this direction. but watch wasp the wind shifts on shore and when the wind is coming on shore, it starts to push that smoke out of here. then we introduce you back to our abc7 news exclusive storm impact scale where we rank our storms from 1 light to 5 severe next week. rain chances beginning on

wednesday. right now snow for eera. thanksgiving is looking pretty wet as a series of systems come through next week. models are in better xwreemt by next wednesday, we have could be seeing some wet weather which is exactly what we need with all the fires. seven-day forecast, hazy and milder tomorrow. winds have changed friday bringing us better air quality for the weekend. higher humidity. hopefully your sigh newses are not acting as much by

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to wildfire survivors as well as the california fire foundation which helps firefighters and their families. and there's a need for money it, food and clothes to represent victims. we very resources on abcnews.com. you can make a $10 by texting donation to red cross at 90999. >> a lot of tension in the warriors locker room. tonight the players' responses to questions about the heated argument between draymond green and kevin durant went as expected. they were short with answers and chose instead to

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>> emotion is one of draymond's strengths on the court but it government the best of him. the warriors suspended him for tonight as a game for conduct detrimental to the team. >> things happen, bumps in the road. you got to move forward. it's all part of coping a team. it's all part of being on a team. >> before the game, the team gave former head trainer chelsea lane her championship ring. kevin durant had a game high 29 tonight. quin cook, he had six assists. this one to klay thompson from the corner for three. klay thompson 24 points. he returned the favor to cook, found him in the corner for distance. 18 points for cook tonight. damian jones had only two points but they were the best of the game. love watching him put it down. warriors win 110-10. nick mullens and bob melvin

oakland's bob melvin is this season's american league manager of the year. he received the honor after leading the team with the lowest payroll to the fourth best record and a wildcard berth. now that's nick mullens. the sharks against the predators. tied in the third, joe thornton with the jumbo goal, his 400th career goal. it gave the sharks the 5-4 win. this abc7 sports report is

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