pescadero. fire erupts in san mateo county. look at the walls of flames burning out of control. this fire was sparked by line on sunday and it has just exploded today. firefighters are making a stand, as you can see. a wide shot from sky 7. a plume of smoke. this is live. right now, residents are on stand by ready to evacuate. thanks for joining us. i'm larry biel. >> and i'm kristen sze. evacuat right now in napa county due to the hen see fire. that fire has burned to 2,700 acres. it is 0% contained. wayne is following the fire, he was there yesterday, back again today. what's the latest up there? >> this is the day that began with hope the fire had not grown much overnight. we're saying 2,700 acres but it

is much larger. you can see it over my shoulder. the hen see fire is moving. it didn't have air support today. those resources had to go to other areas that need the help even more. first came the smoke. then a few licks of flames. then they served notice. after a quiet note, this would be a day for moving and moving fast. neil and his wife kathleen knew all about that firsthand. >> looked down at the window and there's a small area of fire. it was rapidly increasing in size. >> they live a few yards from the lightning strike that started all this. >> it was thunder and lightning all evening. it really got loud. >> what had been one fire yesterday became three this morning. with the gamble fire and now the 15-5. >> yesterday toward the end of

the day, 15-5 and gamble were a couple hundred acres. overnight they yue to 4,500 and 5,000, respectively. >> from 60 known line strikes yesterday. >> there are all little spots, smoking up there. even some trees in the crotch at the bottom where they come out of ground. there are little flames there. >> reporter: little flames that with a puff of wind can turn into big ones. one big complication. no air support to fight the flames. it was all diverted. the fires burned to the wild lands unabated. what had been a line of flames barreled down the mountain. for a while they threatened but never did cut off highway 128. firefighters could do little more than watch and monitor. and that just one small drama among many today in a state that feels inundated by flames. >> a few moments ago, we mentioned the evacuation orders.

let me give you the information less than an hour ago. in the community of circle oaks, to wooden valley road. in theate las peak area from bubbly wells pet cemetery and from loma vista road. all those areas now under mandatory evacuations as the fires continue to move. wayne freedman. abc7 news. now tom breaking news in san mateo county. near la honda and sam mcdonald park are closed because of the flames. an evacuation warning has been issued, meaning people may have to flee their homes at any moment. luz pena is live on the scene there. luz in. >> reporter: yeah. we've spoken to several residents who are now packing up

and gearing up to evacuate. you can see the flames raging right behind us. the white smoke expanding through the ridge. you can see flames raging as they approach a community of 200 to 300 people. we're flying over the fire. you can see the flames and pagd throughout the area. cal fire confirmed, this fire is directly imtwo major communities. loma mar. it is presumed it started sunday morning. firefighters responded to 22 fires throughout this region. many residents have been documenting the size of the blaze since sunday. here's one of the residents, thomas marks. >> judging by that, at least twice from last night, a little more than that. and that is substantially larger.

>> reporter: 60 homes, their power went out around 2:30 a.m. on sunday and they just got it back around 2:15 today. this community is pretty tight knit. they've been communicating through radio. they're trying to stay connected and tell each other to evacuate. they're not feeling safe around here. we spoke to several who had their kids in their cars gearing up to get out of the area. luz pena. abc7 news. >> thank you so much. we're just looking at all that smoke rising behind you. air quality already bad with spare the air. let's check in with spencer christian and take clos mentio increase in particulate matter because of the extended heat wave. we had a spare the air today and now we have it extended until tomorrow because we have the smoke from the fires. so we expect the air quality in the inland east bay and the

santa clara valley. that could change with more smoke billowing into the atmosphere. let's get a look at the conditions. our computers have been a little slow. you can see in the area of the fire near la honda, dangerously low, the wind is generally light there. even though it is up to six-miles-per-hour. the smoke is basically lifting directly upward. meanwhile, in the north bay, those two fires, relative humidity, 23% with 11-mile-per-hour gusts so the winds there is a little stronger. also stronger gusts in the fire, near st. helena with gusts to 17 miles an hour. even with the resultly brisk wind breezes around the bay area. i'll give you a look at surface winds. it is quite breezy generally. the winds is coming out of various directions. breezy and variable. the smoke is going to continue to lift into the area and drag

the air quality down so long as those fires are burning. i'll have more later. >> all right. thank you. evacuation orders remain in place for the deer zone fire on the east side in contra costa county. it is one of several fires sparked. people who live along marsh creek have been told to leave. this fire has burned more than 1,400 acres. the river fire has grown to more than 4,000 acres. six buildings have been destroyed and evacuation orders are still in effect. four firefighters have been hurt. the injuries are due to the intense heat wave that has been gripping california. cal fire said lightning sparked sunday morning. it is 10% contained. now to coronavirus and our effort to build a better bay area and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. obviously a huge issue today. dr. anthony fauci, the face of the federal government's virus response team, gave an update

for an event from san francisco's commonwealth club and he said wave long way to go before we can get the infection rates down. >> dr. anthony fauci said right now, the highest priority for the united states is to successfully develop more than one vaccine for covid-19. >> which i think will be essential if we really want to put a durable end to this pandemic. >> before there is a vaccine, he said the problem is getting the whole country to in fact what he described as a uniform consistent way before we can open up the economy. the biggest issue is that the united states is a big country. not just geographically but also in terms of demographics. you can't look at the united states just as a whole when there are so many areas having different experiences. >> he says the widean howvid-19 also makes it hard for people to understand just how severe the

pandemic really is. he said 40% of people infected have no symptoms while others are sick for a few days or weeks. yet others are hospitalized. >> so you don't have a uniform threat or a uniform concern and anxiety in the population. >> he described the coronavirus as a moving target. he said the assumption in if he can and march have changed from new research in july and august which also adds to much of the country's scepticism. he warns research shows longer recovery times and medical reports of individuals who have recovered but who now suffer from cardiovascular problems or neurological abnormalities. >> there were things we didn't imagine. this idea, if it doesn't kill you are, you're okay. we're going on start modifying that a fair amount. in san francisco, abc7 news.

community leaders in san francisco's china town expressing concern over a report in spike in covid-19 cases at single room occupancy buildings there. >> from june 3 into august 13th, we increased more than ten times. so if you follow this theory in the future, we don't know. we are looking at this. the numbers come following an investigation of the single room occupancy groups by a local chinese newspaper. leaders are calling on the city to provide more funning and engagement with the community to help battle the virus. we've reached out to the health department but have yet to hear back. each us have had to cope with the pandemic in our own way. part of our focus building a better bay area, david louie outlines who is coping well and

who is not. orter: lk a ofid-19 is generatial split on e are coping. the vast majority of covid-19 deaths have been among seniors. yet a national survey conducted by edwards jones and age wave says twice as many young people say they're not coping well with the pandemic compared to their elders. 24% of genz and millennials. bay area psychologist and jaren, the uncertainty of a job path, of the gig economy. flying through your life without certain benefits. the absence of savings. >> seniors said they're more worried about alzheimer's than getting infected with covid-19. those in their teens through their 30s say the pandemic has caused a mental health decline. 37% among genz, 27% of

millennials, 15% of the boomers and 8% of the silent generation. >> we don't realize that some of the most valuable assets you have within yourself are maturity, wisdom, and most definitely resilience. >> while social distancing might make it difficult, he says the younger group can benefit from retirees. >> they're aching for real authentic touch and connection. the mental health problems among young people have almost tripled. >> he said the pandemic is presenting a wake-up call for prepare for future crises. abc7 news. saving the usps? the agency changes course after a new round of outrage from politicians. a red hot realtor explains why houses are flying off the market. wh

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the race to save the postal service is sweeping the nation. leaders from all over the country held events today and it seems their rally worked. the usps has reversed course saying it will back down all potential changes until after election day. abc7 news reporter chris reyes has the story. >> today we're having a day of action.

at least 60 events across the country. members joining together to speak out in support of the postal service. >> reporter: this national day of action, a response to reason cuts announced by the newly announced postmaster louis dejoy. >> in my entire career, first class parcels have never been delayed. this is totally unusual. it is against our contract. >> i'm hearing from our members mail is being left unworked. sitting on the work room floors. >> reporter: just moments before the conference, they said this statement. a void any appearance, i am suspending all changes. there will be no change in retail hours. no removal of blue boxes. no mail processing facilities closed and approved overtime continues. >> i don't frankly trust the postmaster general, what em, if he's sincere about it, it means

the bully has backed off. >> reporter: president trump has been critical of the financial woes of the postal service and has repeatedly kauft out on its delivery of the ballot votes. >> to expect the u.s. he postal service to deliver an election in 80 days or so is just i don't understand the pale. >> reporter: the house is yet to return on saturday to vote on the $25 billion legislation. pelosi expressed her confidence to deliver the vote but says the if you saiding is men to be a life line. trump says pelosi is just playing games with this. >> i don't think there was a political aspect tis e republi i n'tivm any reason to e're he t office. >> reporter: abc7 news. time now for consumer news. when i hear refunds, my ears

perk up. >> michael finney is here to talk more about the refunds. >> this is really a restitution to about 4,000, 4,500 small businesses being ripped off. the federal trade commission is the one sending out the checks. this is very good news. they said telemarketers called small businesses, claiming to be on behalf of google. the business would be delisted if a field is not paid. now the businesses will receive about $160 each in restitution. we've been spending more money on our homes during the pandemic. . of that on do it yourself projects. homes at home depot stores were up 25% with the company racking in more than $38 billion last quarter. that's nearly $8 billion more than the same quarter last year. now, some of that money certainly came from those

federal stimulus checks. a lot of it was saved for a rainy day. about one-third put the checks, 15% mostly spent the money. many people who did spent their money said it wasn't on big ticket items or anything fun. it was on food and personal care. people were not messing around with this money. they were treating it very, very seriously. >> as they should. thank you. >> we've been spending more money at home during the pandemic, right? >> yeah. it seems like a lot of people are. that's for sure. >> let's move on. a stage two power emergency declared today. yeah. that means that rotating power outages are imminent this afternoon. the california independent system operators are asking that

you conserve now to try to relieve any stress on the grid. we have a serious situation, especially with a flex alert in effect until 10:00 tonight. and everybody is just hoping they can survive the heat. let's get to spencer christian. we've got the excessive heat warning, the terms ofs around triple digits and fires raging. it is a combination of events that's not good for any of us. >> it is all the bad weather news. we start with live doppler 7. we move to the 24-hour temperature change. it is warmer today just with everywhere. 7 warmer in novato. 10 degrees warmer in san francisco. 6 degrees warmer and breezy all around the bay area. but it is not cooling things down. look at this view looking northward from sutro tower,

lifting into the air and contributing to poorer air quality. 95, redwood city, 104, gilroy, 68 at half moon bay. from the goligoski, loop at the smoke. they're clouds of smoke. and look at how hot it is in the northeast north and the east. only 92 in napa. that's the cool spot. 103 in fairfield. 106 in concord. 104 in livermore. the view from mt. tam. now we can see the smoke there the san mateo county fires. we've got hazardous conditions. brief relief on thursday and a little cooldown. it won't last very long. hot weather will return. an excessive heat warning remains in effect for the entire

bay area until 9:00 tomorrow night. a high risk of heat-related illness. the heat warning will expire at 8:00 tonight. let's look at our air quarl. today is a spare the air day. tomorrow as well. it could change as more smoke billows into the atmosphere. a very, very shallow bit of a marine layer that will havertfl. no significant cooling influence on us. let's take a look at overnight conditions. low temperatures will be mainly in the mid 60s to low 70s. so another mild day. mur 80s around the bayshore line. not as high as today. where we had highs of 104,

tomorrow, 99 to2. it will me frie nt digit readings starting on saturday. we have many more days of hot weather coming our way. >> we've been warned. thank you. the bay area real estate market is red hot if you're looking to buy. we've got tips you need to know. and how a it's game day live, here at bia fan-favorite venue, ever since they got gig-speed internet. hey, amy? wanna grab a seat? we're live. it's game on, with gig-speed internet from xfinity.

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offers. a colleague of mine had final. >> reporter: what is behind it 2019 to july 2020. down 47% in danville. 62% in hayward. down 70% in clayton. that's fueling price increases year over year. up 6 to 9% through 880 corridor. up 18% in el cerrito and 22% in pleasant hill according to the association of realtors. the suburbs are still the draw yards. >> we lived in the marina district. i found that there were probably four moving trucks a day. two to four. we just kept a running tally. >> reporter: this family traded for a home in alamo. >> they're certainly more flexible with their work now. i think it has accelerated their trend. they were concerned about the commute or they needed to be

close. >> typically we see a slowdown when the kids go back to school and we are not seeing it now. the whole concept of kids going back to school is so different. >> reporter: this real estate market looks like it will stay on this exact same course going into the fall. abc7 news. night two of the democratic national convention is about to kick off. the prominent republicans offering their support to joe biden. nflt and the race to save the when their growing family meant growing expenses, our agents helped make saving on insurance easy usaa.

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an update on the breaking news in san mateo county. this is a live shot from sky 7. the fire burning out of control near la honda. the fire is burning off skyline boulevard and you can see the smoke, the volume. this is a plume could be seen for miles. residents are under an evacuation warning and we will continue to bring you updates. night two of the democratic national convention kicks off in about 90 minutes. earlier today, members of san francisco's democratic club drove around the city in this blue convertible with a joe biden cutout delivering dnc watch kits that included a face shield vote mask and other biden ng bring the energy of the convention straight to your home. liz has a look at what we can expect. >> it is a whole new world with the convention. the theme is leadership matters.

this is the night joe biden will formally be nominated as the party's presidential nominee. a security guard who shouted out i love you will be doing the honors. it will be following a 30-minute roll call in severlma, alabama. it usually takes hours when it is done in person. we have video from the moment of the dnc when it happened four years ago. they have also just announce that had cindy mccain will appear via audio tonight so this is a video of what will air. in it she talks about the unlikely friendship between biden and her laid husband, senator john mccain. mrs. mccain is one of a handful of republicans making an appearance at the dnc. so here's the lineup for the some of the speakers. we'll be seeing john kerry, susan abram, former presidents bill clinton and jimmy carter,

and dr. jill biden who will be delivering her speech from the delaware high school where she taught english in the early 90s. that will be followed by a performance by john legend. one of the most talked about speeches last night was from a san francisco woman who blames president trump for her father's death from covid-19. getting a lot of talk right now. so she'll be joining us live to talk about her story and the repacks it is getting. abc7 news. >> liz, thank you. endorsementes are pouring in from bay area leaders for vp joe biden and kamala harris. today, state senators scott weiner announced his support. he's joining us live via zoom. thanks for your time. what would a biden-harris presidency mean for california and specifically the bay area? >> well, it would be tremendous

for our community. for many of the reasons that it would be great for the whole country that we would have an administration that was focused on ending this pandemic, and on bringing our economy back, and investing in infrastructure and doing all the things that we need an administration to do. we are in huge need of infrastructure investment. wave very large immigrant population. our immigrant neighbors who are trying to survive and run businesses and work and raise families here. and they have been stigmatized and attacked by this administration. that will end. so i think california and the bay area will prosper under joe biden and vice president kamala harris. >> obviously, a different situation this year because of the pandemic. you don't have thousands in an

arena cheering for their favorite candidates. that sort of things. what do you want to see to motivate voters? >> yeah. of course it is disappointing not to have the in-person energy. that's true of life in general. there is a lot of energy when we're together that we have to resume. with that said, the beauty of internet engagement is that more people can be engaged. i think we're already seeing an enormous number of people who are watching and rooting for this convention. negligent the future of our country, the survival of our country, i don't want to be melo dramatic but it depends on this administration. it is so destructive. we need new leadership. this will help mobilize and energize people to make phone

calls, to do texting campaigns, to get out there virtually if not physically for this election. >> we heard the postmaster general say any changes they had in mind would be made after the election. we've already had mailboxes removed. in some places, >> one thing we've learned about donald trump and his cronies is that they have no boundaries. every time we think, they can't possibly do that, they do it. whether it is betraying our country to vladimir putin or everything that happened with ukraine, putting children in cages, things we thought would never happen. and imagine that. in order to perpetuate

in office and, trying to sabotage the u.s. postal service. this is one of the core institutions in this entire country. something we assume will always be there. there will be air to wreath and water to drink and there will be a post office where you can mail something and your mail will arrive. he is playing with fire by trying to sabotage and undermine the delivery of mail. people will not forget that. we look at who depends on the post office the most. seniors. it is lower income people. it is people living in rural america. and they're not going to forget. >> it will be interesting to see how it will play out and we don't have any idea, to be honest. we do appreciate your time. thanks for joining us. and coverage of the

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of a pickle right now. i had an idea. why not do all your christmas shopping early at the post office store? >> ratsenberger made the request at the cameo video service. he jokes, instead of buying your aunt tillie a hat, treat her to some stamps instead. i don't know if you have an aunt tilly. if you did, how will she react if you presented her with stamps instead of a beautiful hat? >> i think we all have an aunt tilly somewhere. i don't know how she would react but you have to love him. he's just iconic and his voice is just classic. you recognize it right away. kind of a fun idea to lift up the post office in a challenging time. >> yeah. but on a more serious note,,,,,, seen pitches if everybody just

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spencer, i don't know if that says anything about policies and maybe an approach that might work. >> yeah. i'm surprised to see that crowd there. i hope they've beaten this thing. i hope we can get to the point in the for see abable future. >> they have the ability to crack down a little more harshly. let's home they've turned the corner. you have to wonder with the numbers coming from the chinese government. are they really accurate? are they really reporting everything that they should? that's at least an encouraging sound. >> for now i would like a four-person pool party at dan's. we can't even do that. >> not everybody gets invited. >> it's a short list. >> don't get him if trouble. >> i've been invited. what about you? >> like i said, short list!

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an update on the breaking news we've been following. cal fire has just ordered

evacuations near la honda. huge plumes of smoke. people near the state park and the surrounding community have been told they have to leave their homes. we'll continue to follow the story and bring you updates on abc7 news at 5:00 and 6:00 and the abc7 news app. spencer, with the heat that we're having, this is so dangerous for firefighters. >> you're right about that. this heat will be with us for a while. a little dip here and there. low temperatures in the upper 60s to mid 70s. tomorrow, another hot day. not quite as many as today. you can see it will top out at 100 degrees. most of the bay area until name:00 tomorrow night. a brief break on thursday. temperatures will drop six or eight degrees and then start to rise again on friday and then right back into the triple

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