>> reporter: two houses out of how many? >> out of probably 15. >> reporter: as the fire fight continues amidst breath taking losses, hope remains in it does indeed. thank you for joining us. >> i'm ama daetz. we'll hear from cal fire. it is called the czu lightning complex. you can see the set-up is ready to go from scotts valley. >> lightning sparked wildfires. so many and so large that they are now turned complexes. you can see them all around the bay area. the initials you see at the start of the names indicate the different geographical units of cal fire. >> among the fires making up the lnu lightning complex is the walbridge fire. it has destroyed homes in sonoma county. wayne freedman has a destructio. wayne? >> before we look at some of the destruction, let's take a look

at this ominous sky over the dry creek valley. you have a little bit of everything. you have blue sky, heavy smoke, you've got the sun trying to peek through and you have the clouds continuing to move to the southeast. inside the burn zone, it is not pretty. we just returned from there a few hours ago. we're driving carefully up mill creek road in sonoma county through a burn state that this morning seemed benign when compared with what must have been the hell that roared through here last night. >> it breaks my heart. this is my backyard. this is the fire that we've been worrying about for decades around here. >> reporter: that's the healdsburg fire chief describing the wadgfire. this afternoon he toured the browned out burn zone with supervisor james gore who usually has answers for . >> does anyone have any answers for how many houses burned here? >> no. there are people throwing around estimates, 15 to 20 but nobody knows right now. there are no confirms numbers.

>> reporter: but everyone knew to worry. residents watch the smoke and the planes above them fighting and contemplating evacuating. >> fingers crossed. i think it may be moving away. >> reporter: one can only hope. back on mill creek road, the remnants only hint at what used to be here. a mail route. a beautiful drive through the woods that isn't ore. and all along that drive, the stuff of memories turned to ash. seth used to live here. >> there's about a six bedroom house right there, gone. two houses on the left, one house on the right, within the next couple yards. >> reporter: we asked seth how many homes he thinks survived. >> two houses out of probably 15. >> reporter: again, it is too early to know and almost too painful to guess. in healdsburg with that sky behind us. if wasn't such a difficult situation right now, you can almost call it beautiful.

it is certainly not beautiful but awe inspiring. that might fit. live in healdsburg, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> it is that dramatic behind you. let's take to the santa cruz mountains in scotts valley where cal fire and officials are updating people and the media. >> an incident, a minor injury vehicle accident involving two firefighting vehicles today. no major injuries. one piece of good news is we are now up to 997 personnel assigned to the fire. with that i'm going to hand i over for an operations update from management team 3. operations section chief battalion chief. >> good evening. today was another d firefighting for our personnel. we have limited resources but we're taking advantage of any opportunities we can with the weather. today through most of the day.

we had some favorable weather to fight fire in. we are expecting more of what we've been seeing the past couple of days where we have increased fire activity throughout the evening. we are gearing up form. today during our preparations, we've madeome ad, getting some lines put in.fire, the number one pority of structures throughout the incident. we still h fire encroaching into the communities of pescadero in san mateo county, livermore and moving into santa cruz county, the community of davenport is still threatened but fire is subsiding along the coastline slightly. but it still exists. as we move around into the air closer to felton, ben loman, fire has crested above those communities and has moved down to highway 9 north of the community of ben loaman.

we have resources in those areas actively fighting fire protecting structures and performing structure defense operations as we speak. we have a lot of opportunities to save a number of structures throughout the hll pier ridge road area where the fir impacted heavily. we're trying to put the resources we have into the areas as possible to suppress those structures. we've had evacuations in play over the last couple days and that has helped us by getting the folks out of that area so we can get into those narrow roads, where the structures are without having to worry about the civilians escaping at the same time. our friends within law enforcement have done a fantastic job helping us do so. we have those folks who have stayed. it has become a bit of a

challenge to try to suppress and take care of those issues with the people in there. we do ask if you are evacuated, please stay evacuated. leave, please leave so we can keep you safe and our firefighters safe as well. >> speaking next from the santa cruz sheriff's office is chief deputy clark. in good evening. i thought i would touch on a little of what we did today.hro we fully evacuated the city of felton, and now as the city of scotts valley was warned, we've moved into mandatory evacuation of scotts valley. we'll be systematically evacuating folks there. about 48,000 people to include scotts valley that have been through with evacuating scotts valley. security is a major concern of

ours as it is for home owners who live in the evacuated areas. we've devod a number of personnel. we had 65 personnel just doing evacuations today. that's not to include personnel doing security and tonight just for security, we'll have about 30 different officers between chp and allied agencies helping with us that to help look for folks out there doing things they absolutely shouldn't at a time when people are hurting. moving on to reunification, i want to message this. if you have a loved one haven't heard from. there are ways in which you can find out how they are. one is that you would contact, you would go to the red cross. there's a red cross web address that you can look up on the internet. red cross.org-safe and well. red cross.org-safe and well. it's a sitehe go look up whether or not your

loved one has been evacuated and safe. i want to stress this. one there, please report them dispatch center.an call our 831-471-1121. to make a missing persons report. and we will use those to reconcile them and make sure your loved one is accounted for. do not go back into evacuation zones. people haveon forgotten or something to that effect will but it createsore of a for our cal fire who are really working hard to stop this fire, prevent it from spreading. it just makes it harder. we've had reports of good natured people wanting to help. and trying to come back into these evacuated zones to help.

granted, you know, we understand the help these but doing that only places our fire partners in greater, in greater predicament to have to work and then work around these civians and other folks that have trickled back into the area. as good named as they may be. help, you can obviously reach out the our shelter centers. you go provide food and water. there are ways to help besides turning it back into an evacuation zone. thank you. >> all right. you're listening to officials in scotts valley in the santa cruz mountains describe the latest activity. we've learned 48,000 acres burned in that area, in that fire. 0% containment. 20,952 structures are threatened. ben lomond has been an active firefight there. let's go back and listen to what

else is being talked about. empire ridge road area, they saved a lot there. >> the red barn area, russian bridge, sky londa. we're working with our partners to do hard closures at highway 84 and highway 1 as well as 85 -- sorry, highway 84 and 35. and stage road to highway 1. we're looking at approximately 3,600 people that we're evacuating and we're asking everybody to go to the high school for the majority of those evacuations. rv and large animals are also welcome to go there. if anybody is able, we're asking they will to go directly to a new evacuation site at san mateo event central. also, we're working the human services agency red cross and the local nonprofit of puente. the main thing we want to reiterate, we have deputies in

the area providing security and assisting with these evacuations. and we want to make sure that you are all informed so we can help protect u. you can find all this information through san mateo county social media platforms as well as the sheriff's platforms and the new sheriff's office app. >> again, that update, some of the evacuation warnings upgraded to orders. they're evacuating in half moon bay, felton fully evacuated, scotts valley fully evacuated. 48,000 people evacuated at this point when you add in scotts valley, now they're also evacuating 3,600 people in the half moon bay area, setting up a shelter at the san mateo events central there. we'll continue to follow this if anything else is. that we need to pass along to you immediately from these authorities scotts valley. but let's move on. ama in. >> let's get back to the north bay. a lot of smoke is visible there

and it is coming from the 1,500 acre woodward fire burning through the seashore in marin county. the evacuation soar in effect for west marin west of highway 1 between sir francis drake boulevard and the town. abc7 news reporter anser joins us. what is it like where you are? >> reporter: good evening. the firefighters say they have one advantage in fighting the woodward fire burning along the ridge behind me. they say the pacific site is dying out among the pacific ocean coast. they also say they've been able to hold the fire on the north and south ends. but for many the fire isn't the only threat. so is this wind. she and her family have evacuated. not from the woodward fire behind them but from another wildfire that threaten their home in sonoma.

>> coming down the burn way. >> reporter: they evacuated to the olema camp ground zero only to find this nearby. the order has been issued but for now they're staying put. >> we're watching the winds. when we came in last night, the smoke was over the hills. it is till a little bit off. >> reporter: this afternoon air drops were conducted over the fire burning through point reyes national seashore. firefighters stay unusually high temperatures and rugged terrain make the a tough fight. logan who works at the camp grounds says a lot of people left when the fire game but like others, he's watching the wind. their the wind has been blowing it toward the west out toward the ocean. i heard that some part of the fires burned out at the ocean. so hopefully that continues to happen. >> it has been crazy times. >> further south from the fire in bolinas, this person said it

has been a tough few days wildfire and evacuation orders all in the middle of a pandemic. but he remains mifk. >> whatever comes will come. we can't change the winds. we can't change what's coming but we can make sure everyone here is accounted for and taken care of. it starts with small businesses and everyone else working together. >> reporter: fire officials say if mandatory evacuation orders are issued, it would be based on how fast and how far that fire spreads. now in the meantime, an evacuation central has been set up. at a school in point reyes station. abc7 news. >> thank you. residents are checking on the winds as well and so is our weathe >> that's right. spencer is tracking it very closely. >> and the wind is a big concern. surface wind speeds across the entire bay area, you can see it is quite gusty especially near

the coast. we have gusts at 44 miles an hour in san francisco twoofl miles per hour in novato. 20 in ukiah. notice in the north bay, it is a little lighter but it is quite vigorous to the south bay. let'se at fire conditions. a couple of the north bay fires. 90 degrees in the community. really, really loud. only to 5-miles-per-hour. it may get stronger later. we have stronger gusts near the hennessey fire. relative humidity, 32%. gusts to 12-miles-per-hour. one more location here down near la honda. 12-mile-per-hour gusts near that fire. as you can see in vacaville, the gusts are at 11-miles-per-hour. it is wnldy across the bay area and the air quality is not improving exempt in the coastal locations. you can see we have poor to very poor air quality. most locations in the south bay and along the bay shoreline.

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krauflta. the biggest wildfire in the bay area is the szu lightning fire complex. in total it has burned more than 137,000 acres and is 5% contained. cal fire put together this map so you can see how large the fire is. mandatory evacuation areas are shaded in red. the yellow highlight is for evacuation warnings. these fires are burning in five counties. parts of santa clara,al need, aa

contra costa counties. >> we know most of this fire continues to burn southwest in the direction of the wind. i have to say cal fire is most concerned about the potential for many of them to merge together. as you pointed out, there are 20 fires that make up the scu lightning fire. the closest one to us is the calveras fire. you see the smoke and haze in the distance. what we found up this steep rugged terrain are families risking their lives to protect their homes and get to safety. a mere mile from the line of fire, elias garcia is cutting down shrubs in hopes of saving his home. smoky skies seen in the distance creeping on to the 47-acre property. nestled in the foot hills of mt. hamilton. >> it was pretty bad. you can see it here. all the way like that. >> for many, it is too close for comfort.

if you ask garcia -- >> $nno, no. i'm just trying to save everything. >> reporter: no fear. >> we've been fighting with tractors. we saved some homes and such back there. >> reporter: the home owner bill tiernan wants to keep the legacy of his ranch alive. >> the ranch has gone back to 1902. so we fight hard to keep it. >> reporter: rushing to beat the flames. the two group their animals and cattle. a small fraction. 22 neighborhoods forced to evacuate across santa clara, alameda and contra costa county. firefighters working to save what they can of the 6200 homes threatened just lying these men who despite orders to evacuate are not giving up hope. >> i'm a fighter. i'm going to make sure everything safe. >> reporter: here's another live

picture of that smoke billowing in the distance. it has dissipated quite a bit from what we saw. much of that is in part due to the wind moving all the smoke south. it is hot out here. 84 degrees. the dry heat and 84 degrees are making the fire very difficult to contain. as i pointed out earlier, cal fire concerned about several of the fires merging together. it is just unclear how quickly that would happen. all dependent on the wind and the weather. live in san jose. abc7 news. >> always so critical, the weather. thank you. the lnu lightning fire has destroyed the most structures of any fire burning in our region. amid the heart break. lost homes, some are finding reason for hope. laura anthony continues our live team coverage in vacaville. >> reporter: well, hi, we are here in what is the southwest

part of vacaville. this home one of dozens destroyed. a family home about 40 years old. now one of the things we've seen throughout the last two days is sort of the randomness of this fire. for instance, the home was completely destroyed. yet some things unscathed. >> i saw the orange glow at the top of the hill. within hours to the bottom of the hill. >> reporter: brian was one of the unlucky ones when it comes to the hennessey fire. one of those who fellville to the hap hazard seemingly random march. a his home, a large garage, a barn in ruins when so many others survived. >> normally i would see cal fire trucks bumper-to-bumper rolling down the road any time there is a fire up the road toward berryessa. this time there wasn't one fire truck to be seen. i talked to one firefighter as i left 4:00 in the morning on wednesday of i said where are the fire trucks?

emout saving lives. >> reporter: for all who live here, it has been an extremely stressful two days. except for some small spot fires, the firefighters have moved on. what is left in their swak hard to comprehend. even for those who stood tall as the flames raced by. >> she survived in the middle of the pasture. it burned all the way around her. >> reporter: lynn got in to check on her horse. 30-year-old jewel. she was faine along with her house but her beloved farm was a total loss. >> i think it is unprecedented with the heat and humidity and the winds. it was inevitable. >> reporter: do you worry for the future? >> of course. >> reporter: brian branigan told us, as hard as it is right now, all he can do is look ahead. >> will you rebuild? >> yes, we will. we have to. got to move on.

>> reporter: we're back live in vacaville. again, we're talking about how h haphazard was. the branigans home completely destroyed but behind me, untouched. that's what we've seen the last couple of days. i can tell if you there's any good news in the last few hours. the winds have stayed call. the temperatures are down. but i can tell you what spencer was talking about. the air quality was not good. in the last hour or so, we've seen a lot of ash in the air. and that of course is an indication that it may not be burning in this area but it is obviously burning somewhere. live in vacaville. laura anthony. abc7 news. >> so true. thank you. coming up next, spencer will give us an update on the weather conditions including both our high temperatures and the low

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we of course are watching the heat closely as well as the air quality. >> we are indeed. the heat gave as you bit of a break but it's still windy out there. >> you're right. much cooler today than it was this time yesterday. quite windy. tomorrow will be another spare the air day. here's a look at current wind gusts near the coast. 44 miles per hour in san francisco. 22 in half moon bay. the wind is mixing out the smoke in some coastal areas. it is pushing smoke inland.inlad mid 80s inland. a bit warmer tomorrow and saturday. humid on sunday. maybe some thundershowers late sunday into early monday. here's a quick look at the forecast.

spare the air through sunday. with the weekend warm-up. conditions won't improve very much. it doesn't look like conditions should be expected to normalize until about mid-week next week. i'll have more a little later. >> all right. thank you. our live wildfire coverage continued. we'll have an update on the czu complex fire. can the same mask protect you from coronavirus and smoke? hear what the experts have to

the bay area is surrounded by wildfires. hundreds thousands of acres have burn in dozens of homes have been lost, at least that we know about so far. the lnu line complex has caused the most destruction to strgs thus far. at least 105 have been

destroyed. dozens have been damaged. you can see some of the terrible damage there. the fire has burned 131,000 acres and 0% contained. in an update in the last 30 minutes, they said the primary fire in the complex, that group of fires is continuing to burn and winds are expected to pick up tonight, not good news. right now the szu fire is the biggest. it is the only one with any containle but not very much. just 5%. evacuation orders and warnings remain in place for both fires. >> firefighters are stretched thin. they're also battling the cz umpbl line complex. it has grown to 48,000 acres. more than 20,000 buildings could burn down. chris joins with us the latest. chris? >> reporter: good evening. you can see behind me, a very

hazy sky. we've been feeling the wind on and off picking up this afternoon. there's a lot of ash in the ora. not good signs. and that's why, since scotts valley was put under an vaegs order this morning. everybody in this community has been on high alert. >> this is huge. this is almost unprecedented. we've had very little significant fire history in this area and yet we have these amazing huge redwoods everywhere. >> reporter: at cal fire base camp, crews from all over the bay area and beyond. we spotted fire trucks from los angeles county. >> some of these fires were allowed to smolder. we didn't have the resources to get out and put eyes on they will. we were busy battling other fires. >> now the fires are closing in on dozens have communities. we drove through ben lomond, completely deserted and thick with smoke. on highway 9, people desperate to get back t their homes one last time but were turned away.

the owners of this grocery store in boulder creek hosing down their roof while trying to gather food for firefighters. other residents were in a frenzy to get out. >> everybody was trying to save their homes and things like that. that's what i'm doing. >> the basin hasn't burned like that in a long time. there is a tubl of fuel. when i heard propane tanks starting to explode close enough that i could tell they were at the top of my road, i got out, too. >> reporter: for residents who were able to get out like debby hart, she's doubtful her home will be spared. >> i don't see the survival. there's not enough people to do the job and the fire is crazy. it's like trying to keep kittens in a basket. >> reporter: so cal fire hoping they're not going to have to switch locations tonight but of course they are prepared to do that. they're hoping residents around the area are prepared to do the same. they can't emphasize enough to sign up for some kind of emergency alert on your phone. it could be truly life saving.

kris reyes. abc7 news. >> thank you. this ma' you can find a complete list of vaegss in the bay area on our webb. abc7news.com. breaking news now out of the north bay. we've just learned the death related to the fires in solano county. the sheriff's office just reported a man who lived on pleasants valley road was found dead today in his home. a team out canvassing found him during a survey of damage in the area. a smoke from wildfires across the bay area is responsibility for this unhealthy air quality throughout the region. as you know. as we simultaneously deal with the pandemic, many have questions about the effectivens of the face coverings that we're using. abc7 news reporter chris looked into that. >> reporter: the method three manager has had to adapt to circumstances beyond her

control. >> our industry is designed toh. we don't want to expose them to an environment that would counter that. >> because of the drop in air quality, the studio canceled for the day. opting instead to offer online training sessions. >> randy is keeping an eye on the forecast and won't hesitate to only offer takeout if conditions get worse. >> the wind can change a different direction and then it can be smoke-filled. >> you might be wondering, when is it safe to go outside? the answer is it varies from person to person but there are warning signs to pay attention to. >> if you see a haze like we have over the last couple days, then the air quality index is extremely poor even for healthy people. >> inhaling wildfires smoke can cause coughing, sore throats, lung inflammation and shortness

of breath. how can you protect yourself? a properly fitted n-95 mask can help. >> that's what is needed to make sure all air you're breathing filtered. for particle sizes down to 2.5 micro meters. which is very small. >> reporter: but those are in short supply because of the pandemic. if you think another face covering will provide the same level of protection, think again. >> certainly air that you're breathing can come from around the mask. not really get filtered appropriately. and that's one of the big differences between an n-95 or a p-100 respirator and a surgical mask or one of the cloth masks. >> reporter: health experts say to stay inside whenever possible. in the south bay. abc7 news. >> experts are offering warnings and advice about our smoke filled air and the effect on the covid-19 crisis. in an online interview, doctors

raised several concerns. among them, studies suggesting that inhaling smoke particles could make a personal's lungs more susceptible or exacerbate symptoms in patients who develop covid-19-related breathing problems? they believe sheltering in place may be even@ more important no given the expanded let the. >> stay home with windows closed, with a convenient lags system turned to recirculate. if possible to have a clean air room in their home. >> he recommends fitting at least one room with a hepa rated purifier. we use acres to talk about advertise sue of fires couple of easily picture how big that is? there's an easy way to rebel. we'll get the 49ers to help us out, next. and the exclusive wildfire tracker updated with the latest

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you can see how thick the smoke is. this is a live view from our east bay hills tower camera. the most common measurement used for fires is acres. >> it's fairly hard to picture. here's a simple way to visualize it. an achor is roughly the size of a football field minus the end

zoenlds. this is the one in santa clara. bits the size of an acre. >> now that you can picture the size of an acre, let's put it in perspective. san francisco covers about 30,000 acres. oakland's land area is equal to 35,000acres. the city of san jose covers roughly 113,000 acres. >> the largest wildfire in state history, ever, the 2018 mendocino complex, burned more than 459,000 acres. four times the size of san jose if you can imagine. the camp fire, the deadliest fire in state history bush 153,000 acres. we overlayed the size of the camp fire. it would burn from san francisco halfway through san mateo county. picture that entire area with everything burned down. now, here's one more comparison before we move on.

last year's kindle indicated fire which burned nearly 78,000 acres overlayed on to the south bay. would it burn from milpitas to los gatos. interesting. >> coming up next, we'll check back in on our

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at the top of the hour we learned of new evacuations in santa cruz because of the czu lightning complex fires. that includes scotts valley, la honda and pescadero. 21,000 structuresres have been destroyed but they believe that number will increase to triple digits, sadly. 48,000 people are you understand evacuation orders right now. >> in the north bay, it is up to 15,000 acres. we've learned the death in solano county. a man was found dead on

pleasants valley road. and several counties are burning including alameda and contra costa. the latest evacuation warnings are in santa clara valley, west to the merced county line and east of lover's lane and the county line. these are warnings mean be ready to evacuation. the szu complex is just 5% 5% contained. there are a lot of fires to keep track of and the dangers continue to evolve. we've put the fires and evacuations on one page our on webb. you will fight it right on the home page. >> the latest map of california's drought was released today. the new map was on the left. come pair that to last week. the drought is now worse than southern california. 93% of the state last year was drought-free. so that has changed dramatically. boy, we sure could use some rain

now. up likely, i know, but that would help with the fire lines. >> yeah. let's get to spencer christian. >> the best i can offer you is a little increase in humidity with that onshore flow. that's complicating the firefighting effort because of the win speeds. we give you live doppler 7 you can see apart from san francisco and palo alto, and half bay, here's action these wind gusts. not quite as strong across the north bay. it is breezy to winny to gusty just about everywhere else. you can see the thick haze and the smoke in the air. and 66 degrees at san francisco. 75 in oakland, 84 redwood city, san jose, 79, 63 at half moon bay. a little break between two

layers of smoke. that's how it appears. 84, fairfield, 85, concord, 81 in livermore. this is a nice view, a colorful view. not a nice view at all. it is so smoky. smoky and hazy, the next few days, we'll have poor air quality. it becomes humid on sunday with a chance of showers or even thundershowers late sunday into early monday. notice a little green layer there. it could be a sprinkle or a spritz near the coastline. a little bit early and then pull back to the cloinl by midday. giving us a majorly sunny, hazy day with lickering low clouds at the coast. overnight low temperatures under hazy conditions. it will be a bit cooler than

last night. mainly upper 50s to 60. mid 60s to about 70. high temperatures ranging from 68. 75 in san francisco. some other east bay shoreline locations. and inland we'll see mid 90s. mainly low 90s. as we look at our air quality tomorrow, another spare the air day. we have three more coming our way. poor to very poor air quality across the entire region tomorrow. we don't expect much improvement in the air quality for at least a few days. going into the weekend as we look at the forecast. a little warmer tomorrow. warmer still in some inland spots on saturday. the temperatures drop a few degrees on sunday as humidity increases. and that could fuel the possibility of some showers going into monday. then after that, the remainder of next week, mainly sunny skies with mild to warm weather

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ride share services has been put on hold. lyft warned it was ending service admit night over a law requiring it to make its workers employees rather than contractors. >> reporter: stakes were high as they were building momentum. they were rallying outside uber headquarters but lyft was under the same court order to reclassify as employees by today to come my with state law. >> uber and lyft have had enough time since the decision in 2018, since ab 5 this past year, enough time on get their orders together. >> reporter: lyft said it would shut do you mean at midnight. arguing it would allow to set when, where and how many hours they could work. >> this company acting like a

company acting like that. >> reporter: then came word the shutdown was averted when the court issued a stay to allow both ride share companies to agree to an appeals process. they have until tuesday to agree to a timetable that leads to a hearing in mid-october. we won't have to suspend operations tonight, lyft. in a statement, we do need to continue fighting for independence plus benefits for drivers. uber issued this statement. we are glad that the rt could of appeals recognized the important questions raised in this case, and that access to these critical services won't be cut off while we continue to advocate for drivers' ability to work with the freedom they want. >> we need to know we're safe. we noted to know that our passengers are safe. when you take away our rights, we can't keep everybody safe. >> reporter: there's one other aspect of this for the legal challenge. that's the november ballot. the company have put millions

into that measure that would classify app drivers as contractors. abc 7 news. >> the party is over for air bnb. they issued a global party ban at its properties. it addresses unauthorized parties during the pandemic. it also includes an occupancy gap of 16 guests. the ban will remain in effect ongoing. today survivors and family members had the chance to confront deangelo in day three of his sentencing hearing in sacramento. among they will the brother of the 20-year-old rancho cordova woman and her husband were shot and killed by deangelo as they walk their dog in 1978. >> you lurked in the dark so you could prey on inning victims. now you are the prey and you can look over your shoulder the rest of your life. you can stop your silly little

act of being weak and feeble and pay for what you did. you're not important. we will remember katie and brian the rest of our lives. but after you're stemsed, you are nobody. >> there will be no closure for his family because his sister and brother-in-law are never coming back, of course. the 74-year-old deangelo sat motionless in court not hook at the family members. in june he agreed to plead guilty to 13 counts of murder in exchange for live in prison without the possible of parole. tonight is the final night of the democratic convention and we'll hear from the nominee himself, joe biden. >> hi. this is the last night that the democrats have to make their pitch to the country. we expect vice presidential nominee joe biden to continue to make the case that we have been

hearing throughout the week that he can restore compassion and decency to the white house. but also what he will do for the country. that's something people want to hear. the night is underway right now. governor newsom planned to deliver an official speech tonight. due to the wildfires he instead taped a video from his cell phone in santa cruz county. he's been going to evacuation centers there. in his speech he went after president trump for his comments about the wildfires and talked about climate change. >> the hots are getting hotter. the drys are getting dryer. climate change is real. you are in denial about climate change. come to california. >> speaking of the bay area, and california, warriors star steph curry and his wife have announced their endorsement of biden. they will appear in a vd at the convention that features their

daughters. other speakers include candidate andrew yang, you saw him there, corey booker, pete buttigieg and michael bloomberg. abc network coverage of the nasa convention begins right after the news at 6:00. it run from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. >> also tonight, catch holey moley. stay with us for abc7 now's at 11:00. our coverage continues on the fires around the bay area that grow by the hour. santa cruz hotels packed with evacuees. and why some restaurants say they have no choice but to open. that's it for this edition of ab abc7 news. >> for all of us here, we appreciate your time. we'll see you tonight at 11:00.

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to help you not just bounce back, but bounce forward. call or go online to find out more. this is an abc news special. >> i know joe. he is a profoundly decent man guided by faith. >> joe biden will end the hate and division trump has created. >> joe's purpose has always driven him forward. >> joe will bring us together. >> joe knows the world, and the world knows him. >> and here we are, moments from now, joe biden puts it all on the line. and tells america why he should win in november. live from new york city and across the country, the democratic national convention. now reporting, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >> good evening, the welcome to the final night of the democratic national convention.