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breaking news, brand new video, firefighters battling the flames in santa cruz county. flames in santa cruz county. >> while many lily everyone in the house is online and i can't get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club. try 1 gig internet with at&t fiber. you get more bandwidth and hbo max included. so, everyone stays entertained. so i can just watch the show instead of reading the book? you know, if you turn on your subtitles... that's almost reading. get 1 gig internet with at&t fiber for $49.99a month for a year. no annualcontract. and now get hbo max included. limited availability in select areas. call 1.877.only.att
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all beaches will be closed from tonight to monday. >> the fire is continuing to burn west of hieldsburg. >> it's becoming more than a firefight in the santa cruz mountains. ki a the are missing and crooks possibility of dry lightning. i will have the latest forecast coming up. abc news at 11:00. starts right now. >> and that breaking news is the massive lnu complex burning in the north bay is now the second largest wild fire in california history had. . >> it's burned more than the
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3,000 acres and now, tonight, a new concern for those rested on susci of looting.ngwer is on the way. another round of thunderstorms and dry lightning is expected. it could spark new wildfires. >> take a look, these are the had three fire zones spread across the area. the lnu to the north and the scu lightning complex east of san francisco and the czu to the south. >> firefighters are making much needed progress tonight as this czu lightning complex fire is 2% contained. 57,000 acres have burned between santa cruz and san matteo counties. this is new video showing flames and destruction. >> several people have been arrested suspected of looting. we have the update.
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amanda. >> reporter: yeah, all things considered, cal fire is calling today a good day. it's the first time we are seeing any containment on the fire autos and they are gearing the on going firefight. they are patrolling for any looting. the coast is far from clear as the czu lightning complex fire expanded friday. here is a look at nearly 100 structures destroyed by the flames. cal fires are asking that residents heed evacuation orders and stay away. >> it's difficult to maneuver with the narrow roads and to add the public back in there is very difficult and unsafe for our firefighters. >> reporter: in addition to those responding to the fire. 60 police officers have been
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sent out to stop looting. >> we arrested five people two carloads of stolen property off of fall creek road. >> reporter: the five decided to victimize several of our community members who are already hurting. two residents are not accounted for. >> there's two missing persons cases that we are trying to confirm. >> reporter: as for the firefight, cal fire said more evacuations and road closures can be expected. on friday afternoon, abc news met the immel family. they were evacuated and returned to rubble. igor out of the >>e had someone refusing leave. >> those that are refusing to leave have firefighters at risk. friday night, surrounded by
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flames, brian, of boulder creek explained why he is not leaving. >> because i want to save the neighborhood. you know, there's short work and just a little path like this can save one home, two homes. that's enough for me. >> now, definitely not advised. now, if you have an not heard from a loved one, i should say, the sheriff's office said first reach out and check the red cross website to see if they have been reported there. the second step would be to call the sheriff's dispatch. i'm in san jose tonight, abc7 news. >> thank you for that update. and the l numnu complex is the highest priority and being given extra resources. the massive and largely uncontrolled wild fire has destroyed 500
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lauren martinez is live at the command center in the fairgrounds in santa rosa, lauren? >> reporter: with hundreds of fires burning if the state, air resources are put where they are needed most. a cal fire spokesman told me today that need was the wahlbridge fire. air resources on the wahlbridge fire, were nonstop. the lnu lightning complex stretches over five counties. cal fire was told, this is the state's priority. which allowed them to deploy resources to the wahlbridge fire that is part of the complex. >> we started to get more resources over there yesterday. we added approximately 500 people in 24 hours. >> reporter: the firefight increased on the dry creek valley side. officials say there was a lot less smoke in the air. and a lot less radio traffic about extreme fire behavior. >> i saw first hand the bull
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dozer lines and the backfires they created. >> reporter: the mayor of windsor, spent hours at the fire where he saw the relentless efforts of firefighters. >> 90 hours on straight, they are sleeping on top of their vehicles. they are doing so much right now. but it's working. it's effective. >> reporter: officials said, even though the rate of spread was significantly less than it was yesterday, their main concern is the change of any weather conditions. reporting from santa rosa, lauren martinez. abc7 news. >> lauren, thank you, in marin county, all of the national seashore has been closed until further notice due to the woodward wild fire. you are looking in a map showing areas that are highlighted in red, that are under evacuation warning tonight. the fire is 5% contained. the marin county fire, 2200 acres have burned since lightning sparked on tuesday.
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>> now to the scu lightning complex, cal fire said that one of the top priorities there is protecting sensiti communication infrastructure. here's a map of where the fire is burning as of it's burned acres and 10% contained. evacuation orders are in place there. and in parts of alameda county, five structures have been destroyed and 20,000 homes are threatened. >>the-rsf t wa hundred foot flames coming straight down the hill. >> two civilians and two first responders have been hurt. >> hotels are offering special rates for evacuees.evacueesevev.
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rates are $75 a night and require proof of residency. it's happening in san jose also, the mayor tweeted more than a dozen hotels are offering rates starting at $99 a night for fire victims and evacueees, you can book a room online. on the peninsula, a warning for beach goers, stay away. they want to leave the roads open for the first responders. we have the details. >> reporter: fires all across california continue to spread, destroying homes, forcing thousands of evacuations and adding to the worst air quality in the world. >> we are in an emergency situation. >> reporter: as conditions continue to change and the lightning fire expands, half moon bay's mayor urged visitors
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to avoid the area. san matteo county officials are joining this effort. >> do not go out to the coast, they will be politely asked to go back to where they are from. >> reporter: many beach goers were escaping from fires up north. this family came from sacramento. >> i noticed a little less pressure on my breathing once we got over this area. >> reporter: others finding refuge in this beach, coming from yb d ey were evacuating some of that area last night. >> reporter: starting tonight, until monday, beaches in pacifica, and half moon bay will be closed. the second the fires and third, poor air quality. sme.er, the beaesimpede imagine vehicles and evacuation
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routes. >> if the winds changing and it comes closer, and we have to evacuate, we don't want the roadways slammed. >> sky 7 captured this view of both pacifica, where coastal fog met smoke from the fires this afternoon. as you can see, the clouds are getting darker as the camera sweeps from left to right with large amounts of smoke just choking the bay area. >> wild fire smoke is pushing air quality deep in the unhealthy range. purple air shows real time readings and the worst readin r s are over scotts valley. >> we are going the to continue to see bad air quality here in the bay area like you showedment i will show you the smokey skies from the satellite. the smoke blanketing much of the state, not just the bay area. you can see some of that smoke pushing out towards the central valley and in towards nevada, even in to idaho, relative
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humidity has come up. that should help the firefighters. rate now, 76% in napa, currently 94% in half moon bay, thanks to the marine layer. if you look humidity is up. wi winds are light, and the fires in the santa cruz county area are cooler. and winds are also light. hopefully the firefighters get much needed help. the bad thing is the weather is going to change for the worst. we are expecting a chance of dry lightning fire, fire weather watch has been posted from 11:00 a.m. sunday to 11:00 a.m. tuesday. existing fires could spread more, and even spark new fires if we see dry lightning. that is going to be a big concern forekend. dan? >> okay, thank you very much. now, you can follow fires state-wide, with the exclusive wild fire tracker updated with the latest information in real time. check to see where fires are
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spreading, the acres burned and containment information, again, in real time as it happens. the abc fire tracker is available now at abc7 news.com, and the abc7 news app. >> the golden state killer se e sentenced to life in prison. >> celebrating a small victory in the north bay, the county that just dropped off the state's covid watch list. >> first a look at what is coming up on jimmy kimmel live, with guest host, rob lowe. >> i'm rob lowe. you knew that already. in your category, it was michael douglas and your mother was rooting for michael douglas? >> the thing, egyptians love michael douglas, this is the type of news that is not out th right now, we could all use some comforting words, so here it goes: melty, melty, tasty, grilly, juicy, sizzle. mmm, that should feel better. the sourdough patty melt is back. make it a combo meal for just $5.99...
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prison sentences. he confessed to 13 murders -- in the 70s and 80s. >> reporter: for decades the man you see prowling his jail sell let murder and rape speak for him. >> i listened to all of your statements. each one of them. >> reporter: but tonight the golden state killer muttering this apology to his victims. >> and i'm really >> reporter: moments later, joe deangelo was sentenced to life without parole. >> he stole my youth. my innocence. who could hai have grown up to ? i will never know. >> reporter: he was one of the most sadistic killers inli playe
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invalid, but in the jail cell video, he is stretching, climbing on a desk, the killer still trying to control the narrative. he pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty. he will die in prison, and he will take two truths with him, what motivated him and why he ended it. >> let's go to the coronavirus, with a look at the latest covid-19 headlines here in the .iv 1,027 have lost their lives to covid-19. napa county is no longer on the watch list. governor newsom predicted that san francisco may come off the watch list. san francisco was renting out a
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discount. starti ining monday, n will allow short-term rentals and outdoor swimming pools, and wineries and other businesses can reopen in alameda county. in san francisco, activists marched to the golden gate bridge and blocked the northboundthey called it a marc dead. there are concerns that smoke from the fires will make things worse for people fighting covid-19. sonoma county's health officers said there's a concern for asymptomatic airiers. >> if that person has a asthma issue, if they are asymptomatic, they are more lik centers for d control, said that recent scientific publications suggest that air pollution exposure worsens symptoms and outcomes. >> a change in the way hospitals report data on the covid-19
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crisises is reportedly being reversed. in july, the trump administration stripped the data collection authority from the centers for disease control, having the hospitals report directly to the department of health and human services instead. tonight the "wall street journal" is reporting that the change is only interim and that the data collection will be returned to the cdc. the report comes as a number of hospitals across the country and here in the bay area, are questioning the methods that officials of health and human services are using to distribute the critical drug remdesivir, in an online view, a doctor complained that the system is secretive and inconsistent. >> the lack of transparency that is troubling to all of us, we don't note what magic formula is being used by the federal government to determine which state gets what. >> reporter: he said that the inconsistencies have made it more difficult to plan treatment
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for some covid patients. >> we were on the edge of the cliff so many last weeks, where you know, we saw patients on remdesivir and not knowing, not having enough to finish the round, and hoping a shipment would come in. >> reporter: he said that the situation has been somewhat better because they were given a waiver to use remdesivir left over from trials. but they have been conserving their supplies. >> there's been issues where we have been low, and we have spent sleepless nights worrying, am i over using the supply. am i under using it. >> the drug's manufacturer is head quartered a few miles away in foster city and still conducting clinical trials. >> a piece of bright news, the doctors say oemd applicati a . let's turn our attention, back
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to the all important weather forecast for the wildfires. >> yeah, let's get to that for the latest. >> yeah, we do have higher humidity tonight, which should help the firefighters on the fire lines, winds are light, i want to show you a time lapse right now from the map, as you will notice, there was a lot of smoke this afternoon, and this evening, and you can see just how bad it was. it was stretching out for miles and obviously, this is what we are going to is have to deal with as we go in to the weekend. spare the air alert for saturday and sunday, poor to unhealthy air expected for the bay area. here's how it looks right now. it's poor for sensitive groups in the santa cruz area. edconcd, moderate. liveore, and it has nitoring its you look here, the north bay is doing fine for the r stations not so fine.
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temperatures at the hour, upper 50s to the upper 70s. we have cooled off nicely near the coast. ask the fog is back and you can see that the fog is along the coast line in parts and that's going to help the firefighters with the marine influence going tonight. hopefully they make progress on the fires becausee worrisome, t remnants of the hurricane, as you look at the computer model in to next week, it's not picking up a lot of moisture. so-- so if any thunderstormvelo riskf lightning. afct 11:00 a.m. sunday to 11:00 a.m. tuesday. gusty winds are expected and lightning could spark fires. so be careful out there. we are seeing a foggy view of san francisco, smoke and haze through the weekend. mild and fog at the coast and hot inland the next two days,
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humidity rising and a chance of dry lightning sunday through tuesday. pull the smoke, additional smoke in addition to the high clouds that we are going start to see beginning tomorrow and the smoke layers, you will notice the purple indicating the heaviest stroke. tomorrow morning temperatures mid 50s to the low 70s, hazy, smokey start to the day with the fog near the coast line and then for the afternoon, breezy at the coast to mid 60s there, high clouds from that tropical storm moisture streaming in to the id t upper 90s the midda. res there upper sunday, monday, going in to tuesday. there's a lingering chance, don't let your guards down, it will be back to the usual weather middle to latter part of next week. hopefully by then, firefighters make progress and the smoke gets
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dispersed. dan. >> thanks,er.and lotfi crewstrcs the bay area, private citizens are taking matters in their own hands. >> abc news is the first network to land a joint interview with joe biden and kamala harris. you can watch the special here, right here on abc7, the candidates will sit down to we made usaa insurance for veterans like liz and mike. an army family who is always at the ready. so when they got a little surprise... two!? ...they didn't panic. they got a bigger car for their soon-to-be-bigger family. after shopping around for insurance, they called usaa - who helped find the right coverage for them and even some much-needed savings. that was the easy part. usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it- easy. but what if you could startdo better than that? usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it- like adapt. discover. deliver.
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hieldsburg in sonoma county, andthe trees are hundreds of feet tall. as you know, with all tg so which is why we are seeing these renegade fire brigades stepping in to pick it up. >> resources are allocated somewhere else, this is our home. we cannot rely on anyone else to take care of it. it is up to us. >> reporter: in napa county, we found a group of civilians, bringing chainsaws and hoses and a determination that they were going to stay until the danger passed and the house was safe. one of the homeowners said this is what people in this omheryon. >> i pitching in. property or not. everyone comes together. >> reporter: at one point, they did get a huge is it from a couple of water dropping helicopters. >> that was a miracle. we have been waiting for air support for the last few days
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and these guys were here all night long and they helding fei people from starting their own fire brigade, no life is worth property. and going in to the weekend, we are hearing about the weather that is coming, more thunderstorms, bringing more lightning and of course, that is how it all started. >> four fires broke out this afternoon, near coyote greek golf course in san jose. cal fire said 143 acres have burned there, and they are 20% contained. a house and two structured destroyed. >> actresses lori loughlin and her husbands are prison, they were sentenced today for their role in the college admissions cheating scandal. the couple also was fined $400,000. both were ordered to surrender
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