the lnu complex burning in the north bay is now the second largest wildfire in california history burning more than 300,000 acres. this comes after a new concern for evacuees now, looting and more dangerous weather on the way. another round of thunderstorms and dry lightening is on the way late this weekend which could spark new wildfires. thanks for joining us. i'm liz kreutz, and we want to let you know that cal fire is

getting ready to give us an update in just a few minut czu burning south of san francisco, so we are waiting on that. and while we do we're going to check in with meteorologist lisa argen. what's happening right now, lisa? >> good morning, liz. yesterday we had a nice well-defined marine layer. this morning not the case. it's pretty diffuse and looking at a layer of smoke over the bay area. decreasing visibility at the shore. that 4 to 5 mile visibility from the smoke over from livermore to san jose where the air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups there. elsewhere, moderate around the bay. and looking at that to change today as that smoke layer continues to shift as we get our windsg nrom t oday.up ingaleis 7 a hennessy f 73 degrees with very light winds. as we to vacaville

temperatures in the upper 60s, winds light and down over in la honda around 70 degrees and light wind. high pressure is building back in and with that we've got a high fire weather watch with critical fire danger for the entire bay area. this has been moved up from 4:00 tomorrow morning, sunday morning into 11:00 on tuesday. what we're concerned about are those gusty, erratic winds, dry lightening. and if we see any thunderstorms they won't produce any rain like we had last time. so we'll be detailing the forecast for you in just a few minutes. liz? >> all right, lisa, thank you. take a look. these are the three fire zones spread across the bay area. the lnu lightening complex to the north. the scu east of san francisco, and to the czu to the south. firefighters are making much needed progress as the zzu

complex fire is now 2% 57cr santa cruz and san mateo counties. this is video overnight showing some of it flames and destruction. it comes as law enforcement officers arrested several people suspected of looting. here's abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo with more. >> reporter: the coast is far from clear as the czu complex fire expanded friday. between santa cruz and san mateo counties officials are asking residents heed evacuation orders and stay away. >> it's difficult to maneuver with the narrow roads. to add the public back fighte. >> reporter: in addition to those responding to the fire 60 law enforcement personnel have been sent out to search for potential looters and protect properties. >> it's terrible and disgusting. today alone we arrested five people. five people with two car loads

of stolen property off fall creek road. >> reporter: the sheriff's office saying these five decided to victimize several of our community members who are already hurting. another concern friday, two residents are unaccounted for. sheriffs detectives are athi'r t affectely rorr: c feorex ct a family. they were eect vvacuated from t boulder creek homes only to return to rubble. >> what we're trying to do is get back up there. we have a person still up there that wouldn't leave. >> reporter: cal fire says those refusing to leave put themselves and first responders at risk. some crews have already had to go back into the fire zones who help rescue people who stayed. friday night surrounded by flames brian of boulder creek explains why he's not leaving. >>ecse i wa to save thecansave .

that's enough for me. >> reporter: amandaor horses an large animals because of the fires. owners are asked to make sure the animals have identification tags on them along with your phone number. and they're asking for donations are for wheelbarrows, bales and water. the lnu complex, one of the largest wildfires in state history is cal fire's largest priority right now and being given extra resources. the massive and still lrjly uncontrolled wildfire has killed at least five people, destroyed nearly 500 structures and has burned 300,000 acres with 15% containment. that fire, excuse me, at least four people sadly have died. here's abc 7 news reporter lauren

cal fire was told this is the state's priority which allowed them to deploy resources to the part of the complex. >> we have a plan we started yesterday getting more resources over there. we added approximately 500 people in 24 hours. >> reporter: the fire fight increased on the dry creek valley side. but officials say there was a whole lot less smoke in the air and a lot less radio traffic about extreme fire behavior. >> i saw first-hand the bulldozer 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're sleeping on thop of their vehicles. they're doing so much right now but it's working. >> reporter: even though the rate of spread is significantly less than it was thursday their main concern is any shift of weather conditions. rorring from santa rosa, lauren

martinez, abc 7 news. >> and in marinountyhe national seashore is closed until further notice because of the woodward wildfire. right now firefighters say the fire is 5% contained. this video here showing aircraft fighting the flames. more than 2,200 acres have burned since lightening sparked this fire on tuesday. and then take a look at this new video from the river fire in solinas. these are palo alto firefighters trying everything to save homes from burning. they say they were able to save 20 in this residential area, but as you can see nothing but charred ground in other spots. and just listen to that wind they're dealing with. cal fire says the fires are now

contained. in the east bay its top priority there is protecting wildfire and critical power and communication infrastructure. here's a map of where that fire is burning and as of tonight it's burned nearly 275,000 acres as of this morning and it's 10% contained. and this is video from san antonio road in santa clara county where evacuation orders are in place therendcoty. least five s ,0 destroyed and moren you comdoout reeuarters w itas a h fooomingtrn >> two civilians and two first responders have been hurt. at least two san francisco hotels are offering special rates for evacuees. on fifth street near market available for $99 a night. the hanlery hotel has reopened now for anyone who's evacuated, lost their home or affected by poor air quality and needs

somewhere to stay. rates are $75 a night. they do require proof of residency. and this is also happening in mayor sanlocardo tweeted more than a dozen hotels are offering rates for firefighters and evacuees. you can book a night on san jose.org or san jose cares. this morning a warning for beach lovers. please stay away. half moon bay and pacifica beaches are closed. abc 7 news reporter luce pena has more. >> 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 czu lightening complex fire expands, half moon bay's mayor announced their beaches will be closed urging visitors to avoid the area. san mateo county officials also

joining this call. >> if they do go out to the coast they'll be politely asked to go back to where they're from. >> reporter: 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: the refuge on this beach coming from mon tiga. >> the next town probably 20 miles maybe and they were evacuating that area last >> repter: untdae closed to promote social distancing and avoid the spread of covid-19. the second, the the fires. the third, poor air quality. >> all they're going to be breathing is smoke. >> reporter: here's another reason traffic from people traveling to the beaches could impede emergency vehicle access and evacuation routes. >> if the winds change and bring the fire closer to half moon bay and all of us need to evacuate as well we don't want the roadways completely slammed. >> reporter: in pacifica luce

pena, abc 7 news. >> all right, and we're going to geto the cal fire press confere with an update on the czu lightening complex. they say it's increased in size overnight to 63,000 acres. let's listen in. >> there are some control lines around that community that we are monitoring and protecting that community. moving into the eastern part on the highway 9 corridor, the fire did make some advancements again into the border creek area not hard push into this community as we do have resources there. our resources are somewhat limited but we're doing the best we can with what we've got and taking advantage of the tactical and strategic elements we have in play. moving further down the community of felton is still doing relatively well.

yesterday morning we did have a spot fire in the community but at about 5 acres we were able to jump on it quickly and mitigate that issue, but again it shows the tenacity of this fire. that's a long way from the fires edge, so we're very vigilant in working with the local fire agencies where we may not have a lot of resources and jump on those. and then we can send resources to assist them and knock that out. again, we do have some more structure loss last night. it's going to happen, unfortunately until we get more resources, get better control lines. but it has reduced greatly from what we've been experiencing this past week. a really big win for us yesterday. fa o folks e, fir break i on t south wch cighway

and highway 9. a fire break, if you will, just above the uc campus and the community of santa cruz so it's not bulletproof but it gives us a really good strong hold, a control point in which to keep the fire from moving southward into those communities. so we are going to continue to monitor that. we're going to staff that and use some various tactics to provide even greater protection in that. and we're now putting a secondary fire break in that area to give us even a better shot. the conditions were favorable. we had the resources, the happothe fks t a big one for us and we'll take that win for our operation.

>> speaking next from the santa cruz county sheriff's office is chief deputy clark. >> good morning. so as i said beforere our number one priority at this point now evacuations are complete is the safety and security of the areas we've evacuated and then reconciling any sort of missing persons or welfare check type reports that we get. i've encouraged folks in the past if you have somebody you haven't heard from in a while obviously we want to go and make sure they're okay and try to do the best we can to locate them, and we're committed to that. so, ain t's someo yo heard from, a family member you can go to the red cross website or contact our office if you don't see them there, and then make a missing persons or a welfare check report. in terms of what we did last night, so again i mentioned this yesterday. we had about 50, 60 officers

throughout the san lorenzo valley. and reallyient say enough about the appreciation our office has for our allied partners that have come in and supplemented our staff throughout the entire valley. literally from the bay area on down. i mean, multiple agencies have come in to assist us and really assist the people that live there in maintaining the security of our neighborhoods while folks are displaced. today that effort will continue, so we've got about 60 officers today that will continue those roving patrols. and obviously i mentioned this last night if there's images captured on cams and that sort of thing we've

that's our priorities today and we'll continue to do that. >> as you know this fire is a unified command between cal fire, san mateo county sheriff's office and santa cruz county sheriff's office. speaking next detective -- >> good morning. for san mateo county we have eight teams of law enforcement and volunteers who are providing security and house checks, and last night there were no issues. we know everyone wants updates, and there are at least three different interactive maps we have posted on our social media just prior to this press conference where you can track those fires. you can also find information on our facebook and twitter and also download the sheriff's app where you can find all of the messages we've been putting out thus far, and you don't have to be a user of those platforms to get that information.

at this time we're doing that because we want to empower everyone to be informed and to stay connected to what's going on right now. we have two evacuation sites that are still open, and they're serving those who are evacuated in san mateo county. again, that's half moon bay high school and the san mateo event center. please, again, do not come to the coast. right now we need to keep these roadways open and the resources available for these residents and the first responders who are trying to address this incident. to provide you a little bit of insight as far as what's going on behind the scenes here i want to also impress upon you or express or extreme gratitude for all the partners and support staff that are here making this happen. i want to really tell you how impressed we are with the professionalism and the efficiency that we've seen thus far. and i want to let you know you

are in good hands and everyone is doing the best that they can. we know that it's hard waiting, and, you know, feeling like you're not getting the updates. we just gave you l o information about and we want t let you know your voices of concern are heard, and we've also seen a lot of support coming from the community online and in various platforms. and we want to let you know we're grateful of that as well. thank you. >> good morning. obviously overnight we had a little bit change in the weather pattern. the fire activity was reduced compared to previous nights. we were able to gain some additional success. we've got our containment levels up to 5%. as we continue to gain more more

intelligence we anticipate we're going to have increase in acreage reported. but as of right now the fire activity is reduced somewhat. we do have resources that are working on that line 24/7. they're actively engaged and protecting all the assets that are out there while developing firmer control to contain this incident. so each day we continue to increase our limited resources cnutiwe to miga us y.dditioci >> final comments is unit chief ian larkin. >> good morning. as you hear today a lot of the things that are occurring are sometimes favorable, but we just

need to remember for the public this is dynamic situation we're in. we have limited resources out there working 24/7 to try to mitigate this fire. we have a 60,000 plus acre fire, we have evacuated. we do have some coming weather very concerning to us, so we want to make sure the public is vigilant and they remain out of the areas. as was said if you come to the coastal areas please don't come. we have difficulty keep people out of the area and safe. so please stay out of the area and allow our first responders to get in there and do their job safely and protect the people we're protecting and not add to the problem we have of our protecting our citizens. thank you.

>> so those are the formal speakers. we're happy to answer any questions anyone may have. >> all right, you are listening now there to cal fire giving an update on the lightening complex fire. okay, we are streaming this on are go break.age. 63,000 acres is the size of the czu complex fire right now. it did increase a little bit overnight, but cal fire officials did say they had a change in the weather pattern and made some progress overnight. they feel good, but of course they are concerned about some of the changing weather we may see tomorrow. these concerns about new lightening strikes, but they did say the fire is now 5% contained

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all right, let's get a check of the weather now with lisa. and we heard cal fire talk abou make. >> our critical fire weather watch has been moved up to 5:00 sunday morning. so that means our first chance of some dry lightening, gusty winds arrives tomorrow morning. but the atmosphere getting more primed throughout the weekend. so the best chance would be sunday night into early monday for the chance once again of lightening and those gusty winds which will accompany perhaps

some of those dry thunderstorms. looking at live doppler 7 right the c a t wlfog on the coinue t evesf moiurere for sunday. then we gettupove , a what happened last week sparking the lightening, then the gusty winds and the fires. so pretty much the same scenario. not as great of a chance as we saw last sunday, but nonetheless the national weather service thinks it's a good enough chance we had that fire weather watch. here's san rafael where you can see it's clear out there. 65 in san jose, and a look at our east bay where you can see the haze and smoke here. 58 degrees santa rose. it's cool in novato at 54, 68 in

concord, and finally from our sutro tower camera lots of smoke and haze and another spare the air alert today and through the second part of weekend. looking at the mild conditions at the coast. hot for the next couple of days inland, and then looking at the humidity increasing with a chance of that dry lightening. the entire bay area in this watch. and as we saw last weekend it's that erratic wind, the gusty winds that could spread the fires, ignite new fires which would accompany the thunderstorms. that's what we're looking at as we get into tomorrow and sunday night. current pollution levels are at their worst. in concord, oakland and san jose, moderate levels. and you can see elsewhere a little bit better, but it's still pretty bad everywhere. as we go through the rest of your day saturday you'll notice that we've got the fog at the coast, and here comes the high clouds throughout the day on sunday, and then we'll be

watching for that thunderstorm potential as we, h inland. it's about 95 today in livermore, san francisco 68. overnight looking at the haze, the smoke and numbers from the 60s to lower 70s. and then we'll watch that subtropical moisture move up from the south. hopefully not igniting the thunderstorms. i would say there's about chance this doesn't happen. so we're hoping for that as we go into sunday and monday and the possibility lingers into tuesday. after that we'll get into some breezy winds and really not a whole lot of change in terms of the temperatures. 60s coast, 80s around the bay and mid-90s inland. so it's like deja vu or ground-hog day, liz. as i said the chance looking maybe not as great this last sunday. >> right. this is going to be a big justpandemic and then t's

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you're not going to be able to know the end of this election, in my opinion, for weeks, months, maybe never. >> president trump again raising fears about mail-in voting just after the post master general eimured congress the ectn th warng if u' planning e inave moning, thpoal ser voting. another quick look at the weather with lisa argen.

>> you really can't even see. the camera is just laden with smoke there and haze. visibility is poor, less than 3 miles. 58 in san francisco, 55 with the fog half moon bay. and from our east bay hills camera you can see the layer of smoke. spare the air alert today, 68 santa rosa, 63 in napa with 60 in concord. visibility reduay. and current conditionsnsro se a little bit better as you get closer to right now it's pretty in santa rosa. that's going to change, though, as you get a wind shift today out of the west-southwest. winds are calm up in the north bay by the gamble fire, 71 degrees and the hennessy fire with 66% relative humidity.

over in vacaville it's 67. winds are light out of the east and la honda >> president trump is still pushing for schools across the country to reopen this fall amid this pandemic, and this comes as the cdc warns american deaths could reach 200,000 in the next three weeks. here's abc news reporter karina mitchell. >> reporter: more than 175,000 americans now losing their lives to the coronavirus. and as the debate over whether to reopen schools for in-person learning this fall continues at least 36 states now see agsharp rise in covid-19 cases on college campuses. virginia football coach among those grappling with the idea of students returning to the university. in georgia, mississippi, north carolinae elementary, high school, andpen f in-persons.

the virus forcing them to temporarily shutdown. just days after notre dame reversed course suspending in-person classes for two weeks this front page headline from the student newspaper. quote, don't make us write obituaries. >> we believe if this continues we will be righting obituaries for people, for students, for faculty, any workers for notre dame and we'll probably be hearing about the deaths of people in the community. >> reporter: president trump insists the virus is not a problem for most children saying, quote, we did the right thing, we've done it right and we have to open our schools. >> i can't wait until everything goes back to normal. zp you're ready to get your kid back in >> reporter: meanwhile in this exclusive interview trump's democratic rival joe biden explaining what he would do if he were in office. >> i would be prepared to do whatever it takes to save lives because we cannot get the country moving until we control the virus.

i would listen to the scientists. >> reporter: at the cdc the director says controlling community spread is the safest way to open schools. and also concerned about controlling community spread organizers of the kentucky derby announcing this year's race will run next month but without fans. karina mitchell, abc news, new york. >> and abc news is the first network to land a joint interview with joe biden and kamala harris, as you just saw. you can watch the prime time special tomorrow night at 8:00 right here on abc 7. the candidates are sitting down with david murer and robin roberts to talk about their history making presidential ticket. now to the u.s. post master general in the hot seat over delays in delivering the mail. he testified and was asked if he spoke to the president about change tuesday the post office and if he can promise every ballot will be delivered in time to be counted. here's abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan carl. >> reporter: president trump once again raised dark and

unsubstantiated fears about mail-in voting. >> you're not going to be able to know the end of this election in my opinion for >> reporter: but the president said this just after the post master general assured congress election mail will be secure and on time. >> this sacred duty is my number one priority between now and election day. >> reporter: lewis dejoy firmly rejected accusations from some democrats he's sabotaging the upcoming election. he acknowledged with mail volume down some sorting machines and blue mailboxes have been removed since he became post master general 67 days ago, part of a long-standing trend. democrats demanded to known whether dejoy, a trump megadonor was doing his bidding. >> did you discuss changes with the president or anyone at the white house and remind you you're under oath. >> i've never spoken to the

president about the postal service other than to congratulate me when i accepted the position. >> reporter: stark contrast to the president. the post master general says he favors mail-in voting and has voted by mail himself for years. vote early, and he said it twice. vote early. jonathan carl, abc news, washington. good advice. and happening today house speaker nancy pelosi is leading a vote on giving the u.s. post office $25 billion and banning any operational changes that have slowed mail service across the country. in citross the country.eottsre save the postoffice.net shows dozens happening here in the bay area. here are just a few of them. here's one in berkeley starting at 11:00 a.m. at the berkeley main post office, also at the post office on hamilton avenue

and downtown san mateo at 11:00. a.m. still ahead it will be a smoky weekend as wildfires worsen. one bay area city is opening a clean air center. and here's a live look from our walnut creek camera. look at those skies this morning. obviously the fires creating some pretty intense looking skies, some hazy skies of course, too. i know we can all smell the smoke across the bay area. we'll be checking in with lisa when we get back. stick with us. as we all fight the coronavirus pandemic california is mandating face masks to stop the spread. that's why abc 7 wants to remind you to wear a mask for you, your loved ones

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welcome back. here's another live look outside from our mt. tam camera. sunrise this morning quite

beautiful and impacted by the fires clearly. but also that haze there we all see so i know we're all aching for a little clean air, a little cool down as well. we'll check in with lisa in a minute, but there's some new art at the colosseum b.a.r.t. station we want to tell you about. b.a.r.t. was looking to see how it could create a more youth friendly environment and one of the student >> i'm sovery to be part of this mural. >> this project allowe blossom people we didn't expect they would do and everybody was engaged. >> you can check out the mural in the pedestrian tunnel joining the colosseum b.a.r.t. station and the parking lot.

all right, lisa, we still see that haze out there. we smell it as well. when's it going to go? >> well, as long as the fires are burning, liz, we're going to have the smoke in the air. so it's going to be awhile. as we look outside from our sutro tower camera a clear hazy layer that will stay with us. it's obvious that the air quality is certainly going to be impacted today over the weekend. that's why we have our spare the air alert. 58 in the city, going for a high in the 70s, and we'll look at how hot it's going to be inland. also the week ahead featuring not only more hot air but our fire weather watch as we get through weekend and early next week. details on that next. also next a milestone he ru

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over the bay and the bay bridge this morning. it is 59 degrees in san francisco. a little bit cooler than we had last weekend at this time, but still we know the heat's going to persist. all right, the fires across the bay area are kicking up a lot of smoke. and the air is making it difficult for a lot of us to breathe. because of the poor air quality the city of alameda is opening up its mai center. abc anchor dion lim has that story. >> reporter: as fire ravages the bay area a unique trifecta of challenges presents itself unlike fire seasons past. compounding extreme heat with the burden of coronavirus the dubious title of the worst air quality in the world. >> the east bay and south bay mainly, so in those places, you know, basically if you smell smoke you should stay indoors with windows and doors closed. >> reporter: this has created a

conundrum. for those without air-conditioning staying indoors sweltering, but breathing clean air or visit a cooling center at the risk of being indoors with others. >> the heat is a bigger health risk than smoke if you have to choose. >> so for the first time the alameda free library is that seeks to solve to be able serve as much as we can, as safely as we can. >> reporter: to enter a face covering is required, and you'll have to check in at the wellness station. and mia here will take my temperature. you'll also have to sign-in so the library can keep track of everyone who comes in. this cooling center doesn't include the library but this room instead. there are plenty of covid precautions in place, including social distancing and a maximum of 21 people allowed and you'll have to provide your own

entertainment. the center will be open through the weekend from 1:00 to 5:00 and as long as the heat index is high. a constant reminder that as the world dissolves into chaos at least the alameda free library is here for you. >> if you're in a bad situation we'll be happy to help. >> in alameda, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> let's get another check of the weather now with lisa argen. lisa, there are those concerns about tomorrow. very concerning. >> of course we've got the smoky air, the fires burning and the possibility of more dry lightening which could produce some very gusty and erratic winds spreading fires or starting new fires. here's live doppler 7 where we're looking at some fog right along the coast, and visibility at about 4 to 5 miles where you have the smoke over into the east bay and south bay. so multiple layers of subtropical moisture moving up from southern california into the central coast morning, and the triggering mechanism that could provide a

thunderstorm through sunday, monday and tuesday is this, the remnants of tropical storm genevieve. so the setup almost the same. not as critical as last sunday, but nonetheless we have the chance and the risk for the next 48 hours beginning on sunday morning. the haze from mt. tam, 58 san francisco, looking at 59 in gilroy, and 55 half moon bay. this is santa cruz where we do have the fog from half moon bay and also the layers of smoke there. 58 in santa rosa, novato, 55. and the winds will be shifting again throughout the afternoon and that's going to provide some changes in our smoke forecast. can you even make it out here? look at that. this is oakland where we're looking at smoky, hazy conditions. mild at the coast with the fog. hot inland the next few days and then humidity increases as we get into your sunday, monday and tuesday and that subtropical

moisture heading our way. with the winds shifting we're looking at some of that smoke, perhaps, being lifted into the north bay, more concentrated today. as we go through the next several hours you notice we're still overall in this light to moderate haze over the entire bay. and as we get into sunday could be getting a mid-80s add in some t h s inl for you. on the peninsula san francisco it has been hazy and you have that sea breeze out of the south today with temperatures from the mid-60s and the sunset. up in the north bay it's getting hot from sonoma to calestoga, 94.92 santa r cobers herethfires along relat dity sohas g

76 in oakland, hazy conditions union city, 82 for you in fremont and you head inland and this is where it's hot looking at conditions in the mid-90s for concord, 97 for antioch. looking at the spare the air alert today and tomorrow. the chance of thunderstorms arrives from sunday morning, better possibility sunday night into monday and going to linger into tuesday. that's our fire weather watch for the entire bay area. still cooler at the coast with some limited fog. and then as we get into wednesday, thursday, friday getting more breezy with typical summertime weather with 60s, 70s and those low 90s inland. so we're hoping this doesn't happen, liz, but the possibility is there and it's spread out over several days now. >> all right, lisa, thank you. let's talk sports now. both the giants and a's will try to extend winning streaks at home today.

first pitch is at 1:10 this afternoon. and tonight the giants face the diamondbacks acle park. last night the a's won their third straight game. here's abc 7 sports director larry beal with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> the a's with the best record in the american league and looking to add to that against the last place angels. you remember the bear that got nailed with a foul ball the other night, bandaged up, clear coussi simeon, his eight career homer, 1-0 a's. he's up to 20 rbis on the year. that is tied with chappy for the team lead, so 3-0 athletics after one. a' d-backs, look out..

ouch. the former giants and a's catcher will be feeling that for a while. bottom two evan longoria, caree. 2-0 giants. we love social distancing not happening. bottom five flores, this is no doubt way out. he's got seven homers. he leads the team 4-2 giants. career high, eight strike outs. giants have won four straight. 6-2 your final. steph curry joked he wants to experience everything in his nba career so he was the warriors. warriors gm bob myers says getting that second pick that was all steph. >> i think steph curry delivered as usual. i don't know. happy i suppose it was going

be one through five and two is about as good as you can gets. mavs clippers gamestill had a t had to limp off. kawhi leonard with authority. the clippers win 130-122. l.a. leading that series. tonight on abc 7 nba playoff action continues. oakland's own damian willard will play despite the dislocated finger. and stick around for after the game with yours truly and former warriors big man donald

all right, welcome back. it's important in these times to share a little levity over so often and we think this might be the perfect way. voting is uig fo the tsa's cutest canine contest, and one finalist is from oakland. this is ron, a classic california boy. a 2-year-old chocolate lab who works as an explosives canine at

the oakland airport. such a good boy. he loves his hikes in redwood regional park. now, he's going up against an aloha state ambassador at the honolulu airport. we do love ron, though. voting is happening on tsa's twitter or instagram accounts until 9:00 a.m. this morning. so let's go show ron a little bit of love. so cute. all right, this morning scientists are calling on you to help them track these california wildfires like never before. they're asking you to take pictures of heavy ash in your neighborhoods on cars, sidewalks or porches and then tweet them with the #ashfall. scientists say if we have raiders to spot heavy rain in certain areas why can't we do the same with ash? the citizens science research project hopes to improve the tracking and forecasting of these deadly fires. all right, we got brand new updates on the czu lightening

complex fire ripping through the santa cruzateo county. we brought you that press conference live just a half-hour ago if you were with us then. and new video from overnight here. cal fire saying at least 63,000 acres have burned in that fire,. it's been up to 5% containment. that number was 2% as of yesterday. fire evacuation shelters are setup at the san mateo event center and santa cruz county fairground. but you can find the complete list as well as animal shelters on our website, abc7news.com. and we also want to alert you to this breaking news this morning. just minutes ago we saw this. the sonoma county sheriff's office says one of its helicopters had to rescue two firefighters last night stuck in the middle of the woodward fire burning in marin county. dramatic video. they were 75 yards away from the fire line when they were

rescued. thankfully they are safe. you can watch that full video on l have theple at z. 9:00. >> hazy, smoky conditions continue with 60s half moon bay, 95 in livermore, 97 in antioch. and our critical fire weather starts tomorrow morning and goes through tuesday with a chance of dry lightening, gusty winds right through the period and still hot by the end of the week. liz? >> thank you for joining us here on abc 7 mornings. i'm liz kreutz along with lisa argen. abc 7 news continues at 9:00 a.m. good morning america is next. have a great saturday. stay safe. hi, everyone. michael finny here. i know many of you are waiting for your unemployment or covid-19 payment so i asked the

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one-two weather punch. double trouble. twin tropical storms swirling in the atlantic forecast to strengthen and take aim at the gulf coast. evacuations ordered ahead of the danger. our weather team tracking this extremely rare situation and its potential additial funding despite edet as he pushes unfounded-in votin. >> you'rinto be able election, in my opinion, for weeks, months, maybe never. >> the postmaster general's reassurances this morning.