we hahave more stable air a the coast. and winds have been light for the most part. but we are looking at the poor air quality. and 240 in koncokokokokokokoko n and we stilt hal have the haze. and so maybe late in the day getting a bit better, but still try to stay inside. very unhealthy fair for you. wachbd t the fog returns later on tonight. >> and i'm some what wrrelieved. and you see the czu czu czu czuu

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amy hollyfield is live foris foris before. >> reporter: and we got a little bit rain. and there is a small square and there is fine. this area attracts pla s many p. and it is difficult it firefight because it is so steep and rugged. it has destroyed some homes. there is no count on that yet. we did traalk to a woman whose parents lost their home. >> it is just really hard.

because i remember my parents building that whole house with everything that they had. and it is hard. >> reporter: they 245d crhad cr trying to chip away at it. as the storm arrived, they wanted to make as much progress as they come. we have not seen any lightning. we did experience a little rain and so we'll get you know as soon as we get the assessment from the fire teams. amy hole felyfielhollyfield, ab. >> czu has burned more than

47,000 acre s and and and and d administers contained. and just lian glover is live fo us. >> reporter: yeah? 77,000 people have been evacuated as this fire is now only 8% contained. some 74,000 acres. and we've seen the destruction. i believe this is from bowled id bowled ter creek as we see that i believe this is from bowled id bowled ter creek as we see that as been torched. very could you says a rescues and this puts the firefighters in harm's way as they have to try to rescue pipe. and a man left to safety earlier

last week ochl nly to find out hair home was burned to the ground. >> we're devastated. this is just everything. almost my entire life in a way. >> reporter: the state is saying that damage inspection steams are starting to as is he what elgs is burned. and hope to get new numbers at 6:00 a.m.

we'll bring you that news conference at 6:00. julian glover, abc 7 news. and additional out of state crews are arriving in marin county. the fire is burns in a remote area. and coastal sectios west marin, there is >> we come with significantly large number of folks to help manage the fire all over the done. and in fankts tin fact the team

california four or >> and this fire has destroyed more than 1600 structures. cal fire has not said ho not san sfrukt structures have been destroyed. >> and san jose state is closing its campus today and tomorrow. online classes will continue, but in-person classes are canceled. distant learning is canceled in the north way. and we have a full list of school closures loalong the botm of the screen. and take a look at this, a

trained service dog that is on duty for crews and their families. yesterday he helped those affected by the scu fscu fscu fu brought much needed calmness. >> and not just animals, this photo of nice young kids transforming the sign that marks the campus' main entrance now covered with a lanlg sign that says thank you first responders. one of the best ways for community members to 1 through si r fr support is through signs lo like this.

>> and we need a break in the weather. we've had the lightning strikes, but right now looking at central valley, up and through the vieira nevvee air sierra never never, it looks like drive cryer air is moving g in. main activity looks to be in the

north gabay, but right now now w change the. so stay inside. 60s coast, a little cooler inland. and good morning, everyone. we'll start with our road closures due to the fires briefly and then move on to other things happening along the bay area. and we're watching in the south bay, we have full closures highway 1, 34,

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we have a full list scrolling at the bottom of your screen and you can also find it at abc7news.com. and you will run into in hazy conditions could yan be du due to smoke. and we have the list of full cr list of road closures at abc7news.com. >> and the supreme court is expected to rule on the case of scott mepeterson.

mo o appeal. and also coming up the napa kouptdi count differencity sheriff it is unclear what led up to the shooting or even if the two knew each other. young is expected in court later among. and a runner is trying to stump out a brush fire. this goes against recommend dag recommendations. but he said he was just trying to do his part. >> reporter: no, this isn't an action movimovie, but on top of professional golfer and runner, he can add rookie firefighter to

his resume. he woke up before the sun to hit his usual run and he can see the flames and he was right up on it. he felt he had a good opportunity to stop it. >> my feet were the most valuable really part of my body that i had. i was scrape all the dry brush so the fire couldn't cross. so i was trying to make it as wide as i could. >> reporter: he even called the fire department who already knew about the fire. >> i had no clue. otherwise i would have worn >> reporter: for two hours he tried to stop it from spreading across the trail. >> i had my shoe, i used some

rocks. which rolooked a little goofy. >> reporter: he may need new running shooutes. >> yeah, stuff started melting off. it was pretty hot. >> reporter: all until a hard day's worker , but don't try it home. >> i cinched my hairs and i broke my fair and got a park being ticket too. >> reporter: it was art worthll it. >> if questiwe can all help eac other, ifs for the greater good. >> is that -- that fire

ultimately burned about 600 acres. >> oh, friend. >> is he okay? >> which was the helicopter out there like this was an action movie? >> i don't know everybody was playing along. >> so get in your car and leave. >> uh-huh. you know what, e ishe is a pret man. >> he was cute, yeah. >> i'm trying to look for positive things to say about this person. good morning, lisa. >> and through last night said that he would call in and say that we may be out of the woods with the lightning and giving him a high five because i think that that is the case. you will notice that the moisture is still in the mort bay, but the instability central valley, and as we go in close

erkts weapon did s, we see some scattered showers. but fourth to turther to the so will not seeing showers but looking at the bad air continuing. and then we should be out of the threat. here we are 10:00, 11:00. and we see the fog forming along the coast. and look at the air quality, this is since last night, 240, poli pleasanton 241. and today a dwaur mile advise y

the air alert through wednesday. and so even people who don't live near one of these huge complex fires are feeling its effects. the flames are generating the smoke and is it may it may be d the people with lung problems. so staying inside is the best and cheapest course of asks. if you can't afford a purifier. >> there have protective step also that you can take. >> we recommerecommend sealing doors and windows and using caulking. >> the worst air quality is in the mornings.

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good morning. still under a red flag warning. but there was one strike offshore near point reyes, but the mainage different agctivite central valley.

as you head further to the south and west, activity gets even lighter. so throughout the next four hours or c to alleth gtinge. still havee outhe bay and south bay. and the university of air air ard a arizona is using a special new app. >> reporter: and colleges versus the coronavirus. we're getting a behind the scenes look at how the university of arizona is preparing to reopen this >> it was an easy process.

all rig >> reporter: and they are using an app. >> i had tested positive and you signed up to the app, your phone would be buzzing me. >> yeah, it would be alerts me that i was af around somebody t tus tested positive. >> reporter: and i'm mona kosar abdi, abc news, new york. and we're coming back with another 90 minutes of news. and a firefighter on the front lines of the find fire now the

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extremely erratic with wind and light lightening. >> and the system a moving being a cross california. >> and you can see that the moisture is in the north bay right now. >> good morning on monday, august 24. >> and lisa has been tracking the storms. >> yeah, you know what, good news out there. we are looking at most of the activity away from the bay area as we go to our satellite and radar, you can see eight all the lightning strikes. and there is one off the monterey coast earlier. and one off the point reyes coast. but the air is more stable

toward grass stable. fire danger continues throughout nt afternoon. couple hours, we're out of the woods and the moisture lifts to the not arth. and look at pinks there, with the afternoon seabreeze, that continues to lift up to the north making it north in the north bay, but hazy elsewhere. so right now 9:00, 60s and 70s. we'll look for the fog to set up later on. and through the monday and tuesday, it hooks like we'll get into our usual pattern.

warm inland but taking the threat of shower being a tiflacf the forecast. and we're sgerktsing an update on the czu lightning complex fire. and that cluster has burned 74,000 acres. julian glover is live with the very latest. >> reporter: 77,000 people have now been evacuated in san mateo and santa cruz counties. but we're hearing that some are staying behind p

staying behind trying protect their rot properties. and we'll show you some video. we've seen completely scorched homes, and burned out cars. and we did want to tell you what we've been hearing from the sheriff's deputiedeputies. again, warning people to take the evacuation orders seriously and to leave when they hear that it is time to go. >> i understand why they are there. but they could very well be doing as much damage as they are good if they are getting in the way of the mission. if there is an air tanker up and there is people on the ground, they have to abort that mission. >> reporter: zernl something we don't withant to hear. the shelters are up to capacity.

and so today only 8% contained, and wondering if those red flag conditions, the warnings of potential dry lightning that we were worried about, if that will have any effect on how they plan on attack being tnin attacking . julian glover, abc 7 news. and now the lnu complex which is currently the second largest in state history now scorching more than 347,000 acre, burning plrimarily in nap and sonoma counties. and amy hollyfield is live for us in healdsburg. >> reporter: and we've experienced a little bit of rain here in healdsburg this morning. it was about an hour ago, just a little bit, not a lot. but something. we haven't seen any lightning

and i know a lot of people worried about lightning. we haven't seen any. walbridge fire is burning just west of here. and the sheriff announced that residents in west side of sonoma county could return home. he was downgrading the evacuation order to a warning. and some who did evacuate say it is not easy to do, but they understand why they had to gho. >> i'd rather be safe than sorry. a pain in the neck? yes. but rather deal with the pain in the neck or even sleeping in a vehicle than, you know, than the fear of wildfires coming in your direction potentially. >> this fire has destroyed some

homes including in over the weekend. all in rural areas. it has not hit a heavily populated authorities have e authorities have worked hard on this\fire in anticipation of lightning. but they have a strategy in place in case new fires start. and in healdsburg, no fire has touched this area and the air quality is much better than what we experienced in the east bay. we don't smell smoke here in the downtown. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. and shave arrive deriff dep patrolling a first popped sor responder's wallet was stolen. >> yeah, this is just awful. officials have a clear message

for criminals. stay away cal fire said while one of its commanders was out fighting the fire, someone broke into his vehicle and stole his wallet and emptied his bank account. >> i can't imagine a bigger low life than breaking into someone helping this community and taking his wal chaurnlging upchaurnlg i charging up a bunch of charges. >> if you try to take advantage of them and you can caught, we are going to prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. >> there have been at least eight arrests for looting.

if you sigh see anything set up to helping this firefighter, use caution because there is not anything set the up yet. and all camp grounds will be closed trhrough august 31. and oakland fire department says that all 25 department stations are remain at full staff. and yesterday oakland firefighters were also fighting back flames in part of napa county. atid with our tpdated with s

the latesnformaon from formation in realtime. are and also all the evacuation info that you need to know. coming up, president trump touting his administration's authorization for a new covid-19 treatment using plaza insmplasm. >> and joe biden and kamala harris say how they would handle the coronavirusing for afford. >> and it looks like we're dodging a bullet here. check out the view of california and all the activity. the sacramento valley and sierra

nevada, while the bad area sey just mist and drizzle. but as we go in closer, you will notice that looking at some scattered showers, but no lightning and offshore, there is still activity but the atmosphere looks a little bit more stable on this side of the system. so moisture continues to lift to the north. and still keeping with the red flag warning and the air quality horrible this morning from the east bay and livermore. slightly better around the bay. and with the later winds overnight, we have the smoke settling into the livermore valley, that is where it has been staying. but the afternoon seabreeze, it should push it up into the north bay. that is why it should get hazy and smoky and drift around the

bay. 78 in oakland today. low minute tod90s today in inla. and so keep the mask on even inside the house and windows closed machine. and you can see the smoke along the drive. much of that is closed due to the road blockages that have expanded particularly in santa cruz and san mateo counties. so i just want to point out two major areas. highway 1, state route 9, also 35 and 84, the details are there on the screen machine and everything in purple is completely shut down. and in gilroy, you can see a similar situation.

there aar is a full list on abc7news.com. and now a live look outside at the richmond/san rafael bridge. and pretty clear up there, and around the bay utshirnthgsreo a hh

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. here is look at the live doppler 7. up to the north, showers in cloverdale and all looks good here off the coast. and through the south bands and i bay and east bay, not looking in the any issues. and looking at the air quality, this will improve in the east bay slightly with the seabreeze. president trump is toutinga. the federal government has granted emergency authorization to treat the virus with plasma. let's go to jobina at the live desk. >> and that treatment focuses blood plasma taken from people who recovered from covid-19. it is rich in antibodies that may benefits new patients. president trump says that several studies show th

is safe and effective. >> i urge all americans who have recovered from the virus to go to coronavirus do the gi.gov anp and donate plasma. >> and many say that the evidence is inconclusive and it may only help a person after they have been iinfected. now to your voice your vote. as the republican national could be venks kicks off tonight, it will be ave events in charlotte and a virtual dock certificat concert. the main theme is honoring the

american story. and president trump says to expect a positive vision. he pla he plans to speak many night. he and mike pence will be in similar the lot for call vote. and abc news will have special kinch ever t coverage of the kenconvention e night. joe biden and kamala harris sat down with david muir. >> in order to keep the country moving and the economy growing, you have to fix the virus, you have to deem with the virus.

>> so if the scientists say shut it down? >> i would shut it down. i would listen to the scientists. >> and he said that he would institute a national mask mandate. >> and there are disparities, there are different need z based on different communities and that is why we track about the need to track racial disparities and do that now so when we have a being have vaccine so that thl them. all this week you can get great food and spupt blaupport owned businesses. it is black restaurant week. it celebrates the flavors of

african-american cuisine. and many are offering a fixed priced men you uhe stau i'm 4u7b ghungry thinking about. i'm hungry thinking about this. >> you went to one of my favorite this is weekend, but if not, we can still go. >> yeah, so good. >> okay, lisa, impor things. weather. >> all right. let's get to some weather. it is good news. so we are watching the storm system here over the bay area. notice the lightning and instability to the east of us.

you notice the returns and this is a little scatlerrscattered rn shower. but right nin lightning is offshore so that is good news. i would say after 8:00, things are looking much, much better for us. the fog is forming along the coast. and that will keep the smoke layer above 15501550155015501550 feet. and so that will lift up to the north bay and look what happens. it looks like into tomorrow, could get a little bit better for all of us in the blue shaded area, but we're still under a spare the air alert today, tomorrow and into wednesday. we'll feel humid out there, 82 palo alto, 70 in san francisco.

but i can't believe i slept last night because i was so nervous about the lightning and the potential for what could happen around here. so certainly a sigh of relief. >> huge relief. and our coverage continues with tbay area's wildfire emergency. and in wisconsin, the latest police shooting of a black man. jobina will hahave the latest there. and some trying to take advantage and steal from people in and around hi. what's on your mind?in.

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iss with after police shot a black man. they tolled tfollowed man as he to the car. they were responding to a domestic incident. he was jacob blake. and blake's fiance said two of their children were in the car. >> they didn't even know that the kids were in the car. and i'm like can you please get back, like these officers is handling like -- shoot me, my kids are inca >> hundreds of protesters took too the streets overnight shouting "black lives matter." and a city wide did yocurfew ex at 5:00 a.m. the man is in

and chris clark is telling residents that there are scams. >> if you get a phone call from and you tilt company, nobody will ask for money over the phone. that is how they work. >> and deputy clark says hang up and call the number that is listed on your bill or a website to see if that call is legitimate. while there may be people trying to take advantage of us during these teaimes, there are also so many others trying to help. across california, brild fires ha have forced more than 100 from their homes. ni

people helping. and overall, we are dnare d a huge bullet out there. you can see how active it is, but the west side of the storm, a little bit more stable air and we are seeing scattered showers from lakeport to cloverdale. and no lightening there. still under a red flag warning, but not concerned about the east bay, south bay or and n next couple hour, we'll be looking better. as most will shift into the north bay later. be careful out there. and next, there could be

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