marathon that we're on. but i'm here to tell you, we are going to put this fire to bed. >> some reassurance today from cal fire as the blazes burning across the bay area continue to make history and cause a lot of damage. good afternoon. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. 1.2 million acres. that's how much of california has burned in just over the past week from hundreds of fires started by lightning. ten new fires were reported in the last 24 hours. at least 1200 structures have been destroyed. and that number is expected to grow as more damage assessments are completed. the death toll stands at eight. >> the lnu lightning complex in the north bay has burned more than 50,000 acres. it is 22% contained. a lot of progress has been made and officials talked about allowing residents back into some of the fire zones soon. >> working our way south from where the cash creek enters the valley, we've got black line from there that is secured from

there to the community of fr winou to vacaville, in the area along the roader, there's a lot of heavy mop-up. a lot of structure damage and we're trying to get that area secured. >> cal fire says the size and complexity in this fire is not one they have seen in the past -- they have seen many times in the past i should say. one of the fires that make up the lnu complex fire in the north bay is the wall bridge fire. cornell bernard is live with the latest on this. cornell? >> reporter: hi, dan. [ inaudible ] >> overnight, the fire made its way down the mountain into historic armstrong woods. that's about three miles north of where we are. fire crews are on scene.

they are standing by to protect ng a t way kp rowreens inside s going. >> reporter: the fire has made its way to the floor of the russian river valley in guerneville, creeping into the center of this historic park of old growth redwoods. but firefighters are watching the progress. >> if it continues to go that way, i think we won't see any damage to the trees. if it gets big, we've got concerns. >> reporter: after almost a week of fight thing fire, crews are slowly making progress. despite that, the fire has been relentless, feeding on d brush. several homes have been lost in the hills here. cal fire feared a weather system with lightning could make things even worse. >> we truly did dodge a bullet on this one. very grateful to hear that the

system fell apart and didn't have any significant effects on the fire. >> reporter: several communities on the russian river remain under a mandatory evacuation order. harry sih' mini mart here is the only place open for miles. >> try to help the people as much as we can. we are in a critical situation. the fire threat will finally end. >> i thought we seen the end of it in the last three, four years. lake county and sonoma county and who would have thought it would get this bad? >> now, there's a new concern. the winds have just picked up here in the last 30 minutes. that is a big concern for cal, of course. but as far as the fire inside of armstrong woods, so far so good. cal fire says it doesn't pose a major threat because fire crews got to it quickly.

they are dousing hot spots wherever they see them. the last time there was a major fire inside of armstrong woods was back in 1929. cornell bernard, "abc7 news." >> cornell, thank you. in the south bay, east bay, and central valley, we just got an update on the scu lightning complex. it's burning in seven counties and officials say it's getting close to an eighth. more than 347,000 acres have burned and the complex is just 10% contained. more firefighting resources are coming in from as far away as texas. cal fire says we're living in a mega fire era. >> we have folks that have been working for cal fire for the last five years, and that's all they understand is mega fires. since they've started. these significant incidents have been outpacing themselves every year. >> at least 12 structures have been destroyed.

20,000 are still threatened. there are evacuations in place in alameda and santa clara counties. here's a look at a map from cal fire there. you can see the evacuation zone in red, and the evacuation warning zone in yellow. "abc7 news" luz pena is live in morgan hill with the latest. luz? >> reporter: kristen, we're here in gilroy and technically surrounded by this fire right now. those flames behind us, that was on purpose by firefighters to be able to burn some of the brush that you see behind us so the fire does not expand all over this ridge. what these firefighters don't have are resources. what they do have is a strategy. what's making it difficult is this terrain. access is one of the main complications firefighters are faced with inside the state park here. we saw it embedded with the fire team into the fire zone. >> there's only a few roads up

into this part of it. so there's a lot of rolling terrain and just small roads and getting large vehicles up here is somewhat difficult. >> reporter: the local and state resources have not been enough to contain the scu lightning complex fire with over 347,000 acres burned in eight days. it's still out of control. help is coming from across the country. this team got here from texas. what's the strategy now? >> right now along this line, we are burning out around houses. so to protect them, so we're going to protect them by burning out around them and let the fire push off away from them, so when the fire does come to it, there will be less to burn and the fire will be lower and flamely. >> reporter: you guys are coming from texas. how many of you arehe? >> there's 44 of us that came in from texas, two strike teams. >> reporter: to protect access, crews are creating a containment box. >> we don't want the fire to get

to i-5. so we want to keep it west of i-5. we don't want to go north of the county line, 101 or 680, so we want to be east of that location. down here to the south, we don't want it to debt down get down t. so that's our box. >> reporter: another complication happened overnight. >> we did have forecasted lightning for the last sunday and monday. that only resulted in one additional fire starting on this fire, and it was contained within one half acre. >> reporter: but the plan is to keep moving. now, another concern is how close the highway is from this fire. they're working on containing it now. what they don't want is for this fire to go over into the residential areas. luz pena, "abc7 news." >> luz, thank you. now to the czu complex fire, burning in san mateo and santa

cruz counties as we move forward. crews say improved weather conditions help them make progress this morning. the fire is 13% contained. one death reported yesterday in the city of davenport. flames have destroyed 231 buildings. the wildfire has grown to 78,000 acres, nearly 122 square miles keep in mind. you can see here on the map where the fire has burned so far. stephanie sierra is tracking the fire for us, live from cal fire in scotts valley tonight. stephanie? >> reporter: well, dan, ispoke. one of m putting out several hot spots, just west of boulder creek. you see west and south of redwood dip. this is areas that have steep, rugged terrain. we drove into several of these areas, and we couldn't even get close to the fire line, given it was so dense and thick. several power lines had blocked

our view, and it was very dangerous to enter. but we did find was just entire neighborhoods completely destroyed. empire gray road in bonny doon, cars burned up, homes destroyed. this neighborhood, one of so many devastated by flames. >> the fires came, and i was there with my brother, and two other people, just holding everything back. >> reporter: gabriel brick evacuated and came back to help. >> it's a double edged sword, because, you know, you evacuate to be safe, but you have to have people up here in order to monitor the fire. >> reporter: a risk he was willing to take. not even sleeping, just eyeing the flames from his hammock. >> a lot of folks in this community, kind of formed up into informal teams in different

areas around here. and just worked together to keep the fires back. >> reporter: it's stories like these you see across the fire zone. people like kyle hofstetter who we found staring at the orange smoke hovering above his home. >> our whole life is here. you see these things on tv, and you know, you think you know what to do. but when you're in that position, it's not as easy as you think it is to just pack up everything and leave. >> reporter: he couldn't bear to leave, or the thoughts that come after. >> you're sitting around wondering if you're going to leave and you're just looking around at your house. the thought of what happen it i on aner little left behind. i really want to reiterate here, cal fire has evacuated obviously this entire region. but they are really emphasizing for those who have evacuated to stay out and stay safe. there have been many instances

of fire crews and resources having to be diverted to families who have been desperate to save their homes, and it's been essentially wasting time for a lot of these crews trying to get to areas most hit. now, i do want to point out, there are four people that have already been reported missing in the last 24 hours. we are expected to get another update on those coming up at 6:00. live in scotts valley, stephanie sierra, "abc7 news." >> stephanie, thank you so much. spencer, they were breathing a sigh of relief overnight. let's see if that will continue. >> reporter: most of that accuweather last night went to our east for the bay area. we have a few scattered light showers, but nothing in the way of stormy weather. let's look at the conditions near the fire. near the czu lightning complex, we'll take you to the santa cruz mountains. relative humidity higher, 50%. do in part to the passage of

that subtropical moisture that moved through yesterday and last night. wind is very light, so that's good news. to the north, let's look at the fires up in the lnu lightning complex, in sonoma county with the fire near guerneville, temperature is 82 degrees, relative humidity 39%. that's low but not dangerously low. the wind is 5 miles per hour, and gusts up to 10 miles per hour. meanwhile, the air quality remains poor. today was a spare the air day. the next two days will also be spare the air days for the bay area, with poor air quality across the board. i'll have the full forecast later. kristen? >> spencer, thank you very much. these fires are making history. they're some of the biggest fires to ever happen in california. >> a f damage to covid-19,

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cal fire isrithem m fires. the wildfires are making history, growing bigger and bigger each year. today, governor gavin newsom provided an update on the wildfiring and covid-19. here's melanie woodrow. >> reporter: there are currently more than,000 wildfires burning in -- 7,000 burning in

california. there's 25 times more land on fire than last year, including armstrong redwoods. 17 of the fires are considered major, or complex fires. the governor said 14,000 firefighters and 709 epgs have been deployed. >> it show what'spossible. >> reporter: the areas burning are receiving help from in-state mutual aid. >> we continue to battle historic wildfires and we're battling this historic pandemic. >> reporter: close to 1500 people have been evacuated from their homes and are staying in 31 hotels according to the governor. in light of covid-19, health screenings and assessments are being conducted before entry to acuation cents. a 5,798 seven-d. the state's test positivity rate is 6.5%. it drops down to 5.6% over seven days. 35 counties remain on the

state's watch list. napa county is among the counties recently removed from the watch list. governor newsom again hinted that other bay area counties could come off the list, as well. >> i encourage san francisco has made some progress. >> reporter: between covid-19 and wildfires, some asked which is the right mask to protect yourself from both threats? >> we have sent n95s to those shelters as the best solution. >> reporter: an ongoing pandemic at the crossroads of wildfire season. melanie woodrow, "abc7 news." well, these fires continue to make history as each day passes. the lnu complex fire is the second largest in state history, burning more than 350,000 acres as we said to this point. the scu complex is close behind, destroying 347,000 acres, making it the second largest ever. combined, these two places have

burned nearly 1100 square miles. the mendocino complex of 2018 is california's largest fire ever, burning 460,000 acres. today we asked about the significance of these fires. >> we typically see a record breaking fire every decade or so. but in just the top ten fires, eight of them have occurred within the past decade. three of them currently burning. so we are continuing to see fires that are burning at more explosive rates than ever before. our fire seasons are 75 days longer, and that allows conditions to dry out much faster and hotter than ever before. >> the third fire he was referring to is the august complex fire, which has burned nearly 178,000 acres. it is the 14th larges fire in state history. in santa cruz county, evacuation sites are being overwhelmed by well-meaning people who want to drop off

donations for fire victims. although monastery donations are still preferred, officials have opened a new center to gather and process goods. chris nguyen has this story. >> reporter: this afternoon, a community unites during this time of hes outa i is. >> reporter: tens of thousands of people have already evacuated due to the czu august lightning complex fire. but in santa cruz, donations are now pouring in, after the county opened its warehouse to accommodate those who wanted to help. >> the community outpouring has been fantastic in terms of volunteers and to folks dropping things off. >> reporter: clothing, bedding, and personal hygiene products are requested. the items they need the most are blankets, sleeping bags, and large tents.

donations are being selected and sorted here for distribution to evacuees, as well as shelters and evacuation centers. janeane schirmer was evacuated from scotts valley last week and wonders if sstpe bo volunteer. >> just feeling overwhelmed for my neighbors and friends that have been displaced and hearing about people that have already lost their homes, feels very devastating. >> reporter: a sense of resiliency guiding many as they brace for what's to come. >> i have no words to describe it. that's what drives me to continue going every single day, no matter how long i'm here. >> reporter: in santa cruz county, chris nguyen, "abc7 news." >> of course, the all-important weather conditions are what we are watching minute by minute. >> oh glad the red flag warning has been canceled, spencer. >> the wind earlier this afternoon was quite calm -- low for most of the bay area locations with wind speeds under

10 miles per hour. it's getting breezier out there right now. les looktrent conditions. you can see we now have wind speeds ranging from 15 to 20 miles per hour over much of the bay area. that's noter the my stro er thee strong. let me give you a closer look at temperature readings. the view from the tower looking down onto san francisco, we can see it, even though we have haze and smoke. but the sky is a little bluer in some parts of the area than it was earlier today. 63 degrees in san francisco right now. oakland, 76. 79 in mountain view. 83 in san jose. gilroy at 88 and 63 at half moon bay. a different view at the golden gate, where the low clouds and fog are pushing in and it's smoky as you look northward. 82 in santa rosa. 82 in napa. 90 at novato. 90 at fairfield and concord and livermore as well. you can see the smoke up high

and the low clouds moving in from the coast. just a slight chance of a couple of early morning showers overnight. smoky, hazy skies with us the next few days and more warmth into the weekend. overnight, this is what we can expe expect. low clouds and fog pushing across the bay, maybe a spot or two of some drizzle or light rain near the coast. that will clear up quickly and we'lhave mainly sunny, hazy smoky skies tomorrow over the bay and inland with some lingering low clouds at the coast. overnight conditions, look for our low temperatures in the mid to upper 50s along the coastline and up in the north bay. other locations, lows in the low to mid 60s. pretty mild in some spots. highs tomorrow, 66 in half moon bay. 75 in oakland and san mateo. 86 in san jose. the inland east bay, around 91 degrees and virtually every location. north bay, highs of 78 in san

rafael. 78 at napa. and here is the -- oh, before we get to the forecast, i want to remind you once again, two more spare the air days tomorrow and wednesday. air quality is going to be poor across the entire region, especially in the inland east bay and santa clara valley. we expect some improvenby thursday and friday. now here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. low 90s inland tomorrow and wednesday. not very, very warm, just mild weather. it will start to warm up a little bit more on thursday. still under hazy skies. friday and saturday, a bit warmer still with mid to upper 90s inland. so a little more summer heat around the bayshoreline. temperatures drop off into a more seasonable range on sunday and monday. there's the accuweather seven-day forecast. dan? >> seasonal sounds good. thank you very much. it's not just the fires we need to worry about. later this hour, preparing to evacuate. michael finney has some of

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after last week's democratic national convention, it's the republican's turn this week, starting tonight. abc news reporter andrew dimbert is in washington. >> reporter: it's day one of the republican national convention, with president trump formally receiving the gop nomination to head the republican ticket for a second term in november. >> donald j. trump for the

president of the united states. >> reporter: the theme, honoring the great american story. the president himself is expected to be a part of the convention every night, and made a surprise appearance at the convention kickoff. >> four more years! four more years! >> reporter: facing a fierce re-election bid, in his opening remarks, president trump wasting little time attacking his opponents and fueling worries about mail-in voting. >> about it's not fair and it's not right and it's not going to be possible to tabulate, in my opinion. >> reporter: the president also defending his first term in office, touting his economic policies before the pandemic, hoping that will appeal to voters. >> before the plague came in from china, that's where we were going. we were going in a direction like we had never seen. the most successful economy in the history of our economy. >> reporter: as the coronavirus reshapes the 2020 election, president trump promising the pandemic will get under control, pointing to treatments and vaccines on the horizon. >> yesterday, convalescent

plasma, you saw remdesivir, you'll soon see vaccines pouring out. >> reporter: unlike the mostly digital democratic convention, the rnc is different. not just in party, but presentation. republicans kicking off their big event with a mix of in-person and virtual events with delegates gathering in charlotte, north carolina. many not wearing masks. those delegates also officially renominating mike pence for vice president. >> i heard the other day that democracy is on the ballot. but i think we all know the economy is on the ballot. >> reporter: and while the republicans look to use the week to fire up voters in the 2020 race, a major shakeup just hours before the convention, one of the president's longest serving advisers, kellyanne conway, announcing she's leaving the white house at the end of the month. also on this first day of the convention, more than two dozen former republican members of congress, including jeff flake, going the other way, announcing that they will be voting for joe

biden in november. >> you can catch live coverage of the republican national convention starting at 7:00 p.m. right here on abc 7. all right. take a look outside. in most places across the bay area, the air is unhealthy, or even worse. but there is some good news. >> and how a silicon valley drone maker

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>> i'm happy to report we're making good headway. the fire has gotten down to the valley floor back at the top end of armstrong grove. and we're working with state sonoma county were downgraded to warnings this amp. now take a look at this video shot today using drone view 7. you can see how bad the air is over san francisco. and it's no better in the south bay. this is near the scu lightning complex fire. look at that haze. while crews are making a bit of progress on the fire, there's been a serious issue with air quality. okay. now look at the air affected on purpleair.com. all the areas with red and purple dots show hazardous air conditions. that's a lot of the bay area. some of you have yellow, kind of moderate conditions. but laura anthony is live in

downtown livermore with the latest. laura? >> reporter: well, hi, kristen. the air quality here over the weekend was especially bad. the wind has picked up a bit. it's actually improved a little bit here. we are in downtown livermore. we're about five miles as the crow flies from the main fire activity that is remaining up there in the hills. as you can see, air quality improved enough that at least a few people are out enjoying a meal on the sidewalk. the hills high above livermore are smoky. but mostly flame free, it appears. eight days into an scu lightning complex fire that has scorched nearly 150,000 acres in seven counties. >> you see the black line here, that means we have that part contained. >> reporter: favorable weather conditions are allowing fire crews to expand the containment lines. >> the temperature is high, the rh is low and we have increasing

wind speed. with all those factors, it's very dangerous out there. you can have a small, smoldering fire kick up and send embers. they were saying this morning up to three quarters of a mile from where the fire line is. >> reporter: perhaps the biggest concern for residents of livermore has been the terrible air quality. on sunday, the air was so brown, it was considered dangerous even for healthy individuals. downtown today, things looked a lot better. >> the air quality is fine. a little bit of wind. >> the smoke has been much better today. >>r:enve here from southern california. >> it's been really quite good. i like it. >> reporter: except for maybe the fires? >> well, that's just the last couple of weeks, yes. and i'm hoping that this will not be an annual occurrence. >> reporter: and we're back live here. this is the epa's weather -- or air quality app.

it shows 160 right now. that is unhealthy here in downtown livermore. ky tell you, it was a little bit better a couple of hours ago, but these winds have picked up and bringing smoke in. we're not sure if it'somg fr t first or maybe from one to have other fires. at last word, this fire just 10% skon t contained. one of the concerns was whether this wind would pick up and it has, i'm sorry to say, in the last four or so. live in livermore, laura anthony, "abc7 news." >> laura, thank you very much. the air quality probably where you live has just been terrible. kristen, almost every spot in the bay area. >> that's right. even san francisco hasn't been good, but let's check in with drew tuma to see how things look now. >> reporter: that's the issue with the wind laura was talkingable. while it may clear smoke from one area, it could push more smoke into another area. so we are seeing some issues with the wind right now. it is helping to clear some

smoke along the immediate coastline, so you can see san francisco and san rafael, moderate air quality, but that sea breeze is pushing smoke inland. from napa to concord to pleasanton, even redwood city, unhealthy air quality, with the pm 2.5 levels above 150. so we are still dealing another day of unhealthy air quality. this is the satellite image from nasa today. some encouraging news, the smoke plumes from our area fires are not nearly as large as they were last week. that's just a testament to the work our firefighters are dogs, containing these -- are doing, containing these fires. we have a ton of smoke trapped across california because of the current weather pattern and the gee yog rograph geography. so the air quality tomorrow again, spencer has been talking about this. another spare the air day is in effect. we're going to incofluctuate

throughout the day. limited relief on the way 24 hours on the way from now. >> drew, thank you very much. long way to go still. a silicon valley drone maker is working alongside firefighters in their fight. it comes as technology will make drones a more valuable ally to monitor a fire's path. david louie shows you what lies ahead. >> reporter: drones are showing promise to be the next important tool for wildland fires. work is under way by startups like redwood city's company to develop this technology >> fly a helicopter is expensive and slow and puts the pilot and crew at risk with. a drone, you can get into tricky

situations where risking a drone to get critical data may be well worth it. >> reporter: a new generation of drone with cameras will give drones the ability to steer clear of danger. thermal cameras will identify hot spots and track the direction a fire is moving. >> good old fashioned firefighting is our key to attacking a fire. but using every available tool is important. >> reporter: the company is working with federal, state, and local fire departments that have deployed its drones. a goal is to have drones mobilized in the beginning. >> i think the future where we have autonomous drones on demand to respond to emergencies like this, i think that's five or more years away. >> reporter: that may seem far off. the drone industry is acknowledging the need is now. david louie, "abc7 news." and remember, you can follow fires statewide with our

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new developments. the california supreme court has overturned the death penalty in the scott peterson case. peterson has been on death row for the murders of his wife, lacey peterson, and their unborn child. the court ruled to reverse the judgment of a death sentence. the guilty plea still stands keep in mind. their bodies were found on the shore of point isabelle in richmond four months after lacey peterson disappeared on christmas eve in 2002. she was seven months pregnant at the time. there will be a new sentencing phase. now, joining me is former bay area prosecutor jim hammer with reaction to today's decision. jim, thanks for coming on. >> good to be with you. >> what's behind this decision to overturn the death penalty? why now? >> first, i want to say i'm having a flashback. i was in the courtroom every day of that trial. i was in there when that death verdict came down, which

surprised most people. here's what is behind the reversal today. the law says the only requirement to be a juror is that you can follow the law. in other words, what you believe or your opinions aren't the determinative factor. what the prosecutors did in this case is kicked people off and the judge let them who were against the death penalty. if you think about that for a second, people who tend to be for the death penalty, tend to be more conservative. so if you kick those off, you end up with a pro prosecution jury. >> that's why the court ruled that a new jury needs to be seated that can fairly decide this question of whether or not to put him to death. >> right. and prosecution got really lucky i would say in that they dodged the big bullet. if it was wrong to kick the other people off, dan, the prosecution ended up with a more prosecution ore oriented jury.

>> that's a fascinating point, because the death penalty was overturned, not the conviction. and could that have happened? was that a possibility? >> it absolutely could. again, having prosecuted a bunch of murder cases, one of the problems with the death penalty, and we could debate it some other time, it takes forever to get through all the appeals. we talked about the state appeal. think about the federal appeals. it could be 15, 20 years if these appeals go on. so while they've been to the supreme court, the california court, they have a chance to go through the federal court oi appeals, the u.s. supreme court. again, if you can stack the jury, the d.a. certainly likes that, but that could cause problems down the line on other appeals. >> so give us a sense of how long the next process is going to take, when we'll get another decision on punishment. >> well, they have one last crack at the california supreme court on habeas corpus, if they

have new evidence. i wouldn't hold my breath on that, i think the evidence was overwhelming in this case. each though they don't have the exact method they killed her. once done, i would say two, three years. then the federal appeals start. if i had to guess, that's ten years down the road this could stretch out before we get to a final decision. in the interim, he's in prison until he dies. so, again, we can debate the death penalty, but he's sentenced now to life without parole. he will die in prison. >> is it unlikely in this day and time that he would get a death penalty verdict again? >> yes, i think that's out the window. there's the practical reason in california. the last excuse was in 2006. i covered one of those around that time. and since then, governor newsom has put a moratorium on. so even if prosecutors wanted a death penalty, it's not happening in california. > very interesting development, jim. thanks for walks us through it.

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most schools and colleges across the country started their week with a zoom outage, creating somewhat of a video conferencing kay use. by late morning, the problem had been fixed, but not before

causing concern for millions of students who depend on it. >> reporter: the zoom outage affected even my college-aged daughter on the first day of online classes. >> i was waiting on the teacher to start call, but then the call would never begin. >> reporter: younger students throughout the bay area were also unable to start enjoying meetings. this seventh grader eventually got on. here he is doing a virtual pe class. >> we did not get notified by the schools about the challenges or who to go to. and they do have a technical support line, but it usual goes to a voi mail. >> reporter: most parents found out about it from facebook. zoom did not say what caused the o outage, but apologized for the inconvenience. oakland unified said, the district's i.t. team told those having problems to use google meet instead. san francisco unified recommended the same as an

alternative for their classes. but the director of information technology at leadership public schools previously told us zoom is much more robust than google meet when it comes to online instruction. u'll notics many features here. you can present and share and stuff like that. >> reporter: alicia bright, that parent from belmont, predicts it will be a long and challenging semester. >> so my heart goes out to the teacher as they're trying to navigate through this technical challenges and platforms and being able to bring the kids together and try to re-create clams vir chaully. >> reporter: today's mayor hiccup did not go unnoticed on nasdaq. zoom's stock was down more than 2%. leeann melendez, "abc7 news." >> the university of california announced a course of action today to make all uc campuses free of non-essential plastics by 2030. under the plan, plastic bags and

retail and food service establishments will be eliminated by january 1 of next year. single use dining accessories like straws will be eliminated by july 1 of next year. and campus food service operations will phase out the purchase, sale, and distribution of single use plastic beverage bottles by january 1, 2023. >> all right. right now let's check in with spencer christian and see if both the winds are pushing the smoky air out of here and whether they're going to die down for the fires. >> as drew tuma pointed out earlier, the wind is pushing smoke away from some areas, away from the coast and across the bay and into many inland areas. overnight, smoky, hazy conditions with an increase in low clouds and fog. overnight lows mainly in the upper 50s to low 60s. tomorrow, another hazy day. the sky will be bright from time to time. but the smoke will be with us. breezy at the coast.

highs will range from mid 60s at the coast to upper 70s around the bay shoreline to 91 degrees in the warmest inland areas. and another spare the air day. tomorrow and wednesday will be, as well. doesn't look like weather expect any noticeable improvement in air quality till thursday and friday. the accuweather seven-day forecast. you can see the next few days will be mild, we have a warming trend developing toward the end of the week, going from friday into saturday, with mid to upper 90s inland and temperatures will moderate to more seasonable range on sunday and monday. kristen? >> spencer, thank you. here's a question, would you be ready if your family was forced to evacuate? up next, michael finney has some tips to help you prepare now so

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did dodge a bullet on this one. >> the north bay may finally getting a break. overnight thunderstorms delivered no major blows. containment is growing and the fire started in the peninsula and the south bay, so is the number of acres burned and the devastation left behind. the fire burning in the east bay and central valley is the third largest wildfire in california history. the priority, to head it off before it moves west toward where people are living. >> we are really worried we're going to end up with a bunch of new starts, potentially. >> mother nature has helped us quite a bit. >> if you see the resources cominging in, i