who have been evacuate so far wondering what might be waiting for them when they are allowed to return home. >> this is just devastating. i grew up in these mountains, i've lived here all my life. this is just off the hook. it is over the top lollipop. >> caller: that woman you heard from, kathy, she lives in davenport, an area that we have seen ravaged by the flames. and these are the conditions evacuees are staying in. around 75 people seeking shelter at the santa cruz civic auditorium living in tents spaced out 6 feet apart. and we'll get that update in the 6:00 a.m. news conference and we'll bring that to you live here. but the firefight continues around the clock with nearly 1700 personnel now working the yzu lig czu lightning complex fire. julian glover, abc 7 news. a website is up and running

showing the homes damaged or destroyed in the czu lightning complex fire. the color coded map focuses on santa cruz county. so if you look here, what red means is that that home has been destroyed. orange, yellow and blue means damage. green shows undamaged homes. the black circle means the address is confirmed but if there is a white circle around the home, that means that that address has to be verified. you can find a link to this map on our website on abc7news.com. the largest fire in the region is the scu lightning complex fire and it spans seven counties including alameda, contra costa and santa clara counties. it is 20% contained. and firefighters are making good progress though against it with major help from aerial water drops. this was the scene we saw during our 4:00 newscast as helicopters loaded up on water before taking

off to do a drop near neighbors had to evacuate several times. >> that was all on fire, mission peak was all on fire. >> so you were basically surrounded by flames. >> yeah, we've had it on all sides. >> that is tough. and cal fire says that there are three to four spots that are still extremely active. and the lnu lightning complex fire in sonoma county, southwest winds are helping crews build on their fire line. and many evacuated residents are being allowed to return home. however, about 5,000 people are still under a mandatory evacuation order. the county has established three reentry stations for neighbors who are returning to their homes. in napa county, resident of a burned mobile home park have

not yet seen the damage that has left so many of them with next to nothing. the spanish flat villa as you can see, it is mostly destroyed. 47 of the 50 homes here are burned. when the fire went through last week, if came after two days of warnings. residents only had about 30 minutes to evacuate. and here is how it looked in those frantic few moments as the hennessey fire advanced tuesday night. >> never thought it would happen. thought we'd be able to go back home, know that they would safe it. but not this time. >> most residents don't have insurance, not even those who own their units. the red cross is saying though that they can stay at a napa hotel as long as they need to. and at the live desk, i'm tracking fire crews trying to make progress on a wildfire burning in the point reyes national seashore.

residents are under a mandatory evacuation order as the woodward fire slowly moves closer to homes. yesterday we found crews setting backfi backfires. they are battling unique challenges inside that national park. heavy fog in the mornings >> there are areas that are difficult for us to get our hand crews into. luckily we have the support of air resources and they are doing a wonderful job be. >> fire crews continue to do water drops when advise and all ability allows for it. it is 5% contained. ashd you c and you can follow the fires with our wildfire tracker. it has the latest information from cal fire and you can see where the fires are spreading, how many acres have burned and containment information all in

real time. the abc 7 fire tracker is now available at abc7news.com as well as on the abc 7 news app. the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, it is a major focus of abc 7's effort to build a better bay area. starting on friday, some businesses in alameda county will reopen for outdoor services. and just in time for the end of summer, water parks and outdoor swimming pools will open too. however, there will be some strict social distancing guidelin guidelines. barber shops, hair and nail salons, waxing and skin care services can open outdoor, nonmedical massages too. wineries can open for outdoor tastings and you no longer have to serve food to do that. governor newsom will provide an update on the state's response to wild fires and the covid-19 pandemic and we'll bring you that update "life" at noon right here on abc 7 as well as on our action 7 news app and you can watch it on abc7news.com. be cal.

>> caller:'s coronavirus surge does appear to be slowing, so the state is getting ready for issuing a new set of rules for reopening the any. dan ashley has more. >> reporter: california is seeing coronavirus cases drop and counties are coming on which the state's watch list. how can they reopen? we'll find out this week.on whi the state's watch list. how can they reopen? we'll find out this week. >> we hear about transmission, the impact of what some people say are family gatherings. we continue to by teat the drumd think about the new guidelines that will be coming out later this week, that will be a theme. >> reporter: the guidance will apply to education and child care settings. they won't be allowed to havere two adults in one place, but as california prepares to move forward, dr. galley has this reminder. >> this sneaky virus that we call covid-19 doesn't take a rest. >> reporter: masks are at the heart of some new guidance from

the centers for disease control. it is advising employees not to get into arguments with customers who are against wearing face coverings. we've seen several incidents inside stores that have escalated, people have been confronted about not wearing a mask. dan ashley, abc 7 news. up next, protesters defy a curfew and take to the streets if a third straight night over a police shooting in wisconsin. this time they take a turn. and also night two of the republican national convention belongs to made lelania trump. what she had to say. and first let's check in with mike nicco tracking our forecast. >> good morning. let's check out the temperatures. definitely if you could open the windows, and you could because the air is fairly clean right now, you will get cooler conditions out there, up to four degrees cooler than what we dealt with this time yesterday. let's take a lot south basin, y can see the low clouds hanging

out there. and for your commute toy,. o dea with theog, wear a mk if you can and still pretty smooth out there even though the marine layer is here. it is not really creating much in the way of winds right now for your ferry ride. and i want to talk a littl about what is going where our fires. and you will see that conditions were very favorable during the overnight hours. good morning, everyone. i just want to begin with an alert that we have coming out of walnut creek. we do have some breaking news that happened on the roads overnight.repeople where dead a fiery car crash. the chp believe pontiac that you see in this video unfortunately flu off t flew ofy exit at main street. they say the car struck a tree

and then caught fire, that stretch of the road cleared this morning around 1:45, but again, three people died in that crash. so awful news that we're learning this morning. do want to take you tyou to a l look outside right now. we have a fog advisory for the golden gate bridge and positil of marin county. doesn't look too bad right now, but take your time. if you are looking for any road closure information regarding the fire you can we have that all available for you on inflammation in your eye might be to blame.ck, looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes over-the-counter eye drops

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4:42. here is a look at your day planner. 55 to 60, so a little cooler this morning. notice the 50s to near 60 along the coast today. mid-70s around the bay and look at these 80s inland. so temperature about a degree or two cooler than yesterday. back in the 50s, 60s and barely some 70s at 7:00. but sxikts an increas smoke. and let's look at what is going on out there. it is a spare the air day and we've got about two more ahead of us before the weekend promises a little bit cleaner air. we'll talk about that coming up. breaking news at the live desk, during a night of protests in wisconsin, two people were killed and one person shot as

outrage continues over the police shooting of a blackcob the "new york times" is reporting that group of men armed with guns were stage there had promising to protect property as arguments broke out and the protests were on. the city curfew was largely ignored as groups gather the outside the courthouse to rally no jacob blake who was shot by police on sunday. blake's mother is condemning the violence. >> did jacob justice on this level and examine your we need healing. >> blake is paralyzed and remains hospitalized this morning. wisconsin's governor has declared a state of emergency to handle the protests. the state investigators have not released the name of the officer involved in the shooting but protestors are calling for him to be fired. he is currently on

administrative leave. night two of the republican national convention was filled with glossy tributes to president trump and made for tv moments that were often at odds with the crisis facing the nation. first lady melania trump was one of the few speakers to address the covid-19 pandemic. and ines de la cuetara has the latest. >> reporter: on day two of the rnc, the first lady taking center stage. >> almost four years ago, we went into election day completely underestimated. >> reporter: speaking from the white house rose garden, melania trump was one of the few speakers to address recent racial unrest and the covid-19 pandemic. >> i want to acknowledge the fact that since march, our lives have changed drastically. the invisible enemy covid-19 swept across our beautiful country and impacted all of my dooeps simeepest sympathy go

everybody who has lost a loved one. >> reporter: even with the death toll passing 178,000, larry kudlow claimed the administration's sick sessionfully fought the virus speaking of it in the past tense. >> then came a once in 100 year pandemic, it was awful, health and economic impacts were tragic. >> reporter: prompting harsh criticism from the biden campaign writering cam writing not only did the american people hear no plan for overcoming the pandemic, after more than seven months of utter mismanagement, but the president's chief economic adviser even referred to the coronavirus in the past tense. secretary of state mike pompeo also facing criticism for speaking from jerusalem during an official visit there. >> i have a big job. as susan's husband and nick's dad. their freedom is more secure because president trump has put his america first vision into asks. >> reporter: the night included remarks from two of the president's children but the rnc

also dropped one speaker at the last minute after she tweeted outd d theory. and the president took part in a presidential pardon and as well as a naturalization it will be president's turn to speak from fort mchenry. ines de la cuetara, abc news, washington. and live coverage of the republican national convention continues tonight. the coverage runs from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. abc 7 news is working to build a better bay area and one area we're focusing on includes race and social justice issues. and a black business owner is speaking after tipplistlistlistt show proof that he is the owner. >> there are no customers in there. that is all we want to know.

>> so this is the business owner, and he is at the door of his store talking with the tiburon police supervisor. he felt that he was racially profiled and he is hoping that this recorded interaction will inspire a different conversation. >> how can we do better as a community, how can policing be better. how can listican policing be do empat empathy. >> tiburon police 130s person says that the town has hired an independent attorney to conduct an investigation. voept acti appropriate action will be taken. if you are dealing with issues of racial or social injustice, we want to help you find an ally. go to nabc7news.com/take action. and we're checking in with

mike nicco for what we can expect with our day. aim cra am i cramping your style being here? >> i love having you here. >> and 4:48, here is a look at san jose and you can see, yeah, a little more in the way of cloud cover than smoke. our air quality is pretty good right now, but as we head throughout the day, temperatures will warm and the smoke will leave. clouds return tonight and so does decent air quality. but as we head into the weekend, we'll have increasing breezes so the overnight hours and afternoon hours of well differencely good conditions no these firefighters, they e liit. and 90 at morgan hill, a nice 76 in santa cruz. mid to upper 70s for the peninsula. and 62 to 64 along the cloudy coast today. 67 in downtown, 71 in south san francisco.

71 in sausalito. and 79 the san rafael. everybody else in the 80s until you get to cloverdale and low i. 79 in fremont. some 90s around fairfield, pittsburg, antioch. otherwise we have mid to upper 70s in our inland east bay neighborhoods. tonight temperatures even a degree or two cooler than this morning with low 50s to low 60s. so here we're waking up and fairly clean air. and the seabreeze will be strongest today. you can see it trying to undercut the smoke and push it off to the east as we head throughout most of the day. so today will be one of the cleaner days according to this model. but you can see tonight the smoke starts to come in and thursday it starts to encroach once again. and we'll have the winds that are coming in and they will increase the threat of fire as they increase the smoke out there and our temperatures. we'll see what is going on with

the hurricane coming up next. in san francisco, hayes treat is the latest to close to cars in an he was to help struggling businesses. the "chronicle" is reporting that it will hit down to traffic everyone weekend. the closure happens friday evenings from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and on saturday and sunday from 10:00 in the morning to 1:00 at night. to allows restaurants and merchants to use sidewalks, street parking spaces and sometimes the whole street. it could help the hayes valley neighborhood who has seen about 20 bars and restaurants close permanently during this pandemic. and an oakland stwraupt ress back in business t fwrin cha african-american chamber of commer commerce. she got a grant and now she is paying it forward by providing

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check out the ideal conditions, hopefully containment glrew even more. look at this, look at the humidity, 92% on the west branch of the lnu lightning complex. 60% on the east branch. 100% relative humidity. a little drizzle is possible here too. notice how light the winds are there and also down in the santa cruz mountains. and temperature is 56 degrees. and as expected, hurricane laura exploded overnight, 150-mile-per-hour winds, it is a category 3 and it will come ashore just south of lake charles with 13-foot storm surge which could push all the way into lake charles and rainfall amounts over the next 48 hours possibly up to 10 inches, a lot of flooding in louisiana and east texas.

and many people who have to work outside are having a hard time and that includes postal carriers. many spend up to 12 hours every day delivering our mail and that also means that they are inhaling the smoky air. most mail trucks don't have ac, they have a large window that stays open so carriers can have access to mail boxes easily. a lot have struggled to find an n95 mask on their own because of limited supply during the pandemic. >> when someone inhales wildfire smoke, we could see increases in ambulance calls for respiratory and cardiac problems. >> abc 1e67 news spoke with district officials who say that they have recently received 20,000 n95 marks and another order has been placed. we appreciate that work. coming up next, new help from the national guard. we are live from the santa rosa

fair grounds where those troops are setting up, see how they will be helping the north bay firefighters today. plus living a real life nightmare, one man returns to find everything a total loss, but we'llw his se hea those heartbreaking stories, we see countless others wondering what they

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i honestly expected cal fire to buckle and just get overwhelmed by it. they have held up remarkably well. >> there is a little bit of deja vu, but what do you do? the human condition is to power through. so can't lay down. >> right now at 5:00, resilience city in the wildfire emergency. firefighters and neighbors feeling a turning point ahead. but we know that this fight is far from over. a crucial arrival from the national guard this morning giving firefighters a second wind. and of course weather is beginning them a big advantage. here is a look at where things stand. even though the scu and lnu remain the second and third largest in state grown just minute 3458 l tuesday to today. >> and not only that