area. b.a.r.t. closed its 19th street station downtown in response to what was going on. protesters say that they want to see the police in wisconsin who shot blake arrested and held accountable. oakland police say they made several arrests last night. live in the newsroom, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. and more out of wisconsin on that,ght protests have been largely peaceful. hundreds participated in a nonviolent rally through the streets of kenosha. there were no tear gas or rubber bull 4re9 ets fired by police. national guard troops were on the ground. the officer shooting blake seven times is identified, 31-year-old officer rusten sheskey. he has been on the can knaeeen e for more than seven years and causes a campus police officer

for more than three years before that. and now to the wildfires. national guard troops will be on the front lines today against the lnu complex. evacuation orders have been reduced to warnings in parts of the napa county. it has burned over 360,000 acres. containment is 33%. 250 members of the national guard have been training to join the firefight. and a second website is up and running that shows the homes that have been damaged or destroyed in the lnu fires in the north bay. it is similar to the damage assessment for the czu complex down south. red means that the house has been destroyed, orange means there is significant damage, yellow means minor damage. if it is green, the home has very little damage. the black building means that there was no damage. you can find a link to both of these maps at abc7news.com. today officials will hold a

community briefing to provide fire updates and information about recovery programs and resources for sonoma county residents. officials from the california office of emergency services, fema and the sonoma county department of emergency management agency will all be on hand for people and business owners who have been impacted by the walbridge and myers fires. the briefing will be available on sonoma county's facebook page and it starts at 6:30 p.m. cal fire officials say they are making good progress on the scu lightning complex which covers seven counties. the complex has burned more than 367,000 acres. at this point it is 30% contained. evacuation orders and warnings are still in effect though for some areas and officials are reassuring residents that they won't be kept from their homes any longer than necessary. the weather is giving firefighters a bit of reprieve and they areal getting help from several aircraft including the

747 global super tanker and five helicopters staging near livermore. additional crews are joining the battle against the czu complex fire. the fires are now at more than 81,000 acres, 21% contained. 590 buildings were lost to the flames. operations were delayed when someone broke into a fire department vehicle last night and stole protective equipment. evacuation order for uc santa cruz has been lifted. six people are missing and they include three men. santa cruz county sheriff's office released their photos, so if you have seen them or you know anything that might be able to help them, please let them know. cal fire says an estimated 77,000 people have been evacuated from the czu complex fire zone, many of them finding shelter in the bay area as hotels filling up. and amanda del castillo has a report from san jose.

>> reporter: this is not how robert intended to spend his 65th birthday, evacuated from his home. he and his family spent the first night at the fair grounds, later looking for more confident in santa cruz. >> we couldn't find a vacancy. >> reporter: for the last week, they have been at the marriott along with their dog and parakeet. >> we heard about the rate that they were giving here and that they were pet friendly. >> reporter: the city sits between the czu complexes. and more than a dozen hotels announced discounted rates for evacuees, also housing firefighters. >> instead of capitalizing on it, they saw an opportunity to lower their rates. >> reporter: and still bills are adding up. he is hoping that friends will take in their families after they check out on the 2nd, but we're still in the middle of a pandemic. >> being down here, you are not so isolated.

so covid-19 becomes a factor. >> reporter: and the sheriff's office estimates it could be weeks before boulder creek residents return. >> that is just rough framework. >> reporter: and still unsure about whether they have a home to return to. in san jose, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >> you can follow the fires statewide with our exclusive wildfire tracker. it is updated with the very latest information from cal fire. you can see where the fires are spreading, you can get containment information in real time and we'll also have all the evacuation information there that you need to know. and also a new feature, air quality data. the abc 7 fire tracker is available now at abc7news.com and on the day three of the republican national convention belongs to vice president mike pence. he offered support for law enforcement amid growing protests over a police shooting of another black man. governor newsom says california is making some major changes to

coronavirus testing that he says will be faster and cheaper. first though now, it is 4:35 and we are checking in with mike. >> good morning. love hearing the positive news about the firefighting during the overnight hours. and here is more positive news. and this is part of the reason why we continue to see the gains overnight. 54 degrees, relative humidity 92%. look at those light winds on the west branch of the lnu lightning complex in the north bay. even though it is warmer with less humidity, that is still pretty good and the winds are still pretty light out of the east there at about 2 to 4 miles per hour. now, give you an idea of how the winds could swirl, environmental winds are out you haof the nort for the most part, but our reporting station is saying southwest at 13 miles per hour. but down the santa cruz mountains, 100% relative humidity, southwest wind at 5 to so iisngg inng air and you will notice it again when you step outside, temperatures in the

mid-50s to low 60s. we're actually a couple degrees cooler than we were this time yesterday. here is a look at walnut creek, windshield wipers are likely needed. that is the biggest issue besides the smog and fog and the smoke which makes smog out there. spotty drizzle for the morning commute. i promise you a little more sunshine, some warmer weather coming up in the accuweather 7 day forecast. let's talk more about the commute with j commute. and we have high wind advisories for the golden gate bridge, and we also have one coming in from the altamont pass. and i'll continue that good news as far as about impacts from the fires. as we bring in the graphics here, i want you to notice that we do not have any additional major road closures due to the fires. we saw a couple of them reopen yesterday and hopefully that trend continues. so if you would like more information about which major

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came on as a category 4. it is now category 2 and it is accelerating to the north at about 15 miles per hour and it will continue to weaken and eventually through southern arkansas and you can see right along say the mississippi river and eventually heading off toward the mid-atlantic. so we'll talk to jobina more about what they experience there during the overnight hours. here is a look at our forecast, you can see temperatures pretty much average to a little below average. a little cooler this morning and there is some drizzle. and smoke at any time could be unhealthy in your neighborhoods. >> thank you, mike. and i'm also tracking hurricane laura. the catastrophic storm made landfall overnight in southwestern louisiana and bringing with it torrential rains as well. this is at the texas coast in the storm zone right now, the hurrica weakened to a

category 2 storm. there is extensive damage coming in. and laura hit the gulf coast as a category 4 st violently shook the buildings, cars toppled over, and that is just how powerful the storm really was. nearly 300,000 homes and businesses in the region are without power. residents are being warned that there have threatening storm surge is about to happen. >> this is dangerous, dangerous storm surge. and in some cases here you look at some of the values, it is not survivable. >> national hurricane center has warned locals to expect storm subjects of up to 20 feet, that is expected to cause catastrophic damage to both the texas and louisiana coastlines along with low lying communities up to 40 miles inland. major flooding will not fully recede for days. more than 580,000 coastal

residents were ordered to evacuate authorities fear that not everyone did that. we'll keep monitoring the developments at the live desk as they come into the newsroom. your voice, your vote. president trump will take center stage tonight to close out the republican national convention. last night vice president mike pence laid out the case for re-election. an argument that was swiftly rebuked by the by continiden/has campaign. here is ines de la cuetara. vice president pence taking center stage. >> the choice is whether america remains america. >> reporter: speaking from fort mchenry in baltimore, the vice president addressed a crowd that for the most part was not wearing face masks as he tried to put a positive spin on the president's covid-19 response even as the u.s. reports nearly 180,000 coronavirus deaths. >> to bring america all the way

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immigrants featured in a naturalization ceremony that aired on tuesday night did not know the video would be used at the convention or that president trump would even attend. the president is set to close out the convention tonight with a speech he plans to deliver from the white house, but due to hurricane laura, sources say that the president and his advisers are considering adjusting rnc plans, they for now nothing has changed. ines de la cuetara, abc news, washington. live coverage of the republican national convention resumes tonight right after the news at 6:00. it will run from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. building a better bay area means looking out for our health. the coronavirus pandemic appears to be subsiding here in california. here are the numbers. there are about 6,000 new cases reported yesterday which is below average. the number of people who had to be hospitalized continues to drop. and it is done to about 4300. and that is from a peak of more

than 7,000 just a month ago. coronavirus has blamed 150 lives in california on wednesday. that number though is above average. the test positivity rate is onnn the decline. over 14 days, it is at 6.1%. in the past seven days, it has gone done to 5.8%. and the governor has announced big plans to expand covid testing capacity to cut down costs and shorten the turnaround plans. this is part of a new plan to get ahead of a company will process an additional 150,000 covid tests every day and that will more than double the state's current testing capacity. >> if a those that develop you flu-like symptoms will understandably and likely

request that they get tested not only for flu but also get tested fo >>ice is dng that tes4 48 hours. and the goal is it drive down the price of a test to around $30. that would be good. time now is 4:47. and checking in with mike for a look at our forecast. >> i wanted to start up in san rafael. we have unfortunately the most dangerous air in any area of the bay area right now. it is unhealthy, that means that everybody is susceptible to the toxicity that is in the air. so we have a spare the air today and also tomorrow. and as we talked about yesterday, it won't be quite as blanketed as it was earlier this week. it will be more pockets of unhealthy air. so there are times and areas where you can get outside and breathe easy and not about it. morning drizzle today, more sunshine this afternoon.

the summer spread will get a little bit bigger as we head through the extended forecast. you can see the green the man here, all t -- map, all the areas of possible drizzle. at noon, it is confined mainly to the coast. so the temperatures fo today, u. low to mid-80s for the rest of the south bay. and on the peninsula, 73 at millbrae, 76 at san mateo, everybody else right around 80. we'll have 62 to 64 along the coast today. and about 64 to 68 for downtown, south san francisco and up to sausalito. upper 70s to low 80s through most of the north bay. you can see mid-80s through santa rosa and also sonoma. upper 60s richmond and berkeley. and low to mid sefrtsz 770s for of the east bay shore. and tonight, mid to upper 50s in most neighborhoods. not quite as much in the way of cloud cover and less drizzle for

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most of our fires are producing less toxins, but we still have a spare the air today and tomorrow. keep an eye on our website, there will be some pockets of unhealthy air, just not as widespread. so that is why the management district has not extend the spare the air forecast. this trough will keep temperatures a little below average today, but it quickly moves through and you can see the rebound tomorrow. oakland 75, 85 at santa rosa to the mid-90s in the east bay valleys. and we may see a little bit of a drop saturday and sunday, but temperatures still a little bit warmer than average as we head through hopefully a very quiet

weekend. tens of thousand of people evacuated from the lightning fires may qualify for insurance payouts even if their homes escape damage. 7 on your side found important advice for couplers. the lnu complex fire forced evacuations from the five county ar area. fortunately most people will be able to go back to their homes. the insurance information network advises homeowners that they can get reimbursed for the cost of evacuation. >> you may have extra 1k3e7bs e if you are staying in a hotel or having to buy food that you wouldn't normally have bought. >> those living expenses are payable under the loss of use coverage on your homeowner's policy. keep all your receipts and file your claim. but know that there may be a dollar cap on what your policy is payinheros battleses fires ae

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. evacuation orders being lifted as firefighters continue to make progress on the czu complex fire. >> factors that they say have helped and their strategy to get crews even closer to the front lines. >> good morning, i'm so happy to hear that they are making progress and that the weather may be helping them out. >> i'm just are happy i could

hear you because at the beginning of the show, i could not. so we're off to a rough but now good start. mike, how is it going this morning? >> pretty good. yes, i'm always happy to inform you of the weather that is helping the firefighters. and we'll take a look at that coming up. but first i want to focus on what you are breathing today. in san jose it is unhealthy, but a little better in santa cruz than it was yesterday. you can see a lot of green in the east bay valleys, but look at that unhealthy air around san rafael. so please be careful. we have a couple co-workers up there saying that it is just terrible smell and taste. so be careful there. and i want to show you, there is not a lot of fog out there, but definitely a lot of drizzle. we've already d