wildfire. the governor declaring a state of emergency as thousands are forced from their homes. the latest on the firefight this morning, including the improving weather conditions. also finding space in evacuation shelters. many unable to hold what is typically their max capacities. one couple describing what it was like to hear those sirens closing in. >> i never thought the fire would jump the highway. look at this napa valley castle factory impacted by the fire. the owner explaining the extent of the damage. good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, september 29th. >> today we are hoping for some more favorable weather conditions. let's see what mike nicco has in store for the day. >> yes, we have more favorable weather conditions in the fact that the critical firediti conditions ended last night and also right now we're looking at 68 degrees relative humidity is

32% and the winds aren't blowing 2,3060 miles per hour. gusting to 4 miles per hour. much easier this morning. we are under a spare the air and today potentially has our worst air quality you can see right now everybody doing green. we're okay. the policy is there as we head through the north bay especially for unhealthy air for all of us and poor air quality for those most sensitive else where and those incompasses wednesday and thursday forecast. 75 in san francisco and near 100 inland and i know that says monday but that is for today's forecast and that is significantly cooler the closer you are to the coast. i'll let you know about the rest of our neighborhoods coming up. >> sounds more promising, thanks, mike. cal fire giving us an update on how they're doing in the glass fire. jobina is at the live desk with more details on that. >> thank you, reggie.

cal fire officials will give the update from the sonoma county fairgrounds around 11:00 this morning and we will stream it live on the abc7 news pp and abc7news.com. governor governor newsom declared a state of emergency for the explosive wildfires burning out of control. this will help direct more resources to the fire fight. governor newsom said he also sent a letter to president trump asking for fire assistance grants. here's where the glass fire is burning right now in napa and sonoma counties. it's scorched more than 36,000 acres and is still zero percent contained. now, take a look at the current evacuations in napa county. you can see the city of calistoga is fully in the blue area, which means mandatory evacuations. yellow means an evacuation warning. this is governor newsom's second time declaring a state of emergency this year in the state because of wildfires. he declared just last month declaration for a disaster

because of the fires burning in the bay area. kumasi. >> thank you, jobina. in sonoma county, santa rosa city schools will not be holding any online classes today or tomorrow because of those fires and the evacuations. at least 68,000 sonoma county residents are under evacuation orders right now. so, here's a look at the mandatory evacuation zones. they are in the orsxnge yellow area is evacuation warning. abc7 news reporter is live in petaluma. julian. >> hi, good morning, kumasi. yeah, this now evacuation site was actually a covid-19 testing site just days before the fire broke out and now people are seeking shelter here. one of five evacuation centers currently open in the county. but here in the fairgrounds they're not taking in people looking for shelter, only people who can stay in their car or rv at this time. space is limited at all the shelters here in sonoma county. covid concerns and keeping the shelters far from what would be

their max capacity. the petaluma veterans building is already at capacity, according to a county website. we spoke to a couple yesterday who had to leave their home sunday after hearing the sirens closing in. >> we just heard more and more sirens and pretty soon woo got the warning alert and then we decided to leave when there was a warning rather than stay when you were told to evacuate because it's really hard to get out because we live just off calisto dwrx a road and it's bumper to bumper. took us an hour to get just below which is normally a two-minute drive. bumper to bumper. >> underscores so many of the challenges for people who are trying to flee their homes and many people staying in their cars and rvs at the sonoma

fairgrounds. at this point they're playing a waiting game waiting to hear details about their home if it's still standing this morning. reporting live, julian glover, abc7 news. >> thank you. we go a little down the road to santa rosa where devastation hit a part of the sky hawk neighborhood. abc7 news was there as a hot spot flared up at a home last night. evacuees say they have seen this all before. >> we got out of here a little quicker than before. but it seems like it is becoming a pattern. we don't want it have to get too adapted to this evacuation stuff. >> firefighters use a control burn to battle flames at the state park. they say the winds died down yesterday and that helped them fight this fire. it's important to be prepared for any disasters and here's some tips from the red cross. make sure you build an emergency kit of supplies, clothes, important documents and prescription medications. have a plan and that includes where you go, if you have to

evacuate and making sure that your car has enough gas to get there. and do not wait, evacuate. if you're in an evacuation zone, leave immediately. if you wait, it could wind up being too late. a list of evacuation tips on our website abc7news.com. the glass fire has destroyed numerous wineries and vineyards and that includes one of the most famous in calistoga. >> i should have stayed up all night, but i never thought the fire would jump the highway. >> reporter: his worst nightmare has come true. parts of his beloved castello winery caught fire early monday and is it was still burning hours later. his own employees had to grab hoses to try to put the fires out. >> the offices are gone and the wine is all destroyed. >> reporter: by mid day the glass fire was getting closer, still threatening this winery built in 2007. >> the fires may be 150 yards no

more from where we're standing and, yeah, i'm nervous. i know the firefighters are stretched really thinly and i'm sure they're working their butts off and i just wish they could have saved our warehouse. >> reporter: cornell barnard, abc7 news. >> you think of all the visits. i have been there and so many people have been there and to think about it being destroyed or partially, it's really tough to see that. >> it is. they've already had such a tough time in sonoma county especially this year because of the previous fires all the smoke destroying so much of the grapes that are already on the vine. so now seeing this, this is definitely not any of us, what any of ous wanted, mike. >> yeah, so many iconic places. so many locally owned businesses and what we've seen before is they may not rebuild. and there's some really neat

maps on our website showing just how much has burned the last ten years or so. just when you thought there was nothing left, these fires find another spot. go to our website or our app and check out that map and you'll just be stunned at the acreage that has burned across the north bay in the last ten years. all right. let's focus on our forecast real quick. significant changes especially across the north bay and into san francisco anywhere from 12 to 13 degrees cooler than this time yesterday morning. so, hopefully you slept a little bit better last night. let's take a look at some of our earlier commuters and what they're waking up to. you can see a lot of 60s in the inland east bay valleys. in fact, from 61 in dublin and san ramon to about near 70 and antioch, so,let's see else where. look at those 50s. they're back in santa rosa 51. 54 in novato and san francisco and pacifica 55 and 56 and the rest of us in the 60s. what you can expect for your commute. fairly clear in san jose right

now and 54 degrees. everything is pretty good other than the air quality. spare the air, once again. so, let's take a quick look at what's going to happen with the smoke and you can see, it is going to cover most of us as we have a wind shift today. now along the coast, a little bit cleaner as we head into the evening hours but watch overnight as the smoke tries to return back to many neighborhoods as we head into tomorrow. in fact, we're under a spare the air through at least friday because of the smoke. we'll talk more about that and finally a break in the heat coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. let's get over to jobina and talk more about that commute. hi, jobina. >> i know people are looking forward to that break in the heat. as far as the traffic conditions this morning. two slow spots i want to point out to you on the map. a crash out of tracy this morning. that commute is going to be slow and you can see we have a nice red line of traffic through there. and as we move over to oakland, we do have road work. this is going to be 880 in

between 23rd and 29th avenues as we bring you in closer here so you can see that. but as we zoom out everything else is looking pretty smooth for the most part this morning. also taking a live look at the golden gate bridge because we do have a fog advisory that has been issued here by the chp. you can see the visibility certainly is low and also very quiet on the bridge this morning. so, no major slow downs to report in that area, at least. reggie and kumasi. >> thank you, jobina. new video showing huge chunks of ash just falling from the sky. also, fresh off a 60-hour shift. one firefighter raced from san jose to santa rosa late sunday night. the personal reason he decided to jump in and help fight the flames. also this morning, new guidance on the use of playground

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others from around the bay area 24/7 on our live streaming app free to download. along with the cameras, you can also watch our newscasts live and on demand and we have information on air quality and fires. we are trying to be everywhere you are and at all times. let's take a look at what's going on and i'll go back to that bridge camera just to show you. such a difference. such a dichotomy today. and the temperatures that we're going to be dealing with 70s near the golden gate bridge and the fog stubborn. here's the way the day breaks down. another day of unhealthy air especially across the north bay and 84 around the bay and only 64 at the coast. and by 7:00, we're still looking at 70s and 80s even though the sun sets at about 6:54 this evening. around the state today, you can see we've got still heat in the central valley with unhealthy air quality and mid to upper 90s and 106 in palm springs and 76

in monterey today. we're going to have unhealthy air quality across a lot of the bay because of the ongoing fires. we'll talk more about that coming up, kumasi. >> thank you, mike. shasta count y, the have burned more than 36,000 acres. west of reading. 12,000 people there under evacuation orders and cal fire is telling us that there is zero containment. today california's top health expert will provide an update on the state's response to covid-19. on friday, health and human services secretary dr. mark ghaly warned we could see an 89% rise in coronavirus-related hospitalizations as a result of labor day gatherings and reopenings. important to point out, he's talking about statewide and largely not talking about the bay area. you can see dr. ghaly's update streaming live at noon on our abc7 news app and abc7news.com. some bay area counties could move into the next phase of

california's reopening plan today. this comes as the world reached a sobering milestone. the covid-19 death toll has now passed 1 million and that includes more than 200,000 americans. some local health officials are worried because the transition rate is creeping up here in california. playgrounds throughout the state allowed to reoepen for the first time since march, but a lot of restrictions. any public playground that is fully outdoors can reopen. anyone 2 years of age or older has to wear a face mask. officials say do not use the playground if different households cannot maintain social distance. you cannot eat or drink in the playground to make sure that everyone is wearing masks at all times. visitors should limit their stay to 30 minutes. well, as the wildfires rage across california, no question that so many firefighters are being pushed to the limit. one south bay firefighter coming off a 60-hour shift ended up racing to santa rosa to help save his girlfriend's parents

home. he tells abc7 news reporter amanda del >> reporter: immediately met by flames he knew he had to act quickly. his girlfriend's parents home threatened by fire. >> i drove up to their house and i was going to hang out and triage it and cut down what trees i could. >> reporter: he had his gear in his car coming off a 60-hour shift in the south bay. soon enough he says santa rosa fire engine 3 arrived. >> we all geared up and put down some hose lines and the fire front came up over the hill and it was, it was quite the battle just embers, high winds. >> reporter: he says engine three fought as if they were working to save their own homes and after a hand shake and a simple thank you they were off to the next scene. they are the heroes. no doubt those on the fiery front lines haven't had much

time to rest with resources stretched thin. >> i got to get out of here because it's raining ash. >> reporter: dangerous conditions continue to fuel california wildfires. >> last year that was the worst one. it's the next year is the worst one. you know, it's just, it's incredible. and almost scary to think, well, if this is this year, what does next year hold? i'm amanda del castillo. >> tough thinking about that. large chunks of ash from the glass fire are falling in santa rosa. the woman who shared this picture said at first the small ashes were falling from the sky and then they had gotten bigger as the fire has grown. wow. >> my car's been out here for two days. and this is what it looks like. >> so, here's another view from the north bay bianka in santa rosa shared this video of her car covered in ash. a lot of debris on the hood of

that car all from the fire. >> wow. >> that looked terrible. >> and that's floating through the air. you know, before it settles on that car and that's what we're breathing. that's why we're under the spare the air and why you need to keep that n-95 mask handy if you can. not necessarily the big particles but the much finer ones that can get lodged into your lungs and cause all the damage. the bigger ones while looking frightening and they're dirty and they're polluting other things but not going to pollute your lungs because they're too big to get in there. hi, everybody. welcome to tuesday morning. i promised a little bit of a change today. here's a look from our exploratorium camera and it's 58 degrees as we look back towards downtown san francisco. spare the air through friday and inland heat wave through friday and all of us cooler and cleaner air and hopefully have our fingers crossed coming this weekend but as we saw last round it all depends on how hot and

how fast these fires are burning and how much smoke they put out. but for now, the five-day forecast issued by the bay area air quality management district sas we're in the spare the air at least through can you see the greek letter omega sitting on top of us. nothing coming our way for days. a stagnant pattern that will see winds varying from time to time and that's why the entire bay area is under the spare the air, even though most of the smoke is going to be produced across the north bay. mid 80s to mid 90s in the south bay today. 79 to 86 on the peninsula. we'll hang out in the low 70s along the coast with mid to upper 70s downtown, south san francisco, sausalito and low to mid 90s through the north bay valleys along the east bay shore 78 at richmond and our last stop the east bay valleys, 94 san ramon to near 100 in brentwood. here's your accuweather seven-day forecast. you can see steady as she goes through friday and then finally the sea breeze takes over and

brings our temperatures down saturday, sunday and monday. but there's still a little bit above average and nothing like the heat we're dealing with the next couple of days. >> thank you, mike. coming up next. the seven things to know this morning. plus, a very creative way to make proposition 16 takes on discrimination. some women make as little as 42% of what a man makes. voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. it's supported by leaders like kamala harris and opposed by those who have always opposed equality. we either fall from grace or we rise. together. proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the playing field for all of us. vote yes on prop 16.

welcome back, everyone. 5:22. if you're just joining us, seven things to know this morning. number one, the glass fire has burned more than 36,000 acres so far in napa and sonoma counties. no containment at this point. cal fire is expected to give us an update at 11:00 this morning. number two. flames have destroyed several wineries and vineyards in calistoga. five evacuation centers set up including the sonoma fairgrounds in petaluma. governor newsom has declared a state of emergency in napa, sonoma and shasta counties because of the wildfires. he's also written to the president asking for federal aid. all right. here we're looking at number four, which is the air quality forecast. spare the air, not only today but also through friday. today could be one of our more potentially dangerous days

especially across the north bay. number five. kentucky's attorney general expected to release the grand jury transcripts from the breonna taylor case tomorrow. a judge ruled they have to be released after one of the jurors filed a lawsuit. and number six. my traffic maps are showing that we do have fog in the peninsula along the coast there and also the chp has issued a fog advisory for the golden gate bridge this morning, so you can see that low visibility there. make sure you take your time this morning. and number seven. today is national coffee day. so, dunkin', starbucks and krispy kreme offer free or discounted cups of joe. actress shannon doherty is offering an update on her health as she battles breast cancer. here's abc's kenneth moton. >> it's been nearly nine months since shannon doherty revealed to us that her breast cancer has

returned. >> it is a bitter pill to swallow in a lot of ways. my first reaction is aullways concern on how i'll tell my mom, my husband. >> you're worried about everyone lse around you. >> i think so. >> this morning "good morning america" how she's dealing with the fight of her life during a global pandemic. revealing in an exclusive new interview that she's been quarantining in her malibu home. i try to treasure all the small moments that most people don't really see or take for granted. the small things are magnified for me. coming up at 7:00 a.m., we'll tell you what the "90210" star is saying about her health, her family and why she is not willing to give up her fight any time soon. kenneth moton, abc news, new york. in an effort to stop the spread of covid-19 local officials are urging us to avoid the typical halloween activities like parties and trick or treating. instead they want us to find safer ways to celebrate and that

includes focusing on decoraions and limiting activities to the people who live in your home and visiting an outdoor pumpkin patch while wearing a mask and social distance and holding virtual parties or i don't know, building a robot. that's what this man did. a software engineer in texas and he got creative. luke keys normally hosts a haunted science lab in his garage. this year, he's deploying a robot named arty. so, you can see what artie will do. he'll deliver candy to trick or treaters to encourage social distance and also be standing by next to this candy canon, which can fire candy at least six feet away. see -- >> you had that idea. >> i knew i had a good idea. didn't i talk about this? >> you did. >> i say we need to have a candy launcher. look at this man in texas coming up with it. >> i like this idea. >> this is a robot. i approve of this robot.

>> i approve of the first one. that launcher. somebody get too excited and hit one of the kids. >> i think the trick is, you aim up in the air. >> and back up. back up. >> and back way up. wear a football helmet. >> whatever you got to do. well, we are coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including the cdc's newly issued guidelines for thanksgiving during this pandemic. also tonight is the night. president trump a democratic presidential nominee joe biden go head to head in their first presidential debate. the final preps under way this morning. and let's take a live look outside right now to see what it looks like as we start our tuesday. it is 5:26. we'll be right back.

building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. now at 5:30, mandatory evacuations under way this morning in the north bay as the glass fire spreads through napa and sonoma counties. the destruction at part of the famed meadow wood resort. sonoma raceway's camp ground now open to wildfire evacuees. the space made available to people forced from their homes. and the fires bringing some pretty bad air quality to the bay area. the big stretch of spare the air days. good morning. welcome to tuesday, september 29th.

>> first, we'll check in with mike to see how bad this air quality is going to be and what else we can expect today. mike? >> hi, guys. the air quality is going to be the big issue today. thankfully we'll put to rest the record and dangerous high temperatures and the critical fire conditions you can see right now from our air quality current conditions all of our reporting stations are good to moderate, which means they are healthy for all of us. but a slight wind shift today will start to get a less of an off-shore breeze and a little bit more of an onshore breeze and that will bring all that smoke that was venting out over the ocean a little bit closer to home, especially in the north bay where it will be unhealthy for everybody. and as long as the winds remain just slightly onshore as they will through at least friday, the smoke could filter into the rest of our neighborhoods making the air quality poor for those that are most sensitive. right now we are undercutting it a little bit with a marine layer that is very shallow. we have a west wind at about 11 miles per hour at the golden gate and plenty of fog, not smog right now, just fog there.

temperatures significantly cooler. double digits in many neighborhood. 50s and 60s. but you can see, still very warm this afternoon. away from the coast, we'll have 80s and 90s. we'll take a look at that accuweather seven-day forecast and find some relief not only for us but the firefighters battling the fires coming up. >> thanks, mike. we are expecting an update from cal fire on the glass fire this morning. it scorched more than 36,000 acres and still zero percent contained. the governor has declared a state of emergency over napa, sonoma and shasta counties where thousands of people are under evacuation orders. and we do expect cal fire to share the latest at a news conference at 11:00 this morning. we'll stream that live on our app and abc7news.com. in napa county, the entire city of calistoga is under a mandatory evacuation order and here's a look at the current evacuations and you can see there the city of calistoga fully in the blue area which means mandatory evacuations.

yellow means an evacuation warning. let's go to calistoga where amy hollyfield is this morning. amy? >> hi, reggie. we're on the silverado trail just outside of downtown calistoga and fires all over the place from this glass fire and they issued a mandatory evacuation for calistoga. they put that in place after 6:00 last night. that is pretty new for residents there. but the glass fire was relentless tripling in size to 36,000 by last night. it was still so powerful yesterday afternoon that it burned parts of the meadow wood resort, including the three star michelin restaurant. yesterday morning we checked on the resort and it looked fine. it had a few, they had some strike teams stationed there to watch over it all. we were shocked to hear that this fire was too much and the resort burned. that resort had evacuated sunday

night, so everyone did get out safely. last night calistoga evacuated.. residents are emotional and exhausted. >> we have four friends that lost houses today. a family that we're very close to in deer park, they lost two homes. someone very close to us in the wine business lost a home. our friend is coming with us and he's worried about his property. so rbs i so, it's really horrible. >> city officials say there hasn't been any damage or loss in the city of calistoga, but areas surrounding it have been burned so they made the decision to clear everyone out. and look at this power pole that's on fire right here on silverado trail right outside of calistoga. it's surrounding the area and they made the call. at this point officials say the glass fire destroyed 113 structures. at this point, they have not said what started the fire.

live in calistoga, amy hollyfield. >> thank you for bringing that report. we appreciate that. the sonoma county sheriff's office said it has zero tolerance for anyone who is in an evacuation zone and shouldn't be. a 17-year-old boy was spotted hopping over a fence in santa rosa yesterday afternoon and deputies determined he had no legal reason to be there and they cited him and then released him to his parents. sonoma's race way camp dwrou ground is open for wildfire evacuees. 50 acres of space for people to bring rvs or set up tents. evacuees are asked to enter the camp ground through gate six on highway 21. a quarter mile north of highway 37. the raceway is teaming up to offer basic services to people who are looking for temporary she shelter. >> we've got the land and the resources and, so, we've just always been on call when these kinds of things arise and if we can help, obviously, we are happy to do it. >> covid-19 safety protocols are

in effect, including mandatory face coverings and social distancing. abc7 has teamed up with the red cross and tv stations across the west who raise money for people who have been affected by these fires. you can donate online right now if you go to redcross.org/abc. bad air quality continues across the bay area because of the fires. today is another spare the air day and that is going to go through friday. bad air makes the need for an air paurifier even greater. wildfire smoke could be dangerous even for those who aren't normally too sensitive. san francisco-based company makes purifiers and they say you should look at rooms you spend the most time in and plan your purchase accordingly. >> make that investment knowing that you're investing in your family's health and wellness. it should be a long-term product for you. and ensure that you do maintenance on the filters. >> their sales have gone up 50%

since the wildfire started and they expect to sell out in the coming weeks. the top stories on abc7news.com and news app are all related to the north bay wildfires. you can find out where active wildfires are burning by clicking on the wildfire tracker and get information on evacuations and air quality. president trump and democratic presidential nominee joe biden go head to head in the first presidential debate. the latest abc news "washington post" poll shows biden ahead by ten points. abc news reporter andrew has a preview. >> reporter: good morning. much like the presidential debates between donald hillary clinton, things could get personal. so for the candidates tonight has the potential to change the course of this election. >> reporter: this morning final preparations under way for the first presidential debate and it

will be unlike any other in modern america history because of the coronavirus pandemic. joe biden and president trump will not shake hands. there will be no opening statements and very few in the crowd. biden says he's prepared for the gloves to come off. >> he's going to want to make it personal. he's going to want to get in the mash pit and i'll talk about why i want to be president of the united states. >> reporter: the candidate's approach different as the candidates themselves. biden taking time off the trail to get ready and trump rolling with his rallies taking his message right to his supporters. >> how many hours would you say you spent on -- >> little time. i mean, not a lot. >> more or less than -- >> i'm running a country. >> reporter: trump and biden are coming face to face for the i first time this campaign. a new abc news/"washington post"poll showing biden getting a big boost from women in

pennsylvania. the president said his tax returns are under irs audit and has very little debt compared to the value of his assets. chris wallace will give the first question to president trump. abc news, washington. >> you can watch president trump and joe biden face off on the supreme court, coronavirus, race and social justice and much more. this is their first time meeting face to face during this campaign and that coverage starts tonight at 6:00 right here on abc7. coming up, a major development in the breonna taylor case. the information expected to become public. from one problem to the next. a winemaker who was worried about something totally different last week finds himself fighting off flames. but, first, a check of our weather with meteorologist mike nicco. >> all right. thank you, reggie. hi, everybody. let's talk temperatures. that's one of the positives this morning. as you step outside, significantly cooler. mid 50s to near 60 with increasing clouds along both

sides of the peninsula and you can see a lot of 50s and 60s and the most of our neighborhood this morning. that's significantly cooler than yesterday. all right. let's take a look at the winds especially above 1,000 feet you can see they have backed off considerably, but they are still blowing off shore. so, right now we're still venting most of the smoke from the fire in the north bay out over the ocean. but if it does get trapped in the valleys, notice it will stay there for a while and that's why we'll have hazy conditions today because the winds are relatively calm when you head into the lower elevations. here's a look at the temperature near the glass fire. you can see this is going to be dangerously warm in the 90s through at least possibly even saturday and then drop down and cool significantly as we head into the weekend. humidity is an issue also. look how it recovers overnight. at least it did last night. but look how it drops into the teens during the day and, again, tonight it will jump up into the 70s and 80% and notice it

doesn't recover thursday. only 40 to 50%. critical fire conditions could return thursday and that would be the day moving forward that i could see we have if our highest fire danger. all right. we'll take a look at those wonderful weekend temperatures coming up. let's get over to jobina and talk about the morning commute. hi, jobina, what are you seeing? >> hi, mike, thank you. i'm seeing just a couple of slow downs, but outside of that, things are moving smoothly, so, at least we have positive news on the traffic front. so bringing in the map here, i do want to point out just two areas. first oakland southbound 880 in between 23rd and 2th avenues. you are going to run into a slow down due to road work in the area. we're hoping to see that wrapped up by about 6:00 a.m. as you move further out here through the altamont pass for anyone coming out of tracy this morning, slow speeds around 8 and 6 miles per hour. an earlier crash that jammed things up. the overall view of the map, you

can see the toll plaza is showing on our sensors it is a bit slower. we will bring in the live camera and see how it is looking. according to the chp, not getting any word of metering lights and it does not look like it from the cameras for sure. once you get

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all right. welcome back, about 5:43 on this tuesday. let's take a look at what is going on on our koroof camera. the closer you are to the coast, the cleaner and milder it is going to be. as you head to the bay and inland neighborhoods you might want to put off activities outside especially this afternoon when the air will deterrierate. except for the north bay today but notice as we head through

the overnight hours, the smoke is going to spread through the north bay and then tomorrow it spreads across all of our neighborhoods as the sea breeze starts to weaken. and that will especially be the case as we head into wednesday night into thursday. that's why we're under the spare the air alert through at least friday. reggie? >> mike, thank you. the glass fire in the north bay burned 36,000 acres. there is no measurable containment at this point. cal fire is reporting 113 structures have been destroyed. this is happening in an area familiar with wildfires. here's abc7 news anchor dion lim with one of the top videos this morning. >> the glass fire is burning in napa and sonoma county and areas ravaged by fire over the last several years. the area in red on this map here shows you exactly where it's burning. for some perspective, this map also shows you where the lnu complex fire burned in the area that's brown along and it started august 16th and burned

363,000 acres and is now 98% contained. now, one more to show you on this map, this area in green right here is the 2019 kin fire. the areas in black you can see here that burned in 2017 in three devastating blazes. the atlas, nuns and you can see those completely surrounded the glas fire. for on demand wildfire videos download the abc7 app onp apple tv, android tv, fire tv and rokutv. we have newscasts streaming live and on demand. a major development in the breonna taylor case. they will make the transcripts public after all. jobina fortson is live with what led up to this decision. jobina? >> an anonymous grand juror

filed a lawsuit calling for those transcripts to be released arguing they are compelling public interest and a judge did rule in that person's favor. this morning, kentucky's attorney general announced he will comply, but just yesterday he said he opposed the decision. in a statement he said, quote, our team has had an ethical obligation not to release the recording from the grand jury proceedings adding, quote, we stand by our belief that such a release could compromise the ongoing federal investigation and could have unintended consequences such as poisoning the jury pool. breonna taylor's family has accused the attorney general of slowing down the case since the beginning. >> i never have faith in daniel cameron to begin with. i knew he had already chosen to be on the wrong side of the law. the moment he wanted the grand jury to make the decision. >> the transcripts are expected to be released tomorrow. one week after the grand jury

decided not to file murder charges against the officers involved in breonna taylor's case. the officer who's been charged with endangerment for firing into a neighboring apartment has pleaded not guilty. reggie? >> okay, jobina, thank you. we have a sad update to a story we brought you yesterday. jan evacuated from her home on sunday morning and now her beloved dog ran away as her family was trying to escape the flames. her dog was later found badly burned and we learned yesterday that she has died. >> i want to thank everybody. i know there were so many people prayi ing for her and we're thankful. >> she was 11 years old. >> that is so tough. a tough call for a winery in kenwood. this morning ledson winery is still. he was explaining how wildfire

smoke ruined his 2020 vintages. so, little did he know that days later flames would be surrounding his winery. the fire reached the plastic pipes beneath the property. >> we fought the fire for several hours and there's fire everywhere and only so many firemen can come. >> as a farmer, he has his own wells and water truck. he and several firefighters emptied and filled it five times between sunday night and monday morning. by yesterday afternoon, there was just remaining hot spot. he is hopeful that the worst has passed. i mean, but it's kind of hard to say, mike. we're all hopeful. we really do. but, i mean, we don't know. >> right. this could go into october. we could have another off-shore wind event into october. we could have another round of these critical fire conditions. we're not out of the woods yet. the worst is behind us. don't get me wrong. but it's still going to be very

hot and very dry, it's just we don't have the winds that we had that would help spread the fire. but, still, it's not going to be conducive to putting it out and still conducive to fire starting. it's just they're not going to spread rather rapidly. hopefully that will help the firefighters and those that potentially may have to evacuate for not having to. let's take a look at what's going on from our exploreatorium camera and we look back towards san francisco and spare the air through friday. and the inland heat wave will mirror that and cooler and cleaner for all of us coming this weekend. here's a look at the storm track and you can see a strong area of low pressure to our west. another one to our east. a fall cold front bringing wonderful conditions east of the rockies but when that fall cold front does that, it's because high pressure sits up over top of us and steers it that way. and what it does, it stagnates our air and right now that's why we're seeing the most fog right along the coast as it's trying to slip under that high pressure and that's it as far as any

relief. it's still going to be in the mid 80s to mid 90s in the south bay today. mainly low to mid 80s on the peninsula. low 70s along the coast with mid to upper 70s in downtown and south san francisco and near 90 to mid 90s through the north bay valleys. low to upper 80s along the east bay shore and as you move inland, we have 94 to about 99 degrees. my accuweather seven-day forecast and thursday is looking like another critical day. our hottest and driest days and just where we have the winds. we'll keep an eye on that. we know for sure the winds much cooler and calmer starting saturday. >> all right. good to hear that. thank you, mike. new at 6:00, tesla take over. the new words from elon musk saying we should get ready for electric car domination sooner than we think. first, a path of destruction in the north bay. one man explains what he saw as flames raced towards his home. also this morning, the tiger queen booted from "dancing w

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welcome back, everyone. flames from the glass fire destroyed a destructive path along the silverado trail. the fire just raced towards his neighborhood early yesterday. it destroyed his home along with dozens of others. >> we got out of here about 2:45 and it was like a fire storm. there was fire on both sides of the street. the school here was burning down. >> the school he's talking about is foothill advents elementary. flames destroyed the main building, but it appears that several classrooms were spared.

>> let's take a look at what to expect tonight. good news after seeing all that devastation. we're going to have good sleeping temperatures. however, i think the smoke is going to increase and so will the clouds. may not be a great night to open the windows with temperatures in the mid 50s to low 60s. all right. let's take a look at friday. friday is our last real day i'm concerned with about heat and also the smoke. we've got quite a spread from mid 70s at the coast to 100s inland. look at that dramatic drop from mid 60s to barely a 90 saturday and even cooler 60s, 70s and 80s. weekend cannot get here fast enough, reggie. >> mike, thank you. the cdc has issued new guidance when it comes to this thanksgiving. the agency says the safest way to celebrate is to just stay home and avoid unnecessary travel. a list of recommendations includes having a small dinner with only the people who live with you, having a virtual dinner and sharing recipes with friends and family and shopping online rather than in person on black friday.

if you're a fan of carole baskin, well, apparently, there aren't enough of you. because she is not goegto ing t returning to the ballroom. >> not this. please not this. how are you going to disrespect lion king like this. as you can see, carole baski in, continues with the on the nose trend of dressing like a big cat. this is part of a lion king themed samba. it wasn't enough. she was booted off the show after receiving the lowest score for any female celebrity. the tiger queen and her dance partner are talking about their loss on "gma" and the text she got from her husband. >> well, he texted me to say that he thought bruno was on his list above the tiger king producers as far as being unnecessarily cruel and his very next question was, when are you

coming home? >> oh. she got a dig in there. baskin says she's working on a new show about exposing animal abusers. so, who is going to be eliminated next? that is a big question. you can find out next monday at 8:00 p.m. right here on abc7. this is truly horrific. >> friend, you said that this would happen. i thought she had enough fans to keep her on for a few more weeks. but you said not today. >> no. the american public is not foolish. so, between that and a candy launcher, i am two for two today. >> you're on it, friend. coming up new at 6:00. bts is proving that they're pretty valuable yet again. already one of the most popular groups in the world, hear what the k-pop stars just did that made them billions overnight. also -- >> been here and done that before. we got out of here a little quicker than before. >> as the glass fire continues

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> we just heard more and more sirens. >> are you scared? >> in some sense i say hope for the best and prepare for the worse. now at 6:00, the glass fire putting countless families into frenzies in the north bay. mandatory evacuations for thousands but in some places just not enough room. we're standing by with live coverage this morning. good morning, everybody.

it is tuesday, september 29th. so much to update you on this morning, but, first, we want to check in on the fire conditions with mike. good morning. >> good morning, kumasi, reggie, jobina. hi, everybody. let's talk about some good news. the critical fire conditions and the red flag warning is gone. the dangerous heat from yesterday, the record setting dangerous heat is over. so going to be hot. but here's what we're left with. unhealthy air due to the smoke being produced by the fires up north. we are calling it the glass incident now. because there's three of them up there. our air quality forecast unhealthy for all of us and only up in the north bay today for the rest of us, it's poor. but that's going to fluctuate because the winds variable the next four days and thursday is a day i'm really keeping an eye on for the possibility of the air quality getting even worse and critical fire conditions coming back. right now you can see all of us are green to moderate. head outside with the confidence that the air you breathe is healthy and