of life. never happen like that in american canyon. we thought earthquake not over here. but it is earthquake. >> reporter: thank you so much for talking to us. let's look inside the safeway store where you can see, again, the work continues. these workers are trying desperately to clean things up as quickly as possible. a big mess. we can still see a lot of liquid and items on the floor. i saw pictures from the starbucks. they had a similar situation over there. and i've seen a lot of pictures from friends who live in this area. i live pretty close myself and a lot of minor damage, things falling off walls and that kind of thing. but fortunately nothing serious that we have seen here in american canyon. we believe this is the epicenter and people did feel it quite violently. one woman described it as a very violent shake. i live up the way and was shaken

out of bed myself. reporting live, i'm jodi hernandez, back to you now. >> not a nice way to wake up. we're continuing coverage all this morning. if you're just joining us this morning, a 6.0 earthquake in the south napa area. it was a strong jolt, people are describing. >> it was. it was near the napa airport as well. this the largest earthquake we've seen since loma prieta. that being said, the damage not on a scale as several decades ago. we're going to show you new video now that we just got in from walgreens where there was more damage there. some aerial shots to assist you as well. this is in american canyon right near the epicenter of right where this occurred right near the west napa faultline, laura. >> and these are pictures from inside that walgreens' store.

you know what this is? the sprinklers probably went off inside that building as a precaution with the shaking and whatnot. no doubt, a lot of damage. this is new video coming in from the wall dpreens and american canyon area. our cheryl hurd is live in american canyon. you felt it as well. >> reporter: i did feel the earthquake. it was a violent earthquake, as jodi just said. we are live at third and brown and this is where all of the damage is taking place in downtown napa. you can see the car that is crushed and the facade on the side of this building coming down on this car. the roof is caving in to a wine bar on the corner down there at fourth and brown and there's a lot of devastation out there. with me live right now, as we continue to look at the pictures, is tony who has lived

in this area for a long time. you felt the quake, didn't you? >> oh, yeah. it was strong. never felt anything like this, even with loma prieta. when loma prieta came in, it was a roll. this was pretty bad. >> reporter: what's your reaction to all of this devastation? >> well, you know, all of the power went out, it was dark, you know, and it was scary, you know. >> what's the first thing you did? did you check your water heater or the gas? >> yeah, we did. i had to find a flashlight. there was broken glass everywhere. windows were broken. it was scary. >> reporter: tony, stay with me. if we can zoom in at the justice building, this is the old courthouse and i understand that renovations took place about ten years ago. look at that gaping hole. what else can you say about it? there's brick and mortar now in the middle of the street.

people are kind of walking around dazed and confused. some people even emotional about this because no one has ever felt anything like this before. tony, you were telling me that you did feel the loma prieta earthquake? >> yes. it was just a rolling sensation. it wasn't bad at all. this would just knock you out of bed. >> reporter: how does this compare to loma prieta? >> worse. 100% worse. it was just horrible. >> reporter: of course, because this was very near the epicenter, believed that the epicenter was in the american canyon area. this is not far from there. if we can zoom over here, mikey, and see that this is the new courthouse. don't see a lot of devastation there but the ems building is inside of here. they had to be pmoved to a different location so if we can swing around to the old downtown napa, this is where all of the devastation is taking place.

coming down here at 7th street, we stopped by a smoke shop. about $200,000 damage there. windows broken out in that location. we did a block in that whole area. windows are standing and windows are out. it's going to take a long time to figure out how much damage has taken place in this area. i did see a lot of fire trucks from different areas from the windsor fire department is here, of course, the napa county ems is here and people are waking up coming down to all of this devastation. sam, laura? >> thank you. our chopper is live over the site at the mobile home fire. it's over on orchard avenue and you can see some of the mobile homes there.

we don't know of any reports of injuries from this area specifically just yet. the danger of an earthquake is that there are gas explosions afterwards, there is chance of fire. you need to go around, check the surrounding area, leave your home, obviously, if you are able to but fire is smtill smouldering. >> you know that things are probably quite hectic with the napa fire department. i just checked their twitter account and thus far no updates on this. their last tweet is on the national night out. i would imagine over the course of the morning they will have something new for us as we reach out to that department right now to find out what the status is of all of the people who live in their homes, if everybody is okay, and whether or not they feel they will be able to contain this in the near future. we saw fire trucks making their way through downtown napa as they deal with what you can only

imagine is a whole series of events out there. >> exactly. they are getting a series of calls, no doubt. so they have to assess what is the most urgent emergency to respond to. these are earlier pictures and this is the very same mobile home park as crews responded to put out massive fires. on the right is the devastation left behind. you can see people there in the center of your screen as well. many of them are just reduced to rubble. there are fires still burning there. firefighters are letting that burn out to the ground. a tough situation there. it's kind of remarkable at this point that we only have two major injuries to report. it's interesting because as the day goes on, there were about 70 patients in the queen of the valley hospital in napa. they are suffering from cuts and lacerations and they were treated and most likely released

rather quickly. >> again, the fact of the matter is, there could be more additional aftershocks. last we heard, there were three dozen of them and counting as strong as 3.6 magnitude. there is a better than 50% chance that we'll see a magnitude 5 plus earthquake in the next week waiting to see what happens. our hearts go out to those in napa impacted by this. this is the worst video we've seen this morning in terms of sprawling damage. we've seen buildings, laura, you mentioned it a minute ago, the justice building that had a corner removed. a community church in vallejo had brick buildings disassembled onto the street. people say they haven't experienced something like this. for many people, this scared the daylights out of them. >> exactly. that's what us in the bay area will most likely compare it to, the 1989 loma prieta earthquake.

building collapses, fire in san francisco's marina district. we saw so many buildings crumbled to the ground, almost layered on top of each other. this napa earthquake was described as very strong, long jolting feeling. >> last we checked in with mike inouye, he was tracking all of the closure and cautions on 121 and 29 in napa. mike, have you learned anything new from the chp since we last spoke? >> there are people out there dispatched to take care of the issues but we don't have any specific closures. additional traffic controls and possible closure for 121. let me get you located. this is north of vallejo. the downtown area where cheryl was showing you, all of the historical brick buildings that

have come apart. you can see all of the fire activity and equipment there. i've got to be honest, some of the congestion there and we're trying to keep everybody else out of the way. when we track that, we're looking at more traffic control for 121 and sonoma road. old sonoma road is coming off of 121 and then down through the area approaching highway 12 and 121. we're hearing about various segments where there's a full closure for that highway and that's very unusual during this time when we see a lot of earthquakes around the area. we typically don't see physical evidence on the road. they just do an assessment and make sure everything is going fine. we have a lot of cracks and separations of the roadway up here at 121 and also an update for those of you who heard about the closure, highway 29 coming off of highway 37 outside of vallejo. there is a significant shift in the roadway as well and expect

cal trans to do repair work. we'll continue to track that. this morning, the big concern is traffic flow and highway 27 and 29 are opened again. folks heading over to the sonoma raceway, the event is going to continue but traffic coming out of the napa valley where some of the guests undoubtedly stay will be a probably from 121 and highway 37 to the sonoma raceway. we're going to continue to follow all of the north bay routes as well as there are significant disruptions. also the power outage is causing problems with signals out in the area. if it's flashing red or completely out, treat it as a four-way stop. get eye contact before proceeding. >> you mentioned the race, mike. we spoke with someone from san rafael who is there for fire and

emergency purposes for the race and he was not summoned down to work on what was happening here in napa. and now, laura, we're checking out live chopper shots, this of the mobile home park fire out in napa. >> that's right. they had several explosions there, most likely from gas units. but look at the damage of the mobile homes. crews are there on the scene the smoke is rising straight up, which is a good thing, we don't want to see any embers or whatnot leave. you can see they remain on the scene. crews drove through downtown napa very, very slowly, as if

they need to see if someone comes out and they need to relay information. people are without communication in that area. we are hearing that the cell phones are working. live chopper scene over what we've probably seen the most devastating damages despite downtown napa with the bricks falling. it looks like -- you have some new information? >> i have some new information for you. cal fire on their twitter account are seeing several fires in the napa area now. so we are going to be following up on that from that exact tweet. our producers just informed us of that. you mentioned a second ago, laura, for most people, power outrages are going to be the primary issue and if we have a second we'll pull up with the map looks like in the north bay area. thank you very much. the red signifies that there are 5,000 plus people without power. what you see on the map is that

napa and santa rosa have pockets, neighborhoods there where people have in mass no power. we hope they are able to assess the information that they need as we monitor aftershocks and other damages. do you have new information that you can provide, laura? >> i don't. but what i can tell people as well is if you can tweet your friends in that area, i'm going to tweet out a link so they can watch nbc bay area live on their cell phone. that will give them information as well. you know, after one of these things happen, the thing that you want the most is information. you're living within your own confines. you can assess what has happened to your friends and family but you want to know what else has happened? where was the center? what has happened? that's usually the first thing. they are calling it the south napa earthquake happening in west napa. a 6.0. it was a very strong jolt felt about 3:30 this morning.

pg&e crews are on the scene. look at road here. it's surprising that cars are driving through that area. >> they are brave souls. >> it just crumbled. >> that's the biggest concern from chp's standpoint. what i just saw on the usgs twitter account is that they are saying the probability of 30 to 70 small aftershocks is expected over the next seven days for the south napa quake. we've hit, we know, a dozen thus far and they are saying up to 70 aftershocks. make sure your gas lines are off or have not been compromised. we're going to jump to cheryl hurd in downtown napa. we saw the fire at the mobile home park a second ago. where are you and what do you know? >> reporter: i'm still in downtown napa at third and brown street. you can't see enough of this car here. the folks who own this car, i feel very sorry for them because

the facade falling down and crushing the car. down the street it's cordoned off. some of the roofs have caved in. these were historical buildings and i'm told that some have been refurbished over the past ten years and it looks like it's just a lot of devastation. nothing more that i can say about that. with me right now is jeff hammond. jeff has been with me. where were you when this happened? >> i was in bed. the ground started rolling. i live in north napa. it's interesting you're here because that used to be my office. i'm an attorney and i moved out of that office in 2008. this is obviously the worst that

we've ever seen here go you probably know a little bit more about the refurbishing of these older buildings? >> yeah. they never got this one finished. the buildings on the other side on main street have been but that never got done. who knows what the damage is inside there. >> reporter: while i continue to talk to jeff, mike, if you can pan out and see what we're talking about, you can see a gaping hole in the justice building. >> yes. >> reporter: was this building refurbished? >> i believe it was. but obviously it wasn't enough. i have court there tomorrow. i'm not even sure if the court will be open tomorrow. >> reporter: i would guess no. a parishioner came down here to tell me that there is significant damage. we haven't had a chance to go down there. it looks like the stained glass and gaping holes and windows broken. you've been here for a very long time. >> i'm downtown every day during

the week. yeah. >> reporter: towns like this go through thing like this, really resilient? >> oh, yeah. napa is going to survive this. it's hard to see, though. >> reporter: i see people getting emotional. >> yeah. >> reporter: can you talk about it? >> it just hit me. this is not good. fortunately, i haven't heard of anybody getting injured but this is -- this is not good. but we'll be fine. >> reporter: okay. thanks. >> thank you. >> reporter: emotions are raw here. been here for a couple of hours and people are talking like it's no big deal and then all of a sudden, leak you saw jeff overcome with emotion. he used to practice law in this building and all of a sudden he's filled with emotion. you can see a fire truck going down to the third area in napa. who knows where that fire engine

is going. i do believe that two people injured in the napa area, we don't know how significant. a fire in a mobile home area. we don't know how bad that is yet. taking pictures and seeing what is going on, do you live nearby? >> yeah. >> reporter: did you feel the earthquake? >> it was pretty big. i thought somebody was knocking at my door but he wasn't. my roommate was saying my name. i thought somebody was banging on my door. >> reporter: alrighty. people devastated by it all. what more can i say? we're going to send it back to you and we'll bring you more testimony about what's going on down here in napa. back to you guys. >> thank you very much, cheryl. you can understand how these people are now going through the

shock of what happened but then it settles in, it sinks in and then to look and and see all of this damage, it does rattle your nerves. what's interesting is people are coming out and milling around. they are wanting to gather information as to what happened out there. we're seeing so many people walking around. >> walking around and i just got the eye of a gentleman. he's being looking at me with his wide eyes and he said, i'm on vacation. he said this was the first time he's ever felt an earthquake. i asked him how was it. you know, the first time in an earthquake. >> this was big.

it really was. the whole building was shaking. it was terrifying. >> reporter: no earthquakes in pennsylvania? >> we've had one but nothing like this. >> reporter: you see that gaping hole in that old courthouse there. >> it's really a shame. we've come here almost every year because we love this place, we love the town. there's so many wonderful people here. they woke up to this today and they are going to have to deal with this devastation. and it's a real shame. i feel so bad for everyone who has to peck up the pieces after this. >> reporter: i know you're visiting here from pennsylvania. doing any wine tasting? i know there's some devastation at some of the wineries down the road. >> oh, yeah. we actually got engaged in sonoma a few years back and go to many wineries and we're just

wondering, are people going to be able to pick up the pieces and get things operational again? and it's -- i feel bad. >> i don't know where you're staring. a nearby bed and breakfast, did anything fall off the shelves? >> oh, yes, everything fell off the walls, tvs all came out or fell on the floor. it was all over the place. and it was dark and it was -- it was dark and we didn't know where the flashlight was. >> reporter: we spend a lot of time here in northern california talking about earthquake preparedness and you're visiting here from pennsylvania. of course you're not going to have a flashlight in your pocket. >> that's right. >> reporter: stick with me, if you will. we went around town and went to

a smoke shop and the owner of that building tells me that he's owned it for about five years. he didn't let us go inside. he fired for our safety. a lot of glass on the ground. i don't know if you're looking at the video there. but that smoke shop sustained a lot of damage there. about $200,000 worth of damage. but you can see, mike is taking a picture of people taking pictures of this car. i mean, this car is -- pretty much says it all. people are. kog down here to take a look at the damage. it's 7:23. this earthquake hit about 3:20. we're talking about four hours and people are trying to wrap their brains around what is going on down here. it happens to be sunday and

people are worried about their churches wondering what's going to happen. i talked to a lawyer who used to have an office here in this building and he says people brought a lot of structural damage here and he got pretty emotional about it. they had damage and this man is taking a picture. do you live in napa. >> i do not. i'm from texas. >> reporter: how do you feel about this earthquake? >> it's definitely very interesting to me. you know, growing up in texas, we don't experience earthquakes and this morning we were loading the car to go fishing and experienced it outside and fell over and just -- it's interesting but to see everybody

get out back into working order. >> they don't know you. what area are you from? >> san antonio. >> reporter: what do you think when you see this car and the facade is down and all of the brick in front of you. what runs through your head? >> very surreal. almost like something you'd see in a movie and unfortunately it's happening here in real life. >> reporter: and you say that folks from napa came to your aid? >> we were trying to turn off the water and gas and everything and the people we were staying with, we have family here and we were checking on their property as they are out of town traveling. little things that you don't think about that you have to take into account when situations like this arise. >> and a really smart thing to do. i'm glad you're mentioning that again. when you have an earthquake like this, what you should do is turn

off the gas. >> yes. >> reporter: and if you smoke, the last thing you should do is light up a cigarette. what kind of damage was in the neighborhood where you're staying? >> no really significant damage on buildings or property. mostly it was cabinets falling and that type of stuff. >> reporter: i think i asked you this. are you going to come back to california? >> oh, definitely. >> reporter: thank you for talking to us. this gentleman here from texas said he was about to go fishing and all of this happened. can't say it enough that people should turn off the gas. hey, bill, if you can come over here quickly, we're live on tv. this is bill dodd, a napa county supervisor. you've been here for a couple of

hours. what have you found out so far? >> just major structural damage downtown to the wind ship building. i just talked to the property owner and, you know -- >> reporter: is that a wine bar down there? >> yeah, it's a great wine bar, actually. the historic courthouse has sustained major damage. it was a building that was built about 1870 and went through a full earthquake retrofit in. >> 2004. >> reporter: wow, ten years ago. >> at this time there are no known fatalities, no known major injuries and, of course, there's a lot of homes.

we're in downtown napa. there's a lot of homes that were rocked pretty bad. a lot of cleanup is going on, particularly in the west side of napa. but i think more than anything, there's still, as you can see, some things that are overhanging. these things can come down. people need to be smart and careful. >> and i don't know if you felt an aftershock but i've been getting tweets that people are feeling aftershocks. where we're standing it's probably not easy to feel those aftershocks but that's generally what happens. >> reporter: okay. thank you very much for the information. bill dodd, a napa county supervisor here in this town. people still coming down, getting out of bed, taking pictures, trying to figure out

exactly what's going on, checking out the damages. the media is beginning to gather. if you guys have any questions, i'm here for you. >> i have one question for you, cheryl. you panned around and we saw a woman with what appeared to be a bandage on her face. has anyone been talking to you about the injuries that they have experienced to this point? >> reporter: no, not really. no significant damage or no fatalities that we've heard of. i can't tell if that damage happened because of the earthquake or if she had that bandage on anyway. maybe i'll try to find her and figure out what that bandage is from. i don't have any real, hard facts about injuries and because we are centered downtown, it's hard to gather that kind of information. so i do know that many areas

here in the napa valley, vulnerable. vallejo, we haven't talked about that much but there was damage in the downtown area. we were there, coming towards napa and it was still dark and we saw a lot of windows and a lot of cleanup going on in that area. there were a few cracks and lot a lot of damage inside. obviously the story is here and downtown napa. you can see a lot of law enforcement here kind of gathering. people were walking in this block and law enforcement were letting them do that. i think that they stopped that now. because if there's an aftershock and stuff starts coming down, i'm sure that a lot of the law enforcement officers here are worried about folks' safety. but people are still gathering and talking to the guy from texas and he says that there's a

big sense of community here. people coming out and helping people and turning out those gas pipes and things like that. that should be the first thing that folks should do. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, cheryl. she's live in the heart of downtown napa. folks are trying to see what is happening. so far, we have two major injuries being reported. the queen of the valley hospital in napa 70 people stopped by that area we have new information that there are two evacuation centers if you need somewhere to go. napa high school is one and grape church is another site at 3765 solona avenue. it gives people a chance to go somewhere. because, sam, there's a fear of

so many aftershocks which we've already had this morning. >> people are trying to keep their eyes peeled as to what is happening. christina has been closely monitoring that you need to keep in mind as all of the aftershocks continue to unfold. what's the latest? >> well, it's no wonder they are sending people to grace church and the high school. those are two very sound structures. we're tracking the aftershocks that i can tell you right now after the initial quake 6.0 at 3:20th morning. we've had 30 plus aftershocks. you can see the flashes of yellow where we've seen the aftershocks. we're getting a lot of pictures on our social media sites.

this is what andrew crookston woke up to. you can see wine bottles and lots of glass shattered and drawers thrown open. you definitely have the potential for seeing more of this activity aplease slar your pictures because we are all in this together. i was rattled out of bed in campbell. a lot of things that people are interested in this morning. 54% chance of a 5.0 or greater earthquake and we can't let our guard down. you want to make sure you have

water for three days for every single person in your household. a battery-operated radio, always important, emergency kit and be ready. nonperishable food items as well as we head throughout the next five days. there is a 10 to 15% chance that this could be a precursor to a larger quake. the odds aren't that good but we like to let you know about everything. make sure to keep the guard up. i want to talk about the depth this morning. 6.7 miles underground. 30 aftershocks so far are continuing to come in. this is something that we'll be watching for you, not just for today but the next five days. stick with us here on nbc bay area. back to you, raj and laura. >> thank you, christina. raj mathai is joining me now. christina felt it in campbell. >> and up to sacramento and the sierra. if you're just waking up on this sunday, we have been on the air for a couple hours now following

this earthquake. 6.0 in napa centered around napa and just looking at the damage, a lot of people are waking up and seeing what is happening as we are discovering where the hot spots are and what is happening. i'm hearing a lot of photos coming in to our website at nbcbayarea.com. hundreds of people tweeting in and sending us photos of the damage. what have you seen in the last hour, laura? >> it's been interesting because, you know, you see photos like this from people's homes, wine bottles shattered from a lot of the stores in the area, we've seen sprinklers that have gone off in different stores leak walgreens and what not but downtown -- there's a store that i was talking about, raj, where all of the products from the shelves go down. the good thing is that this happened in the middle of the night, 3:30 in the morning. mo this is visual structural damage that we've seen so far.

crews have to go in there and assess the historical buildings because the bricks just came down. there's a justice building there in downtown napa where it looks like it exploded from inside sending a corner chunk of this building out and this is a visual remain of this earthquake. people are going out there to see what is going on and there is a danger of aftershocks as well. >> a couple of key points. it's the largest earthquake here in the bay area since the 1989 loma prieta earthquake. 6.0 magnitude. there's a mobile home fire in napa. one of the key points, as you mentioned, laura, at 3:20 in the morning. the historic courthouse built in the 1870s, that's a functioning courthouse. if this happened during the day, during a weekday, we could see

mass casualties. also at 3:20 in napa, as we go into the crush season, the harvest season, there's so many tourists and locals in town in napa in the surrounding area visiting. it's so fortunate that this happened overnight. not fortunate at all to see the damage that we're seeing here and this is something that we've been monitoring for a while. it's so fortunate that it's happened overnight and the damage was limited because it could have been a lot worse. >> exactly. there's always a threat of explosions and fires afterwards with gas lines. this is the biggest fire that we have seen. it completely devastated some of the units there. fire crews are on the scene kind of below the banner. we saw flames leaping up from them but firefighters were just letting it die down of which it has done. cracks on the roadway we're seeing every way. it's just like the road

completely split in half. mike inouye is kind of monitoring some of the roads. we thought there was structural damage to a bridge by 37th but they are kind of assessing the situation. the roads are opened in that area there. you can see pg&e crews and you have gas line breaks, too, which we know can be such danger. >> reports of flooding. here's what we're going to do as we all wake up here. a lot of you waking up. we're going to talk about the traffic. a lot of events happening in napa and sonoma. it's a big car race in sonoma. yesterday was the blues festival. today is the brew and blues festival. we'll check in with mike inouye. christina loren is joining us. we have a team of reporters on the ground and the hardest hit areas is in napa. we talked about the historic courthouse and the wine bar

which has significant damage. let's bring in cheryl hurd who is joining us. are you with us right now? >> reporter: i am. i am right in the heart of downtown damage on third street. the significant damage is behind me. you can't see enough of this car. i've shown it over and over again. to my right you can see that santa rosa looks like the fire department from santa rosa is coming to help out. multiple agencies have been rolling through downtown napa to help out and to help what is going on. with me now is christian ray. you say that this woke you up out of bed and something fell on you? >> yeah. it was probably about 3:30 in the morning and i heard shaking and i got really scared and i heard my mom screaming for my name and i was like, what's

going on? i really thought something terrible was going on. so i went to go step out of my bed and my dresser fell on me and cut up my legs and then i saw my mom come in my room, she fell and tripped over my stuff and our room is just terrible. it's destroyed and everything is like on the floor, flipped over and it's just -- >> reporter: it's pretty amazing. i don't know if you mind showing me, you showed us the bruce on your leg. it doesn't look bad but -- >> it's just a little thing. my dresser fell on me. it hurts a little bit but other than that it's all right. >> reporter: it's a little thing but a big thing because you had a huge earthquake here, 6.0. have you ever felt an earthquake like this before? you're 18 years old. >> well, my dad was -- i felt it was tiny. i was probably like 8 years old and my tv was shaking and it fell off. but nothing ever this big to knock overall of my dressers and

knock all of my clothes off of my dresser and it's just -- never felt anything this big. it was definitely a scary time for me. >> stick me with, christian. right over here i have diana and you felt the same thing, i'm sure? >> reporter: yeah, i did. it was actually pretty bad. i grew up in southern california and this is as bad as i felt anything that went on forever. my daughter was screaming her lungs out and everything was shattering on the floor. fortunately, everybody is okay. you can replace property but human is a lot harder. my daughter was on her phone and was able to get the feed of my office building which is basically destroyed. i had a staff member down here at 4:00 and she texted all of us to make sure that we're okay and said the building is in bad shape. as you can see, there are holes in the building that we work in. >> reporter: tell me about the damage at your home and then after that share with me the

damage where you work. >> at home, a lot of glass broken, cupboards open, my daughter traveled last year and brought me back beautiful venetian glass and things like that. but at the same time, it's glass. it's property. >> reporter: it can be replaced. >> absolutely. >> reporter: what about the damage at your workplace? >> i'm looking. i can't get into my building. >> reporter: where do you work? >> legal aid of napa valley. i'm the executive director. i had a board member from portland know that it looks bad and a staff member had been by earlier. it looks like the office that we used to be in looks in bad shape. we were on the second floor. once we get in, i might be able to work. i have my work computer at home, fortunately. i was going to spend all day working but not with the police

line there. hopefully we can let our clients know that we're not going to be open for business for a bit. >> reporter: what do you think about this damage here? >> it's really surprising, you know, that there's so much damage. it's one thing to see a picture and it's one thing to come down and actually see it in person. the damage to the building where i've been working for the last 8 or 9 years is incomprehensible. the restaurant on the bottom, you know, the awnings and things, i'm sure people are surprised. >> reporter: that's the thing that i'm hearing over and over again. this is a community here in napa and it sounds like you work with the community. kind of tell me off the top of your head, what do you think is going to happen? i'm sure everyone is checking on

everybody. >> absolutely. everybody is going to make sure that everybody is okay, help each other out and do everything that they can. we've got the courthouse with the damage in it but everybody pulls together. this is quite an amazing community from local folks, if you've got somebody that is suffering from a life-threatening illness, everybody coming together in a quick wake. everybody in our cul-de-sac were checking on each other at 30k:3 making sure that they are all okay. >> yeah, i got a call from a friend in detroit asking, hey, are you okay? maybe some tips because it sounds like you're a manager. do you tell your staff to do anything in a case of an emergency like this? >> we have all checked in with each other. everybody knows what to do.

i had a staff member whose son nearly had his aquarium land on him as the shelf came over. we're all lawyers. we are all very prepared so we just check in with each other and make sure -- my daughter is asking, do we have enough water? they were talking about turning off the water main here in napa. so everybody is pretty good. we have already all spoken to each other before 5:00 in the morning. we're all good. it's going to be making sure that our clients understand that they are not trying to get to us. >> reporter: thank you for spending the time. thank you very, very, very much. this was not the big one. we talked about the big one a lot. but this was certainly significant. and when you talk about earthquake preparedness, it's really important that you have a fla flashlight nearby. you should have tennis shoes

near your beds. a lot of things came off the shelves. you should have tennis shoes nearby so you won't get hurt. three days worth of food, probably not needed in this situation. i don't want to overstate the situation but this is a pretty devastating -- i mean, it's important to have that type of stuff nearby. rotor rooter is going by, a restoration company just pulling in. people are coming down to the riverrock area, river trail and there are a lot of nice restaurants here. you can see the sheriff department doing crowd control. not in a negative way because they are just trying to find out what is going on in their town, raj. i don't know if you've come down here a lot or if you've been to this area. i know that you have. it looks very different right now. back to you guys. >> i'm familiar with that area

because of that. it's such a beautiful area. so many nice wine bars and restaurants. we've been there for reason reasons and personal reasons and so many people just watching this because this is their community saying -- >> it's what we know. >> this is what we frequent and so many people live there as well. it's not just the tourists and visitors that come in. our nbc chopper is now overhead. the concern now is gas leaks and water breaks as well, laura. >> exactly. as people are waking up, they are assessing the damage inside their homes with glass and then coming outside and looking at the exterior of this home. our chopper shot is brakieaking a little bit but we'll keep it there to show you. this deck crumbled from the home itself. these are just visual damage that we see. but structurally, it's going to be mighty for so many crews out

there as well. we're getting reports of another fire that is happening so we're going to send a chopper to that area as well. at queen of the valley hospital in napa, there were 70-plus patients that all came in and reported injuries from the earthquake but they were all nonlife threatening injuries. cuts, bumps, bruises, that kind of thing. these pictures have set up the center there because they are prepared to have this open, able to treat if people have more injuries. we were seeing people talking to cheryl in downtown napa. if you need treatment, head to the queen hospital in napa. so far, for such a large earthquake, to only have two so far, that is the good news. queen of the valley hospital in napa is open. if you are not injured but need

somewhere to go, napa high school is one of the locations on jefferson street as well as grace church on solano avenue. we want to check in with mike inouye. >> thankfully this is not during a weekday but there are a lot of festivals and events happening in napa, sonoma, and we've seen video of the some of the local highways and streets with significant damage. what do you know at this hour as we all wake up here? >> good morning. we're talking about the north bay. as we get out the maps, as raj said, there's a lot of weekend activities going on. we're talking about american canyon north of vallejo where there is discovery kingdom. there are issues here. over at sonoma, we have the indy car races. the schedule will be normal. as far as traffic goes, be very

careful. there will be traffic control. we already have a closure, highway 37 at sonoma boulevard at highway 29. that has reopened but there's a significant shift in a roadway. one part of the roadway is raised about 12 to 18 inches. that's significant. we don't typically see that type of damage on the road as a result of the damage. another issue here, highway 121 and 116, i just got word about traffic control. not a lot of detail. you can see it is north of the raceway itself and there are folks heading there for prerace festivities. we'll track that. all i can tell you is continue to watch as they shift the traffic control and the activity will go on as scheduled at sonoma race way. this is the traffic control for 116, 121. watch highway 12 closer to

cutty's wharf. stay away from downtown. you saw all of the activity and damage. over here, sonoma springs, reports of more signal damage. there's a power outage in much of this area. again, stay out of the napa area if you can. friends and family in the area, notice the power out might mean that they are losing signal. don't panic, they'll get the power back to you. we'll follow what is going on as well. >> as we get the updates here, what are you relying on in terms of -- are they contacting you in terms of -- for the roadways? >> we're being lookilooking forr accounts but like the two fires up in napa, chp has given us great updates. they have updated via twitter because they can't get us up on the phone. that's one of the direct messaging options that we have right now that we didn't have

before. we're depending on locals to give us updates. personnel is on scene. they are able to update us with devices and that's a great bonus to us. >> very much so. isee@nbcbayarea.com. we are all online right now as well. feel free to send us information. we'll let you keep gathering it as well, mike. >> we're talking about injuries here in this earthquake at 3:20 a.m. early this morning. two major injuries that we know of. no reports of any fatalities, which is excellent news at this point. queen of the valley hospital in napa is one of the major areas. with us on the phone is vanessa. are you with us and can you tell us what is happening at your hospital right now? >> vanessa, are you with us? >> that is where so many people went at queen of the valley

hospital. upwards of 70 people went to that area. it set up a triage area. no doubt if you still have an injury, the hospital is operating normally, still has capacity and beds open and they are able to treat if people do have any problems there. there has been some minor structural damage to the hospital itself which is interesting. leaks, broken pipes, some of the n nonpatient areas. vanessa is back on the line with us. are you there? >> i'm here. >> what can you tell us about the number of people that you have treated and the extent of the injuries and then we'll talk about the hospital itself. >> at this hour, we've treated approximately 89 patients through the emergency department and for the majority, those patients have had lacerations

and abrasions related to the earthquake. most of these injuries are nonlife threatening and minor. we haven't had to admit many people to the hospital. we have been able to treat them and then they go home. >> we understand there was damage to the hospital itself. >> yeah. we did have some damage to the hospital. obviously it was a very large quake. so we did have some damage. we did have a couple of burst pipes in an area that doesn't involve patient care. obviously in a lot of our administration wings, things have fallen off the shelves and minor damage there. that's being assessed there as well. >> on the phone with us is vanessa from queen of the valley hospital. you have gone through these drills before, i'm sure. and has that helped what you have gone through this morning?

>> it does. our response disaster team is amazing. they train all of the time and the emergency staff is very ready to handle this type of situation and they all came in quite quickly and they are doing what they do best, which is treating and taking care of our patients. >> at this hour, 89 patients that you have helped. we're seeing video of your triage center in the parking lot. is this by design to handle a number of patients? >> that is correct. we set that up so we can triage our patients more quickly as they have come in. a number of patients have come in on their own, either driving their self in or having a family member bring them in, not just by ambulance. it really helps to be able to triage people quickly. >> and just to clarify, that you have served, your hospital, no major injuries but minor ones, close to 90 patients, right?

>> yes. the major injuries have been in the minority. we had one patient with multiple fractures and another heart attack patient that are obviously in the hospital and being treated. >> vanessa, did you feel it and were you woken out of bed? >> it was a big quake. >> what did it feel like to you? >> it was loud. >> we're hearing that it was not only rolling but a couple of jolts and the difference -- of course, this is the largest one we've had in 25 year -- was that there was a lot of noise involved. was that from the furniture shaking and glass? >> correct. >> okay, vanessa, thank you for your time. we'll get back to you later. appreciate the update. 89 patients treated as of right now. the good news, those are minor injuries, nothing significant, at least the queen of the valley hospital and that is where the bulk of the patients are going after the 6.0 napa quake at 3:20 this morning.

>> the good news is that the hospital is working normally. they still have the capacity and beds open as well. you can feel free to go to that area. if you need another place to go, evacuation centers have been open as well. grace church on solano avenue is open and also is napa high school on jefferson street. we're seeing pictures of damage since the sun came up. people are coming out and assessing their own damage in their homes and then you go to exterior of homes and see the damage as well. what about the businesses there? it happened at 3:20 in the

morning. it still took a while, a lot of damage, very popular wine bars in the area and restaurants. you're looking at the footage at 3:20 in the morning. it's the south napa quake and it happened on the west napa fault line. laura, we've been here for years. this is something that we have talked about the west napa faultline. this west napa faultline is where it happened. it's called the south napa quake. >> it shows how so many of these people run dormant. you never know, we must always be prepared. so many people's first thought is the loma prieta quake. it's described as rolling. you were here for it. i was here for it. it was such a rolling. it's rolling along and this was described as a strong jolt, that really struck the buildings down

there and almost just kind of literally tore apart. it took out chunks of the building. the old historic buildings that we're seeing down there. it's the interior, we don't know just yet. we have crews surrounding the napa area gathering information that includes jodi hernandez. she's at american canyon. what can you tell us right now, jodi? >> reporter: they've managed to clean up the mess but there's still some damage here. we're going to take a walk and show you what it shows you like inside the cold box. we'll go in here. it is quite a mess. and this is a pretty nice cold box. you can see the damage that happened here. there are liquor bottles and soda bottles, broken, strewn about. a huge mess. it was a similar scene when inside the store when this happened the clerk showed me some pictures and he managed to

clean all that up. again, he has not quite gotten to. the clerk told me it was very scary when this was happening, he ran outside and said that he was very alarmed, managed to get back in and clean up the mess inside. but again, the cold box is still quite a mess. just across the street there's a walgreens that suffered quite a bit of damage. we have video. i'm going to have them roll it for you. they actually, in addition to having all of the products coming off the shelves, they had a pipe break. so they had some major water damage inside that store. the windows are fogged up and things are dripping from the ceiling in addition to all of those products strewn about on the floor. quite a mess. they are certainly closed for at least today but, again, here at the 7-eleven they have open for business. i'm going to shift around and you can see that they are in operation and this