i )m laura garcia. good morning, and thank you for joining us for the special edition of "today in the bay." >> we continue to monitor the devastating wildfires in the north bay. here's where things stand at this hour. there are at least ten confirmed deaths related to the destructive fire, seven in sonoma county, one in napa. there's 100 missing person reports, but firefighter i say it's likely because of spotty cell service in the area. cal fire admits the number is conservative. an estimated 20,000 people are forced from their homes with evacuations expanding every hour. boil water notice the in santa

rosa and silverado trail in napa. more than 60,000 acres charred so far. 30,000 in the tub fire, and another 25,000 acres scorched in the atlas fire near napa. >> right now, we go to pete who is in solano county with no evacuations this morning, right, pete? >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, marcus and laura. new evacuations put in by solano county. the authorities of solano solano last night telling folks to evacuate. green valley road were told to evacuate, and the smoke is billowing in from over the mountain top from the atlas fire behind the mountain behind me. right here, you see that orange glow. authorities are telling me that

orange glow is coming from the napa county side. the concern why they told folks to evacrate, there's fears it jumps over the mountain into the solano county area, hence why folks need to evacuate. we have video from overnight our crews got. sheriff deputies going door to door telling people that they needed to evacuate, and, in fact, there were trucks pulling horse trailers, folks getting out of town as there's fears of the fire coming over into the area, and really, that's why they have mandatory evacuations in place in this green valley area. as we pull up this information, there's specific areas evacuated. of course, green valley road where we are standing. the green valley estates area, and twin sisters road, and roads off of twin sisters, that area is evacwaited as well as all of joyce lane. this morning, we are trying to get more information, all evacuations, obviously, the area where we are standing in fairfield has been evacuated

because of the fear of the fire jumping over the mountain top we showed you from napa county into the solano county area. i've been in touch with the sheriff's office not far from here r and we'll continue to get more information an monitor the scene, really, exactly what's going to happen next with evacuations. back to you in the studio. >> all right, pete. so important there to get people going door to door to get out. we know could happen. we saw it yesterday. the hilton hotel in santa rosa has been burning since yesterday. this is actually video from overnight. that hotel burned for hours, and firefighters say they moved on from the structure because there was no chance of saving it. in fact, the situation in santa rosa has been dire. when the tub fire spread into the city limits, we followed that live on "today in the bay" and overnight yesterday, at that point, there was a command post in the k-mart parking lot on the west side of 101, but the fire

was burning on the east side jumped the six lane freeway headed for the command center. this is what a firefighter who was there told us. >> came in the parking lot, and soon, it was all black smoke on the backside. k-mart -- we got to get out of here. there's too much wind, too much fire. >> amazing the fire chasing the firefighters out. neighborhoods behind the hilton hotel also destroyed. >> schools are still closed today because of that fire. the suisun valley, k-8 is close the. all napa value ye unifys school districts closed today. all santa rosa city schools closed. sonoma state is closed. federal rosa junior college and community college cancelled classes, but the gym is an evacuation center. these are some of the school closures. the list is extremely extensive. go to our website nbcbayarea.com

for the full list. if you have animals and need a place to take them during the fire there's several options. santa rosa fairgrounds, sonoma fairgrounds, citrus fair, and more. a horse was evacuated overnight. this was in a parking lot in fairfield where one woman took her horse, waiting for the trailer to pick her up to take to another location. crews who took the video said the horse was stressed because of the activity in the area. >> right now, headed over to our meteorologist tracking all of this, dealing with high winds, and, today, a better day, i guess, in battling that fire. >> the winds are calming down. that will be a definite plus as the firefighters try to get some containment here, but i wanted to show you overall some of the major fires burning around napa,

now solano county as well as sonoma county. we have the atlas fire, atlas peak road moving into solano county at this point. patrick fire is south of there. towards the tubs fire, that's one burning parts of santa rosa and for the nuns fire, this is further south, and now we have this fierce point fire. you see all the damage and how extensive the wildfires are. at least we do have some calm winds this morning compared to yesterday where we were still getting gusts at 15-20 miles per hour. that was good thing we are seeing winds calming down, but we'll still have very dangerous air quality today in the east bay, peninsula, south bay as well, looking at unhealthy air quality. limit time outdoors. talking more about this an the forecast coming up, but we have freeway closures? >> we do. the good news to start the

morning off, just like yesterday morning, at 10:00 reopened highway 37. that's critical. over here in santa rosa critical, highway 101, that cleared as well. we still have all the closures because of the scattered fires. atlas going over the peak, highway 128 closed to the area, and over here, and looking at napa, portions of 121 closed. 128 over there, and we know about all of these areas where we can see the fire, nuns and atlas fire, but let's not forget there's a redwood complex fire with 101 impacted between wolf, so be careful up there. headed up there, make sure you check traffic signs and advis y advisories as well. >> perfect. thank you. breaking news coverage continues both on air and online throughout the morning. head to nbcbayarea.com for

updates for all evacuations, close sured are posted for you. we'll be right back after a short break.

take a live look or some video this morning of the napa and solano county fires, boiled water notices issued for santa rosa and silverado trail. concerning for people in that area.

evacuations spread into unincorporated airfield and santa rosa overnight. telling people to take extra precaution, boil the water so it's safe for you to drink. as we continue to fire the fires, we have breaking news on another story where an amber alert has been issued for a young girl. >> we are live in san leandro to see what happened. >> this is the second time the mother abducted her daughter. the chp issued an amber alert on behalf of the county sheriff's office for you to be on the lookout for davis, the mother, and also be on the lookout for maria davis booker, her 6-year-old daughter. law enforcement police said davis took her daughter and fled on foot and is still in the area, so, again, malyaia

davis-booker, 6-year-old african-american girl, last seen in a dress and white leggings. of course, the clothes could have change since then, and her mother, laquita davis, a 34-year-old african-american woman. she allegedly took her daughter in mid-july, months ago from her daughter's grandmother in berkley at a time police said davis was homeless, had diminished capacity, and did not have custody of her daughter legally. reporting live here outside the sheriff substation in san leandro. >> let's hope the little girl is safe and sound, thank you, bob. continuing breaking news coverage of the wildfires burning in the north bay after the break. go to nbcbayarea.com for updates for all evacuations and closures. we'll be back after the short break. this morning.

this is courtesy of s-f-p-d serg m new images in from the news room this morning curtesy of the san francisco police department showing officers providing a traffic break as they removed horses out of harm's way. we're assuming they were up in the napa-sonoma area. santa rosa, actually, i'm told right now. trying to, you know, help some of the animals. >> back to our live coverage happening today. smart trains will operate on a limited schedule. this is because of the

wildfires. smart services a free today for those who need transportation options as the fire continues to burn. now, southbound starts at 5:01 a.m. from santa rosa downtown station, and northbound services at 6:29 a.m. out of san rafael. they run 28 train trips today. some colossilosed because of po outages. smart officials say the fire conditions can change at any time, so that could impact the schedule. if you're looking for a way for emergency updates, we told you about this yesterday on "today in the bay. law enforcement agencies, first responders, and other officials send latest emergency information to people in affected areas. if you never signed up, it's very easy. all you have to do is text your zip code to 888777. that way, they send you information that is pertinent to

where you live. a lot of people are asking how they can help the victims the north bay wildfire. there's several things you can do. first, donate to an evacuation center. officials asked people to donate supplies like baby food, pet food, water, blankets, and toilet paper. we posted a link on nbcbayarea.com to outline centers in need of help. donate or sign up to volunteer with the red cross. the red cross release a statement yesterday afternoon said they met the immediate need for volunteers, but you can sign up online for updates because more people might be needed over the next few days. if you donate, you can do that at the red cross. you can call this number here, 800-red-cross or text "red cross" to 90999. that's to make a $10 donation. you can also donate to the napa valley community foundation set up as a disaster relief fund

after napa earthquake and now used to help fire victims. there's now a go fund me page on our cbs, nbcbayarea.com. >> let's check the forecast today. showing the red flag warning. >> yes. it expires towards the 5:00 hour. this has been in effect for several days now. i do expect them to allow this to expire as our wind speeds calm down significantly since yesterday, but, still, very low humidity this morning, and we will have some poor air quality today, so we are still advising you to limit your outdoor exposure, and, also, turn the air-conditioning on recirculate to help out as well, especially if you have pets at home or will be at home all day long. if you are smelling the smoke, perhaps try to get a breathing mask. those are sold at a lot of stores around the area. grocery stores, you can see them at the dollar store, and if you feel nauseous or if you start coughing, you should seek medical attention.

we have all this information listed at nbcbayarea.com. we're starting off in morning with some much higher humidities. yesterday at this time our humidity levels were only 15%, especially in the north bay, but look at this recovery as we head into the early morning hours. we are seeing the humidity now up at 71%, so it's a much more humid, we have calm winds, and this will help out as we go through the day. our temperatures are also very cool, we're in the low 50s, starting out at 8:00, and as more crews get out there to handle the fire, our temperatures today rising into the upper 70s for the rest of the afternoon. in napa coupe, more of the same, starting out with come temperatures throughout the morning, a lot of smoke, and temperatures reaching into the upper 70s. here's a live look outside in emeryville. can see there's a little bit smoke drifting by, but not as

bad as yesterday. in san jose, a mostly clear start. temperatures generally in the low to mid-50s. we have cooler temperatures in the north bay and upper 40s right now, with high temperatures today headed into the upper 70s, low 80s. elsewhere, we see the temperatures in the low 80s for the inland valleys and low 70s for the coastline. i have to show you the seven-day forecast for the north bay. the winds will stay calm for at least the next several days, and cooler than normal temperatures, but look at the weekend. we'll have the winds listed on saturday and sunday and expect winds to pick up again, so, hopefully containment happens between now and then. mike is tracking freeway closures. >> talking about the winds, it's a battle in the north bay. this is where we have the freeway closures. anywhere south of the bay bridge is clear and good flowing traffic. really early right now. over here, there's closures on the 101 and 37, reopened since

yesterday, so that's better news for this morning's commute, folks returning to the workweek. over here, glen allen, coming from 128, there's closures there, and traveling over the peak, you cannot do that. it's closed. the fire is in this area, watching the effect as winds shifted and affected the area, but right now, i-80 is completely open as well as 505, and so far the freeways are open in the area, free flowing traffic. in the north bay, we are following, also, the redwood complex fire going on as well. not to forget. closure for 101, it's between the 20 is closed right now. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. we'll have continuing breaking news coverage of the wildfires burning in the north bay after the break. head to nbcbayarea.com for new updates. we'll have all the evacuations and closures posted there. we'll be back here on air after the break.

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♪ thick, carved turkey breast. the autumn carved turkey is back for a limited time at subway. so much turkey. welcome back. it is 4:24. we continue our coverage of the fires in nasa and sonoma county. we have the county spokesperson on the phone with a lot of information for us. good morning. >> caller: good morning. thanks for having me. >> what is the latest? you have the number of evacuees in the area? >> caller: we have thousands of evacuees, 5,000 staying at 28 evacuation centers across sonoma

county. 24 of the centers are open and four are at capacity. we worked overnight to deliver cots and supplies to these shelters. we have a confirmed seven fire related fatalities, as of last night, related to the fire. >> that is so tragic. i know there are some fire that is continue to burn. >> caller: yes, there is still activity in the county and other neighboring counties as well. the fires are still ongoing. we are urging anyone who has been issued a mandatory evacuation order to leave immediately and not return until that order has been lifted. >> talk to me about the threat for the area. are there particular areas that are more at risk has been others? >> caller: yeah, fires are still

active. i would have to refer you to cal fire for a situational update on that. we know there was a lot of devastation in northwest and northeast santa rosa and parts of sonoma valley, kenwood and glen ellen. we know that our neighbors in napa are suffering damage. so, we are urging the public to also stay indoors. the smoke is causing a lot of harmful particles in the air and making it difficult for some folks to breathe, so, that's a health risk and we are urging folks, if they are safe to stay put. >> are mandatory evacuation orders, are people becoming better informed as to knowing when they should leave? >> caller: yeah, we are working with law enforcement and fire personnel to notify individuals. we are urging the public to stay on social media. follow the county of sonoma on twitter and facebook, as well as

colleagues in santa rosa and sign up for an alert. that is a way for folks to get instant updates from law enforcement. >> right. thank you and good luck to you. >> caller: thank you very much. thanks for helping us get the word out. >> whatever we can do to help. >> we will continue with the breaking news coverage of the wildfires after the break. head to www.nbcbayarea.com for those updates. we have all the evacuations as well as the closures posted for you. we'll be back. for joining us.

i )m laura garcia. and i )m marcus washington. good morning and thaunlg for joining us. wez came on early for "today in the bay" this morning and this is why. the fires continue to burn in nasa and sonoma counties. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. >> we placed crews across sonoma, napa and salano counties to bring the latest on the wildfires. we want to begin in santa rosa where evacuation orders went overnight. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, guys. we are on old redwood highway in santa rosa, a main road. it is completely pitch black and a lot of thick smoke. a big issue has to do with the

downed power lines, which makes traveling on the roads very dangerous. you can see power lines down here, tree branches, other debris. a scene of complete devastation. behind me, you can see the burnt out brush. it may be dark to see, it looks like this would be a turn off into a neighborhood. it looks like it is completely flattened. off to the side, we have hot spots burning, still a strong smell of smoke and ashes. a curfew is in place until after sunrise. police are stationed at off ramps and streets to enforce it and keep people out of areas like this one. from the looks of it, this area has little assessment because of the downed power lines and folks trying to stay safe and keep out of the area. we have seen earlier, cops driving up and down to where the roads are blocked off and people trying to keep the