the pets inside. we'll talk more about that. as we head over to mike, it's been looking calm on the roadways. >> my department is moving smoothly and calmly. we have a disabled vehicle 238 just off the castro valley y, and out of lanes, from what i understand. cocoa county coming out of the north bay just fine as well. farther north from this map, 99 headed through chico, that will be affected by the butte county fire camp fire kari talked about. i'll talk about the effect of another fire in the southland on highway 101. back to you. back to breaking news, several massive fires burning ac ross the state. >> in southern california, 75,000 homes are evacuated, that's a combination of ventura and l.a. county. two fires that are burning there, but we have been watching homes just go up in flames. this one's called the woolsey fire, in a is in ven that is in, there is zero percent containme

containment. the second fire is called the hill fire, it is in l.a. county and up to 10,000 acres burned there, in the hidden hills area, and there's a threat the fire could actually jump 101 down by malibu lake. >> in the northern part of the state, the butte county area there, the entire town of paradise is under evacuations. this is because of the camp fire there. hundreds of homes have burned as well as schools and churches. now, this monster fire showing no sign of slowing down here. it all started at 6:30 yesterday morning east of chico, and really exploding, triggering massive evacuations, and a terrifying escape for many people there, having to drive through those fires to get to safety. so far, at least 20,000 acres have burned, and estimated 15,000 structures are also being threatened at this hour. >> now that's just in southern california, but north of the bay area, when you walk out your door, you'll probably smell smoke, and that's from a destructive fire burning in butte county. they're calling this the camp fire. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in chico. this fire is really moving fast

and very destructive. >> reporter: and i did speak with cal fire within the past hour, and so far, unfortunately, zero percent containment. at least 27,000 people have had to evacuated the so-called camp fire. number of them ended up at these evacuation centers, we're here at one of the three evacuation centers, this is a church in chico. it is already full at capacity with 500 people. there are some people who are sleeping out here on the front lawn. i've seen people sleeping in the hallways inside the buildings here. number of these people we ha, w spoken to a couple who had to haul it out of their neighborhood while everything was on fire. this is video into our newsroom from overnight, highway 70 and the mountain community of comcal, where several homes have burned. firefighters in the thick of it, battling flames and 50-mile-an-hour winds. our stringer photographer i spoke with says fire fighters were also trying to save the

garbo gap cal fire station that is threatened by the fire. other video here, this is the up to town of paradise, 12 miles northeast here. lot of the residents are staying here. as you can see in the video the scene is horrific. the entire town is pretty much destroyed, the fire captain said. hundreds of structures burned to the ground. paradise, which is primarily an elderly community, started burning around 6:30 yesterday morning. there were explosions throughout the day, according to cal fire, most likely gas tanks and power transformers. you can see firefighters tried to save what they could. the main focus was getting people out alive. the traffic grid lock was so bad at some points during the evacuation, some people abandoned their vehicles and ran for their lives. >> took us three and a half hours to get down the hill between the fire and the black smoke and ashes. >> reporter: two firefighters and several civilians have been hurt. the extent of their injuries

unknown to us. one firefighter told us, he was talking about the camp fire, he said this is a very dramatic fire. unfortunately, it's the new normal. reporting live here in chico, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> so frightening for those people, thank you, bob. of course our coverage continues all morning long. we are also sending out push alerts so you can get updated on your smartphones if you download it. breaking news just in to our newsroom, australian police are treating a knife attack as an act of terrorism. officers shot a knife-wielding man after one person was fatally stabbed and two others injured in melbourne. witnesses say the man emerged from a car which burst into flames. it brought central melbourne to a standstill in the late afternoon traffic rush. shortly after, police say officers were confronted by a man brandishing a knife, and threatening them, and at the same time bystanders called out that people were stabbed. the man shot in the chest by officers, died at the hospital.

>> 5:40. now to our continuing coverage of the mass shooting in southern california. we brought you this yesterday, as breaking news. 12 people were killed including a sheriff's sergeant. the 18-year-old girl from napa was also among those dead in the thousand oaks area, alaina housely was a recent graduate of vintage high school and in the middle of her freshman year at pepperdine university. hundreds gathered to grieve in napa county. >> she was a beast on the soccer field, and outstanding student and a supporter of everyone's dreams. >> that shooter was identified as former marine ian long. the ventura sheriff says long used a handgun with an extended magazine to shoot the others, before turning the gun on himself. and today, that gunman's former roommate speaks out on the "today" show. he says that ian long may have been suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.

>> well, obviously. he's got an illness. and as you guys referred to it as ptsd. the government should be fixing that. it's not his problem. it's not his fault. it's his problem, it's not his fault. >> now you can watch his full interview coming up on the "today" show, following our broadcast at 7:00 this morning. >> a lot of questions still remain there. 5:06 right now. i want to check in with kari, she has a look at our forecast for this morning. we keep talking about the smell of smoke out there. >> it's really bad, and as we get a live look outside in dublin this morning, as we can see the headlights driving across 580 right now, it is going to be very smoky, as you step out the door, not only that, but really cold. check out these temperatures that we have, especially in the north bay. santa rosa just one degree above freezing right now, very cold start to the day, while oakland

and san francisco are at 54 degrees. it is 42 now in san jose. let's step out the door in dublin on your way out to the b.a.r.t. station, going to be in the low 40s this morning. clear skies, but very smoky, and we'll see some mostly clear skies, as we go into the afternoon. as rereach into the upper 60s, our high temperatures today heading up to about 77 in antioch, and 69 in san francisco. so we'll talk more about our microclimates coming up and mike, you're tracking the roadways all over the state. >> yeah, even though speed sensors aren't necessarily as clear as they are right here around the state, we have a smooth flow of traffic except for a couple of key spots. over here the bay's commute great and out of theality mon a it's friday, so a lighter build. we'll see that commute later. 101 clear through gilroy and hollister. ventura county if you're planning on driving between san luis obispo and l.a. on highway 101, rethink that, the portion around the woolsey fire, we're

talking about that, that is closed for safety sake. they're talking about the risk of it jumping highway 101 in southern california. fremont 880 moves smoothly. you can smell the smoke here and north of there. i got up this morning, i smelled it like it was coming through the house, as a smell, but that was it. we're watching 99 to the north as well. we'll talk about that coming up, guys, back to you. >> thank you, mike. coming up, breaking news coverage of those wildfires continues. wildfire north of the bay area burning homes. and south of us, near los angeles, and ventura county, two wildfires tearing through neighborhoods. there are a lot of evacuations going on right now. we'll take you there live next.

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$1299 - save $400. plus, 36-month financing. ends monday. sleep number. proven, quality sleep. right now at 5:11, we are under a microclimate weather alert as we track a red flag warning for our bay area hills. live look in palo alto this morning, it is a chilly start, and we will see those temperatures starting to warm up, going into the afternoon, but still very smoky, as the smoke from the camp fire moves into the bay area again today. we'll talk more about that and look ahead to the weekend coming up in less than five minutes. live look at palo alto shows you a smooth drive. no problems right here. we are talking about the effects of the fire locally and also if you're headed out of town for the weekend. thank you very much, kari and mike. 5:11 right now. our sister station knbc has been on air all night covering two fires that are burning in the l.a. area, one in ventura

county, one in los angeles county. active scene down there. let's listen in. >> -- and result of the embers that are flying through the air. we can still see them, as the wind picks up. but notice this house, it looks like somebody was trying to clear out as much as they could or perhaps firefighters had to pull it out. there's a lot of motorcycles it looks like they had to pull out of the garage here to get access into this. there's also it looks like a motor home to the side here, that, has the motor home caught fire? let me see. no, it doesn't look like it. the fire to this house looks like it's really on the back side but it's because of what's coming through the air, the embers that are flying that are getting caught up in the eaves of the homes on the roofs of the homes and they're still so hot, even though the wind is blowing, it's catching the houses on fire. it's a major concern, so they're doing all they can to get the water on it. we've already seen part of the roof collapse on this one, and again, this is only the fifth home in the area, but

firefighter its as are saying t had good success in saving homes because they have had access to water. guys, we'll send it back to you. >> all right, the thomas fire, but better is what they're saying and john cadis klemack there. the difference is we have water to get on the houses and save homes. that was so frustrating during the thomas fire when they ran out of water. >> the situation developing in these different locations, on the left, you have john cad cadis clemack's shot and on the right, west lake village. jonathan gonzalez is there, where he showed frantic efforts to put out the flames at that home, so concerned about the embers there flying. we've been checking in with meteorologist shawna mendiola, wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour at times and that can push some of the embers which can start spot fires a good one to

three miles in the air. so anyone really within one to three miles of these locations of these cities here, you need to be careful. mandatory evacuations are in effect for oak park as well as west lake village. >> firefighters going to make a stand at the 101, they're worried about the flames jumping the 101 freeway, which would be the natural barrier there, but as we continue to watch, john cadisk klemack's shot, at least five homes going up in flames and firefighters making a big stand there and on the right, west lake village just over an hour ago, maybe more now, mandatory evacuation orders for some areas and we see the homes in flames there. >> five homes in that area that have burned.

minimally the count is 20 right now, but that information was given to us a couple hours ago. firefighters are trying to knock out embers they don't have time to count and assess the damage but a number of 20 homes burning, that is going to rise. it is a matter of time because we have seen one neighborhood the number of homes doubled 3:00 in the oak park area in that one neighborhood, two homes on fire jump to four and then six. >> we get new information firefighters are putting out spot fires on the 101 at las virginess. they're making a stand on the 101, there are spot fires, they do not want this fire to jump. let's get to news chopper -- >> we just, sorry to interrupt, getting this information now. the spot fires jumped the 101 and on the other side of the 101. firefighters were making that stand, kathy, hoping beyond hope

they could stop this from spreading to the other side of the 101 and unfortunately with these conditions the way they are with the 40 to 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts, dry conditions and humidity levels, the flames have spread. >> it's happening so fast, can't get the words out of our mouth, as it keeps changing what we're facing right now. but hopefully they can get those spot fires out. the problem this morning and last night is the winds. the wind gusts are just so incredible. we have seen the ash just blowing sideways, and the flames, and it starts these spot fires, and the flames, the ash can travel for miles, and that is why we are seeing homes going up in different areas, just igniting, and firefighters have a tough time try igto ging to g the homes. >> the conditions and timing could not be worse, because this really got much worse overnight, really around 11:30 last night, when so many people are going to

bed, when things took the turn for the worse. we check back in with nbc 4's john cadis klemack. >> you can see the active shots the evacuations under way, the wind-swept embers really making the fires spread. >> jumping the 101 there. we've been talking about heavy winds here. meteorologist kari hall has been following this, look outside right now, this is a look in san rafael, and the north bay and dublin, the tri valley there, that high fire danger, the smoke conditions, the smoke there from butte county blowing down to our area, and kari, this is something that a lot of people are dealing with as they walk out the door this morning. >> question smell iwe can smell throughout the day we could sense that yesterday, as it looked like at times it wasn't daylight outside. so some thick, heavy smoke moving in, from farther to the north, and we have a high fire danger here in the bay area. everything has been nice and quiet here at home, but if we are not careful, this will not be the case, and we still have

the high wind gusts at elevations above 1,000 feet have had gusts up to 72 miles per hour. humidity is so low, and we have such dry fields out there, and our hills this morning, and the smoke advisory continues until 10:00 tonight, especially for the north bay, the east bay, and the peninsula, and the air quality has been moderate for the south bay, but still looking at times some drifts of shomoke so we are advising to you limit your time outside, especially if you have breathing problems, and put the air conditioning on recirculate. you can probably smell it in the house this morning, all of that smoke, and you may also need to wear a mask that is rated for smoke and also stay hydrated and bring your pets inside. we have such a wide range in temperatures this morning. take a look at this. half moon bay starts out at 64 degrees, while santa rosa is at 33 degrees. it's all because of where we are seeing those winds rushing across the bay area, and napa stepping out the door 25 degrees

lower now compared to yesterday morning. so it's a really crazy weather situation here, as we look at some very chilly temperatures stepping out the door in concord this morning, but it will be warming up today. still kind of smoky and a wide range in temperatures across the bay area, depending on where that smoke settings as our high temperatures reaching into the low 70s. staticy hair day as well as we talk about the frizz factor and the low humidity, and our temperatures that will stay in the 70s over the next few days. our winds will calm down as we go into the rest of the afternoon into tonight, and the rest of the weekend is looking nice, but we'll have the smoke drifting by, and i think that will take several days before we start to see things clearing out as far as the haze and the smoke over the bay area. mike, the fires may affect your travel plans today. >> folks, listen up, helded to the southland for the weekend, we have holiday weekend for a lot of folks, highway 101 you heard that as a standoff, and then the fire jumped there over in ventura county. if you're planning on driving south on 101 south of san luis

obispo, it is closed south of highway 23. folks traveling through the area know what i'm talking about, as you head from l.a. county. disneyland studios, i-5 is fine for you. keep in mind we have those fires in ventura county we're tracking. locally, traffic flows nicely. easy, light drive this friday early morning, no problem, tri valley through cocoa county and the north bay. this map sees no problems as far as the flow of traffic. it's a great drive, throughout the north bay a great drive as far as the speed sensors. 37 has a little more traffic on mayor island, typically see slowing there. highway 99 through chico, that is closed because of fires up there. that butte county camp fire we've been tracking as well. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >> 5:20 right now. coming up, we continue to cover our breaking news this morning, the woolsey wildfire that is burning in southern california, as well as the l.a.

county hills fire. up next, brand new video firefighters and paramedics are going into that fire zone, doing what they can to get people out, and save as many homes as they can. it's pretty dramatic. it's all coming up next. and other news for you, a dramatic move to cut the number of teenagers vaping. what the fda is doing that will hopefully stop the trend. more news coming up here for you on "today in the bay."

5:23, back here on "today in the bay," and take a look at this. this is down in southern california. this home burning, this is the woolsey fire there, that fire already burning 8,000 acres so far, and this is just one of the tragedies right there of that fire. that home looks like it's destroyed there. firefighters trying to put out what they can of those flames, but this is what we've been seeing throughout the morning, as just one of two fires burning there in southern california. >> right, makes you wonder why they're even attempting it there, but that's because the embers, look at the winds whipping along and the embers fly and ignite other fires to other structures. >> the fire jumping the 101 down there. >> 75,000 people have been evacuated in southern california with the combination of the woolsey fire and the hills fire. it's really amazing what they're going through right now overnight. >> we have some brand new video just in to our newsroom of the fires burning out across the state there. >> the first video that we're

showing you from southern california as well was posted to twitter by a cal firefighter paramedic. riding inside of a chopper, working to put out the flames there, intense winds were blowing smoke, making it hard for the crews on the front line, above the ground in the air there, just what they were seeing. the two different fires burning in ventura and l.a. county. 75,000 homes evacuated. there's zero containment on these. >> here in northern california north of us, this is video posted to facebook showing people literally driving through those flames there on the roads trying to escape the flames and the fire burning, this is butte county, part of the camp fire there, and you can see that fire is on both sides of the road. we have learned this family that was in the car made it out safely. this morning, the entire town of paradise under evacuation there. several homes, churches, schools, even hospitals there affected by these fires.

>> look at that. it's really frightening to see, this is what people had to go through. could you imagine the terror of not knowing you're going to make it. look at the embers flying across the road. >> as they cross through, this is daylight. that wasn't nighttime video, that was during the afternoon there. >> amazing, so reminiscent of our fires in the north bay as well that we had last year. 5:26 right now. in other news this morning as well, big development this morning concerning ecigarettes. the fda will ban the sale of flavored ecigarettes at convenience stores and gas stations around the country. senior fda official tells nbc news the formal announcement will happen next week. the move comes in response to an alarming increase in vaping by minors. public health experts have been complaining the fruity candy like flavors found in ecigarettes are targeted directly at children and teenagers. vaping products like jewell will be available at tobacco and vape

shops. >> in southern california firefighters in ventura county battling the woolsey fire, just a dramatic scene there. 80,000 acres have already burned, some 30,000 homes there in southern california have, are threatened by the fires here. you can see the strong winds throwing those embers on to other homes, as you can see, that's why firefighters are pushing to put these fires out. >> that's right, not the only thing, but 101 is closed down there in southern california in l.a. county, as the flames have jumped the freeway. big concerns in southern california, and of course, fires burning here in northern california. more ahead. right now at 5:30 -

burning across california. tens of right now at 5:30, major fires burning across california. tens of thousands of acres scorched. homes are destroyed. people are evacuated, thousands. none in the bay area. >> here is where the fires are burning at this hour. there's one up north near chico, and two down in los angeles. >> all the smoke impacting air quality here. this is a live look at scenes from across the bay area. there's still a red flag warning in effect for about another hour and a half. we should correct that, there are people evacuated really everywhere. good morning to you and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. our breaking coverage of the fires continues in just a moment. first we want to get you checked up on the weather, as well as the traffic here in the bay area. meteorologist kari hall tracking the weather in the bay area.

people will wake up and see a lot of smoke outside. >> you can see and smell it this morning, and it's because of that wildfire that's far to the north, and we do still have a red flag warning in effect. we still need to be careful with any sparks or flames, and that includes all elevations above 1,000 feet, where we have some very dry brush. as we look at our smoke advisory, and what you're smelling, as you step out the door, and seeing as well, we have a healthy air quality from the north bay down to the peninsula. it's a little bit better for the south bay, but still some drifts of smoke coming by, as our winds calm down. it's not as gusty as it was yesterday but the dry northeasterly wind blowing offshore across the bay area and causing all kinds of temperatures as you step out the door. check out santa rosa, we've dropped down below freezing while half moon bay is at 64 degrees. we'll talk about all of this coming up in a few minutes. mike, you're saying local traffic is fairly predictable. >> my department is very calm right now locally. this is the bay bridge toll plaza, and the inmetering light

are turned on. the backup forms just there. cocoa county a smooth drive. new crash is reported around golden gate field, but no slowing has shown up there. to the north highways affected by the butte county fires, we'll talk about that more coming up, all the way into the south bay, minor crashes, no major impacts to these roadways but highway 101 down into southern california also affected by the wildfires. we'll talk more about the fires and i'll talk about the closure coming up. back to you. >> thank you very much. it is breaking news we're covering extensively. several major fires exploding ac ross the state now. new developments come in minute any minute, they're fast-moving. first in southern california, 75,000 homes are evacuated in both ventura and l.a. counties combined. we've been watching as flames just literally go up in flames before our eyes. one is called the woolsey fire, where 8,000 acres have burned there so far, that one is in ventura county and there is zero percent containment and a second

fire burning in the area, called the hill fire, up to 10,000 acres have burned there. that one is in l.a. county. now, in the northern part of our state in butte county, the entire town of paradise is under evacuation. hundreds of homes have burned, as well as schools and churches. it is just tragic. this is a monster fire, showing no signs of slowing down. this one started at 6:30 yesterday morning, just east of chico, and it just exploded in size, triggering a mass evacuation and a terrifying escape for many. so far, at least 20,000 acres have burned in beautifier, and estimated 15,000 structures are also being threatened at this hour. >> lalaura, looking at the flam reminiscent of the the north bay fires we experienced there. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is monitoring the fire fight that has been happening in southern california, literally seeing the video from there live, these homes are just going down and people are fleeing for

their lives. >> right, and here's the thing, cal fire says there are no homes that are lost at this point, and that's only because they don't have time to update the information. they don't have time to count how many structures are gone, and in some cases, those structures are in areas they can no longer access. these homes were burning as we speak. look at video from the helicopter above. you see several homes on fire. you also see the emergency personnel that are there on the ground who were trying to prevent this very thing. you see those lights flashing there in the middle of your screen. the helicopter reporter talking about how strong and erratic those winds are, blowing the chopper around, so you can only imagine how quickly those winds are blowing the embers around as well. down on the ground, those same wind conditions changed direction, forcing this reporter to switch positions. >> reporter: rene, i think we need to get back to the truck and get out of here for a moment. guys, give us a few moments. >> you can also see the embers

just blowing around, setting trees on fire, setting bushes on fire, spreading that way. firefighters are now in a defensive position. they are not aiming for containment of this fire at this point. they are just trying to keep other structures from catching fire. listen to this. now what sounds like fireworks or explosions is actually the sound of transformers popping as they catch fire and what one firefighter says there, down in southern california, is a reminder to those of us here in northern california. >> when we came up to this area, there were other engine companies here and they did a good job and unfortunately when you leave, the winds picked up the flames and you have to sometimes keep going. >> some of those tens of thousands of evacuation orders have been switched from mandatory evacuation orders to

voluntary evacuation orders, but when you hear that firefighter talking about how quickly things could change, it doesn't matter whether it's voluntary or not. if you are in those fire areas, it is a very good idea to go ahead and get out. some folks evacuating to friends or families' homes and having to evacuate once again. we'll keep tracking this for you and see you back here in an hour. >> sounds good. we know you'll have new information there, some of it so fast. thanks, kris. >> north of the bay area the camp fire is threatening homes there in butte county, that fire broke out yesterday and has already burned 20,000 acres. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live there in chico. >> bob, at one point we were receiving reports a fire was burning at least 80 football fields per minute. >> reporter: very, very fast, laura and marcus. i've spoke on it a couple of evacuees here at this red cross shelter in chico who are amazed they made it out of their neighborhoods alive. cal fire captain tells us that this so-called camp fire went from zero to nuclear very fast.

this is what it looks like on the front lines there of the fire, where there are over 2,000 firefighters hard at work. so far, unfortunately, zero containment, those are the latest numbers from cal fire. the city of alameda, which sent at least two engines here posted this video on instagram. you can see how windy it is and how fast that fire is moving, and this video right here, this is sadly the town of paradise, not far from here, about 12 miles northeast from our location. cal fire says the town is ruined. hundreds, if not thousands of homes and other structures burned to the ground. fire came in around 6:30 yesterday morning. the town's entire population of 26,000 people were forced to evacuate. number came to the church we're at in chico, including chuck halsey. when he came out of his mobile home, he saw red every, where hopped into his pickup truck and hightailed it out there with thousands of other evacuees. >> sending people down the

skyway but i saw the trees and telephone poles fallen and thought they're sending them to their deaths. i pulled over to a parking lot with a little clearing and thought i better sit this out, and then it all came and was just huge and said oh, we're going to all die. get out of here. got back on the skyway and a telephone pole hit the back of my truck, caught something on fire, and just when i got a break, i got to go fast, and i just barely got out. it was, it was bad. worst thing i've ever been through in my life. >> reporter: chuck tells us he saved for 50 years to get out of los angeles to move here four years ago. without insurance he's worried he's left with nothing. we don't have reports of fatalities but two firefighters and several civilians have been hurt. don't know the extent of their injuries. reporting live in chico, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> let's hope there's not injuries. thank you very much. the fire having a direct impact in the bay area. in fact, take a look at this

view from space, showing the smoke blowing southwest toward us, as you walk in the door, no doubt you'll smell it. kari has been tracking that smoke all morning long, even since yesterday during our midday newscast showing the radar. s. . s is also live with a lopete su us in ten minutes with a live report. back to the coverage of the mass shooting inside a southern california bar. we've followed developments as they happened yesterday morning and since then, we've learned a lot more about the suspect and the victims. >> here are the pictures of some of the people who died. we're now learning more about them, when that gunman opened fire inside borderline bar & grill in0 thousand oaks. we'll have more on the victim from our area in a moment. jennifer bjorklund is in thousand oaks with a look at their stories. so tragic, jennifer. >> reporter: yes, laura, marcus,

good morning. we are following the investigation very closely, as the fbi assists in piecing together a timeline of this shooter's movements leading up to this mass murder, and as we see the pictures and hear the names of the people who were killed, we're getting a glimpse of what was lost on wednesday. ♪ thousand oaks, california, known as a usually safe, even sleepy community, in southern california, now united in grief. >> be advised, there are multiple shots being fired. the back northwest area. >> reporter: just hours earlier, one man armed with a handgun opened fire inside the borderline bar & grill, packed on college night. survivors took cover, while they looked for a way out. >> we couldn't get out because the shooting was on that side to our friends got the bar stools and started slamming it against the window so we could get out. >> reporter: the first law enforcement officer on the

scene, sergeant ron helus, called a cops acop was killed. 11 others and the suspected gunman died. jason coffman's son, cody, among the victims. >> oh, son, i love you so much. oh, heavenly father, please, be with me. >> reporter: authorities say the suspect is 28-year-old former marine ian david long. police say his family reported a domestic disturbance in april. >> he was somewhat irate, acting a little irrationally. they called out our crisis intervention team, our mental health specialist, who met with him, talked to him, and cleared him. >> reporter: while investigators look for a motive, now another community grieves another mass shooting in america. long was married in 2009, divorced in 2013. we know he did take some classes at cal state north ridge, but never graduated, no finished his degree. lot of little hints of things

that were disappointments in his life, but no obvious indicators what have might have callsed this -- caused this shooting. >> touching a lot of people, alaina housely one of the victims, napa county native. >> we have this complete horror and tragedy yesterday with the shooting, but now, the fire burning in ventura county, i understand you're surrounded by it as well? >> reporter: yes, we have actually fire on both sides of us here. where the command post was yesterday, there are evacuations all around us, so you got to really feel for these families in these communities that are mourning those victims of this shooting, and now many of them are just gathering up all their stuff and having to leave their homes, just a lot going on here in a community that's already been hard-hit once this week. something that no one wants to go through, two different stories converging here in

thousand oaks. >> very powerful and tragic stories at that. jennifer bjorklund reporting live for us, thanks so much. 5:42 right now. coming up, our breaking news coverage continues this morning, where thousands of homes are in the way of those flames that we just mentioned. we'll look at the stand that firefighters are attempting to make against these fast-moving fires. plus nationwide protests to try to protect mueller. we'll take a look, when "today in the bay" continues. there comes a point when you realize the bathroom you used to love needs a makeover.

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this friday morning. chilly temperatures in spots as we get a look at our evergreen temperature trend. chilly in the mid-40s and we'll head into the low 70s today, well above our normal high of 67. we'll talk about that, the weekend forecast, and the air quality, coming up in less than five minutes. and pretty calm around our local roads, but i have a crash blocking a number of lanes on the peninsula south 101 around oyster point. i'm tracking that, follow me on twitter for the latest. >> thank you very much, kari and mike. 5:46 right now. of course our team is staying on top of the breaking news we've been covering all morning long. we came on air early this morning at 4:00 a.m. several fires are tearing through our state, in southern california, 75,000 homes are under mandatory evacuation, and voluntary evacuation orders. this is in ventura, and l.a. counties combined.

we have been watching this morning, sadly, as homes go up in flames. what is called the woolsey fire, that is in ventura county, in fact, this is a live look from our chopper overhead there. look at the size of this fire. 8,000 acres have burned so far. those were early numbers, but it's been so hard for firefighters to update them, no doubt it has grown, as this fire is now facing zero percent containment. there's a second fire, as i mentioned, burning in the area as well, this one is called the hill fire, that is in l.a. county, where up to 10,000 acres have burned there. this one so fierce that it is actually, they've had to close down 101, as the fire jumped there near malibu lake area, as evacuation orders are there, too. >> from the southern part of the state to the northern part, right there, the butte county area facing the fires as well. the entire town of paradise under evacuation, hundreds of homes there are burned, as well as schools and churches.

that monday store fire is showing no sign of slowing down. this is the camp fire, it started at 6:30 yesterday morning, this is east of chico, and really exploding in size, triggering a mass evacuation and a terrifying escape for many people who live there. so far, at least 20,000 acres have burned. an estimated 15,000 structures are also being threatened at this hour. >> a firestorm of a different sort, this one is in washington. >> scott mcgrew worries that though trump is putting pressure on the mueller investigation. >> he is. the first step firing the attorney general. president trump not shy about tying his dislike of sessions to the russian investigation. now, the question becomes, what now? now that there's a new acting attorney general that's even perhaps more loyal to trump. americans held protests all over the u.s., showing support for the special prosecutor's independence and the importance of getting to the bottom of any ties the white house might have with russia. here are scenes from new york

times square on the top, in the left philly on the right san diego. president trump changing american immigration policy. there's some debate over whether he can do that legally but he's taken this sort of action in the past, so, too, for that matter, has president obama. trump is expected to order that certain immigrants fleeing violence or repression can only apply for asylum at designated ports of entry. today the president will announce, much like the travel ban, what countries are targeted. we expect that will be mexico, venezuela, honduras and guatemala among others. america has lots of ports of official entry. most major airports, you may have been through one yourself. for folks comingborder, there a. seven on the arizona border, south of texas, big one in brownsville, five in san diego alone, but once folks ai have radio, they have to wait, one at a time, to approach and make

their case, meaning applicants will have to wait on the mexican side, and that could take a very long time. we have our eye on mueller. we have our eye on the acting attorney general. it is a big deal, and we're watching it on twitter. you can follow me ther there @scottmcgrew. >> thank you, scott. 5:50, back to the fires across our state. wildfire in butte county creating problems in the bay area. when you walked out the door this morning, no doubt you'll smell that smoke in the area. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live in walnut creek. what is the quality of air where you are? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and laura. you can smell the smoke here in walnut creek, where we're smelling it and of course we're talking to folks here in this starbucks parking lot, but it was very strong i know, when i was leaving my house in oakland this morning, one of the areas where we see a lot of that smoke coming in from the camp fire. this is some of the traffic cams where you can see some of the brownish haze from overnight. you could see it there from san rafael to oakland, all the way to the golden gate bridge.

here is another piece of video, this is in the south bay, over there in the san jose foothills, you see that brownish haze again and that's when you could smell the smoke from last evening, even until this morning. now, it is strong enough, so much so, that the bay area air quality management district issued this winter spare the air alert, specifically for the east bay, and the north bay. now, i did get a chance to speak to folks here in walnut creek about the air quality. here's what they had to say. >> well, the boiler going it's hot there, so keep the door open. all my employees complain the smoke coming in and all that stuff, but not much i could do. >> it was heavy smoke. i could smell the smoke, a problem and i got over here and i can barely smell it now. but yesterday, the ashes were falling over here and that. so yeah, it's totally different in the city there. >> reporter: of course with this

alert in place, you don't want to burn any wood indoors or outdoors, and of course, the alert will be in place through tonight. we're live here in walnut creek, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, pete. concerning, too, people in the bay area like to exercise. >> so that's going to be changing a lot of plans today, if you're planning to go outside for a run, maybe headed to the gym, the kids may be inside for recess, and it's all because of the smoke that we are seeing drifting by, and that smoke advisory until 10:00 p.m. is going to be the worst for the peninsula, the east bay and the north bay, and it's coming from farther to the north. we also have a wide range in temperatures. it's freezing in santa rosa, while half moon bay is at 64 degrees, just really crazy temperatures here, as you head out the door, and it's 25 degrees colder now in napa than it was yesterday morning, as the winds calm down. and we're looking at high temperatures that will also be spread out. we'll be up to about 70 in livermore and it also depends on where the smoke settles, that

will keep the temperatures cooler today, as those winds start to calm down. we'll be up to about 76 degrees for inland valleys and still some smoke lingering throughout the weekend with highs in the mid-70s. mike, you were tracking concerns on both sides. >> just minor concerns for particular spots for our commute. overall a light friday as you would imagine. disabled vehicle south 880 at "a" street caused a backup quickly and looking at recovery south 880 and "a" street looks like it's cleared slowly into hayward. south 101 at oyster point i've been watching this build, this crash blocking two, perhaps three lanes as you travel down toward 380. we're tracking that. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. it is 5:53 right now. coming up, california burning several wildfires tearing through neighborhoods north and south of the bay area. we are tracking it all. these are live pictures, in fact, a dramatic fire fight for firefighters. breaking news in c.

as three major fires burn though we are staying on top of the breaking news that is happening across california. three major fires burning in our state in southern california, our sister station knbc covering two fires about urng in ventura and l.a. counties. this is from one of the reporters posted to twitter. transformers were exploding in the neighborhood, as flames were just engulfing power lines and

homes. very tough go. we've been checking in with them and monitoring what is happening in southern california. in ventura county, not only the fires, but of course the mass shooting that happened in southern california yesterday. gunman killing 12 people inside the borderline bar in thousand oaks. today the gunman's former roommate is speaking out on the "today" show. he says ian long may have been suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. >> well, obviously. he's got an illness. and as you guys referred to it as ptsd. the government should be fixing that. it's not his problem. it's not his fault. it's his problem, it's not his fault. >> now you can watch his full interview coming up on the "today" show following "today in the bay" at 7:00 this morning. spending just one day in a locked cell can have a long lasting impact on children.

many counties developed a tool to keep them out of juvenile hall if they make a mistake. >> an nbc bay area investigation is raising questions whether that tool is being used as intended. here is investigative reporter liz wagner. >> the tool we're talking about is a detention risk assessment. probation officer fills out a form that looks like this, it gives a score which recommends either releasing the kid or keeping him detained before trial. we asked bay area counties to see those assessment scores and then we did some math. we found in some places juveniles are being detained at surprisingly high rates, even though the scores indicate they should be let go. doing the opposite of what the score recommends is called an override. from your perspective, what is an appropriate override rate? >> i would not want to see an override rate of more than 10% to 15% of the young people that we're screening. >> reporter: that's the chief of

upnile probation in san francisco. we found san francisco's override rate is more than four times what the chief says it should be. coming up the promises he's making as a result of our investigation and we'll break down numbers from other bay area counties that experts say raid red flags, tonight at 11:00 on "nbc bay area news." see you then. >> if you have a story for our investigative unit, you want them to look into, just give them a call, that number 888-996-tips or go to the website nbcbayarea.c nbcbayarea.com/investigations. at 6:00, the breaking news we're cominfollowing. >> i've witnessed multiple houses burn up here. it's been like armageddon up here. >> said oh, my god, this is terrible. this is, yes, it's out of control. >> in ventura county fire exploding overnight, destroying homes, wind whipping the flames wildly.

fire reaching thousand oaks this morning, the city the site of the mass shooting that happened just 24 hours ago. this is among several wildfires burning, as we speak. >> most of the town of paradise has burned. >> up in butte county, an entire town practically destroyed. watch as people drive literally through the flames to try to escape paradise, this is near chico. we're live this morning in the evacuation center, speaking with people forced out of their homes. >> that's right. here at home in the bay area, we're waking up to smoky skies and bad air quality. the fire danger here isn't yet over here as well. "today in the bay" continues right now. >> a busy friday morning to you, but want to say good morning and thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we get to the breaking news in a bit. we want to get you ready to head out the door this morning. we check in with meteorologist kari hall. taking a look at the weather and what's going on here in the area, and the winds are a big e.