with love, california. it's just a scary time and i wonder if i'll have a house to come home to. fast-moving flames, evacuation, and a path of destruction. our "today in the bay" team is live across sonoma county, tracking the fire fight. we're also keeping an eye on the smoke set to move into the rest of the boo bay area today. this morning we're certainly keeping a close eye on the fire, the weather conditions. good friday morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia, and i'm marcus washington. kari, how is it looking? >> the good news it

the north bay will see the drift the smoke getting heavier in the morning. through the coast smoke this afternoon and this evening for the south bay. it will make it unhealthy for the air quality. we see our temperatures in the north bay now at 51 degrees. it's 54 in livermore, san jose is 58. look how much cooler it is now than yesterday at this time. in santa rosa 26 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. that's also a sign that the winds have calmed doubt. we had the gusty winds that were warming up the temperatures. we are going to see our winds coming in from the northwests we're going to see the wind direction. the stream lines are seeing that

will carry the smoke into the rest of the bay area. we'll talk more about the weekend. mike, we for the fires. >> 128 from geyserville down to pine flats road. that remains in place uppy because of the kinkade fire. there was never an effect from the spring fire that popped unfortunate yesterday morning. and the muir fire, it's still closed between the panorama highway and the muir beach area. >> everything else is smooth, because it's early. we may have a crew close to a disabled vehicle in oakland, but no slowing shows up on our sensors. so sending it right back to you.

fires are working against time before conditions get kinkade fire in sonoma county. so far it's burned 16,000 acres around geyserville. at least 49, and nearly 5,000 people are under -- >> if you haven't seen this ominous video yet, it will likely play a major role in the kinkade fire investigation, this shows what many now believes is the moment the fire ignited. pg & e admits a faulty cable on a transmission tower may be to blame, even though w out, pg & e level the imagine transmission lines active.

and by last night conditions were starting to improve in the kinkade fire zone, but the firefighters time is of the essence. >> "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd spent of of the night on the steep terrain. >> we are just holding the line. >> reporter: that's all firefighters say they can do. >> we've been here all day and only seen a four-mile section of it. so we haven't seen the pine flat side or. >> reporter: those are the small areas that quickly started raging out of control, burning 16,000 acres so far. >> because of terrain of the area, the crews had a difficult time getting around it early on. the fire grew much more qui by northern winds we werereceive.

tactical movesgetation and tree >> reporter: crews air. from the ground we watched back fires being said, doing this to prevent the blake from spreading to populated areas. meanwhile, trucks are sitting in front of the homes lucky to still be standing. >> that's their job tonight, to sit on the homes and verify the areas around the home are out and mopped up appropriately. >> reporter: cheryl hurd, "today in the bay.." >. firefighters are still battling the cabrillo fire that started yesterday afternoon. it's south of pes coucadero on.

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all three of us, let's go. >> got to get off work. coming up next on "today in the bay," the weather certainly playing a key role in probably your weekend plans. kari hall is checking more gusty winds headed our way with possible power outages. >> we're watching that for sunday. in the meantime smoke is coming in moving from north to south, as we see it coming in from the kinkade fire in sonoma county. i'll be tracking the smoke and the weekend wind event, coming up next. not to muchklan but we do have an issue with the nimitz. we'll show it to you, you're watching "today in the bay."

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welcome to friday morning. a live look outside overlooking the east bay in ahead, but gusty winds coming for the weekend. the full forecast is coming up in just moments. we are going to take a bit of a break today. we need that break. it will be nice for a longer break than what we are going to get, but we will see some of the winds picking up going into the weekend. as we take a live look outside in san francisco, it's all clear. we won't see much of a gusty

wind here, but we will see the drifts of smoke later on this morning into the afternoon. let's get you ready for the day and out the door. going to the b.a.r.t. station we'll be in the upper 50s, and will still be very hot today. we're having to break out the summer gear, as we look at our hour-by-hour forecast. 81 in san jose, san mateo at 84 degrees. yes, it will be hot again, even in san francisco, 87 in danville, 81 in antioch, a bit cooler there as napa and santa rosa reaches into the 0s. briefly hitting the 90 mark in the south county before it starts to come down. we'll have a wide range of temperatures. we preparing for the next weather event, a fire weather watch starting late on saturday

continuing through monday. a lot of high wind watches that they are issuing well in advance of the next system we are expecting to move in. it mostly includes some of our higher elevations, will you we'll also have some gusts in the valleys as well. the strongest wind will start to move in early on sunday, with some of the valleys getting gusts up to 40 miles an hour, the mountain gusts up to 70 miles an hour. thngd down trees and caught quite a bit of damage. over the next few days, bring in the patio furniture, so that everything around the home is could you are. as we look at our wind forecast for today, winds coming in from the west, this is showing the upper-level winds, which carries the smoke. we see the winds shifting, as we go into the rest of the day and northwesterly wind. we'll bring in smoke from the north bay across the rest of the

bay area. it looks like it travels, as we go into the evening into the south bay. going into tomorrow, still smoky, and we start to see the winds picking up on early sunday morning. we see the bright colors here on our forecast, as we see is all across the bay area, even san jose, some of our valleys, livermore will also get the high wind gusts on sunday going throughout the afternoon, into the overnight hours. so some gusty winds will also mean a high fire danger, very low humidity along with the cold front that will be coming in. you see how significantly the temperatures drop off, going from 90 today to 75 on sunday, and winds will gradually start to relax on monday, as we go into the beginning of next week. it's looking much better. as we head over to mike, you're tracking a couple crashes. >> over here, there may be a crash flier devil's slide. i'll track that and let you know. so far we don't hear of major

problems. we have that closure around slide ranch and muir beach, the fire that kicked off yesterday during our midday. the crash at 85 and 87 may actually be an issue for the fire department, and we're on edge with the fire, we'll exttr that. no slowing up over the last ten minutes, so we'llaysra for that caused things to hold up, so the last of the trains just finally got over there. the update is it was 3:00, a late arrival for some folks. and capital corridor shouldn't see any problems. there's the bay bridge, where we have no problems. back to you. firefighters are battling more than a dozen fires across

the state. the biggest problem in southern california is burning in l.a. county near. the tick fires has forced thousand from their home. >> the fire itself has burned for nearly 4,000 acres. these are live pickett infrastructure from the ground. i just feel so bad for these firefighters, what they are up against. the high winds and wind gusts are certainly making it a tough battle. not be you don't see open flames right now. there are plenty of hot spots ert in the incide firefight coming up here on "today in the bay," a new state audit is highlighting california cities in financial trouble. up next, the bay area cities that made the list. it's hard to believe that ski season is actually getting started. coming up, the first sierra

resort to open its slopes so far. but first, happening now, former president jimmy carter is now out of the hospital. he was treatd for a pelvic fracture after suffering a fall. you may recall the 95-year-old carter suffered another fall earlier this month which resulted in a black eye and left him with 14 stitches. we'll be right back after the break. the van gogh.

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sexually assaulted a student he was tutoring in a series of events three years ago. none of it the event happened on school grounds. el cerrito, richmond and oakland made the list. the auditor's office uses factors whether a city has enough to pay its bills, and whether it can afford the retirement benefits. the most fiscally challenged city in california is compton. the city of fremont is pulling out all its stops to it celebrate breaking ground. these are renderings of what the city hopes to be a new downtown destination to open next spring. the city also says free eats will be offered to a few of the first people who show up for today's ceremony. get in line quickly. well, look at this. >> let's get in line for this.

>> let's do it. this is a little east of here, montrose ski tahoe is set to open. it doesn't feel like ski season, does it? >> no, it doesn't. for for you skiing will be all manmade, but the snow-making machines are building up some of that base. mt. rose is the first to open, the third straight year it's opening before november. amazing. temperatures are warming though. whether we come back from this break, covering or breaking news coverage this morning, the very latest numbers on the kinkade wildfire burning right now. plus another round of gusty winds headed our way. kari hall is tracking our forecast. >> we'll have a high wind watch by the end of the weekend starting late saturday night. in the meantime skies are clear, but thing will start to look a little hazy going into the rest

of the day, as the smoke comes in from the kinkade fire. we are going to see a lot of sunshine, at least to start. get outside early. i isle talk about that next. there's that flag. there is wind, but kari is talking about much bigger changes, changing the configuration. golden gate bridge is just fine. san mateo bridge, no problems here, and the nimitz here, but i do have an issue over in oakland. san leandro has early slowing as you head toward the bridge.

right now at 5:00, breaking news. an out-of-control wide fire is still raging in the north bay. all of the smoke now on the move, about to blow into the entire bay area. plus -- forced for flee. >> under mandatory evacuation. >> go, go, go. >> right now our crews are spread across sonoma county as a massive wild fair tears across parts of wine country. and didn't. >> the power is off here, so there will be limited ability to make phone calls. >> powerless, as more wicked weather moving in, the worst

winds since the wildfires two years ago. thousands will be scrambling to prepare for what may be the > a very good morning. yet. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we've been talking about the weather, the temperatures, things dealing with that. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that to give us an update on what we can expect. especially yesterday when we saw the wind gusts. will we see less? >> we won't see as much wind today. this is a live look outside, as we look at what to expect. all-clear skies. as we go through the rest of the day, our temperatures will still warm up. we're heading back into the 9 09s inland. we'll also have some unhealthy

air quality. as we look at the microclimates, morgan hill is at 83, also 83 in napa. san francisco 82 degrees, reaching into the upper 80s there. we'll see a few low 90s in the north bay as the crews continue to fight the kinkade fire in sonoma county. they're also going to have some light winds, but really hot temperatures. i'm tracking more heat into the start of the weekend, then a high wind event. i'll have more on that in a few minutes. mike? i notice there's a crash reported near devil's slide. a t i'll let we do see more slowing there on 880, heading toward h

hesperrian. it's slow, so out of san lee ando heading toward hayward. castro valley has light traffic flow, but it will start to build. vasco road, the early commuters, right now you're after speed, including the section where you funnel down to one lane off 580, and the altamont pass is lighter flow. because it's friday, we have a later start to the buildup. the rest of