right now at 4:30, brieakin news. more homes destroyed and more evacuations as flames from multiple fires grow over night. those fires are hard to ignore, even if you're not near them. our sky is filled with smoke and ash, prompting unhealthy air concerns, once again. "today in the bay" continues once again. those fires continue to burn across many counties at this hour forcing more people out of their homes overnight. thank you so much for being part of our morning newscast, i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. our new normal is these wildfires and the thick smoke in the air, as well. want to check in with meteorologist kari hall. you've been watching the conditions out there. oh, so important for the

firefighters, as well. >> absolutely. because when we see higher humidity that keeps those fires from spreading so rapidly and also lighter winds are key. but we haven't had much in the way of much cooler temperatures. usually we're starting out our mornings in the mid 50s. right now it's in the mid 70s as we watch the conditions around the santa cruz mountains for the czu lightning complex there that has been spreading into the areas across santa cruz and san mateo counties. heading to the south bay where we're seeing the fires over the hills as we look from the south bay as well as the east bay, we're seeing weather conditions there with calm wind and temperatures at 70 degrees and the relative humidity is fairly low at 27% and for the north bay, we're monitoring those weather conditions starting off 70s. a light wind but we haven't seen a good high humidity in those areas. we'll continue to monitor that.

we'll talk about air quality in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking right now for the morning drive? >> the commute's fine. but we are looking at restrictions because of the three major fire complexes we're talking about. over my shoulder let's show you the full screen. the red section that continues the closure for 128. 121 and 116 silverado trail and may have changed as early as 9:00 a.m. and reopening some of the roadways and i-80 opened up around 9:00 p.m. last night. better news for the drive. looking on the right side and closures like 130 that is mt. hamilton road getting up towards the lick observatory and closures because of the czu fire and highway 1 as well as highway 9, marcus. >> thanks, mike. breaking news this morning, pg&e now confirming that one of their workers has died while assisting the fire surrounding vaccaville. the utility said it happened when the worker was trying to help first responders. it's believed to be the first

death in this firefight. live for us now on "today in the bay" cierra johnson is in vaccaville with the very latest. cierra? >> yes, this is the second day my photographer and i are in this community and just to give you an idea of how bad things are. on the way here from the city, you can still see those flames in the middle of the highway. it's pretty surreal driving up and literally seeing flames in the median and on the side of the road. that just gives you a sense of how bad things are. kari mentioned you can see the smoke on the radar and you can see it in the air and smell ash. we have video with what folks were dealing with overnight. second major night of folks battling this fire. this video was gathered, again, vaccaville 55 miles away from the city and right now according to cal fire, this is 0% contained and has burned 120,000 acres around napa, sonoma and

solano counties. hot spots in the middle of the freeway and last night that fire spread from one spot to the other and it continues to spread throughout other communities. hillsburg is now on notice for evacuation. they have not proved the trigger, but folks are preparing to leave. look at what one family who did have to evacuate in the fairfield area had to say. >> it's just terrible. you know, what else is going to be next? book direct at choicehotels.com. we know these are challenging times. rest assured, you are not alone. we've all had to adapt. and with summer here, your energy bills might go up with rising temperatures. together, we can save energy and money. try closing your shades during the day... setting your ac to 78° or higher... or cooling off with a fan when you can.

united we are always stronger. stay well, california, >> we want to get now, keeping our continuing coverage going. kris sanchez is live for us down in scots valley with the very latest on what is going on there. kris, talk to us about what the conditions are like there. >> right now the good news is it's pretty cool and the air is still pretty still and the air is still also filled with smoke and there's ash falling from the sky. so, we know it is going to be another difficult day of fire fighting and already -- this is video of homes that were just absolutely devoured by that fire. we don't know how many yet at this point but we know that 22,000 people are now under evacuation orders, not just here in santa cruz county, but also san mateo counties.

this is the czu complex fire. they call it complex when they lump a bunch of different smaller fires together to give you an idea of what they're working with here. as we were here yesterday, we did see a lot of folks packing up and moving out but, again, some of these folks they know they left and may not have anything to come back to. >> i've been through way worse things in my life. this is nothing. so, yeah, i wouldn't say i'm not worried, i'm certainly worried that it's going to get down here into the valley and if it hits the valley and locks everybody in, all the houses are gone, for sure. >> now, we do know that so many people are under evacuation orders. they are trying to avoid the shelters because of the covid-19 concern. a lot of folks are camping in their car or sticking around in their car going to friends and family or hotels in order to just avoid that mass situation

with going to a shelter. we will bring you more details. we expect a bit of an update later on this morning from cal fire and we'll bring that to you next time we see you. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> okay. that's another area where it's burning. take a look at this time lapse video overnight showing the flames spreading oh, so quickly as they approach a pg&e camera in bonny doon. in the south bay, in the meantime, take a look at this. the scu complex fire from downtown san jose. this is one of our live cameras that is stationed. you see the fairmont hotel and the flames rising in the background. that is up near allen rock and that is where we find bob redell this morning because the threat of these fires inching ever so closely to homes in that area. bob? >> unfortunately, we're not talking about homes down here on

the valley floor, at least not right now. no evacuation orders in effect for those homes but more for people in the hills and as you were mentioning, laura, depending where you're at and where the glow of the fires. this is part of the scu complex fire. this is a vast number of fires. 20 fires starting up in brentwood and central valley and sunol and now santa clara county burning through mt. hamilton last night. go, again, to the live downtown camera we have from san jose as you look east in the foothills. you can see the glow of that fire as it burns. from our vantage point it appears it is starting to burn down the back side of the slope. want to show you some video. this was put out on twitter from the san luis fire department and if i recall correctly, this is at mt. hamilton at the top there

where you're going to see a lot of fire activity and peaks crest and then goes back on the down side and gives you a sense of how steep the terrain is. according to cal fire, that's one of the challenges. the terrain is steep and in some cases unacceptable. right now this fire has burned just over 100,000 acres. yesterday when we were reporting on this from fremont at noon the count was at 85,000. you can see some growth overnight and unfortunately the containment is still at 5%. something else that cal fire has been saying about some of these areas where the fire has been burning. these areas have no previous fire history. a lot of fuel that are older and more established and with the temperatures we have been seeing, the high temps, very dry making it very combustible and very conducive for this type of fire activity. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." live look outside.

if you've been outside that smoke and in some cases ash are having a major impact. here is a look at the current air quality map. you can see right there just about everything in brown indicating the poorest air quality that they have. well, the bay area isn't the only place in california with a major fire fight on its hands. crews in southern california still taking on a big fire that has been burning since last week. ahead, the latest on their progress. plus, air bnb going public. how wall street is reacting to the bay area company filing. "today in the bay" continues right after this. ladies... check it out.

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right now at 4:42 our microclimate weather alert continues due to the unhealthy air quality we're seeing from san rafael and on southward with the worst of the air quality right now in the south bay. we'll be watching these numbers and talk about our high temperatures. for today that's coming up in a few minutes. and the fires have grown, as well, in the south bay is visible from likely 680 and highway 101. live look where the two freeways meet just to the east you're likely to see the glow off of highway 130. if you're not clear what that is, we'll explain that coming up. good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. here are today's top business headlines. wall street is set to open up in

the red after stocks faded into the close yesterday. the drops came from minutes from last month's fed meeting policymakers are finding it harder and harder for the path of the economy which depends greatly on what happens with the pandemic. the fed crisis would weigh heavily on inflation in the short term. in focus today with the latest update on the jobless situation with weekly unemployment claims, last week claims fell below $1 million for the first time since march. a number of google services including gmail and google docs hit by a worldwide outage. some users report unable to log in to gmail accounts and new e-mails aren't showing up and issues with uploading videos to youtube. google is now investigating this problem. more than 2 billion users rely on gsuite of apps and services. air bnb about to go public. the company has not revealed any financial details or when or where it may list its shares. the move underscores a rebound

of the travel industry hit hard. last month air bnb said customers booked more than one million nights on a single day. that is the first time that happened since early march. travelers trying to stay closer to home a big factor for that dropoff. kari hall, back ov >> thank you, frank. right now at 4:45. let's look at our current temperatures as you get hereadyo head out the door. we still see mid to upper 60s for the inland east bay. we'll see how high the temperatures get today and talk about what is ahead for the weekend, coming up. and the commute is light right now, but there are still issues that will affect your roadways whether they're opened or closed. i'll clarify some of what you're hearing about coming up.

breaking news we're following for you on this thurz morning into our newsroom. pg&e is confirming to us one of their workers died while helping first responders to fires in solano county. utility is not releasing any more details at this point. we're keeping a very close eye on the fires that are burning in solano and napa counties. more than 100,000 acres have burned. 170 structures damaged or destyecontainment for that fire. in the meantime, in santa cruz county overnight more homes destroyed as the fire there

burns closer to the santa cruz city limits. track all the fire s on air and online and download our free nbc bay area app. in the meantime, another fire that is burning above the hills in san jose. take a look at this. live pictures. you can see it in the distance. the scu complex fire. that is downtown san jose. you can actually see the fire burning. of course, the smoke is so thick, especially in the south bay. the fires burning up near the lick observatory. no word on any evacuation orders but we have reported bob redell is live near allen rock. evacuations in the hills of that area this morning. get you updated with all the latest. >> certainly this morning people waking up to temperatures cooler than they have been in the past but, kari, not a lot of relief when it comes to the hot

temperatures today. >> not for the inland areas. changes near the coast. even through the past few minutes. the fog rolled into san francisco and we can barely see anything. as we look over towards walnut creek, we're also seeing the thick smoke overhead so another day where we have unhealthy air quality, but we're also going to see temperatures just slightly cooler as we go into the low 60s to start. we'll see temperatures in the upper 70s by 11:00 and eventually with those highs in the mid 90s, still going to be hot with concord, as well as antioch reaching 95 degrees. 93 in napa and santa rosa. san jose will reach into the upper 80s. this is still above normal in terms of temperatures. and we're still looking at the same weather pattern with this high pressure just slightly moving back and forth and allowing for some of that marine layer and the coastal fog to redevelop and also provide some relief for our coastal areas. but as we go into next week, we are going to be watching for the possibility that our humidity could increase, as well as the potential for some of that more of that dry lightning that we

had sparked by a weakening tropical system. but as of right now, it looks like that stays just to the south of us. as we watch what is happening with hurricane genevieve, this is over cobbo right now as a category 1 hurricane just off the coast and seeing the impacts. as we go into the next few days, this may continue to weaken and get picked up into the high pressure and brought very close to the bay area and, once again, by the end of the weekend and early next week, we are watching for those impacts. meantime, just high and dry and we try to get some containment on the wildfires. the morning temperatures should come down just slightly into the low 60s and for the afternoons we're still reaching into the low to mid 90s. for san francisco, this is where we catch the relief. the return of the morning fog means that we'll see temperatures reaching into the low 70s and highs in the mid 70s throughout the weekend. mike, we have people evacuating, roads closed and also the morning commute. >> that's right. so, the morning commute right

now we'll cross that off on the list, that's the first thing. look at the map over my shoulder where we have 130 that will be on your right side as you see it full on the screen. that's mt. hamilton roadway getting up towards the observatory. that's the roadway that has been closed many stretches from san jose all the way out east so that will be a factor past the county line because of those fires. if you hear highway 130. alan rock road which is also 130 and that is open to the area without any problem. do be careful. if you're told to evacuate, be calm, keep it cool and make sure everybody gets away out there because you've been given notice. that's why they're issuing the evacuation orders for the areas. highway 1 to highway 9 you saw that through the south bay. 116 up in the north bay, laura, those may change. may be reopenings as early as 9:00 a.m. for the north bay. >> thank you very much, mike. 4:52.

happening now. firefighters have lost a little bit of the ground that they made trying to fight the lake fire. this is the one that is burning in l.a. county near santa clarita. the fire there has burnedea contained. it's also 300tures remain threatened. democratic vp nominee harris tweeted her concerns about california's wildfires saying when i visited firefighters in california who were battling the camp fire some who had lost their own home i was struck by their sheer bravery and commitment to protecting the communities they serve. thinking of all the firefighters in california and their families right now. well, the giants and the a's went ahead with the game last night and that's despite those smoky skies out there. coming up for you, a look at potential impacts the fires could have on future games.

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welcome back, everyone. the nfl already acknowledging the help that may be needed in the season like no other. well, the league is formulating an advisory committee of former

coaches, players and gms. the group will be leaned on to help decide potentially dicy issues like postponing or canceling game due to the pandemic to avoid any potential conflicts of interest. the nfl is also not ruling out the possibility of a post-season bubble. both the giants and the a's decided to play ball last night, despite those smoky skies. for the record, they both won their games, but each team they have home games scheduled through the end of the weekend and until the giants, they have that until next thursday. while it's possible those games could be postponed, if the air quality index calls for it, both teams will take the wait and see approach. well, coming up for you here on "today in the bay" we continue to monitor the fiery conditions across the bay area. more homes have been destroyed and there's word of a death tied now to one fire. straight ahead, live team coverage continues on the very

tough conditions crews are facing along the front lines.

the wildfires for people whose homes are now in the way. now for a second night in a row. as you know, these fires are burning from the sounorth bay t the south bay fillingwi ash and.

another very busy morng. mornint 4:00 a.m. to berght development. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. mike is keeping an eye on that commute because a lot of closures out there. we want to start with meteorologist kari hall. kari, talk to us about this picture behind you. >> yeah, so, we have access to a lot of cameras around the bay area that shows what's going on and this was another camera that was in the santa cruz mountains, bonny doon and this was the image taken before midnight and now we don't have that camera to keep an eye on what is happening in the santamountains. but our weather conditions are not favorable for this, a lot of these fires around the bay area that continue to burn because our temperatures are still very warm. humidity has come up just slightly but also seeing some very dry air as we look at the fires coming over closer to mt. hamilton, as well as a