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two tropical storms coming to the gulf coast. forecasters saying they are much ofheinican new evacuations a across the bay area, who is being told to get out and those refusing to leave their homes. >> if we see a flame of any sort coming over that ridge we are out of here. >> many people unsure if their home are still out with our anit 23rd. good morning, i am emily turner. a red flag warning went into effect for the entire bay area and central coast. >> that doesn't expire until 5:00 in the evening tomorrow so
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it is a long stretch of time. great day on the lake! but i want to narrow down the it is. lunch is cookin'! and i saved a bunch of money on my boat insurance with geico. window, later tonight into sunday evening and monday fellas, can it get any better than this? morning that is when the whoa! ingredients come together for another round of thunderstorms. right now it is 30% and growing. my old haiso did mine.ba [80's music] in other words it is looking what? i was an 80's kid. more likely than it did last night. it is not on ly the concern for dry lightning. 60 milesou gustsomg thetorms wie flames in chaotic and unpredictable ways. you can't predict the direction when you get a down burst from the thunderstorm. much more on that coming up. i will leave you with the way it
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looks and feels. if you are getting out on a sunday, and air quality from moderate to unhealthy. the specifics on that coming up. new information about evacuation orders. people living east are being ordered to leave. if you are in the red zone the evacuation orders are in place. warnings remain in place outside of pleasanton and cal fire is warning residents to be ready you may have to evac > more than a welcome back. thousand square miles have republic are on high alert for time now is 6:28. burned. in our coverage it begins with the fires in the north bay. the top issue is the red tropical storm laura, the alert was issued for the florida key flag warning.
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>> just east of the fire, i will start off with the map as a well. and the times but i want to get strike teams from san francisco more specific than the broad brush of what the red flag another tropical storm marco, it to gilroy moved in positioned warning says in itself. here is what the it says. for the night. is expected to become a 5 a.m., the entire anyway area ready to protect homes. hurricane sunday and laura homes that are supposed to be hurricane strength by tuesday or wednesday. each storm could make wen into a red flag warning. landfall near new orleans by the empty. >> look outs check the ridge start of the week. biohny new weather conditions are right for flames. residents below told to go but, that fires can start and spread rapidly. there is a particular period of many are waiting to see the concern for sunday night, being tonight through monorning flames themselves. >> rob and his family left isedhuerstorms.0% chance for vaccine to help create antibodies against the their home earlier this week and came back for their cats. coronavirus. meing, more dry lightng and the phase 1 and 2 trials have the possibility of gusty erratic >> it makes them happier and us winds. i will show you what that looks showed good results. too. >> rob, a retirede ge, but is like coming up. after immunization most but this is the takeaway people developed the antibodies headline. within a month. that is concern number one. waiting. >> if we see a flame of any into the overnight hours as we get into the afternoon and sort, we are out of here. the trials involved a thousand >> his truck evening hours tonight into early volunteers. university students monday morning, more for returning to campus in wuhan isolated thunderstorms, in terms only road out. of your sunday morning this is he leaves fruits and veggies out china where the pandemic began.
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for n concern now for the view from the tower looking to insure safety a number of east. you can't see the east bay, firefighters is the weather, with stronger winds and universities taking extra there is no marine layer, there is haze and smoke from the air lightning in the forecast, that precautions. could change things here quality, and it is still some students must register when dramatically. unhealthy for parts of the bay, entering and leaving campus. it is a little better than students are also required to in hillsburg, kpix 5. an e register their final destination yesterday but still unhealthy day to be outside and breathing and means of travel. in the area pretty much bay area wide. we will be back with the rest of vacuation for in half aexperimental concert. the forecast in a few minutes. moon bay and many people wondering if they have a home to return to. >> the number of evacuees >> it is all in the name of science, 1500 people gathered wondering if their homes are >> there istste for a live performance in an still standing, t wait and hope. >> i know so many people arena, every o progress to report. -- [ crying ] they have to leave their homes, now 5% contained and it is brutal. new information here in just the not knowing if you will ever see of the arena that people crowd. last 10 minutes. 125 structures have now been it again. >> taking down more structures >> we tested all participants lost. and about 77,000 peep evacuated. tonight totaling at least 115. >> in the north bay, the
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>> they have lost their homes in advance. 48 hours in advance. so that we know that people who wildfires have covered more than some of them lost their animals. 500 square miles. >> officials collectively they are just 15% t i more static and it is are participating are negative on thursday or friday. contained. >> researchers hope they can more and buildings damaged or destroyed. not moving and advancing to the use this data to find ways to pace it was the past few days. new evacuations ordered west of bring back big events safely. highway 101 and including the coming up, firefighters >> steve nickels captured this making progress on the fires section of hillsburg. burning in the santa cruz video as they barely escaped with their dogs and cats. mountains. over a hundred buildings we found people packing up >> they couldn't get past this already lost. road block to check their homes. >> someone went up the prepared to leave. >> for the last several days we are working on the wind out of following morning and said your the north/north west and that is why the warnings are i house stands. >> that was days go, tonight for the russia river community. the southwest and pushing to ing 24,000 structures remain threatened as hundreds of firefighters join the fight. >> we are grateful we got the to the north and up through
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warning from the helicopter windser. because if they didn't show up i >> up and down the western side of 101, this is another day to think we might have been trapped. >> what are you thankful for? know your evacuation zone. >> to be alive. we made out with our animals. we are hoping to get through the by the grace of god our home next three days. come out okay on the other side. >> now is the time to clear out with the anticipation that fire still stands. crews willg in. >> so, our main concern is for >> this could all change with the red flag warning going into them and their safety and to get out of their way so they can do an effect and national guard members being trained and could their job. join the fight in the coming >> cal fire laying the ground work. and we have shown you the heavy days. in hon bay.>ewe big basis ctetroyed by air attack north west ofalsdbu z the fire and redwood trees hundreds of years old still-burning. esiallprepareeight now is where on saturday governor newsom is the system moving through
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got a look at the damage caused exactly. not only the lightning but the by the fire. this is on the same day the weather conditions that come president approved the disaster with the thunderstorms. and you down drafts and winds declaration to the state. that will potentially play into hew we operate. >> that was wilson walker reporting. >> now to a stunning rescue in >> if you don't believe in climate change, come to california. this is from today. rio vista, firefighters spotted and is a small part of the 600 fires we are battling this week. a couple struggling to evacuate. >> he started his morning with úkitchen setup, the non-profit he was crawling on all 4s and lighto b it was them inkim thern feeding firefighters, first responders and residents impacted by the evacuations. sharing a shot of the moving. >> 54-year-old jim robinson was crawling down the side of lightning complex damage and another view of it from the air. highway 128. badly burned and using a flash the third largest wildfire in california history. >> we have more people but it light to find help. is not enough. >> i could tell he was burned.
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we have more air support. but it is still not eh. second to third and that is why wecandng f 10 over the majority of his body. >> when they jumped out, robinson refused help until they found his girlfriend karen who states. was hiding out nearly a mile . reinforcements started arriving yesterday. doubling the number of personnel assigned to the lnu complex. i could hear her crying and the state's second largest moneying aning for help. wildfire. meanwhile president trump we knew she was alive. >> 40 minutes of searching she weighing in -- >> they have to clean the was found clutching a suit case. severely injured. >> grabbed her hand that was forecast. many, many years of leaves and broken trees, they are so severely burned and pulled her flammable. you touch them and they go up. up the hill. i have been telling them for 3 hery a bac tohe tck two were rushed te years but they don't want to listen. >> despite the comment ss hospital. >> for jim's only reason the couple survived. >> i told them, thank you, if
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governor newsom said he almost always responds favorablely when it comes to the state's needs. it wasn't for you probably wouldn't be alive today. >> it is unclear when the couple early saturday, the sonoma evacuated they hope it drives county sheriff department got the call -- home an important message. >> if you live in an area prone >> these firefighters lives certainly would have been in to wildfire have a plan and danger. >> you see how close it s. leave when advised. the napa county sheriffs >> yeah, man, thank you for office shared this video early coming up. >> the fire is just 5% yesterday, it is unclear how contained. many homes were destroyed. here is a birds's eye view of daily cities opened their the fire. you canhe flames ravaging doors. these llamas, 50s goats and a horse all staying there, their another neighborhood. shifting winds have people in sonoma county on edge. homes were evacuated. volunteers have also helping with pets and new evacuation orders were announced on saturday. live stock. a ranch owner in morgan hill is >> to the south we are getting
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a fresh look at the damage from temporarily housing 40 horses. the czu lightning complex fire. >> so many people in need you might be wondering how can i this video is from the boulder creak area, and more homes went up in flames ynd help? kpix is joining with the red overnight. some people are celebrating the cross hosting a telethon. stay with us for coverage of the victories within the larger fires and the list o battle. >> a small fire turned to a big threat this morning. evacuations on kpix.com. seth smith was about to flames surrounding the property. about a dozen volunteer firefighters and the fire start his third year in college and department spent hours putting was shot in the head. it out. some residents who refused to >> after 2 months of heart evacuate jumped in to help. >> along with the on site break the smith family finally maiges up here got answers. for 4 days pretty much without sleep. we were are pretty much on our >> i am calmer knowing that we own for a while. couldn't get cal fire up here, now know someone that would be behaving in this kind of violent so they helped us all day horrific way is off of the yesterday. we saved a lodge and about 20
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street. >> i talked to seth's mom, cabins. feeling some relief but the >> a small victory after flames heavy question lingering. why would anyone do this to her destroyed multiple homes in near son. by boulder creek. >> it is a roller coaster. a young college student simply we find hope and we see out for a walk. >> he never met this person. devastation. >> fast moving flames chased they had no altercations, no paths that crossed ever to my this family out of their home. staying at a hotel not sure if knowledge. i honestly have no idea . they have a home to go back to. >> we are in shock. >> it, you have to care. >> some hotels near the santa this is a young boy's life, you cruz boardwalk, filled with have to care. >> from one mom to another. she wanted to show support for evacuees. the smith family and get seth's roughly 70 people staying at the killer off of the street. civic auditorium. they go through a coronavirus >> if this can happen to seth screening process and going out for a walk, it can temperature checks. >> mentally it is terrible. happen to any of them. we stand to lose everything we >> an open space that feels have, couple with the pandemic empty until can fill it with it is like a double whammy.
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the facts but there is always >> many evacuees are trying to stay positive. >> i am happy to be alive. the additional empty space to where seth belongs. what i am seeing people helping >> so far berkeley police have not offered details about the is bringing tears to my eyes. person in custody. 2 people death and a >> there is a third group of sacramento county sheriffs deputy in critical condition in fires in the east foothills of result of a shooting a. morgan hill. this plume of smoke over the 29-year-old fatally shot a women coast. collectively 2 dozens fires n and turned the gun on the deputy. >> the caller stated her who sha covering 30 square miles. 5 buildings burned to the ground restraining order against had a gun and was inside of the and one structure that has been resident. she stated that he pointed the gun at her. deputies arrived minutes later spared is the ub. and recognized an individual who >> wildfire smoke extended the they believed to be the suspect. spare the air alert through wednesday.
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poor air quality is expected to >> deputies are not confirming tdoo impacts on the east baywies the relationship between the victim and suspect at this stage. nasa is monitoring an tri asteroid that will come close to they have to choose between a earth right before the november election. ♪ their health and livelihood. >> the air is horrible. at some point we might have to close. >> this is the worst air you can breathe in. if some of the workers have asthma for example, you know,he wl verta sta inde closed. they also recommend air purifiers and conditioning to keep outside air moving from outside inside.
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city officials say traffic could become an issue and beach goers could interfere with first responders. >> don't think we gave muches it is another hit. but we are very concerned about our maybe iters neighbors to the south. >> beaches are expected to reopen tomorrow morning. still to come, the house passes $25 billion in funding for the postal service. but will it make it through the senate? >> a coffee company owned by t ♪ firefighters helping fire victims. like cordless phones. ♪ i'm always pushing through ♪ i know we'll make it to the finish line ♪ ♪ i know you're waiting on the other side ♪ ♪ i'm like you on-demand glucose monitoring.
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life. unquestionably the quality of airn a other factor is a couple ways to loo it in s moment, in other words what are the censors reading at exactly right now and a more important way to look at it is to average it out and that is the forecast for today. for right now let's look at where it stands in the south bay creeping back up to the plain old unhealthy category, you see that in the shades of red and purple. get ie nasty stuff. greens and yellows are good. the last 12 hours has been some of the best air and you had over the last 4 days, coming over to the east bay,f g andye le of unhealthy air. looks great in the city and okay
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in the far east bay, you get to the isolated valleys and the air has been trapped. but if you start to get up nevado. this is the forecast for today. oranges and red. unhealthy for sensitive groups y. thising.e for the rest shows a ow and the smoke out. watch this red flare, you are and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. experiencing this this afternoon and evening as smoke comes off one )- lt s this device to increase s lume on your cell phone. visirightnow of the fire. or call other locatio during business hours.
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improvement. 80 for most spots in the bay. the house passed legislation to provide billions these numbers are 5 to 7 degrees of dollars of funding to the above average. it is warm but we are not stuck in the heat wave. postal service. democrats say it is needed to the left overs from genevieve. protect the election. see that line rightren, that isd republicans slammed the legislation. to tonight at 8:00 and we can the bill passed mainly along take that line of showers and partly lines but 2 dozen march it across the bay area, republicans joined democrats in voting for the measure. this is tomorrow morning 1:20 and we see the yellow and orange, those are the thunderstorms, watch the time i think my colleagues on stamp. from 1:20 on monday, this gets us to 6:20. there is another one. so we have a 4e fe on the both sides of the aisle will be insured it is going to toannl sm stinotes tou mail. north by now that we are close >>ct t testify before the enough to the event the models are able to resolve out some fine details, and it looks more
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housersightommittee likely than it did yesterday as tomorrow. the air quality is probably we get into early morning hours we will see a few pop up item number one when it comes to how the weather and atmosphere thunderstorms across the bay will impact your life today. area, most likely in the north you can look at the detailed bay and predawn hours. reports coming up in. 60 miles per hour gusts from the these are the right now air bottom of the storms. quality readings. >> the chief difference in fact wilt likely change. between this sunday and last the south bay, we have issues, sunday is no lightning. but we are not out of the woods, but it looks like north bay is see these reds and purples. where you focus? >> that is the takeaway for the air is unhealthy and even now, the details will probably zaous. gond the closerhe bas ofir whern shift a little as they did with that last system. that is good summary of what we up the the qtyif you get to thet are looking at. >> thank you. >> is monitoring an better air quality. the east bay, a lot of yellow, asteroid that will come close to except for the line of purple earth before the november and red on the base of the hills election. it was first where it is piling up and it is
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identi i2018. really unfortunate for those who live against the base of the nasa officials say there is a hills. low probability of it h coming . expect the air quality to go down hill again this afternoon. i will show you why in a second. sonoma county it looks okay, but today, no matter the readings. looking ahead. the f today is unhealthy, if you want more details i have plenty of things to show you. it clears out immediate area in the delta but the fire f at plume o smoke ddht the lot takeaway, and we are still in this. but air quality is going down this afternoon.
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as far as daytime highs, low 90s far inland. 5 to 7 degrees above average. let's get to the headline. the remanence of the tropical storm breaking apart and walks the line of showers our way, look at the time stamp, this is 8:00 tonight. we are already seeing the showers having popped up across the bay area by this evening. playing this forward into the overnight hours, look for the yellow, the bulls eyes, that is one 1:20 in the morning and by the 7:00 hour we will perhaps see things quiet down but that was differentha min ago. so it is important not to get too tied to the specifics. but this evening through monday
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scattered thunderstorms are more likely, more dry lightning and gusty erratic winds probably even the bigger factor when they wis me t of the firefightersty and potentially for the rest of us because this could mean more smoke where we live. so, keep your fingers crossed and we will keep a close eye on the forecast. >> we mentioned this too. i was driving up to san francisco, the smell test. i began to smell it when i hit about the airport. >> how interesting. yep. it will change, right? you may have a different experience going home. >> the wind may shift and blow it some place else. >> that is how it will go. >> a company owned by firefighter giving victims. it is called roast for relief and they are collecting donations for people who lost
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everything in these fires. >> we lost everything. more importantly my mom and dad lost everything . that is devastating and i don't think you think things happen to you like that until it does. >> making a difference for all of the families effected by the fire. >> their goal is to raise $75,000 for local families for more stories like this you can go to kpix.com/together. the latest on the impacts from the pande
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against the trump administration. challenging the ban of the app in the u.s. tiktok said they tried to work with the feds but encountered a lack of due process. family and friends of a richmond police officer who died from covid-19 is trying to raise funds to cover his funeral costs tom homas is said to have contracted the virus on the job. so far the fundraiser for his funeral raised $9,000g ensuing s are sparking concern over coronavirus spikes. >> classes in a pandemic -- >> i wanted the full experience i won't be getting, but it is what it is. >> the first lessons students
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may learn. what not to do. alarms rang overrowded andan de's student nr put it bluntly, don't make us write obituaries. the coach questioning how he will keep football players safe from returning classmates. >> i love the idea of student athlete in that order and it is difficult for me to reconcile having football players on ground and no other students on grounds. >> in tennessee, playing, b notf game. today as feared, health officials linking infections to motor cycle rally in south
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dakota. so, the first race was empty. >> the lights of the great white way remain dark. 15 million saw broadway shows last year. now thousands out of work.
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this morning cal fire said the visitor center of the big basin state park has been destroyed and threatening historic redwood trees some thousands of years old.
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residents have been told to evaluate and evacuations orders in napa, lake and sonoma counties. the scu complex fire made up of nea fires, burning more se miles. 20,000 buildings are threatened. governor newsom visited some of the fire -- >> two firefighters rescued in the north bay early on saturday, they were trapped on rage along the national sea shore. the fire burned about 2500 acres and is about 5% contained. okay, the snap shot on what to expect during the next round of thunderstorms, tonight through monday morning. for right now, is about as
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specific as we should get. the odds look promising it will actually play out. the biggest risk is probably the strong winds at the base of the thunderstorms, but of course you can't over look the fact that dry lightning could mean new fires starting on top of what we are looking at. much more throughout the die day and by the time we go back on the air at 5:00 and 6:00 we will have more on that. >> thank you so for joing us. >> stay safe. remember there is a red flag warning. rit.ant toed evethingns jus captio me possible
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