from the massive wildfire burning some 6,000 a. and lake counties are allowed to return to their homes. >> darya: let's give you the latest on this, you can see the incredible of fumes coming from this area is so hot there. firefighters are having a tough time in the heat and the wind. this fire at this time is about 25 percent contained. we are standing by for new numbers to, we will have that live, we will also learn that a briefing will happen in about 50 minutes we are waiting for those new numbers. we have a positive development people out of fire is away from the valley area, that as we're about 400 homes have been evacuated, those residents are being allowed to go back in. >> darya: earlier yesterday the entire highway in this

area was shut down. utility crews from pg&e are in the area. cal fire is public information officer says that although residents are allowed to go back to their home, the fire did come dangerously close. >> the residents will return to blacken soil all around them, their homes are safe to go back to. we did have three structures that were burned that we do not know exactly what they work. there were hundreds of homes in the path of this fire. the conditions seem to work against us. >> darya: at this point they still have not pinpointed the cause of the fire. >> mark: those fires are burning several miles apart from each other but they're treating this as one incident. the wye is burning just to the east of

clear oaks. that is where we had the 400 + evacuation of the residents allowed to return to their home. now farther to the east we have walker fire that has burned 2,000 a.. containment on that is inching up to 20%. >> mark: we have pictures to show you, you can see the thick flames and smoke that is building up. the smoke has really been pushing up through the lower parts of the atmosphere it has been intense heat with temperatures of over 100 degrees for the last few days. now let us talk with erica, we see some pictures that viewers have been sending in. >> erica: today temperatures

could reach 105 degrees. we are anticipating triple digits. we are monitoring the fire and it looks like temperatures are around 80 degrees with relatively low humidity. all of that dry air and smoke and low winds prove to be unfavorable conditions as firefighters tried to get a handle on this. >> darya: officials say the state of california will be looking into the chevron refinery fire in richmond. they say will be a few more days until it is safe for them to go and enter collecting evidence. >> darya: the remaining work should be done by the end of the week once they're in there, cal show will gather evidence and likely conduct off site testing of the pipes. already they have been interviewing employees and reviewing company records. >> there is always work

that is going on. we want to look at past history and focus on that to see what was done, when it was done, how would was done and looking at the personnel that conducted the work. >> darya: once the physical evidence is collected chevron could be allowed to restart the crew unit number four that went up in flames. ben lust for stickout osha's approval. --they must first get the approval from cal old shell. --cal osha. >> darya: now here is the video from yesterday this is the shell refinery the fire was knocked out and about 10 minutes. a health advisory was issued for parts of martinez they say they do not know yet if oil production will be affected. >> and is too costly to

know the impact of this on our oil refinery will access the damage and correct this as quickly as we can. we will also investigate because of the fire. -- investigate the cause of the fire. >> mark: we will hear from caltrans about questions raised over falsified quality concrete test. >> mark: this hearing comes after an internal engineering team found modified test data on several bridges including the new bridge here. caltrain has defended the bridge and says that it is safe. >> mark: operators of the electricity grid in california are announcing another flex alert. >> mark: the alert is in

effect from 11 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.. from that time on, all customers are asked to keep their thermostats at 70 degrees or higher. >> darya: let us check in with erica to see what is on tap for today. >> erica: this will be a another hot day but i do not think we will be in the triple digits. and maybe a little chilly if you are situated along the coastline. right now we have conditions and mount tancam but overall we have clear conditions from this vantage point we do have some areas of dense fog that goes along the coastline. in the afternoon temperatures could climb into the upper 90s. i will break down the numbers and have a look at your seventh then the other day forecast coming up in my next report. now we have traffic with george. >> george: good morning erica, here at the bay

bridge toll plaza we have an easy trip to the west bound upper deck. in the east bay, you will find some slowing for highway 4 through antioch. for the rest of the bay area we are still looking at like traffic conditions with no back ups or delays. >> justine: just in to the kron4 newsroom u.s. retail sales rose in july by a the largest amount in five months. it was helped by more spending on automotive, and clothing. >> justine: this increase followed three months of decline, retail sales are at $404 billion for the month of july. the plan on talking with our financial expert robert black coming up later this hour. >> darya: thanks a lot, we will be back with more in a couple of minutes.

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>>darya: have people that try to go back into their homes to you think they will find it a piece some areas where their homes have gotten chard. >> i do not have specific numbers for you. you could have good news but there may be some property that have some dry. >>mark: any information about containment? >> do we have a briefing sometime this morning. >> these to the worst firefighting conditions to

have seen. temperatures are over 100 greece. -- 100 greece. 100 degrees. we have crews from all over the state and from the bay area. we have crews from all the surrounding counties. right now our resources are sacred. we're in not ordering any more fire engines. our resources are stable.

highway 20 was affected. they are escorting people through that area. >>darya: we will wait for the very latest and then call you back. he thinks is going to be more than 6,000 a. burned. >>mark: it is just incredibly high especially in the north county. let's go to at >>erica: convene 105 degrees. there are light rinse that are not helping conditions.

the satellite ratios is where the cloud cover is headed. there are clear conditions for a inland communities. check out half moon bay. visibility is at 0. will continue to monitor cloudy conditions until the afternoon. here are the afternoon highs. i do enacting you will see a any triple digits for it eastland inland valleys. and '70s at the bay shoreline.

and the kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows no '90s whatsoever as we head into the weekend. >>george: your we are looking at a pretty good ride round area. we're checking our bridge as a check at the toll plaza of the bay bridge pin the metering lights are active and the westbound direction . san mateo bit bridge drive is a light. the you the golden gate bridge is a light and easy ride there are no delays across the span >> was taken of the traffic

map. no problems with the west bound leader in you. as san ramon valley is completely clear. their team won minutes out of the optima past in dublin. the north bay ride through marin is delay free. >>mark: there is a wild fire and washington state. look at his home on fire. if fire broke out as a day in the afternoon. 80 mi. east of seattle. and no injuries reported. the cause is still under investigation. >>darya: at a stand it tests

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some of the weather had line showed it is cool to hot depending upon where you are. tamara there will be very little change in the forecast. and it looks like we are heading in the direction of a cooling trend. we will get into the details during my next report. >>george: the 17 minutes from dublin alan walnut creek. -- 17 minutes from dublin and out of walnut creek in. the peninsula rides and the north bay commute are light and easy ride. >>mark: kron 4 solo reporter jackie sizzle is

and oakland hills. >>jackie: and annie dillard has been issued -- can enter and g. e. laird has been issued-- there is a potential for brownouts and blackouts. try not to do loads of laundry. undies flex days there is only a about 1,000 mw of power. it is going to be worn today. if you can come and save the power where you can. >>darya: we want to give you

the latest on the fires that are burning in lake county. they have earned 7,000 a.. they have 30 percent containment. actually it is to fires. there is another positive development. the fires are moving away from spring valley where it is very concentrated with homes. parts of highway 20 is still close or actually police escorting people through. yesterday's the entire highway 20 will shutdown.

it is a very hot area and wind. utility. crews are out there. last night, people had to spend the night at the senior center on cots provided by the red cross. we talked to one family about what it was like to get the order to leave. >> they went from maybe you need to leave to we need to leave now. we destruct everything locked the doors and left. it went from a little bit of it led to a obvious glow with flames.

it is like a war zone driving through there. the telephone lines were sizzle in. pine cones were flying and structures they usually resides on the side of the road when there anymore. >>mark: remember we are talking about to fires that they are treating as one. the wye fire is closest to the lake. that fire is burning away from the homes. then this is the walker fire which is about 10 mi. away.

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>>mark: record order is heading to governor brown's desk. -- a court order. the shutdown sparked the glove will's free speech. >>mark: a lot of luxury cars to not make the grade. a lot of luxury in and near luxury cars jane that hold up to safety standards pi.

take a look at the test outcomes. the institute institute says that the air bags may not off in time or may not extend far enough into the vehicle. >>darya: credit reporting agencies, trans union says that average credit-card debt was close to $5,000. it is a 6% more than the previous year. a new survey finds that checking accounts are getting more expensive.

banks are encouraging all kinds of -- banks are increasing all kinds of fees. that includes a minimum balance to avoid a service fee. you have to have a lot of money in your account if you're going to get free checking. >>mark: and in the energy now accounts for 32%. -- wi8nnd power is about twice as expensive as natural gas. white house officials say

that extending the credit is something that they're looking for president obama to do because it is about ready to expire. digamma >>darya: and looks like you can get across the road pretty easily pin. the road is running smoothly. we very back. we will be right back.

@ >>darya: the big stories that we are falling. we have new numbers about the size of wild fires are burning and lake counties. then 7,000 a. started and 30 percent containment. the firefighters are having a difficult time because it is so hot. >> a corroded pipe that was

responsible for the lead at the fire at the refinery cleared it was a look that being replaced a year ago but instead they said it was capable of another five years of service. that was the result of the fireball that sent smoke over the neighborhoods. they did examining and in october and determined and may need to be replaced. >> cal track and -- caltrans has been in a hearing defending the rights of the supports of the bay bridge in.

>>mark: on here is rob black. let's talk about home depot. sideway -- housing is going sideways. this is positive. so if that happens you intend to improve your home a little bit. this is pretty good with people spending. no we are not in another recession >> coupon is a low-margin business did and that they

have inventory. he says that's inventories are level. >>mark: let's talk about retail sales. it seems like mostly big ticket items. >>rob: if you include auto and gas and retail sales were up nine tenths of 1%. there again people are talking about the recession forces cassette sales are up 30%. it is a very long been a retail environment.

then you have some company show good numbers and then you get places like j.c. penney showing a bad number. in is all good management. >> >>mark: when you see france coming out of 0 percent note and gross national product. i guess we are not a trace of that. >>darya: let's get that erica for the weather. >>erica: as you take a look outside, nbc and cloud cover and some drizzle. -- we can see cloud cover

and in some drizzle. it is mostly the '50s and '60s around the area right now. let's take a look and afternoon highs. looks like we could see in the '90s for fairfield its bird and antioch. in the central a we seem of wide range of '80s. if you're going to the giants' game in looks like the temperatures will be in the mid-60s at 7:15 p.m.. as the it went into tomorrow and thursday we will see temperatures start to slide a couple degrees. will have a look at kron 4 7 day around the bay the forecast coming out.

you can get kron 4 forecast any time at comcast can no 193. -- comcast channel 193. >>george: heat we are already starting to slow o the 80 over crossing. i have seen the metering lights slow down. it is starting to cause down from the west bound bay bridge. san mateo bridge is a problem free. a un the golden gate bridge fog is the only issue here. let's go to the traffic maps pin the drive time is 19 minutes for 80.

580 is quite heavy coming out of the altamont pass this morning in. 17 is a heavy ride because of some southbound problems. but it is the ec commute from our ran on 101 southbound.

>>mark: we have the latest numbers coming in from the wild fire. >> why your child snoring could be a trigger a problem. >> we will be talking to world according to gary and just a few minutes.

>>mark: evacuations of lifted for the fires that is covering more than 6,000 a.. there are more than two files that are burning their clearly. here they are on google birth. as some residents are allowed to to return. there is a stretch of highway 20 where police are escorting residents over. 10 mi. to the east is of the walker fire. both of these fires are being caught in a coordinated effort by calfire.