(marty) people in the north bay are anxious to return home -- or start the rebuilding process. as 10-thousand firefighters are now battling the wildfires. (marty) good morning, i'm marty gonzalez. here is the latest information on the wildfires. 40 people have

died in the fires. there were calmer winds overnight and there are no new manditory evacuation orders. the latest update from the sonoma county sheriff is that they have found three more bodies. that brings the number of dead there to 22. in napa county two more bodies were found in a home... the total there now is six dead. the number of structures and homes destroyed stands at 57-hundred. in santa rosa alone... more than 28-hundred houses have been wiped out by fire. (marty) you're looking at cal fire's map of the north bay fires... here's the latest. cal fire tweeting at about 6:40 this morning that the atlas fire in napa and solano counties has burned more 51-thousand acres and is now 56-percent contained. the nuns fire in sonoma county has burned more than 46- thousand acres and is 10- percent contained. the tubbs fire in napa county has burned over 35-thousand acres

and is 50-percent contained. and in sonoma county...the pocket fire has burned over 11- thousand acres and is 15- percent contained. (marty) the newest evacuation advisory is in santa rosa. fire officals are asking people who live in the area shown here to leave. that will help in the firefighting efforts. but, at this time... lives are not in immediate danger. also... we have heard an area near coffey park is no longer under a mandatory evacuation order. we have the latest information up right now on kron4 dot com. ( marty ) fires are still burning in santa rosa. let's go live now to camila bernal -- who is just off highway 12 -- with the latest... (camila) ( marty ) thanks ( marty ) thanks camila.

we want to go now to cal fire p-i-o. jaime williams for an update. (marty) here's a live look at

conditions outside... still smoky out there. dave, what's the latest. (dave)dry, gusty offshore winds will continue to produce critical fire weather conditions across the north

and east bay hills through mid morning. winds will decrease in all areas by late morning. otherwise expect a warm day regionwide today and again on monday. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. there is a good chance of rain across our entire forecast area from thursday into early friday as an early season pacific weather system moves into california.

(marty) we'll be right back with more fire coverage.

the atlas fire destroyed more than 100 homes in the silverado resort area of napa. this was bill and janice mathis' home... the three bedroom, three bath home reduced to ashes. napa county search and rescue teams are meticulously combing through debris. the silverado resort escaped major damage... but strong winds downed power lines all over the grounds. since the

fire broke out a week ago, over 300-thousand customers have lost power. but as of yesterday, power has been restored to over 90-percent of areas. janice mathis/ napa county: "in this moment, i'm realizing you don't put your boots on and your gloves on and go sift through stuff. there's nothing to sift through."> (marty) at least four people have died as a result of the atlas fire so far. (dave) a look at weather when we return. (vo) dogs have evolved, but their nutritional needs remain instinctual. that's why there's purina one true instinct. nutrient-dense, protein-rich, real meat number one. this is a different breed of natural nutrition. purina one, true instinct.

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( marty ) here's dave with weather. (dave) dry, gusty offshore winds will continue to produce critical fire weather conditions across the north and east bay hills through mid morning. winds will decrease in all areas by late morning. otherwise expect a warm day regionwide today and again on monday. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. there is a good chance of rain across our entire forecast area from thursday into early friday as an early season pacific weather system moves into california.

(marty) governor jerry brown and

california's two u-s senators were in sonoma county saturday... for a first hand look at the fire damage. all three say they are stunned by the devastation and want to do what they can to help the victims. kron four's charles clifford has more from santa rosa. natssaturday afternoon, governor jerry brown along with u.s. senators dianne feinstein and kamala harris, were given a tour of and briefing on fire fighting efforts across the region. sot this is truly one of the greatest if not the greatest tragedy that california has ever faced.sotit destroys subdivision, it destroys wild places, it shows no favoritism, it just moves.sot and it highlights the danger that fires present. it's unpredicatable. it's not

logical in the way that it burns.the senators also said they would work to help those who have lost their homes, mainly through beefing up fema resources.sotthe dollars have to come. sotthere is a bill right now in the us senate, the wildfire disaster fund act, if you can believe it wildfires are not considered natural disastesr for the purpsose of fema funding. so there is some work being done. the trio also reminded everyone that these fires are far from over and that safety needs to come first.sotpeople have to be on guard and if youre asked to evacuate, please do.sotif people are told to move they need to do so. take it seriously. this is just part of the dangers that we face. (marty)(marty)

(marty) an act of bravery in napa valley is gaining noteriety on social media. kron 4's ella sogomonian has the story of two men and their bulldozers... who did their part to save hundreds of homes. as soon two locals saw flames from the windows of their napa valley homes sunday morning they headed for the hills armed with only bulldozers. sot: dan wynn, bulldozed fire break to save homes// "these are the lines we made to save that neighborhood right there." this is video of eli ponce and dan wynn who for six days bulldozed a fire break 4 miles long directing the fast moving nunns fire away from the browns valley neighborhood. sot: ella sogomonian, napa valley// "and you can imagine a really big challenge out here is the steep hilly terrain and these guys were in bulldozers in the middle of the night encircled by flames and smoke which made it really difficult for them hard to

see."ponce and wynn worked like this for six days.sot: dan wynn, bulldozed fire break for 6 days to save homes// "this fire came straight down on us it was extremely hot we bulldozed all this to put the flames out. and in this particular part we were actually in the flames to put that out. a lot of credit to my boss eli ponce he actually took his dozer and went inside there and i kind of covered a six and was watching him telling him where to move around and we were consumed by fire a couple of times out here."they refueled 6 times which wynn says runs about 900 dollars each but the reward of possibly saving thousands of homes wynn says was worth the sacrifice and the danger. sot: dan wynn, bulldozed fire break for 6 days to save homes// "it's all donated we don't expect anything from anybody we were just happy that our equipment was here and we were able to help these people."tag that tireless effort went on until finally just yesterday cal fire crews came up and relieved them taking over from where they left off. live in napa valley ella sogomonian kron 4 news. live look outside... golden gate bridge.. we'll be right back.

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north bay have caused many to lose everything. kron 4's j-r stone visited with some of them. the video coming from the north bay this week has been nothing short of devastating. monday we were there as the hilton hotel in santa rosa burned. hours earlier and a quarter of a mile away near coffee park we were broadcasting on facebook live shortly after eric schieberl learned that his house had burned to the ground.sot schieberl's neighbor feared the worst but upon arriving back to his homelearned that it had survived. coming a matter of feet from being destroyed by fire.sottuesday new evacuation orders were

given in the oakmont area of santa rosa. most there evacuated, some refused to leave. sotwe were on the frontlines as firefighters in oakmont worked to put out flames near homes in the area. unfortunately at least two homes up in the hills of oakmont burned to the ground. many left in shock wondering what to do next.sot just have to start over i guess ( marty ) ( marty ) the city of santa rosa has launched a web page where people can look up their homes and see if they survived the fire. there is a link to this map on our

website... kron4.com we'll have more after the break.

(marty) people in the north bay are anxious to return home -- or start the rebuilding process. as spreading wildfires triggered more evacuation orders yesterday.

(marty) good morning, i'm marty gonzalez. here is the latest information on the wildfires. statewide... 40 people have died. the latest update from the sonoma county sheriff is that three more bodies were found.. bringing the number of dead there to 22. napa county found two more bodies in a home... the total there is six dead. the number of structures and homes destroyed is now 57-hundred. in santa rosa alone... more than 28-hundred houses have been wiped out by fire. (marty) you're looking at cal fire's map of the north bay fires... here's the latest. cal fire tweeting at about 6:40 this morning that the atlas fire in napa and solano counties has burned more 51-thousand acres and is now 56-percent contained. the nuns fire in sonoma county has burned more than 46- thousand acres and is 10- percent contained. the tubbs fire in napa county has burned over 35-thousand acres

and is 50-percent contained. and in sonoma county...the pocket fire has burned over 11- thousand acres and is 15- percent contained. ( marty ) dave spahr is here with more on the weather. (dave) dry, gusty offshore winds will continue to produce critical fire weather conditions across the north and east bay hills through mid morning. winds will decrease in all areas by late morning. otherwise expect a warm day regionwide today and again on monday. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. there is a good

chance of rain across our entire forecast area from thursday into early friday as an early season pacific weather system moves into california. ( marty ) during the devastating wildfires, the city of santa rosa lost one of its fire houses. firefighters thought the building was fire- proof. it turns out that was not the case. earlier this week they returned to the total

devastation to look for some very important items. kron 4's stanley roberts was there as they dug through the rubble looking for their badges and the amercian flag. ( marty )

( marty ) an evacuation advisory issued for those living off highway 12 near pythian (pithy-nn) road forced many to leave their homes. kron four's philippe djegal spoke with fire fighters and an evacuee who stayed behind to protect his home. nats- fire fighters watch in horror before heading in for battle... as smoke billows from the mountains north of highway 12... near sugar loaf ridge state park...nats- fire crews from across the state, many pulled from the nunes fire, rushed into the danger zone, that just hours earlier was issued a mandatory evacuation.rob edgar- "i'm actually staying at home -- i didn't leave." just as rob edgar says he was starting to feel like the worst was over... his home is again, in the line of fire. he says flames were shooting from the mountain, when he and his family were forced out of bed

at around 2-30 in the morning. rob edgar/lives near fire- "all of a sudden -- it was all of a sudden: lights, sirens, sheriff's, uh, highway patrol firemen banging on our doors, sirens going off, telling us to evacuate. them coming to the door, coming in our backyard, telling us to get out." his wife and three of his kids evacuated safely... while he and his youngest son stayed behind, stocking up on water to use to keep his house wet, and hopefully prevent it from burning to the ground.rob edgar/lives near fire- "it was white smoke and it was small when we went to bed, and uh, yeah, it was a shock -- absolute shock." by mid-afternoon -- cal fire says the fire had grown to 300 acres. in the thick of it... staged near homes surrounded by woods... fire fighters covered rooftops with foam to protect from flamesnats- rick crawford/lafd- "we have several air tankers, ground resources, dozers, um, and several airplanes -- fixed-winged aircraft." a 747 made several passes, dropping fire retardant on the wind-driven fire and the fire fighters themselves. some neighbors who left the area, left their sprinklers on as a last line of defense. and,

right now, rob edgar says water may be the difference between keeping his home and losing it.rob edgar/lives near fire- "i think we're kind of getting used to it, but this one here, uh, this one here, uh, kind of definitely woke us up. this one was different." and, since rob knows that his family is safe and sound at evacuation centers and with friends and family... he's going to stay back home and watch the house, until he says its so dangerous that he notices law enforcement leave. in santa rosa, philippe djegal, kron four news. live look outside... san francisco international airport.

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1-6 melina ceja / evacuate sot (crying) i am just so happy that my house is ok, i am very lucky.at 13 years old, this is just too much to handle.while melina ceja's home on bent tree place, off stagecoach road did survive the fire.her homes on both sides did not.18-27 maria ceja / evacuated sot (crying) my house is not touched i have some broken windows i cant believe this in this entire neighborhood there are 3 houses standing / oh my god unbelievable."the damage goes on and on in the upscale community.peter egerton came to see what is left for himself, on bluesage court..he found melted cars, dirty pools and smoke still rising. 47-57 sot peter egerton / lost home in fire sot . there were nice homes and they are gone and what is left is just 6 inches of ash."what survived the fire at his house this melted knife.in fountaingrove, there are police protecting the few homes still standing. looters are trying to sneak in. 109 120 agent martin rivera / campbell policesot who would do that? the lowest of people

but that is why we are up here from allied agencies making sure that doesn't happen" michelle rowe drove around to see the ghost town she is having survivors guilt - because her house on baldwin way did not burn.but this is no place to live now.michelle rowe / home survived the fire sot it is gone it is all gone our entire community is gone that was justine waldman reporting. live look outside... golden gate bridge via sutro cam.

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with dave spar for a look at conditions around the bay area... ( marty ) here's dave with weather. (dave) dry, gusty offshore winds will continue to produce critical fire weather conditions across the north and east bay hills through mid morning. winds will decrease in all areas by late morning. otherwise expect a warm day regionwide today and again on monday. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and

wednesday. there is a good chance of rain across our entire forecast area from thursday into early friday as an early season pacific weather system moves into california. ( marty @ landing) we are learning

more about some of the people killed in the northbay firestorm. kron4's maureen kelly reports that a couple who recently celebrated their 50-year wedding anniversary died in their santa rosa it's really hard because i just saw him at church and it's just hard to imagine that we won't see him again.members of the resurrection catholic church in santa rosa say leroy

and donna halbur were pillars of their communtiy.both were 80 years old, married fifty years and the parents of two sons and had two grandchildren. leroy helped found the sonoma county branch of the catholic charity st. vinicent de paul. he would give you the shirt off his back.a midwesterner with a dry sense of humor, leroy also volunteered as an usher at the church and would always help out during their big festival.he would be out there with the best of them putting up tables and structures, if you needed him he was there and he did it with a smile on his face.those who knew donna halbur say her health had been failing in recent years. she's described as being very creative, welcoming and supportive.i remember donna as being very encouraging of pursuing your dreams especially women and especially in the churchthe two were killed here at their angela drive home in the larkfield area of santa rosa

before they could escape the fire.(maureen) the halbers will be buried back in their native iowa, a memorial service will be held here at the resurrection church in santa rosa in november. maureen kelly kron4 news land vo(marty) tourists love to take pictures by the iconic napa valley welcome sign off highway 29... now, smoky skies cloud their pictures. beyond the vines and into the mountain tops... the nuns fire continues to rage. people at the welcome sign... now see orange smoke billow in the distance. the appleby's are live in the north bay who have passed the sign for decades... it wasn't until these devastating fires that they stopped to take pictures. (marty)

the napa county sheriffs office says search and rescue efforts for missing fire victims are still ongoing.

neighbors are grateful for the quick actions of a man who saved their home on rincon avenue in santa rosa. they say he put his body and life on the line in doing so. his neighbor is forever thankful for his efforts. ( marty ) this is the first time the man ever did something like this. when he lived in mexico, he lost his house to a fire. neighbor's say

they will rebuild again. ( marty ) we have seen a lot of people making donations to help the fire victims. and some of the evacuees got a special treat in santa rosa. celebrity chef guy fieri showed up at the county fairgrounds and started doping what he does best. fieri lives in the area and brought an oven and smoker to cook for the evacuees. he estimates they made about 12-hundred lunches and put together another 15-hundred meals for dinner. fieri says people are stepping up from all over to help out. ( marty ) fieri plans to stay through the weekend and cook even more meals. ( marty ) if you want to help the fire victims one way you can do so is by making a

donation to the salvation army. that is located at 93 stony circle, unit d in santa rosa. the united way is collecting monetary donations at united way wine country dot org. also crews are asking people to refrain from bringing any additional donations to the finley community center as they work on plans to distribute what they already have to those who need it the most. (dave) a look at your forecast. (camilla) devastation in santa rosa. the latest from all the fires ♪

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entire world was going to blow up.""just seeing the flames against the black sky, i'll never forget it.""the likelihood of there being anything left in the rubble is pretty slim.""i don't know what is going to happen at the moment, but i called my daughter, mija, if i dont see you again remember i love you. and that was it.">(marty) people in the north bay are anxious to return home -- or start the rebuilding process. as 10-thousand firefighters are now battling the wildfires. (marty) good morning, i'm marty gonzalez. here is the latest information on the wildfires. 40 people have died in the fires. there were calmer winds overnight and

there are no new manditory evacuation orders. the latest update from the sonoma county sheriff is that they have found three more bodies. that brings the number of dead there to 22. in napa county two more bodies were found in a home... the total there now is six dead. the number of structures and homes destroyed stands at 57-hundred. in santa rosa alone... more than 28-hundred houses have been wiped out by fire. (marty) you're looking at cal fire's map of the north bay fires... cal fire making significant progress overnight... here's the latest from cal fire cal fire tweeting at about 6:40 this morning that the atlas fire in napa and solano counties has burned more 51-thousand acres and is now 56-percent contained. the nuns fire in sonoma county has burned more than 47-thousand acres but but we learned about 7:45 this morning that it is now 25- percent contained. the tubbs fire in napa county

has burned over 35-thousand acres and cal fire just tweeting out this morning that it is now 60-percent contained. and in sonoma county...the pocket fire has burned over 11-thousand acres and cal fire tweeting out in the last 20 minutes that it is now 25-percent contained. (marty) the newest evacuation advisory is in santa rosa. fire officals are asking people who live in the area shown here to leave. that will help in the firefighting efforts. but, at this time... lives are not in immediate danger. also... we have heard an area near coffey park is no longer under a mandatory evacuation order. we have the latest information up right now on kron4 dot com. ( marty ) fires are still burning in santa rosa. let's go live now to camila bernal -- who is just off highway 12 -- with the latest... (camila) ( marty ) thanks camila.

we want to go now to cal fire p-i-o. daniel berlant for an update. (marty) here's a live look at

conditions outside... still smoky out there. dave, what's the latest. (dave)dry, gusty offshore winds will continue to produce critical fire weather conditions across the north and east bay hills through mid morning. winds will decrease in all areas by late morning. otherwise expect a warm day regionwide today and again on monday. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. there is a good chance of rain across our entire forecast area from

thursday into early friday as an early season pacific weather system moves into california. the atlas fire

destroyed more than 100 homes in the silverado resort area of napa. this was bill and janice mathis' home... the three bedroom, three bath home reduced to ashes. napa county search and rescue teams are meticulously combing

through debris. the silverado resort escaped major damage... but strong winds downed power lines all over the grounds. since the fire broke out a week ago, over 300-thousand customers have lost power. (dave) a look at weather when we return.

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sutro cam ( marty ) here's dave with weather. (dave)dry, gusty offshore winds will continue to produce critical fire weather conditions across the north and east bay hills through mid morning. winds will decrease in all areas by late morning. otherwise expect a warm day regionwide today and again on monday. a gradual cooling trend is

forecast for tuesday and wednesday. there is a good chance of rain across our entire forecast area from thursday into early friday as an early season pacific weather system moves into california.

(marty) governor jerry brown and california's two u-s senators were in sonoma county saturday... for a first hand look at the fire damage. all three say they are stunned by the devastation and want to do what they can to help the victims. kron four's charles clifford has more from santa rosa. natssaturday afternoon, governor jerry brown along with u.s. senators dianne feinstein and kamala harris, were given a tour of and briefing on fire fighting efforts across the region. sot this is truly one of the greatest if not the greatest tragedy that california has ever faced.sotit destroys subdivision, it destroys wild places, it shows no favoritism, it just moves.sot and it highlights the danger that fires present. it's unpredicatable. it's not logical in the way that it burns.the senators also said they would work to help those who have lost their homes, mainly through beefing up fema resources.sotthe dollars have

to come. sotthere is a bill right now in the us senate, the wildfire disaster fund act, if you can believe it wildfires are not considered natural disastesr for the purpsose of fema funding. so there is some work being done. the trio also reminded everyone that these fires are far from over and that safety needs to come first.sotpeople have to be on guard and if youre asked to evacuate, please do.sotif people are told to move they need to do so. take it seriously. this is just part of the dangers that we face. (marty) (marty) an act of bravery in napa valley is gaining noteriety on social media. kron 4's ella sogomonian has the story of two men and their bulldozers... who did their part to save hundreds of homes.

as soon two locals saw flames from the windows of their napa valley homes sunday morning they headed for the hills armed with only bulldozers. sot: dan wynn, bulldozed fire break to save homes// "these are the lines we made to save that neighborhood right there." this is video of eli ponce and dan wynn who for six days bulldozed a fire break 4 miles long directing the fast moving nunns fire away from the browns valley neighborhood. sot: ella sogomonian, napa valley// "and you can imagine a really big challenge out here is the steep hilly terrain and these guys were in bulldozers in the middle of the night encircled by flames and smoke which made it really difficult for them hard to see."ponce and wynn worked like this for six days.sot: dan wynn, bulldozed fire break for 6 days to save homes// "this fire came straight down on us it was extremely hot we bulldozed all this to put the flames out. and in this particular part we were actually in the flames to put that out. a lot of credit to my boss eli ponce he actually took his dozer and went inside there and i kind of covered a six and was watching him telling him where to move around and we were consumed by

fire a couple of times out here."they refueled 6 times which wynn says runs about 900 dollars each but the reward of possibly saving thousands of homes wynn says was worth the sacrifice and the danger. sot: dan wynn, bulldozed fire break for 6 days to save homes// "it's all donated we don't expect anything from anybody we were just happy that our equipment was here and we were able to help these people."tag that tireless effort went on until finally cal fire crews came up and relieved them taking over they left off. live in napa sogomonian ( marty ) the sonoma sheriff's office and so many other law enforcement agencies are actively looking for looters in evacuated areas. take a look at what deputies found when they stopped three "suspicious people cruising" boyes hot springs. gloves, a mask, sharp knifes, drugs and flashlights. the sheriff's office wrote on facebook, " you can see from the photo, this group was certainly up to no good!" they arrested a man from san rafael, another man from oakland, and a woman rom san francisco. they were arrested for outstanding warrants and multiple drug violations. (marty) you can keep track of the lastest news with our kron 4 app. the app is free to download for apple and android devices. be sure

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trusted battery for your son's favorite toy?t maybe not. maybe, you could trust he wouldn't leave the upstairs water running. (woman screams) or, you could just trust duracell. ♪ the fires in the north bay have caused many to lose everything. kron 4's j-r stone visited with some of them. the video coming from the north bay this week has been nothing short of devastating. monday we were there as the hilton hotel in santa rosa burned. hours earlier and a quarter of a mile away near coffee park we were broadcasting on facebook live shortly after eric schieberl learned that his house had burned to the ground.sot schieberl's neighbor feared the worst but upon arriving back to his homelearned that it had survived. coming a matter of feet from being destroyed by fire.sottuesday

new evacuation orders were given in the oakmont area of santa rosa. most there evacuated, some refused to leave. sotwe were on the frontlines as firefighters in oakmont worked to put out flames near homes in the area. unfortunately at least two homes up in the hills of oakmont burned to the ground. many left in shock wondering what to do next.sot just have to start over i guess ( marty ) ( marty ) the city of santa rosa

launched a web page where people can look up their homes and see if they survived the fire. we have put a link on the website. this is a live look at the map. the red indicates vegetation. if a home looks gray, it is likely destroyed. you may see roofs but that is not necessarily a guarantee the home itself survived. we have seen a few neighborhoods where the houses appear to be untouched but that was not exactly the case. you can view it for yourself on kron four dot com. live look outside... golden gate bridge..

(marty) people in the north bay are anxious to return home -- or start the rebuilding process. as spreading wildfires triggered more evacuation orders yesterday. (marty) good morning, i'm marty gonzalez. here is the latest information on the wildfires. statewide... 40 people have died. the latest update from the sonoma county sheriff is that three more bodies were found.. bringing the number of dead there to 22. napa county found two more bodies in a

home... the total there is six dead. the number of structures and homes destroyed is now 57-hundred. in santa rosa alone... more than 28-hundred houses have been wiped out by fire. (marty) you're looking at cal fire's map of the north bay fires... here's the latest. cal fire tweeting at about 6:40 this morning that the atlas fire in napa and solano counties has burned more 51-thousand acres and is now 56-percent contained. the nuns fire in sonoma county has burned more than 47- thousand acres and is 25- percent contained. the tubbs fire in napa county has burned over 35-thousand acres and is 60-percent contained. and in sonoma county...the pocket fire has burned over 11- thousand acres and is 25- percent contained. ( marty ) fires are still burning in santa rosa. let's go live now to camila bernal -- who is just off highway 12 -- with the latest... (camila) ( marty ) thanks camila.

camila. thanks camila. camila. camila. thanks camila.

( marty ) dave spahr is here with more on the weather. (dave)dry, gusty offshore winds will continue to produce critical fire weather

conditions across the north and east bay hills through mid morning. winds will decrease in all areas by late morning. otherwise expect a warm day regionwide today and again on monday. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. there is a good chance of rain across our entire forecast area from thursday into early friday as an early season pacific weather system moves into california.

( marty ) during the devastating wildfires, the city of santa rosa lost one of its fire houses. firefighters thought the building was fire- proof. it turns out that was not the case. earlier this week they returned to the total devastation to look for some very important items. kron 4's stanley roberts was there as they dug through the rubble looking for their badges and the amercian flag.

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1-6 melina ceja / evacuate sot (crying) i am just so happy that my house is ok, i am very lucky.at 13 years old, this is just too much to handle.while melina ceja's home on bent tree place, off stagecoach road did survive the fire.her homes on both sides did not.18-27 maria ceja / evacuated sot (crying) my house is not touched i have some broken windows i cant believe this in this entire neighborhood there are 3 houses standing / oh my god unbelievable."the damage goes on and on in the upscale community.peter egerton came to see what is left for himself, on bluesage court..he found melted cars, dirty pools and smoke still rising. 47-57 sot peter egerton / lost

home in fire sot . there were nice homes and they are gone and what is left is just 6 inches of ash."what survived the fire at his house this melted knife.in fountaingrove, there are police protecting the few homes still standing. looters are trying to sneak in. 109 120 agent martin rivera / campbell policesot who would do that? the lowest of people but that is why we are up here from allied agencies making sure that doesn't happen" michelle rowe drove around to see the ghost town she is having survivors guilt - because her house on baldwin way did not burn.but this is no place to live now.michelle rowe / home survived the fire sot it is gone it is all gone our entire community is gone

they declare love dogs dat first sniff.to get. dogs love more, because they are more. let's treat them that way. milk-bone. doing more for dogs since 1908. here's dave with weather. (dave) dry, gusty offshore winds will continue to produce critical fire weather conditions across the north and east bay hills through mid morning. winds will

decrease in all areas by late morning. otherwise expect a warm day regionwide today and again on monday. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. there is a good chance of rain across our entire forecast area from thursday into early friday as an early season pacific weather system moves into california. ( marty @ landing) we are learning

more about some of the people killed in the northbay firestorm. kron4's maureen kelly reports that a couple who recently celebrated their 50-year wedding anniversary died in their santa rosa home. it's really hard because i just saw him at church and it's just hard to imagine that we won't see him again.members of the resurrection catholic church in santa rosa say leroy and donna halbur were pillars of their communtiy.both were 80 years old, married fifty years and the parents of two sons and had two grandchildren. leroy helped found the sonoma county branch of the catholic charity st. vinicent de paul. he would give you the shirt off his back.a midwesterner with a dry sense of humor, leroy also volunteered as an usher at the church and would always help out during their

big festival.he would be out there with the best of them putting up tables and structures, if you needed him he was there and he did it with a smile on his face.those who knew donna halbur say her health had been failing in recent years. she's described as being very creative, welcoming and supportive.i remember donna as being very encouraging of pursuing your dreams especially women and especially in the churchthe two were killed here at their angela drive home in the larkfield area of santa rosa before they could escape the fire.(maureen) the halbers will be buried back in their native iowa, a memorial service will be held here at the resurrection church in santa rosa in november. maureen kelly kron4 news ( marty @ landing) the coffey park neighborhood in santa rosa took a direct hit from the tubbs fire. kron4's gabe slate visited what's left.

santa rosa (kron) - the coffey park neighborhood in santa rosa got hit really hard in these fires.hundreds of homes destroyed.gabe slate visited the area and used 360-degree video camera technology to give you a better visual of the damage. damage.visual of the damage. damage.visual of the damage.

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people making donations to help the fire victims. and some of the evacuees got a special treat in santa rosa. celebrity chef guy fieri showed up at the county fairgrounds and started doping what he does best. fieri lives in the area and brought an oven and smoker to cook for the evacuees. he estimates they made about 12-hundred lunches and put together another 15-hundred meals for dinner. fieri says people are stepping up from all over to help out. ( marty ) fieri plans to stay through the weekend and cook even more meals.

(camilla) devastation in santa rosa. the latest from all the fires

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watch babybel in the great snack rescue. you want a piece of me? good, i'm delicious. creamy, delicious, 100% real cheese. mini babybel. snack a little bigger. (marty) people in the north bay are anxious to return home -- or

start the rebuilding process. as 10-thousand firefighters are now battling the wildfires. (marty) good morning, i'm marty gonzalez. here is the latest information on the wildfires. 40 people have died in the fires. there were calmer winds overnight and there are no new manditory evacuation orders. the latest update from the sonoma county sheriff is that they have found three more bodies. that brings the number of dead there to 22. in napa county two more bodies were found in a home... the total there now is six dead. the number of structures and homes destroyed stands at 57-hundred. in santa rosa alone... more than 28-hundred houses have been wiped out by fire. (marty) you're looking at cal fire's map of the north bay fires... cal fire making significant progress overnight... here's the latest from cal fire cal fire tweeting at about 6:40

this morning that the atlas fire in napa and solano counties has burned more 51-thousand acres and is now 56-percent contained. the nuns fire in sonoma county has burned more than 47-thousand acres but but we learned about 7:45 this morning that it is now 25- percent contained. the tubbs fire in napa county has burned over 35-thousand acres and cal fire just tweeting out this morning that it is now 60-percent contained. and in sonoma county...the pocket fire has burned over 11-thousand acres and cal fire saying this morning that it is now 25- percent contained. (marty) the newest evacuation advisory is in santa rosa. fire officals are asking people who live in the area shown here to leave. that will help in the firefighting efforts. but, at this time... lives are not in immediate danger. also... we have heard an area near coffey park is no longer under a mandatory evacuation order. we have the latest information up right now on kron4 dot com. ( marty ) fires are still

burning in santa rosa. let's go live now to camila bernal -- who is just off highway 12 -- with the latest... (camila) ( marty ) thanks ( marty ) ( marty ) thanks camila. thanks camila.

( marty ) we want to go now to lisa fasano with bay area air quality.

(marty) here's a live look at conditions outside... still smoky out there.

dave, what's the latest. (dave)dry, gusty offshore winds will continue to produce critical fire weather conditions across the north and east bay hills through mid morning. winds will decrease in all areas by late morning. otherwise expect a warm day regionwide today and again on monday. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. there is a good chance of rain across our entire forecast area from thursday into early friday as an early season pacific

weather system moves into california. (marty) the atlas fire

destroyed more than 100 homes in the silverado resort area of napa. this was bill and janice mathis' home... the three bedroom, three bath home reduced to ashes. napa county search and rescue teams are meticulously combing through debris. the silverado resort escaped major damage... but strong winds downed power lines all over the grounds. since the fire broke out a week ago, over 300-thousand customers have lost power. but as

of yesterday, power has been restored to over 90-percent of janice mathis/ napa county: "in this moment, i'm realizing you don't put your boots on and your gloves on and go sift through stuff. there's nothing to sift through."> (marty) at least four people have died as a result of the atlas fire so far. right now officials in

napa county are holding a news conference to update the fire fighting efforts let's listen in. live look outside... sutro camoutside... sutro live look

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live look outside... sutro cam ( marty ) here's dave with weather. (dave)dry, gusty offshore

winds will continue to produce critical fire weather conditions across the north and east bay hills through mid morning. winds will decrease in all areas by late morning. otherwise expect a warm day regionwide today and again on monday. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. there is a good chance of rain across our entire forecast area from thursday into early friday as an early season pacific weather system moves into california.

(marty) governor jerry brown and california's two u-s senators were in sonoma county saturday... for a first hand look at the fire damage. all three say they are stunned by the devastation and want to do what they can to help the victims. kron four's charles clifford has more from santa rosa. natssaturday afternoon, governor jerry brown along with u.s. senators dianne feinstein and kamala harris, were given a tour of and briefing on fire fighting efforts across the region. sot this is truly one of the greatest if not the greatest tragedy that california has ever faced.sotit destroys subdivision, it destroys wild places, it shows no favoritism, it just moves.sot and it highlights the danger that fires present. it's unpredicatable. it's not

logical in the way that it burns.the senators also said they would work to help those who have lost their homes, mainly through beefing up fema resources.sotthe dollars have to come. sotthere is a bill right now in the us senate, the wildfire disaster fund act, if you can believe it wildfires are not considered natural disastesr for the purpsose of fema funding. so there is some work being done. the trio also reminded everyone that these fires are far from over and that safety needs to come first.sotpeople have to be on guard and if youre asked to evacuate, please do.sotif people are told to move they need to do so. take it seriously. this is just part of the dangers that we face. (marty) (marty) an act of bravery in napa

valley is gaining noteriety on social media. kron 4's ella sogomonian has the story of two men and their bulldozers... who did their part to save hundreds of homes. as soon two locals saw flames from the windows of their napa valley homes sunday morning they headed for the hills armed with only bulldozers. sot: dan wynn, bulldozed fire break to save homes// "these are the lines we made to save that neighborhood right there." this is video of eli ponce and dan wynn who for six days bulldozed a fire break 4 miles long directing the fast moving nunns fire away from the browns valley neighborhood. sot: ella sogomonian, napa valley// "and you can imagine a really big challenge out here is the steep hilly terrain and these guys were in bulldozers in the middle of the night encircled by flames and smoke which made it really difficult for them hard to see."ponce and wynn worked like this for six days.sot: dan wynn, bulldozed fire break for 6 days to save homes// "this fire came straight down on us it was extremely hot we bulldozed all this to put the flames out. and in this particular part we were actually in the flames to put that out. a lot of credit to my boss eli ponce he actually took his dozer and went inside there and i kind of covered a six and was watching him

telling him where to move around and we were consumed by fire a couple of times out here."they refueled 6 times which wynn says runs about 900 dollars each but the reward of possibly saving thousands of homes wynn says was worth the sacrifice and the danger. sot: dan wynn, bulldozed fire break for 6 days to save homes// "it's all donated we don't expect anything from anybody we were just happy that our equipment was here and we were able to help these people."live in napa valley ella sogomonian kron 4 news. live look outside... golden gate bridge.. we'll be right back. oooooooo... awwwwww... yummmm... denny's new holiday pancakes are delicious. you guys can have some if you want. order now at denny's.com landing) the fires in the

north bay have caused many to lose everything. kron 4's j-r stone visited with some of them. the video coming from the north bay this week has been nothing short of devastating.

monday we were there as the hilton hotel in santa rosa burned. hours earlier and a quarter of a mile away near coffee park we were broadcasting on facebook live shortly after eric schieberl learned that his house had burned to the ground.sot schieberl's neighbor feared the worst but upon arriving back to his homelearned that it had survived. coming a matter of feet from being destroyed by fire.sottuesday new evacuation orders were given in the oakmont area of santa rosa. most there evacuated, some refused to leave. sotwe were on the frontlines as firefighters in oakmont worked to put out flames near homes in the area. unfortunately at least two homes up in the hills of oakmont burned to the ground. many left in shock wondering what to do next.sot just have to start over i guess

( marty ) the city of santa rosa launched a web page where people can look up their homes and see if they survived the fire. we have put a link on the website. this is a live look at the map. the red indicates vegetation. if a home looks gray, it is likely destroyed. you may see roofs but that is not necessarily a guarantee the

home itself survived. we have seen a few neighborhoods where the houses appear to be untouched but that was not exactly the case. you can view it for yourself on kron four dot com. ♪ do you want to do a monster check? yes. no monsters. ♪ how about the drawer? ♪ no monsters. nightly monster checks are how grant makes home his. and homegoods is what makes it all possible. amazing finds. always great prices. make home yours. good morning, i'm marty

gonzalez. we continue to follow breaking news as wildfires continue to devastate the north bay. here is the latest information on the wildfires. statewide... 40 people have died. the latest update from the sonoma county sheriff is that three more bodies were found.. bringing the number of dead there to 22. napa county found two more bodies in a home... the total there is six dead. the number of structures and homes destroyed is now 57-hundred. in santa rosa alone... more than 28-hundred houses have been wiped out by fire. (marty) you're looking at cal fire's map of the north bay fires... cal fire making

significant progress overnight... here's the latest from cal fire cal fire tweeting at about 6:40 this morning that the atlas fire in napa and solano counties has burned more 51-thousand acres and is now 56-percent contained. the nuns fire in sonoma county has burned more than 47-thousand acres but but we learned about 7:45 this morning that it is now 25- percent contained. the tubbs fire in napa county has burned over 35-thousand acres and cal fire just tweeting out this morning that it is now 60-percent contained. and in sonoma county...the pocket fire has burned over 11-thousand acres and cal fire saying this morning that it is now 25- percent contained. we want to go now to cal fire p-i-o. daniel berlant for an update.

( marty ) fires are still burning in santa rosa. let's go live now to camila bernal -- who is just off highway 12 -- with the latest... (camila) ( marty ) thanks camila.camila. thanks ( marty ) thanks ( marty )

(camila) (camila) ( marty ) ( marty ) thanks camila.

( marty ) now we ( marty ) ( marty @ landing) many

people's lives have been forever changed by the fires. kron 4's justine waldman met with some of them to hear their stories. 1-6 melina ceja / evacuate sot (crying) i am just so happy that my house is ok, i am very lucky.at 13 years old,

this is just too much to handle.while melina ceja's home on bent tree place, off stagecoach road did survive the fire.her homes on both sides did not.18-27 maria ceja / evacuated sot (crying) my house is not touched i have some broken windows i cant believe this in this entire neighborhood there are 3 houses standing / oh my god unbelievable."the damage goes on and on in the upscale community.peter egerton came to see what is left for himself, on bluesage court..he found melted cars, dirty pools and smoke still rising. 47-57 sot peter egerton / lost home in fire sot . there were nice homes and they are gone and what is left is just 6 inches of ash."what survived the fire at his house this melted knife.in fountaingrove, there are police protecting the few homes still standing. looters are trying to sneak in. 109 120 agent martin rivera / campbell policesot who would do that? the lowest of people but that is why we are up here from allied agencies making sure that doesn't happen" michelle rowe drove around to see the ghost town she is having survivors guilt - because her house on baldwin way did not burn.but this is no place to live now.michelle rowe / home survived the fire sot it is gone it is all gone our entire community is gone gone

live look outside... san mateo bridge. ( marty ) here's dave with

weather. (dave)dry, gusty offshore winds will continue to produce critical fire weather

conditions across the north and east bay hills through mid morning. winds will decrease in all areas by late morning. otherwise expect a warm day regionwide today and again on monday. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. there is a good chance of rain across our entire forecast area from thursday into early friday as an early season pacific weather system moves into california.

( marty @ landing) we are learning

more about some of the people killed in the northbay firestorm. kron4's maureen kelly reports that a couple who recently celebrated their 50-year wedding anniversary died in their santa rosa home. it's really hard because i just saw him at church and it's just hard to imagine that we won't see him again.members of the resurrection catholic church in santa rosa say leroy and donna halbur were pillars of their communtiy.both were 80 years old, married fifty years and the parents of two sons and had two grandchildren. leroy helped found the sonoma county branch of the catholic charity st. vinicent de paul. he would give you the shirt off his back.a midwesterner with a dry sense of humor, leroy also volunteered as an

usher at the church and would always help out during their big festival.he would be out there with the best of them putting up tables and structures, if you needed him he was there and he did it with a smile on his face.those who knew donna halbur say her health had been failing in recent years. she's described as being very creative, welcoming and supportive.i remember donna as being very encouraging of pursuing your dreams especially women and especially in the churchthe two were killed here at their angela drive home in the larkfield area of santa rosa before they could escape the fire.(maureen) the halbers will be buried back in their native iowa, a memorial service will be held here at the resurrection church in santa rosa in november. maureen kelly kron4 news ( marty ) the berkeley fire department released new video of the north bay firestorm. first responders traveled to santa

rosa last sunday to battle the blaze. as crew got closer they realized the fire was much bigger than they imagined. they drove by buildings completely englufed in flames... and passed neighborhoods that were burned down. crews stopped in a neighborhood where homes were still standing and jumped in. working to keep the homes safe. (marty) you can keep track of the lastest news with our kron 4 app. the app is free to download for apple and android devices. be sure to enable the push alert feature to receive breaking news jack's breakfast pockets for 2 dollars each.

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do you want to do a monster check? yes. no monsters. ♪ how about the drawer? ♪ no monsters. nightly monster checks are how grant makes home his. and homegoods is what makes it all possible. amazing finds. always great prices. make home yours. ( marty ) neighbors say a man saved their home on rincon avenue in santa rosa from burning down. they say he put his body and life on the line in doing so. his

neighbor is forever grateful for his efforts. ( marty ) this is the first time the man ever did something like this. when he lived in mexico, he lost his house to a fire. neighbor's say they will rebuild again. ( marty ) we have seen a lot of people making donations to help the fire victims. and some of the evacuees got a special treat in santa rosa. celebrity chef guy fieri showed up at the county fairgrounds and started doping what he does best. fieri lives in the area and brought an oven and smoker to cook for the evacuees. he estimates they made about 12-hundred lunches and put together

another 15-hundred meals for dinner. fieri says people are stepping up from all over to help out. ( marty ) fieri plans to stay through the weekend and cook even more meals. (dave) dry, gusty offshore winds will continue to produce critical fire weather conditions across the north and east bay hills through mid morning. winds will decrease in all areas by late morning. otherwise expect

a warm day regionwide today and again on monday. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. there is a good chance of rain across our entire forecast area from thursday into early friday as an early season pacific weather system moves into california. thats kron 4 news weekend for this saturday morning... i'm marty gonzalez. from all of us thanks for watching. join us for kron4 news weekend tomorrow morning starting at 8 o'clock ... and tonight for kron 4

[music] >> joel osteen: well, god bless you. it's a joy to come into your homes, and if you're ever in our area, please stop by and be a part of one of our services. i'll promise you we'll make you feel right at home. i like to start with something funny, and i heard about this elderly couple that had been married for over 60 years, and they were at a church function, and somebody asked them the secret of their success. the man told how he always treated his wife with respect, and how he took her on trips around the world. he said, "in fact, for our 25th wedding anniversary, i took her to beijing, china." everybody politely applaused.