( james ) firefighters finally making progress on the fires devastating the north bay. it has been one week since the north bay firestorm broke out and the death toll statewide now stands at 40.( robin ) 22 of those deaths are from sonoma county alone. six are from napa county... four from yuba county... and eight from mendocino county... more than 57- hundred homes and businesses have been destroyed.... ( james ) we know that firefighters are battling a total of 16 large fires across the state and more than 217- thousand acres have burned state-wide... (james) good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm james ( robin ) and i'm robin winston. firefighters are starting to gain containment on those wildfires as some evacuees

return home. ( james ) now we want to get you updated on the progress of these wildfires. first the pocket fire burning near gyserville... that fire has now burned nearly 12-thousand acres. it is 30% contained this morning. ( robin ) then there is the tubbs fire... this is the fire that has done the most damage to the city of santa rosa. it is burning in both napa and sonoma counties. this fire has burned nearly 45-thousand acres but it is now 60% contained this morning. ( james ) and the nuns fire which has now combined with 4 other fires has now burned more than 48-thousand acres. that fire is burning off highway 12 near glen ellen. this morning it is now 40% contained. ( robin ) and there is the atlas fire burning in napa and solano counties. this is the fire burning just south of lake berryessa. it has now burned more than 51-thousand acres but it is now 65%

contained. fire fighters say that favorable weather conditions over the weekend aided firefighters. any hong is here with a look at the conditions they will be facing today. (anny hong): look for another warm day today. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. the pattern will then change as a system drops down from the north and brings rainfall to our region thursday into friday. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( robin ) this morning boil water notices are still

in effect for portions of fountaingove and oakmont areas until further notice.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( robin ) this morning boil water notices are still in effect for portions of fountaingove

and oakmont areas until further notice. the notice applies to fountaingrove residents who live east of mendocino avenue, north of chanate road, west of fountaingrove parkway, and south of mark west springs road. oakmont residents who live on white oak drive south of madelyne court... including madelyne place, and on oak mesa drive south of starry knoll court, including shooting star place. we have more information on the areas affected at our website at kron 4 dot com. ( james ) when the firestorm started one week ago almost 100 people were evacuated from sutter health in santa rosa.( robin ) and this morning we are hearing from hospital staff about how they were able to get the patients out safely.( james ) kron 4's hermela aregawi has the story. surveillance cameras capture countless fires surrounding sutter hospital.employees sprung into action as victims looking for refuge arrived. kelsey claybrook/sutter

security helped victims it looked like a lot of people in communal vehicles. some of them half dressed.some of them with injuries. and we immediately started trying to separate between evacuees and medical patients. we had lot of pets. we had a lot of belongings at some point while im pulling people in from the outside. we received a call from the sonoma county sheriff saying its headed your way you need to be prepared to evacuate and that was it they hung up. kelsey claybrook.. a security guard at the facility was working sunday night.he and several other employees took to the fire extinguishers as the fire approached.kelsey claybrook/sutter security helped victimsat one point the fire was all of 20 feet away from an oxygen tank and there were several diesel tanks in theremyself and several other employees i believe 7 total. we went ou there and we actually supressed them as close as we could to the tanks as long as we could. we did have severl people with smoke inhalation injuries at that pointdozens of evacuees arrived as patients were being cleared out.all the while.. the employees were worried about the safety of their loved ones.kelsey claybrook/sutter security helped victimsto be honest my first knee jerk reaction i was afraid one of our people were caught out there. a lot of people have died its a very upsetting event and at that time i didn't know that. i was just terrified that somebody i knew who i showed up to work

with. who had talked about my life that something was going to happen and we were going to be responsible. so there was a lot of fear for that. i was concerned for my family definitely at certain points i just wanted to ( james ) that was hermela aregawi reporting. hospital officials say they hope to have the hospital reopened by the middle of the week. ( robin ) people evacuated in the city of calistoga were allowed to return home over the weekend.( james ) kron 4's ella sogomonian has the details. as soon as word got out the evacuation order was lifted sunday at 2 in the afternoon cars lined up to get back into calistoga.sot: evacuee// "'thank you to all the fire fighters for helping us, for saving our little town of calistoga safe. we are happy to be home."sot: evacuee// "'i'm really happy. i don't know if i have internet but i think it might actually be fun."signs welcomed drivers as they pulled up to the thankfully spared napa county town in which the tubbs fire first erupted one week ago to date.power has been restored and life is slowly getting back to normal. people are already visiting businesses with the hope they may be open. although most are still closed evacuees are just happy to be home and done with the worrying.sot: jose montanez,

evacuee returns home// "it was really frustrating because we were hearing rumors that certain building were burning up and it wasn't true. it was nerve wrecking and frustrating but happy to be home now." brannan's restaurant employees in downtown rushed back to get the business up and running. they're making use of every minute working to repopen their doors as soon as possible.sot: colin curtis, brannan's executive chef // "i'm so surprised that this valley hadn't scorched. i'm so happy this is such a magical place. and i'm glad we got really fortunate we got lucky that nothing happened. it started here then went into santa rosa. we're just extremely lucky."they're one of several calistoga businesses trying to get up and running as soon as monday. ( james ) this morning we're learning more morning we're this ( james ) ( james ) this morning we're learning more about what first responders went through after they were called to the north bay fires. berkeley firefighters released a video showing what they found when the first arrived on scene in

santa rosa. kron 4's j-r stone takes a look at that video. this is new video released by the berkeley fire department showing what those with engine 6 experienced when they were called to the tubbs fire in santa rosa early monday morning. 1:28they made their way to santa rosa along highway 101 with a strike team that included four other trucks and a leader. miles before they arrived they could see the glow of flames coming from santa rosa. the plan was to meet in the k-mart parking lot where they would get their assignment. but the k-mart was fully engulfed in flames so they moved on. to the right and the left firefighters could see flames. at one point the crew was stationed outside a gas station that was also fully engulfed in flames.sotfeel the heatminutes later the strike team was drivingthey weren't initially sure what

they were looking at here but soon learned it was homes that had burned to the ground.at one point firefighters found a row of unburned homes, set their truck up, and ran five water lines off that truck. the crew says the 30 or so homes behind them didn't burn. they're happy to have helped but wish they could have saved more. in fact the company later learned that one of the homes that burned belonged to one of their firefighters. ( robin ) that was j-r stone reporting for us this morning... if you are looking for information on road conditions, evacuation and shelter locations.... you can call the sonoma county information hotline at the number you see on your screen. you can also check to see if loved ones have marked themselves safe on facebook, or the website safe-and-well- dot-org. (james) coming up on the kron4 morning news... we follow one family as they return home after being evacuated from the north bay firestorm. we have much more on the deadly fires and the evacuation orders that

have been lifted coming up in just 2 minutes.

( tiffany ) welcome back. on your morning forecast. (anny hong): look for another warm day today. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. the pattern will then change as a system drops down from the

north and brings rainfall to our region thursday into friday. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is no major hot spots. bay bridge

wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.. richmond less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) parts of napa and solano county that were evacuated north of fairfield are now reopened this morning. ( robin ) kron 4's gabe

slate was with a family as they returned home. sot - brenda one of my cats died brenda lost one of her cats to the atlas wild fire. her family lives here off suisun valley road near the green valley area in solano county north west of fairfield. they returned home after one week of sleeping in their cars and at shelters. sot - brenda we got home and we are all safe.. other people have lost a lot more their home was spared no damage the cat did not make it but the animals they were able to take with them did.. but that it made it extra challening having animals with them living in their cars. sot rainey - i had a 90 pound pitball, 4 cats, 2 birds all in one car up in the hills you can see how close this fire got to brenda's house. just a couple miles away.. scorched earth on one side.. on the

other untouched vegistation in solano county gabe slate kron 4 news. ( james ) one man has decided to make a decided to one man has ( james )

( james ) one man has decided to make a generous donation following the north bay firestorm. scott bell lived in santa rosa for 17 years. he taught at santa rosa junior college for many years before he decided to retire at a ranch in nevada. he decided to donate 500 bales of hay after hearing about all the animals needing help after the fire. one bale of hay can feed five horses for a day. all the hay bell donated costs about seven thousand dollars. this is not the first time bell has helped animals in their time of need. he tells kron-four he also donated hay to animals impacted by the valley fire. bell says he did this because he likes helping people and animals. (robin) people living in sonoma county will be able to hitch a ride on the smart train again today. the santa rosa north and sonoma county airport stations have been closed because of the

fires. officials say the stations also lost power... they had been operating on generator power. free rides are being offered for those who need transportation through (ááá2-shotááá)( james ) this morning we are hearing from a woman who escaped with her dog as the fires moved into santa rosa last week. (robin) nicole comstock brings us her story. 3688 mocha lane in santa rosa. the bare bones of a home burned by wildfire. "you donút even see a resemblance of what it used to be."just one of many addresses in this coffey park neighborhoodwhere a deadly, wind-driven, firestorm chased people out of bed in the middle of the night monday. "everything was gray, everything was destroyed. and it went for miles."one of those stories is about a girl and her dog...natasha wallace / wildfire survivor:"i would never part ways with my dog. ever."and their unconventional method of getting out alive. "'thatús my ride or die. oh my god, literally."santa rosa junior college soccer player natasha wallace was studying

across town until nearly 2 in the morning. on her way home, she saw the fire from the freeway. meaning, she had the perspective to know everyone needed to evacuate immediately. "so it just like, ran us out of the area."so she shoved bentley...her 4 year old pit bull into her honda...and drove down the road. within minutes, she was stuck between other cars.this one right beside her, overturned. "it was coming faster than i could leave in traffic, so i went back and got my bike."she also grabbed a duffle bag...which she used as a makeshift sidecar for her 70 pound best friend. "so i grabbed my dog and i told him, hey man this is serious, you need to just sit in the bag. and he, he hopped right in.""i held the duffle bag like this, put it over and had it on my arms, pedaling like that."she says after she made it down the road...a few miles ahead of the fire, a man in a truck pulled over...and took her and bentley the rest of the way out. "i just want to say thank you to him. paul johnson." thursday night, wallace was reflecting on how lucky she was. not only to have survived the fire. but to have people around to help.3688 mocha lane

was her home. everything she owned is gone."i donút even know how to express how grateful i am." ( james ) students at one high school in napa county are giving back to first responders. justin siena high school fed hundreds of police and firefighters. professional chefs were on hand whipping up food for the hungry men and women. dozens of hand made signs have been put up around campus thanking all first responders for their hard work. ( james ) school officials are also shipping out food to firefighters around napa county. ( robin ) coming up on the kron four morning news... we continue to cover the wildfires sweeping across california... after the

break... see the dramatic video as two roommates race to escape the flames.

( james ) there is a big fire burning in yuba county. we have dramatic video from the firestorm there.(robin) two roommates shot some terrifying video as they escaped from the raging flames. ( james ) the cascade the cascade fire has

burned nearly 10-thousand acres and is 94 percent contained. ( robin ) coming up... firefighters making progress on the wildfires devastating the north bay. we will update you on containment efforts coming up in just 2 minutes. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the bay bridge toll plaza. where it partly clody and 59 degrees right now in okaland. we'll be back with the top 4 stories for your on the kron 4 morning news.

( james ) we continue our breaking news coverage of the north bay firestorm... you're taking a look at the mass devastation in santa rosa...( robin ) the death toll total is now at 40... 22 of those deaths are from sonoma county alone. six are from napa county... four from yuba county... and eight from mendocino county... more than 57- hundred homes and businesses have been destroyed.... ( james ) we know that firefighters are battling a total of 16 large fires across the state and more than 217- thousand acres have burned state-wide... significant progress has been made on the atlas, nuns and tubbs fires burning in napa county. kron four's philippe djegal explains why there is optimism moving forward. belia ramos/supervisor- "we are now switching over towards recovery mode. it's a day i have looked forward to for a week." an historically

deadly and destructive week in napa county... that ends on a positive note. for four of the past six days... the napa valley was under a red flag warning... but as of early sunday morning... that is no longer the case. napa county fire chief barry biermann says the weather has taken a turn for the better. fire fighters are still working in extremely dry conditions with low humidity. but the wind isn't kicking up like it has been... so, crews are inching closer to getting the upper hand on the atlas fire.barry biermann/napa county fire dept.- "little to no growth is occuring right now. um, we have basically line all the way around the fire and we'll continue to mop up and we will get further containment as, uh, things go on." on sunday, biermann saying the nunes fire was a priority, since so much progress has been made on the atlas fire.barry biermann/napa county fire dept.- "we're working this area of dry creek, mount vetter road, up into rutherford as the fire continues to come down off of highway 29 corridor. so, this is all on the west side of highway 29." the tubbs

fire continues to burn -- though chief biermann says it doesn't appear homes are in eminent danger.barry biermann/napa county fire dept.- "and, i do no anticipate, with our current conditions, um, that, that it will make it into the town of calistoga." emergency crews are now working towards allowing people back into their neighborhoods at some point... for those whose homes are still standing. but some road closures will continue until then. wrapping up an emotionally taxing week for fire victims and their local leaders.belia ramos/supervisor- "and, i look forward to the day that this can be a distant memory in which we recall that we were resilient and that we got through this together. be well napa and be safe." one week down -- countless many more to go. in napa county, philippe djegal, kron four news. ( james )( robin ) now lets get a check of weather, wind are huge concerns, its another spare the air day so were still dealing with poor air qaulity. (anny hong): look for another

warm day today. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. the pattern will then change as a system drops down from the north and brings rainfall to our region thursday into friday. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is no major hot spots. bay bridge

wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. (robin) more on our breaking

news... the deadly wildfires in the north bay. state and federal agencies are struggling to pay for the huge cost of fighting the fires. california officials expect the wine country fires to cost hundreds of millions of dollars. the state has spent more than half of its emergency fire fund in the past three months. that does not indlude the cost of fighting these fires. the federal government has spent more than two-point-seven billion battling wildfires this year. (robin) the salvation armyis preparing for a new week of making meals for north bay fire evacuees. they have recently added two evacuation centers to distribute meals. those sites are in santa rosa at

elsie allen high and lawrence cook middle school. since monday the salvaton army has fed over 22 thousand people from several other evacuation centers in sonoma county. in napa county the salvation army has served more than 16-thousand meals through saturday at the finley community center, the veterans memorial building and the grace pavilion in santa rosa.... and since last week...the salvation army has distributed nearly 14 hundred meals at solano community college on suisun valley road in fairfield. ( james ) this morning there are still road closrues across the north bay because of the wildfires. in sonoma county...101 northbound at the mendocino ave off ramp is closed until further notice. in napa county... state road 121 at vichy avenue is shut down. and in solano county... wooden valley road at wooden valley cross is closed. and for a full list of road closures in the north bay...check our website...it's all on kron four dot com. ( james ) we have complete

coverage of the deadly north bay fire storm...on-air and online. we have a list of the victims identified in sonoma county. we also have ways that you can help evacuees and people whose homes were destroyed... that is all on our website at kron four dot com. ( james ) coming up ... we continue our coverage of the north bay firestorm. after the break... see how one man stepped up to help complete strangers escape the flames. (james) and here's a live look outside... at the embarcadero. ( james ) we continue our

coverage of the north bay fire storm. it has been one week since the fires broke out. ( robin ) and when those fires started... people stepped up to help complete strangers escape.( james ) kron four's rob fladeboe has a look at how one man rode to the rescue on a motorcycle. sot kevin holman like so many napa valley residents, kevin holman has a tale to tell aboutthe wild fires...sot kevin holmanin something akin to paul revere's famous ride, much of it captured on his cell phone, holman rode his motorcycle into the flames on monday, scouting the fire's path, sounding the alarm.sot kevin holmanthis is dramatic video of holman's ride through wild horse ranch roadand green valley road in the skyline area of east napa where he stoppedto help people battle

the flames.sot kevin holmanat one point holman's phone lit up with a warning that he was putting himself and his phone, at risk. he kept going anyway and kept shootingand riding and helping fight fire even before the real firefighters got there.sot kevin holman holman says he and the other vigilante firefighters, however risky, were just trying to help and like them, he plans on helping with the recovery once the fire is out. sot kevin holman

live look outside... at the san francisco international airport.

nasa satellites are keeping an eye on the flames and smoke from the north bay fires. nasa's -terra satellite - captured a stream of smoke that extends about 550 miles from santa rosa...all the way south to san diego. more winds are expected through out the early part of the week. anny hong is here with a look at the conditions firefighters

are facing this morning. (anny hong): look for another warm day today. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. the pattern will then change as a system drops down from the north and brings rainfall to our region thursday into friday.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101.

( james ) we continue our breaking news coverage of the north bay firestorm... a disaster that has unfortunately become a deadly firestorm. this morning we learn more about one of the victims killed in the tubbs fire.( robin ) her name was sharon robinson, of santa rosa. she was 79 years old. ( james ) kron four's spencer blake spent time talking to sharon's friends. he has her story. (looklive)sharon robinson had a really calming impact on people, based on what i heard from the sprague family.(pkg) sharon robinson was an elderly woman who was killed by the tubbs fire when it overtook her home on donner drive.her rural home up in the hills of santa rosa was destroyed in the fire, as were her neighbors'.the road up there isn't even completely clear

yet.jeri sprague knew her for decades, and remembers her artistic talent."she made a beautiful horse quilt blanket and it was small squares and beautiful colors and she had it displayed over her fireplace."calling sharon a 'lovely lady,' jeri was saddened to learn of her passing, even though the spragues moved away from the street a few years ago."she did some neat things. she even gave some art lessons to my daughter.""i must have been 8 or 9 and she gave me some art classes in exchange for me helping to clean her house - vacuum and feed her cat, normal stuff like that. she would have me sit across from her on the patio and have me try and draw her silhouette, try and draw a tree that we could both see, but without looking at the paper. and also without getting frustrated at myself with the outcome." jacquie sprague, though she's studying social science, realizes that those art lessons stuck with her all these years later."she used to make post cards, like my mom had said. she would do a lot of animals - pointalism style, and i actually did that, living in montana."sharon had grown children - a daughter, and jeri thinks she remembers a son, too - but she lived alone.except, of course, for her cats.in santa rosa, spencer blake, kron four news.

(robin) california hospitals are still bracing for an emergency. a spokesperson for u-c davis medical center says. . at this point. . local hospitals haven't been overrun yet. victims burned in the fire have been taken to a number of regional hospitals. the burn unit at u-c davis is part of a network of 27 burn centers on the west coast called the western regional burn disaster con-sor-tium. it includes hospitals from washington to arizona to colorado. each hospital in the network enters in the system the number of beds available in their burn units. all are within a 2-hour flight of the napa area. (robin) hundreds of firefighters are currently on 24-hour shifts battling the north bay fires. the crews meet up in open spaces to debrief and as they finish their shifts they hand-off the work to the next group of firefighters. the crews have been able to get more rest in the last couple of days, but nonetheless, they tell us that they are tired.

for many, this is the worst fire they have battled in their career. according to cal fire... there are portions of the fire that are high up in the mountains making it harder for them to fight the fires. ( james ) the fires burning in the north bay are taking a toll on crews. these are images of firefighters sleeping on chairs and some even on the ground. many firefighters from around the country have responded to the north bay firestorm. crews are working around the clock trying to get the deadly fires under control. (robin) it is not just homes that have been destroyed in wine country... but businesses too.( james ) mike luery found a couple in glen ellen in sonoma county that lost their 40-acre farm.

sonoma county of glen ellen. they lost everything including their power. without electricity, no water.all the p.v.c. that was above ground burned up. so there's a lot of work. the trees, the pastures, the fence lines.mike: but one thing did survive here. their farm animals. how many animals are here alive and well? we have 12 cows and about 350 chickens. and a couple of goats. two goats. mike: as long as they have livestock, they can rebuild their lives.and despite all the extensive damage and destruction here, there is hope and there is help on the way. in the form of state and federal assistance. in terms of financial assistance or shelter and housing, that will be available.mike: fear victims can now register for disaster assistance through fema.the federal emergency management agency.there is more money being added.it's not going to be enough, though, and so kamila and i are going to have to go to work. for farmers like the layles no time to reflect on all they have lost.is it too soon to think about getting

back into business? we will be turning the fields under. temporary setback. but we should be up and running before we know it.> (james) coming up on the kron four morning news... we continue our coverage of the north bay firestorm. after the break... how you can help the people affected. no major hot spots. bay bridge

wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) if you want to

donate to victim's of the north bay firestorm.. there are several ways to do it. if you want to make an in- person donation.. you can go to the salvation army in santa rosa -- on 93 stony circle, unit d. also... the united way is colleceting monetary donations at united-way- wine-country-dot-org. ( james ) coming up... firefighters making progress on the wildfires devastating the north bay. we have our crews spread all across the north bay. we will update you on containment efforts coming up in just 2 minutes.

( darya ) one week later -- crews are making progress on the wildfires devastating the north bay. ( darya ) good morning i'm darya folsom..( james ) and i'm james fletcher. lets take a look at what where the fire fight stands this morning. the death toll stands at 40. 22 of those deaths are from sonoma county alone. six are from napa county... four from yuba county... and eight from mendocino county... more than 57- hundred homes and

businesses have been destroyed.... we know that firefighters are battling a total of 16 large fires across the state and more than 217-thousand acres have burned statewide. ( james ) now we want to get you updated on the progress of these wildfires. first the pocket fire burning near gyserville... that fire has now burned nearly 12-thousand acres. it is 30% contained this morning. ( james ) then there is the tubbs fire... this is the fire that has done the most damage to the city of santa rosa. it is burning in both napa and sonoma counties. this fire has burned nearly 45-thousand acres but it is now 60% contained this morning. ( darya ) and the nuns fire which

has now combined with 4 other fires has now burned more than 48-thousand acres. that fire is burning off highway 12 near glen ellen. this morning it is now 40% contained. ( darya ) and there is the atlas fire burning in napa and solano counties. this is the fire burning just south of lake berryessa. it has now burned more than 51-thousand acres but it is now 65% contained. fire fighters say that favorable weather conditions over the weekend aided firefighters. ( darya ) now we want to go to kron 4's camila bernal.( james ) she is live along highway 12

in kenwood where the nuns fire is still burning this morning. camila. ( james ) thanks camila. we will check back with you through out the morning.

( darya )( james ) lets check weather and traffic... (anny hong): look for another warm day today. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. the pattern will then change as a system drops down from the north and brings rainfall to our region thursday into

friday. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is no major hot spots. bay bridge

wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) and we continue our team coverage this morning with kron 4's will tran.( darya ) he is live in calistoga this morning where evacuation orders have now been lifted. will. ( will ) it's a sign of progess in napa county. the evacuation order for the city of calistoga has been lifted. cars lined up to get back into town yesterday afternoon. power has been

restored and life is slowly getting back to normal. ( will )( will )( will )

some businesses will reopen today. the tubbs fire is now 60- percent contained. ( darya ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) parts of napa and solano county that were evacuated north of fairfield are now reopened this morning. this is a look at suisun valley road near the green valley area in solano county north west of fairfield. one family returned to their home still standing ... after one week of sleeping in their cars and at shelters with their pets in tow.

( james ) the fires got close. just a couple miles away ... wooden valley road acted as a fireline. the flames scorched the ground on one side ... but left the other side untouched. ( james ) p-g-and-e says it expects to restore power to all its customers in the fire

zones today. the company says power has been restored to more than 92 percent of homes and businesses... but about 21- thouand customers are still without power. the company says safety work on gas pipelines should be done by the morning. when the fires started... almost 100 people were evacuated from sutter health in santa rosa. now... we're seeing what hospital staff seeing what hospital staff had to deal with... as they moved patients

out. surveillance cameras captured the flames that surrounded the hospital. a security guard and other employees grabbed fire extinguishers. ( darya ) dozens of evacuees arrived as patients were being cleared out. they were moved out as well. hospital officials say they are hopeful that the facility will open mid week. ( darya ) if you are looking for information on road conditions and evacuations. you can call the sonoma county

information hotline at the number you see on your screen. you can also check to see if loved ones have marked themselves safe on facebook, or the website safe-and-well-dot-org. ( james )

( james ) we have ( james ) we have much more on the

north bay firestorm coming up throughout the morning.( darya ) but as we go to break we want to remember some of the victims who lost their lives in these fires.

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back to the kron 4 morning

news. let's get a check of the forecast with anny hong. (anny hong): look for another warm day today. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. the pattern will then change as a system drops down from the north and brings rainfall to our region thursday into friday.

no major hot spots. to 101.san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( darya ) students at one high school in napa county are giving back to first responders. justin siena high school fed hundreds of police and firefighters. professional chefs were

on hand whipping up food for the hungry men and women. dozens of hand made signs have been put up around campus thanking all first responders for their hard work.

with donated hay and drove 11- hours straight to the sonoma county fairgrounds. he donated almost 500 bales of hay. one bale will feed 5 horses for a day. the donated hay costs about 7- thousand dollars. bell also donated hay during the valley fire in lake county. ( james ) ( james ) ( james ) starting today... people living in sonoma country will be able to hitch a ride on the smart train again. the santa rosa north and sonoma county airport stations have been closed due to the devastating wine country fires. smart

officials say the stations also lost power... they had been operating on generator power. free rides are being offered for those who need transportation through wednesday. ( james ) ( james ) we have much more on the north bay firestorm coming up throughout the morning.( darya ) but as we go to break we want to remember some of the victims who lost their lives in these fires.

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and if you have any medical conditions. so now that you know all that, what do you think? that it's time to think about jardiance. ask your doctor about jardiance. and get to the heart of what matters. ( darya ) along with the fires in the north bay... crews are also battling a fire up in yuba county. two roommates shot some terrifying shot some roommates two ( darya ) along with the fires in the north bay... crews are also battling a fire

up in yuba county. two roommates shot some terrifying video as they escaped from the raging flames.

darya ) the cascade fire has

burned nearly 10-thousand acres and is 94 precent contained. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... gaining the upper hand on the north bay wildfires. our crews are spread across the bay. we'll have live team coverage as containment grows and families return home.

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making progress on the fires devastating the north bay. it has been one week since the north bay firestorm broke out and the death toll statewide now stands at 40. 22 of those deaths are from sonoma county alone. six are from napa county...( james ) four from yuba county... and eight from mendocino county... mendocino from and eight

yuba county... four from ( james )( james ) four from yuba county... and eight from mendocino county... more than 57- hundred homes and businesses have been destroyed.... we know that firefighters are battling a total of 16 large fires across the state and more than 217-thousand acres have burned state-wide... (james) good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm james fletcher. ( darya ) and i'm firefighters are starting to gain containment on those wildfires as some evacuees return home. ( darya ) now we ( darya ) ( darya ) now we want to get you updated on the progress of these wildfires. first the pocket fire burning near gyserville... that fire has now burned nearly 12-thousand acres. it is 30% contained this morning. ( darya ) then there is the tubbs fire... this is the fire that has done the most damage to the city of santa rosa. it is burning in both napa and sonoma counties. this fire has burned nearly 45-thousand acres but it is now 60% contained this morning. ( james ) and the nuns fire which has now combined

with has now burned more than 48-thousand acres. that fire is burning off highway 12 near glen ellen. this morning it is now 40-percent contained. ( james ) and there is the atlas fire burning in napa and solano counties. this is the fire burning just south of lake berryessa. it has now burned more than 51-thousand acres but it is now 65% contained. fire fighters say that favorable weather conditions over the weekend aided firefighters. ( james ) now we want to go to ron 4's camila bernal.( darya ) she is live along highway 12 in kenwood where the nuns fire is still burning this morning. camila. ( james ) thanks camila. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james )( darya ) welcome back to the kron four morning

kron four back to the welcome ( darya )( james ) the morning.through out with you check back we will camila. we will check back with you through out the morning.

( james )( james ) ( darya ) welcome back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... (anny hong): look for another warm day today. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. the pattern will then change as

a system drops down from the north and brings rainfall to our region thursday into friday. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the less then 30 bridge wb 80 is spots. bay no major hot into friday. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from

the maze to sf. no delays on wb 580 at the tolls ( james ) this morning we have team coverage of the firestorm devastation.( darya ) kron 4's lydia pantazes is live in santa rosa looking at the damage as people begin returning home. lydia.

( lydia ) ( james ) thanks lydia. check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) coming up on the kron

four morning news... the north bay wildfires are taking a devastating toll on the state. how much these fires could cost california.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is min from the maze to sf. no problems across the fire crews are working to protect a historic castle from the nuns fire. helicopters are dropping water around the sonoma county mansion. it sits in the ledson winery... just below the sugarloaf ridge. that ridge has been scorched by the nuns fire. ledson is just one of the many wineries threatened by these devastating fires. state and federal agencies are struggling to pay

for the huge cost of fighting fires. california officials expect the wine country fires to cost hundreds of millions of dollars. the state has spent more than half of its emergency fire fund in the past three months. that does ánot include the cost of fighting the past weeks fires. the federal government has spent more than two-point-seven billion battling wildfires this year. the increasing cost of fighting these fires is putting pressure on lawmakers to find new ways to pay for firefighting and fire prevention. ( darya ) we have much more on the north bay firestorm coming up throughout the morning.( james ) but as we go to break we want to remember some of the victims who lost their lives in these fires. ( james )( darya )( robin )

checking bay area roads before you head out the door.. no major hot spots. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. wb 580 no delays at the tolls

(anny hong): look for another warm day today. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. the pattern will then change as a system drops down from the north and brings rainfall to our region thursday into friday.

( james ) this morning there are still road closrues across the north bay because of the wildfires. in sonoma county...101 northbound at the mendocino ave off ramp is closed until further notice. in napa county... state road 121 at vichy avenue is shut down. and in solano county... wooden valley road at wooden valley cross is closed. and for a full list of road closures in the north bay...check our website...it's all on kron four dot com. ( darya ) we have much more on the north bay firestorm coming up throughout the morning. ( james ) but as we go to break we want to remember some of the victims who lost their

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if you want to make an in- person donation.. you can go to the salvation army in santa rosa -- on 93 stony circle, unit d. also... the united way is colleceting monetary donations at united-way-wine-country- dot-org. ( darya ) coming up... firefighters making progress on the wildfires devastating the north bay. we have our crews spread all across the north bay. we will update you on containment efforts coming up in less than 2 minutes. [burker] at farmers, we've seen almost everything

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we are turning a corner, we are getting a lot more black line up there you are seeing those containment levels coming up.">( darya ) one week later -- crews are making progress on the wildfires devastating the north bay. ( darya ) good morning i'm darya folsom..( james ) and i'm james fletcher. lets take a look at what where the fire fight stands this morning. the death toll stands at 40. 22 of those deaths are from sonoma county alone. six are from napa county... four from yuba county... and eight from mendocino county... more than 57- hundred homes and

businesses have been destroyed. (darya) we know that firefighters are battling a total of 16 large fires across the state and more than 217- thousand acres have burned statewide.(james) the four fires we are closely tracking this morning -- the pocket fire burning near geyserville. the tubbs fire -- which has done the most damage to the city of santa rosa. the atlas fire burning in napa and solano counties. and the nuns fire -- which has now combined with 4 other fires.... including adobe and partrick.(darya) we have complete team

coverage this morning on the progress being made fighting these fires -- as well as the stories of the lives lost and the people returning home to try and pick up the pieces -- more than a week in to the north bay fires. ( james ) first -- some updates. the pocket fire -- seen here on this map -- has now burned nearly 12-thousand acres. it is 30% contained this morning. ( james ) the tubbs fire -- burning in both napa and sonoma counties -- has burned nearly 45-thousand acres but is now 60% contained this morning. ( darya ) and the nuns fire burning off highway 12 near glen ellen. this

morning it is now 40% contained after tearing through almost 49- thousand acres. ( darya ) and there is the atlas fire -- burning just south of lake berryessa. it has now burned more than 51- thousand acres but it is now 65% contained. ( james ) and that leads us to our team coverage this morning starting with kron 4's will tran.tran.kron 4's will starting with morning coverage this morning starting with kron 4's will tran.( darya ) he is live in oakville near the robert mondavi winery. will. ( darya ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. (darya) good morning i'm darya

folsom..(james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... (anny hong): look for another warm day today. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. the pattern will then change as a system drops down from the north and brings

rainfall to our region thursday into friday. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. accident nb 101 at brokaw

101 at brokawaccident nb maze to sf. min from the less then 30 min from the maze to sf. accident nb 101 at brokaw (darya) our team coverage continues with kron 4's camila bernal.(james) she is live in (james) bernal.kron 4's camila bernal. (james) she is live in kenwood where the nuns fire is still burning. camila.

(darya) thanks camila. we will check back with you in about 30 minutes.

( james ) parts of napa and solano county that were evacuated north of fairfield are now reopened this morning. this is a look at suisun valley road near the green valley area in solano county north west of fairfield. one family returned to their home still standing ... after one week of

sleeping in their cars and at shelters with their pets in tow. ( james ) the fires got close. just a couple miles away ... wooden valley road acted as a fireline. the flames scorched the ground on one side ... but left the other side untouched. (darya) happening today -- p-g- and-e says it expects to restore power to all its customers in fire zones. the company says power has been restored to more than 92

percent of homes and businesses... but about 21- thouand customers are still without power. the company says safety work on gas pipelines should be done by the morning. ( james ) we have much more on the north bay firestorm coming up throughout the morning.( darya ) but as we go to break we want to remember some of the victims who lost their lives in these fires.

welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic this morning.

no major hot spots. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. newa ciident in hayward eb 92 before the tolls, blocking two lanes. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.

(anny hong): look for another warm day today. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. the pattern will then change as a system drops down from the north and brings rainfall to our region thursday into friday.

( james ) we continue our breaking news coverage of the

deadly north bay firestorm. this morning we learn more about one of the victims killed in the tubbs fire. (darya) her name was sharon robinson, of santa rosa. she was 79 years old.( james ) kron four's spencer blake spent time talking to her friends... and has her story. (looklive)sharon robinson had a really calming impact on people, based on what i heard from the sprague family.(pkg) sharon robinson was an elderly woman who was killed by the tubbs fire when it overtook her home on donner drive.her rural home up in the hills of santa rosa was destroyed in the fire, as were her neighbors'.the road up there isn't even completely clear yet.jeri sprague knew her for decades, and remembers her artistic talent."she made a beautiful horse quilt blanket and it was small squares and beautiful colors and she had it displayed over her fireplace."calling sharon a 'lovely lady,' jeri was saddened to learn of her passing, even though the spragues moved away from the street a few years ago."she did some neat things. she even

gave some art lessons to my daughter.""i must have been 8 or 9 and she gave me some art classes in exchange for me helping to clean her house - vacuum and feed her cat, normal stuff like that. she would have me sit across from her on the patio and have me try and draw her silhouette, try and draw a tree that we could both see, but without looking at the paper. and also without getting frustrated at myself with the outcome." jacquie sprague, though she's studying social science, realizes that those art lessons stuck with her all these years later."she used to make post cards, like my mom had said. she would do a lot of animals - pointalism style, and i actually did that, living in montana."sharon had grown children - a daughter, and jeri thinks she remembers a son, too - but she lived alone.except, of course, for her cats.in santa rosa, spencer blake, kron four news. ( darya ) the north bay fires are bringing out the best in people. like scott bell.( james )( james )bell.

like scott bell.( james ) bell lived in santa rosa for 17 years and taught at santa rosa junior college for many years before retiring to a hay ranch in nevada. when he heard of all the animals needing help after the fire... he loaded up his 53-foot trailer with donated hay and drove 11-hours straight to the sonoma county fairgrounds. he donated almost 500 bales of hay -- or about 7 thousand bucks worth. one bale will feed 5 horses for a day. bell also donated hay during the valley fire in lake county. (james)(james) the air

quality is becoming noticably better as crews gain control of the wine country fires.(darya) many north bay schools have announced they are resuming classes this week. schools reopening today include those in the antioch, benicia and marin unified school districts. mount diablo, novato and vacaville school districts will also reopen today. san francisco state university along with dominican university and the college of marin will also resume classes this morning. petaluma and vallejo unified schools will reopen tuesday. analy high school will also resume

classes. classes at sonoma state university will resume on wednesday. napa valley unified schools will also reopen wednesday. head to kron4-dot-com for the full list of schools. ( james ) we have much more on the north bay firestorm coming up throughout the morning.( darya ) but as we go to break we want to remember some of the victims who lost their lives in these fires.

( darya ) along with the fires in the north bay... crews are also battling a fire up in yuba county. two roommates shot some terrifying video as they escaped from the raging flames. darya ) the cascade fire has burned nearly 10-thousand loma rica, ca. >cascade fire in escaped the cascade fire in loma rica, ca. > darya ) the cascade fire has burned nearly 10-thousand acres and is 94 precent contained. (darya) still ahead (darya) still ahead on the kron 4

morning news... gaining the upper hand on the north bay wildfires. our crews are spread across the bay. we'll have live team coverage as containment grows and families return home.

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... burned up... a lot of my friends live in coffey park... feel horrible for them>(darya) we continue our team coverage this morning on the progress being made fighting the north bay fires -- as well as the stories of the lives lost and the people returning home to try and pick up the pieces -- a week later. ( darya ) but firefighters are finally making progress on the fires

devastating the north bay. it has been one week since the north bay firestorm broke out and the death toll statewide now stands at 40. 22 of those deaths are from sonoma county alone. six are from napa county...( james ) four from yuba county... and eight from mendocino county... more than 57- hundred homes and businesses have been destroyed.... (darya) we know that firefighters are battling a total of 16 large fires across the state and more than 217-thousand acres have burned statewide. good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm darya folsom.(james) and i'm james fletcher. the four fires we are closely tracking this morning -- the pocket fire burning near geyserville. the tubbs fire -- which has done the most damage to the city of santa rosa. the atlas fire burning in napa and solano counties. and the nuns fire -- which has now

combined with 4 other fires.... including adobe and partrick. (darya) some updates. the pocket fire -- seen here on this map -- has now burned nearly 12-thousand acres. it is 30% contained this morning. (darya) the tubbs fire -- burning in both napa and sonoma counties -- has burned nearly 45-thousand acres but is now 60% contained this morning. ( james ) and the nuns fire burning off highway 12 near glen ellen. this

morning it is now 40% contained after tearing through almost 49-thousand ( james ) and there is the atlas fire -- burning just south of lake berryessa. it has now burned more than 51- thousand acres but it is now 65% contained. ( james ) and that leads us to our team coverage starting with kron 4's will tran.( darya ) he is live in oakville near the robert mondavi winery. will.

(james) (darya) lets take a moment

now for a check of weather and traffic... (anny hong): look for another warm day today. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for

tuesday and wednesday. the pattern will then change as a system drops down from the north and brings rainfall to our region thursday into friday. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) this morning we have team coverage of the firestorm devastation.( darya )

kron 4's lydia pantazes is live in santa rosa looking at the damage no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101

( james ) this morning we have team coverage of the firestorm devastation.( darya ) kron 4's lydia pantazes is live in santa rosa looking at the damage as mandatory evacuations are still in effect. lydia. ( lydia ) ( darya ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning.

( james ) coming up on the kron four morning news... the north bay wildfires are taking a devastating toll on the state. how much these fires could cost california. state and federal

agencies are struggling to pay for the huge cost of fighting fires. california officials expect the wine country fires to cost hundreds of millions of dollars. the state has spent more than half of its emergency fire fund in the past three months. that does ánot include the cost of fighting the past weeks fires. the federal government has spent more than two-point-seven billion battling wildfires this year. the increasing cost of fighting these fires is putting pressure on lawmakers to find new ways to pay for firefighting and fire prevention. ( james ) we have much more on the north bay

firestorm coming up throughout the morning.( darya ) but as we go to break we want to remember some of the victims who lost their lives in these fires.

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lets get a check of weather and traffic...

(anny hong): look for another warm day today. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. the pattern will then change as a system drops down from the north and brings rainfall to our region

thursday into friday. a major hot a major hot spot an accident

in hayward wb 92 before the toll plaza. san mateo bridge less then 52 min from 880 to 101. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101

(darya) this morning there are still road closrues across the north bay because of the wildfires. in sonoma county...101 northbound at the mendocino ave off ramp is closed until further notice. in napa county... state road 121 at vichy avenue is shut down. and in solano county... wooden valley road at wooden valley cross is closed. and for a full list of road closures in the north bay...check our website...it's all on kron four dot com. ( darya ) hundreds of firefighters are currently on

24-hour shifts battling the north bay fires. the crews meet up in open spaces to debrief and as they finish their shifts they hand-off the work to the next group of firefighters. the crews have been able to get more rest in the last couple of days, but nonetheless, they tell us that they are tired. for many, this is the worst fire they have battled in their career. according to cal fire... there are portions of the fire that are high up in the mountains making it harder for them to fight the fires. ( darya ) the fires burning in the north bay are taking a toll on crews. these are images of firefighters sleeping on chairs and some even on the ground. many firefighters from around the country have responded to the north bay firestorm. crews are

working around the clock trying to get the deadly fires under control. ( james ) we have much more on the north bay firestorm coming up throughout the morning.( darya ) but as we go to break we want to remember some of the victims who lost their lives in these fires.

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92 before the toll plaza slow from 880. ( james ) slow from 880.toll plaza slow from 880. ( james ) if you want to donate to victim's of the north bay firestorm.. there are several ways to do it. if you want to make an in-person donation.. you can go to the salvation army in santa rosa -- on 93 stony circle, unit d. also... the united way is colleceting monetary donations at united-way-wine-country-

dot-org. ( darya ) coming up... firefighters making progress on the wildfires devastating the north bay. we have our crews spread all across the north bay. we will update you on containment efforts coming up in less than 2 minutes.

all safe and everything and people have lost more than we have. and um, my heart goes out to them.""i'm so surprised that this valley hasn't scorched and i'm so happy this is such a magical place.">( james ) firefighters finally making progress on the fires devastating the north bay. it has been one week since the north bay firestorm broke out and the death toll statewide now stands at 40.( darya ) 22 of those deaths are from sonoma county alone. six are from