nats (helicopters battle fire) seven helicopters,a couple of fixed wing aircraft and at least 250 firefighters are battling the the bear fire here in the santa cruz mountains. the fire is burning in typically steep, heavily wooded terrain northeast of bear creek road. five firefighters suffered minor injuries, most from falling down. as in most

fires here in the mountains, the challenge for firefighters is access.sot division chief rob sherman/calfirethis dramatic video of the fire after it broke out late monday night off bear canyon road where one home burned to the ground. it's one of four structures destroyed. the battle mainly from the air but calfire says hand crews are also making progress on the ground,cutting lines and starting back fires to contain the fire's spread.sot rob sherman/calfirerapidly

spreading smoke is obscuring reconnaissance efforts but as many as 150 homes are said to be threatened while at least that number of mountain residents were under evacuation orders. the biggest difference between this fire and those still burning in the north bay, at least so far, is the lack of wind.sot rob sherman/calfire

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(grant) and fire crews were called to the scene of another fire - this one in sausalito... near highway 101. it started just before noon... just north of spencer avenue. the flames forced chp officers to shutdown all southbound lanes of highway 101. two lanes have since reopened. evacuation orders were put in place - but have since been lifted. it burned about four acres and is now under control. (vicki) we are tracking a fast-moving fire burning in the east bay - that has now prompted mandatory evacuations. the fire broke out in dublin around 2 this afternoon in the vicinity of tassajara and fallon raods. it's burned about 100- acres. there is a mandatory evacuation order for

the following streets... signal hill east of fallon... to coh hill terrace to saddle creek terrace... the fire is 20-percent contained. we will continue to follow this story and bring you updates as soon as we learn more. (grant) firefighters continue to make progress on the series of destructive fires that have been burning since early last week in the north bay. (vicki) here are the latest numbers from the fire line. the nuns fire in napa and sonoma counties has burned more than 52-thousand acres and is 68- percent contained. the atlas fire in napa and solano counties has burned just over 51-thousand acres and is 77- percent contained. the tubbs fire burning in napa county has burned more than 36- thousand acres, and it is 82-percent contained. and the pocket fire burning north of geyserville in sonoma county has burned nearly 12-thousand acres and is now 58-percent contained. in total, firefighters are battling 16 large fires across the state burning more than 217-thousand acres.

(grant) thousands of homes and businesses have been destroyed or damaged by the north bay firestorm. including several wineries along silverado trail in napa. (vicki) that's where kron four's steve aveson is standing by live. steve, what do you see? (steve)(steve) (steve)(steve) (steve) and evacuation

orders are now being lifted for people in napa county. we learned yesterady, that people can now return to the circle oaks, wooden valley, and berryessa highlands communities. the evacuated area was at state highway 128 from silverado trail... to the napa county line at monitcello dam. however, the napa valley unified school district

will not reopen schools until at least next monday. that's due to ongoing air quality concerns related to the wildfires. (steve) tonight, we have learned the identity of the man who was killed yesterday - while battling the fire here in napa county. he has been identified as 38-year-old garrett paiz of missouri.... he was driving a water truck on oakville grade - when he lost control and overturned into a ravine. a facebook page identifies paiz as a firefighter with the noel fire department in southwest missouri. he was a privately owned water tender contracted by cal fire to fight the nuns fire. fire.

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(grant) 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. (vicki) the iconic "glass house" mansion in fairfield - destroyed.... (vicki) by the wildfires burning in the north bay. a look at the damage coming up next on kron four news at five. (grant) then, after evacuating nearly 80 patients last week because of the north bay firestorm... santa rosa's sutter hospital has re-opened. the new video that shows just how close those flames got to the building. (vicki) bur first... we meet the community who came together to fight off the flames ... and save a santa rosa community.

the sonoma county sheriff's office is starting to allow people back into their homes in santa rosa... lifting evacuation orders in some areas. (grant) this is a map from the city of santa rosa... the areas in red remain under a mandatory evacuation. people living in the annadel heights and oakmont neighborhoods... can now return home. as well as a mendocino ave medical complex.

police are asking that people use caution as they make their way home. (vicki) kron four's terisa estacio joins us live now from the fountaingrove neighborhood in santa rosa... with a look at the efforts there. terisa?

(vicki) santa rosa's fountaingrove neighborhood was ravaged by the fire. this video shows some of the many homes there that burned to the ground.(grant) but kron4's maureen kelly found one street that is still standing, thanks for a group of residents that banded together to keep their homes, and their neighbors' homes from being destroyed. i'm on lake park court and neighbors here on this cul de sac and some other neighbors living on the street above banded together to save approximently 22 homes in this area.not once, but three times over three days.this neighbor up on bicentenial way who owns a heavy equiptment rental place, got a portable water tank and a pump up here .and along with another

neighbor who's a retired firefighter and a handfull of homeowners ran water from this pool and beat back the fire burning on the hills around this areauntil firefighters arrived to help up midday monday .it was a big group efforts. with all the neighbors who came around and worked his teams together put now it's gone fires all over the property all the way to the down to the retirement home down there and all the neighbors banded together and worked in teams and they were running around and all working as a team making sure fires are being put out everywhere ricardo uribe had been away from his home when the fire destroyed other homes in the fountaingrove neighborhood and threatened his property..but he jumped in to help when the hill at the end of the cul de sac ignited on tuesday morning. by then, the impromptu fire brigade used fire hoses left behind by firefighters to help squelch those flames which threatened to take out the whole block and then some.if anything we saved was probably the convalescent home back here because the fire was starting again until we came in there with the hosespolice came trying to evacute this block again on tuesday night..when another fire that broke out to the east.but once again the

band of neighbors stayed behind and worked together to put out the fire until a strike team got there. in the end they saved their homes and homes of neighbors who evacuated the area. and made new friends.we lived here for 15 years and i really didn't know the people behind us now he's my buddy were bosom buddiesfriendships forged by fire.helping a stronger community rise from these ashes.maureen kelly kron4 news. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meterologist brittney shipp. temperatures began to cool today as high pressure weakened. this is the beginning of a cooling trend that will have temperatures

running below normal through the middle of the week. fires continue to burn but the weather conditions are improving for firefighters. the winds have been very light. the sea breeze will stretch further on shore over the next few days and the humidity will switch from very dry to almos wet as early as tomorrow. on the satellite and radar you can see the clouds and showers moving into california. most of the rain will be south of monterey. we'll see increascing clouds as this system moves through tonight. on the satellite image you can see the storm developing in the gulf of alaska. this storm will bring a chance of showers late on

thursday and into early friday. highs tomorrow will be cooler and in the 80s inland, 60s and 70s around the bay, with 50s to mid 60s at the coast. we will conitinue to cool over the next few days with partly cloudy skies tomorrow. late on thursday there is a chance of showers developing in the north bay and spreading south overnight. warmer and dry weather is exppected this weekend with offshore winds increasing on sunday and into monday. (vicki) coming up, it will take years to rebuild after the devastating fires... however, there's already one group already at work - rebuilding wine country. we'll introduce them to you in a live report - coming up at 5:30.

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we can now use a blood sample to detect lung cancer. if we can do that, imagine what we can do for asthma. and if we can stop seizures in epilepsy patients with a small pacemaker for the brain, imagine what we can do for multiple sclerosis, even migraines. if we can use patients' genes to predict heart disease in their families, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. imagine what we can do for you. one of the many recognizable bay area landmarks lost in the wildfires --- the so-called "glass house" in fairfield.. (vicki) catherine heenan is here with more on what happened to the huge hilltop home - lost in the atlas fire.. (catherine) lots of

people knew this home...........built in 2003 on the south summit of the twin sisters peaks.. there's not much left except twisted metal and its concrete foundation.the glass house stood on twin sisters road in fairfield - close to the border of solano and napa counties. it was considered an architectural masterpiece - built in 2003 at a cost of roughly 17-million dollars. like so many other homes - it went up in flames late last week. when you see it 'before' the fire - you understand why it was so recognizable...it sat right on the top of the hill and had enormous glass walls and a hexagon shape. anyone who had a chance to get inside had stunning views of the area from every angle.. the home was spread across more than 13-thousand square feed...and included a helicopter pad... the current owners bought it in 2012. they live in texas and used the estate as a vacation home. they say they'll wait until the fires are completely

extinguished....and then will begin re-building.....saying they'll make it bigger and better than before. grant and vicki? (grant) coming up - we are tracking several wildfires burning around the bay area. next - an update on the fires buring in santa cruz, alameda county - and the north bay.

(vicki) our top story at 5:30... another wildfire breaks out in the bay area. (grant) a fire in the santa cruz mountains is prompting evacuation orders tonight... as more and more people are returning home in the north bay . (grant) here is what we know right now. the fire broke out the fire now. the fire broke out around 10:30 last night in the area of bear creek canyon road. it started as a house fire and quickly spread to vegetation. so far we know the fire is just five- percent contained. it has burned 200 acres and destroyed four buildings. (vicki) evacuations are in place, and boulder creek elementary school is currently an evacuation center. officials say the steep, rugged terrain has been a

challenge, and several firefighters have been injured -- but not seriously. one firefighter had to be rescued early this morning after falling 50-feet down a ravine. (grant) we are tracking breaking news out of in the east bay - a wildfire has prompted mandatory evacuations in alameda county. the fire broke out in dublin around 2 this afternoon in the vicinity of tassajara and fallon raods. it's burned about 100-acres. there is a mandatory evacuation order for the following streets... signal hill east of fallon... to cog hill terrace to saddle creek terrace... a community resource center has been set up at the wave waterpark off central parkway. the fire is only 20-percent contained. we will continue to follow this story and bring you updates as soon as we learn more. (grant) the fire in the santa cruz mountains comes as the fires continue to burn in the north bay. (vicki)north bay. (vicki) steve aveson

is in napa tonight talking to people about rebuilding wine country. steve?

(grant) another story today is another story today is

the smoky skies across the bay area. this is a live look outside. (vicki) meteorologist lawrence karnow is standing by with your forecast.

(grant) a warning for people who need to rebuild after the north bay fires. be cautious of hiring un- licensed contractors. the contractors state license board is touring damaged neighborhoods to warn victims of the dangers of hiring people posing as contractors. the board has been puting up signs...this was earlier today.

standing and that they have the proper insurance. there's lots of materials, it's a very complex thing building a home. so we want you to know what we are here to help and there is a lot of materials so don't rush into it just because somebody says they can help you.">(grant) phony contractors will typically solicit their services after large disasters. (viciki) a petaluma woman is behind bars... on suspicion of stealing mail and committing fraud against santa rosa fire evacuees. katie lehnhard was arrested after a mail theft victim reported fraudulent charges on her bank account. using a cancelled check ... police tracked down lehnhard and found she had credit cards and checkbooks belonging to santa rosa fire evacuees staying at local shelters. police believe the items were stolen from cars left behind in burned down neighborhoods. (vicki) 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. (grant) still ahead on the kron4 news at five... as we continue to cover the wildfires in the bay area... today marks the anniversary of another tragedy. catherine heenan will tell us how mayor ed lee remebered the loma prieta earthquake today. (vicki) and president trump is sending mixed messages about a senate healthcare plan. coming up -- the new deal reached to restore obamacare.

(grant) a judge in hawaii has blocked the latest version of president trump's travel ban. u.s. district judge derrick watson granted hawaii request to temporarily block the federal government from enforcing the policyit was supposed to take effect at midnight wednesday. the trump administration's most recent restrictions affects citizens in chad, iran, libya, north korea, somalia, syria, and yemenand some venezuelan government officials and their families. hawaii argues the updated ban is a continuation of president trump's promise to quote...exclude muslims from the united states. (vicki) two senators have reached a deal "in principle" to restore obamacare cost-sharing reduction payments for two years. tennessee senator lamar alexander and washington senator patty murray have been working on the plan for weeks. president trump, when

asked about the deal, called it a "short-term solution"... but appeared supportive of the proposal.(sot) (vicki) democrats and republicans were briefed on the deal during lunch today. (grant) coming up-- we continue our coverage of the north bay wildfires. we're live in napa where officials just updated the firefighting efforts.

(grant) continuing our coverage of the north bay fires. (vicki) steve aveson is in napa tonight talking to people about rebuilding wine country. steve? (vicki) today marks the

28th anniversary of the deadly loma prieta earthquake.... which shook the bay area to its core october 17th....1989. (grant) catherine heenan is here with more on the day that few northern californians will everforget.. (catherine) a lot of people are taking note that while northern california is reeling from the disaster of the wildfires....we're marking the anniversary of 'another' tragedy... the loma prieta quake was centered on the san andreas fault. it caused extensive damage to the bay area.....including san francisco, the south

bay.......down throughthe santa cruz mountains.. the 6-point-nine quake caused the double decker nimitz freeway to collapse in oakland....along with the east span of the bay bridge. many homes in san francisco's marina district were badly damaged - and fires broke out. 63 people were killed and thousands were injured. across the region - damage was estimated at roughly 6-billion dollars. today in a statement - san francisco mayor ed lee said that the city has since learned a lot...witha huge focus on making buildings, homes and bridges more secure and resilient... vicki and grant? (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meterologist brittney shipp. temperatures began to cool today as high

pressure weakened. this is the beginning of a cooling trend that will have temperatures running below normal through the middle of the week. fires continue to burn but the weather conditions are improving for firefighters. the winds have been very light. the sea breeze will stretch further on shore over the next few days and the humidity will switch from very dry to almos wet as early as tomorrow. on the satellite and radar you can see the clouds and showers moving into california. most of the rain will be south of monterey. we'll see increascing clouds as this system moves through tonight. on the satellite image you can see the storm developing in the gulf of alaska. this storm will bring a chance of showers late on thursday and into early friday. highs tomorrow will be

cooler and in the 80s inland, 60s and 70s around the bay, with 50s to mid 60s at the coast. we will conitinue to cool over the next few days with partly cloudy skies tomorrow. late on thursday there is a chance of showers developing in the north bay and spreading south overnight. warmer and dry weather is exppected this weekend with offshore winds increasing on sunday and into monday.

(vicki) coming up next, a look at new video that shows just how close flames got to the sutter hospital in santa rosa.

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open their doors again - after the north bay firestorm - including sutter hospital. the hospital reopened this morning for both inpatient and emergency care. kron 4's hermela aregawi spoke to officials about what it took to restore services. sutter regional back in operation..after historic wild fires forced the facility to shut down sunday.a surveillance video time lapse from that night shows the hospitalsurrounded by the blaze.employees sprung into action.. grabbing extinguishers and pushing the flames back until firefighters arrived on scene.kelsey claybrook was working that night.kelsey claybrook/security guard and first responderit's just a huge relief because obviously the night of when you are evacuating you don't know when we are going to be able to open or what the extent of the damage is. we are absolutely fortunate. it's good to see people in the building again. good to see everybody in the building again. just good to see everybody here again. there is a good upbeat attitude here

right now across the building. the hospital says 77 patients were evacuated safely over the course of six hours.lisa amador/sutter spokesperson: they went to local hospitals as well as our affiliates hospitals, novato community hospital. califiornia pacific medical center and alta bates. surveillance video shows people exiting and getting on buses.while employees were getting patients out...fire evacuees from the area arrived looking for shelter.the hospital says since that night, staff has been working around the clock to reopen the doors as quickly as possible. lisa amador/sutter spokesperson:it's been a really focused effort. we opened this brand new hospital 3 years ago and so it was like reopening the hospital. it took a lot of teams. we have a great support from sutter health, our network of hospitals and outpatient care services and physician organizations. we are so thrilled to be open to for this community at such a very very difficult time. but the recovery efforts are far from over.. as staff deals with personal losses from the fire. kelsey claybrook/security guard and first responder:you know a lot of stories shared and some people have absolutely experienced loss here so just learning about that, coping with that dealing with that.we've made it. the people that have lost are trying to get together. there

are fundraisers going on. everyone is talking insurance, what can we do to help and come stay at my place. in santa rosa, hermela aregawi, kron 4 newos. (vicki) that wraps up kron 4 news at 5. grant lodes and pam moore are here with kron 4 news at six. ((2shot))((pam))thank you vicki...tinder dry conditions fueling several fires burning in the bay area tonight. including this brush fire in dublin which briefly forced the evacuation of nearby homes. we just got word those evacuations were lifted.new information at the top of the hour..plus in the santa cruz mountains...a fire is threatening more than 100 homes.crews battling it from the ground and the air.we're live at the scene((grant))plus meteorologist lawrence karnow tells us how the weather will affect all the fires around the bay.((pam))don't go away..kron 4 news at six starts in just minutes.

when the flames was at its worst, we would have to dunk down underneath the water,now at six: new tales of survival and resilience.a santa rosa hospital surrounded by flames last week ... back in business tonight.rumors of an arsonist, as yet unfounded. coulda started a million ways. not going to even guess at that new fires in the bay area ... in sausalito ... dublin ... and the santa cruz mountains. nat (pam) good evening... i'm pam moore.( grant ) and i'm grant lodes....steve aveson is on assignment in hard hit wine country...we'll check in with him momentarily... but first... breaking news out of the east bay.

( grant ) there is another fire going right now in dublin... and we just learned 30 minutes ago all evacuation orders have been lifted. the fire is near tassajara road... to the north of interstate 580 and east of 680. the evacuation order came out just about an hour ago. this fire has burned already 180 acres... the alameda county fire department shared this image. containment is now up to 75-percent. kron four has a crew on the way and will bring you an update as we learn more. ( pam ) while firefighters swarm the north bay trying to knock down all the flames there.. another wildfire erupts in the south bay..(grant) kron four's rob fladeboe is in the santa cruz mountains with the latest on what's called the bear fire....

( grant ) a brief scare in the north bay this afternoon as fires started along highway 101 in sausalito. the

marin county fire department says there were three small fires...each no more than an acre or two. they briefly shutdown southbound 101... but all lanes are back open tonight. no word on what sparked the fires. ( grant ) now to the north bay wildfires.... and that is where our steve aveson is tonight.( pam ) he is at one of the wineries in napa ... that has been devastated by the wildfires... steve..

( pam ) here is the latest on the big fires going in the north bay. the 'tubbs fire' ... which has burned more than 36-thousand acres... is now 82-percent contained. the 'pocket fire' has grown to over 12-thousand acres... it is 58-percent contained tonight.( grant ) the largest fire is the nuns fire... it has burned close to 53-thousand acres... containment is at 68-percent. and firefighters are making headway with the atlas fire. it's burned 51-thousand acres and is now 77-percent contained. ( grant ) the number of

people killed in the fires remains at 41 tonight. sonoma county says the number of people missing is down to 53 tonight. napa county says eight people are still unaccounted for.( pam ) the number of people evacuated is dropping. mandatory orders keep getting lifted, and at last check... about 30-thousand people are still being told to stay away from their homes. (pam) fire officials say, they are very happy to report that they are making progress in the north bay... (grant) however, there is some concern with a weather front coming at the end of the week. kron four's terisa estacio is in the fountaingrove area.. on this part of our coverage...

over in the distance.. drones are flying - i am here just off of fountaingrove parkway - they are using the drones to check for hotspots i spoke with calfire officials today and although the forecase calls for rain and one would think that is good news it poses some potential risks to restart these deadly fires. estacio) these were flames from just off highway 12 near oakmont monday night. although crews were successful in beating back the flames by setting backfires, and getting people on the ground and bulldozers to start the fires from spreading there is a new concern on the horizon this is steve crawford from

calfire. steve crawford. rain is not always good, it can bring wind, and that could potential get these fires running again, and we could be looking at new fires again new fires would cetainly effect all of the work done so far and effect work by utility crews to replace critical infrastrutre to allow residents a chance to return home or to get into the burnned out areas to see if there was anything they could salvage.

( pam ) we are in wine country tonight where many of the vineyards have suffered some sort of damage.. and in some instances... been wiped out by a wildfire. an up- close look at the devastation. ( grant ) and we are getting more stories of people who have lost everything in the flames. hear from one man who says his family is now without some prized possessions.

who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. ( grant ) we are seeing more and

more of the devastation each day in the north bay from the firestorm.( pam ) our steve aveson is at a winery off silverado trail tonight.. a winery which sadly, was reduced to rubble. steve

one of the incredible stories of survival from the wildfires -- the husbandand wife in santa rosa who survived when the only place to turn was their backyard swimming pool... catherine heenan is here with more on daniel pomplun's story.... (catherine) the couple woke up around 1:30 am tuesday.........and realized that there wasa red glow outside their bedroom window.. the flames were so close - there was nowhere to run. this swimming pool would become their only option.. these are photos of daniel and cindy pomplun's pool from the washington post... they'd eventually spell out the words

"walk out" in stones...to let anyone knowthey were walking off the property. but that was only after spending a terrifying half hour huddled in their home as the fire raged by....and when it became clear that they were going to die if they didn't get out -- they jumpedinto their swimming pool. daniel says he got the idea from a t-v show. daniel pomplun: i actually something on television a long time ago about how to survive a wildfire. we tried to apply as many of the principles we learned from that show as we could. when the flames was at its worst, we would have to dunk down underneath the water, maybe every five seconds or so just to cool off, and then i take a breath or two and then dunk back down. and we did that for maybe 15 minutes, 20 minutes just to keep ourselves cool. their house collapsed....which they watched happening from the pool.they say they talked about what they were losing as

room after room of their 5-bedroom home was destroyed. but they survived.... and are now talking about whether to rebuild in the same spot or move somewhere else. thanks to daniel's boss they have temporary housing.....and say the reality of all this is still sinking in.... pam and grant? ( pam ) as each day passes, we are learning of more tragic stories of north bay residents losing their homes in the wildfires.( grant ) kron4's haaziq madyun was at an auto repair shop in san francisco earlier today and heard one of those heartbreaking stories it is almost impossible not to find someone who was personally impacted by the north bay wildfires. case in point here at r&m automotive in san francisco, the auto mechanic that services kron4's vehicles, mike, has this story. his wife's parents losing their fountaingrove home of 30-years on eagle court in santa rosa

his in-laws home: "my kids were at that house sunday morning. they were playing on the deck in the back. it was just like a normal sunday. they were there. they were playing. then that night the house is gone.">

kron4news let's take a look outside right now...(pam) meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now with the four zone forecast. temperatures began to cool today as high pressure weakened. this is the beginning of a cooling trend that will have temperatures running below normal through the middle of the week. fires continue to burn but the weather conditions are improving for firefighters. the winds have been very

light. the sea breeze will stretch further on shore over the next few days and the humidity will switch from very dry to almos wet as early as tomorrow. on the satellite and radar you can see the clouds and showers moving into california. most of the rain will be south of monterey. we'll see increascing clouds as this system moves through tonight. on the satellite image you can see the storm developing in the gulf of alaska. this storm will bring a chance of showers late on thursday and into early friday. highs tomorrow will be cooler and in the 80s inland, 60s and 70s around the bay, with 50s to mid 60s at the coast. we will conitinue to cool over the next few days with partly cloudy skies tomorrow. late on thursday there is a chance of showers developing in the north bay and spreading south overnight.

warmer and dry weather is exppected this weekend with offshore winds increasing on sunday and into monday. ( grant ) we are not the only ones dealing with wildfires. the famous

location in southern california which flames threatened today.( pam ) and we are meeting more heroes tonight in the north bay. the lengths some neighbors went to... in order to keep several homes from catching fire.

( pam ) a somber recognition ... today marks the 28th anniversary of the deadly loma prieta earthquake. centered on the san andreas fault... the 6-point-9 magintude quake caused extensive damage from the santa cruz mountains and throughout the bay area. it caused the double- decker nimitz freeway in oakland to collapse .... along with part of the east span of the bay bridge. many homes in san francisco's marina district had significant damage... major fires broke out. a total of 63- people died... thousands more were injured. (grant) firefighters just contained a brush fire

that's burning near the famed mount wilson observatory in los angeles. the fire started early this morning and quickly grew to a few dozen acres. crews spent the day dropping water and fire retardant on the mountainous terrain. no homes threatened...no evacuations ordered.however, the flames burned close to several television broadcast towers. ( pam ) just ahead.. now comes the next step. we will speak with a napa county official .... and look ahead to the massive rebuilding efforting following the devastating wildfires.( grant ) and they did everything they could to save some houses. we will introduce you to neighborhood heroes who tapped into a pool to fight the north bay wildfires.

(grant) it's been nearly a week an a half since fires popped up across santa rosa and wine country...bringing those communities to their knees.(pam) tonight... our steve aveson.. getting an up close look at the destruction.. steve

( pam ) a group of neighbors banded together to save their homes in the fountaingrove area of santa rosa.( grant ) kron4's maureen kelly talked with a few of the members of this impromptu fire brigade who say they fought back the flames not once, but a total of three times. talk about teamwork. when the

fires broke out here around lake park court monday morning.a handful of homeowners stayed behind to fight the flames while their families evacuated.one was a retired firefighter.who helped quickly train his neighbors..to use garden hosese to beat back the flames burning the hillsides behind their property.another who lives on the street above..brought in a portable water tank and a pump.and used the water from his pool to fight the fires until firefighters showed up.one of the homeowners who came back after gettign his wife and kids to safety describes what it was like.bitea second fire broke out tuesday morning..at the end of the cul de sac..they used fire hoses left by the firefighters and tapped into the fireplugs.and think they were able to squelch the flames before it spread down the block.and over to a nearby convelscent home. the band of neighbors worked together when a third fire broke out that same night. in the end they estimate they

saved 15 homes on this cul de sac and another 7 on the street above. they also forged new friendships in this fire. maureen kelly kron4 news. meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now with another look at the four zone forecast... temperatures began to cool today as high pressure weakened. this is the beginning of a cooling trend that will have temperatures running below normal through the middle of the week. fires continue to burn but the

weather conditions are improving for firefighters. the winds have been very light. the sea breeze will stretch further on shore over the next few days and the humidity will switch from very dry to almos wet as early as tomorrow. on the satellite and radar you can see the clouds and showers moving into california. most of the rain will be south of monterey. we'll see increascing clouds as this system moves through tonight. on the satellite image you can see the storm developing in the gulf of alaska. this storm will bring a chance of showers late on thursday and into early friday. highs tomorrow will be cooler and in the 80s inland, 60s and 70s around the bay, with 50s to mid 60s at the coast. we will conitinue to cool over the next few days with partly cloudy skies tomorrow. thursday there is a chance of showers developing in the north bay and spreading south overnight. warmer and dry weather is exppected this weekend with offshore winds increasing on sunday and into monday.

(pam) we are tracking other news tonight. is a deal on a health care proposal on the horizon? the proposal that is gaining traction.

two security officers have been fired for their role in a highly publicized incident where a passenger was dragged off a united airlines

flight earlier this year. the whole thing was recorded as it unfolded at chicago's o'hare airport and the video went viral. the passenger was left blooded after refusing to give up his seat. officials say one of the officers tried to cover up the details of what went down on the plane. two other officers have already been suspended... one of them resigned. (pam) two u.s. senators have reached a deal "in principle" .... to restore obamacare cost- sharing reduction payments ... for two years. republican tennessee senator lamar alexander and democratic washington senator patty murray have been working on the plan for weeks. president trump said..... he was aware of the deal, calling it a "short term" solution. however, the commander in chief insists, he is still intent on fully repealing obamacare -- an effort that so far, has repeatedly failed in congress, despite full republican control. in sports... the yankees and

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yankees down 2 games to 1 to the astrostop 6th/ scoreless yuri guriel lines one down the 3rd base line with the bases loaded george springer josh reddick and jose altuve score on the bases clearing double 3-0 astrosbottom 7th/ 4-0 astrosaaron judge with a hige blast to straight-away center solo home run his 2nd in 2 games 4-1 astorsbottom 8th/ 4-3 astrosjudge with another long drive jacoby ellbury scores a fan reaches over the wall it's a ground rule double for judge 4-4 tie 2 batters latergary sanchez goes the other way into the gap judge and didi gregorious score 6-4 yankees(chapman got the save in the 9th)final: 6-4 yankeesseries tied 2-2 game 5 tomorrow in the bronx

the raiders trying the break a 4-game losing streak thursday night against the chiefsderek carr how effective can he be with the back injury?navorro bowman wearing his familiar number 53 practicing with the silver and black for the first timeafter being cut by the 49ers friday bowman signed a 1-year, $3 million contract with the raiders yesterdaycarr and defense coorninator ken norton jr. where talked newest raider(sot: carr & norton) (grant) we are in napa tonight... we are in (grant) we are in napa tonight... where we are getting an upclose look at the devastation from the wine country fires. one last look at what is next for the region's biggest businesses--the wineries.

the passenger that says she was told not to sing the national anthem. >> she wanted to honor a fallen soldier. >> i was -- i wish i had more courage to start singing. >> and me too. >> actress reese witherspoon's shocking revelation of what

happened to her when she was a teen. >> her job from hell. >> what was it like working for disgraced producer harvey weinstein. >> he takes you back to his office. >> yes. >> shuts the door. >> yes. >> and then what happens? >> the former pussycat doll speaks. >> he jumped on top of me and started kissing me. i said stop. >> the brace college student that fled the california wildfires. >> i was not going to burn to death in my car. >> how she stuffed her 70-pound dog inside a duffel bag to escape. >> april the giraffe's baby. look how big he got. >> happy birthday, six months. >> now, "inside edition" with deborah norville. deborah: hello, everybody, and thank you for joining us. the national anthem has sit the skies. a woman flying on delta wanted to sing the national anthem when she realized that the body

of a fallen service member was being transported on her plane. but she says the flight attendant told her she couldn't sing. jim moret has the details. >> i just did the most uncourageous thing in my life today. >> this doctor finds herself at the center of a controversy after she says she was not not to sing the national anthem on board a delta flight. dr. pamela g odry said she was on the flight carrying the remains of dustin wright from philadelphia to atlanta. the green beret was killed in a raid in the african nation of niger two weeks ago and was escorted home by another soldier. >> the captain asked if we would remain seated while the soldier got off the plane first and while the honor guard took the deceased soldier out of the plane. >> she says she went from seat to seat asking other passengers

to join in singing the national anthem in honor of fallen soldier. that's when she says she was quickly shut down. >> the chief flight attendant came up to my seat and she field down and said it is against company policy to do what you are doing. and i said the national anthem? and there is a soldier on board. and she said, yes, you cannot sing the national anthem. >> she was so upset the moment she got off the maybe she shot this video and posted it on facebook. >> i am humiliated by my lack of courage to sing the national anthem in my own country. >> on social media, debate is raging. you are a true patriot and outstanding american went one comment. others say the position was misguided pointing out military protocol requires referential silence.