involvement in the creation of rocky mountain national park. he talks about the legislative process and opposition to establishing the 10th national park. hosted by history colorado, this event marking the centennial of the park is a little over an hour. >>> on january the 26th of 1915, 100 years ago, president widrow wilson signed the legislation rating the rocky mountain national park. five days earlier on january 20th, with the enabling legislation finally through congress, the cartoon on the screen behind me appeared in the denver post. it shows e nos mills shaking hands with goddess colorado who is saying, enos, i'm proud of you. looking on from the background, two mountains join in. enos, i'm proud of you, says one. the other replies, i always knew you were all right. further compliments followed and within a matter of months, enos mills was being hailed as the father of rocky mountain national park, a title that mills himself would soon appropriate in his own writings. that title has followed mills from his time to our own. to cite the m

mills, the father of rocky mountain national park. homesteader, nature guide, naturalist, writer, lecture you are, photographer, and citizen of nature. the inscription continues as follows. he brought the love for nature and the wilderness to all that he touched. his legacy is in the scenery in wild gardens of the nature that we continue to enjoy. however pithy and memorable, the title is both unfortunate and misleading. it all too easily lends itself to an all encompassing statement of fact. it clearly implies as does this denver post cartoon that enos mills was somehow single handedly responsible for the establishment of the nation's 12th national park. he was not. though mills' role was important and at times crucial, others helped and helped in major ways over the course of an exhausting campaign that lasted nearly seven years. it is a story of that campaign, the campaign that created rocky mountain national park and the role that enos mills and others played that i want to share with you this evening. let's do something a bit unu

when the rocky fire started but humidity, 8%, 9%. and we are talking about temperatures in the fire zone tomorrow with 80s, double and triple when they were earlier. in the 5-day forecast, not bad. i'm doing this forecast thinking when you get fires like this, i think about firefighters and what they're thinking about. when they see numbers like this, they're happy. friday, sketchy because the temperatures come up again. the 5-day forecast with the bay area weekend coming into view here right there. right into here, and it's interesting how the fires are. and you have been around the state for a long time. they are taking off, and firefighters say we have never seen anything like this, and since i have been around, we haven't had a 4-year drought like this. >> and the picture that is noelle had in the newscast coming up like a volcano erupting something that we don't see often. and think about f we had normal rainfall, there would be green, and think about all the trees that died. this is some of the roughest terrain in the state, no

the rocky fire 12% contained. 6,000 homes at risk. ktvu fox 2 news noelle walker is live at the fire. >> i have blue skies ahead of me and smoke in the background. it was not the story 10 minutes down the road where we were half hour ago. take a look. this is where the fire has jumped at parts. jumped highway 20. this is what they did not want to happen. they were trying to hold the fire at highway 20 but it jumped across the highway in spot fires and in some cases running up a ridge that they were about to send an air attack after. this is the time of day when things change. we were really in the nick of it -- thick of it along highway 20, the northern edge of the fire. they have been doing water drops with the helicopters helicopters and the air tankers. going after the fire with everything they have. i keep hearing this is unprecedented. as of this morning it was 60,000 acres and growing. we watched it approaching towards us along highway 20. 5,000 people have been evacuated. we have been watching today in the last 10 minutes emerg

more on the rocky fire next weather hit. leyla?e can deal with delightful weather, northbound on 101 this is in san jose near san antonio traffic is light as we turn it around you can see the southbound t

it's rocky, steep and very dry. access to some of those areas can be very difficult to take hours to get equipment back into the area. that's where the air resources have been critical to drop retardant, slowing down this fire. even as you can see, there's not a lot of roads back into those areas. aur a air resources are critical. >> thank you for giving us the latest on the jerusalem fire. >>> let's get the latest on the conditions and we turn to the weather forecast. >> spencer christian is here. >> sunny skies and dry conditions across the bay area. that includes the area of the jerusalem fire and rocky fire. 83 degrees. quite warm. very dry. relative humidity only 22%. winds out of the south-southwest gusting to 18 miles an hour. this area of green represents the big smoke bloom generated from these fires and blown up to the northeast. as our spokesperson pointed out, away from homes in the area but it could be great to have weaker winds, no winds at all. we expect winds to remain gusty into the late night hours

my grandson is a wrestler in rocky point. so you worry about that. >> reporter: the rocky point website contains information on spread. good hygiene, self-skin checks, get to a doctor. the staff infection is resistant to many common antibiotics. they say the school waited too long and allege in their $12 million lawsuit rocky point didn't let anybody know when the first student contracted mrsa. cleaning with a dirty wet mop won't do it. frank fernandez claims his son contracted mrsa at rocky point high. >> it's spreading to gigantic, it looked like boils. >> reporter: where was it? >> on his shoulders. told us the district does not comment on cases of active litigation and must maintain privacy when student matters involved. from rocky point, jennifer mclogan, cbs2 news. >> and messages to the school community last january, the superintendent explained that most of the mrsa infections at the high school were, quote, not serious. >>> new information tonight in the sayreville, new jersey high school football hazing case. two ac

strike teams are at the rocky fire. this photo from vallejo firefighters was posted on twitter today. it shows how big the fire is. there are 21 major fires. you can see them on this map. the majority are in northern california. >> fire officials hope to have full containment of the rag fire sometime tomorrow. the fire which began on july 22nd has burned more than 8,000 acres. it is now 95% contained. >>> let's head to meteorologist drew touma for a look at what firefighters are facing. >> the rocky fire has gotten so massive that now the smoke ago seen from space. this is satellite imagery from earlier this evening. you notice this gray area you can see right here to the east of clear lake that's the smoke from the rocky fire earlier this evening. this is when firefighters try and make the greatest advance on fires. the relative humidity goes up and the winds calm down. the temperature is 71 degrees. the all important relative humidity is up to 53%. that's up from 17% earlier this afternoon. the winds are calming down

tonight that rocky fire is 85% contained. it was just yesterday that fire officials lifted all evacuation orders caused by the rocky fire. >>> all right, we're going to check in with meteorologist mark tamayo to get the latest on the weather conditions. which are always a big factor in fighting these fires. >> it was always a big factor. this is not a sight we wanted to see. we basically saw a big smoke plume with the rocky fire. a few days over a week ago today basically the same deal with the rapid growth in this fire. take a look as we came closer to this. this picture snapped by calfire earlier today and that big smoke plume visible across a big portion of the bay area. visible by san rafael. healdsburg and vallejo. 3,000acres at last check with that big growth out there. there's the distance locater. taking a look at the wind observation and temperature observations. you do have temperatures cooling down into the 70s. winds for the most part are calm. i had a weather reporter out in this region closer to the fire zone re

this is the rocky fire burning in lake county. now 46,000 acres. this is one of at least 20 other large fires across the state. most of them in the northern part of california. we're joined live at the santa clara fire department headquarters for more on what the local firefighters are doing to help and where the biggest threats are. >> reporter: they have a tough job ahead of them peggy. the department has sent 27 firefighters to the rocky fire west of sacramento which as you mentioned has already scorched more than 46,000 acres. in addition two strike teams from several south bay cities including san jose have also been sent to the rocky fire. we talked to a cal fire spokesman about the challenges of fighting two dozen fires throughout california at one time. >> the conditions across our state and especially here in northern california are tinder dry. that's what's allowing the fires to burn as such anz explosive rate. >> reporter: to give you an idea just how explosive, the rocky fire grew 20,000 acres in just a five-hour period last night. cal

the rocky fire doubling in size overnight, now sitting at 47,000 acres. gheechb good evening. >> that rocky fire has torn through 24 homes and another 5,000 are threatened. but the flames are only 5% contained. evacuees are very worried. the rocky fire just one of more than 20 major fires burning in california right now. crews from across the country are here to help. for the latest on california's state of emergency here's marianne an fabro. >> reporter: the santa clara county fire department has sent 27 firefighters to the rocky fire, and they have been tasked with structure defense, protecting homes. in addition, two strike teams made of up fighters from several south bay cities including san jose have been sent to the rocky fire. crews are launching an aggressive air attack using california national guard air tankers. firefighters are also burning out areas ahead of the fire to help stop the flames from moving so quickly. >> last night, we burned out much of the grass so that by the time the actual wildfire burns there, we have a much larger yeah irto

crew from around california are heading to lake county to fight the rocky fire. but local communities still need to be protected in case of fire. cornell joins us live from the fire station at harrison and embarcadero with the story. cornell? >>reporter: fire resources are being stretched very thin across the state tonight exploratorium already has fire crew at the rocky fire. it says it's willing and able to send more about of the department can too as long as local fire protection isn't compromised. the strike team in the san francisco fire department left for lake county last week to help battle the monster rocky fire. department has prepared to send more resources if needed. other states are ready too. >> we have got than calls from the fire departments outside of california saying is there any way we can help. e-menlo park firefighters is cooking dinner for the crew at station one. but he's on standby. to coordinate meals and supplies for thousands of firefighters at the rocky fire as base cameramanger. >> got the lawn dry. got the showers. set up where the

crew from around california are heading to lake county to fight the rocky fire. but local communities still need to be protected in case of fire. cornell joins us live from the fire station at harrison and embarcadero with the story. cornell? >>reporter: fire resources are being stretched very thin across the state tonight exploratorium already has fire crew at the rocky fire. it says it's willing and able to send more about of the department can too as long as local fire protection isn't compromised. the strike team in the san francisco fire department left for lake county last week to help battle the monster rocky fire. department has prepared to send more resources if needed. other states are ready too. >> we have got than calls from the fire departments outside of california saying is there any way we can help. e-menlo park firefighters is cooking dinner for the crew at station one. but he's on standby. to coordinate meals and supplies for thousands of firefighters at the rocky fire as base cameramanger. >> got the lawn dry. got the showers. set up where the

the rocky fire spread to three counties and scored 65,000 acres. it destroyed 24 homes and several other outbuildings. i want to give you a live look at the scene from sky fox 2. the good news from cal fire tonight containment is now 12%. >> get a sense of how big the fire is. this is day 7 of the fire fight. it is the best day yet for firefighters. at least as far as the weather is concerned. ktvu's john sasaki is in lake county now. what is the weather like up there today? >> much needed break for firefighters from the horrible weather. super hot, windy and very low humidity but today it has been much better. mother nature seems to be cooperating. today the temperatures have been cooler. 20 plus degrees cooler than it was and it has been humid. there has been cloud cover all day long and that is causing the fire to settle down. highway 20 we saw lots of burned ground but never saw flames. almost appeared this is just a mopping up phase. that is good. officials say the fire is far from being detained. once the temperatures rise the flames will tak

one of the biggest wildfires, the rocky fire in lake county. so far 24 homes have already been destroyed. 6300 homes are threatened. thousands of people had to evacuate. ktvu fox 2's allie rasmus in the newsroom. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, dave, we do have information just in from calfire. the rocky fire has burned 60,000 acres and to give you an idea how large that is, it's about 94 square niles burned. roughly the size of the entire city of orlando. now, the fire is now 12% contained. that's a slight improvement. as of last night it was only 5%. but because of the size of this fire and because it's burning close to homes and people, calfire says the rocky fire is their biggest priority right now. there are more than 2700 people, firefighters and personnel, working to get a handle on the rocky fire. several things have made this fire challenging to fight. it's burning in rugged terrain. it can be only acsectioned by foot or dry and the ex -- accessed by foot or air and the extreme drought. now, the fire is large enough to create its

another blow against the rocky fire. >> a fight over embryos coming to an end. and it could set precedence over spousal rights. >> good morning and thanks for joining us. >> it is great to have you. this morning it looks like we are starting with clouds and we will check with meteorologist mike nicco. >> mid-to-upper level clouds making for a beautiful morning with a few pictures on twitte no fog in the reporting stations and it is quiet conditions. another beautiful picture from the camera, the backdrop shows mild temperatures this morning, at 58 to 64 and clouds are increasing in the high and mid-levels up to 74. you could see rain falling from the mid-level clouds evaporating before it reaches the crown. 66 to 80 at 4:00 and 72 and mile to cool by 7:00. leyla? >> mobile 360 is on the roads in almost, westbound 80, and you can seat traffic is still quite light at this hour making it from hey four through berkeley to emeryville it will only take you 20 minutes. as we turn it around you can see eastbound traffic not too bad and other parts of the bay area we hav

the rocky fire is burning in lake, yolo and culuca counties. it tripled over the weekend and 13,000 people are now evacuated. >> we have team coverage tonight. we start with ktvu's noelle walker who was there when the winds shifted and the fire jumped highway 20. >> reporter: we are looking at new developments right now. i can see that thick black smoke, mixed with the lighter white smoke. that was not there a half hour ago. i have been watching that get bigger and bigger and bigger. i think that is a helicopter coming into make a water drop. i am not sure what is burning there. we haven't been able to check with anyone there. i can tell you it looks new to me. we are along highway 20. this is the northern flank of the fire. this is the area where firefighters were hoping to hold the flames. 15 minutes that way and beyond into the smoke there is a battle going on to try to put out the spot fires and another fire that has been working its way up the ridge across highway 20. >> reporter: the rocky fire now 60,000 acres and growing is doing everyt

firefighters do daughter want this to explode in size like the rocky fire.an came to what the fire because he really wanted to. >> it is awe-inspiring and must be 100' tall flail over the top of hill and i cannot imagine what the firefighters are dialing with. >> getting ready to get out? >> you bet. >> the jerusalem and rocky fires are a few miles apart and crews are being funneled two the two fires. >> fire department are forced to be creative with some refocusing water used during drills to watering lawns and trees at a local park. >> we have to train, right? if we can do irrigation at the same time, better. >> every bit of water helps. >> the fire department has cut backfire a year. >> governor brown is keying you the pressure to conserve water, the governor is in san diego this afternoon to meet with local, war, business and government officials and has made water concentration vacation a top priority and in april he announced a first ever 25 percent statewide mandatory reduction and brown were whats the state to invote of in new technology to make the

the rocky fire continues to frustrate firefighters. even little victories are hard to come by on the frontlines. tonight, we have team coverage for you. track being the conditions on the fire lines. ian cole in lake port. that fire took a jump in the last 90 minutes. >> troublesome development. cal fire says it's jumped highway 20. they were hoping to contain the line and let nothing north of that. we've learned it has jumped. it's just west of walker ridge as the fire as you can see behind me those are not clouds. those are plumes of smoke. this 60,000-acre fire continues to spread. winds are pushing the fire north tonight. 5500 structures still threatened. more than 13,000 people evacuated. >> finally smoking us out and we got to get out of here. >> reporter: 2,000 firefighters from around the state cutting fire containment lines. some setting back fires to burn the fuel the drought has provided before the fire reaches it. >> for the most part this fire has a mind

the rocky fire is now estimated to have burned 69,000 acres since the broke out 12 days ago. officials say it is now 85% contained and full containment is expected by thursday. the rocky fire destroyed 43 homes and 53 outbuildings. >>> petition to stop the release of a horror film that critics say too closely resembles the shootings near santa barbara. it has 23,000 signatures. the trailer for the movie debuted last week and shows a man going on a deadly spree after getting rejected by a woman and taunted by bullies. it is also the name of the street in the neighborhood where he killed six students before killing himself. >>> police are warning residents to close and lock all doors and windows at night after a series of six burglaries and a you've sexual assault. -- juvenile sexual assault. these surveillance pictures. the most recent incident was just last night. police say parents called saying a man had sexually assaulted their daughter after he entered her bedroom. police say if you recognize the man in the pictures please give them a call. >>> two dozen people including

more on the rocky fire next weather hit. leyla? >> we can deal with delightful weather, northbound on 101 this is in san jose near san antonio traffic is light as we turn it around you can see the southbound traffic is moving along without a problem. back to san jose we have an accident and this is northbound highway 17 near hamilton avenue, not causing any delays. look at this backups for miles. we have westbound 580 bumper-to-bumper traffic from tracy to the accident on the shoulder at grant line. to get from tracy to dublin it will take you an hour. matt and kristen? >> more break news from oakland. a police shooting left an officer injured and a sexual assault suspect dead. janet o has the latest from north oakland. janet? >> yes kristen, check out the scene. you can see several officers investigating the early morning shooting. oakland miss say this started out of a sexual assault investigation yesterday evening. we are told police officers tried to make contacts with the sexual assault suspect when he shot at two officers wit

we are trying to get 100 percent containment on the rocky fire. we still have to send some resources to the jerusalem fire. >> fatigue has to be a factor. >> that is a very good point. we have fires that have been on the line for up to a couple of weeks, several weeks and this is part of our job and they are prepared for that. they prepare for this long fire season. they are still motivated and they catch as were rest as they k. >> thank you for the latest on the jerusalem fire. >> we are sharing dozens of photo of the jerusalem fire from the community. the smoke has been visible from as far away as oakland, and if you take photos share them with us. >> the rocky fire we mentioned is now 85 percent contained this morning and it has burned nearly 70,000 acres in lake and yolo counties and has destroyed 43 homes and 53 outbuiltings. it should be fully contained by thursday. >> at 4:33, san jose plain say they shot a map after he stabbed someone. officers found a man with several stab wounds at virginia avenue near south 34th at 6:30 last night. they

and that's not good news for those firefighters at the "rocky fire." i like the satellite-radar, hope you do, too. this is is that plume of moisture that brought unmuggy conditions and raindrops. the plume heads all the way to the hawaiian islands. we have an upper-level area of low pressure that taps into the subtropical moisture and end result, we could have a wet fries on tap. 79 in truckee today. 72 monterey bay. 94 fresno. our numbers going up. 60s beaches and 70s across the bay. 80s common across the peninsula today. 80 san jose but a good 7 degrees warmer than that in morgan hill and gilroy. upper 70s low 80s to the north and all the way up to 88 degrees warmest spot inland areas. additional warming takes place thursday. then we have that shot of precipitation and dry lightning on friday. seasonal conditions over the weekend. make it a great day. >>> coming up a dire situation. growing danger from southern california up north to alaska. >> and i'm dennis o'donnell. crutch, the giants' bullpen fails again. can the bats bail them out? and the 49er

the rocky fire started wednesday and is still out of control. the fire in lake county is also the largest right now in the state. it has charred more than 22,000 acres and there's no sign of it slowing down. it is only 5% contained. the flames have forced hundreds of people to evacwait their homes. thousands of others are on notice that they may have to pack up and leave. andrea is near the fire line. firefighters are facing a lot of challenges as they try to get a handle on the flames. andrea. >> well, juliette, brian, the situation is very intense out here. the majority of the burning that is happening on the highway 20 side of the fire right now and firefighters say it may be until august 10 before they finally have the thing fully under control. the flames of the rocky fire refuse to slow their marks. through the mountains of lake

firefighters got an assist with the "rocky fire" yesterday.orter: and a wild chase through the streets of san francisco. we'll take you through some of the te,,,,,, attention america. get yourself a free half gallon of dole classic lemonade with any 10 piece meal or larger purchase. because when you buy this chicken, there's free lemonade for the pickin'. i know you're staying golden by managing your energy use...ns which means managing water too, sfx: rawr especially during a drought. learn to save water, energy and money at energyupgradeca.org >>> good morning. thank you so much for joining us. it's wednesday, august 5. i'm maria medina. >> i'm. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. a wild scene on the streets of san francisco early this morning as some burglars led police on a high-speed chase through neighborhoods. anne makovec live south of market where police caught up with the suspects. >> reporter: good morning. >> reporter: it started with a burglary about two miles away .and the suspect's car hitting the police officer's car. [ siren

but the so-called rocky fire has proven the most dangerous and confounding, tripling in size over the weekend. nbc's joe fryer is there with the latest. >> reporter: good evening, lester. you can see we are surrounded by smoke from the rocky fire. 2,500 firefighters are now on the ground here, and we've heard from veterans who've been doing this 10, 20, even 30 years who say they have never seen a fire behave like this one. the villain of northern

it moved so quickly, cal fire pulled crews off the rocky fire. it is zero percent contained as it tears through dry grass and brush in steep and rugged terrain. mandatory evacuations have been ordered for people in the jerusalem valley area. evacuees are being sent to middletown high school. cal fire expects to know more about daybreak about any structures that have burned. and the smoke can be seen for miles. this picture was taken in santa rosa more than 30 miles from middletown. and this is a view 40 miles away. at the same time firefighters are making progress in getting the nearly 70,000-acre rocky fire under control. containment is now at 85%. full containment expected in the next few days. >>> 6:03. checking the commute. a rough start? >> yeah, it's getting worse. those delays are building in san jose both directions. chp on scene for an investigation of a fatal car crash that happened before 3:00 this morning. south 101 completely shut down. taking you off the freeway there and rerouting you on capitol expressway. so kind of an early back

crews say it started around 4:00 yesterday afternoon not far from last week's rocky fire. there is a mandatory evacuation order in place for homes in the jerusalem valley east of spruce road. it's not clear how many people are affected by that order, but this fire is just off of highway 29 south of clearlake. firefighters say it's creeping closer to the very tough rocky fire which is only ten miles away. >> we don't have is an estimate for the potential growth of the fire or the number of acres, but it is slowly moving towards the southeast corner of the rocky fire. >> right now cal fire is shifting its resources from the 70,000 acre rocky fire to the jerusalem fire. >>> we are learning more about the death on the front lines of a different wildfire, the u.s. forest service says late saturday night they lost one of their own. michael hallenbeck was hit and killed by a tree white battling the sierra fire. he was from shingle springs. the fire is a maul one burning in a remote area near the el dorado forest. nbc spoke with one of hallenbeck's colleagues. >> this is something

this is burning near the rocky fire but is not related. firefighters and air tankers battling that fire are reassigned to the new fire. officials are concerned two fires could merge. >>> our abc 7 knew k brks krrkb photos. smoke visible as far as antioch and oakland. if you want to share photos, do it safely. you can use the #abc 7 now. >>> better news for the rocky fire that burned 70,000 acres since it started july 29th and 80% contained that fire destroyed 43 homes and 53 out buildings. all evacuations were lifted on saturday. cal fire expects to have full containment by thursday. meteorologist drew tuma has a look. >> we want to give you perspective. the rocky fire that has been burning all of last week, you can see the perimeter in red but just to the south of the rocky fire, this is the new jerusalem fire. this green you see, that's actually smoke from the fire at this hour. so current conditions near the jerusalem fire, air temperature 79. the relative humidity is low around 26% but the big factor in the winds out of the northwest a

let's check back in on the rocky fire. this is happening now in lake county, also two other counties yolo and calusa as well. it's now at 65,000 acres. the highest yesterday was 62,000. 12% contained. we're still at that 12% containment. let's talk about weather. today ease been the best day for them, but they're dealing with so many other issues besides the weather. >> this cooling began over the weekend, this trend that we are now in. today definitely the best day. relative humidity is up even over yesterday, almost double. yesterday temperatures in that area mid to upper 80s. the winds not too bad. they are picking up a little bit. today definitely the best day weather wise, and they still have their hands full. it's not just the weather, although weather is definitely a huge factor. it's the draught. it's the tinder dry conditions. >> let's bring in daniel with cal-fire, the spokesman there. daniel, we talked to you yesterday. what can you tell us about the fight happening on this rocky fire? >> we're absolutely taking

the "rocky fire" is still threatening 7,000 structures. >>> how about that "rocky fire."hat are we looking at? >> we have 3200 firefighters, 30% containment. now we have a little bad news because we have some dry lightning in the forecast. in fact, today your rocky forecast has a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. winds out of the northwest and southwest relatively five miles per hour but fire does generate its own windstorms. minimum relative humidity 30 to 40%. locally we have a few clouds increasing officials sun-up at 6:17. partly cloudy today temperatures right now mild in the 50s and 60s. and later today, our numbers very mild in the 70s at the beaches, 70s bayside 80s peninsula up to the low 90s inland. chances of thunderstorms and when you should expect it that's coming up at 48 minutes after the hour. >>> and checking the roads right now, let's go live to the bay bridge. metering lights are on still busy right as you work your way out of oakland into san francisco. sluggish past the metering lights, as well. eases up across into san francisco near fremont an

two strike teams are also fighting the rocky fire. we're going to monitor the progress throughout the morning. chris sanchez will have an update in the next half hour. >> we're also going to have wildfire coverage on our app. we're updating information there as well as facebook and twitter. >>> san francisco police asking for the public's help catching the gunman in a deadly triple shooting. it happened 11:00 saturday night in the city's western edition neighborhood. one of the victims in the shooting is dead. two others have survived. police have yet to released a motive or a suspect description. >>> new this morning, the search is on for a renter who burglarized the home she was staying in. it was all caught on surveillance video, which is what you're looking at now. this woman stole more than $35,000 worth of merchandise from the home on 27th avenue in the city's sunset district. anyone with information is asked to please call police. >>> san francisco police are also investigating this car burglary. police say the rear window of t

the rocky fire is 85% contained and firefighters hope to have it totally controlled by thursday. we are going to continue to follow the wildfires burning across california. you can track them on our website or using our free nbc bay area app. >>> funeral services will be held this morning for a south dakota firefighters who was killed while battling raging fires here in california. david ruhl was killed just over a week ago as he scouted ways to fight the frog fire near the oregon border. he was trapped by the flames when the wind took a shift. a father of two had volunteered to come to california to help in the wildfire battle. services for ruhl will be held in his hometown of rapid city. >>> we are also learning more information about a death on the front lines of a different wildfire, the u.s. forest service says late saturday night they lost one of their own. michael who will len beck was hit and killed by a free while battling the sierra fire. only 21 years old he was from shangel springs. that fire is a relatively spall one, burning in a remote area near the el dorado natio

the rocky fire is the top priority. the agency is in the process of moving firefighters and resources from other wildfires to lake county to battle it. >> our goal was to keep this fire south of highway 20. so far we've been very successful doing that. >> reporter: cal file has more than 2900 people. firefighters and other personnel focused on this firefight. >> there are firefighters that have 20, 25, 30 years on the job that have never seen fire behavior like this the last couple of days. >> reporter: one of the challenges, extremely dry vegetation. >> because of the drought, the vegetation is very dry and it's burning at an explosive rate. over the weekend, we saw on the rocky fire 20,000 acres burn in just a five-hour period. that's an historical unprecedented rate of spread for a wildfire. >> reporter: it's large enough to create its own wind which makes fighting the flames dangerous and up predictable. the fire has burned 4 homes and is threatening 600 others. more than 12,000 people have evacuated the area since

the rocky fire is 60,000 acres. it is only 12 percent contained. 12,000 resolution accidents are under mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders. 15 structures have been destroyed. 24 are homes. our reporter has more from lake county. >> firefighters on the rocky fire are feel be optimistic about the containment number. they say the next three days the weather looks pretty good and last night was one of the quietest on the fire. they know spots like these can flare-up in the afternoon when the winds pick up so they are still keeping a very close eye on things keeping water on the hotspots just in case. they are clearing residents out of the area. >> another day at the rocky fire, another round of evacuations. officials ordered these people out their homes yesterday. they are prepared to settle here at the lodge for a few days. >> i will be here until they send us home probably in a couple of days. would knows? >> fires made good progress last night and the weather forecast is looking good. they are not letting down t

. >>> fire crews are making some progress in their battle against the rocky fire. it's the largest fire in california. it's charred some 67,000 acres. the fire is now 20% contained. we know 50 buildings have been destroyed, including 24 homes. as our reporter reports, thousands of buildings are still threatened. spot fires continue to jump a highway. >> reporter: giant flames tower over lake county threatening over 6,000 homes. but firefighters are if finally making major progress. >> firefighters are able to take advantage of the cool temperatures last night and high humidity. >> reporter: a very different story from the weekend when the massive wildfire grew more than 20,000 acres in a matter of hours. >> what we're attempting to do now is hold the lines and you can see part of that operation is with the backfire. >> reporter: now crews are setting backburns all around highway 16 and 20 to control and contain the wild blaze. >> so dynamic. what happens, is the embers will fly in different directions based on where the wind is going and land and ignite what we cal

>> i'm rocky. >> jimmy: you're rocky. >> i'm rocky in this one, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] not only -- i did the whole mountain training and hitting the bag on the tree and everything like that. but it's gotten very personal between me and this girl. much like it did with rocky and apollo and drago and all of that. i'm going to beat her in her own country. >> jimmy: do you really dislike this woman? >> yes. >> jimmy: why did you decide to have the fight in brazil? i assume they'll be rooting for her. >> well, i mean, i fight above myself in brazil, i do really well there. the thing is i just wanted to beat her in the most devastatingly embarrassing way possible. [ cheers and applause ] beat her in front of her own people. i'm not afraid to let go of the hometown advantage. she's much more than a hometown advantage away from beating me. >> jimmy: you should show up at her house and beat her up during christmas dinner. >> doing it for free? that's not how i pay the bills. i've got to feed my dogs. >> i know you're in "expendables 3." sylvester stallone. does he know about this "rocky"

rocky fire. yesterday the fire jumped highway 20, burning north, burning 32 acres, bringing the fire to a total of 65,000 acres and 65% contained. >> there's a push. there's a large big pocket of green in here if it establishes, it has the potential to make a push. >> reporter: firefighters in the united states work together using ics. it's an agreed upon structure, a way of bringing hundreds of departments together at a moment's notice. >> this is the equipment warehouse. if you need a nozzle or a clamp or piece of equipment. you can come here doesn't matter where you are from. you don't have to worry about your budget. you can walk in saying "i need a hose itself you can requisition a helicopter. the point is to keep the department from feeling they have to hoard resources, protect their turf or territory. everyone shares everything the concept is known as mutual aid. you come in borrow what you need and bring it back an emergency lending line ray for fighting wildfires. >> the system does away

fire. >> resources are sent from the rocky fire to the jerusalem fire. firefighters battling the rocky fire are making progress. the fire is 85% contained. it's burned more than describe how the fires and 43 homes. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> another firefighters has died while fighting a wildfire in northern. he was killed saturday night when a tree fell on him. another firefighters was injured. flags at the stat capitol will be flown at half-staff. the governor released this statement: . >> he is the second firefighters to die in a week. david role was killed near the oregon border. his funeral will be today in rapid city south dakota. the deaths is a reminder of the dangers that firefighters face. >> firefighting is a dangerous job. we work hard to train and prepare for the threats. with drought conditions it's challenging. >> and there are more than a dozen fires burning across the state of california. >>> keeping an eye on the weather is important. rose manny is in for -- rosemary is in for steve. >> we have a cooling trend, th

to the rocky fire this hour. the temperature 88 degrees. that relative humidity only at 16% and the winds out of the south/southwest gusting to 18 miles per hour. we talked about it earlier. this fire takes up 94 square miles. we're going to give you another perspective. we took the perimeter of the rocky fire in red and overlayed it on top of the city in san francisco and you can see that fire would engulf the city and then some. here is the sheer scope of what firefighters are dealing with this hour. we'll see that trend early tomorrow morning. winds become calm. that's great for firefighters. unfortunately, the winds will increase and we are tracking a return of the heat moving inland. we'll detail the numbers of the full accuweather forecast in a few minutes. dan? >> thanks very much, drew. >>> a firefighter who died in the line of duty last week was honored during a procession. here you see cars going out into smoky mountains toward mt. shasta. he was reported missing while fighting the fire in the national forest. crews discovered his

the rocky fire doubling in size overnight, now sitting at 47,000 acres. gheechb good evening. >> that rocky fire has torn through 24 homes and another 5,000 are threatened. but the flames are only 5% contained. evacuees are very worried. the rocky fire just one of more than 20 major fires burning in california right now. crews from across the country are here to help. for the latest on california's state of emergency here's marianne an fabro.

cal fire puts the size of the rocky fire at 62 size of the rocky fire at 62,000 acres. that's almost 97 square miles. we know you add up the area of san mateo oshtion belmont, san carlos redwood city, palo alto on the peninsula you get about 92 square miles. just shy of the amount of lapped that is burning near clear lake. as you can imagine the fire that massive affects a lot of people. >> certainly does. because of the rocky fire popular hunting spot was declared off limits today. with deer season opening saturday the knoxville wild life area is closed to all public use until further notch people in spring valley and double eagle housing development could be in danger if the flames north of highway 20 get out of hand. sergio has been talking to people who can't go home tonight. you. >> for much of the afternoon air ground crew engaged in the fight against the rocky fire. thousands 40 people checked into the shelter in middletown last night when evacuation areas were expanded. evacuee camping out for several days now. >> we don't know how long out here. we call every d

the rocky fire and the jerusalem fire. that is radar -- goes out, sends a beach out, right? hits a rain drop, in this case the smoke in the atmosphere, and bounces back. sends back a signal. radar picks up rain and birds and bugs, all sorts of things. 79 concord right now. 82 fairfield. warm. look how much cooler than yesterday. concord 7 degrees cooler than yesterday at this time. hawaii unusual in that typically the storms get out here, they fall apart before they get this far west. hurricanes like it to be 79 degrees. that is our category one right now. thursday is a tropical storm. big island. to the south of maui. that is a big deal because what happens with this one, unlike the last one last week, this tracks closer to the islands and will have an impact onivationers -- on vacationers. highs tomorrow just like today but cool. tomorrow in san francisco, 68 degrees for a day time high. tomorrow in oakland, warmer. 72 degrees for a day time high. tomorrow in san jose, up in the upper 70s. downtown 77 degrees in san jose. your five-day forecast, pops into view. good news f

you can see it's not far from the rocky fire around clearlake. andria borba spent many nights up at the rocky fire and is back tonight covering the jerusalem fire. andria, here we go again. >> reporter: here we go again, liz. we're a few miles east of middletown on deer valley road. the fire blew through hours ago. you can still see the remnants, but it rages on tonight in the hills here in lake county. smoldering, flaming, raging, in less than a day the wind driven jerusalem fire jumped from small to out of control. >> we are experiencing a little bit of wind shifts which is dangerous for firefighters because the fire will be going one way and all of a sudden start burning the other way. >> reporter: sending up towering cumuluslike clouds again. >> 0% contained again. >> reporter: it's on the end of the rocky fire. while the terrain is less rugged than the stark wilderness of the rocky fire, the vegetation the flames are ripping through is thicker. embers and sparks were sent flying leaving a post a apo -- apocalyptic landscape in its wake. we h

we begin with developing news on the rocky fire. sky 7hd bringses this live look at the fire burning in lower lake north of santa rosa. shifting winds are blamed nor rapid advance of flames. the fire has scorched more than 73 square miles, nearly the size of the city of oakland. the fire is five percent contained. flames destroyed 24 homes and tonight 6300 homes are in harm's way. cornell bernard is live in lower lake. a lot of worried people out there tonight. >> reporter: folks are so worried tonight. many are trying to remain calm, but take a look at this. scenes like this are certainly not helping with that at all. this is just incredible. he rocky fire has crossed this ridge in the last ten minutes, moving to the northwest, and an intense air assault is underway. with tankers dropping water and fire retardant on this fast-moving blaze. far from here the fire continues to march north with a vengeance. 2,000 firefighters from across the state trying to prevent this intense blaze from jumping highway 20. so far that battleline has