santa cruz at 64. upper 60s in the santa cruz mountains. felton that goes from the northwest to a lot of smoke and ash not a delta breeze yet. we need to see a west southwest later today or tomorrow when we start to get that. nothing going on good inland but it will start to improve tomorrow. genevieve who is a category 3 will move off the coast but will fall apart off the southern california coast by saturday and sunday. we need to watch that with moisture moving in sunday monday. cooler coast and bay, 70s and 80s. >>> still ahead come after more than a week of criticism, the postmaster general is responding to complaints. details on the new decision and the impact on the upcoming election. and coming up, help for thousands of workers and sonoma county if they can track covid- 19 and the benefits of why small businesses are sent back. and a reset roadmap for the patient's response to the covid- 19 endemic we will get expert advice on limiting the spread of coronavirus. >>> firefighters in texas are battling a fire at a large plastic facili

live in santa rosa dan kerman kron 4 news. thank you so much dan and some other north bay residents are now being temporarily allowed inside the burn zone to assess the damage to their homes. >>this was the scene in the various a highlands today which is an unincorporated community and napa county tennessee fire is still advancing to the east but fire crews are making progress on containment. there are concerns about too many people were turning to the burn zones at once because evacuation orders are still in place. one couple escorted into the burn zone got to see that their home was ok but their neighbors were not so lucky. >>heartbreaking for a lot of people. a life long way to go. with american food. >>cal fire says utility companies including pg and e are now on the scene clearing away debris and also checking power lines making sure that the area is safe before people can return to their homes. in sonoma county now the walbridge fire is still threatening structures but kron 4 sleep to call reports some families in healds

with the you see santa cruz campus. and in the past 30 minutes or so paradise park was added to that evacuation list. and our breaking news coverage continues now has multiple wildfires. >>continue to rage across the bay next we'll take a look at the areas being impacted by the l a new it's not going away. covid-19. more than ever, california needs rapid coronavirus testing. robust contact tracing. support for community health clinics. masks and ppe for those saving lives... for teachers and school personnel educating students. these heroes are doing their jobs. now government must do theirs. keep working through a special session to combat this crisis right now and provide the revenues to solve the problems we know are coming. and provide the revenues great day on the lake! it is. lunch is cookin'! and i saved a bunch of money on my boat insurance with geico. fellas, can it get any better than this? whoa! my old hairstyle grew back. so did mine. [80's music] what? i was an 80's kid. it only gets better when you switch

we did speak with some evacuees today in a santa cruz. that the city of santa cruz, many of those people they're staying at hotels are in there or v's and looking for more information and they're struggling right now with the uncertainty as to whether or not they'll come back and see their homes still standing. >>it's a little bit emotional but i i don't know we don't have our jobs we've been lucky through the pandemic to begin less so and i mean it's a lot worse for people who have already lost everything i'm glad that we left them that we were. >>in the midst of many many many other people who were leaving. >>well many of those people are also hoping that they weren't going to be away from their homes for this long, but crews tell us they do not want people testing the waters out here they do a lot do not want people trying to go back up into these communities is this firefight continues we they understand that people want to come out here and look at their property or to see if anything's been lost or damaged fire crews right now are o

allentown's in santa cruz county now they have a lot of windy road. so i was able to drive through and that neighborhood and you can it was a single lane road. so that's the type of to rain the fia firefighters have to get you to fight these fires. when they found that 70 year-old man and in the last road officials say they have to use a helicopter because the area was impossible. >>of course >>firefighters will be focusing on the weather with thunder and lightning anticipated in the forecast they have crews station throughout the field ready to put out fires if they start live in thoughts valley, gayle ong kron 4 news scale. thank you want to show you an evacuation map for the people living in san mateo santa cruz counties that's where this fire is burning the. >>czu august lightning fires, the red again under a mandatory evacuation order. the yellow is an evacuation warning for people in those areas our wildfire coverage continues in the east and south bay as you can see on your screen where the scu lightning complex fires are burning in alameda con

Éstas son las montaÑas del condado santa clara.eros por lo que me dicen solamente cinco helicÓpteros los que estÁn batallando en contra de estas llamas las Órdenes de evacuaciÓn ahora mismo estÁn en el condado santa clara, tambiÉn del pueblo canyon roa. deberÁn salir de sus casas de inmediato, por favor me esperÉ hasta Último momento. en el condado santa clara todas las casas al oestede san antonio valÍ robos tienen orden de evacuaciÓn. -- valley road por Último al sur de la lÍnea divisoria del condado santa clara, por un pueden ver estos distintos incendios son los que estÁn batallando ahora mismo crecimientos bomberos a lo largode todo california se aquÍ estamos ahora mismo vivo en los terrenos de la feria del condado, seguiremos informÁndoseles del Último, pero si usted estaba orden de evacuaciÓn, no espere hasta Último momento, tenga lista su mochila con agua, ropa ligera, comida no perecedera ilÍcito tiene que evacuar ahora mismo el centro de evacuaciÓn es en la biblioteca de milpitas. presentador: muchas gracias, otro incendi

de california en santa cruz.ntamos a nelly carreÑo. nelly: vamos a hablar sobre lo que pasÓ el dÍa de hoy. tuvimos un dÍa fresco en nuestra regiÓn. llegamos a 75 en san josÉ, oakland llegamos a 75 en san josÉ, oakland con 68.86 en concord, 72 en napa. en cuanto a la calidad del aire, podremos ver algunos puntos rojoshacia el norte de la regiÓn en sacramento unto en san josÉ y en san francisco podrÁn ver puntos amarillos, quiere decir que la calidad del aire es moderada. donde tenemos los puntos anaranjado quiere decir que estÁ insalubre la calidad del aire. lo tenemos que mejorar. hacia el este en nuestra regiÓn hay una alerta por mala calidad del aire que incluye los condados de fresno y madera, en esa regiÓn vamos a tener temperaturas cÁlidas. en nuestra regiÓn vamos a continuar con condiciones mejores.podemos ver la preparaciÓn de humo en los prÓximos dÍas porque va a estar concentrada cerca de santa rosa y hacia el sureste de san josÉ. el viernes en la madrugada, bastante humo en santa rosa y hacia el norte d

well 2 girls and santa cruz transform the you see santa cruz entrance sign there. it is right there. brooke and malia they put up signs thanking first responders fleece firefighters np journey. you see santa cruz police department thank the girls and the community for all the support during these unprecedented times. >>well now to the north bay this morning, the lnu complex fire has been the deadliest and most destructive. that fire continues to burn this morning in parts of napa solano and sonoma counties, at least 4 people have been killed and 4 others injured in the fire. it is destroyed 871 structures 234 structures have been damaged. flames have scorched more than 347,000 acres containment is at 21% this morning and the fire continues to threaten homes west of the healdsburg area kron four's taylor force act he has more. >>right now i'm standing on a home that burned to the ground of shimmies road. firefighters tell me that this house was right in the line of fire. unfortunately they weren't able to save it. however, they were able to get a hold of the owner a

rosa localizados en el 1350 en santa rosa.ia, una casa de tres habitaciones y dos baÑos, podemos ver que el suelo quedÓ hecho cenizas, parte de la vegetaciÓn y los Árboles han caÍdo y se han quemado. algunas paredes tambiÉn permanecen a pie pero sumamente daÑadas, todas las cosas que estaban adentro estÁn destrozadas, la mÁquina de ejercicios y todos los aparatos electrÓnicos, muebles, lo han perdido todo. quiero mostrarles cÓmo la cerca de plÁstico de esta casa quedÓ destruida. este incendio se distribuyÓ muy ampliamente aunque hay vecinos que no les pasÓ nada, como esta de enfrente, tienen su ganado protegido, pero no todos corrieron con la misma suerte, los vecinos dicen que fue sumamente evacuar porque el incendio se acercÓ en la madrugada y fue el trabajo de una comunidad y varios vecinos que tuvieron que tocar puerta a puerta para que todos evacuaron a salvo. ya se levantaron las Órdenes de evacuación en vacaville, muchos regresaron a su casa, pero muchos quedaron sin hogar . reportando desde vacaville, julio, " noticias

el siniestro que tiene en alerta a los condados de alameda y santa clara.o a nuestra meteorÓloga que nos dice cÓmo serÁn los comportamientos del viento. meteorÓloga: gracias, buenas noches, la situaciÓn sigue siendo preocupante y la realidad es que estamos en medio de un periodo prolongado, tanto de calidad temperaturas como de esta emergencia de incendios forestales a medida de que los vientos se mantienen fuertes. esto aporta que ocurra nuevos incendios forestales. gran parte de california el Área de la bahÍa esta con un patrÓn seco. a media de queso siendo excluyentes del noroeste y transportan los humo hacia el sur de la bahÍa. en esa noche las temperaturas han estado muy expresivas, en napa 91 97. cuando disminuyan las temperaturas al fin de semana, pero continuamos con emergencia de los incendios. paola: el incendio cuyas llamas grandes de el condado de san mateo hasta el condado de santa cruz ha calcinado 25,000 acres de vegetaciÓn, los bomberos siguen batallando contra este siniestro. se realizÓ una conferencia de prensa sobre ese incendio, donde se

people in scotts valley and uc santa cr santa cruz given the notice to leave. >>> good morning, it is friday, august 21. good morning, reggie. >> good morning, let's see what the firefighters and people who are still trying to escape from the neighborhoods are facing this morning. good morning, mike. >> lisa. >> it's lisa, sorry. >> that's okay. we'll work through it, right? here is a look at live doppler 7 where you have the low clouds and fog pushing into the city and a little bit of mist and drizzle there, so that is good news. numbers are in the 50s and 60s, so cool here downtown and looking at the current air quality shows that we're moderate in the south bay, unhealthy in the east bay. better in the city right now, and pretty much fair to good in santa rosa and napa. but the relative humidity, this is really nice to look at, anywhere from 73 to 100%. so with the cooler temperatures, the relative humidity increases, although as we get warmer throughout the afternoon, that of course will drop and the winds will pick up. three quarter mile visibility half moon bay. the next several

van de santa cruz hasta el norte, en el condado de san mateo. la preparatoria del condado de santa cruz. se habilitaron los terrenos de la feria para albergar a los desplazados. para conocer la lista de las zonas evacuadas, lo invito a que descargue nuestra aplicaciÓn gratuita, es univisiÓn Área de con el sudor en la frente y las sonrisas escondidas. los lentes empañados y las miradas dedicadas. un pedacito de tela demuestra que los demás te importan. por favor, usa mascarilla. cumplamos con nuestra parte para reducir la propagación. paola: las pruebas atmosfÉricas en el norte de california indican que los recientes de la bahÍa estamos respirando uno de los aires mÁs contaminados del planeta. entre las regiones con la calidad del aire en niveles peligrosos o poco saludables estÁn san francisco, oakland, red bull city, santa cruz y salinas. al sur del Área de la bahÍa, en salinas, estÁ tayana garcÍa, quien nos va a hablar sobre lasriesgosas condiciones en las que trabajan las personas del campo. tayana: buenas tardes, paola. asÍ es, nos trasladam

dan reporting live for us from santa cruz county.>all right the weather obviously at the forefront of this whole situation fanning the flames and also pushing the smoke all around the bay area as we take a live look outside on this friday night that is towards the bay bridge. from our camera on sutro tower you see the sales force that is the signature building. i guess you could say these days in san francisco brand new. but nobody works there anymore because of the pandemic. >>well you know and it's a pretty hazy picture, although you know just diets san francisco is probably has got better air than elsewhere around the bay. let's check in with meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez for greece uh yeah and we are noticing those hazy skies out there right now throughout downtown san francisco in most of the bay area for that matter. >>but we are also seeing current temperatures out there right now with that czu lightning fire complex in monterey 71 degrees so getting that cool sea breeze influence because it is right along the coast. fortuna

not quite there to the santa cruz mountains. we're not quite to our destination, the big fire there out by bonnie down in davenport. i think to note here -- oh, lahonda? that's where we're heading to. see how this smoke is lying down. it's dropping down, it's flattening out. as it gets cooler tonight, that smoke just lays down even more so on the hills and in the valleys, so that early mornings are nasty for air quality. around the bay area and in the santa cruz mountains. we've had some of the worst air quality we've seen in a long time. i definitely like this shot. one other thing you can see, if you look off to the right, you're going to see some fog. i wish i could point it out to you guys. that curve jade showing some marine layer. that's been a roll helpful component to the firefighters, right? because you're bringing in cooler air, and humidity is increased, and that has mass live helped in the firefight. let's look at the air quality for tomorrow. unhealthy air in the south and east bay. a spare the air day for everybody

live in santa rosa dan kerman kron 4 news. >>now crews in the front line of the lnu complex fire are getting some extra help nearly a 300 members of the california national guard arrives sorry, we just talked about that. let's go back to. >>the press conference that's happening with cal fire we're getting a live update right now on the czu lightning complex fires. >>there are however still 20 over 24,000 structures that are due to this incident. and unfortunately the number of structures that we can confirm that have been destroyed as 590 of the 590 structures destroyed 11 of those are in san mateo county and 579 of those are in santa cruz county. currently there are still a mass evacuations in place across the incident area. are we also have additional crews have come in throughout the day and we now have 1982 firefighting personnel assigned to the incident with that i'll hand it over to cal fire incident management team 3. she's mark brunell for operations of that. so we had another successful day of a suppression on the fir

is now at 17%. >> the santa cruz mountains fire has burned nearly 79,000 acres in santa cruz and san mateo counties. the fire has destroyed more than 330 structures, including some 240 homes. most of those lost homes are in santa cruz county. evacuation orders remain in effect tonight for 77,000 people. one person has died in the fire, and the santa cruz county sheriff's department said they're following up on 7 reports of missing people in the fire zones. the good news is that cooler weather, calm winds, and clearer air, has allowed cal fire to get more aircraft over the fire to drop water and retardant. cal fire at any moment is scheduled to begin their evening briefing that the community center in scotts valley. as soon as they do, we'll bring it to you live. >>> right now, we want to bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin. what are the weather conditions looking like, bill? >> well, just kind of like what you said. we've had a good run of weather for firefighters. cal fire has made exceptional progress. most of this great weather has to do quit what i'm showing you here, th

en santa rosa vamos a tener la mayor partede ese humo.n con 75 y 84 en santa rosa. para el fin de semana mejora la calidad del aire, temperaturas cerca de los 90. paola: el pasado fin de semana se dio a conocer un vÍdeo que mostraba a un hombre afroamericano, era jacob blake tratando de subir a su auto, cuando la policÍa en wisconsin le disparÓ siete veces en la espalda dejÁndolo paralizado. el incidente causÓ revuelo inmediatamente. se realizaron protestas masivas, una en kenosha, wisconsin. allÍ, un joven blanco de 17 aÑos le disparÓ mortalmente a dos personas. este joven enfrenta cargos de asesinato en primer grado. [algarabÍa] estas imÁgenes fueron captadas en la ciudad de oakland, donde hubo protestas por el ataque a jacob blake. se estima que 700 personas participaron esta marcha. las autoridadesde esa ciudad dijeron que hubo varias personas arrestadas. el sentir colectivo por la muerte y por la forma en la que hirieron a este hombretrascendiÓ al deporte local. los gigantes de san francisco cancelaron su juego de ayer. hoy, el equip

as for the weekend officials here in santa cruz county. they want to rock mine tourists still hold off on visiting just because so many people 10's of thousands people are evacuated. and they just want to keep the area clear and safe for first responders live in fact valley gayle ong kron 4 news. >>again before you go are hearing all these evacuations of course and then some people unfortunately trying to take looting what is the situation in santa cruz county as far as that. >>a grant of 5 people have already been arrested for looting in the town of belton at the west of highway 17 one of the mountain towns on that was evacuated. so i can tell you at least in santa cruz county there's 60 personnel dedicated to a patrol the neighborhoods to keep homes safe. >>i hate to see it. glad they they caught the people and thank you for that live report that's gayle ong in the santa cruz mountains for us tonight as we continue our coverage now with dan dorn who is also in santa cruz county yet he's been surveying the devastation in boulder creek. >>

you can see from santa rosa, north of santa rosa in the healdsburg area, that smoke going into mill valley and lmu lightning complex fire in napa and slaw know county, down in the south bay. santa cruz county and the east san jose foothills. dozens of fires continue to burn, and some of the disheartening parts in all this, the homes being damaged, and really it's 0% to 5% containment at all these various fires. >> these fires are so widespread they're impacting so many of our friends, family, co-workers here. yesterday, damian true he yoe had to leave. today it's garvin thomas. garvin joins us. i know you packed up the kids, you and karen headed out. were you under an order or a warning? >> right now we're under a warning. chris showed the map with the yellow and the red. we're in the yellow area, so we are under a warning, but we didn't want to wait until the last minute. so we decided to get out. my daughter and i let juift jus within the last hour to come up to highway 17 to talk to you. i've covered this story so many times as a reporter, this is the first time as a homeowner. that gav

en santa rosa recibieron a los evacuados.

cruz mountains and in santa cruz county. two firefighters have been injured. but we don't have a lot of information on what direction the fire is headed as we speak. those evacuations are underway right now and we're expecting to hear a little bit more from fire officials coming up at 6:00 and we will certainly let tmemeast tatwe inarfoe smel bay area. mary, you are keeping an eye on that for us. >>> and anne, because of that smoke, we arair alert hain effect. so unhealthy air quality in spots because of all of this smoke with these several wildfires burning in our region. so the current conditions with the air quality. unhealthy for redwood city and san jose as well as for sacville and r itr and unhethy livermore for sensitive groups and many locations in the bay area, smelling that smoke this morning. and seeing the smoky skies. so the spare the air alert that's in effect for today. also dealing with the heat. so firefighters will be up against the dangerous and extreme heat once again as we head through the afternoon. exc

major wildfires burning from vacaville to santa cruz county. we are live with the new eve actually evacuation efforts issued as firefighting efforts ramp up. and california is under a state of emergency due to the wildfires. what's being called in to help firefighters gain control. and several places in the east bay are still in the dark after power outages listed four hours since the weekend. what pg&e said cause those outa >>> it is 7 am. a busy wednesday. good morning. a wednesday morning, august 19. i can smell the smoke outside our studios right now. i don't know if you are getting it in your area but we are advised to keep windows and doors closed. >> i can smell it and i can see it. >> steve, you have a lot to see little bit but i can feel a little west went. i can feel a hint of a seabreeze and it should pick up. inland will still be pretty hot

>>well the story will make you smile 2 girls in santa cruz transformed the you see santa cruz entrance sign and there you see it their names are broken maliyah and they put up signs thanking first responders police fire fighters and pg and e the you see santa cruz police department also thank the girls and the community for all the support that they've given them during these unprecedented times. and we have an interactive map on our website kron 4 dot com that will show you all of the fires that are actively burning and the location of all the evacuation centers as well. we also have a list of up to date evacuation orders and warnings at kron 4 dot com. the fires burning out of control across the bay area of course having a major impact on the air quality that we've been dealing with over the past week. let's take a look at a map that shows just how bad the air quality is in the bay area and we understand that the darker the color, the worst the air quality in right now the worst air is in the east bay, especially in the tri valley area want to learn more about this from a day's far i

uc santa cruz is no longer threatened.allenge they are facing is down below this area in the state party because of some of that rough terrain and the damage that the fires have caused is leaving a lot of areas and they are unacceptable. there are a lot of huge trees that have fallen across roadways. they do know that about 330 structures have been destroyed, 11 of them in san mateo county, 319 in santa cruz county. this has been burning for more than a week in that area and 77,000 people have been evacuated. some confirmed there were three people reported missing over the past 24 hours and that brings the total to seven, so cal fire is trying to follow up with that today and figure out if those people were in the burn area they were able to evacuate elsewhere. they got a lot of help over the past 24 hours from the marine layer. they're open that will continue today and of course we will follow all that.'s track in the last half hour, we picked up visitors. we will show you what is happening. this is an active scene but th

52 for santa rosa. air-quality conditions are a little better within the last hour. that is good news for some locations. moderate air quality in san francisco, looking at at least moderate air quality for napa, unhealthy for sensitive groups for san jose, san leandro, oakland, and vallejo and unhealthy for that in and livermore. we have an alert that continues not just today but through the weekend. it is all the way through sunday. we are going to be dealing with the smoke in the bay area. i want to get to the red flag warning. this is a concern because we are looking at gusty conditions and low relative humidity values, especially that red flag warning for portions of sonoma and lake county until 9:00. let's get right to the current conditions. the lightning complex fires are in the mid to upper 50s and humidity is up to 43% and gusting up to 60 miles an hour and the other fire west of healdsburg is looking at 33% relative humidity and upper 60s gusting up to eight miles an hour and that scu lightnin

upper 50s, santa rosa is. drier air in place and the cooler and clear skies, temperatures a bit cooler out the gate. fairfield, onshore breeze, notably cooler. fairfield, sustained winds at 21. concord, 12. calm in nevada. let's check over the santa cruz area where relative humidity is way up, the winds look generally like, and we have fog there along the coastline. that is all good news for the firefighters and for the folks near the czu lightning complex fire. 59 at boulder creek with 91% relative humidity right now. areas of fog along the coastline creating travel over half moon bay if you need to get on highway 1. for the rest of the bay area, it looks fairly good. the air-quality, only slightly better in some spots. unhealthy for sensitive groups in the north bay over areas of san francisco and parts of the peninsula. south-central be, still unhealthy, but becomes more unhealthy, santa clara valley as well as inner east bay. temperature wise, 60s at the coast to low 90s inland. better details on the after

the you see santa cruz campus. just hours ago cal fire tweeted out this video here of fires burning in the santa cruz mountains and tonight we know that sees eu complex fires. well there prompting even more evacuations. >>harper scale on live for us in scotts valley, she's got an update on the situation, gayle. >>they can grant cal fire just wrapped up a press conference around 6 o'clock in the main take a ways was of the evacuations you mentioned and the firefighting effort said today they actually had a good day. aircraft wise where a smoke has been an issue all week long so they were able to put a helicopter fly helicopter in tankers, the drop water and we have video. new video today from cal fire just surveying the damage of this area. this is in north part of santa cruz county on highway one going past water creek and then a big creek lumber company. so i just given an off giving you an idea just where what is being impacted here that was a really difficult all week where they had to ground aircraft and so the

the city of santa cruz and according to the sheriff's department right now santa cruz is not burning whatsoever it's what surrounding santa cruz. as you can see all that smoke behind me that is burning but if you live in santa cruz. you're good to go. for now because the conditions are favorable in the overnight hours they did not see any lightning strikes. it is not windy. whatsoever of the embers are not flying around at this time they did make some progress now we're sitting at 13% containment that is up from 8% that was given to us at around 11 o'clock last night so they did make some progress there. unfortunately the acreage has gone up which is not surprising because they want to keep it relatively the same now we're sitting at 78,000 acres burned up from 74,000 acres unfortunately the structures now that they can clearly see what's going on the structures destroyed has gone up from around a 180 structures to 231 structures. they are warning people don't return to your homes because over the weekend they had to rescue 6 people who tried to go back into their homes either check

>>the santa cruz ue coast there area is an evacuation warning that is in effect. >>our wildfire coverage continues. we want to get the latest information on the fires burning around the bay area we want to check in now with heather williams spokeswoman for. >>cal fire heather, let's start with the positive progress has been made on containment when we talk to you about 24 hours ago. the container was between 5.15%, but it's more than that now so tell us said the good news on how the containment is going. >>yeah, i might even ing update on the ellen new lightning complex in the match up a marriage 21 for that though has been a 4% increase in get a id that warning which is great progress as we go into the you know dry threats and the winds. >>heather also of course the sad news of the discovery of a body in the czu fire can you just give us an update on the numbers of those injured dead and missing based on the information you . so we do have been if we have the new of the county which is very unfortunate at 68 hallett e. >>you know the plot by just a stark reminder

santa rosa and san francisco the only ones in green. san rafael and oakland and livermore in yellow. everybody else orange to red which means it is unhealthy for just about all of us. that will continue for several days. >>> number six. we have smoke and fog that is mixing together creating visibility issues for our commuters this morning in the north bay and along the pninsula. as we look at the golden gate bridge, be aware we have a fog advisory issued here, as well. >>> number seven. today is day two of the republican national convention. first lady melania trump will deliver a speech from the white house rose garden. you can catch live coverage of the convention at 7:00 p.m. right here on abc7. >>> new video has been released that captures the moment leading up to a shooting in wisconsin that is sparking outrage. that shooting of a black father has led to a second night of protests and jobina is at the live desk with more on that. jobina? >> thank you, reggie. >>> video here shows you a new angle of the moment kenosha, wisconsin, po

it is named for the santa clara fire unit. there are so many fires they are being named collectively, not individually. it .160 square miles and several counties. this includes santa clara, alameda, san joaquin, and containment on these fires is at five percent. our mornings on fox 2 news application is a great resource for you, especially when we are dealing with a changing situation like today. we have breaking news alerts to violence and we update evacuation information through the morning. it is at your fingertips. the new sap is a free download, wherever you get your apps. >>> thousands of airmen and officers have been ordered to leave travis air force base, because of the danger from fires that are burning in solano county. the base commander issued an order to leave to everyone on the base who is not considered mission essential. people were told to stay with friends or family or go to an evacuation center or hotel because there is nowhere on the base for them to stay safely. some better news, for 150 people that had to

otherwise you are talking 60s on the map with santa rosa in the 70s. it will be in the mid-50s by early tomorrow morning and every spot around the bay area. it's just a matter of how far down the 50s most of us are. we are going to see the fog spreading back out, once again some mist and drizzle, especially in the coastal health, then to the santa cruz mountains. the fog will retreat toward the coast and it will swivel for a few hours to push the marine layer further back towards the coast. still, gray skies along the coast, but the rest of us should be more sunshine. the fog desperate inland by friday morning, but not as far. we will see as much mister drizzle, even clearing around the coast by friday afternoon. tomorrow temperatures will warm up better than they did today with the upper 60s in the city of the sunbreaks through. and upper shore late in the day will taken. san jose upper 70s, close to 80 degrees, but falling just short for one more day. we will be into the 80s to finish off the work week. concord warms up into the low 70s today, but in

it is 85 in san jose, 84 for santa clara 91 for morgan hill. for the east bay, lower 90s in concord, pleasant hill, mid 90s and antioch and brentwood and the tri-valley is in the upper 80s to low 90s and around the bay, low to mid 70s. 74 in oakland, and for the north bay, upper 70s to low to mid 90s. 85 in santa rosa and 90 for cloverdale. here's the extended forecast what you can expect we will continue with the smoke over the next several days with temperatures very similar as we go through the workweek and into the weekend. that is your look at weather. let's check a look at the traffic with gianna. >> as we look at the roadways, couple things i want to get to. this is public transit as if you folks consider using that during the "spare the air" alert, which is three days into you need relaunching its rail service. there were a few problems and they are figuring it all out. they will relaunch it when they can fix those issues. muni rail will be replaced by buses once again so keep that in mind if used typically take that area. elsewhere, go

>>earlier we touched on the fires in the santa cruz mountains as well as in the north bay. we're also tracking the scu lightning complex fires. the fires are burning in multiple locations across santa clara alameda contra costa, san joaquin and status last counties encompassing more than 137 1000 acres biggest complex burning in the bay right now 2 people have been injured in those fires, but as of now fortunately, no homes or buildings have been damaged or destroyed the overall complex fire is 5% contained. we want to take a look at where the as see fires are burning specifically the red is the fire line and you can see the fires are expanding burning in a wide area right here team coverage continues now with kron four's phillipe djegal he met with cal fire officials today to get the latest on that su complex fire that expanded overnight. >>this is a calaveras zone of the at the lightning complex one of 3 zones encompassing 6 of the 20 fires burning in 5 east and south bay counties, including alameda contra costa and santa clara making up the se you lightning complex cal f

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and more homes destroyed in santa cruz county overnight. today in the bay starting early for you to bring you that breaking news. >>> fires are also on the move in santa cruz mountains, as well. destroying homes. as you know very well, wildfires are now burning across several counties in the bay area. forcing thousands of people out of their homes. it is thursday morning. thanks for joining us early this year, this morning i should say, to bring you this breaking news. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. right now we want to get to meteorologist kari hall with a look at the forecast that we can expect today. talk about what is behind you there. >> this is the last image captured in the santa cruz mountains shortly before midnight before flames overtook this camera. we know this fire is spreading rapidly across the santa cruz mountains, as well as the rest of the bay area as we've seen some very warm weather. let's take you to the north bay. several fires burning here and temperatures this morning mostly in the 70s. the humidity is c

el incendio scu que crece a travÉs de contra costa, alameda, santa clara, san juan.condiciones del tiempo. saludo a noches, tenemosvarios incendios activos en el Área de la bahÍa, los cuales son muy difÍciles de controlar por la baja humedad del Área. hacia el norte del Área de la bahÍa la humedad cerca de un 46%. los vientos han estado fuertesen los Últimos dÍas, vientos sostenidos de hasta 22 millas por hora en nuestra regiÓn.. la rÁfaga de viento llegan a las33 millas por hora.. los fuertes vientos y la baja humedad son el combustible para el surgimiento de incendios en nuestra Área. precauciÓn en los próximos dÍas. el humo de los incendios llega a nuestra regiÓn y deteriora la calidad del aire. paola: en el caso del gigantesco incendio forestal scu quÉ ha pasado hasta el momento? se han calcinado tres en los 40 y 7196 acres. segÚn la última actualizaciÓn de cal fire. el fuego ha sido contenido en un 15%. se reportan cinco heridos, dos estructura destruidas y mÁs de 20,000 estructuras amenazadas por el incendio. 1336 efectivos luchan contra este siniestro. entre l

cruz that you see santa cruz campus. they the school decided to evacuate as a precaution just being so close to the fire about a mile away and that campus is also surrounded by dry brush and a lot of wooded a ranch right now students and staff were living on campus roughly 1200 of them. we're on course to evacuate yesterday and they are staying at the santa cruz beach boardwalk for now, but they will be moving. but i spoke to school officials today and they wanted to do. sooner rather than later. >>moving hundreds of people in a hurry with it with a minimal bus system and then also with the covid situation. we needed to make sure we have plenty of time to move everybody safely off campus we're currently making arrangements are shorter short term and long term forced people that may have displaced. so our that have housing contracts with the university will be moved over to san jose state they're going to host the so they can finish out their academic work. >>i did catch up with one student who is getting to leave. the sa

for cats it is in santa rosa. the feed store lets you meet feel line friends and take them home. >> even if we have adoptions here, we always have quite a big source or too many cats and kittens so it is helpful. >> some of the cats were named for the nbc bay area team. there we are. this is all part of our clear the shelters initiative. learn more at the clear the shelters.com or nbcbayarea.com. >> it is a great program. >>> mong the heartbreaking images that stand out the past eight days in bolder creek, look at the destruction left behind in big basin. this is california's oldest state park. flames from the czu fires leveled the visitors center and took down the large red wood trees and campsites were destroyed. many people just fled the campsites. this video is just from the first four miles of the historic park. it is likely more areas, many more our areas are damaged. >>> well saying thank you now with sweets. how about this one. >> this woman is standing with firefighters. this photo is ann nelson. she want

most of them in santa cruz county.e evacuation warnings have been lifted, but 77,000 people are still out of their homes tonight, and more than 24,000 homes are threatened. >>> the lnu lightning complex fire is now 27% contained. it has burned 551 square miles now, and destroyed 937 buildings. in napa, solano, sonoma, lake, and yolo counties. more than 30,000 structures are still threatened. but evacuation orders were downgraded to warnings in parts of napa and sonoma counties. >>> the scu lightning complex fire burning in the diablo range in alameda, contra costa, and santa clara counties has grown in size, and has now surpassed the lnu fire as the second largest in state history. this fire complex has burned more than 568 square miles, and it is only 15% contained. more than a dozen home other buildings have been destroyed. 20,000 others are threatened. >>> in the south bay, the number of people unaccounted for has increased as firefighters battle the massive czu complex fire. ktvu's henry lee joins us with the lates

happening very soon an update from firefighters in santa cruz county. we'll bring that to you live. >>> plus, worries are mounting as new lightning threatening. kari hall is tracking the lightning strikes. the third hour continues right now. >>> and good morning to you on this monday. thank you for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we'll get to that morning commute and roads to avoid in a moment. first, let's check in with kari. these big wildfires started by lightning, and now that threat is back? >>> yes. it's very unusual to have lightning storms in the bay area during the month of august and here we are for the third time this month talking about lightning. so far we haven't seen any lightning strikes and this radar can detect it as it happens and places a lightning icon on the map there. we're seeing a lot of that over the central valley and the sierra. we have the best case scenario with a little bit of rain and no lightning so far. so hopefully that holds up. we do still have that chance as we're seein

south bay, 64. 66, santa rosa. afternoon highs write about average for santa rosa, 84. cool in san francisco, 67. those 70s in oakland here. 85 san jose. temperatures will trended downward a bit as we into the next couple of days. up slightly for the weekend. better details in the extended forecast coming up. >>> we just received an update from kenosha, wisconsin. a man shot seven times by police. we will bring that to you as well as look at another night of protests and riots. >>> growing concerns about the reliability of rapid results of covid-19 test. the problems researchers are facing that are causing people to miss work. >>> a bit of hope in the santa cruz mountains after wildfires tore through big basin state park. what a photographer found when he walked through the area. >>> you can have the morning headlines delivered right to you by signing up for the new ktvu newsletter. go to ktvu.com/email and sign up for the daily service. awesome internet. it's more than just fast. it keeps all your devices running smoothly. with built-in security that protects your kids

in santa cruz county alone. this is right off of highway 2.36 were many homes have been destroyed in and around that area. but the boulder creek country club still standing one boulder creek president decided to stay behind to help firefighters. >>chaos. chaos it's you know there was fire coming in so. we started doing things to keep the fire from being here was struck stretch garden hoses up onto the roof so that could put out spot fires a garden hose up on the roof of that building over there. >>assessment teams are surveying the damage residents can expect to come home in a week, but the areas hit hard by the fire. could take weeks to come home in scotts valley, gayle, ong kron 4 news. >>well in the santa cruz mountains fire crews are quite literally fighting fire with fire as we know it's a technique that they've used where they set backfires to help protect certain areas in this case felton and other communities there in the san lorenzo valley just north of santa cruz with kron four's rob fladeboe given a c

miguel: el condado santa cruz estÁ ubicado en el 114.raron debido a los incendios forestales. los residentes afectados serÁn derivados a las oficinas del servicio postal. algunos clientes deberÁn ir hasta el correo central de la ciudad. representantes informaron que el incendio forestal que afecta los condados de san mateo y santa cruz destruyÓ mÁs de 347.000 acres. el siniestro ha sido contenido en un 10% y ha calcinado al menos dos estructuras. la densa capa de humo de los incendios estÁ provocando . se registrÓ una mala calidad del aire. el servicio meteorolÓgico canceloel aviso de bandera roja por el Área de la bahÍa. quiere decir que la amenaza de tormentas podrÍa haber bajado a gran escala. la mala calidad del aire y el humo se mantienen en gran parte del norte como lo estÁ viendo en estas cuatro imÁgenes. vea nada mÁs lo que pasa en el monte alison. mi compaÑera carla nos trae todos los detalles. carla: asÍ es, paola. muchÍsimas gracias por el contacto. la humedad y la inestabilidad pasÓ por el Área de la bahÍa y permitiÓ que se c

bodega bay, santa rosa and healdsburg. and large animals can be taken to the sonoma county fair grounds in santa rosa. the showing continues to grow from this massive fire. cal fire says this fire is expected to grow in size considerably by tonight. we of course will keep you updated. we want to tell but the myers fire burning to the west here near the community of jenner. it is 1,500 acres burned already. zero acres contained and cal fire has told me that evacuation warnings have been issued for the areas of ft. ross road to the sonoma coast. live in guerneville. abc7 news. >> all right, thank you. take a look. this ma'am from the county of sonoma shows how widespread it is. those in red are manner to evacuations. those why yellow, people don't have to leave but they need to be ready to go. dramatic video shows how intense it was for an evacuee fleeing his home in winters this morning. you can hear matt thomas breathing heavily as winds from the fire just swirled around him. he recorded this dash cam video while driving a

in santa rosa noel. >>and that's right ken and pam you mentioned that the l a new fire has a little bit more containment tonight which is positive of course but earlier we were listening to cal fire and basically they said they are definitely not out of the woods just yet when it comes to this fire. it is large and it's burning across several different counties now crews are really focus tonight on that threat of potential dry some winds that are going to be changing this evening. i know that they are definitely a little stronger out here than they were the last couple of days which makes me a little bit concerned but. resources we've heard are incredibly thin as well now i'm here at the sonoma air attack base is at the sonoma county air port here for cal fire they pulled in around 7 o'clock this evening said they were grounded for the evening and they wouldn't pick up until it was safe to do so tomorrow morning i do want to show you some video we received though earlier today of a chopper. in healdsburg

and this this afternoon about 2 o'clock working with the santa clara county sheriff's office in santa clara county fire department of the first evacuation warnings in santa clara county were lifted on this incident which is a sign of progress in the right direction with that we're very lucky this evening to have notable guests a u.s. congresswoman an issue. >>thank you very much excuse me thank you very much chief. well it's been quite a day for me. i was fortunate enough to win. be driven ah. from the sheriff's office in santa cruz county with sheriff jim hart. our outstanding sheriff. i saw firsthand the emergency operations center. that is housed in not in his building. and it was room after room after room of teams. their law enforcement. fire you name it they are there. we went i went to the center. at the county fairgrounds i think every person in this entire region. i wish they could say with the team has done. in less than a week. they've really established set up a community and there's been an outpouring from the community in terms of. clothing food from restaurants. really

santa cruz county fires merged into one. cal fire says flames have destroyed more than 97 structures and the count is likely to rise as fire investigators are expected to arrive this weekend. the devastation painfully clear friday along redwood drive near teal road. burned homes lined up, flames celebrating in some spots, a reminder of the blaze that lasted through overnight driven by winds. this evacuee returning briefly was relieved to see his house still standing. others overnight were not as fortunate. in bonny doon this resident said he saw his neighbors homes burn. >> there have been huge explosions left and right. propane pangs, cars, gas tanks, that has been unsettling. it is very exhausting. >> reporter: cal fire says 1157 personnel are trying to fight the blaze, not enough. but there was one bit of good news. >> a little bit of help from mother nature as far as a little bit of cooling temperatures, little change in the wind. we have not seen a reddick fire behavior throughout the day. it has allowed us to make some

clara santa cruz 888777 envie su código postal y así recibirá alertas en su área, y estar atentos antea recibir fondos y así podermovilizar evacuaciones en la zona, entre otros. >> durante todo el día hemos estado monitoreando redes sociales y vemos que se siguen publicando fotos de incendios como esta publicada por el departamento de bomberos de oakland la foto es de condado solano, este otro video de san francisco se percibe el humo por los incendios. esta otra imagen se tomò al parecer de noche, las llamas se propagan con gran fuerza. por los vientos. tenemos otra imagen en esta zona donde se propaga el incendio con gran fuerza. >> esta imagen si alcanzan a ver los residentes muy cerca de las llamas. si las autoridades recuerde emiten órdenes de evaucación debe irse, es peligroso quedarse. de igual forma mucha precaución al captar imágenes puede ser peligroso >> muchas gracias, angeine nos vamos a una pausa con esta información al volver hablamos de la mala calidad del aire y recomendaciones extrañamos esos momentos especiales... con nuestra familia, la libertad de compartir con nue

cruz or the city of santa cruz. the town of pescadero in san mateo county appears to be safe this morning also. >>> the scu lightning complex fires make up the largest group of buyers in the bay area. so far this group of buyers has burned through more than 562 square miles. that's bigger in land size than any city in california. there said its top priority in battling this group of fires is the western front where most of the 20,000 homes and other buildings are at risk. >> every part of this permanent is involved in an evacuation warning or evacuation order and we are working diligently to try to put the folks back into those neighborhoods. we understand that they priority. >>> ktvu newsgroup drove more than 70 miles from the city of patterson in stanislaus county to livermore. amid all the devastation, our crew did see some psalms some homes with defensible space around them still standing. >>> governor newsom said that the state is deploying all available resources to battle wildfires burning here in the bay are