the butte fire explodes in size... the national guard.n the way. the kind of danger they're looking at. >>> a state of emergency, the butte fire explodes inside of the national guard on the way. the kind of dinger they are looking at this morning. plus, last minute hail maries. the bills that the state legislature passed just ahead of the midnight deadline. >>> and a happy ending for a local car enthusiast. it is 7:00 a.m. this saturday morning, september 12th. thanks for joining us. , state of emergency and some scary words this morning as the state's largest wild fire is growing and growing. the firefighters are now saying they have lost control. in 48 hours, the butte wild fire has exploded. it is now almost 65,000-acres. containment right now at just 5%. the air traffic was grounded for the night. so overnight, the fire really took off to the south and to the east. it is spreading now over two counties. evacuations orders and advisory are in place for several communities so angel camp and east to ave i have. the governor has declared a state of

the butte fire in central california has destroyed dozens of homes. the fire's been burning in alma doer and calaveras counties since wednesday. earlier today cal fire reported 15 homes destroyed. now they say 86 homes have burned. the fire has burned 65,000 achers in total. it has forced entire towns to evacuate. so far it's only 15% contained so a lot of work ahead of them. 15 fire engines from san mateo county have been sent to help. >>> as the 100 square mile inferno grows more help is on the way from the bay area. marianne favro joins us live from san jose with a look at the fire departments who have sent crews to the butte fire examine what they're up against. this is a terrible situation with this drought. >> reporter: so many challenges ahead of them. a strike team left this station in san jose late this afternoon headed to the butte fire. they'll be tasked with trying to prevent dozens of homes from going up in flames. thinking and moving fast. firefighters are trying to protect this house on a hill surrounded by flames. >> watch your footing

since wednesday, the butte fire has burned 15 buildings and 65,000 acres. firefighters have asked everyone living nearby to stay vigilant. the fire is fast and unpredictable. crews are not getting help from the weather. it's 10% contained at this time. >> the situation is is in fact dire. firefighters could use any help they can get. several local crews are on their way to the front lines. mary anne spoke to some is of them this evening. she's live in san jose with more. >> reporter: i'm here in front of station 9. a team from here left two and a half hours ago to head to the butte fire. they'll take over for another team. a total of 10 people from the fire department will help battle the butte fire threatening thousands of buildings and forcing hundreding ing ting ti hundreds to evacuate. it doubled in size overnight. >> because of dry brush out there, continued high temperatures. there's been a high demand for resources throughout the state. >> reporter: two teams are also on their way to butte fire. 2400 firefighters are expected to be battling the explo

he was fighting the butte fire. this firefighter says as reports came in, he had a good feeling his house was not going to make it and you can see it did not. he told me the image that was most striking to him is that one over there. the outline of a trampoline in his backyard and his 10-year-old son, dylan was not here at the time. over his eight year career, dave wa wattkins as seen fires like this. >> i needed to see if it was standing or not. >> reporter: the idea of talking to us in front of his home was too much. >> i do my job to protect other people. and their homes. and it's kind of devastating to find out you're helping other people while there is another fire going on and your house is going up. there is nothing you can do about it. >> reporter: he is not alone. ten firefighters lost their homes according to cal fire. three in the butte fire, seven in the valley fire, in abigs digs to more than 500 residents homes. >> it's the mostomes i've seen destroyed in one fire, especially in your own neighborhood.

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first up the butte fire, we learned today two people have died. the butte fire is a massive wildfire in amador and calaveras counties. a 65-year-old died when he couldn't escape from his home. authorities found another body in the mountain ranch area. the butte fire burned 71,000 acres and destroyed more than 230 homes. h tonight the fight to get the -- >> but tonight the fight to get the fire under control, light rain is bringing relief to the 2800 fires battling the lake fire. 585 homes have been destroyed by this fire. cal fire says hundreds of additional houses and structures are to be expected to be added to the list as they continue to get into other areas to assess the damage and so far there is still one confirmed death from the fire, however many people remain missing. >> cristina rendon is in hidden lake, 4 miles from middletown and it also suffers from extensive damage. >> reporter: hidden valley lake is where people stayed behind to protect their homes or they had to flee from the fire. some returned home for a moment today. >> the gat

also today we learned two people died from the butte fire. the butte fire burned 72,000 acres and is 45% contained. 233 homes have gone. >> reporter: hollow shells in place wheres homes used to sit. flames devowthered area last week and -- devoured the area last week. he saved two of his neighbors but couldn't save a third. >> i was there. i was there begging him to get out. cost me everything i had. >> reporter: cost you everything you had? >> reporter: his neighbor refused orders from law enforcement officers to leave. >> he was retired. had one leg. and last time i seen him he was with a chain saw sweating. clearing brush around his propane tank. i beg him to come. >> reporter: -- begged him to come. . >> reporter: he chose to help neighbors rather than save his bloglings. he -- belongings. hyena waits to find out when he can go back -- he now waits to find out when he can go back. >> propanes for the house, cars, vehicles, boats. blown. like a war joan. >>> now to the valley -- zone. >>> now to the valley fire. 70,000 acres. would know 58

he was fighting the butte fire. this firefighter says as reports came in, he had a good feeling his house was not going to make it and you can see it did not. he told me the image that was most striking to him is that one over there. the outline of a trampoline in his backyard and his 10-year-old son, dylan was not here at the time. over his eight year career, dave wa wattkins as seen fires like this. >> i needed to see if it was standing or not. >> reporter: the idea of talking to us in front of his home was too much. >> i do my job to protect other people. and their homes. and it's kind of devastating to find out you're helping other people while there is another fire going on and your house is going up. there is nothing you can do about it. >> reporter: he is not alone. ten firefighters lost their homes according to cal fire. three in the butte fire, seven in the valley fire, in abigs digs to more than 500 residents homes. >> it's the most homes i've seen destroyed in one fire, especially in your own neighborhood

cal fire officials raise the numbers of -- number of homes destroyed in butte count -- the butte fire. an additional 250 homes were lost in that fire, bringing the total to 511. the increase comes as crews and teams gain better access to fire damaged areas. the butte fire started 11 days ago and has claimed two lives in burned 71,000 acres. crews have that fire 67% contained.>>> smoke combined with high temperatures this weekend prompted officials to issue a spare the air alert tomorrow. the bay area air quality management district said today poor conditions addicted for tomorrow may cause problems for people with respiratory issues. this was the scene over san rafael. officials say it will get worse tomorrow. people are asked to take public transit. this is the eighth spare the air alert for smog so far this year. we want to check in now with mark tamayo for more on the conditions.>>> warmer temperatures in the forecast. we started the warm up those numbers today. whenever you have heat like this, it traps the air and pollutants close to the surface. a layer of haze forms. take a loo

denny smoked during his interrogation but always made sure to keep the cigarette butts. him a bottle of water, but he wouldn't touch it. finally, they asked him to sign a document, saying he refused to provide his dna. >> we asked him to put the letter into envelope and seal the envelopes. he refused to seal the envelopes, and basically told us, look, you tried three times to get my saliva on something. first the cigarette butt, then the water bottle, and now the envelopes. seal it yourselves. is there anything else i can do for you? >> so investigators put denny under surveillance at his home and at the computer store where he worked. he took a cigarette break every 45 minutes, but was careful to keep the evidence. >> when he smoked his cigarettes, he would put out the butts and put the butts in his pocket so they could not be collected. >> two days passed, and investigators finally got a break. just after a brief rainstorm, denny came outside to smoke, but this time, he did something different. >> he walked around and then all of a sudden, began spitting on the sidewal

the butte fire is burning and has consumed almost 65,000 acres. it's only ten percent contained and continues to threaten more than 6,000 homes. as reporters tells us the heat and the winds have kept the flames on the move all day. >> reporter: the cracklee. firefighters worked to keep it from jumping across the road. in some places it was already burning on both sides. as they scrambled to save some homes most residents wait to find out if their house is still standing. others know theirs is gone. this woman says she's frustrated. she said firefighters had a chance to save their neighborhood. >> we called all day long >> she says they didn't send engines to her neighborhood he be wednesday when the fire broke out and not on thursday either. there was more than one fire here but only one got the attention of firefighters. >> this fire already existed and they've never recognized it. >> okay. >> and then it came and took us out. >>> now, to a look at how the weather is playing a role in this wildfire. mark. >> well, cooler temperatures across the e

. >> allen martin has the latest now on the butte fire torching the gold country tonight. allen? >> reporter: in 48 hours, this fire has exploded from a thousand acres to almost 65,000. containment is only 5%. at sunset, the 25 aircraft being used were grounded for the night. so, it is up to the 2400 firefighters to hold the line. the fire really took off to the south and east. it has spread over two counties, evacuation orders and advisories are in place tonight for several communities from san andreas south to angels camp and east to avery. the governor declared a state of emergency allowing the office of emergency services to mobilize and the national guard will be available as well. two out buildings have been destroyed. 6400 more homes are threatened tonight. reporter nick james is on the fire line tonight. >> reporter: the butte fire blew up again friday for a second straight day. behind me, you can see the orange flames lighting up the ridge here. it is worth pointing out for the second straight day, this fire has more than doubled in size while containment was cut in half

. >> the wildfire burning east of sacramento, the butte fire. evacuations and road closings have been lifted in amador county but are in place for calaveras county which now is 40 percent contained near jackson. 233 homes are destroyed. this is a picture of the smoke taken by firefighters battling the place which has been burned for a week now. >> it is now 4:35, the butte and valley fires have devastated some of the membership machine working so hard to president el them. nine firefighters have host their homes to the fires. our reporter is in the newsroom where their story. tiffany? >> a number of the firefighters lost their homes to the valley near while trying to protect other families from the butte fire. four of the firefighters had homes in mill town and another three lived in hidden valley and the 8th local firefighter lost his house in copb another firefighter's house was destroyed by the butte fire, a level of sacrifice that shows the commitment they make to their job and the people they are trying to protect and it is i to imagine wha

the butte fire started about a week ago. already burned through roughly 72,000 acres and more than 200 homes. it is 45% contained this morning. >>> we're following another developing story this morning. a magnitude 8.3 earthquake followed by 15-foot waves in chile. still assessing the damage there from that earthquake and the tsunami. >> the quake struck the southamerican country yesterday afternoon killing five people and now people as far away as hawaii and even here in california bracing for a possible fallout. >> we watched some of the waves come in earlier and bob redell live at uc berkeley size mu logical. an area north of san luis obispo. this after an 8.3 earthquake struck the northern coast of chile yesterday. killing what was now eight people. that's an upgrade in the death toll, unfortunately. causing tsunami waves that flooded coastal towns in that country. and it also sent waves away from chile across the pacific ocean in our direction. so, the first set of waves, if you want to call them that, were supposed to

and this is one of many homes destroyed by the "butte fire." the good news is the fire isn't expanding but there are still a lot of hot spots burning within the area. and, of course, the focus is now shifting to finding that cause and pg&e may be to blame. pg&e says it's cooperating with fire investigators. the utility company says a tree that made contact with the power line possibly started this devastating fire more than a week ago. >> a lot happier to hear it may be an accident than arson. >> reporter: the fire killed two people, destroyed more than 250 homes and left families homeless. >> we just want to go back home. that's all we want. we are definitely going to go back and rebuild. >> reporter: evacuees like linda james are tired and worried. the 70-year-old woman and her two dogs have slept at this campground fo a week. >> i'm a little out of it with a bad back and bad knee. mentally there's not much you can do, just hang in there. >> reporter: she is upset two people died in the fire. cal fire says the two men refused to evacuate. >>

and the rest of the cigarette butts somehow disappeared.er on, when they found the ryen station wagon in look beach, the first time it was inspected there were no cigarette butts. the second time, they suddenly found two cigarette butts. clearly, they had been taken from the hideout house. >> and there was the blood evidence connecting cooper to the murders. this small speck labeled a-41. a-41 was examined by sheriff's department criminalist daniel gregonis. >> gregonis was a rookie at the time. proper procedure is to do blind testing. you test something and you don't know what the other person's blood is, and you're trying to see whether it's that person or not. but gregonis waited until he had kevin cooper's blood type. >> gregonis originally found a-41 did not match kevin cooper, but then he changed notes to show that it did. >> so, in fact, the testing actually showed that the blood drop was not from somebody with kevin's blood type. >> other evidence prosecutors claim linked cooper to the murders was a bloody footprint on the ryens' be

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i. >>> the butte fire has destroyed homes including those working to put the fire out. we talked to the men and women who are willingly putting others' needs above their own. >> reporter: a dozen volunteer firefighters lost their homes in the butte fire issue this is one of them. >> grandkids' trucks. >> reporter: how to pick up the pieces after defendant a life-changing blow. a struggle to hold back the tears, knowing everything is gone. now it's about remembering what was where. she is a volunteer firefighter with, she lost her home on september 11th. the home she shared with her husband for the past 17 years. she was seven miles away, fighting the flames when its happened. >> i was probably off over by jesus maria road. we were watching and defending and trying to save multiple friends' neighbors homes. >> firefighters were so busy battling the fire there was no stopping the blaze. 11 volunteers have lost their own homes. >> it's -- the amazing thing even my volunteers, even once they learned they lost their homings the firefight wasn't over, and they didn't stop. th

. >> and damage caused by the butte fire. dozens of homes have been wiped out. >> and oakland's pride festival begins in a few hours. a look at the colorful celebration in downtown oakland. >>> welcome to mornings on 2, i'm claudine wong. >> i'm ross palombo. we learned the valley fire is 40,000 acres, still burning out of control. containment zero percent. four firefighters have been hurt, homes destroyed and thousands of people forced to evacuate. >> we have been in contact with emergency crews throughout the night. they say the valley fire is running wild. the official size has grown, officials say a low estimate is 40,000 acres. again to containment at this time. parts of middletown, it's now in flames. no specific word on the numbers of homes and businesses destroyed. >> you can see flames engulfing dozens of homes, at least that's with a we've heard through the night. we talked to evacuees a little while ago. >> the barn unfortunately burnt down, it was built in our family in the 1800s. they locked their shop. they are

the butte fire. you can see it is still burning over a wide ranging area. a very remote area. houses here and there. the fire is still completely out of control. started wednesday afternoon. and it exploded over night. 50,000 acres. at the moment the fire is only 10% contained. 6,000 structures and two outbuildings -- 6 structures structures and two out buildings have been destroyed. 1500 firefighters are battling the flames and 7 air tankers and 26 helicopters. the fire is burning in amador and calaveras counties. people are being told to be ready to evacuate if need be. several thousand structures are being threatened. our chief meteorologist bill martin is here now. we were talking, it is 6:00 p.m. at night and it is 100 degrees up there. >> a lot of communities in the foothills. i don't know if we can get the live shot. the area where the fire is burning, look at this, this is one of the hardest areas to fight a fire. you have pine trees, oak trees and wild brush. that is brush the fire can sprea

all are in custody. >>> in the sierra foothills the "butte fire" is 60% contained. the size of the fire in amador and calaveras counties has remained under 71,000 acres. two people confirmed dead and 365 homes have been be individual to in that fire. investigators say it may have been caused by a pg&e power line that hit a tree. >>> and a message of thanks for firefighters. people lining the streets in angels camp to thank the cruise battling the "butte fire" as they came through. firefighters from santa clara county posted this video saying they were truly humbled. >>> a judge ruled this morning three correctional officers accused in the beating death of a santa clara county inmate will get to post bail. kpix 5's kiet do on the text messages that were used against the officers. >> reporter: the judge set the bail for each guard at $1.5 million saying the prosecutor did not prove they were a threat to public safety. we finally got our first look in public of these three guards today in court. rafael rodriguez, jereh lubin and matthew farris appeared in shackles and

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the san jose fire department sent a strike team to the butte fire. are ready to use bulldozers, hoses and manually cut fire lines. still neighbors remain worried about the fast moving flames. >> horrible. scared. scared. >> it just changes too quickly. >> there is no control over t they're saying it's going whichever way it wants. >> the fire has doubled in size overnight. right now there are nearly 4,000 firefighters on scene. >>> as you might imagine fire crews are spread thin as christie has been reporting all morning. take a look at this cal fire map showing the 13 major fires burning across the state from the california/oregon border stretching down nus north of langs los angeles. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," a former tennis star speaking publicly for the first time since being tackled by a police officer in a case of mistaken identity. his message to the nypd. mmm yoplait! it's snack time! oh, look! yoplait original now has 25% less sugar. time to taste it. how is it? it tastes good! congratulations yoplait! you did it! yoplait! is sp

one had already been declared for the butte fire? a separate fire south of sacramento that destroyed more than 80 homes. >> the latest fire, the so-called valley fire forced more than 17,000 from their homes in napa and lake counties. >> hundreds of homes are destroyed and four firefighters being treated for burns. >> danielle nottingham is there. >> it is just utter chaos, there scenario for firefighters, strong, erratic winds and extremely dry day and brush made even dryer by four years of drought. it turned a small lake county fire instantly into a monster. and sent thousands of residents fleeing. >> we had to drive through the fire on both sides of the road, it was really scary. >> >> alan bore land was among the 10,000 suddenly forced from their homes with no word at all on their fate. >> that's what the wait, why the wait is so hard to do, is not knowing about really anything, if there is anything to come back to. >> reporter: the flames raced through several communities, but the hardest hit was middletown, the fire struck its

the butte fire is now 40% contained. crews making progress. in the 7 days since the fire started 71,000 acres have burned. >> i always -- the earthquake was nothing compared to this. [ indiscernible ] >> firefighters say one of the many things to be thankful for today, cooler temperatures and cloud cover. >>> leaders in alameda county are feeling pressure to revisit a contract wacompany that -- with a company that provides healthcare to inmates at the jail. 40 protesters rallied today and then went inside to give supervisors an ear full about the death of a former inmate. 2 investigates exposed questions about whether he received proper treatment for a nasal condition in the months before he died from an asthma attack. now his mother wants the county to cancel its contract with the jail's healthcare provider. >> i can't bring my son back. my grandchildren without their father but i can fight for him for what is right. this is a preventible death. >> they say he received appropriate and necessary care prior to his death. ktvu contacted each of

here is a look at the butte and valley fires from space. this photo is from the national weather service. both fires clearly visible. you can see down at the very bottom of the center, the city lights of san francisco and also the city lights of sacramento. we're continuing to follow the latest developments on the valley fire and the butte fire. you can get the latest information by going to our website, ktvu.com as well as our facebook and twitter pages and, of course,the mobile app. >>> the kentucky county clerk sent to jail for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, well, she went back to work this morning. >> effective immediately, and until accommodation is provided by those with the authority to provide it, any license issued by my office will not be issued or authorized by me. >> that was kim davis. she said she has decided not to interfere with marriage licenses but said they would not be authorized by her. she claims without her signature, the licenses are not valid. however, kentucky's governor and the attorney general said

cal fire reporting some progress against the butte fire. another fire that we're following. >> it's grown very slowly, only about 150 more acres compared to yesterday. even a small puddle just kind of one sign of that progress, rosemary talking about some rain, some rain there in those two counties. cal fire is reporting containment is up 37%. now mandatory vak evacuations have been lifted. more fire retardant drops today. >> the retardant is going to hold this moisture and all of the fuels that are down there and give those firefighters a chance to be able to get in there, cut that underbrush, get their lines made and really give us a good break in this fire. >> meanwhile, pg&e crews are working on replacing the power poles and lines that were destroyed or even damaged by the fire. but they're certainly not out of the wood where is yet. cal fire still estimating some 6400 homes, they are still threatened by the boout fire. >> 9,000 homes still threatened just by the valley fire. i wanted to throw that in as well. >> ktvu.com has complete c

a lot of homes have been lost. >> reporter: 4800 firefighters are battling the butte fire. many came from the bay area including these two from san jose. >> california should be proud. >> reporter: jeff welch and his team have been here five days. >> the men and women fighting the fires, not only this one but every fire are putting in a tremendous amount of effort. >> reporter: so far 230 homes destroyed and struck tutures threatened. reggie williams says it's drier because of the drought. a fire like this could happen in the bay area. >> one thing all of these fires have in common this year is that once they start, they get moving very, very fast and it's a lot tougher for us to catch up with. >> reporter: some residents allowed back into their homes are approaching it all with caution. >> funny some things you think are important actually aren't until you're forced to think about it. >> i've gone up on ridges and looked and you can see the guys out there fighting the fires and you think, man, it's a tough job they have. >> reporter: knowing that these conditions can chang

i can't fathom. >> the butte fire has burned more than 70,000 acres. it is now 91% contained. two people died in that fire. >> uc berkeley police are look for two men suspected of sexually assaulting a woman on campus. the woman says she was hanging out with the two men wednesday night. police say they offered to walk her home. when they entered the campus, police say the men attacked her. the woman reportedly knew one of the suspects prior to the attack. one of the men is described as latino or white between 23-29 years old. he has dark eyes, collar length curly brown hair and wearing a baseball cap. the other suspect is in his 30s. he was wearing all black and carrying a backpack. >>> is loretta lynch will visit richmond today. now she all meet with the city's police chief, the mayor, and some teenagers from a local youth center. richmond gained national attention by reducing homicide rates. richmond is one of the recipients of a federal grant to hire more police officers and buy more body cameras. >>> spark charter school in sunnyvale could reopen today. the school has been

in northern california, the fast-moving butte fire has now grown to more than 100 square miles in two days, threatening thousands of homes. carter evans has the latest. >> reporter: record heat and strong winds have made what was a small fire in butte county explosive as it bears down on several mountain towns, a local newspaper headline calls the fire "unprecedented." the ground is so dry, each flying ember adds to the rapid advance of the flames. among thousands forced to flee is homeowner mike gillam. >> all of a sudden we turned around the corner and there was a big plume of smoke. i said that looks like it's in my direction and sure enough, it's my backconsidered. >> reporter: the dangerous fire conditions have sparked new evacuation 200 miles to the south. it's been raging for six weeks now and is threatening california's historic jbt sequoias. entire towns are being warned-- prepare to leave on a moment's office. fresno fire captain paul garnier. >> with the increase in fire activity and the high heat, these warnings could change and they could change quickly. >> reporter: that

firefighters are making progress as they battle the "butte fire." the fire in amador and calaveras counties has burned nearly 72,000 acres. about 200 homes and 170 outbuildings have been destroyed. the crews are gaining ground on the fire and it's 45% contained. >>> the valley and butte fires are now among the state's top 20 most damaging fires on record. the "valley fire" is the ninth and the "butte fire" is the 14th. >>> a family of four escaped injury in a house fire. kiet do reports the family just moved into the home. >> reporter: it was a raging single home house fire that quickly went to two alarms here in the east foothills of san jose. take a look at some of the video shot by some neighbors on their cell phones. it shows a fire started somewhere in the front part of the house, possibly the garage area. the homeowners moved in a week ago and were doing renovations. at first they thought the commotion was a burglar so they called 911 only to find out the fire had engulfed the front part of the house. all four family members got out safely. th

the other big fire is in gold country where firefighters are making progress on the butte wildfire. it is 20% contained. charred 65,,acres. but the damage from one when it ex-- 65,000 acres. but the damage from when it exploded can be seen everywhere. a man who lost everything said the flames destroyed his home in just a matter of minutes. >> the firestorm that came across these hills from being from there to here in 15 minutes it was in the backyard above those trees and these trees were all on fire when i left. it came up in minutes. >> reporter: evacuation orders are still in effect as 6400 homes remain threatened. stone terrain making it difficult for firefighters to get to some spots. >> coming up, people and pets affected by the devastating fires. they need your help. what you can do to help ease their pain. b.a.r.t commuters expect relief on your way ,,,,,,,,,, my name is jeff richardson, the vice president of operations here at c.k. mondavi. to make this fine wine it takes a lot of energy. pg&e is the energy expert. we reached out to pg&e to become more efficient. my job is

smoke from the butte fire and valley fire and send it into our north and east bay valleys. may be hazy if you are out and about tomorrow. high pressure inching its way closer. 80s near the bay with 90s inland. no record highs but it will get warm. clear tonight, tomorrow, sunny skies with the exception of that haze. especially up toward northern napa county. warming trend continues right through the weekend. tomorrow, very, very close to exactly average. 82 in san jose. upper 70s for san mateo. antioch, sunny, warm, 86. nice day in san francisco. 69 degrees with sunshine. mill valley 78. novato 82. lake county getting warmer. not in the 90s yet. we are going to be warm over the weekend. we will get temperatures cooling off next tuesday. back to average. all in all, we are back to the dry stuff. but we got the rain yesterday. and not terribly hot as it comes up toward the weekend. so, we are trending in a good way. >> above average forecast for el niÑo. >> that will start in december and that is exactly what we need. yes. good stuff. >> it is good to be above average. >> car

. >> they asked him about the cigarette butts in the ashtray.well, i don't smoke, and all my friends throw their cigarette butts out the window. so these are, like, when i bought the car. >> there were more than a dozen cigarette butts. police hoped at least one was from daniel woloson. they gave the evidence to dna analyst jennifer andrew. >> what i gathered from speaking with the investigator in charge, there was a homicide about 20 years ago of a college student. and you know, me being recently out of college, it was a little bit personal for me. >> one by one, andrew cut open the cigarette filters, often a good source of dna. >> because that's where all the saliva and skin cells would be deposited. >> the samples were treated with a solvent that separates the dna. a profile was generated from an unknown male. the profile was sent to illinois for comparison with the 20-year-old genetic material left at susan schumake's murder. and it matched daniel woloson. naturally, lieutenant echols would need another dna test to confirm the dna results fr

the butte fire has grown to 6500 acres.oyed at least 85 homes and 50 outbuildings. and they threaten over 65,000 more homes. a fire photographer is joining us on the phone from california. todd, what are your seeing now? is it getting any better as we start to approach a new day? >> good morning. i'm a little bit south of the fire now. but i left there not long ago and when i left, there were still multiple dwellings and structures that were burning. however, most of the peek buak burning appears to be over. there are a few structures that are burning pretty actively. there are several fire engines that are there continuing to arrive. they're getting more reinforcements. they're getting some of these fires knocked down. they're also doing a better job because there's more of them preventing new fires from taking off or getting large. >> how likely will the effort to control or subdue these flames change with daylight? can they bring in air assets or other things maybe they can't use at night? >> air assets are definitely so

lorena/take vo --hablemos ahora del incendio "butte"..forense del condado de calaveras anunci que se encontraron los cuerpos de dos personas en una de las areas afectadas por el siniestro.. --uno de los fallecidos, es un hombre que se neg a ser evacuado, mientras que el segundo cuerpo fue descubierto cuando se investigaba la muerte de la primera victima... --este siniestro comenz la semana pasada, ha arrasado con cerca de 72-mil acres y hasta el momento ha sido contenido en un 45-por ciento. anchor chit chat juanfra --el incendio forestal ms destructivo en california se registr en 1991 en oakland y berkeley, 25 personas murieron y casi 3 mil estructuras quedaron destruidas..... lorena --y aunque aun no se puede asesorar los daÑos completos de los incendios valley y butte porque siguen activos... hasta ahora el incendio valley se posiciona como el noveno incendio mas grande en la historia de california... el incendio butte en el numero 14. juanfra en nuestra rea las temperaturas .... roll open under lorena pasamos con lucrecia borchardt qu

butts canyon road is still closed. so a lot of evacuees at the camp or staying with friends not allowed back into middletown. reporting live outside of middletown, christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> several other communities remain closed tonight including cobb and anderson springs. the lake county sheriff says it might be a few more days before people are allowed back in. >>> getting those communities back up and running is more complicated than just re- opening the roads. as you can see, there's still a lot of work to do to make the area safe for residents. crews are going street by street restringing power lines and cutting down dead trees. hoover are the latest numbers. tonight the "valley fire" is just under 50% contained. it's burned nearly 75,000 acres in lake, napa and sonoma counties. since it broke out one week ago. at least 585 homes and hundreds of other structures are been destroyed but that figure is expected to rise as the burn areas re-open. >>> tonight we have learned the "butte fire" burning in the sierra fo

animal researchers looking for lost dogs near the butte fire came across this little guy. a 4-month-old mountain lion cub. the cub had burns on his paws and his face was singed because of the fire. >> however, for the most part, large animal such as deer, bear, mountain lion usually can get out in front and make it to safety, but that's not always the case. >> the cub was taken to an animal hospital and they have named him fire claw. >>> san francisco firefighters will brighten the day for the children of thousands of families displaced by the valley fire. at 9:00 this morning, fire crews and volunteers will load donated toys at station 9 and gerald avenue. more than 30 san francisco firefighters have been deployed to one of the several wildfires happening across the state. last year the fire department distributed over 200,000 toys to disadvantaged children. >>> for complete coverage of the valley fire, nbcbayarea.com and find videos and interviews and all the information your family needs. >>> now to a developing story out of chile after a massive earthquake shook the co

this is the first they have been back since the beginning of the butte fire. after spending their 46th wedding anniversary under evacuation, the couple spent the afternoon evaluating their property for any potential hazards. >> i would just look around the house, it feels wonderful. i was so happy just knowing we got through. we have been trying for a few days. >> now, the fire has scorched more than 70,000 acres there. firefighters have it 65% contained. they fear a heat wave could cause the fire to roar back to life. we'll continue to watch it closely. all of our coverage can be found on our website. we have a collection of videos and a slide show where people are returning, there on our front page. head to nbcbayarea.com or download our free app. >>> and police are investigating a suspicious death in calistoga, where they found a dead woman in an up ststairs apartment. police say the 41-year-old woman had been staying there with a man in the past two days. investigators now are looking for him. >>> nearly three months since his daughter was senselessly shot

in the cobb area and the butts canyon road area.that was where a lot of our resources were focusing efforts. overall, we have firefighters all over the fire. we did have cooler weather. we did have wind. so that contributed a little bit to the fire behavior that we saw yesterday afternoon. >> now, 500 more firefighters have been added to the fire lines bringing that number up to more than 2300. but the destruction, just look. it's huge. one person has been killed. at least 585 homes have been destroyed. here is a look at where the fire has burned so far. the community of cobb, that is toward the top of the fire area in orange. the black and white area as to where the rocky and jerusalem fires -- that's where the rocky and jerusalem fires bushed in july and august -- burned in july and august. some people are going home to get their pets. sheriff's deputies will escort those residents from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. they will only have 15 minutes to go in and pick up and feed their pets or livestock. deputies will not escort animal owne

tonit the massive effort to get a >>> the butte fire in the sierras continues to spread out of control. tonight, the massive efforts to get a handle on it. >>> and breaking news in lake county where another massive wildfire is just getting started. good evening, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'd juliette goodrich -- i'm juliette goodrich. four firefighters have been hurt in the wildfire that's being called the valley fire, it started near the community of cobb a couple of hours ago. evacuations are in effect. now the firefighters who were injured are at a special burn unit at uc davis right now. we are checking on their conditions and will let you know as soon as possible. the fire grew from 50 acres to 400 in a short amount of time. people in social media say it is raining ash. this picture from twitter shows a heavy plume of thick black smoke. this picture was taken from middleton not far from cobb mountain. as you know, the fuel is thick, dry brush and we will have more on this fire coming up at 6:30. >>> the butte fire in the sierras has charred nearly 65,000 acres and prompted a state

. >>> the butte fire is getting closer to full containment. cal fire reports of 65% containment. 75,000 acres have been scorched with more than 500 homes destroyed. firefighters are warning residents to watch out for damaged power lines as well as rocks and debris from trees that were turned. >>> a mountain lion cub is recovering after being badly burnt in the butte fire. they are nursing the four month old cub back to health. they found him monday while evacuating domestic animals. they named him fire claw. fire claw's condition still ma trial jooil. >> there's secondary infections, possibly a respiratory infection that can still set n so we monitor his prognosis daily. >> once fire claw is healthy he will either be placed in a zoo or another educational facility. >>> a quick reminder that you can give where you live to help people affected by the butte fire, valley fire and other western wildfires. there are several ways you can contribute, just go to our website, abc7news.com for the specifics or text the words red cross to 90999 to instant

way to butts canyon all the way to behind you. all of it. not just one at a time. but all of it. >> reporter: whe -- when you are standing at a distance, the entire sky. >> yes. and it was such a crimson color. it was very, very interesting. >> yeah. >> reporter: there's some kind of mixed news with regard to the weather. the weather -- at least this morning, it's been much, much better because it's been cooler, more moist, the firefighters a chance to get some of these flames down. but now the wind is kicking up. >> you can feel it. the wind is kicking up. that's what's gonna promote the erratic fire behavior. the fire has not changed its speed or its complexity or its force at night verses day. the fire burns the same as it would in the daytime, the same as night. this wind is just gonna add to that complexity -- complexity. >> reporter: normally at night, that's when it does lay down. >> you are very right. the humidities come up. it's cooler. but it doesn't seem that this weather right now, the coolness and the humidity, it's

the butte fire is one of a dozen large wild fires burning right now in california. it is swifting moving over steep terrain, adding to the challenge for firefighters. more than 6,000 homes are threatened tonight. multiple towns evacuated as some 3,300 fire personnel do everything they can to prevent another home from going up in flames. nbc's gadi schwartz is near the front lines for us tonight. gadi, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, erica. we have been hearing fire crews over the radio, calling for backup any time flames get too close to the flames. it is not trying to stop the fire but trying to divert it away. in a fire like this, crews have to move fast. they have been called in to protect this house on a hill surrounded by flames. all around the outskirts of the so-called butte fire, player ups threaten homes. firefighters use every resource possible. if they're not spraying water, they're using bulldozers. if they aren't using bulldozers, they're using their hands. this is structure protection. it's basically building lines all the way around these hou

i've read about, heard about, you talk about cucumber butts. i don't even know what those are. >> cucumber butts are from a pickling processor upstate, who cuts off the ends of the cucumbers so these aren't staring at you in the glass jar. he was excited he came out and we said "you know, we're going to start a market for you." >> reporter: people buying cucumber butts instead of tossing them out. that's part of barber's vision. >> we actually have the power and creativity to take what you deem uncoveted or refuse and turn it into deliciousness and that's very powerful. >> reporter: barber's no ordinary chef. >> pick up her please! >> reporter: he's won multiple james beard awards and in 2009, made it onto time magazine's 100 most influential list. he's profiled in a recent netflix documentary, called "chef's table", on notable chefs from around the world. >> if your thinking about a problem you can solve in your lifetime, you're thinking too small. >> reporter: barber is always thinking big thoughts and they all converge on this 80-acre plot o