calistoga. temperatures well above average for this time of the year. in the east bay 93 oakland. 94 newark. 96 fremont. definitely take it easy and stay hydrated as this heat could make you sick. that's why the heat advisory goes up tomorrow. 102 in concord. 104 in liver mooar. the accu weather forecast, much cooler weather for your weekend and next week will be a welcome sight. >> all right. thank you so much. >> we'll be right back. >> we need a break from this heat. thanks. we'll be right back here in a moment with a preview of game one of the nba finals. getting out here pushing sound vibrations through the air ian once a week on fridays just for fun is so we can make music right now. >> we enjoy a stronger relationship with our neighbors because here we all are kind of in this together. >>> all right. finally tonight the nba finals tip-off in the orlando bubble here on abc 7. lebron james and the lakers take on his old team, dan, the miami heat. >> it should be a great matchup. lebron is making an historic tenth finals appearance his first with th

>>> biggest wildfire threat remains in angwin and calistoga. mandatory evacuations are in effect for all areas of napa county north of the calistoga city limits. that's between highway 128, sonoma line, and highway 29. kiet do is tracking the fire in napa county. >> reporter: this is day six and it just goes to show there is no letting your guard down with the glass fire, even with the temperatures cooling overnight and crews out and about patrolling for hot spots. the fire still destroyed this home on tucker road. nighttime or daytime, to the glass fire, it does not seem to matter. flames have not yet entered city limits of calistoga and firefighters want to keep it that way. along highway 29 six miles north of town crews are trying to keep the fire from jumping into robert lewis stephenson state park. this was 10:00 a.m. with near triple digit heat and

start with nbc bay area's sergio quintana in calistoga. cake bread cellars a part of the investigation. >> reporter: the town is essentially empty. it has been evacuated. glass fire just too close. in the distance that glow is where it's purposing part of the evening. right now firefighters have a window of good conditions but not going to last long. sunset tonight, massive flames in the napa valley state park outside calistoga and saint helena. >> we're back at red flag warning, expecting north to northwest winds higher elevations above the fire area. that's big concern right now. >> reporter: those gusty winds pushed this fire so fast. time lapse of the start early sunday morning. firefighters trying to figure out what exactly sparked the flames. sources close to the investigation tell the nbc bay area investigative unit they're focusing on electrical fencing at dancing bear ranch on howell mountain. found an area they're looking at. cake bread cellars say they're aware of the investigation and fully cooperating. cal fire spokesman would

that is certainly good news in calistoga. if you look over my shoulder, you can see that fire truck there. you also see some of the lights on. those are being powered by the generators being used downtown, a different story right who are. we've had to put our light on this street because it is so dark and you can see that. these street lamps are turned off. total darkness on the west side of calistoga now that the public safety power shut off is in effect. >> well, i know it has to be done, you know, because of the fires skpefr fires and everything, but we don't have any wind right now or anything. >> coreless meyer is back home, now this. she's already lost her power, now relying on the ice in her freezer to keep her food from going bad. >> if it goes on tomorrow, we'll be okay. i have a yetty cooler. have you seen one of those? they're nice. >> in calistoga, the outage expected to last more than 48 hours until friday night. some like mariesa hawks bought one of these. >> a generator and a lot of cables everywhere. >> the ca

the big problem right now is calistoga and highway 29 north of calistoga is closed. so there's no way to there you go this is downtown calistoga right here all of this blue area is a mandatory evacuation order and this boundary right here can dish different shade of blue to purple. this is the fire perimeter. so you can see the fire burning right at the edge of calistoga highway 29 going north up into middletown into lake county. that is all close so there's no way to get north from calistoga and then we saw dan kerman here right in downtown saint and you can see this part is under an evacuation warning the yellow area of seen lena. you cross a few streets and you're into a mandatory evacuation order and again just to show you how close the fire is this is the fire perimeter right on the west side and right over here on the east side so saint helene and the only way out is heading south on highway 29 toward napa let's jump over to sonoma county. not a lot has changed over here. give us some perspective downtown santa rosa you head east on highway 12 you get into the

>>along all of highway 12 in calistoga road. >>and they're still activity and and and and austin park. i'm told that they have the majority in work done in terms of any new fire in operations. students all along with all those under doing mop up in ers we speak to get prepared for this one event. i just want to remind everyone we do have a wind this take place tomorrow 1 o'clock. it is a red flag warning schools from thursday, one tells friday. 06:00pm one that we are trying to stop an additional engines in sonoma county. so we're on crews right now to see who's available. as crews will be for an initial attack on any new fires within the county. again the goal is to make sure no new fires get started worley to a very small acreage so we can concentrate on this fire. we got 2 days and we have to get through the weather. then once we get through that and we'll build really assess where we stand. after the latest information about the glass fire not with them is center is limits please go star city dot or. slash glass fire. and ad

>>yeah, you know calistoga's a beautiful city it's a nice place to visit a nice place to live. but yeah, these are kind of what comes with it went like you said tradeoffs power shut-offs wildfires it's been already a tough month for this area and we still a long road ahead with this power shut off. powers are supposed to be restored until tomorrow night around 10 o'clock and that would be if the weather cooperates so far the weather is supposed to help us it's supposed to die down with the wind and the temperatures are supposed to decrease and that will help and that is why p g has a goal to restore the power tomorrow night at 10 o'clock for now reporting live in calistoga sarah stinson kron 4 news all right, thanks. a lot sarah. >>well another part of the story too is the fact that there is bracing for those higher temperatures with the potential for triple digits come later this afternoon or human barometer in the field will tran. >>let's see how hot it is right now in concord high will. >>it's about 77 degrees is not the heat that we should be particularly concerned about it

also in calistoga fair states is now damaged due to the glass fire. other damage wineries include a chateau boswell and brehmer family winery both in saint also were just cellars over in deer park now step sterling winery in calistoga was hit as well and according to adrian tamblyn of wine country media, the bulk of the damage is in the cave where the wind was stored. the trees along the driveway in the tasting room at the sterling are still standing active flames have been burning dangerously close to the golf family winery in saint helena. but allen says that winery is still ok and as crews to fight tirelessly to contain the class fire with wildfires burning in that region year after year and the covid-19 pandemic tourism has taken a bit of a hit. >>we've been averaging around 50% hotel occupancy this summer a little higher on the weekends, a little during the weekdays but in a 50 to 55% versus a normal is pretty good considering we are in the in the midst of a pandemic in the meantime we ask viewers to support us through the napa valley community f

>>this is a view from palisades road off highway 29 in calistoga wednesday afternoon. firefighters operating a burnout on the palisades a test being done ever since tuesday night and it's right behind stephen rest me since property basically torched or entire canyon. >>cutting precision lines around every dwelling including my back neighbor who has a small cabin way in the back of of canyon. they they they do circles around those did backfires save every building. >>he took this video crews cutting lines to prevent the glass fire from spreading more operations were conducted a night off of highway 29 near greenwood avenue. firefighters say the operations were successful in the fire did not jump the roadway cal fire says the areas of the glass fire hasn't burned in at least 80 years. >>the hot dry windy weather and dry vegetation have been fueling the fire. firefighters spent the day preparing for the worst-case scenario as high winds are expected again by the evening air attack dropped retardant over mount saint helene and near old lolly toll road the entire city of ca

>>calistoga strong that's what we are we'll be back. >>the downgrade from an evacuation order warning allows people to return home but at their own risk. calistoga mayor chris canning understands his residents are eager to get back to what this community has proven time and time again is that the resilient they can handle it. >>they've got themselves there to function we can't wait to get them all home. >>mayor wants people understand that if they do come back to calistoga they will be able to go to their homes but they have to be safe because there are still a number of crews that are out right now on some of these as for the downtown area here opening back up including supermarkets hardware stores, it's probably going to take at least another day or so for those to get back up and running in the meantime firefighters have their concerns focused again in the eastern hills and in areas that are farther up highway 29 and closer to lake county where that fire is still burning tonight, reporting live in calistoga dan thorn kron 4 news. tha

and the problem is, calistoga is surrounded by flames. air tankers made drop after drop as the fire raced up the hillside, just up the highway 29 a dc-10 and a 747 were part of the aerotech to protect homes in the jericho canyon area. this is aerial video taken by cal fire looking down on the palisades mountain ridge below. the fire coming dangerously close to homes tucked away in the mountains. >> it is a scary, we've got a lot of people that live around here, so it's scary.>> yes, we are scared. >> tactical patrols will be in this area tonight. they don't have enough resources to stage an engine at each home but crews will be assigned to patrol certain areas. they are concerned about the wind and so are the residents. >> that worries me a little bit because you never know, with the wind, you know. less time that fire got very close to the house. we still have a lot of trees. so we are worried. >> calistoga is that the only concern, there is a big orange glow above summit lake road and hotspots can also be found on the western hillside o

that is certainly good news in calistoga. if you look over my shoulder, you can see that fire truck there. you also see some of the lights on. those are being powered by the generators being used downtown, a different story right who are. we've had to put our light on this street because it is so dark and you can see that. these street lamps are turned off. total darkness on the west side of calistoga now that the public safety power shut off is in effect. >> well, i know it has to be done, you know, because of the fires skpefr fires and everything, but we don't have any wind right now or anything. >> coreless meyer is back home, now this. she's already lost her power, now relying on the ice in her freezer to keep her food from going bad. >> if it goes on tomorrow, we'll be okay. i have a yetty cooler. have you seen one of those? they're nice. >> in calistoga, the outage expected to last more than 48 hours until friday night. some like mariesa hawks bought one of these. >> a generator and a lot of cables everywhere. >> the ca

but the city of calistoga did not sustain any damage. you see it right there. >>> cal fire is investigating what could be dangerous and illegal activity at the glass fire. there are reports of people setting illegal backfires to try and save homes and businesses. it's also possible they have hired fire fighting crews to do the work. they said it is dangerous to set fires. they have arrested eight suspected looters found in the evacuation area. here are the fire lines. glass it fire has burned nearly 65,000 acres. 21,000 structures threatened 36,000 people, evacuated the fire. now 26% contained. that is up from 17% earlier today. so good improvement there. >>> what a difference a day makes. take a look at this side by side photo from san jose. the national weather service tweeted this out showing yesterday's smokey, hazy skies. today, oh, yeah, much clearer. the air better. take a look outside right now. you see the transamerica building in san francisco and the fog is just making it an absolutely gorgeous picture. rob maeda joining us no

people living in calistoga say it's becoming a new normal as we've seen more pg e power shut-offs and wildfires over the last few years the guy i work for has been here for. >>40 something years he says i've never seen fires every year like this and all these years well the last 5 years israeli thing, mother nature this going to do it once. >>for best. >>the potential power shutoff is expected to last from wednesday night to friday morning and for customers, some of them that is about 1500 here in calistoga like these downtown businesses the power will remain on because of that city generator in calistoga taylor bisacky kron 4 news yeah, the guy said it best be prepared and hope for the best. >>keep in mind you can track the weather in your neighborhood anytime with the kron 4 app it's great to have downloaded you'll get full forecast and interactive radar and weather alerts sent straight to your smart device going to do that now download the kron 4 app for free for free you don't have to pay for it right now in the app store and google play as well. more than 1000 inmates at san quen

the glass fire, places like calistoga, st. helena, very unhealthy to hazardous air quality this morning. unhealthy for sensitive groups red wood, san leandro, moderate for vallejo, concord. the spare the air alert is in effect today and tomorrow. it could get better but the stronger ocean breeze is kicking in for the weekend and early next week. you can see all the smoke for the bay area as we head through today and likely for them as well. it's all because of this high ridge. that's to blame for our heat, second round of high fire danger and smoky skies. we are likely going to see record breaking highs through today. south bay, 97 for san jose as well as for santa clara, 102 morgan hill. for east bay, some of the hottest temperatures this an noon with 103 in concord and pleasure ants hill, 107 in brentwood. be safe with this dangerous heat. it is hot even around the bay with 90 san francisco, 93 oakland. 103 santa rosa. the extended forecast with warm and hot conditions tomorrow with smoky skies. we will slowly cool it down a

reporting live in calistoga sarah stinson kron 4 okay. thank you very much sheriff, how about the santa cruz mountains they've got people without power. that's a big risk of wildfire there this morning there are homes. >>in the santa cruz area that have no power and they got the warning along summit road. so they stocked up yesterday on ice and groceries to prepare. and that shut down just one of as we've been talking about many that we could see especially in heavily forested areas that were pg is worried about lines going down. it's sparking fires. in the santa cruz about we talk to residents and they have some reservations about pg knees power shut-offs. >>i would like for them actually fix the issues that they have as opposed to just shutting things down quadrant by quadrant. relatively small inconvenience. >>you know for a day or something i sure want more fires up there. >>one store owner we talked to got a generator for the first time because they don't want to lose thousands of dollars in food like we have food in cases you can't

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you're looking at downtown calistoga. not all of the businesses have reopened quite yet, but slowly but surely, we are seeing businesses start to resume their operations here. now, the county has also set up a local assistance center. that opened this morning. that is located in napa at the county health and human services campus there in napa. that will be open six days a week to help families and businesses impacted by the glass fire. reporting live in calistoga, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> so many fires, yes. thank you, jodi. >>> we want to go back to our coronavirus top story. the president having left walter reed medical center. the president tweeted a message just moments ago from the white house. as we showed you, he was at the top of the this newscast, the president left the hospital about an hour ago and returned to the white house. >> i stood out front. i led. nobody that's a leader would not do what i did. and i know there's a risk. there's a danger, but that's okay. and now i'm better, and maybe

>>all right, thank you very much al as she mentioned the city of calistoga has been under evacuation orders since monday kron four's gayle ong talked with the mayor chris channing and gail joins us live now with how the city is holding up under all of this pressure gayle. >>pam and ken everyone seems to be heating those evacuation orders as the fire continues to burn. right on the ridges of calistoga or surrounding the entire city, it is dangerously close that is a major concern and here on highway 29 near deer park right in lena. it is raining ash to smoke is thick. earlier today, firefighters working in hot dry. the rugged terrain. >>beyond those trees is the glass fire firefighters are keeping a close eye on diamond mountain road off highway one 28 in calistoga where the fire burned actively throughout the day threatening homes and vineyards the area filled with heavy timber and narrow roads water tenders are also on standby in case the fire jumps all of calistoga is roughly 5,000 residents were ordered to evacuate monday. we spoke to the city's mayor chris canning only the second

saving an american flag that was flying right there outside of the fair winds estate winery near calistoga. well firefighters say that by the time that they got there the winery was already engulfed in flames. they say they hope that the flag will soon fly again as a symbol of the community's resolve. well it has been more than 2 weeks since the glass fire started in napa county people or allowed to get back into their homes and businesses for the first time this weekend. but it's still an adjustment period for those who lost their jobs after 1, 5, star restaurant was just completely destroyed kron four's gayle ong has that story. >>wine country is slowly getting back to normal but it's a long road ahead to recovery tucked away in a secluded canyon devastation from the glass fire calistoga ranch and fortune was completely destroyed by the fires. >>which which really puts are 175 team members of that hotel. you know in a in a very difficult situation exactly. 2 weeks later, the resort's parent bears held a food drive sunday at the lodge resort in calistoga. >>at least 350 boxes full of fres

on highway 128 just outside of calistoga. behind me we could see the fire burning. cal fire tells me fire crews are putting in a lot of hard work to prepare for tomorrow. a dramatic aerial assault over napa valley wednesday afternoon, a multipronged attack on the glass fire that has already forest mandatory evacuations in calistoga, england and the outskirts of st. helena. favorable conditions overnight, but not wednesday morning. >> what made it difficult this morning was the inversion layer , the smoke layer, the lid that comes over the valley and when we have high-pressure above us it puts the lid on us and the smoke isn't able to clear. >> reporter: that mentally intense battle with the fire from the air couldn't start until the smoke cleared in the afternoon. >> it is very rocky, steep terrain. there is only so far the tractors and bulldozers can go. >> reporter: the national weather service has issued a red flag warning for the northbay mountains and the area where the fire is burning. it starts thursday at 1:00 in the

we are by the calistoga inn. you can see they have some of the lights this morning and that is all thanks to this massive generator that they have on the side street off of downtown calistoga. we have seen some other businesses here on the west side of calistoga inside the psps area that also have lights on probably due to preparedness and having those generators in place. >> generators are a real life saver. i love that lady who said you just gotta live with it. what can you do? kpix5 will have continuing coverage on air and online as power shut offs continue to play out. >>> a live look at capitol hill, the count down is on. in six days senate judiciary committee is set to vote whether to recommend approval of judge amy coney barrett to supreme court. joining us now is our legal correspondent jan crawford live in washington, dc. good morning. it's good to see you. let's get into this, short on votes, democrats used their time yesterday to plead with republicans not to confirm barrett. >> they really have nothin

. >> fire continues to burn a few miles outside of town, so calistoga itself, continues to be deserted, say the few people who can only wait and watch the weather. >>> big do or die when, the a's heading to the division series, to face off against the heated rival. >>> now, on kpix 5, news and streaming on cbsn bay area, good evening. >> let's get right to the fast- changing fire conditions in the north bay. new images just in from the northern flank of the classifier, where shifting winds are complicating efforts to pretend -- protect communities. the blaze is just 5% contained at this hour, it now covers 88 square miles across napa, and sonoma counties. evacuation orders and warnings are in yellow, on all sides. >>> new evacuation orders in effect, west of the town of rutherford, new warnings have been issued west of oakville as well. highway 29, shuts down, from calistoga north, to middletown, in lake county. >>> the winds are not just a concern for the north bay, a red flag warning is also in effect for the east bay hills, through saturday morning. >>> tonight, beginning with kenny

we're actually seeing that right now vacaville calistoga in sonoma have been seeing winds throughout the morning gusting well into that 30 mile per hour range, pretty consistently, those peak, wind gusts even more than that danville also on the breezier side right now 27 mile per hour winds. breezy in pockets across the rest of the bay area too winds remain consistent throughout the morning we're continuing to see power shut-offs for portions of the north bay due to those winds low humidity and the heat by the time we work towards 07:30am this morning calistoga sonoma vacaville still in the midst of some of those stronger winds. we briefly back or higher wind speeds early this afternoon before picking up yet again on into the evening tonight into early tomorrow. then we officially see things coming down and staying calm for the weekend after that point so there is relief in sight. today and tomorrow our hottest under windiest days though 60's and 70's for most of your current temperatures we do have a few 50's up in the north bay, fire danger remains high as we do see a mild morning

also in calistoga fair states is now damaged due to the glass fire. other damage wineries include a chateau boswell and brehmer family winery both in saint also burgess sellers over in deer park now step sterling winery in calistoga was hit as well and according to adrian tamblyn of wine country media, the bulk of the damage is in the cave where the wind was stored. the trees along the driveway in the tasting room at the sterling are still standing active flames have been burning dangerously close to the golf family winery in saint helena. but allen says that winery is still ok and as crews to fight tirelessly to contain the class fire with wildfires burning in that region year after year and the covid-19 pandemic tourism has taken a bit of a hit. >>we've been averaging around 50% hotel occupancy this summer a little higher on the weekends, a little during the weekdays but in a 50 to 55% versus a normal is pretty good considering we are in the in the midst of a pandemic in the meantime we ask viewers to support us through the napa valley community fou

we spent the morning around the hills southwest of calistoga. one benefit of the inversion layer is the thick smoke trapped in the valley is starving the fire of oxygen. much of the town is empty under mandatory evacuation order. we did meet buster davis. he survived the 2017 fire. he says he has worked too long and too hard to walk away now. >> this is my life. ain't nobody going to tell me to go away and come back and maybe we'll protect your place. i'll get in here and do whatever i have. i am a fighter. it's easy for them to say leave, come back later. i might come back to nothing. >> it's so heart breaking to see the impact this has on people there. we know temperatures are higher today which does not help in this fire fight. how are the winds right now. >> reporter: we're expecting the red flag warning to come up a little bit here. 1:00 is sort of the opening window. there is not a lot of wind to speak of. you see the tops of the trees aren't moving yet but i am getting the sense that this is the calm before the storm. i will say it is ver

ahead of election night, new residents returning to calistoga after being forced from their homes. good evening, i'm brian. >> i'm juliette . tonight, the glass fire has torched nearly 65,000 acres, despite low humidity and high temperatures, fire crews have made major progress bolstering fire lines, upping containment to 25%. check out this latest evacuation map, new evacuations have been ordered in northern napa county today, with the flames marching towards lake county. but, some good news for calistoga tonight, orders have been downgraded to warnings, kpix5's kenny choi spoke to residents returning home six days after the entire town was forced to d the main part of calistoga, but it is still a threat. tonight, residents returning days after leaving their homes, wondering if they would ever see them again. >> reporter: as the ferocious inferno devoured hillsides close to calistoga, many thought it was the end of the historic town. >> did make sense to stay. it was very scary. and also, it took time, to load my car, because i thought that this was it. >> reporter: tonight lights

once again folks in calistoga -- or many folks here in calistoga are without power. you can see the traffic light at this intersection is not working tonight. but people here are understanding. last night's wind caused a lot of worry. pg&e crews are busy repairing the damage caused by last night's windy weather. sustained winds of up to 76 miles an hour in the north bay did, indeed, topple trees and take down power lines. this giant pine tree in angwin fell right onto pg&e lines, pulling down three power poles. >> we would have had a major issue by all means. >> reporter: luckily the neighborhood was part of pg&e's public safety power shutoff. folks here fear if the electricity had been on, they'd have been in a world of trouble. >> pg&e was right this time. they prevented a big fire. >> our house is safe, and we're thankful for that. >> reporter: pg&e started turning off the power late yesterday afternoon to parts of the bay area forecast to experience dangerous fire conditions. >> we're doing this for safety. we're doing it because of the weather. we know it's extr

>>this is a view from palisades road off highway 29 in calistoga wednesday afternoon. firefighters operating a burnout on the palisades a test being done ever since tuesday night and it's right behind stephen rest me since property basically torched or entire canyon. >>cutting precision lines around every dwelling including my back neighbor who has a small cabin way in the back of of canyon. they they they do circles around those did backfires save every building. >>he took this video crews cutting lines to prevent the glass fire from spreading more operations were conducted a night off of highway 29 near greenwood avenue. firefighters say the operations were successful in the fire did not jump the roadway cal fire says the areas of the glass fire hasn't burned in at least 80 years the hot dry windy weather and dry vegetation have been fueling the fire. >>firefighters spent the day preparing for the worst-case scenario as high winds are expected again by the evening air attack dropped retardant over mount saint helene and near old lolly toll road the entire city of cal

i will try live in calistoga we will have reaction and just a few minutes. >>this morning a man was successfully rescued off the steep cliffs in the for i'm live at the dramatic video and what unfolded coming up. >>you're watching kron 4 morning news at 7. >>good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm darya folsom and i'm james fletcher lots to talk about today, we've got that new red flag warning that's been extended power outage is a possibility for large sections of the bay area team coverage, same thing as yesterday different area though kron four's will tran in napa county reyna harvey. >>is covering the red flag from the east bay and we're going to start again in the weather center with john trade with this new red flag warning, yeah guys even more the bay area now lit up with red flag warnings as we work our way through what will be a couple more windy

in calistoga, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> and meteorologist sandhya patel joins us now. she has been tracking those red flag conditions. sandhya. >> yeah, ama and dan, we're looking at a red flag warning beginning tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 for the north bay mountains. it runs until friday evening. the reason for this, wind gusts anywhere from 25 to 30 miles an hour out of the northwest. really low humidity and dry fuels. and that means glass fire, dolan fire around the southern monterey county area, both under that red flag warning. it's just going to exacerbate existing conditions. now, the winds are already beginning to pick up. mount diablo 31, mount st. helena gusts to 17. and mount familiar 24-mile-an-hour winds right now. take a look at the conditions near the glass fire. it is 83 degrees, still warm. 25% humidity. winds are light. that should help the firefighters. but not for long. as you take a look at the hour by hour wind forecast you will notice those winds increasekracs we head toward tomorrow. 25 at lakeport. and we also have a heat advisory going up tomor

. >>> cal-fire crews battling the glass fire remain focused on the calistoga area tonight with the red flag warning set to expire not until the early morning hours. the fire has burned 61,000 acres in napa and sonoma counties since it broke out last sunday. cal-fire now says 826 structures have been destroyed and another 163 structures damaged. the fire is 8% contained. >>> more from ktvu's amber lee in calistoga tonight. >> reporter: a thick blanket of smoke hovers over the napa valley. calistoga fire tells me the city is surrounded by flames and that the fire is pushing about half a mile south of the city in the diamond mountain area on friday night. >> we are trying to keep it away from the city limits as much as possible. we do have fire to our north and south and then the fire did burn to our east, progressively working its way overnight. >> reporter: some homes and businesses were destroyed outside calistoga. >> nature is throwing nasty curveballs, sliders, fastballs. >> reporter: but john harris owners of amici cellars dodged yet another curveball. this is one of several fires i

.>> one of the biggest areas of concern is the community of anglin in calistoga, evacuation orders have been downgraded to warnings now, allowing nearly 22,000 people to return home.>>> we have team coverage on the high fire danger and the race to save some homes, we begin with don ford in anglin. >> reporter: it is not out of the woods yet, the town is under mandatory evacuation orders. parts of the town looked deserted and empty, but several folks stayed behind. >> there has been a lot of tension cacao fire has been working really hard, a few of us locals have stayed around, to help them. >> reporter: this is where the stopped getting into the area. this firebreak across the hillside, while the attacked the flames.>> a similar wind event than one it started moving up three days ago, now is the time for firefighters to buckle down, work digital -- diligently to get it shut.>> reporter: he is being cautious. >> if it comes behind us, we are gone.>> reporter: firefighters are working the area looking for hotspots, this is their moment to make good progress before the weather changes. but

the town of calistoga is evacuated.ort. >> kpix5 has a new app, gives easy 24/7 access to cbsn, bay area, kpix newscast. delete the >>> right now on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, extreme heat. mary is tracking dangerous temperatures today and the unhealthy air. >> hot weather means high fire danger. >>> homicides on the rise in one city in alameda county. we ask what's behind the spike in violent crime. good morning. it is thursday, october 1. >> good morning, first looking live, california's power grid managers are calling for a flex alert. they're asking everyone to conserve energy between 3:00 p.m. and 10:00. the goal is to avoid rolling black outs during extreme heat. >> mary lee joins us for a look at the high fire danger today. >> another round of high fire danger, extreme heat, smoky skies. it was nice to catch a little bit relief for the last couple days but we are back in it now looking at the heat advisory for most of the bay area from 11:00 am to 8:00 p.m., we can see record breaking high temperatures

but in between calistoga and st. helenna. gusting up to 30 miles an hour in the higher terrain is gonna drive that humidity to the east and southeast. and it's gonna be bone-dry tomorrow. not just in the vicinity of the glass complex, but for all portions of the bay area. above 1,000 feet. because of the gusty winds, hot temperatures and very low relative humidity levels. and the air quality is absolutely dreadful. it's not going to get much better tomorrow. maybe some improvement over the weekend. we'll track the smoke coming up in just a few minutes. >>> still to, come one bay area, city is putting old, abandoned buildings to good use. and helping residents fulfill a dream. >> that's really amazing to me that people like me can own up from here. >> the a's and their postseason futility. how the team celebrated and a look ahead at the next match-up. >> and watch the kpix 5 morning news at 4:30 tomorrow as the world reacts to the stunning announcement of president trump's positive coronavirus test. we'll have all the very lat

right around midnight tonight, vacaville atlas peak in calistoga with winds around 20 to 30 miles per hour for your peak, us all through the evening tonight into tomorrow morning 08:30am just as windy in these areas and winds picking up for the east bay at this time too as we make our way through tomorrow consistently, windy winds pick up yet again into friday morning before we do see eventual calming for the rest of the day after that and into the following weekend. now as of right now temperatures are in the 50's 60's or even 70's berkley in nevada, which in the low 70's when you see temperatures scattered about with a pretty wide range like this. it's a sure sign that winds are picking up because there's mixing going on in the atmosphere and that keeps temperatures pretty unsettled from one spot to the next so winds are already picking up already some changes in this forecast to know this morning and those changes carry us through the rest of the week with these heighten the fire conditions as for daytime highs today, not a whole lot of variation between san francisco oakland north

people to return home but at their own risk calistoga mayor chris canning understands his residents are eager to get back what this community has proven time and time again is that the resilient they can handle it. >>they've got themselves together. there to function we can't wait to get him off. >>again the mayor telling us tonight that residents are able to go back home but he is not expecting this downtown area that includes supermarkets and some of the other hardware stores or what not to be open within the next day or so right now the concern for firefighters is the fire threatening communities that are farther up highway 29 as we get closer to lake county reporting live in calistoga dan thorn kron 4 news site really for those folks tonight. dan thank you there's more coverage of the glass fire right now at kron 4 dot com. >>there you can find the very latest evacuation orders and warnings for both napa and sonoma counties locations of evacuation centers and maps detailing the burn zones. it's all there at your fingertips right now kron 4 dot com. >>as a orders are lifted in so

and now after a couple of days of calm winds increased risk for the town of calistoga. >>projected wins coming from the north and east. direction puts it behind the fire moving in this direction toward downtown. like how far as working so this. >>the mayor says firefighters are prepared and are hoping to put a stop to anything that comes. ron doesn't plan to stick around to find out. >>i have to be moving today i think we're going to be heading out chad you know been here for have a place for 40 years, but it's >>and again as you know calistoga has been through this before 5 days they were evacuated back in 2017 during the tubbs fire when will this ghost town return to normal well, not until the threat subsides live along one 28 in the napa valley and dan kerman kron 4 news. >>this is a community it's this is a mess. >>evacuation orders for the deer park community near saint helene remain in effect tonight. kron forcefully to guard continues our team coverage on the glass fire. he shows us the extensive damage. >>my grandfather went to this school. my mother went to thi

here on the west side of calistoga, we are seeing some lights on. this is calistoga inn. the only reason they have lights is because they have a massive generator sitting out here on this side street that's powering those lights this morning. obviously businesses are just looking for ways to stay open during what have become almost common public safety power shut offs. >>> if you plan on traveling in an area with no power, where power shut offs are happening, you might run up on traffic lights not working. treat it as a four way stop. we've got stop and go conditions along the freeway, south bound 880 is a slow ride. this is due to over night construction. it will be out there until about 6:00. we've got brake lights south 880 as you work between 23rd and 29th. use 580. traffic is moving better through there. there is a crash west bound dunbar ton bridge at the toll plaza. it's off to the right shoulder. >>> voters got a chance to question the candidates last night, president trump and joe biden holding dueling town halls. the coronavirus was the biggest topic. >> when a

. >>> this fire weather is hitting the community of calistoga especially hard. people there have barely recovered from the glass fire and now racing for power outages. >>> the admissions controversy over a san francisco high school. the kids in contra costa county demanding to go back to school. and businesses and churches get the green light to operate indoors in alameda and santa clara counties but only one county is making plans to do so. >>> 12 hours from now these areas will be under a red flag warning. that means critical fire weather conditions will be happening in parts of the north bay and east bay and south bay. good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. right to spencer christian who is tracking the forecast for us tonight. spencer? >> dan and ama, we have a pattern of strong offshore winds developing. as the winds flow downslope they compress, the air compresses. it dries out, it warms up. that increases the risk for fire. we're looking at gusts under 20 miles per hour in the higher elevations at the moment but they will get stronger overnig

are the city of calistoga and the community of england. mandatory evacuations are in effect for both areas. in anglin, firefighters are looking for hotspots. parts of the town looked deserted but some people are refusing to leave. >> there has been a lot of tension in the last couple of days. cal fire has been working hard. a few locals have stayed around . we are keeping an eye on the fire. if it comes around, we are gone. >>> firefighters have a close eye on a firefighter front north of calistoga. >> they haven't lost in the home so far today. they are extremely concerned about this fire behind me. we have seen flames shooting up into the sky. cal fire said there will be tactical patrols tonight. they don't have enough resources to stage an engine but crews will be assigned to patrol a certain area and keep an eye on structures. with the wind expected to pick up, they are preparing for the worst but hoping for the best. so are the residents that decided to stay. >> it worries me a little bit. in the back of the house, the fire got really

live in calistoga, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> good advice.upport those businesses when we can. >>> right now 6:38 tuesday morning. kari has a look at our forecast. pretty mild week ahead. >>> yeah, we are going to see much cooler air, very favorable weather conditions for more containment of the glass fire, but it is still burning as cierra mentioned so we are still seeing drifts of smoke coming through the north bay and then some of it moves into the inland east bay. we've seen improvements in our air quality along the coast as well as the south bay where temperatures this afternoon will reach into the low 80s. up to 92 for antioch today. 90 in concord and in napa today expect a high of 86 degrees. we're in the mid-70s in oakland and some upper 60s in san francisco. we'll talk about those weekend rain chances coming up in a few minutes. mike has an update on what's happening for that morning commute. >>> once again, kari, it's what's not happening, the drivers are not moving smoothly west 92 is the route to avoid if you're heading to the pen

gusts in oakland and calistoga reaching 50 miles per hour. most aggressive of our medium range models. that is very concerning. you can see it stays that way this afternoon and early evening hours and tapers into tuesday. while the events have been in the higher elevation, this could touch all of our neighborhoods. reggie? >> mike, thank you. >>> breaking news. surprising numbers from the u.s. labor department just released the weekle lesly jobless claim reports. jobina has a look at the numbers. >>> new unemployment claims are high but much lower than economist projections. 787,000 new jobless claims were filed last week, much lower than the 870,000 claims that were forecasted. it is the lowest level since march before the coronavirus pandemic shut down much of the country. in addition, the labor department reports nearly 8.4 million continuing claims, that's down about 1 million from last week. we will see how wall street investors respond to this when the markets open up in about 45 minutes. >> thanks. >>> california theme parks like disne

and it just preparing before the big wind event all of calistoga is roughly 5,000 residents were ordered to evacuate monday. we spoke to the city's mayor chris canning only the second time in our history as a. >>town since 1863 that this has happened the last time was only 3 years ago so why world that used to it it's not something you want to get good at or become used to. big big thank you to all the communities around us who are taking our residents sheltering them and making sure that they're cared for sincerely appreciate that the fire is threatening the city of calistoga plus the communities of angwin and pope valley in napa county. engines are station buy homes. firefighters performed a fire operations earlier this week. but the smoke grounded aircraft on thursday, one of the biggest impediments we have is the visibility because of the smoke which is not only a health hazard, but also. >>impedes our operations actually affected with our air. >>in a press briefing cal fire deputy chief information officer jonathan cox says 80 gallons of retardant was dropped the napa and sonoma cou

watching communities of calistoga, angwin, st.ena, ken wood, glen ellen as we go through the day with the northwesterly winds that could push the fire especially as we look to the areas. here is a smoky start to our day with our mount hamilton camera from lake observatory. temperatures are in the 50s and 60s this morning. air quality conditions, looking at unhealthy air, very unhealthy for santa rosa, napa, closer to the fire. unhealthy for san rafael, vallejo, unhealthy for sensitive groups for san francisco and oakland. spare the air in effect today, extended all the way through next tuesday due to smoky, hazy skies. it does look bad through today unfortunately so with the smoke concentration futurecast taking you through the day. we'll continue with the unhealthy air and into the weekend, could see sea breeze. we can see improving air quality conditions as we look to our weekend and early next week. we are still dealing with the heat, heat advisory again for the bay area today, daytime highs well above average and near record h

more fire crews and equipment were deployed in and around calistoga and other parts of napa county. after the forecast called for strong winds and low humidity. >>good evening. i'm ken wayne and i'm pam moore, the cause of the glass fire is still not clear at this hour, although one possible cause is reportedly the electric fencing around a remote vineyard near the point of origin so far flames have burned more than 58,000 acres and the filed fires 5% contain 223 homes are destroyed more than 28,000 other structures are still threatened tonight. we want to show you a live look of the glass fire from a web camera mounted that about 4300 feet at the top of mount saint alina and you can tell from these pam from the last time we looked a it was kind of quiet we could see some flames. >>now the video has stopped. but for a moment there those things are really moving around and look like the wind was having quite an effect up there does our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here with more on the wind conditions that everybody is worried about lawrence they have started to pick up unf

the biggest areas of concern right now are around calistoga, st. helena, and and when. that i has grown to more than 60,000 acres since monday. more than 400 homes and commercial structures in napa and sonoma counties have been destroyed. kenny choi is back on the fire lines this evening, and he is in st. helena. >> reporter: the good news is that fire has not reached the main part of the city of calistoga but it is still burning on the outskirts of the city, along highway 29, as you just mentioned and it is still consuming homes that are scattered in that area. one of the major takeaways of the last 24 hours from cal fire is at the wind has not picked up and been as strong as initially forecast. that has allowed crews to put in some control lines and suppress activity in parts of england and as the fire moves toward pope valley. still short on hand crews, though, early this morning the fire ripped through this home on tucker road on the outskirts of calistoga. kapp heights is the western zone which includes santa rosa and oakmont are doing a lot better but steep terrai