chester, the town of chester, a lakes, i view as the dixie fire burns, and now we're showing the fire that's going through greenville currently as we speak the town of greenville is islam fire. tommy passed legend prattville sandwiched between fire. he and a few others have stuffed their vehicles full of possessions and park them on the water's edge. he never dreamed when the dixie fire started three weeks ago, it would be burning into like al manar communities pretty safe. living on the lake. i can i just jump on the boat if i need to get out, and i was trying to do everything i could to save the home. the dixie fire continues to gobble forest and homes with it growing 20,000 acres in a day. now the eighth largest fire in state history. and recurring afternoon wins. it jumps, lines and highways of the predominant areas that the fires running a strike team from marin county fire took these pictures. 60 department personnel are up north cruise heading for downtime went back into action, struggling to save homes as the fire blew up the past 24 hours. i was 36 got blocked by fire, and so

that is where it is really busy in between greenville and chester. the alameda county fire department coordinating the strike team that is five fully staffed fire engines and team leaders. a crew of more than 20 firefighters. >> we have very experienced crews up there who have seen a lot of fire in their years. you know, extreme fire behavior is what we are seeing now, this year and the last. the dixie fire is indicative of that. >> reporter: when she talked to the bay area strike team assigned to the greenville area they described intense fire conditions. including swirling winds and unstoppable crown fires where the fire jumps from tree to tree. flames shooting hundreds of feet into the air. >> when they lost greenville it was the crown fire. one of the, you know, fastest moving dangerous fires we can face and very hard to stop. >> we have had some pretty extreme conditions out there over the last 48 hours. we have a lot of folks in there. >> reporter: katie, where is the strike team now and what are they going to be doing tonight? >> reporter: so

fire agencies are still in the chester area, making sure spot fires don't pop up. cal fire tells us red flag warnings have been lifted, which means those high temperatures and strong winds that make firefighting so difficult are gone. in plumas county, laura hatefully, kpix 5. >> more information on how you can help the nuns of the dixie fire. you look for the link on our website, kpix.com. >> to put the dixie fire into perspective, it is now approaching the size of the second largest wildfire in california history. that one was the mendocino complex, a series of fires that first broke out in july of 2018, burning for three months in four northern california counties. the largest in the state history was the august complex, which turned bay area skies orange last september. the complex, which started out as 38 lightning sparked fires across northern california, torched over 1 million acres. and check this out -- one viewer sent us this video today as he was driving through tahoe city. the dixie fire is turning the skies light pink over the tahoe basin. the view of

which sheridan renamed wind chester. so popular had this moment become that in 1876, p. t. barnum tried to make money advertising that he had a traveling exhibit consisting of the bones of the famous war horse win chester. the peachy bar them could not have had those bones, it's impossible. the because the horse was still alive in during that time the horse did not die until two years later. when the sheridan has now passed away. so sheridan had it mounted, and placed on exhibition at the military museum in new york harbor. it stayed there until 1922 when a fire destroyed the place and then the horse was turned over to the smithsonian institution where you can still see it and you could still view win chester on display today. due to the growing popularity of this event, and reads palm, it became a popular subject for artist in the aftermath of the war. i'm talking about those who dabble in the literary arts, and there are all kinds of homes. the but sheridan's ride by buchanan reid is the palm. and it became a very popular topic for sculptors and painters and it is perhaps

and that's west chester, hudson valley, capital district.. but we're also keeping our eye on that. i spoke with the white house, the president is willing to sign what is called a pre-landfall emergency disaster declaration. to qualify for federal funding, there has to be a federally declared disaster. and you can actually request that a disaster be called pre-landfall. that's important because all these preparation costs for the state for local government are then covered. and the president has said that he is prepared to sign that and that is good news. i spoke with the head of fema, they are pre-deploying fema teams, which is the federal emergency management, we coordinate with them, again in the same areas, long island, new york city where we expect some flooding, but then primarily capital district and the cat skills. our priority now is to protect life and safety. that's job one. job two will be once the storm is over, we assess the damage and we come up with a plan to rebuild. but focus now is on life and safety. we have probably the m

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get the fire literally burned right up to the edge of chester. firefighters did an amazing job structure holding it out of the town itself. again, there were some that number of structures that were destroyed in that area. the like the community just or the committee of westwood, which is just outside of the lake on a region. >> some of the areas that were evacuated many of those actually been able to reduced down to just evacuation warning showing the progress that firefighters are making. but this massive fire at well over 700,000 is still burning on a number of fronts and that is still why this fire is remains a priority for us 11,000 structures threatened on this fire. but we are making progress. the fire as of this morning. at least 40% contained. so little by little day by day. we are gaining the upper hand. she for real quickly because we are at a time i i'm reading may be a lot of people. people still. >> heading to tahoe because they made plans. they want to lose their money. i would think the smoke itself is a hazard. what would you tel

los bomberos estÁn tratando de defender el pueblo de chester, sus residentes tuvieron que abandonar lasalman. >> eso significa que es algo bueno para nuestros bomberos, poner nuestras lÍneas de contenciÓn y nos da una oportunidad para proteger a las ciudades como chester y greenville. reportero: las imÁgenes de satÉlite dejan en claro la magnitud de los incendios, hay unos 100 en todo el paÍs, el que consumiÓ greenville es sÓlo uno de ellos. >> hay un incendio que todavÍa permanece al 35%, tenemos 5000 bomberos asignados a este incendio. reportero: 5000 bomberos con meses de trabajo por delante. ilia: las imÁgenes son impresionantes en greenville, estas imÁgenes no estÁn editadas, eso es asÍ ahora. cuÁndo puedan regresar las personas a sus casas y negocios? reportero: es difÍcil de decirlo, las llamas han pasado, pero el peligro, no. hay estructuras inestables, hay sustancias tÓxicas y no hay electricidad. las autoridades no han dado una fecha, queda mucho por hacer. jorge: gracias. la policÍa ha dado detalles sobre el accidente de una camioneta en texas que chocÓ. un sobreviviente dio

that is where it is busy, in the town of greenville we they just lost and then chester which they saved. >> reporter: the battalion chief with alameda helps coordinate the strike team, a crew of more than 20 firefighters. >> we have very experienced crews who have seen a lo fire. extreme fire behavior is we are ngth year and last. dixie fire is indicative of that. >> reporter: when she talked to the team assigned to greenville area they described intensifier conditions including swirling winds and unstoppable crown fires where the fire jumps from tree to tree, flames shooting hundreds of feet into the air. >> when they lost greenville, it was a crown fire which is one of the most fastest moving dangerous fires we can face. very hard to stop. >> we've had some pretty extreme conditions out there over the last 48 hours. we have a lot of folks in there. >> for information on how you can help victims of the dixie fire look for the link on our website. >>> a state of emergency is in place in nevada and pler count ears due to the river fire. evacuation orders remain in place for more than 5,0

chester's fraud and scam production act as well as representative kelly's protecting seniors from emergency scams act both cleared our chamber bipartisan support this year. michael, ftc report that would require two report on fraud against our seniors. commissioner phillips, how important is the work ftc staff does to protect americans from scams? >> thank you for the question for the work we do to protect americans consumers against fraud and scam, there's no work that make me feel better as a commissioner if we have our ability to find them taking money from american consumers, dipping into life savings in getting the money back. the work on the committee to provide money tools for us to go after scam artists are critical and it needs to continue. >> thank you. as you pursue other initiatives, when can resources be shifted away from the rock program so essential preventing bad actors from harming constituent? that is the question. >> could you repeat the question? >> as you pursue other initiatives, any staff and resources shifted from your fraud program which is so essential preventing b

> we are standing at the highlands ranch resort along highway 36, just 10 miles down this road is chester. between the two is burned national forest and several homes that have been destroyed. we spoke to two employees who work here at the resort, who tell us it's a familiar sight. it was just a few years ago, they were escaping the camp fire. >> reporter: the dixie fire charging towards a town of 2000, threatening to burn it all down. >> hopefully it doesn't -- i don't know. >> reporter: as residents packed up to leave, fire surrounded the town of chester on all sides. >> i just can't see not be in here. >> reporter: crews got to work fighting strong winds and spot fires, and neighbors just a few miles away step into health, too. >> i will not let this place burn. no way. >> reporter: george and mickey work at a campground just west

cheese because it came from chester. was it cheddar cheese? what's the relationship between the two? >> i don't know. it begins with the same three letters. it makes the -- the expression mammoth cheese all the more pointed. as i said, to coin the word around the same time. but it was also known as the cheese because it came from chester and it was cheddar. that's all i really know about it. maybe cheddar lasts longer? maybe that's why they opted for cheddar. i don't know. >> your friend from durham has been enjoying the talk and sends you his greetings. but he has a very important question. he said is that where they came up the idea of calling the president the big cheese. >> you would ask that. i don't know when that expression started but i'm sure i'm not only the one who will google it as soon as this is over. maybe it is. makes sense. i'm not sure that jefferson would not appreciate it, to be honest. >> and one of the people asked, were the religious services open to the general public or just for members of congre

model, it's considered the finest when chester shotgun side by side ever manufactured. it was made by -- which owned windchester at the time. it's the finest 21 in existence. it commemorates the retriever, king, buck so it is just wonderful. >> in contrast to the traditional engraving is a relatively new style of engraving. it's called -- engraving. it's only become widely known over the last 30, 40 years. when i say widely known i mean that there are the people that have mastered it. this kind of engraving is actually done by hand pressing literally hundreds of thousands or even millions of tiny individual dots into the steele. very in-depth angle and pressure. creating incredible scenes that you see on these shotguns for example. this gargoyle scene off of the reverse side of this little ronny shotgun. it's all done with hand pressed dots. any ugly can be considered to be the first american female superstar. she was an entertainer. she was discovered when frank butler, exhibition shooter was traveling town to town. he challenged the best shooters at the town that he w

so here's looking boards chester, the town of chester, a lakes i view as the dixie fire burns, and now we're showing the fire that's going through greenville currently as we speak. the town of greenville is on fire. tommy passed lived in prattville sandwiched between fire. he had a few others have stuffed their vehicles full of possessions and park them on the water's edge. he never dreamed when the dixie fire started three weeks ago, it. would be burning into like al manar communities pretty safe living on the lake. i can i just jump on the boat if i need to get out, and i was trying to do everything i could to save the home. the dixie fire continues to gobble forest and homes with it. growing 20,000 acres in a day, now the eighth largest fire in state history and recurring afternoon wins, it jumps, lines and highways did the predominant areas that the fires running a strike team from marin county fire took these pictures. 60 department personnel are up north cruise heading for downtime went back into action, struggling to save homes as the fire blew up the past 24 hours. i was 36 got

you are of chester state behind as his wife and daughter evacuated. he's a retired firefighter of 23 years and is taken aback by the devastation. the dixie fire has cost. >> well, i've been on the cup up of make fires but not to speak is this is the biggest the traumatizing dixie fire continues to expand its perimeter this time traveling north of chester and towards james still and and a little bleak. there's a lot of dozer lines left over from the sheep fire. so the these will help us connect these dots and get him into. >> the walker fire as well. so we're really focusing on this effort just to keep it out of janesville after a few days, a moderate weather and light winds fire officials worried the warm temperatures and gusty winds. >> are likely to return this week causing more devastation. the live trees that are out there now have a lower fuel moisture. >> then you would when you go to a hardware store or to a lumber yard that has more moisture in it that we're seeing in the actual like vegetation out there. and for don, he comes to watch the fir

you are of chester state behind as his wife and daughter evacuated. he's a retired firefighter of 23 years and is taken aback by the devastation. the dixie fire has cost. >> well, i've been on the cup up of make fires but not to speak is this is the biggest the traumatizing dixie fire continues to expand its perimeter this time traveling north of chester and towards james steele and and a little bleak. there's a lot of dozer lines left over from the sheep fire. so the these will help us connect these dots and get him into. >> the walker fire as well. so we're really focusing on this effort just to keep it out of janesville after a few days, a moderate weather and light winds fire officials worried the warm temperatures and gusty winds. >> are likely to return this week causing more devastation. the live trees that are out there now have a lower fuel moisture. >> then you would when you go to a hardware store or to a lumber yard that has more moisture in it that we're seeing in the actual like vegetation out there. and for don, he comes to watch the fi

now north of chester and burning off in that direction. again, it's still out of control with less than a 3rd containment. we have garage. paul tsongas standing by with more on the damage that this fire is wreaking. >> the highly active dixie fires prompting new evacuations east of lake outman or leaving those who stayed behind with nothing to do. but watch. >> wind. the wind just kills you. >> don't. you are of chester state behind as his wife and daughter evacuated. he's a retired firefighter of 23 years and is taken aback by the devastation. the dixie fire has cost. >> well, i've been on a couple of make fires but not to speak is this is the biggest the traumatizing dixie fire continues to expand its perimeter this time traveling north of chester and towards jane still and and a little bleak. there's a lot of dozer lines left over from the sheep fire. so the these will help us connect these dots and get him into. >> the walker fire as well. so we're really focusing on this effort just to keep it out of janesville after a few days, a mod

so right now, our crews are mopping up the perimeter around, chester.know, feel reductions bring off any really close that are numbered, uh, protect the community from any part of that does come into the community agenda if that's the case, right now, we're trying to focus our resources on fourth, then that's pushing towards the north side of the league and, uh, and your husband last national park, and that's cool right now. we've been focused on the dixie fire, of course, the third largest wildfire in state history, but there are several other fires burning in northern california right now, besides the dixie fire, which others are of the utmost concern to you, right now, obviously i'm assigned to the 60 fire but just south of us, we have been required to pull back. um which obviously you guys, said 2600 acres 32nd game, but they are in lifting evacuation warnings around around the fire and a certain evacuation orders around the perimeter of the fire. but evacuation orders there's 30 minutes place. the president's that our family's in five communities a

intense flames bearing down on small town of chester. bay area firefighters are part of the effort.contained. >>> in nevada and placer, river fire has burned more than 2,600 acres. fire officials say support from aerial fire crews has played a critical role in calming flames. the fire is 15% contained. >>> site in union city is one of five places in alameda where you can get the covid vaccine. alameda county is seeing increasing number of cases. >>> people in napa will have to wear a mask inside public places regardless of vaccination status. solano is the only area not enforcing indoor mask rules. >>> santa clara health officials identified close to 50 cases of the delta plus mutation. experts say the best way to slow mutations down is to get more people vaccinated. as we look at the roadways if you are along 101 out of san francisco, good news, all lanes are open but traffic is certainly backed up on the bay bridge almost to treasure island. plan for that. no metering lights have been turned on so hopefully things will dissipate in the next 15 to 20 minutes. you can take 280 or pu

incendio ya atravesÓ esta Área, pero sigue amenazando otras Áreas remotas, incluyendo la poblaciÓn de chesterifÍcil de respirar. este es el tercero mÁs grande en la historia de todo california hasta ahora y sigue creciendo a pesar de que ha sido contenido en 35%. hasta el momento sabemos que hay unas 5000 bomberos trabajando para combatir las llamas. el hecho de que haya sido contenido en 35%, no quiere decir que lo controlen rÁpidamente. esto puede tomar semanas o puede tomar mÁs tiempo. los bomberos estÁn trabajando las 24 horas, los siete dÍas de la semana contra las llamas. este incendio empezÓ hace tres semanas atrÁs. esto es lo Último que tenemos. regreso ahora con ustedes. >> casi 250 hondureÑos regresaron a su paÍs deportados tras esfumarse su ilusiÓn de conseguir asilo en los estados unidos. fueron repatriados bajo la polÍtica de deportaciones express que rechaza a los solicitantes de asilo sin argumento sÓlido. varias muy frustrados, pero otros con la idea de insistir en la bÚsqueda del sueÑo americano. >> nuestras cÁmaras captaron el emotivo reencuentro con su madre michelle. hace

i went with my son to an event he had in west chester, i took the vaccine. an example for my son so i prayed over the needle and the administration and i took my vaccine. why? because even though i am religious, god gave us free will. we have to make the right decisions for our individual family and be a good parent, you have to be responsible so that's what made me get the vaccine. i need him to have a future. >> i just want to say another way to look at the religious part is god give us the ability to create this vaccine. >> that's right. >> it is a blessing. it is our only way out of this epidemic. >> yes, it is. >> karen -- >> can i say one thing, too? >> sharon and back to kimberley. go ahead. >> okay, i am a parent, i am a responsible parent, trust me, i did not want to take the vaccine either but it is the right thing to do. i want the parents to know that these children need to get back out in society and play. it is not normal for children to be behind the screen and it is causing them a lot of depression, loneliness and mental health issues. >> i h

. >>> evacuation orders will not be lifted for the plumas county community of chester and several otherrities planned. the fire has burned around five 50,000s . >>> a southern california fire department battling the dixie fire is back home after getting injured. the captain arrived in san diego on friday and was welcomed back by supporters. the captain was injured after a tree collapsed on him and three firefighters. officials say the captain is expected to make a full recovery. >>> a sacramento animal shelter is lending a hand to help relief efforts for the dixie fire victims. the sacramento sbca taking in adoptable dogs from an animal shelter in quincy. >> if we can get those animals who don't have a home or owner down here, get them healthy, into home tlashgs high pressure system the communities all around us. >> sacramento also sending shelter resources like food and medicine. >>> this is a time lapse of the sun setting over concord. and hazy skies. >> tomorrow there is gonna be a very familiar pattern playing out across the bay area. and california as a whole. for most of us, we're

the west chester d.a.investigating claims by a state trooper who says she was sexually harassed months after cuomo suggested she join his security detail. >> as he passed he took his open hand and ran it across her stomach from her belly button to the hip where she keeps her gun. >> former aide charlotte bennett says the governor made inappropriate sexual remarks and put her in uncomfortable situations. here is the governor serenading her to the song do you love me ♪ do you love me ♪ do you really love me ♪ do you love me. [laughter] ♪ do you care? >> bent says cuomo knew what he was doing when he asked about previous sexual assault. he was come on to me said survivors of trauma and sexual assault can't tell the difference between mentorship and leadership and shower. itself which is not only insulting to me but every survivor who listened to him yesterday. the victim blaming is not okay. >> if cuomo does not resign, democrats say they are ready to impeach. >> the votes are there. he will step down. i don'

. >> this woman was a veteran westcott west chester county detective, she led some of the questioningr, what did you make of her? >> pretty much, i got a feeling she was being honest. but you never know, people are deceptive. >> the cops went through narcy and her story once again, hoping for some investigative nugget. >> and she was grieving, exactly, a widow, we need that information, the last person that saw her. >> narcy told attractive there was something of value miss missing, a gold bracelet spelling out bans name in diamonds. an expensive watch was still on the bed lying in blood. as well as an unexplained broken stem from a cheap pair of sunglasses. and then there was the matter of her husband's huge batman collection, a rare collection valued at $43,000 he was planning on selling. >> that might have been a motivation for murder? his action in life. he had a valuable comic, someone else wanted it? >> correct. >> sunday was over. on monday, the cops would hear about the novak's type of sex games, on monday, when mother and daughter started to go for one another's throats. comi

it was known as the cheshire cheese because it came from chester and it was chatter. that's all i really know about it. maybe cheddar lasts longer. maybe that's why they opted for cheddar? i don't know. >> so, your friend in durham has been enjoying the talk and sends you his greetings. he has an important question. he said, is that where that came up with the idea of calling the president the big cheese as a way to tease him? >> oh ... of course you would ask that. [laughs] i don't know when that expression started but i am probably not the only one who's going to go right to google as soon as this is over. and find out the origins of that expression. maybe it is. it makes sense. i'm not sure jefferson would not appreciate it, to be honest. >> and ... one of the people ask where the religious services open to the general public public or where they members of congress? >> at this point, general public. it was, as a public service to the community. to have them in the capital. it was intended as a public service, so yes, the community was invited. >> one of the other

you are of chester state behind as his wife and daughter evacuated. he's a retired firefighter of 23 years and is taken aback by the devastation. the dixie fire has cost. >> well, i've been on the cup up of make fires but not to speak is this is the biggest the traumatizing dixie fire continues to expand its perimeter this time traveling north of chester and towards james steele and and a little bleak. there's a lot of dozer lines left over from the sheep fire. so the these will help us connect these dots and get them into. >> the walker fire as well. so we're really focusing on this effort just to keep it out of janesville after a few days, a moderate weather and light winds fire officials worried the warm temperatures and gusty winds. >> are likely to return this week causing more devastation. the live trees that are out there now have a lower fuel moisture. >> then you would when you go to a hardware store or to a lumber yard that has more moisture in it that we're seeing in the actual like vegetation out there. and for don, he comes to watch the f

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chester on the other side of the lake earlier this week. they were downgraded to warnings there and people were able to return home. it's one of many wildfires burning across the state. these are the major wildfires. not talking about the smaller ones. one and a half million acres are burned. nearly 13,000 firefighters are on the line as some of the fires north of us have the potential to burn into early december. that gives you an idea how dry everything is because of that drought. lot of these fires continued to burn. you can keep an eye on the air quality by going to nbc bay area.com. click on check your heir on the trending bar. firefighters continue work to control the cache fire in lake county. 50 homes destroyed but tonight an uplifting story of survival involving one family's pegts. >> reporter: after the cache fire roared through lake county this is all that's left of rodney's motor home. he said it's the second time in 45 days fire destroyed his home. he was living in the rv after his clear lake home burned last month. as claims c

chester was one of the places people were going to be allowed back in. a few people who stayed behind were disappointed. >> it is heartbreaking, everyone is displaced from their home right now. a lot of people are calling and touching base with me. everyone is anxious to get home, they are stressed out and ready to get back to their daily lives. dion: understandable. that fire has been spreading to the west, leaving -- leading to evacuation orders for parts of the hammock county. you can get -- to hammock county. you can get updates with our wildfire tracker. you can find that on abc 7 news.com. in the east bay, a memorial for a young man killed industry -- by a stray bullet in downtown oakland. part of the tribute to him included a mural with his nickname. his mother shared this message. >> i think we got to rally around our children and show them life is worth much more than a bullet hitting a body, and not having any remorse for it. not having care or concern. if we start loving on our children and helping them to understand the air we breathe is a gi

four people still missing, three from greenville, one from chester. dixie fire has burned 600,000 acres and hundreds of homes. crews have it 31% contained. the most visible casualty is the destruction of greenville. joe risoto visited with a resident who lost everything except hope. >> reporter: there are some places where words just aren't enough. downtown greenville is such a place. >> i had my counter right there. >> reporter: amid the rubble lies ken darnell's dream, which up until the firestorm was darnell's music. >> there were guitars along the wall. we had our brand new ice cream freezer. there's the vehicle i traveled out from texas in, in 1979. it was a funky, happy place to be with a lot of odd and eclectic people. >> reporter: mostly, this historic gold rush town lives now only in memory. >> a whole bed of square nails. >> reporter: 52 businesses. many from the 1800s, wiped away. brand new streetlights put up a few years ago melted and contorted. >> it just stripped the asphalt off the road. you see germany in world war ii right after the

you are of chester state behind as his wife and daughter evacuated. he's a retired firefighter of 23 years and is taken aback by the devastation. the dixie fire has cost. >> well, i've been on the couple up of make fires but not to speak is this is the biggest the traumatizing dixie fire continues to expand its perimeter this time traveling north of chester and towards james still and and a little bleak. there's a lot of dozer lines left over from the sheep fire. so the these will help us connect these dots and get him into. >> the walker fire as well. so we're really focusing on this effort just to keep it out of janesville after a few days, a moderate weather and light winds fire officials worried the warm temperatures and gusty winds. >> are likely to return this week causing more devastation. the live trees that are out there now have a lower fuel moisture. >> then you would when you go to a hardware store or to a lumber yard that has more moisture in it that we're seeing in the actual like vegetation out there. and for don, he comes to watch the

mop up around the perimeter of chester. the turn of buffer from the rest of the fire because vegetation that fuels around town captain for top on the fire, so we're going to continue to monitor that situation. firefighters monitoring protecting structure from that town and we're going to try to continue to build. line, but more than the fired each other gain some sort of containment on this fire were exported. other options such as attainment lines that we do it master hard fire. uh so we're looking at that as possibly a possible strategy to implement those containment lines, so we didn't have lost here to continue to build off that we have resources. scouting the north or not. i was 34 to see what other locations we used to anchor in. and, uh. to build mind awful and those flames are so high amongst the trees there. um you know, this is as you mentioned an area with small towns not heavily populated. but are you anticipating there might be any more evacuations in the next 24 hours? uh all depends on the fire activity. it's

deborah in west chester, ohio, republican. caller: thank you. thank you to the c-span listeners for being open-minded. i notice my concern is where we are going to be in 5-10 years. afghanistan is one of the richest nations in the world in rare earth minerals. there are several critical elements in there? . after 20 years, while we have not been involved in that. china bought $5 billion of mineral rights in coal and oil. they just negotiated a deal in oil. although -- nationbuilding has a connotation work people do not understand it. like they should for our long-term future. it had not been a civilized more democratic nation, they're going to be the future of energy in the world like saudi arabia was for oil. it is inevitable. my concern is that china and russia will control the minerals coming out of this area. the taliban will do the dirty work out of afghanistan. we have to go up against russia and china. they do not care what the taliban govern. -- how the taliban govern. guest: i think she makes a good point. there are rare earth minerals

fire had originally planned to allow residents of some areas of plumas county, including the town of chester and les common or west to return home today. but those plans have been delayed because of spot fires along the highway. 36 quarter. >> the bay area air quality management district has expanded their air quality advisory through sunday. the advisory was scheduled to end today. the extension is due to smoke from wildfires in northern california and southern oregon. the air quality district says the smoke will be especially bad in the north bay mountains, east bay hills diablo range and coastal hills. people with respiratory illness. they're being asked to take extra precautions to avoid exposure to smoke. >> may not look the same in a few years. the concerns over the clarity of the lake. just ahead. >> cheaper groceries and reducing food waste. a new company kicking things off in san francisco and bill cosby is back in court. the new allegations he is facing in california. >> the new york state assembly will suspend its impeachment investigation into governor andrew cuomo once he steps

morning, more than 7400 people are under evacuation orders in three counties, that includes the town of chester and the leko man-o-war peninsula. the photographer share these pitchers as he evacuated on monday. it shows the claims reaching the shore of lake eleanor. >> it is scary for sure, knowing we can lose our beautiful views. >> reporter: jake has been watching this fire grow for three t'been a month and it feels like it has been a year where we've been under constant stress. >> farther north in trinity county the monument fire is still burning out of control. it has burned 15,000 acres. the crews are fighting it from the air as it burned through steep terrain. it's been very hot and dry there. >>> today governors and federal officials toward the burn scar of last year's august complex wildfires in glenn county. they talked about working together to manage visitation in the area and getting more firefighting resources. >> instead of hundreds of millions of dollars, now congress is talking about billions of dollars. >> we hope that congress is taking notes. this is not a bipartisan issue. w

strong winds have pushed the fire toward the town of chester. this video showing the flames. the flames engulfing trees and jumping the highway near greenville. this morning crews worry if they don't get the fire contained strong winds today could cause it to just explode. over the weekend cal fire got a handle on the place and people were allowed to return home. when monday's winds picked up dry brush and trees lit up like a match stick sending embers outside of containment lines. this back and forth is frustrating for crews and people evacuating. >> they lifted evacuations and then did it again. >> the way the fire and the smoke and the wind has been picking up and the alerts. you just have to be ready. >> now cal fire said the biggest concern is that high winds could allow the fire to jump containment lines. new wildfire evacuations in trinity county, the lightning sparked monument fire burned nearly 10 square miles. it's 0% contained. officials are asking people in the cedar flat burnt ranch and big flat areas to get out. >>> all right. time now is 4:45. let's get a check

it's eight miles from susanville east of chester. some 18,000 people live in susan susanville. also those in jean janesville are under evacuation orders. the flames have now charred more than 604,000 acres. containment is still holding at 31%. now thousands of homes remain threatened as the dixie fire continues to march through four counties in northern california. the fire already devastating scenes in its wake. scenes that are sadly familiar to many people in the last four years. nbc bay area's joe risoto jr. shows us how a group borne in the 2017 tubb fire is helping communities rise from the ashes. >> propane tanks exploding. >> reporter: the town of greenville. >> and the wall of fire was like being in a war zone. >> reporter: these scenes of greenville devastated by the dixie fire are both startling and familiar. >> a little part of you always think it is won't happen to me, until it does. >> reporter: and it has. the piles of debris, reminders of fires in paradise, the santa cruz hills and the 2017 tubbs fire. >> and i woke up in the middle of the night smelling smoke. >

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chester is one of the towns where people were going to be allowed back in.f the people, though, who stayed behind say that they were disappointed. >> it is kind of heartbreaking, you know. everyone is displaced from their home right now, you know. a lot of people are calling a touching base with me, and, you know, everyone is anxious to get back home. they are stressed out ready to get back to their normal lives. dion: you, updates on all of the 18 major wildfires burning in california with our wildfire tracker pure you will find the interactive tracker on a website, abc7news.com. a low rider car show, a bay area classic, returns today along with the covid vaccine. it is the 40th anniversary for the event, which got its start in san francisco's mission district back in 1981. painted and customized cars took center stage as well as the famed contest. they are urging -- organizers are urging patrons to get vaccinated. >> there are a lot of people in our community that just don't trust the government. they don't trust pharmaceutical companies. in the past, they

the entire perimeter of lake alma nor and the town of chester are now under an evacuation order. the dixie fire has burned nearly 430 square miles and is just 35% contained. it's destroyed 45 homes and businesses and more than 12,000 buildings are threatened smoke from other wildfires in northern california maybe visit all around the bay area over the next few days, and that's prompting the bay area air quality management district to issue an air quality advisory for thursday and friday. smokey and hazy skies may be visible in parts of the east bay and north bay, particularly in napa, sonoma and solano counties. air quality is still poor in areas around bradford island in the san joaquin delta. officials issued a warning of unhealthy air for residents in the northern and central regions of the san joaquin valley. bradford island is about nine miles northeast of antioch, and it has a fire that's been raging since early monday morning. at least 200 acres have burned so far, and at least two structures have been damaged. fire crews are letting the flames burned since the fire is sur

today there was an area of chester, um, that we were able to.e had to reroute them because highway 36 is still closed, but we were able to reroute them. different route to get some of the those folks out of the shelter back in their homes. we were at the grocery stores open yesterday. the gas stations are open. people were starting to come back into their homes. they did have power and very few homes were lost in chester, so they were very pleased as they start to return home. i'm sure a sense of relief there. we mentioned that. the cooler weather, though, is helping efforts to increase containment. are you worried, though, that this relief may be short lived here? well, we're going to take advantage of it. so we're hoping that over the next couple days that we're able to make more headway on that containment continue to holder holder line, it was announced the data operations, meaning that we have 490 miles of fire line on the ground right now that we are currently monitoring as either hot or cold areas, but that's that's a lot of miles to keep

she is in charge of the air tankers at an air base in chester. she says the conditions if those conditions weren't so smoky, the base would be able to support both air tankers and helicopters to reload with fuel and. their base is very close to where the fire is burning flames have now burned through parts of the town and is actually creeping closer to a field right behind the base. >> and to our drought coverage and new figures from the santa clara valley water district. they show that retailers are falling a bit behind to themselves and conserving water officials with the water agency remain hopeful that things will be able to turn around pretty soon. >> kron four's. rob fladeboe live tonight in los gatos with the details wrong. >> well, that's right. the south bay's water supply is literally vanishing before our very eyes. take a look behind me. this is a anderson is me a lexington reservoir here in los gatos now down to just 23% of capacity a drive by here. every a week or so. and you can li2erally see the water disappearing all told the vall

to 20 miles an hour in the quincy sitting there right now out of the southwest of the teen 14 into chesterinto souza. bill kind of give you an idea. that's a pretty significant breeze out there and that will continue to go for the next couple of hours until the sun sets and then looks like those winds will start to diminish. but that smoke get more of a westerly component, a win. there you go. philly into places like reno, see more of that smoke kind of headed their way. we've been fortunate here. we've got that sea breeze blowing around the bay area. the fog. yeah. kind of dissipate along the coastline today. some high level clouds out there. look at that beautiful sight. some cumulus clouds. some serious out there as well. and that we've got more of that on the way for tonight should be a need sunset. if you want to check that out. should be a great night to get the cameras and have some beautiful shots. other told the golden gate bridge. talk about a beautiful shot in that night to get the sailboat going right underneath that can time that much better. and you cleared out your skies. no

. >> the chester air attack base grounded its flights. although just miles away from the front lines of the firefight. they say it's just too smokey for flights here and just be here to support those helicopters coming in and out here, whether it's feeling here or just being closer to the possible now. >> that was eric rucker reporting for us this morning. we're getting a live report on the dixie fire with kron 4, sarah stinson starting at 6 o'clock. this morning. changing to our coronavirus coverage. the delta variant has led to a spike in covid-19 cases across the country, including right here in the bay area. some places hospitals are again being overwhelmed. but so far that's not a problem here in the bay area. crawford's amanda hari has that. >> we have the right to be sure a show we're not seeing a flooding of the hospitalized patients ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin-hong says that's all. thanks to one think we've done an extremely extremely well, job of vaccine. the most vulnerable people but some other parts o

. >>> on the north shore of lake almanor, chester is a ghost town tonight. the community of 2000 cleared out and choked with smoke, but at this point it's still standing. >> hopefully it doesn't -- i don't know, i just can't see not be in here. >> containment of the dixie fire is still holding stubbornly at 35%, where it's been four days now. for information on how you can help the dems look for the link we posted on kpix.com. >>> it was a cross between apocalypse now and wizard of oz. there was propane tanks blowing up left and right. >> to the south, the river fire damaged or destroyed more than 100 buildings in a single day. but not eric gibbs house. he defended it and his neighbors' with 2000 gallons of water stored on his property. >> the house got back on fire, so i started up a chainsaw, ran over, cut a hole in the side of the house and put a hose in. i just kept running back up to my tent and filling this thing up, and running around and putting out spot fires. >> the experts, including cdf, says for the record, don't do that. always get out when fir

how many actual structures have been destroyed and in greenville fire crews are keeping an eye on chester in plumas county and the entire town there of 2000 people evacuating their homes. >> we will be okay and it is just memories. >> we try to direct the fire around the structure the best we can but they don't last as the temporary fix tobias time to get the houses preps we can save we can. >> meanwhile several families here are waiting to see if their homes are still standing and the crews are assessing the damage from the explosive river fire. >>> authorities say the flames burned through several homes and vehicles in a matter of minutes and it tore through a community through colfax and thousands of people remain evacuated tonight as firefighters braced for more wind and so far the fire has scorched 4200 acres with zero containment. >> my trailer is completely gone but my son's house is totally okay and it has some damage and will have to figure that out and we had some pictures at my son's house and i am grateful they were saved. >>> looking live across the bay area right now, smoke

this would mostly affect butte and chester counties, but it also includes nearly 2000 customers in napa, sonoma, and solano counties. >>> taking a live look across the bay area, where smoke from wildfire seems to have pretty much cleared out. paul heggen has more on that and the concerning windows. >> we have a fire weather watch that goes into effect at 11:00 tomorrow evening and goes through 11:00 on wednesday morning for the higher elevations of the bay area, the northbay mountains in the east bay hills. i'm primarily concerned about the northern half of napa county and the northern half of solano county. that's where we are going to see the lowest humidity levels and some of the strongest winds. sustained winds offshore, dry direction, 20 to 30 miles an hour, gusts up to 50 miles an hour especially in the herrera terrain and relative humidity levels below 20% with very little recovery of those humidity levels even overnight into the early morning hours. that the timeframe we are watching. we'll take a look at our fire danger index and track that hour by hour, through tomorrow night

expecting some of the winds maybe upwards of 35 maybe 40 miles per hour gusting you can already seen a chester right now. some winds coming up in the south at 29 miles per hour. but these winds generally coming up out of a southwesterly direction that will move that fire long. so dangerous fire conditions across that area. for tomorrow on the backside of that. of course, get those wraparound winds. and so you're seeing on the smoke forecast model here. you see some of the smoke at the low comes through in all of a sudden you start to see some of the wraparound winds bringing some of that smoke back in toward the bay area. again, most that staying above the surface. so don't worry about much in the way of smoke that for tomorrow for air quality forecast moderate conditions, a lazy out in spots in the north bay. parts of the east bay and maybe the south bay to otherwise you're comes out making the way in toward the coastline. it will deepen that marine layer that means we're going to see more low clouds and fog and probably a lot of drizzle by tomorrow morning. but those windy conditions in the