cobb succeeds in moving in his first family. >> white power! >> every day i was concerned whether i would be able to stop him. >> reporter: mayor ryan shook organizes a series of emergency city council meegd, working tirelessly to safeguard the community from the supremacists next door. >> cobb went on a rampage, in everybody's faces about it his computer. >> cobb went from being this fringe figure, a racist drifter, and then he was famous. >> today on a trish exclusive -- >> reporter: cobb is challenged to take a dna test to prove his white letter damage. the results were revealed on the "tricia goddard show." >> craig cobb has undergone dna testing to determine den nettic ancestry. 86% european. and -- 14% subsaharan african. >> wait a minute, wait a minute. hold on. just wait a minute. this is called statistical noise. >> sweetheart, you have a little black in you. >> reporter: still asserting his pure aryan heritage, cobb rush returns to leith armed and ready. >> this is mr. cobb and my lover patrolling with sexy-ass guns. >> reporter: guns

none like craig cobb. yet on the phone i'm surprised so unlike the man we saw in the videos. >> this is byron pitts from abc news, how are you this evening? thank you, bye-bye. maybe a change of heart. he was very gracious on the phone. sounded like a real gentleman. a reasonable man. >> hello, this is byron pitts. >> reporter: a few minutes later, cobb calls back after he googled my name. he's not pleased to see that i'm black or mulatto as he called me. >> mulatto, what does that mean in the options were high yellow or mulatto or black? call me byron. >> reporter: cobb says he refuses to be interviewed by someone black. >> listen. there's a race war. you people who have engineered this white genocide -- >> how is it i fall in the category of "you people" when when we first spoke on the phone you were polite, you agreed to speak with me, and then suddenly you google me and you see that i'm a person of color. and suddenly your tone changes, your attitude changes. how do you expect -- i haven't changed in t

also cobb where there is 1700 people living.ral structures so far including a school. people face evacuation orders in several of the communities there. and hundred of firefighters are on scene right now. more on the way. as we speak. and four fur fighters are treated for burns. they got burns on the front lines there. >> be sure to follow us for all of the latest breaking news and updates on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. >> all right, after losing from a year ago. defense supposed to be stanford's weak link. tell that to central florida. failed to score a point in the first 58 1/2 minutes. passing on the game and the ground. worse. cardinals defense. 30 yard. second quarter. team tackle. stand back. the turnover led to the first points of the game. the flea flicker. back to kevin hogan. got a lot of speed. wide open. 53-yard touchdown. up 7-0. clinging to a 10-0 lead. hogan. seven yards untouched. now in the fourth. third and 20. stanford hoping to improve field position. screen. bryce love. patience. waiting for his block. t

y ahora su enfoque est en una casa en la comunidad de "cobb"...uncionarios del departamento de bosques y proteccin contra incendios de california pasaron el da examinando los escombros al lado de la vivienda de dos pisos en la cuadra ocho mil de "high valley road" ---al parecer, las llamas comenzaron a arder all abriendose paso rapidamente zonaa una colina al sur..una rodeada de csped, pinos y robles secos. take vo ---por otra parte, reunidos en "middleton" y con el por o de familiares, amig y supuesto, la comunidad... muchos intentan comenzar de nuevo... sin embargo, hay algunos que simplemente se rehsan a evacuar.... ya no tienen casa... pero se estn quedando cerca con familiares o amigos que tambin se rehsan a marcharse. ---se han quedado, aseguran, para evitar saqueos, combatir con agua cualquier brasa que pueda comenzar a arder y para alimentar a los animales abandonados. facebook katherine katherine ---el sentimiento comun entre los residentes de "cobb" que l casas y las pertenencias son cosas materiales que pueden reemplazarse... lo importa

fire crews told all 1800 people in the town of cobb to leave. mandatory evacuations also issued for middle town and lake county shown here shrouded in heavy smoke. neighbors are helping neighbors escape safely. >> their barn burnt down. they are hoping to save their homes. i know a lot of people here have lost their homes. >> reporter: two shelters are open tonight. one at the kelseyville presbyterian church. the four firefighters at the uc davis burn center are in stable condition. sharon chin, kpix5. >> the fire has grown so fast, it is already visible from space. this is an infrared satellite image from noaa. and the bright dot of white light is the valley fire. strong winds are in the fire zone near cobb mountain. northerly winds near 43 miles an hour. still warm, 78 degrees. humidity is low. winds will be gusty tomorrow. and none of that is good news for the firefighters. >> meanwhile, the butte fire has spread to 65,000 acres in amador and calaveras county. cal fire has it about 15% contained tonight but at least 15 structures are destroye

for cobb and middletown and all of those places. >> that is the main area. and people had to abandon their cars on the highway. those cars burned up. there are other ways out and yet some people stayed and like i said not the entire town is burned up. with the officials they want to take care of people first and then property. at this point they are trying to make sure everybody is okay. >> of course part of this, the fire moved so fast, experts said they never seen a fire burn so quickly. i know the drought -- the drought is part of it but what is the other part of it? >> yes. the other part is the wind. one fire official said 50 to 60 mile-an-hour gusts. there is an expression, moves like a wildfire. this one moves faster than most wildfires. they said that the fire is making its own weather. >>> there are 1,000 firefighters on the scene and they are battling flames and weather. the winds gusting as high as 36 miles an hour. the winds settled down but it is dry. humidity, 15% in one of the reasons it burned so rapidly, the driveway fuel after four years of

here's a map of where the fire is burning in the community of cobb. it's burning so fast it's challenging firefighters' ability to warn residents of the danger. we have video to share with you. an abc news cameraman was allowed to stay there after the mandatory evacuations took place. house upon house burning, no sound except for the crackling for the flames. you will also notice there are no firefighters. people with possessions and memories gone in an instant. we won't know the extent of the damage in middletown until later today, but it will definitely substantial. and we received word the flame has destroyed at least one school, that's middletown christian school, a small private school that serves children from kindergarten through high school. we have this report from lake county. >> people frantically pled south on highway 29 at the valley fire stormed across lake county. it looked like a silent tornado. the smoke was rolling across the plains. >> as she shot this video, she traveled to middletown. first reports of the fire came in around 1:30

>> reporter: yeah, here in cobb is where the fire started, many houses look like this one.urned down to the foundation. now, cal fire said they have an approximate location as to where the fire started. it's down the hill from where i'm standing, and investigators were down there focused on a shed. cal fire confirmed, investigators are looking at this shed on high valley road as a possible source of the fire. the shed is heavily damaged by fire and mostly standing. we spotted tools and cleaning supplies. the house on the same property and 30 feet from the shed is undamaged. a trail of burned grass connects the hill, and the fire. the people that reported the fire live across the road. the official cause is under investigation. >>> whatever the cause, the result is clear to cal fire crews east of middle town. >> that's good. >> reporter: for the ground crew, the job was to stop the flames from crossing had road. >> he and his wife, and their family lived up the hill. >> reporter: the supervisor talked about the people that lived here. he said that dozens of county workers lo

it's also burning to the north of cobb as well.p the contain. percentage. has been able to two there to assess -- to begin to assess the damage? >> we have crews in place and that's what they're working on this morning. that day break, of course, and we should have have some numbers this afternoon. our efforts yesterday were more on getting people out of area versus counting structures destroyed. we should have numbers for this afternoon. >> and have you heard any preliminary accounts of what iting loose like this morning? >> i have not. i'm away from the incident. but resources that are there, the fire was very scructive yesterday. >> emily smith. thank you for joining us this morning. want to giveout latest from the fire line. avery harper is at -- is in -- at one of the evacuation center. she's talking to volunteers and people who are afraid of the fact that they may have lost everything in the fire. avery, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yeah. there's at least 200 people and still more people pouring in. i'm here with

re-ignited and went back through cobb. firefighters say the weather conditions did help in some ways but overall, overnight it was a mixed bag. >> always good to have cooler weather. the temperatures come down. humidity comes up at the same time with the cloud cover. some of those winds, it creates fire behavior that we don't necessarily want to see. it's definitely a challenging area right now. >> reporter: 23,000 people in lake county have been displaced by this fire. and evacuation orders are still in effect for a lot of the lake county towns and areas nearby. last night calfire officials issued an evacuation advisory. that's just a warning for parts of napa county, including pope valley and parts of ango -- an -- anguin. the crews will be heading out later today and figuring out their plan of attack in tackling the valley fire later today. but the latest numbers, valley fire grew by a couple thousand acres to 67,000 acres. but it is 15% contained. so that at least is good news. back to you guys. >> have you had to a ch

we were in cobb this afternoon and you see barely anything is left. the lodge was popular vacation spot for a line of california governors and celebrity like clark gable and merv griffen. the valley fire also destroyed a hot spring. >> you never know of course when disaster lake this the one that happened in like county will strike so it pays to be prepared. insurance experts say to make a list of everything you own from aplain aplainss to check i believe and electronic. there are app that can help you do that. you select what room you are in. take pictures and make notes on purchase information. >> god forbid you have a loss you have got this record and then at least that's one less thing you have to worry about. >> the and when you hit save the information will be stored in the cloud so it can be access anywhere any time. new if you have homeowners insurance fire destroys your home the company will pick up the tab on the increased living expense. that men hotel expense temporary rent food gasoline if you have a longer commute. however there is a lim

we were in cobb this afternoon and you see barely anything is left. the lodge was popular vacation spot for a line of california governors and celebrity like clark gable and merv griffen. the valley fire also destroyed a hot spring. >> you never know of course when disaster lake this the one that happened in like county will strike so it pays to be prepared. insurance experts say to make a list of everything you own from aplain aplainss to check i believe and electronic. there are app that can help you do that. you select what room you are in. take pictures and make notes on purchase information. >> god forbid you have a loss you have got this record and then at least that's one less thing you have to worry about. >> the and when you hit save the information will be stored in the cloud so it can be access anywhere any time. new if you have homeowners insurance fire destroys your home the company will pick up the tab on the increased living expense. that men hotel expense temporary rent food gasoline if you have a longer commute. however there is a lim

he was acting nervous when they found him in a car in cobb. he had a back pack with tools be a broken bb gun. the other fire burning in northern california is the butte fire. that started a week ago, it's burned 71,780-acres. it is 40% contained. 233 homes and 64 other buildings are threatened. >>> heavy rain in southern california caused flooding and mudslides. in los angeles rescue saved three people on the los angeles river. 100 nursing home residents have to be moved after the roof collapsed. in the silverado canyon area the problem was mudslides. flash flooding in utah killed at least 16 people, four hikers in zion national park, three more hikers are missing. three women and nine children died when the cars were caught in flash flooding. most of the residents are members of warren jeffs live mist -- plug mist sect. three of the children survived. a motorcyclist was injured in a collision with a car. the motorcyclist was taken to the hospital with life- threatening injuries, we don't have a update on his condition. the other driver is coo

with a big assist high atop cobb mountain. a home that was saved just hours earlier is now gone thanks to the winds of the relentless valley fire. it's called reburn. >> had this is a perfect example. we had this house all prepped. there's still a lot of fire out there on the perimeter and it snuck back in and got this house. >> reporter: farther than the eye can see there's devastation here. an event so big that firefighters can't possibly protect every structure but can only react hopefully in time to save at least some among the so many that have been lost here. among the structures damaged the calpine power plant. high atop a hill now abandoned, theringing and the clear sense whoever was here had to leave in a hurry. down highway 175, a weary crew from the u.s. forest service kept a close eye on these flames, letting them burn the brush beneath the trees but only to a point. >> we might be adding a little bit of fire to help keep it low intensity and keeping it nice and square and easy and manageable for us to help the nat

mandatory evacuations are for cobb, siegler, hidden valley lakes.nts of napa county are being encouraged to leave as well. >>> earlier this evening when we heard from calfire from a news conference, we had a lot of people asking when the power will be restored. we are joined on the phone by britney mccannny with pg&e. can you update us with the number of outages in the area because of the valley fire. >> yes. we're currently experiencing outages to about 7100 customers in the lake county area due to the wildfire. we're seeing damaged poles, power lines, equipment throughout the area that's been damaged because of the fire. >> i imagine this is gonna be a long recovery process because if you have power poles that have been burned down and you have downed lines, you have to replace the poles, put the lines back up. that's not something that you can do quickly. britney? we might have lost britney there. britney, can you hear me? well, britney mccannny talking about the 7100 customers now without power in lake county. we'll take a break and be right bac

cobb mountain is not the same place anymore. once known for vacation cabins and small resorts, cobb is now a silent display of nature's most random devastation. work crews are everywhere on the main road and as you climb higher, the mountain crests give a disturbing view of the size of the blaze. and if you look closely, there are plenty of grim surprises. there were warnings that something bad could happen but who really could have imagined this? finally on a narrow street called high valley road, something unusual. caution tape. there's so much damage up here that no one has bothered to put tape up. there it is on a nondiscript hillside. this is the place where the fire started. officials say they don't know where it got started, only that it began here about 1:00 saturday afternoon. there's a downed fire line but it's hard to tell if it's a cause or the casualty of the flames. the house at the top of the hill is gone, and so is its neighbors. but it was from here that the inferno climbed over the hill and headed down to middl

cobb, whispering pines, cobb, middle town. lake county. hidden valley lake. 61,000 acres burned. i like to hear updated numbers. i wonder if they will come out this evening to see if they made progress today because of the weather. you have the cooler temperatures -- [ talking at the same time ] >> one thing i noticed on 121, kept wanting to see the smoke, but the marine layer was in, which is a great thing, the weather is helping but when you got here, it was breezy. speaking of the wind, ktvu's meteorologist rosemary orozco with the latest conditions. >> looking at your live shot, looks like it is calm where you are at. that is good news. the winds will be a factor into the evening hours. between the hills we have wind. 10-15. even 20 miles per hour. as we get into the forecast here. through the next hour or so, i expect the winds will continue. coming in from a southwest direction, the smoke will be pushed in this direction, away from napa county and the clear lake area. that is good news. temperatures on the cool side. damp out there. a little drizzle throughout the afternoon

beverly of cobb heard that we had a burned cat from their neighborhood in cobb and they came in yesterday and saw the cat and discovered it was theirs and even though their home had been completely lost they were incredably grateful to have their cat back. >> jeff :hopefully there will be more stories like over time. >> bill davidson : right now it's hard to reunite a lot of them because people are still in an evacuation state and even ifi would say about half of the animials we have were actually left by their owners because they were displaced from their home the others are animals that we had to go out and remove from the property. >> jeff :officials here at animal control say the big challenge is going to be when people are allowed to go back into their homes and figure out their animals have been brought here to the shelter and they are going to be doing their best to reunite each and every one of those animals with their people. i'm jeff bush in lakeport, kron four news. >> pam :one hidden valley woman is alive and well tonight. after a wildlife officer saved her from the valley fir

the fire now at 50,000 acres, started in the cobb mountain area yesterday. it quickly grew 40,000 acres in 12 hours. cal fire is calling this fire part of one of state's worst fire seasons. >> in the cause of the fire is still under investigation. shortly after that, because of the drought stricken fuel and the heavy fuels, that particular fire started spotting in all directions. this year, the last 890 days, particularfully lake county and parts of napa county, these fires are burning in all directions. >> residents have been told they won't be able to return home for at least a couple of days. they've also been told this evacuation shelter her at the nap a pa county fairgrounds will remain open for as long as necessary. evacuees are being warned about predators. people have been offering to check on homes with the intention of looting the homes so evacuees are being told not to give out any personal information. >> we were struck here watching that news conference live, with how many -- by how many people stepped forward to sought out questions, ordinaries

the fire now at 50,000 acres, started in the cobb mountain area yesrday. it quickly grew 40,000 acres in 12 hours. cal fire is calling this fire part of one of state's worst fire seasons. >> in the cause of the fire is still under investigation. shortly after that, because of the drought stricken fuel and the heavy fuels, that particular fire started spotting in all directions. this year, the last 890 days, particularfully lake county and parts of napa county, these fires are burning in all directions. >> residents have been told they won't be able to return home for at least a couple of days. they've also been told this evacuation shelter her at the nap a pa county fairgrounds will remain open for as long as necessary. evacuees are being warned about predators. people have been offering to check on homes with the intention of looting the homes so evacuees are being told not to give out any personal information. >> we were struck here watching that news conference live, with how many -- by how many people stepped forward to sought out questions, ordinaries

going up towards cobb mountain. highway 29 is still blocked off to traffic. that is a major thoroughfare. remember one of the big highways that comes out of napa and goes north. it is blocked off and people are not allowed to go out here unless they are journalists, firefighters or contributing to this effort. >> all right, thank you. >>> our fire coverage continues right after the break. also later in the newscast, changes ahead for b.a.r.t commuters, what you need to know before you leave for work tomorrow. >>> plus, what do you do when you are hosting a convention in san francisco and there are not enough hotel rooms? well if you are a sales force ,, ♪ ♪ grow old with me ♪ let us share what we see ♪ just you and i ♪ ♪ grow old with me ♪ let us share what we see ♪ and oh the best it could be ♪ just you and i ♪ >>> here is the latest on the massive out of control wildfire in lake county. cal fire says one person has been killed. few details released. dozens more hurt. we have seen pictures of homes going up in flames and burning to the ground. at least 400 h

here's a map now of where the fire is burning in the community of cobb. it's burning so fast it's challenging firefighters' ability to warn residents of the danger. we have some extraordinary video to share with you some morning from the community of middletown. an abc7 news photographer was allowed to stay there after the mandatory evacuations took place. house upon house is burning. there's no sound. you just hear the crackling there of the flames. you will also notice there are no firefighters. people's possessions, their memories gone in an instant. with he won't know the extent of the damage in middletown until later today. but it is definitely substantial. we received word the fire destroyed a school. a school that serves kindergarten through high school. a small private school. we have this report. katie is going to join us live now. good morning, katie. >> good morning. we are live at the napa county fair grounds in calistoga where the red cross shelter is in place for the thousands of people who have been evacuated. at this point some 500 people

and cobb, siegler cannon, middletown and hidden valley lake.cuation centers are set up at the presbyterian church and where katie was at the calistoga fairgrounds. bob rider is one of those evacuees to shot this video on his phone after he got out. he told abc7 news he, his wife, three young boys and a dog fled for their lives from their home in hidden valley lake. >> the sound of this fire was that of a jet plane in flight. you could see the fire advancing. it was incredible. we weren't evacuating carefully and cautiously, we were fleeing. >> and he says they only had time to grab a couple of important items before loading up and leaving. he believes his home and photography business have been destroyed. >>> drivers will be facing delays and detours because of the fire today. the highway patrol closed northbound highway 29 at tubs lane in calistoga. 29 is also closed at highway 175 in kelseyville and at red hills road. highway 53 is closed from lower lake to highway 29. all of those lanes could be, and we emphasize the could be open by noon. p

>> just to hopefully go home to cobb. >> reporter: 200 folks are still here, but tents are coming down. many thinking about the next move. napa county is helping with the transition. >> just making sure everybody has access. the folks are going to need services for a long time.

they do say they believe it started in the town of cobb. also, we want to show you dramatic new footage that emerged from sacramento firefighters as they work to save a house early sunday morning in middletown. the crew was able to -- extinguish the burning awning and roof of the house and remove burning debris and fencing from the perimeter and that house was saved. but unfortunately, not for many others. hundreds of others, nearly 600. we want to show you new video from the nbc helicopter of the devastation of middletown. you can see homes leveled, things destroyed and unfortunately, thousands of more homes in the lake county area are still threatened. we have team coverage tonight. we've learned that eight firefighters fighting fires in northern california who have been working hard come home to find their homes destroyed. for that part of the story, we join jodi hernandez live in calistoga with more. >> reporter: we talked with one of the firefighters. that firefighter and his family have spent several nights at this evacuation center i

wild life officer got emergency call from a woman in cobb. he drove the car through the fire entered the home and found elderly woman with her 11 month old grand-daughter. that's the baby in his arms. got them to safety just before the fire destroyed their home. >> as remirnd you can give where you live to help people affected by the if fire and several way you can contribute go to our web site for the specific. or text red cross to this number on the screen to instantly give 10 dollars. >> that smoke. sf smoke. sf this is all smoke. >> we get in credible look tonight at thehe valley fire started saturday afternoon. this is video shot from hidden valley lake. desiree lopez first pulled out her phone at her house then went up the hill for a better look. like she said everything you see is smoke. she says the house is okay but she still hasn't been able to return. >> people all over the bay area collecting items to deliver to evacuee of the valley fire. thank to you anglo for sharing this photo of food water he will deliver this weekend. you ca

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but the fire started in cobb. the hidden valley lake area is still seeing damage as the valley fire continues to burn out of control. >> vicki: for a full list of evacuations in place visit our website at kron4.com >> vicki: currently there are nine evacuation centers in place for those forced out of their homes. the majority are in kelseyville including their high school and presbyterian church. the largest center is at the napa county fairgrounds in calistoga. there are also two centers in lakeport at the auto movies and big valley rancheria gymnasium. in ukiah. the shelter at the redwood empire fairgrounds has room for people as well as their animals. for a full list of evacuation shelters visit our website at kron4.com. >> vicki: joining us now on the phone, is daniel berlant from cal fire. daniel, what can you tell us? 1 zero containment - why is this fire so hard to control? >>: this fire is creating its own whether pushing fire in multiple directions. hamburger's flew over our fire fighters. the weather in

and you can see it really was in midd middletown, cobb and calistoga county. impressive totals. .4 of an inch. the current scan back here behind this, you can see there's no rainfall detected at the current moment. as we get a look at the radar scan overall here across the bay area, we're tracking a few spotty showers. that will continue to be seen in the overnight hours. temperatures will increase by ten degrees, at 80 degrees for the daytime high. gusts 25 miles per hour and humidity lowering to 35%. i'll have the details on an extremely hot forecast for this weekend in about 15 minutes. >>> for complete coverage of the valley fire, go to or website nbcbayarea.com, you can find more interviews, and raw video. >>> coming up, i'll show you the act that helps emergency crews find you faster. >>> more energy tonight, i like that. >> they're at it again of the the winners and losers from tonight's republican presidential debate. >>> the tables are turned for the san jose police sergeant. what he allegedly did that terrified a woman and landed him in jail. ♪ heavy

it started here in the cobb area. let's give you a better look at that. right in there.o, now investigators are saying that the fire started right around here, around cobb mountain. they think the origins is in high valley road and bottleneck road. but the winds just continue to push it in this direction, as you can see right here. this is the active zone that's going on right now. this is what we're seeing, all those homes that are burned, the hundreds of homes here, middletown, hidden valley. the concern is tomorrow, the rain will impact this area here, but the biggest concern is where will the wind push this fire next. >> okay, yes caw. we'll take you back to the nbc chopper. for the last couple days, the firefight in terms of the aerial firefight has been limited because of the wind and smoke and clouds. today, it's been an aggressive firefight. even our nbc chopper finally able to give you a perspective from high above. let's go down below into middletown and rejoin janelle wang. >> yeah, raj. most people cannot come back. the majority of people, but as my colleague

the rots south of lower lake,lien valley lake and middle town but not allowed into the problems in cobb or anderson springs because of ongoing fire efforts. >> a top emergency official said damage from the valley is expected to be more than $200 million. almost 600 homes have been lost. hundreds of structures are destroyed. teams from the office of emergency services be dispatched to lake county, to assess the damage. the fire has charred more than 67,000 acres and how is 30 percent contained. banks of ash line the streets of cobb and debris is all that is left of two dozen homes in one neighborhood. feet away from the destruction homes are untouched. a 130-year-old resort is destroyed with outline of ash and ruins sol that is left. it is hard to believe only one person was killed. 72-year-old retired schoolteacher barbara mcwilliams died in the fire in anderson springs. >> classes resume at schools including upper lake union school district, upper lake high school, lakeport unified school district and lucerne elementary. other will scoot are the fire has damaged roads and infrastructur

with the good news, evacuation orders for parts of middletown, hidden valley and the north side of cobb are lifted so some of the forces who are camped out here will be able to return home if they have a home to return to. >> part of the growing frustration is the lack of information about what properties burned and which properties did not bun. there is a daily brief at 1:00 o'clock p.m. at the lake county emergency operations center which is miles from the napa county fair groups so it may not be feasible to attend. also, students at pope valley elementary can return to school with attendance voluntary meeting for parents at 3:30 and classrooms can open on monday. in an effort to help all of the families affected, california's insurance commissioner will visit the burn area and the cell seeville high school evacuation center. he is expected to benefit local officials on insurance issues that families will face as they try to return and rebuild. it has been a week since the wildfire starts and the fatality count stands at three but could rise. community leaders are doing what they can

minnie cannon and cobb and the middle will get out at 2:40 this afternoon.h school will be out at 3:45. the district's buses are all fine and all been checked out and ready to be used this morning. however the schedule might be a little bit different and check the district website for all of the details and times. we are live in middletown, lisa chan, kpix 5. >>> the prime minister of india wrapped up a weekend visit to silicon valley with an event last night at s.a.p. center in downtown san jose. tens of thousands of people had applied for tickets to see narendra modi. but only about 19,000 got them. modi focused on technology during the visit and how india and the u.s. can invest in each other's economies. the last night not everyone gave him a warm welcome. >> he should not have been given the visa here to come. he's a criminal. >> the united states is fighting modi here and inviting someone who orchestrated genocidal campaigns. >> the sjpd says 3,000 protesters applied to stand outside the arena. there were some signs of tension last night but no signifi

you drive towards cobb, a horrible situation. gets worse every mile you go. talk about the fire and this home burned, but that home didn't, people didn't have a chance. i remember seeing video on saturday that someone took of them driving down 175. you understand when you make that drive it is like a canyon. that fire, i kept picturing based on the video, how scary it was. fire is crushing everything in its sight. i couldn't imagine how scared those residents were as they took off. >> you have the sight. what you can see. scorched homes, destroyed homes. burnt out cars and also the smell. as soon as we were coming in on highway 29, the closer you got -- the closer you got you immediately smell. it is on you. it is in you. it gets into your throat. you can imagine what the firefighters are going through. you have thousands of people who don't have a place to live. >> we are not the only ones up here from ktvu. noelle walker with more on the valley fire. >> reporter: hello. i am on jefferson street. a few blocks east of highway 29. and take a look at the view h

. >> kimberly harper escaped the home she has owned for 16 years on cobb mountain. it was destroyed. her two sons lost their homes as well and this was the ohm of a friend where she planned to take refuge but it also burned to the ground. but everyone is safe. >> i grabbed a couple of photo albums and you think you're going to be prepared. you're not. >> dozen of homes are gone. neighborhoods reduced to an eerie moonscape. cars melted down to scrap. the total number of homes lost will be staggering. >> as far as an estimate of homes, we're going to be pushing close to a thousand. >> reporter: the firefighters were able to save many homes, jose martinez says his neighbor's places are gone, his still standing. >> i'm lucky. i'm lucky guy. that's all i can say. i don't know why, but my house still up. >> reporter: some bay area firefighters say this place, a haunting reminder of the 1991 oakland hills fire. >> you were there. what do you think? >> probably, yeah. absolutely. >> reporter: amid the rubble we found this. a garden gate and poignant greeting for all to see.

. >> not far from the town of cobb tonight, the fire continues to burn. crew res too busy with the big battles to worry about something this size. >> you can probably find more moisture in a 2x4 in home depot that you would find out here in some of the vegetation. >> the fire captain richard cordova said says the valley fire has been winning with winds gust to go 40 miles per hour and low humidity. >> it became a scloesive fire right off the bat. >> for much of the fight though this point, cal fire's air attack, the largest fire fighting air force in the world has been grounded by those winds and the low visibility, leaving ground crews to fight alone. >> we create this and we start building perimeter. once we start getting control, it gets smaller and smaller. >> among the hundreds of firefighters at the fargds in lake port tonight, bay area firefighters brought the dozens with more on the way and some exhausted from a 36-hour fire fight. >> when we pulled into midland, basically, the town was pretty much catching fire. >> captain mick rourke has been in

. >>> the resort in cobbs has been destroyed. the resorts president is dedicated to rebuilding it. over the years it's hosted celebrities and governors. it has been undergoing renovations when the fire hit. >>> the devastation has taken a toll on firefighters, a cal fire union said eight firefighters have lost their homes in the past several days. one battalion chief cal duncan. another firefighters lost his home in the cobb fire as he was fighting the butte fire. >>> governor brown is applauding the firefighters. >> when you are in that position, it's obviously scary stuff, takes a lot of courage, and these fires will take lives and cause injuries, we have to do the best we can, we're in a battle with nature, that nature is more powerful than we are. >> the governor has declared a state of emergency in lake county and gold country and freed up more money for cal fire. >>> it's 4:04, we want to check in with steve. i had to use my windshield wipers this morning. >> tomorrow we'll get rain. >> here. they get a break with the weather, what a drop compared to the weekend. low clouds i

. >> they are trying to figure out what sparked the valley fire focusing on this shed on cobb and believe it may have started there. fires say the flames burned quickly up a hill behind the shed saturday afternoon and half the structure is charred and the other half is still intact. >> since the fire started it has burned 67,000 acres and the latest numbers show 585 homes have been destroyed along with hundreds of other structures. this morning, 9,000 more structures are still threated and it is 30 percent contained bartley because of cooler air and a few sprinkles. the wet weather is expected to continue which could help firefighters boot their containment numbers. say the rain could be a big inconvenience for thousands of people camped out an the evacuation center. >> our reporter picks up coverage this in calistoga. >> people here felt some joy when they heard about the rain and they felt some anxiety. you can see there are now taps over some of the tents here over the evacuee tonights where they were sleeping and people were donating them. it is cool and there is nervousness about bei

with a big assist high atop cobb mountain.s saved just hours earlier is now gone thanks to the winds of the relentless valley fire. it's called reburn. >> had this is a perfect

the fire is actively burning north of cobb mount detain and the pope valley.cuations are in place and could be for a few more days. it is hard to estimate when they will let people back in but it is not safe at this point with the downed power lines and the fallen trees and they know people are anxious to get back to their property. etch evacuees in calistoga are waking up that the napa valley fair grounds could be their home for westbound or months. many is lost their homes and are worried about loved ones they have not heard from with message boards asking people to call other specific individuals. this is the catch ground, napa county fairgrounds and calistoga this morning can they are still alive. this is a place to recharge the cell phones and computers and the people here are sharing stories and video of their escape. >> get in the car. go. go 679 go, go. >> a teen recorded his family's escape from the valley fire with flames surrounding the car as the family drove away, the teen said this was black smoke coming from the air conditioning pus the engine c

crews spent the evening setting backfires on cobb mountain. the cold temperatures made it possible for firefighters to conduct these controlled burns. >> just down the way investigators went to the property on high valley road where they believe the valley fire may have started. they paid close attention to this shed where flames burned fast at the hill behind it on saturday afternoon. >> i have already changed twice today. i am all scraped up from climbing through the creek. >> he was among the thousands who left his home and he bypassed the police blockades despite the evacuation orders. he lost a few out buildings and a couple of rental eke haves. >> it is not so bad. it is not so bad. i can see some of the good. there can be way worse. there are four of us. we are still healthy. >> a different outcome for so many others who lost so much more. he flew in from wyoming. i. >> the damage was really sad. i have never been on a fire where there were no structures lost. >> firefighters were coming in from other states and the reaction has been th

he plans on staying in cobb to help rebuild his home.ccording to cal-fire, more than 52=hundred fires have broken out in the state so far this year, covering nearly 220=thousand acres. that is more than a 40- percent increase in the number of fires compared to this time last year. and a dire prediction from governor brown today. he says, this year's wildfires have exceeded computer projections. and he says, we can expect worse years in the future. much worse. >>:climate change often takes somewhat of a back seat, but the science tells us that this challenge is front and center and that is the basis for this gathering today. >> pam :there is a new warning coming today from britain, where scietists say, the next two years could be the hottest on record. they cite evidence that global warming is again accelerating. after a pause of a few years. >>:mostly cloudy skies for the rest of the evening, temperatures across the board look like best look like this 12 mi. per hour for san jose so we have all the moisture and place that is cooling thin

>> we had cobb in the backfield. james ran the ball great all night.d. we had an extra element in the backfield. >> you were 9-9 in that fourth quarter. why are you so good here at home? >> it's "sunday night football," baby. >> all right, the rivalry between these two teams. i know you have been downplaying it all weeklong, but after those three straight losses all in seattle, what does it mean to get the win here? >> it's a tough place to play. we're creating a home advantage, so we have to keep this thing rolling. we're not going to make a big deal because it because we have 14 left and hopefully the playoffs. we have to win all of our games at home. a great opponent. a great fourth quarter for us. >> congratulations. to josh sitton who helped block for aaron rodgers. when you have a guy like that who can extend behind you. >> he makes a lot of us look good. you never know where he's going to be but he does a good job moving around. i think he's the best player in the envelope infonfl. it makes our job easy sometimes. >> he told us you're an underra

gary is from cobb right? what happened up there? was just going to work and left my house and i turned down the road. there is a barn on fire. and then i went to a friend's house and the school said the fire was moving very quickly. >> so you can't get home, right? >> no. i can't. >> is your home okay? >> i don't know. >> where have you been sleeping? >> in my van in the parking lot. >> that is tough. >> it is what it is. >> we've been doing outreach around here. and have got you a room. good people at mountain hotel and spa have a room for you. she'll get you hooked up and a nice shower, huh? >> thank you. >> i want to talk about what is going to happen next. we're going to see a lot of scams, right? >> yes. you're going to see conartist going door to door. >> charity scams? are you seeing a lot? >> about now, is when they start popping up. crowd funding sites, ask questions and make sure the money is going to the right people. >> where you want it to go. >> jared wise has been helping people. appreciate your time. we're going to b

gary is from cobb right? what happened up there? was just going to work and left my house and i turned down the road. there is a barn on fire. and then i went to a friend's house and the school said the fire was moving very quickly. >> so you can't get home, right? >> no. i can't. >> is your home okay? >> i don't know. >> where have you been sleeping? >> in my van in the parking lot. >> that is tough. >> it is what it is. >> we've been doing outreach around here. and have got you a room. good people at mountain hotel and spa have a room for you. she'll get you hooked up and a nice shower, huh? >> thank you. >> i want to talk about what is going to happen next. we're going to see a lot of scams, right? >> yes. you're going to see conartist going door to door. >> charity scams? are you seeing a lot? >> about now, is when they start popping up. crowd funding sites, ask questions and make sure the money is going to the right people. >> where you want it to go. >> jared wise has been helping people. appreciate your time. we're going to b

right now community of cobb is under mandatory evacuation order. this area close to the rocky mountain fire and rag fire that burned last month. those two burned 85,000 acres. this in central california. look at this situation here. entire towns in two counties are told they must get out of their homes, leave immediately as this fire burns in all directions. since wednesday, the butte fire has burned 15 buildings and 65,000 acres. firefighters have asked everyone living nearby to stay vigilant. the fire is fast and unpredictable. crews are not getting help from the weather. it's 10% contained at this time. >> the situation is is in fact dire. firefighters could use any help they can get. several local crews are on their way to the front lines. mary anne spoke to some is of them this evening. she's live in san jose with more. >> reporter: i'm here in front of station 9. a team from here left two and a half hours ago to head to the butte fire. they'll take over for another team. a total of 10 people from the fire department will help battle the butte