tonight i stayed here in coffey park, and i am amazed at the signs of rebirth. sky drone 5 is in the air above us. let's give you a little aerial tour because 1,500 homes in coffey park were destroyed and 41 people lost their lives. but you can see lot after lot, house after house under various stages of construction, there are foundations poured, some being framed, walls are going up. they're being framed. the roofs are going oranges painting being done inside and -- going on, painting being done inside and outside. there are a couple of houses that are finished. the landscaping is in, people have moved back in, and that is pretty amazing for one year later. this is called the tubbs fire that roared through here. that fire ripped through one of several huge wildfires that burned more than 245,000 acres in sonoma county, napa valley, mendocino county. 44 people killed here, 9,000 buildings destroyed, property owners filed about $10 billion worth of insurance claims, and that doesn't cover the uninsured properties. back out live to sky drone 5, the road to recove

it destroyed about 1400 homes in coffey park. cal fire estimated more than 4600 homes were destroyed by the fire throughout the city. that made it one of the most devastating and destructive fires in state history. the first time to be rebuilt was completed in may. by the end of the summer, the number had grown to 400 homes. the latest number that we have, the latest figure is 551 homes in coffey park alone. they are in some stage of construction. in fountain grove, the number is 88 being rebuilt. we spoke to a homeowner whose house survived the fire. she says even though it has been noisy, she finds the sound of construction uplifting, especially compared to what it felt like in s almost eerie bec it was so quiet and you are used to hearing the kids playing. down the corner, riding their bicycles around and sing the familiar faces. nobody was there. it was just us. it is great to see it coming back together. it really is. i think that it is going to be a long process. i can see the houses in every stage so i know it is going to

it all depends on what part of coffey park you fly over. in some sections, there is a flurry of activity but in others, lots still sit vacant. survivors, first responders and local leaders are gathering in santa rosa to mark one year since the devastating firestorm. >> and, ktvu's alex savidge is there with a look at what will be happening this evening. >> reporter: frank and heather, it's a warm, dry, and breezy afternoon, early evening in santa rosa. yearly similar conditions to what we saw one year ago when the devastating fires broke out in the north bay. behind me at old courthouse square in about an hour, there will be a remembrance family that gets underway, to mark one year since the fires last year. have a look at the video we shot a short time ago. you can see people writing in chalk on the ground, messages of love and hope, following those devastating fires that destroyed more than 8000 homes and left 44 people dead in communities all across northern california. of course, the city of santa rosa, one of the areas hardest hit by t

obviously it pulled ours together. >> this is coffey park, the tubbs fire wiped out some 1,500 homesn this small close-knit community. slowly over the last 12 months homes have risen from the rubble. as of today, 147 homes have been completed, and nearly 750 are under construction. it's often said things welcome back replaced, but it is things that make up our lives. they tell a story of where we are and where we've been. the people of coffey park were able to recover the things, the very personal things that gave them hope. sam brock has their story. >> putting the physical pieces back together in santa rosa's coffey park. in many ways mirrors what's already happening inside. >> we have to start new memories. >> thousands of hearts and minds and memory banks. >> it's like a miracle or a rebirth. we feel like our lives are going to start. >> when we first met kelly shulkin and susan nolan last october, they were might thinin mickey mouse. >> but he's always been my hero. >> this key chain, at first all they could recover from kelly's once storied collection. >> as you're sifting, the

and compare notes on where we're building and what we're doing and just kind of share hope for coffey parky strong.">( james ) next tuesday a remembrance gathering will be held in the coffey park neighborhood... to remember those who lost their lives in the wildfire. ( james ) a new home on the market in oakland might not be a turn key home... but it is only 220-thousand... which is a rarity for the bay area. this house in oakland has two bedrooms...two bathrooms. it's on foothill boulevard....between 47th and 48th avenues....that sits on a 4,700 sqaure foot lot. theres also a fireplace and garage. the house was severely damaged by a fire. ( darya ) still ahead at 8 a-m ... be careful when you take your next selfie. you could be putting yourself in harms way. details on an alarming new study in the next hour. ( darya )and after the break... another california city is moving forward in allowing people to use pot... in designated spaces like bars and lounges. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. (ácommercialá) this is customizable streaming tv for your family. ...whatever size.

through coffey park, we catch up o an east bay ravine.. >>> one man is dead after his car raced off the freeway and into an east bay ravine. it happened this morning. that's actually in walnut creek. chp says the driver swerved off the highway and into this canyon. rescue crews needed cables to pull the car back up to the roadway. >>> a san francisco homeless man invoked his constitutional rights to get his car back. police towed sean's mercedes back in march. he parked his car in a street cleaning zone outside of the shelter he was staying and then he got dozens of tickets. he says he can't afford to pay the tickets or to get the car back so he filed a lawsuit claiming police violated his fourth amendment rights. the fourth amendment protects citizens against unreasonable searches and seizu a district judge ordered the city to give him his car back until the case goes to trial. >> i'm very happy today. today is absolutely -- i would say -- it's not my best day but it's like my birthday. >> this year, the city reduced towing fees for low income people but says homeless or not, people st

after the break (justine) and -- what does it take to be coffey park strong? we talk live with the man leading the way to rebuild this neighborhood in santa rosa... demolished by last years fires. (justine) this time last year... the winds began gusting. and 12 fires tore through different parts of northern california. it is a night... that still haunts people today. we both were on the frontline of those destructive fires when they started last year. (jrstone) yes, and earlier week, i went back to santa rosa to talk with the mayor about how far his city has come. and how much farther the city has to go. pkgááá chris courseysanta rosa mayor:17-:24this is what the coffey park section of santa rosa looked like last year, and this is what it looks like today. construction crews building homes for as far as you can see . santa rosa mayor chris coursey is cautiosly optimistic.as well as things are going they can always be better and they won't be done until everybody is back home and with a roof over their heads and that's going to take a few years.3-thousand homes

reporting live from coffey park, abc 7 news. >>> leslie, thank you so much. the red flag warning in effect right now has firefighters turning to lessons they learned from that fire. the prepositioning is a direct result of the north bay fires. the state has earmarked $25 million to deliver on thefirefi at-risk areas. >> sit huge. it can be a game changer for uss it is critical to us. >> that means strike teams rolling lieu napa, lake sonoma, marin, sacramento counties. abc 7 news is devoting live team coverage throughout the day to the north bay wildfires one year later. all day long, we're looking at how the devastating fires changed the lives of so many people and how thaeufp met the challenge of rebuilding and moving ahead. you can watch on air and yes or no line at abc7news.com. >>> a warning if you're riding bart later this morning. it will test itys warning syst morning between 11:00 and 11:15, trains will slow to 20 miles per hour and broadcast an alert to passengers to test a real-time learn warning. uc berkeley seismologists the will release details.

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truck we are in coffey park near hopper avenue and coffey lane. you can hear sounds of construction, hammering, and it beeping all around us. you can see their homes in various stages of the rebuilding process around us. if you have been completely rebuilt but there are some that just have framing up and quite a few empty lot. one year ago, flames from the tubbs fire swept the neighborhood in santa rosa destroying over 1400 homes in coffey park alone. calfire estimated over 4600 homes were destroyed throughout the city of santa rosa making one of the most stating and destructive fires in state history. the first time to be rebuilt was completed in may and since then, according to the latest numbers, 551 homes in coffey park are under construction and they have permits for another 112 homes to be rebuilt. we spoke to a homeowner whose coffey park house survived the fire. she said even though it has been noisy she finds the sounds of construction uplifting compared to what it felt like six months ago. >> it was eerie because it was so quiet. you are

the power finally being restored here in coffey park. see it over my left shoulder here at one of the homes, and it is quite a sight, especially when you consider the damage that was done to this specific santa rosa neighborhood during those north bay wildfires. when they came to the damage that it did to the electricity in the area, those fires damaged heavily the underground electrical equipment here in coffey park so they had to replace about 22 miles of electric lines and 10 miles of gas mains. according to pg&e, they say the construction on this is complete, with a new underground electric and gas utility system not only in coffey park but the marshfield area in santa rosa. all together talking about 1,300 homes destroyed in coffey park and a lot of the owners as we look at some of the homes in the rebuilding or permit stage of getting back into their homes. i taking you here live, the power is on here in coffey park and pg&e finished this two months in advance, they expect restoration to continue in the area at least through the en

stone who begins our coverage in coffey park... this is what the coffey park section of santa rosa looked like last year, and this is what it looks like today. construction crews building homes for as far as you can see . santa rosa mayor chris coursey is cautiosly optimistic.as well as things are going they can always be better and they won't be done until everybody is back home and with a roof over their heads and that's going to take a few years.3-thousand homes in santa rosa were destroyed during the 2017 tubbs fire. 700 homes are under constrution in the city and 500 are in the permitting process. during a story last year, one street looked like this after fire tore through the neighborhood.. ..the exact same spot looks much different today. coffey park is bustling with workers but it's a much different look in the neighborhoods near fountaingrove parkway. quadcopter 4 video shows that the vacant lots that were once covered in debris, are now clear but very few rebuilds have started. 18-hundred lost homes have not been rebuilt

let's take you back out here live, the lights are back on in coffey park. pg&e said they finished the about two months in advance. they expect to have restoration in the area at least through the end of the year. we're live in coffey park, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> so much rebuilding needs to go on there. thanks so much, pete. >>> a speed bump for the high speed rails, it returns to the courts. judge tentatively rejecting arguments by opponents that the state is improperly spending voter approved bond money. both sides will appear in court today. california high speed rail authority is seeking to get past year's lawsuits as we reported earlier this week it settled another suit with a small central valley town. once built, the high speed train will run between los angeles and san francisco. >>> at 5:34, to a growing epidemic in this country, prescription drug abuse, including opioids. this morning a call to action to get dangerous unused pills out of your medicine cabinets. >> "today in the bay's" kira klaper is here to walk you through the ste

i'm michelle griego in coffey park a handful of the north bay's wo severely damaged o >>> good monday morning. 6:47 am. and, looking last with clear skies. it is warm and we are looking at a red flag warning and a wind advisory in effect this morning. we will talk more about that coming up. >> yes. i am in coffee park where it is devastated by the wine country wildfires a year ago. not only homes were damaged or destroyed but also the regions handful world-famous wineries were damaged or destroyed. in today a big milestone. one of those is set to reopen. last year ey destroyed y center at the estate. but they spared the crash pad which is where they are

i'm standing here in coffey park, which was one of the hardest hit neighborhoods of santa rosa a year ago. 1,500 homes were destroyed here. dozens of lives were lost. but now today when you drive around you think of a whole new subdivision is being built here in northern california when, in fact, this is actually a neighborhood that is being reborn. sky drone 5 has just taken off behind us. it will give us a little aerial tour of a few blocks from where i stand. let's take a look around. you can see houses in different phases of construction. the foundations have been poured here across the street. the framing is going up. roofing is being done. and painting is going on in other houses. in fact, if i look off to my far, far right, there's actually a house that is fully completed. one year later it looks like a family has been able to move back in there. the fence is up around the backyard, the landscaping is in the front yard. that's incredible when you think about what has happened here in this neighborhood. here we are a year later, and that family is very lucky to be back. the tubb

we have been following along with one family, as they work to rebuild in the coffey park neighborhood. and, today, one year after the fires, they actually moved back into their new home in that neighborhood. ktvu's cristina rendon has the emotional return. >> amazing. it feels so good to be home. it's a wonderful. >> reporter: dominique and john sampson of santa rosa can finally call coffey park him again. this is move-in day, october 8th, 2018. exactly one year after the tub's fire. >> such a special day. i wanted to have great feelings and feel happy and home again. i thought it was welcoming to put it all behind us, because last year on this day was chaotic. and disastrous. >> reporter: their home was one of hundreds reduced to rubble. now, they are among the first to return. >> we are moving in, scrambling around, trying to get the rest of our pieces. >> reporter: they have had some hiccups with furniture and appliance delivery but they are taking it in stride. satellite-tv is being installed, pots and pans are going in the cabinets and paintings will soon be on the wall. stacy mc

ted morris, coffey park "no concept that it was actually going to come here.illy that it would come to us."but it did -- the fire destroyed their home .. and the homes of 30 other families that belong to the bridge church..a church where -- despite it all -- these families still gather every sunday...including trey and kelly box -- newlyweds -- who got married just a month before the fire burned the first home they ever had together.trey and kelly box, santa rosa"it felt like one of those apocalypse movies or zombie ... people were just, it seemed like there was just chaos everywhere.""we ran and grabbed as much as we could as quick as we could."together -- in a dark room transformed into the church's temporary home ... filled with music and hope ... dozens of families who lost it all, in a way, have it all, holding each other upelissa andre, pastor's wife"we understand each other. there's this immediate bond with total strangers because even though we lost different things, the loss and just the heaviness, we can relate, you know?"áchurch musicáin santa rosa

. >>> people in santa rosa coffey park neighborhood are among those marking a year since the devastating northbay wildfires. allie rasmus is live at the park to give us a look at the progress that is being made in rebuilding the neighborhood. >> reporter: now that the sun is up, we can get a better view of what the neighborhood, the full neighborhood, looks like. in the last half hour we have seen it coming alive with construction activity with a contractor and pickup trucks and construction vehicles driving by. we have seen them over the last half hour. this is coffee lane where we are. we can see a couple of homes in various stages of rebuilding. this one has the framing and sheeting. at the end of the cul-de-sac, it is built up between, there is still an empty lot with the american flag in front. across the street you can see two homes that already have the framing up. we were talking to the contractor and he told us that

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. >> reporter: the strike team was then ordered to move to the coffey park subdivision. they were confused when they began passing what looked like open fields. >> you can see the tiny flames burning. we didn't realize that was a neighborhood. we were looking at the entire subdivision which had basically been vaporized. we kept driving, seemed like block after block, seemed like mile after mile to try to find some houses that weren't burned yet that we could start putting water on to save. >> reporter: eventually they found a place to make a stand and the firefighters were able to stop the fire in their area. mike figures his crews saved about 30 homes from burning. but it's the video of coffey park burning down that will no doubt be the legacy of engine 6's efforts that awful night. >> when you see that devastation, and this video was taken moments after those houses vanished, i think really then the size, the gravity, the destructiveness of the fire is clear. >> reporter: in santa rosa, john ramos, kpix 5. >> mike says he plans to take tomorrow off and travel back to s

this is santa rosa's coffey park neighborhood last year... a wildfire destroying about 15- hundred homes..this is coffey park today..homes slowly but surely rebuilding.. and residents supporting each other over a glass of wine.. after seeing devastation in recent wildfires, tricia woods started "wine wednesday" woods says it's the silver lining as many people here lost their homes, now share a bond with neighbors they never met before..

we'll have a live report coming up from coffey park at 5:00. >>> and new technology is helping thieves break into your cars. fremont police say this gadget right here an electric remote control can detect key fob unique codeso into vehicles. this couple used the device in a spree of car burglaries. >>> speeding up efforts to boost security, b.a.r.t. approves a plan to add emergency phone towers and surveillance stations in the wake of a stabbing death of neil wilson in july. the plan is to have three emergency phone towers on each platform. that way riders will be able to call police immediately. the phone towers will also be equipped with a surveillance kament rah that will record the phone call including video of the caller. >>> continuing coverage of the dungeoness crab season. concerns abo concerns about tin unhealthy le acid were found in some crabs, the same toxin tha healthy and recreational fishing is scheduled to open as ped it's 4. coming up next on "today in the bay," a big recall for ford, more than a million cars affected. what you need to know if you drive a ford focus. >

permits have been issued for another 112 homes there in the coffey park area. our coverage of the wildfires one year later continues throughout the morning here on ktvu and online at ktvu.com. >>> our too many is 5:09, ready or not flu season is here, it may last longer in certain areas. coming up in the next half- hour, how to know if your community can be hit harder by the flu. >>> hosted by a rapper in los angeles turned violent overnight, the reason why the crowd started a stampede. >> good morning you can see traffic is moving along okay if you're driving on westbound 92, san mateo bridge, we'll tell you about thback. >> the fog will work its way back, and i'll look at the current conditions and what you can expect for the days ahead coming up. land of blue jeans. and burgers. and while blue jeans got all skinny on us... i can't feel my legs. ...no way are we giving up on burgers. that's why i created the all-american ribeye burger, made with dono.u hear that? it's quiet. too quiet. xfinity home cameras. xfinity home gives you an extra pair of eyes to help

we are in coffey park. i was interviewing cal fire battalion chief early this morning. and he said this is a fire of a lifetime. >> that is so hard to see the images again. you see the hours that went by. in the grand scheme of things, such a short amount of time. only 4 or 5 hours. we saw all of that destruction. >> that's what happens when winds get up to hurricane levels and they're not supposed to. not overland. more than 70-mile-per-hour winds. >> just wiped out homes without any warning. >> the flames -- the winds say, no, we're starting over here. firefighters, wind. >> i think for everyone in the bay area that's something they will never forget. >> absolutely. >> even if you weren't directly impacted, you have a friend. you have perhaps a family member that was. or you just remember what the community felt like on that day when there was so much chaos. we didn't know what was happening. the flames were spread so quickly. and it lasted, what, 23 days. >> right. until they were had he finally all put out. shout out to everyone helped. it was chaos. >> many heroes.

this is what her rental home in coffey park looked like before the fire. and this is what was left. amidst the ashes, her prosthetic legs. >> i lost my legs. i lost everything. >> reporter: after wildfire, the community stepped up. a san francisco clinic fitted lilly for a pair of legs free of charge. the two bounced around the bay area staying with relatives and friends. at one point, they ended up homeless. >> what i told myself, be brave, don't worry. just be brave. soon you will have your own house. you will not be living in your car. >> reporter: looking for a fresh start this summer, the two loaded up their car and moved to mansfield, texas. >> the community has really embraced us. we kind of came here on faith. no family, no friends. >> reporter: lilly and her mother say they didn't intentionally choose to move out here to texas. texas really chose them. a world renowned nonprofit hospital in dallas accepted their application for orthopedic care and on the same day, st. joseph's catholic school offered lilly a place to attend. >> i'm very thankful that i have my own home. >>

ted morris, coffey park "no concept that it was actually going to come here.his is the middle of a neighborhood. we are way away from any kind of forest. it just seemed silly that it would come to us."but it did -- the fire destroyed their home .. and the homes of 30 other families that belong to the bridge church..a church where -- despite it all -- these families still gather every sunday...including trey and kelly box -- newlyweds -- who got married just a month before the fire burned the first home they ever had together.trey and kelly box, santa rosa"it felt like one of those apocalypse movies or zombie ... people were just, it seemed like there was just chaos everywhere.""we ran and grabbed as much as we could as quick as we could."together -- in a dark room transformed into the church's temporary hope ... dozens who lost it all, in a way, have it all, holding each other upelissa andre, pastor's wife"we understand each other. there's this immediate bond with total strangers because even though we lost different things, the loss and just the heaviness, we

you are taking a live look at coffey park in santa rosa where the lights are on. residents are celebrating a major milestone this morning. more than a year after the wine country wildfires devastated the neighborhood. >> reporter: and the federal government plans on suing the very company that it hired to clean up hunters point. up next, the latest on the new lawsuit being filed against tetra tech. maybe you could save energy by weaving your own shoes... out of flax. or, simply adjust your thermostat. do your thing with energy upgrade california. you only have one chance to make a first impression. progressive can't protect you from becoming your parents, but we can protect your home and auto when you bundle with us. -whoa! the club is rockin'! >>> i'm jackie ward in san francisco. the just department plans ton filing a lawsuit against tetra tech, the company they hired to clean up hunters point. the justice department wants to join in on three previously sealed ts d ntiffs all of those had previously worked for tetra tech. here's what the company is saying about

>> i'm seeing a beautiful sight right behind me, a home under construction in coffey park, santa rosa. earlier tonight a ceremony to remember that fire that destroyed 2800 homes, did a billion dollars in damage and claimed two dozen lives. [ bell ] in santa rosa's courthouse square this evening, 24 bells for the 24 people killed by the fire in santa rosa. and 20 more bells for those who died elsewhere in the north bay wildfires. liz tonight she qted the bible do. >> not be hundreds turned out for the ceremony, the stories of heartbreaking heroism that are 1-year-old tonight and are still fresh in this community. >> when we walk, we share our voices. winds letting go. messages flying far. >> tonight, a symbol of unity carried by first responders and signs of unity in the crowd. a community moving forward. >> and i'm so deeply impressed with the community that i've seen and how you responded collectively with such amazing determination. >> reporter: in santa rosa, terry mcsweyny, nbc bay area news. >>> napa county is rolling out new disaster response tools.the. the high/low siren is par

and sad. >> now one year later our drone shows coffey park is quite literally rising from the ashes.ew homes finished, others well on their way. >> it is a boost in the arm for santa rosa and sonoma county. >> sonoma county supervisor susan goren. >> but hidden in the ribbon cutting are the stories and the complications behind the scenes. >> reporter: she hasn't begun to rebuild her own oakmont home destroyed in the fire. the supervisor is too busy helping constituents and is hoping construction costs come down. something as simple as making a list of what she lost has been very painful. >> i didn't want to do it initially. i still don't want to do it. i'm not finished with it. i'm trying to put a replacement cost or a value on something that's been in your family 100-plus years is difficult. >> reporter: while coffey park is rebounding, other parts of santa rosa are still mostly moon scapes. >> it is a sad scenario because i still feel like i'm living in a nightmare. when i come home i come through complete darkness. >> reporter: this attorney owns one of the homes that escaped the

homeowners in the coffey park neighborhood will hold a remembrance gathering tonight at 7 pm. is being hosted coffee strong. organizers will express the itude and they think the recovery process. >>> many people that lost their homes and their neighbors they smack and the neighborhoods in the northbay wildfires came together in santa rosa yesterday. they held a bellringing ceremony, reciting the names of the 44 people killed in the fires that burned across several counties. chok was provided so that people can use the sidewalks to express whatever they were feeling. it was time to find friends that had been burned out and not returned. >> hello. it is a happy and so glad to see you. how are you doing? finding out what phase that they are in. >> counselors were on hand. they say that the grieving process is different for everyone that goes through a major trauma in the first anniversary is often mes a seco anniversary is harder to get through. >> a lot changed in the year following the northern california wildfires but we have been following the family during the rebuilding pro

"today in the bay's" garvin thomas returned to coffey park in santa rosa to see what life is like now in this morning's "bay area proud." >> when i first met wayne simms exactly one year ago, many of the homes around him were still smold smoldering, but six were not and he was the reason why. his story isn't the same as those who lost their homes, but it is just as compelling. >> i mean, even what went up on here -- >> reporter: when wayne simms and his neighbor curtis millman get together these days they're among the precious few in koofy park for whom memories of that night one year ago aren't all bad. >> he calls me and says i'm in your backyard trying to save your house. i go save my house, save my house. >> reporter: wayne did save curtis' home as well as six others, including his own. >> it's the best thing i ever done in my life. >> reporter: it was a heroic, if not herculean task, complete with fire breathing monsters. >> to me, this is the monster. this is his head, this is his arms and that's what looked like it was just going to be coming at me as a monster. >> reporter: at

garvin thomas with the hero of coffey park.: i mean, even when up on here is-- garvin: when wayne simms and his neighbor, curtis millman, get together these days, they're among the precious few in coffey park for whom memories of that night one year ago aren't all bad. wayne: and then he calls me. i said, "i'm in your backyard trying to save your house." he goes, "save my house. save my house." garvin: wayne, you see, did save curtis's home as well as six others, including his own. wayne: it's the best thing ever done in my life. garvin: it was a heroic, if not herculean task complete with fire-breathing monsters. wayne: that's when--it looked like it was just going to be coming at me as a monster. garvin: at first on the night of the fire, all wayne had to attack that monster with was a garden hose, but then a single engine arrived with two firefighters aboard. they had but one question for wayne. wayne: they asked me, "are you a fireman?" i said, "i am today." garvin: that answer earned wayne a bigger hose, and he set about s

and built new gas mains in coffey park. 8 mines will built and pg&e said the work was finished would be months ahead of schedule. >>> the federal government has joined the lawsuits against the company, it was hired to clean up radiation at the hunters point navel shipyard, and tetratech defrauded the government about radiation in building, and they claim radioactive soil left on the property has caused chronic health problems, and they cause the charges baseless and they're disappointed that the federal government is getting involved in this case. >>> drugs or alcohol may have played a factor in a crash that killed one person and injured five others. it happened near the south broadway extension. four cars were involved in the car and the injuries range minor to life-threatening. the names of the victims have not been released. the time is 5. :07, and one person died after they fell from a cliff. parker officials say it happened and it was wedding photos, park visitors saw the bodies along the cliff and they launched a recovery to retrieve those bodies. 6 people have died and vacavil

those living in coffey park, the first thing they see is this torched crumbling wall. >> it needs to come down. >> and this week it finally will. the group coffee strong is working with the rebuild north bay foundation to demo and rebuild the wall. without mers to pay for >> there's 42 homeowners. >> it could have cost them $24,000 each. but now an outside donor has come to save the day and face. the debris remove company has opted to foot the bill as part of a way to give back to the community. you'll remember this story we did back in january when the company was under scrutiny for its standards. before that they filed a protest with the army corps of engineers that delayed debris removal. >> i do not know the situation, the contracts, or what happened. this is their effort to prove they are not in it for the money. >> reporter: and to rebuild a wall that will look like this just after the anniversary. the website says the new wall will be earthquake resistant, fireproof, and can stand up to a tornado. a feltingly resile quantity wall -- a fittingly resile quantity resilient wall.

only 24 homes in coffey park have been completely rebuilt. permits have been issued for another 112 homes in coffey park. our coverage of the wildfires a year later continues throughout the morning on ktvu as well as online at ktvu.com. >>> the time is 7:08 am and on a lighter note, more shareable bikes for san francisco. a decision about doubling the number of jump bikes on city streets. >> reporter: just as brett kavanaugh begins his first day of work on the supreme court i am deadly seder in washington. we will have more on this coming up. >>> it is slow and it is getting slower in the east bay especially as we look at interstate 8080 going into downtown oakland. >> a notable drop in temperatures coming to the bay area. the onshore breeze is returning and i will have a look at what to expect for the neighborhood, coming up. ♪ from the start, the c-class was ahead of its time. [ indistinct radio chatter ] still, we never stopped making it stronger. faster. smarter. because to be the best, is to never ever stop making it better. introducing

. >>> 4:09 and santa rosa had coffey park suffering damage from last year's wildfires and we've been talking about that because it is one year later, f who died in their and checked on the progress being made. friends and neighbors are rebuilding homes and the gather was a way to honor each other for their 12 months of sadness, struggle and eventually strength. one man said he thinks of the disaster as a fire grieving -- fire breathing dragon. >> it took me seven or eight months to take the power from the dragon. >> family and friends have brought us through. no question. >> we both promised we would come back. we lived here for 28 years i needed to do this. >> they were thrilled when the concrete was poured yesterday for the new foundation, exactly one year after the fire destroyed their home. >>> one of the wineries in napa that was heavily damaged by the fire storm last year is one step closer to reopening. the fami along the silverado trail posted, to a new beginning during the groundbreaking with the atlas fire destroying the tasting room and the owner said he is bringing to fru

news reporter wayne friedman brings us the story from coffey park. >> in the north bay fire storm zone. milestones happen almost every day for dennis glin and his wife here is one in the rebuilding of the area. >> we are making progress after a year. >> in these parts pg&e measures progress by the number of high voltage lines cleared from trees. and in coffey park another milestone as pg&e finished nearly 7 months of work replacing underground electrical and gas lines. >> we trenched 17 miles but laid 22 miles of electric line and 10 miles of gas main. >> that would be every hout here in back at the lashing estates they can't say the same. note the power poles. >> would you rather see it underground. >> yes. >> but it won't happen for these homes even pg&e undergrounded the rest of the homes and finished early. that's frustrated to joel chandler. >> we're made to build state of the art homes and pg&e is basically coming through and just left these old poles because they can. >> there is a reason. those homes on britain court pre-date the rest of lashingfield estates. built under a diff

. >> if it was coffey park they would have been all over it. this is grandma and grandpa land, nobody cares, no regrets for saving the street, but the consequences unexpected. >> i feel like i did something wrong, you're not supposed to feel something right, here we are a year later. >> now, the mobile homeowners are allowed to enter through a locked gate and visit their propertito retrieve but they cannot stay. they are working with housing advocates and the property owner on the next steps, but so far there is no solution in sight. >>> there is a warning for anyone who recently filled up their gas tanks in so foam a county, five credit card scummers were found at highway 12 and sees at that way in the -- siesta way in the valley. they think they've been there since october 5th. they're used to record credit card information. none who bought gas at those stations should monitor their credit card and bank statements. >>> and an award is being extended two more months in hopes of finding whoever killed a south bay man, a man was stabbed to death

abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman bring us us the story from santa rosa's coffey park. >> in the north bay fire zone milestones happen almost every day for dennis glin and his wife here is one in the rebuilding of the lashingfield estates home. they lived here almost decades. >> we are finally making progress after a year. >> in these parts pg&e meds progress by the number of high voltage lines cleared from trees. and in coffey park another milestone as pg&e finished nearly seven months of work replacing underground electrical and gas lines. >> we trefrmd 17 miles but laid 22 miles of electric line and 10 miles of new gas main. >> that would be every house here. back in lashing field estates, though residents can't say the same. note the power poles on base raten court. >> would you rather soo see it underground? >> yes. >> but it won't happen for these homes even know processingen undergrounded these homes and finished early. that's from the frustti t and b. >> we are made to build state of the art homes and pg&e comes through and left the old poles because they can. >> there is a rea

abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman bring us us the story from coffey park. >> in the north bay fire storm zone milestones happen almost every day. for this man and his wife here is one in the rebuilding of the laurkfield estates. >> we are making progress. >> in parts pg&e les cleared fr trees. and in coffey park another milestone as pg&e finished seven months of work replacing underground electrical and gas lines. >> we trenched 17 miles but we laid it 22 mimes of electric line and ten miles of gas main. >> every house here back in the estates know residents can't say the same. note the power poles. >> would you rather see it underground. >> yes turb. >> but it wasn't are won't happen for these homes even though the processingen ined early, frustrating to contractor and home owner joel chant letter. >> we're made to build state of the art homes. and pg&e is basically coming through and just left these old poles because they can. >> there is a reason. the homes on brighten court pre-date the rest of the estates. they were built under a different set of codes. pg&e says it's following a pr

this is what it looked like on the monday morning after the fire swept through coffey park. and this is what it looks like today. hundreds of homes are either built or under construction. a huge bounce-back from a night of fear, terror and fire. >> there were embers everywhere. looked like a sea of embers on the ground. >> reporter: the watch commander on duty that night remembers vividly whole streets fire, one after the next. >> i mean, just everywhere. it was, again, like i could only say, like the twilight sowzone, mark. >> reporter: cindy williamson and her husband left her home at 3:00 in the morning, by 7:00, it was gone. >> not burned. it was cremated. >> reporter: the toughest loss, her brother's medals. >> my older brother was killed in vietnam when i was 10. and i had asked my mom if i could have my brother's memorial. >> reporter: sometime later, a loan officer honda dealership asked cindy williamson what she missed most, and she told him. she surprised her with a new shadowbox of her brother's medals. >> because he is in the reserves, he called and got almost ev

it is better now for a lot of people. 12 months after those fires broke out, one year later, the coffey park neighborhood continues to rebuild. we go inside some of those new homes. you see mk turn this tragedy into a positive. >>> a surprise departure at the e house. unitedikki she's leaving her post at the end of the year. she made the announcement in the oval office with trump today. she was governor of south carolina before the president appointed her in 2016. some say her biggest accomplishment was securing tougher security counsel sanctions against north korea. the trump administration says that's what brought kim jong un to the negotiating table. after eight years in politics, haley says she's ready to take a break. >> i do think sometimes it's good to rotate in other people who can put that same energy and power into it. >> haley says she does not plan on making a run for president in 2020. some people close to her think she may go work in the private sector. >>> also in washington, d.c., the new supreme court justice got right to work. the brett kavanaugh heard his first case today

sky ranger threw other coffey park in santa rosa. countless homes are rising from the rubble. it was almost one year ago the tubs fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in this neighborhood alone. >> we have not stopped our coverage and not stopped asking the tough questions. we invite to you join us this sunday for our special program, the north bay wildfires one year later. there are so many incredible stories of rebuilding. jessica aguirre will host that program. >>> all ramps connecting willow road to highway 101 and menlo park will be closed through early monday morning. crews are shifting lanes to all new interchange layout. cal tran also use that layout while crews dplolish and replace the willow road overpass. >> always gets worse before it gets better. >>> coming up on "today in the bay" a recall to tell you about especially if you drive a toyota pri prius. we'll look at the defect affecting thousands of cars in the bay area. >>> if getting to the polls next month is an issue there is an app, out uber and lyft are making sure you get out and vote. >>> wall street is on

(lydia)(ááá2 shotááá) happening now ...a new milestone for for the recovery of coffey park in santa rosaollowing last years devastating wildfires. pg&e is finished replacing power lines to that neighborhood.( james ) kron4's will tran is in coffee park with more on the recovery efforts. will? ( james ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) thanks will. we will check back through out the morning. ( james ) coming up at 8 a.m....we'll continue to follow the breaking news out of new york and florida where more bombs in the mail have been found. ( james ) and after the break... .u-s troops will be sent to the u.s mexico border to stop immigrants from coming into the u.s. we'll tell you how soon soldiers could be arriving. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. we've hadfor a long time.is in san francisco and half-measures haven't fixed it. homelessness doesn't just hurt homeless people. it hurts all of us. that's why we're all voting "yes" on c. the plan is paid for by corporations that just got a massive tax break. it's time for them to give

now a year after coffey park lost hundreds of homes to roaring flames, the community is gathering together to show its strength. tonight the tight knit neighborhood shared their experiences, held flameless candles, and listened to live music. they also took time to remember those who lost their lives and paid tribute to the first responders. it was a somber yet very hopeful gathering. >> communities are stronger together. we've never been stronger than we are now. there's hope. there's hope every day when we see the houses popping up and all the change. and the determination for the people who lost their homes to not give up. it's remarkable. >> although some residents describe the rebuilding process as tedious and frustrating at times, they say support from the community helps ease the pain. >>> tonight police are trying to nail down the thieves who managed to steal an 800-pound hammer. police say the piece of artwork was taken from a community center in hieldsburg. the hammer is more than 20 feet tall and is worth $15,000. so far police have no leads. >>> and a livermore family's home su

. >>> tonight's sky drone 5 is showing us how far santa rosa's coffey park neighborhood has come since the fires, and how far it still has to go. we've got special permission -- we had special permission to fly over the tubbs fire. comparing those images on the right to the scene today on the left. you can see the rebuilding has really only just begun. >>> well with an eye on future fires, napa county sheriff's department is adopting get stem. yeah, that is a european-type high-low siren that is much different than what most people are used to hearing. but officials say it's a way to quickly alert people of an emergency. another change is coming. evacuation tags. residents are being asked to put the tags on their mailboxes to notify responders that they have left. >> that is at very little cost, allows us to drive up a patrol car through rural areas along country roads, thereby advising people rapidly that there's an emergency. >> in the meantime sonoma county revamped its emergency alert systems to use a combination of texts, calls, and cell phone alerts. >>> google is shutting down i

the belt 10 miles of new gas mains in coffey park.ight miles of undergrad electric lines estates in mark west estates. the work was finished too much ahead of schedule -- the housing market appears recalling off compared to guests the largest drop we have seen since october of 2010. home sales and santa clara county dropped 22.5 percent followed by sonoma county's 19.4 percent drop. realtors excited perceptive prospective homebuyers are stepping back because of high prices, the new tax code and rising interest rate. with fewer buyers, homes that are up for sale or sting of the market longer. >> we see that a lot. >>> but i know we have big traffic problems, can you fix them>> i want to let you know before you leave the house. i want to talk about the big problem most of the morning until now. that is 680 of work that is getting a little -- they've opened up the lasix 80,000 the cinema bridge. this was all backed up and it is beginning to wind down. people people coming out of livermore using eighty four or the alternate route the alte