you are look at the town of glen ellen. parts of glen ellen. this is near or in glen ellen. we have seen this now about 90 minutes. structures and trees on fire. sadly it looks blow another structure son fire there. we heard from the sonoma county sheriff a short while ago. he was talking about just this response in the last couple of days. he said it's impacted his own department, sheriff rob saying 20 of his employees in the sheriffs department are helping with the fire fight yet their own homes have been burned. some of them destroyed. as we head into the evening hours now it's about sunset and that curfew kicks in the santa rosa area. it's still zero% containment. >> we want to remind you of the mandatory evacuations going on in sonoma county, bennett value, oakmont also shy low regional park in sonoma county. well be back in a moment. we are the generation that had it all. we are the generation that had the music and the moves. we are the generation that had a dream. we came together to feed the world's children. we came together to protect them, and in this dangerous w

what you are seeing parts of glen ellen, the small town but notable town of glen ellen. you can see the flairups and significant flairups. these are major earlier about 24 hours ago parts of glen ellen were burned. several homes now the flames are back. keep in mind it's zero% containment. as you can see various hot spots in glen ellen. this is about 20 miles southeast of santa rosa. and this is one of the three fires that are kind of surrounding this area. we have a crew on the ground in glen ellen. marianne favro from her her vantage point she can't see flames but our best view is up high from sky ranger. >> we want to let you know about the mandatory evacuations, new evacuations just ordered squb just came into the newsroom. talking about east of bennett valley, east of bennett valley golf course. near the shy low regional park. month bello road, bennett ridge road sonoma mountain road. and we have a list of other evacuations, school closures evacuations centers available. that's running on the bottom of the screen we are scrolling that continuously also on the websit

again, we are talking highway 12, north of glen ellen. they have 1,000 firefighters on the line, just battling this fire alone. we expect an update at 7:00 this morning. so, in a couple hours from now. based on the activity we are seeing here, based on the fact we are seeing a lot of flames and the fire has not laid down in the overnight hours, we expect that acreage to grow. again, the western edge of the nun's fire off highway 12. i want to show video that the sonoma county sheriff's office released overnight on facebook. this is just after the fire started sunday night in sonoma. it gives you a sense of how fast this grew. this is video taken from the dashcam of a deputy squad car as he was driving down or she was driving down the road at the on set of the fire as it started in sonoma county. it's remarkable video and gives you a sense of how fast things got so dangerous. live in sonoma county, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> also, that perspective of what they go into. >> exactly. just how dangerous the job is. >> people are evacua

and the flames are moving in a southeast direction towards glen ellen.s a very small area just south of kenwood next to jack london state historic park. according to the 2010 census, only 784 people live there and yesterday, home after home went up in flames all along there. some of the homes were multi- million dollar estates and chopper 5 captured the moment when some homes were completely engulfed in flames. firefighters not able to reach them in time. we were able to get to cavedale road a narrow single lane and you can see the magnitude of the fire it's blanketed the hillside there. some people had to make some big decisions and decide whether to leave their homes or not. >> winds are supposed to shift again tonight, head back this way so we're not real sure. cars are packed. sprinklers are on around the yards at rooftop and we're just waiting to see what happens. >> reporter: glen ellen does have mandatory evacuations at arnold drive at state hospital in between madrone road and warm springs road. west of jack london state park, enterprise road, wa

kpix5's joe vazquez is on the fire lines of the napa/sonoma county line near glen bell him with the latest. joe -- glen ellen with the latest. >> reporter: just getting to the front lines of the fire is fraught with challenges. trinity road has power lines down and spot fires continue to pop up along the way. cal fire says it is still in defensive mode trying to protect property while getting people and equipment into position to work on containment. its priority is still on getting people out of harm's way. the fact is they're dealing with attacking a huge amount of fire across the state. >> the scope of this is unreal. we have about 115,000 acres. to put that in perspective, a football field is about an acre. so it's 115,000 football fields of uncontained fire line in california right now. so that's a pretty big lift for

that is closed near glen allen and also at melita road.ome downed power lines and fear of the fire. we do have an official coming out here with cal fire in a couple of moments to give us an update as to what's happening with this particular fire. he mentioned they lost homes in sonoma county last night. they do not have an exact number just yet. they are deploying teams to check on the damage and will have a better idea later. >> did they give any idea where specifically in sonoma county those homes were lost? >> reporter: not at this time. it was a quick phone call. he was on the move. cell phone reception is a little spotty out here. he said he is on his way out here to meet with us. >> you were in the oakmont area and the rage and they are actively protecting and trying to save homes there. thank you for the update. >>> flames heavily damaged cardinal newman high school, a santa rosa high school known for its athletics and academics. several buildings were destroyed at that school. desks and chairs were still smoldering hours after the

track: along highway 12 in glen ellen -- an orange glow on the ridge marks a sudden change. ryan smith / glen ellen ryan: we've been watching it for a couple of days ... - at dozens of schools in the north bay. every school in napa valley unified will remain closed. calistoga unified is also on the list of closures. it includes: santa rosa city district... santa rosa junior college. and sonoma state university. tens of thousands of people - still without power tonight. p-g and e says .. 75-thousand customers .. at last check. the majority of them are in santa rosa.. 50-thousand. and napa.. 15- thousand. it could be a while, before investigators know how all these wildfires started. heavy wind was certainly a factor in spreading the flames. but as k-p-i-x five's mark sayre reports from santa rosa... finding the initial source of the fires will be more difficult. calfire emphasized that nobody will be allowed back into the evacuated areas until it is completely safe to do so. there is also concern about more predicted high winds. (( nats of meeting)) as hundreds looked onâ cal

we were working our way towards glen ellen.ut this is as far as we could get because of road closures. the hill behind me is highway 12. there's a ridge right there that when we came up a few hours ago was covered in flames. now there is a ton of smoke. you can kind of make out the glow from where we're standing. the fire were what we understand is moving to the southeast towards glen ellen and we were there yesterday to capture some incredible footage of just how extensive this fire is. it was destroying many, many homes there including multi- million dollar estates. chopper 5 saw these homes start to crumble right there in front of them. you four days straight. in santa rosa, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> with these wildfires bringing thick smoke and haze to much of the bay area, this is a live look of the bay area. this is the worst air quality in 10 years. neda iranpour is tracking our high winds and their impact. >> reporter: at least this morning, we are getting a bit of a west wind. we are not smelling as much smoke. berkeley

this is maple glen off trinity. these hotspots are off rugged terrain and very difficult for firefighters to get to, much less control. here's an example of what firefighters on the front line are facing. you see this tree trunk right here is smoldering. if it breaks off, it's going to fall smack down in the middle of the street and block it. cal fire spokesman jonathan cox said firefighters are still in triage mode. >> we want to get the people out. that's our no. 1 priority is human life and that has been the case since the beginning. we also want to protect structures and use the target of opportunity with this weather to get some really good containment lines in there. it's a little bit of a dance trying to do all three things at once. >> reporter: in the meantime folks here are doing their best to be patient as they brace for the possibility of more firestorms to come. >> taking it one hour at a time. for now we're checking to see if our friends' generator survived the fire and playing a little i go far and han

glen ellen, 45 degrees there and calm conditions. humidity 87%. west winds will increase this morning. then tonight, stronger with east winds of clearlake starting to gust up there, gusts at 17 in mendocino county, 51 degrees. lakeport gusts currently coming in at 22. northwest winds there at 14 sustained. so humidity also a little bit drier there. but nowhere near as dry as yesterday morning and sunday night and monday morning. here's what we're going to expect to see today. so these winds will bump up this morning. they are also going to bump up tonight through tomorrow. the direction of the winds will shift tonight. and that's when we'll get drier air coming in. the temperatures are cooler though. so that's the one bit of good news there. at least those firefighters are dealing with cooler air. so right now we are getting winds from the west. that's helping clear the air, clear that air quality for a lot of folks across san francisco, the south bay and the east bay. but the areas of the fire, here's the big problem this low is going to shift to

effective immediately, holly >>glen: glen will be shut down after tests came in showing a serious mold problem at the school. >> the school's 537 students will be temporarily relocated at three other schools until the problem can be remedied. the number of parents say the children have been sick since attending are concerned about the mold. others say they have been complaining about the mold for years but the board president claims they had no idea until now. some accused the superintendent of knowing about it and not telling the board about it. you should resign. you don't belong as superintendent. >> [applause ] >> i didn't know. >> you did. >> no, i didn't. >> should have, could have, would have. i'm going to do it. it will be done, ladies and gentlemen. it will be done. officials say it's unclear how long it will take to decontaminate. it could take weeks or months. i'm dann cuellar, channel6 "action news." >> monica? >> thank you, dan. a traffic stop for tinted windows on a pick upturned into a major drug bust. inside they discovered six kilograms of heroin, $4 million worth. the

. >> reporter: the mun raw township school district closed holly glen. hours after dismissal parents gave board members an earful at the meeting. the super intendant tried to quell fears. the news got the attention of roberta west. she claims there were mold problems years ago. when classes resume tuesday holly glen students will be bussed to other schools in the district. >> he will be at the new school. >> reporter: tonight some parents told me they want every school in the district test said for mold. the super intendant says holly glen may not be open until 2018. >> the chester county paramedic is accused of molesting a teenage boy. it happened during a career development ride along program. the teen told police he woke up to kenneth mason touching him. >>> john michael han is in zwral tonight after police say he killed his cousin and shot his wife. we showed you the search, the standoff and surrender of this suspect. and new nbc's drew smith shows us a possible. >> reporter: the family that lives there will never be the same as we learn more about t

rob roth in glen ellen tonight. rob, thank you. >>> firefighters are hopeful that today marks a change in the firefight thanks to the improving weather and also more personnel. ktvu's maureen naylor is in fairfield tonight with more. >> reporter: the fire started in napa county on sunday and moved into solano county. today solano put three new areas under an advisory telling precedents be ready to go. but this afternoon, a little bit of hope. at this point, cal fire says it doesn't anticipate any more mandatory evacuations which is a little bit of hope after a week of worry. >>> reporter: firefighters attacked the atlas fire with water drops from the air in solano county thursday while on the ground a welcome sign for first responders. >> this morning when we woke up and saw smoke again, it was a little nerve-wracking but they're on it so we're feeling better. >> reporter: 2500 solano county residents have been evacuated from their homes and the sheriff's office says about 90% of residents have heeded the warning. c

first holly glen was closed for mold. then pictures inside williamstown middle school emerged on facebook show ceiling tiles saturated with black mold. after that many parents decided to pull their children out of the building until tests were done. the administration is deeming them safe. parents say they wish the district had been more opened. what has the district told you. >> really hasn't gotten any updates. >> there's been no could you tell us calls to the house. >> i haven't heard anything yet but i'm sure that they're going to go do the right thing and get the kids back in school as soon as possible. >> reporter: and there you hear they have again classes set to resume next tuesday. now for the teachers they're going to go back on monday its going to be some kind of an in service type like day. as for the students at holly glen elementary, they're going to move forward with that plan to send them to the other elementary schools throughout the district. reporting live in williamstown, bob brooks channel6 "action ne

calm conditions for glen ellen and calistoga. santa rosa north-northwest winds. petaluma west-northwest. these west winds are going to be extremely welcomed this morning because that's going to help increase our humidity levels. napa right now seeing 5-mile- per-hour winds coming out of the north. we are expecting a western flow and that's going to make a big difference. if the winds get stronger they come from the west that could help things out a little bit because it will help cool things off. this afternoon today it's the futurecast here we are at 3:00 sebastopol, santa rosa, may see an increase in gusts over the ridgetops, glen ellen as well, sonoma, as well. but at least it's going to be cooler air, temperatures will be significantly cooler than the hot weather yesterday. and we are going to continue to drop temperatures. more coming up. >>> good morning. let's head to the santa cruz mountains right now. we reported earlier there's a fire in the area and are some road closures in effect so heads up. if you are traveling through there, be advised bear creek

in glen ellen, philippe djegal, kron four news.for "debris removal - right of entry forms...." the department of health services is helping people fill out paperwork for the voluntary debris removal program. this will allow the e-p-a to have access to people's property. (steve) there is a housing crisis in sonoma county. the northbay wildfire has made the situation even worse(pam) realtors and property managers are keeping an eye on any price gouging in the market.... but there may be some vacation rental properties that can charge whatever they want... even during a time like this... kron4's haaziq madyun has the story (pkg what is going on is an extreme lack of available housing due to the wildfire say the folks here at the north bay association of realtors. keller and williams realtor mike kelly is taking a look at some of the price and specs rental proprtites on the market to see if there is any

again this is in glen ellen and sonoma county. this fire has 0% containment, homes still burning as you can see right there. >> the fire is still very active, paul, and so is the smoke. it's just inundating the bay area right now. >>> the problem is this. we're getting the afternoon sea breeze today. tomorrow another dry front moves through which will kick up the winds again. at 0% containment today there should be no expectation that these fires will be completely under control by the time the winds increase once again tomorrow. looking live in sonoma county, that was a beautiful house which is now completely engulfed in flames. we'll get over to the weather computers. i want to set the stage with what's going on currently and what we can expect moving into tomorrow. we're looking at winds now west of 20 miles per hour in san francisco. all of our reporters including sharon chin said the winds increased in the north bay near these fires. they have. it's coming from the ocean. tomorrow we get that dry north to northeast wind again

live in glen ellen, kpix 5. >> yes, we know it's going to change. in santa rosa there are some new evacuation orders to tell you about. it's in the oakmont neighborhood. andrea borba is there for us tonight from the latest. >> reporter: well, here in the oakmont neighborhood this is a 55 plus senior community. most everyone has evacuated. there are a few stragglers tonight, but as we pan over to the ridge line you can see what they're facing. that surrounds the community of oakmont here in santa rosa. >> we have a lot of fire fighting to do. >> reporter: the neighborhood is ringed by flames tonight. >> they're slowly creeping down the hill and it concerns us because waveshaped wind shift -- we've anticipated wind shift the next few day. >> reporter: this afternoon the fire began flaring and spotting down this ridge line toward these homes. our cameras watched as the skies filled first with white smoke, then black. a telltale sign of a structure and not vegetation burning. when we got to the top of trail ridge place, the home at the top was gone with

evacuation orders have been lifted in a glen ellen neighborhood... although many streets remain closed in that sonoma county community. kron4's lydia pantazes spoke with people returning home for the first time since the fire. (pkg)(nats)jeff gilbert wasn't sure what he'd find when he returned to his glenn ellen home for the first time.(nats) "we had to get up at 2:30 in the morning and hightail it out of here, i've been kind of pretty shooken by this while experience, for two weeks now it's been a little difficult." the flames destroyed homes less than a block from his home...."it's kind of heartbreaking, everything is burned, a lot of the areas around here."his home.... left untouched by the flames.just a little damage from those rough winds that fanned the flames that night."what everybody's yard that didn't burn is gonna look like this, sticks and leaves and branches so i'm just trying to clear it out, make some sense of it all, make it feel like home again." while glenn ellen's main road was reopened... several streets still remain off limits.bu

>> reporter: glen says he has no plans to slow down anytime soon. he says his secret to longevity is kindness, and generosity. in frederick county, stephanie galehard, wusa9. >> i'm sure he's quite a guy. glen is also a grandfather to six, and a great-grandfather to nine. >>> that's a great story. right now at 6:00, it's a name change that has split a local school community. the fairfax county school board is name for jeb stewart senior high school. covering all sides of this issue. tonight, she gives us a look at the possible new name. >> reporter: so the school board is voting on renaming jeb stewart high school next thursday, and we have no idea how they're going to vote. here's some of the choices. dropping the name jeb, and keeping stewart. that actually received the most votes in a community vote last month. >> i would support that, because i think it's supporting the community. >> reporter: planning to vote for stewart high school. >> why would they spent two and a half years, voting voting to change the name, and not changing the name? it's

earlie this evening about four raged in glen ellen.se are the numbers for where cal fire said 15 people dead. they are working 17 fires we have team coverage for you report all across northern califo let's begin with bay area's fairfi it got hairy there for a minute. >> rep it did indeed. we are on twin sisters road this iwhy. there a lot of shock in the by nightfall that glow is making its way towards solano county. the fire moving fast and the >> how dangerous is it right now. >> about an 8 or a 9 out of 10. >> towards twin sisters road in surrou by trees and >> we are just defending the are going down the mountain. >> at this point firefighter >> you don't know what the wind >> putting firefighter at a disadv just before nightfall, the flame caught up with us. at one point the fire jumped the road and we headed down the it was really scary earlier today. being up there surrounded by the flame, it was really no joke. there a fire truck right here that will be here all night long. they will be there to protect can do right now. back t

that fire is burning off highway 12 near glen ellen. this morning it is now 40-percent contained. ( james ) and there is the atlas fire burning in napa and solano counties. this is the fire burning just south of lake berryessa. it has now burned more than 51-thousand acres but it is now 65% contained. fire fighters say that favorable weather conditions over the weekend aided firefighters. ( darya ) then there is the pocket fire burning near gyserville... that fire has now burned nearly 12-thousand acres. it is 30% contained this morning. ( darya ) this morning we have team coverage of the firestorm devastation.( james ) kron 4's lydia pantazes is live in santa rosa looking at the damage as mandatory evacuations are still in effect. lydia. ( lydia ) ( darya ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) we have much more on the north bay firestorm coming up throughout the morning.( darya ) but as we go to break we want to remember some of the victims who lost their lives in these fires. fires. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (

bob is coming up through here, in toward the glen ellen area. he also talked about the closure and 128 through the atlas area. i want to focus on calistoga. that's the latest push from nbc bay area, talking about the evacuation area around grant road. they are talking calistoga and highway 29 with a closure there as well. these are the main roadways that are closed. avad the area through this portion. the shifts happened as the fire moves over between napa and fairfield. we told you about the evacuations for green valley. that has resulted in -- just off i-80. i-80 itself remains open. we track these major highways. the north bay commute is able to get down on i-80 just fine. back to you. >> thank you. >>> if you need to find an evacuation center in your area, we have made it ease stoi find one. log on to www.nbcbayarea.com for a running list of evacuation orders for places you can go. >> things are touch and go in the area of oakmont. we were there all morning yesterday on "today in the bay" as crews tried to hold the line. >> things got intens

. >> not to mention glen ellen. it is under mandatory evacuation. the fire devastated many homes and ranches. a look at the damage in that community firsthand.>> reporter: glen ellen has a population of about 800 people. it is pretty much empty. take a look at the damage. the fire with this section and created a swath of destruction -- whipped. o'donnell lane in 15 of the 20 homes are gone. the fire also took out several ranches. if you look across the way, many homes are still standing. the fire played favorites.>> reporter: to get into glen ellen and the wine country you have to pass through a checkpoint. you need a reason to come. when resident returned for a good reason. he had three horses to check on. >> i'm just coming to make sure they have food and water. and then assess the situation. if we can we will get them out and take them somewhere else. that has been our concern. how are we going to make sure they are okay? >> reporter: the landmarks is still standing -- giving life to rumors the fire level the town. brought destruction. homes cars

parts of sonoma county to get back to in the glen ellen area. they said you could go as far as the fire line, which most people thought we could get to the burned-out area but the fire line is actually much further back. so there are a lot of homes people couldn't get to and people who were frustrated by that. they waited in line for hours to go home for just a few minutes. one car at a time, parties of three. chp briefly escorted people past roadblocks and onto their own streets. >> we went to each different area to that person's house. they had 5 minutes. that's all they got. i grabbed things i've been thinking about for the last 5 days. >> reporter: carmen salazar lives in dunellen, hit hard by the tubbs fire. today was the first time she got to see how bad it looks. >> said. we are okay, but that doesn't make me feel any better. >> this is the powder river. >> reporter: henry beaumont's home is also okay but his ranch and guest cottage are not. >> you can see how close this came back up in here. >> reporter: he came back into get a change of

that is near glen ellen. you can see the smoke rising.l that you cal fire's very latest information is that this fire has burned 1,000 acres. but there are 5,000 structures associated with this fire. >> and again, as you can see from the smoke in the air, it is fairly still right now. spencer tells us that is likely to change. >> the breaking news out of sonoma county. new evacuation orders have been ordered near the nu nns >> new evacuations are underway now. >> reporter: we have a lot of critical information to bring you. we're bringing you this live shot over my cell phone. i want to let you know that santa rosa police have let me know that the first homes have begun burning here in oakmont. you can see the thick black plumes of smoke. the homes burning now are on crest ridge. santa rosa police officers have been here at least for the last hour or two. they've been going door to door trying to get people to evacuate. there was a mandatory evacuation that was issued here yesterday. oakmont is a retirement community. 55 and older. despit

mold discovered at holly glen elementary has closed the entire school until further

but businesses too.( justine ) reporter mike luery found a couple in glen elen that lost their 40-acres he shows us... while they may be down... they are ready to bounce back. >> what do we have up here? here's the cattle.here cows!mike: for melissa and austin layley painful seeing their 40 acres of be well farms go up in smoke in the sonoma county of glen ellen. they lost everything including their power.>> without electricity, no water.all the p.v.c. that was above ground burned up. so there's a lot of work. the trees, the pastures, the fence lines.mike: but one thing did survive here. their farm animals. how many animals are here alive and well? >> we have 12 cows and about 350 chickens. >> and a couple of goats. >> two goats. mike: as long as they have livestock, they can rebuild their lives.and despite all the extensive damage and destruction here, there is hope and there is help on the way. in the form of state and federal assistance. in terms of financial assistance or shelter and housing, that will be available.mike: fear victims can now register for disaster assistance through

we know at holly glen, mold was found in places like the classroom, hallways, even the library. this school is closed until they can remediate the problem. because of this students and staff are being relocated to other schools beginning tomorrow when students are back from the columbus day holiday. the big question now is if mold is found at every other school in the district, where will students go where the air is safe. again, i mentioned at the top of the story, i've been reaching out to the superintendent and the principal of holly glen elementary school this morning to find out more about his developing story. we're also working to find out the nature of the emergency board meeting that's been called for tonight. for now, reporting in williamstown, katy zachry, "nbc10 news today." >>> cheltenham students found out their library also has a mold issue. a message from the principal says a contractor found mold in the air and on many of the books. the library will be shut down. a project already in the works is being accelerated, including a new hvac system. >>> about 5:05. br

show in particular was eagerly awaited that of the french fashion label why a project had designer glen mountains is a protege of the one and only a goatee which certainly shows in his creations which are like a hybrid of street where and elegant and we caught up with him backstage. with barely an hour to go before easily. it has to creation's if the catwalk thirty three year old glen martin's flips around backstage nipping and talking and making sure everything fits perfectly right to the last second. of all i either need to put on sunglasses because i'd be so nervous about the show work or it is i don't want anyone to see my eyes and realize how terrorized and stressed i was at that if it is up to your professor. but he need not have worried everything is going very nicely for him right now recently glenn martin has won the coveted on dom fashion award with his cash first of two hundred fifty thousand euros. intended to give talented young designers a boost the award was based in part on these creations. that is cool because the jury that is stows the award is made up of key figures i

with barely an hour to go before his latest creations if the catwalk thirty three year old glen martens flips around backstage nipping and talking and making sure everything fits perfectly right to the last second. of all if i even used to put on sunglasses because i'd be so nervous about the show walker it is i didn't want anyone to see my eyes and realize how terrorizing stressed i was at that if it is up to the professor. but he need not have worried everything is going very nicely for him right now recently glenn martin's won the coveted on dom fashion award with his cash first of two hundred fifty thousand euros. intended to give talented young designers a boost the award was based in part on these creations for. that is cool because the jury that is stows the award is made up of key figures in the fashion industry and i tell myself if they thought i deserve this award that it was about amounts to a wonderful confirmation that both of us will quit. glenn martin has been creative director of the french wine project label since two thousand and thirteen. he creates fashions for both

. >> matt delucia is live at holly glen elementary school. we saw a lot of anger at the meeting last night. >> reporter: that's right. it was a big contentious and crowded meeting at the holly glen elementary school last night because of the mold found here last week. a lot of parents with the question of what now. at one point there were so many people trying to get into the meeting at williamstown high school that the fire marshal was called in. parents confronted the monroe township school board about how mold will be removed from holly glen and how long it will take. inspectors found mold at the elementary school. inspectors say it can be fixed, but there's no firm timetable about when it will be done. this has raised concerns about other schools in the district. all schools are closed for the week. reaction from the parents, it depends on who you ask. >> my granddaughter has had a cough. she comes home, the cough subsides. she goes back to school, she's coughing again. >> all we can do is hope for the truth and push for the existing boar

but right now glen martin's is simply glad the show's over and he's off to celebrate with his. and from street where to street art which has finally found its rightful home here in the german capital urban nation is a new addition to britain's museum landscape that aims to help bring street artists to the next level in public awareness and so it commissioned a number of works for its opening exhibition to create some street art with staying power that people can then recognize outside. street art is ephemeral. meter high art works that great entire facades aren't made for eternity . buildings can get torn down or repainted so legal or not street art is transitory by nature. now the urban nation museum in berlin is out to bring street art indoors it's one of the world's first prominent museums for contemporary urban art. but can art born on the street really work in a museum. through the heart of the street art belongs on the street and should stay there here at the urbanization museum and we asked one hundred thirty artists who normally decorate building walls to come up with a

it continues for napa, glen ellen, sonoma, highway 12, lakeville highway. all the same as yesterday, in fact nor for highway 12 because of more fire related activity. that's the reason we have limited transit service. no service in sonoma county. emergency transit service for smart. golden gate tran sis has no buses going to santa rosa. the city bus has a saturday schedule. there's transportation through the city. south of highway 37 is open. we have the normal commute. richmond, san rafael bridge is isolated to the left lane. anywhere south of the bay bridge, a nice flow that includes the tri-valley and getting across, slightly more congested. really, this is not the big deal. the issues are the closures. back to you. >> that is good advice. thank you, mike. >> we have continuing breaking news coverage as the wildfires burn. head to www.nbcbayarea.com for updates. there, you will find evacuations and closures posted. we'll be right back. flz . - grocery outlet is the home of "wow" savings. "wow" means you save 50% or more. there are three stages of "wow".

> it comes days after the discovery of mold in classrooms, hallways, and even the library of holly glen elementary. the problem is impacting hundreds of students already. nbc10's katy zachry joins us live from the school. what's the district saying? >> reporter: this morning we've tried to reach the superintendent of monroe township schools at his home to find out more about the nature of the emergency meeting that we're being told happens tonight. also in a twist, today is an in-service day. students are off for the columbus day holiday. staff and teachers were originally told to report to their schools. we are hearing that they have been no longer told to report, that they are being told to stay home. let's look at some video that we received last week after this environmental testing took place at this elementary school, holly glen school here in the monroe township school district. here are pictures of the mold that was found inside this school. this school, holly glen elementary school, will be closed moving forward until crews fix the mold problem. we're hearing the mold problem m

that fire is burning off highway 12 near glen ellen. this morning it is now 40% contained. ( robin ) and there is the atlas fire burning in napa and solano counties. this is the fire burning just south of lake berryessa. it has now burned more than 51-thousand acres but it is now 65% contained. fire fighters say that favorable weather conditions over the weekend aided firefighters. any hong is here with a look at the conditions they will be facing today. (anny hong): look for another warm day today. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. the pattern will then change as a system drops down from the north and brings rainfall to our region thursday into friday. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( robin ) this morning boil water notices are still in effect for portions of fountaingove and oakmont areas until further notice. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less t

out to us saying mold has been found in other school buildings in this district, not just at holly glen elementary school behind me. so there's a new concern for families as they wake up this morning. now on top of that, teachers and staff who were originally reporting to their individual schools for this in-service day today, they have been told not to report. there's a message on the website telling them to stay on, they will be paid for the day. the district is citing air quality testing going on inside the building. look at pictures of mold that were released to us after an environmental firm came into holly glen elementary school last week and did testing and found mold. are you looking at pictures of mold found inside the school. inside the school, the library, the hallways, places of that nature, we're told that's where mold was found. a big question looms today -- has mold been found in other schools in the monroe school district, and where will students go if so many buildings are now affected. this morning, we're trying to reach the superintendent at home to get answers to the

the fire chief in glen rock said got word initially that h.j. transit didn't know who the end train and they dispute that and they are saying thats withs a miscommunications. this is terrible. this epitomizes the confidence of the transit and they are a dumpster fire no pun intended here. well, i mean, this is why we need leadership from the top to the bottom. we talked about this and a number of times on this show and think the next governor whoever he or she may be needs to install a new leadership team. >> well, n.j. transit is is so did youp on them for sure. burr my concern is on the communication. how does it take 48 hours to come out to finally say we don't know it yet. >> yeah. i think, it is a serious issue. look she said a serious management shall show and communication issue from the top to the bottom. there is some serious issues that need to be resolved and shouldn't take 48 hours to do anything inside. >> how has no one been fired. >> i don't know. >> well, maybe they have not. we have not heard about it. what is their communicatio

(jr stone) evacuation orders were lifted in the glen ellen neighborhood....(justine) kron four's lydia pantazes is live there where many people were surprised at what they returned to. lydia? (lydia)behind me is arnold drive which is the main street here in glenn ellen.the area is still pretty quiet right now.behind me you can see law enforcement, that's because many of the streets are still closed.but today we spoke with people returning to this community for the fist time since the fire started. (pkg)(nats)jeff gilbert wasn't sure what he'd find when he returned to his glenn ellen home for the first time.(nats) "we had to get up at 2:30 in the morning and hightail it out of here, i've been kind of pretty shooken by this while experience, for two weeks now it's been a little difficult." the flames destroyed homes less than a block from his home...."it's kind of heartbreaking, everything is burned, a lot of the areas around here."his home.... left untouched by the flames.just a little damage from those rough winds that fanned the flames that night."what every

glen ellen has been hit three times.t never seems to end for this town. >> reporter: they are bracing for it again. they are expecting the winds to pick back up. this is the devastation we found. we found one volunteer firefighter who rescued her family and went out for the past 24 hours plus and has been fiel fighting fires and evacuating other people even while her home burned. the loss just setting if nor glen ellen volunteer firefighter kristin johnson. her home of 22 years gone in a flash when the fire blew through her neighborhood. >> we grabbed what we could. >> reporter: she made sure her 3-year-old child and husband got to safety monday when the fire reached her neighborhood. she went door to door e vvacuatg families and battling the flames.devastating. people are okay. stuff is gone. we'll replace it. >> reporter: every place where there's a home destroyed, you find the vehicles inside the garages. the garages completely burned to the ground. it looks like people just tried to get out as quickly as they could.

but she is determined to stay here in glen ellen. it's where she grew up.road to recovery will be bumpy... but that's life -- and, she's just grateful she still has one... and, can share it with the rest of her family. in glen ellen, philippe djegal, kron four news. ( will )in national news ... president trump is set to deliver a major speech on fighting the opioid epidemic... which kills tens of thousands of americans every year. during his campaign... president trump pledged to make fighting addiction a top priority. since then... the president has convened a commission to study the problem and declared the crisis a public health emergency... freeing up additional money and resources. but some advocates that... won't make much difference if you always wanted to know more about president kennedy's assassination... today is a huge day for you. today... all files that are still classified on the j-f-k assassination will be released. a 1992 law requires the release of the classified files. only the president can decide to hold some of the information back. ma

some of you may have heard of glen. he was very close, by the way, to hazel barnes, who was a very significant person here at the university of colorado, a philosopher. i came up here during that time of returning to college to hear hazel barnes' lecture, but here is the point of all this. glen was a veteran of world war ii, had been an intelligence officer in italy, france, and germany. and when he came back from vietnam, this is a picture of glen. he wrote an extraordinary book about his experiences there called "the warriors." and one of the first things i did when i got back was i enrolled in glen's class, and as i was enrolled in it, it wasn't about this book, but i read the book. and i came across a passage which put all of this for me in incredibly clear and helpful perspective. and it reveals what i'm trying to say when i talk about the meaning issues, the meaning challenges of these experiences. here's what glenn says in the introduction to the book. it is exceedingly unlikely that i shall ever be able to under

kron four's lydia pantazes joins us tonight from glen ellen... where many were surprised at what they returned to. lydia? ( justine ) the environemental protection agency got the go -ahead to help cleanup following the devastating fires. governor jerry brown today issued an executive order that will allow the federal government to come in and remove any hazardous waste that has been left over. it is common to find flammable liquids, batteries, asbestos and paint following a fire of this magnitude. the order allows the e-p-a to help, state and local officals with clean-up efforts. ( justine ) people are now returning to their homes in the north bay... to go through the rubble and see if they can salvage anything.( jr stone ) today it was the fountaingrove neighborhood in santa rosa. as kron 4's jeff pierce shows us... many were shocked at the level of devastation. check points were opened on saturday for fire victims of the fountain grove neighborhood in santa rosa. the national guard prepared kits of buckets with gloves, masks and other items to

in glen ellen, philippe djegal, kron four news.steve) people in (steve) people in santa rosa were able to sign up for "debris removal - right of entry forms...." the department of health services is helping people fill out paperwork for the voluntary debris removal program. this will allow the e-p-a to have access to people's property. (vicki) tonight we have new video showing you the wildfire destruction in napa... on the left... is a map showing you the burn area on at atlas peak road and westgate road. and on the right quadcopter video of where large multi-million dollar homes once stood in this area. you can see how some homes were destroyed...oth ers were untouched. it just shows you how relentless and unpredictable the flames were as they tore through this neighborhood...and many others. (steve) our coverage of the north bay firestorm continues online... there we have what you need to know if you have been affected by the fire and are trying to rebuild your home... as well as a timelapse video map showing the 9-1-1 calls from

is the health hazard at holy glen elementary in gloucester county. nora muchanic is live with the details. >> reporter: monica, parents say they are complaining for years that the school is making their kids sick and now we may know why that is happening. ten rooms here were tested and all of them had mold in various places and the board of education is asked to okay a plan to temporarily shut down holly glen elementary to be cleaned up. >> 7-year-old andrew petry in the blue shirt and his pal matthew should be in school but their parents kept them home because they believe the school is making them sick. >> it was the very first day back of school. comes home the first day of school and is sick. >> cough and sneeze and stuffy nose. that is what it feels like. >> both boys are students at holly glen elementary and air quality tests show a proliferation of mold and specters recommend the school be closed down for the safety of children and staff. >> they were high enough in my estimation that we need to take proactive movement. they are recommending t

these are new mandatory evacuations in effect for people near glen ellen. we are talking moon mountain road, mission way, london way, martin road, cavedale road, adobe way and as the fire is heading in a southerly direction, they are asking people on highway 12 and ma drone road, they are asking you to be ready to go, be ready to get out of there, in case this is a mandatory evacwaxuation as well. the nuns fire, this is the last update from last night is 1% contained. it's 5,000 acres. we are expecting an update around 7:00 this morning. that would be in just an hour from now, but from what we are gathering from the firefighters that are out here right now, the big concern are those winds. if those winds start whipping up, you are going to see more flairing up. that's the big problem here. unfortunately, there's a lot of dry vegetation to burn. i want to share information. this is dashcam video from the deputy's vehicle taken sunday night. this is sunday night when the fires started in sonoma county. as it has deputy is driving down the road, you can see th

the latest closure was highway 12 through glen ellen. we had traffic control, now closure because of power lines down. john klemas was by petrified forest. highway 12, power lines down. highway 101 still closed because of the fire there. it's farther north than most of our viewers. farther here, i'm going end with this shot. the activity at the toll plaza, a number of flashing lights. sounds like two vehicles are involved in a crash. they are forcing traffic to the right lane. out of richland, we don't hear of major injuries. this just came in. we are tracking this anywhere south of the richmond san rafael bridge. back to you. >> something to watch out for there. thank you, mike. >>> we will continue the breaking news coverage of the wildfires burning in the north bay after the break. head over to www.nbcbayarea.com. there, you can find evacuations and closures posted. we'll be right back. house after house up in >>> house after house, up in flames. it's been an emotional 24 hours for communities in the north bay as families watch their