reporting live, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> hope they get there soon, jessica.hank you. >>> flames still carrying through glen ellen at the napa- sonoma county border and threatening more homes. we are joined again by jackie ward who got closer to the nuns fire. jackie. >> reporter: michelle and anne, we had been at sonoma county road and they have let us through because flames died down. as we drive down, we saw where there used to be ranches and homes and now it's nothing. it's an incredibly depressing scene right now. a few families have actually come up tok this healthcare officers who are stand -- up to chp officers standing by the roads asking about their homes and the officers aren't releasing information but have told us there is nothing left in this area. so right now, we are looking at video from glen ellen. that's an area of about less than 800 people that live there and the ridge of flames along highway 12 just destroyed so many homes there. it's a very small area southeast of santa rosa just south of kenwood next to jack london state historic park.

. >> thank you, jessica flores live in napa. , sonoma county fairgrounds evacuation center is open right now. several are open throughout the north bay. jessica showed us 350 people where she is. thousands have been evacuated since the fires broke out at about 10:00. jaclyn has been keeping an eye on traffic and that is a real mess. >>> that's right. they evacuate everyone and where do they go? the roadways are shut down and are continuing to be shut down. it's a very fluid situation. 101 is closed between river road and bicentennial. people are using surface roads like fulton and river road, to take them over to college or the highway 12. highway 12 has many closures. this is 101 and highway 12 and traffic is nearly at a complete stop and it is crawling along southbound on 101 heading southbound, trying to get away from santa rosa. extra cars are on the roadways. more closures at arnold and highway 12 and we have many closures along this stretch. for now, i will send it over for an update on the fires. >>> the high jeff doppler

kpix 5's jessica flores is live in santa rosa with more on an emotional day ahead. >> reporter: we're here at coffey park one of those three communities that was just obliterated in this fire. you can see behind me, not much left behind. but people will get the chance to sift through the ashes and pick out any personal items they can find. no large-scale debris removal but they are being let in, in a controlled environment to sift through all this ash. now from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., people will be allowed in who live here. they will have to show identification in order to get in. that includes anything from driver's license or passport, utility bill with photo i.d. santa rosa police department is allowing two cars per property in the communities of orchard park, journeys end and coffey park. at the re-entry point each resident will get a safety kit and instructions for protecting against toxic debris. santa rosa's asking residents to wear sturdy shows and clothing. be cautious of hazardous materials. inspect propane tanks for damage before turning them on. sanitize anything you find in t

jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> time now 6:57.me for your "final 5". >> pg&e wants an easier time passing along costs to customers if it's found liable for wildfires in california. this comes as the public utilities commission and cal fire are looking into pg&e lines as a possible cause of the wine country wildfires. pg&e is lobbying the puc to make it easier to pass costs along by increasing customer bills. >>> an investigation is under way after flames tore through a san jose kfc this morning. no injuries have been reported. damage to the building is severe. >>> in san ramon, a father is facing charges after his 8-year- old son brought a loaded gun to school. police say the third-grader showed it off to a classmate at twin creeks elementary school on tuesday. >>> president trump declared a public health emergency to fight the nation's opioid epidemic. supporters applauded it as an important first step. critics claim it doesn't provide additional funding to combat a crisis that's killing more than 170 people each day. >>> bart sa

. >> kpix 5's jessica flores is live in napa county on how fema is entering the equation today. jessica. >> reporter: we are in oakville off highway 29. yesterday we could see flames in the distance. today you still smell the smoke and have road closures but firefighters have an upper hand on the nuns fire. a fema -- was on the ground yesterday touring. he landed in california. he got to see the devastation firsthand. now, what's clear and what everyone involved says, the disaster is enormous. they have never seen anything like it before. the three largest fires in napa and sonoma county have killed at least 28 people. they burned down thousands of homes and businesses and burned more than 140,000 acres. the northern california fires are the deadliest in california history coming at a time time when federal disaster relief is already stretched thin. fema has never seen anything like the disaster needs in the last two months from hurricanes and fires. the agency has registered 4 million people who need help in just the last 50 days. >> last 50 days has been unprecedented. fema is

kpix 5's jessica flores is live in santa rosa where one of two community meetings will be held today. jessica. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. sonoma county wants residents to get back in their homes but the major problem right now is the clean-up. they don't want residents sifting through the debris and doing major clean-up because removing all that ash and kind of disturbing it could actually release harmful chemicals into the air and that could make people sick. so they are asking residents to kind of follow along with the state and federal plans. they have a plan to remove the toxic materials from thousands of fire scorched project. if people do large-scale debris removal on their own, it could disqualify residents from financial assistance from fema. the government will remove materials like batteries, paint, solvents, electronic waste and any material that contains asbestos. >> there can be chemicals and asbestos and lead plus plastic particles all of that within that debris. so we are very concerned about people rummaging kind of through that and disturbing it and then

kpix 5's jessica flores is live in santa rosa, where the work will get under way. > reporter: good morning, michelle and kenny. that's right. we're in downtown santa rosa and just behind me is the sonoma county public health department. today the county will open up a center there where residents can go and actually start the paperwork to get government workers on their property to remove toxic debris. now, they have to sign the right of entry permits in order for government workers to have permission to go on the property. this is the start of a long process. now, the government sponsored clean-up is voluntary and the government says it is free. by signing the "right of entry" permit, the government gets homeowners' insurance proceeds that would go to the debris removal. the county is urging residents to opt into the government sponsored help because much of the debris is considered hazardous. still, many residents are skeptical about giving government workers full authority to clean up their properties. >> we want to know how much they will remove and if something

evacuation centers, jessica flores is live in one of those locations in napa. ssica, people are basically late at night, middle of night, they were woken by the fire and had to get out immediately? >> reporter: folks from about 11:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m., getting anything they could. they went to crosswalk community church. the shelter was set up with food, cots, water. there are at least one dozen pets here and 350 people have evacuated and it is pretty much at capacity. the wind is whipping up and we want to give you a sense of what we are looking at. you can see the glo all around napa. ashes are raining down on us. dry and windy conditions making it very difficult to control the flames. we are talking about the atlas fire and that one is burning just northeast of downtown napa. obviously a very popular area for tourists. the silverado area is completely evacuated. the silverado spot completely evacuated. the resort is completely evacuated and we have evacuations for the montecito area and sonoma road. henry road, conesville road, wildhorse valley road. if yo

live from napa jessica flores kpix 5. >>> you can see the nasty air.ed toward the smoke as you can see it settling across the valley's. over in the bay area near golden gate you can see the clear conditions. will continue to be under a "spare the air" alert today. weatherwise today the wind will be calm but temperatures are near 90 especially where the fires are burning across the north bay hills. it will be hot fighting the fires today but the winds are on the firefighters site. we have a chance of rain making all the difference. starting wednesday night, thursday and friday look what we can expect. areas could be getting up to 1/4 inch of rain. santa rosa could see 2/10 and sam -- napa up to 1/10. >>> let's look at the roadways where we have a traffic alert on west 80 the two left lanes are shut down. the damage is done along the east shore freeway up to one hour for your drivetime from the carquinez bridge working toward the macarthur maze. stop and go conditions westbound on the east shore freeway around ashby avenue. also on the bay bridge traffic

kpix5's jessica flores is in napa county now where homeowners are coming back to a wasteland. jessica? >> reporter: the atlas peak fire has certainly been devastating for napa county. but now we are learning more about the heart break. i want you to take a look behind me. this was once a home. a couple lived here for decades. now we know that they were inside when that fire burned down the hill racing down the hill consuming the home. those two individuals, an elderly couple couldn't escape. that couple now the two confirmed deaths in this napa county fire. we've been driving around this community and we've counted at least 20 homes burneded to the ground. that's a conservative estimate. cal fire tells us the fire continues to rage and at last check 0 containment. if at this point they just don't know the scope of the devastation, how many structures and homes burned or how many people injured. now i spoke to the son of the couple who died in the fire here. he says his parents lived in napa for decades. a 100-year-old and 98-year-old jest celebrated their 75th anniversary. thei

live in napa, jessica flores, kpix 5. hundreds of people are here at the shelters. people keep coming and going. it's unclear how many folks are volunteers versus the folks who will be staying here sleeping through the night. i can tell you some people are just parking their cars staying in their cars don't want to sleep on the cots but at least 100 people slept here last night. >> thank you, jessica flores. >>> the tubbs fire is the largest, burning more than 28,000 acres. another wildfire is rapidly growing in mendocino county and being blamed for at least three deaths. the redwood complex fire has burned 30,000 acres and destroyed 40 structures. flames have wiped out a major cell phone tower leaving people in the county cut off. some people can't call 911. people showed up yesterday at a meeting to get information. >> a lot of people are kind of cut off with what's going on and they are all scared and, you know, so it's -- it's not good. >> people are also growing anxious because gasoline is running low in the area and water is scarce. at last check, the fire was

i'm jessica flores.'ll have the details coming up. >> some rain in the santa cruz mountains overnight should help the firefighting efforts. the latest on the fire and on evacuations just ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ wow! nice outfit. when i grow up, i'm going to mars. we're working on that. some people know how far they want to go. a personalized financial strategy can help you get them there. see how access to j.p. morgan investment expertise can help you. chase. make more of what's yours. his own pick-up truck -- and left to die. now, the hunt for the suspect is on... and the republican push to get tax cuts thr ajor hurdle... >>> a bay area father is hit with his own pickup truck and left to die. now the hunt for the suspect is on. >> the republican push to get tax cuts through congress clears a major hurdle. >> and we did get overnight showers. i'll let you know how much rain we saw and what's in store next after this front moves through. >> it looks like those metering lights are on over at the bay bridge toll pla

kpix 5's jessica flores is live in santa rosa with the details. >>> reporter: kenny, we are in fronts monroe elementary school. this is one of 13 schools opening today. an additional 11 schools will re-open on monday. and here at james monroe, several students and several teachers lost their homes in the devastating fire. it will be an emotional return for a lot of folks here. schools have been closed for nearly three weeks. that fire sent ash and soot into class rooms. the district was worked around the clock to clean the campuses. about 200 workers have been cleaning campuses and replacing over 3,000 air-conditioning filters at 24 schools. the superintendent says about 80 staff members lost homes in the fire and also 900 students have addresses listed in the burn zone. but it's still unclear how many students have been displaced. >> the immensity of this tragedy cannot be -- is unprecedented. we cannot predict what will happen when everyone is back in school. one of the main things is not everybody is going to come back to school. >> reporter: now, the district will have mental hea

jessica flores is in oakville with more on a fire burning there.. >> reporter: the nuns fire is burning near we are. we are off highway 29 a mile from the porobert mondavi winery. this area is dotted with famous wineries and dry brush and cal fire says the flames are driven by slopes and fuel. officials say the plan is to let the flames continue to march down toward the valley and meet containment lines. but just last night, we have just been told the fire jumped some of the lines burning an additional 30 acres. now, today we do expect to see more air attacks, more water dumped on the fire as they work to contain it. back out here live, the fire still burning behind me. we'll keep you updated on the very latest coming up. jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> of course it's all these active fires, of course we are going to see smoke through those areas today. here's a look at the latest wind conditions. boulder creek north winds at one-mile-an-hour. calm in santa cruz. napa west-northwest at 5. lake county gusts up to 9 in mendocino county. so air quality wi

jessica flores joins us live from oakland with more on this research.ca. >> reporter: hey, good morning, michelle. well, we talk a lot about cell phones and how those can be distracting. and they certainly can. but those built-in navigation systems can also be distracting if you are in your car trying to get to work and you're stuck in traffic, maybe trying to figure out the best way to get to working your eyes are off the road on that system. researchers from aaa had two dozen volunteers had 30 different vehicles test on residential roads measuring how much drivers were looking at the screen while making a call or sending a text or using the stereo or navigation system. they were distracted for more than 40 seconds. they say removing your eyes from the road for just 2 seconds can double the risk of a crash. >> some of of these systems take minutes to perform. >> reporter: researchers say voice command can also take the driver's attention off the road. now, aaa is sharing all of this information with automakers. they are hoping these companies change th

jessica flores is live in napa with the details.>> reporter: we are here at the incident base for the atlas fire. things are starting to change in napa, for one week they have been focused on what happened to homes and now folks are turning to cleanup and rebuilding. a lot of the evacuations have been lifted. firefighters are strengthening control lines keeping the fire from progressing to more property. it is 65% contained. evacuations are in place for the highlands and circle communities. this fire has consumed 51,000 acres and burned down 300 homes. that means this week hundreds of residents face the agonizing task of sifting through debris. >> in this moment i am realizing you don't put on your boots and gloves and go through stuff. there is nothing to go through. >> reporter: a long road to recovery but residents can apply for financial help. the county will open today to help residents affected by the fire from 9:00 until 7:00 monday through friday and 10:00 until 5:00 on the weekends. is located at the county health and human services center. officials want to remind immigratio

. >> jessica flores is live with more on which schools welcome students again. >>> they are turning a corner in the county. in napa union high school, the halls have been empty for the last few weeks and today, that changes with the district opening all public schools in the county once again. the wildfires forced the schools to close because smoke- filled the classrooms. unified school district will provide free meals to 18,000 students all week. they also said mental health services will be on hand to help those affected by this disaster. the fire did not damage classrooms but the ventilation system had smoke in the buildings. nine staff members lost their homes in the fires. in a facebook post, the superintendent said he wants to think first responders, staff and student. students. >> amazing stories of students evacuating and volunteering and many ways they showed real leadership. they show leadership we expect in our students and we are so grateful and honored to serve them. >> reporter: in addition to district schools reopening, justin-siena high school, private school, reopened

jessica flores has more. >>> reporter: good morning. that encampment is behind me on the west side of the bart tracks near alcatraz and martin luther king, jr., way. there's big signs there on that space that say here, there and this is a war on the poor. things like that. so these folks are out and they are saying that they have a right to stay in that space. they are asking a judge today to block bart from evicting them. now, the judge last week actually already did bar bart from evicting them issuing a temporary restraining order. but the lawyers for the group want the judge as to extend the restraining order. they say confiscating the group's property would violate their constitutional rights. in a statement bart says they were asked to clear up the property. they are accusing the homeless of trespassing and because there's no running water or electricity, there's safety and health concerns here. the camp has been in berkeley since 2017. >> if the cities were to get together and build shelters for the homeless, then we wouldn't tres

kpix 5's jessica flores is live in santa rosa with the details. jessica. >> reporter: michelle, we're in -- >> reporter: >>> reporter: michelle we're in downtown santa rosa near the public health department where people can go and start filling out paperwork necessary to allow government workers on to their properties to haul away that debris. it's the first step of a very long process. now, government workers hope to have the clean-up process done by the spring but first, folks need to sign that right of entry permit. homeowners have the choice whether or not they want the government help. the government is not charging individual homeowners but by signing the right of entry form, the government gets homeowners insurance proceeds that would go to the debris removal. the county is urging residents to opt into the government sponsored help because much of the debris is considered hazardous. still, many residents are skeptical about giving government workers full authority to clean up their properties. >> do you have any concerns letting cal oes do i

going live now to jessica flores for the latest from solano county where that fire is on the move again. jessica. >> reporter: this fire is far from over. we have firefighters working to keep the flames from snaking to the property on this side. we are near the solano community college and this area near twin sisters peak and wooden valley road all completely evacuated at this point. the firefighters have been using water. they have been digging around the fire. fire crews' main concerns are saving lives. they have already gone door to door evacuating people. but some people stayed trying to defend their property. that's not of course what cal fire recommends. them everybody out. right now here in solano county, the solano community college is an evacuation center over in napa county. more evacuations center at the crosswalk community church also napa valley community college is an evacuation center there. we know the fire grew to 26,000- acre. crews are stretched thin although they are making progress. cal fire says more resources are on their way. two peop m75 years died in the fire.

reporting live in walnut creek, i'm jessica flores. >>> governor brown just signed off on a bill thates us all more freedom when we cross the street. >> and lets people start walking after the countdown clock begins winding down. the old california vehicle code when pedestrians started their trek after the hands began flashing. one review of lapd records suggests more than 1700 citations were given out in a four-year period over illegal street crosswalk uses. the change takes effect january 1st. >> a lot of people are guilty of that, right? >> especially if you're in a hurry. just push it. >> a little bit less regulation. >>> let's get a check of traffic. >> i want to see drivers turning into the crosswalk before the pedestrian has safely got to the curb, so that's not okay. right now we are tracking a pretty busy ride, pretty busy start for drivers along the east shore freeway. we're still in the green with our travel times. it's a little crowded in that westbound direction on the right side of your screen, just under a 15 minute drive from highway 4 to the bay bridge toll plaza. we

jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> some of them are working 24 hours in one shift. >> brutal. >> they need some rest. >> how about the weather? what's going on here? >> well, i checked where jessica is right now. it looks like winds at least are calm so we didn't see her hair flying around in her live shot so at least that's good news. we have cooler conditions and it's going to continue to drop. so oakville 46 degrees. north winds at 3. sonoma, north winds as well at 3. humidity levels in the mid-60s. not bad for st. helena. 65% humidity. 46 degrees. so cool and moisture in the air and these light wind so it will be calm for the firefighters this morning, i want to show you the santa cruz fire that sandra was live at moments ago. west wind should help things out. when these fires are burning in the valleys and ridges it will cause swirling winds so winds could come in any direction. humidity near there, near boulder creek, is about 14%. so that's very, very dry which of course means there's a lot of dry brush also too for this fire to be able to fuel up so that's not good news. now overall tod

in berkeley, jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> now to the wine country wildfires. this morning, crews are reaching full containment on several of the fires. the nuns fire is out. the tubbs fire is at 99% containment. together, the two fires destroyed nearly 7,000 structures. the atlas fire is also out. the death toll from the fires now stands at 43. we just learned a girl passed away in the hospital sunday night. she and her farmly tried to escape the redwood complex fire three weeks ago. her 14-year-old bother also died in the fire. their parents are recovering in the hospital. >>> this afternoon, california's insurance commissioner is expected to give an update on the loss claims reported from the wildfires. earlier this month, the state showed preliminary insurance claims were over $1 billion. however, a recent moody's report estimated that insured losses will be among the costliest ever recorded. based on that data it could be $4.6 billion or higher. >>> help for the fire victims is coming from as far away as new york city. a benefit concert by a theater compan

kpix 5's jessica flores is live in walnut creek at one of the stores that was hit. jessica. >> reporter: good morning, michelle, this one here on ignacio valley road is one of the stores affected, one of the 56 locations across the nation that had their data breach. now whole food announced the data breach last week, but then this week confirming which stores were affected. now, the company says the hack does not affect people who bought groceries at the store, but instead affects people who went to the whole foods restaurants and tap rooms, now those customers from 56 stores may have had their credit card information compromised. the eight bay area stores affected include cupertino, dublin, mill valley, san francisco location on rhode island street, and the san francisco location in soma, san jose location, santa clara, and this walnut creek location. in a statement whole foods released, it says whole foods market encouraging their customers to monitor their payment card statements and report any unauthorized charges. whole foods is owned by amazon. amazon says purc

kpix 5's jessica flores is live in san jose on why multiple bay area agencies are pushing to find them. jessica. >>> reporter: michelle, we are standing in front of the elan apartments in north san jose where that grisly murder happened last month. now, los angeles sheriff's department already arrested three men in connection with this murder. but san jose police say there's an outstanding two men they are looking for. take a look at the surveillance video of these men described as chinese men the first between 25 and 30 and weighing up to 170 pounds. the second is in his mid to late 30s weighing 250 pounds and was last seen wearing all black in the surveillance images. a collaborative investigation among bay area agencies found that around the time of the shooting last month, a series of armed robberies and sex assaults took place in milpitas, fremont and south san francisco. all crimes took place at working brothels including here at the elan village apartment complex. >> we found out that neighbors had suspicions. they saw men coming and going at all hours of the night. so we are en

reporter jessica flores reports on which schools are welcome to in manning students again. >> reporter: officials said at least nine staff members had their homes damaged in the fire but it's not clear how many students were displaced. doors are open at napa valley unified school and the spirit is stronger than before. >> the smoke was thick and unhealthy. >> reporter: schools were forced to close for two weeks. today, they welcome back 18,000 students and athletic teams resumed games this week. >> we are glad to be home. the air quality was bad. it felt like cabin fever, just going crazy inside. >> they are considering ways to make up for the lost class time. >> we will help with college applications since we missed two weeks. >> they are providing free lunch to anyone who needs it without requiring paperwork and each school will have mental health services to help students cope with the disaster. >> we want them to have time to process. it's been traumatic. >> it's comforting knowing that they came to help us from all over the place. i get so emotional because i'm so happy they were

jessica flores reports from santa rosa. >>> santa rosa city schools will open in phases. the first phase on friday, that's when 13 schools re-open and the second phase on monday. an additional 11 re-open them. right now teachers are in class preparing to welcome back hundreds of students who had to cope with the fire. ash and soot is toxic in schools. 200 workers have been cleaning campuses and replacing over 3,000 air-conditioning filters at 24 schools. one k through second grade school was damaged. the superintendent says at least 80 staff members lost homes in the fire and district officials say 900 students have addresses listed in the burn zones. but it's still unclear exactly how many students have been displaced. the district is also working out how it will make up for three weeks of lost classroom time. but their priority is getting schools back open. >> the immensity of the tragedy is unprecedented. we cannot predict what will occur once everyone gets back into schools because one of the main things is that not everybody is going to come back to school. >> i thin

kpix 5's jessica flores reports from berkeley. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. we're right in front of the dorm where this all happened. early morning sunday just after midnight police have now released surveillance video from the dorm and they are turning to the public for help in identifying the attackers who left a student unconscious and sent that student to the hospital. in this video you can see three men walking through the dorm there and police say that they don't know how these men are -- their identities or how they are connected to the universities if at all. they say it happened just after midnight sunday in the quad area of the dorm here on durant avenue. resident hall unit 3. police say one suspect was in black, another was in red hat, white shirt and bluejeans. a third suspect was in a plaid shirt and white shoes. police emailed students asking them to be on the lookout for the suspects. >> i want to know who he is and why he got attacked, like, who the people were. >> reporter: the victim tells police he does not know any of the suspects. now, we

kpix 5's jessica flores tells us that for many of them, the magnitude of the devastation is just starting to sink in. jessica. >> reporter: we are standing alongside the atlas peak road where the fire raced down the hillside basically consuming everything in its path. you will look all around and see a lot of signs of devastation but today we also found signs of progress and hope. a napa resident is seeing his home and winery for the first time in 10 days. >> this was built way back, you know,. >> everything gone. >> reporter: it's the handful of residents where the atlas fire fire started. today they have permission for just a couple of hours to go home and assess the damage. >> look at all this. you look at all your hard work. what's going through your mind? >> the amount of effort it's going to take to rebuild. >> reporter: and that's the focus all over wine country where there was once flames raging, now workers on the ground cleaning up. as sheriff's deputies open up roads, cal fire is part of the team helping get people back into their homes. >> helping them sift through any of the

kpix 5's jessica flores is live in san jose on why multiple bay area agencies are pushing to find them. jessica. >>> reporter: michelle, we are standing in front of the elan apartments in north san jose where that grisly murder happened last month. now, los angeles sheriff's department already arrested three men in connection with this murder. but san jose police say there's an outstanding two men they are looking for. take a look at the surveillance video of these men described as chinese men the first between 25 and 30 and weighing up to 170 pounds. the second is in his mid to late 30s weighing 250 pounds and was last seen wearing all black in the surveillance images. a collaborative investigation among bay area agencies found that around the time of the shooting last month, a series of armed robberies and sex assaults took place in milpitas, fremont and south san francisco. all crimes took place at working brothels including here at the elan village apartment complex. now, all crimes took place in working brothels including at the elan village apartment complex. >> we found out that

in santa rosa, jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> the tubbs fire is 91% contained. the atlas fire is up to 83% contained. the nuns fire is 80% contained. officials expect to have full containment of the fires burning in sonoma county by tuesday. >>> the trump administration says the president has no plans to travel to wine country to survey the damage firsthand. but he is tweeting about the disaster. responders and fema team. we support you." a live look outside now... skies are looking gray around the bay area... it's cooler, too. and there's rain on the way. neda iranpour is here with a look. neda? king news... >>> skies are gray across the bay area. rain is on the way. >> jackets will be a good idea this afternoon when we get rain. i want to show you live cameras. look at the gray skies. it's not smoke for a change. this be will be welcomed relief. our transamerica camera showing the gray skies over the bay, as well. even in san jose you're getting gray cloudy conditions and our dublin camera here it is also more clouds out there. and the golden gate look at the

kpix 5's jessica flores asked some of the students how they are doing. >> reporter: this is one of 13 schools welcoming back students today after the fire forced santa rosa city schools to close for nearly three weeks. but today isn't about picking up where students left off. it's about pick up the pieces and pushing on. at pinier high school today the lesson plan is more focused on the heart than the mind. about moving forward after disaster. one student writes, moving forward to me is staying calm when i hear sirens. another student writes, it's about helping out. for so many, moving forward is getting used to a new normal. >> it feels kind of [ indiscernible ] [ crying ] it was weird come my aunt's house. >> reporter: leslie's home is one of thousands that burned down in the fire that ripped through santa rosa. she is one of at least 80 students at the high school who lost nearly everything. >> things are going to be different from now on. it's been hard. >> reporter: as doors re-open across santa rosa city schools, counselors will help students cope. the principal says teachers wi

jessica flores reports from levi's stadium. >> reporter: this is the pledge right now that 49ers team management is signing along with eight different unions from across the country calling for more understanding and a safer america. and it all comes about a year after colin kaepernick "took a knee" to protest the national anthem. players eric reid and colin kaepernick one year ago sparking a movement on the field "taking a knee" to protest. but today at levi's stadium, 49ers management striking a different tone joining forces with eight police unions that arrived in town from major cities including new york, los angeles and portland, signing a pledge to improve police community relations. >> it's about mutual respect in coming together. >> reporter: the pledge calls for a ban on bump stocks, used in the las vegas shooting. the 49ers plan to produce psas and given $500,000 to the partnership but in the pledge no word about the national anthem protests. >> it's disrespectful to the military, our nation and law enforcement. >> reporter: here's reid a few weeks ago defending the protest.

kpix 5 reporter jessica flores explains how they are helping thousands of fire victims. >> reporter: at the sonoma county supervisors meeting today, it's not business as usual. but not much in the county is. >> we are not out of the woods. we are still watching the weather. >> reporter: after the deadly fires you have devastated neighborhoods, the focus today is facing a new reality. >> disasters are the great [ indiscernible ] out of catastrophic loss has come a little community of compassion and kindness and unbelievable generosity. we have been tested like never before and we now know what we're made of. >> reporter: the sonoma county sheriff's office had some hopeful news. out of more than 1900 missing persons reports, there are 65 outstanding missing persons and there's a 60-man search team on the cases. >> we are going to target searches for missing people, following up on missing person reports and blanketing neighborhoods with search to clear them from anything dangerous or any recoveries we missed so we can get people back in and do those things. >> reporter: although fires

right now, we have jessica flores live and she was able to make it up to napa, just about one half hour ago, where people are trying to deal with these evacuations. jessica, where are you and what are you seeing? >> reporter: good morning, ann. not a good morning for people out here. really smoky and you can see the fire burning in the distance. we are near the silverado country club that you mention. that place is completely closed down and totally evacuated. we pulled off to a side street where you can see that fire burning and the glow all around, it is overwhelming right now with ash falling on us. it is like snowing out here. firefighters are up against dry and windy conditions and is very difficult to control the flames, at this point. officials are evacuating everyone in the area and we saw a stream of cars leaving napa as thick smoke fills the air. it smells like a fireplace out here in 40 or 50 miles away, in san francisco, you can smell this from there and ash is raining down on us, at this point. the fire started around 10:00 p.m. last night just off atlas peak road, it is th

in san ramon, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> you will have to wait a bit longer to ride on bart's new fleet of the future. the redesigned train cars are now expected to hit the tracks by thanksgiving. bart says it needs more time to work out some technical issues ranging from the system's air- conditioning system to trouble with the friction brakes. the new cars were originally set to debut last month. >>> nasa is giving a hand to the international space station. this morning, two astronauts floated out to the station's robotic arm to install the new latching mechanism. they are replacing the hand that malfunctioned back in august. engineers say it was worn out. this is the first of three spacewalks planned over the next two weeks. >>> coming up next, the move that's about to hit tens of millions of subscribers of netflix. >> take a look at the skies across the city skyline. that's gorgeous! we have clear skies there. golden gate also looking good. but at the beaches, a bit of a marine layer. we'll talk about that coming up. will it be clear enough for fleet week? ez shows. netflix is

jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> residents of journey's end and two other communities until 5 p.m. they will be open to the public sunday. >>> now to the fire watch in the santa cruz mountains. at this hour the bear fire is 40% contained. but kpix 5's mark sayre reports that about 300 structures are still in danger. >> reporter: we are seeing some rain here overnight which should help the firefighting efforts. this fire originally broke out on monday evening so this marks the fourth day of the firefight. it's 320 acres. because this fire has in such dense forest and steep, rugged terrain it's challenging for fire crews. in fact, seven firefighters have been injured and containment lines in some cases are being built away from the actual firelines. there are evacuation centers which are currently open for displaced residents and more than 900 firefighters remain on the fire lines. reporting from the santa cruz mountains, i'm mark sayre, kpix 5. >>> a mess on the roads in san jose this morning. a car hit a pole and knocked it over. this happened near almaden expressway and branham la

jessica flores, kpix5. >> that rebuild process will be a long one. jessica, thank you. >>> santa rosa city schools will reopen in phases. every school in the district was damaged. a team has been cleaning the ruined classrooms for the past week and a half with 11 schools set to reopen friday and another 13 next monday. >>> the time is 6:33. let's look at the cooling weather, but the summer heat is not over with temperatures in the bay area, some cities will reach the high 80s this afternoon. there is a shot of the bay bridge. you just moved recently, how are you enjoying this? >> it feels like summer with a lot of sunshine and not normal for this time of year, absolutely not. this late in october, we always get the dry offshore wind and warmer air but it is really hot today. here's a live look at the camera and we are going to experience uncomfortable conditions, up to 20 degrees above average and today will be the highest day of the week. it's not just hot, but it will be dry with humidity levels expecting to drop. no fog or cloud cover in sight. som

meanwhile, schools in the region reopened today and jessica flores is live in napa with more on that. >>> we are inside napa union high school and hundreds of students will go back to classrooms, going back to school after about two weeks of school closures. every public school in napa county will reopen today. the fire and smoke from the fires forced schools to close for the last few weeks. three -- free meals will be provided all week and district officials said mental health service providers will be on hand to help students affected by the disaster. it didn't damage classrooms but sent a lot of smoke into the classroom buildings and the superintendent, patrick sweeney, said nine staff members lost their homes in the fire. >> our hearts -- our hearts go out to all those affected by the fire. i want to thank our staff. they've done an incredible job to prepare our schools and we will be ready to go on monday, october 23rd. >> reporter: this school also reopened and also, the county of education will reopen today. this is a major sign things are getting back to normal in napa county.

. >> for latest, let's go live to jessica flores live in the city of napa. jessica. >>reporter: hey, good morning. yeah. about 500 firefighters are on the ground here trying to contain this fire. it's now spread to 25,000 acres. that's the number for here at the atlas fire. now, that forced thousands of people to evacuate. just here rat crosswalk community church -- here at crosswalk community church, 350 people were here, it was full. we're still getting numbers on this this morning. a lot of people may have gone to friend or family's home overnight. again, devastating for this community. a lot of people here waking up this morning, trying to figure out if their homes are left standing as this fire grew to 25,000 acres overnight. now, the fire started sunday around 10:00 p.m. we're told that it already had burned several dozen homes and about 5,000 structures are threatened. the loss of life and property still coming to light this morning. we now know two people died in the atlas peak fire. we're told that was an elderly couple who couldn't escape. this is all burni

jessica flores joins us live, with the latest on that fire. here's a photo of the first two fire victims - authorities have identified. authorities have identified. they are 100- year-old charles rippey and his 98- year-old wife sara. their son gave us a sense - of his father's final moments. "we can see by how... no way he would have left. " and in napa county - ambulances were on hand as the largest veterans' home in the united states - was evacuated last night. 900 residents and 400 staff at the california veterans home in yountville were moved - as a precaution. one of those fires is tearing through parts of glen ellen... near the napa- sonoma county border. joe vazquez was there as people grabbed their things and got out... sot: it's a little surreal. 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

kpix5's jessica flores has details. >> reporter: day eight of the wine country fires and tragedy strikes on the front lines, a contractor assigned to drive a water tender died when his tanker rolled over. according to cal fire, he was heading down the steep oakville grade helping fight the nuns fire. >> this says a very, very steep road. oakville grade is known always one of the steepest roads in napa county. i have no confirmation as to exactly what the cause of his driving off the road was. >> reporter: investigators will be looking at all possible causes including fatigue. >> everyone is getting tired. there has been no break for these firefighters since the fires erupted last sunday evening. and so yes, people are getting tired and that is a factor that we are aware of. >> reporter: cal fire says this is the first death among the hundreds of firefighters and contractors working the wine country fires. in napa, i'm jessica flores, kpix5. >>> unpredictable and unhealthy air quality continues to be a problem in the north bay. today that smoke was not as thick in san francisco or the sou

thousands have fled their homes and evacuated and -- kpix5 jessica flores joins us live at one of those shelters. >>reporter: those fast moving flames ripping through 10,000 acres just here in napa alone. that's the atlas fire forcing evacuation for several hundred people. here at the crosswalk community church about 350 evacuees have been here all morning long, just holding onto hope that the fire did not race through their property. i want to give you a live look. you can see volunteers there, but everybody is in the back just lying down trying to sleep, but i can tell you from speaking to these evacuees, nobody has had rest as they worry about their homes. in the atlas fire, we're told 50 structures burned. it's unclear how many injuries are related to this particular fire. we did speak to a gentleman earlier who had his ankle injured. he jumped over his fence as he tried to help his neighbors evacuate. the mayor did declare a state of emergency. evacuations are in place for silverado and sport -- silver raw dough trail area and firefighters continue to look for people in their homes

jessica flores, kpix5. >> jessica, thank you. >>> the time is 5:34. warm day in san francisco yesterday. this morning? >>> still warm out there. if you walk your dog, you won't really need a sweater and that is usually the case. temperatures are on the rise and did not get much relief overnight. here's a clear look at the tower in the bay and it appears to be clear. we are upper 50s for concord and oakland at 65 and san francisco, dropping off to 68 from the 70 degrees it was a few these temperatures are going to stay skyrocketing through this afternoon because the east winds will get stronger and right now, they are 3-5 miles- an-hour. you can see the wind direction coming from the land toward the coast. half moon bay is getting dry wind with temperatures at 4:30, 81 degrees at the beach. northeast winds at nine miles- an-hour. east wind in napa, as well. humidity levels dropping. already, 30% humidity and it is hot and the east wind will cause all these numbers to drop into the 20s and 30s. coming up, we talk about the temperatures and what the high

jessica flores joins us live from santa rosa where a community meeting is planned this evening. jessica? >> reporter: hey, good morning, michelle. we are here at the coffey park area, totally destroyed by the fires. you can see rubble all around. a lot of this is considered hazardous waste. sonoma county wants to get people back into their homes and to help people clean up but they say they don't want anybody doing major removal on their own because sifting through all that debris can release harmful chemicals into the air. now, doing small clean-up like picking up a ring or something out of the debris, that's okay. but the major clean-up, that's the problem. and it could be harmful and also impact residents' ability to get financial assistance from fema. there's federal and state clean- up plans to remove materials from properties like batteries, paint, solvents, flammable liquids, electronic waste, any material that is contain asbestos. >>> it varies from structure to structure and home to home- based on what people had stored. they could have chlorine for pools, compromised du

jessica flores is live in novato where we just heard from a family member. jessica. >> reporter: yeah, michelle. this is heartbreaking news out here for this tight-knit community. we just heard from a family member. we also heard from the san francisco police union about this loss and how they're all mourning this loss right now and in shock. stacee etcheber is the mother of two, wife, daughter, a hairstylist in novato. she loved horses and the outdoors. she was at the concert with her husband, the sfpd officer vinnie etcheber, when the bullets came down on the crowd. the union says officer etcheber rushed to aid shooting victims and told his wife to run to safety. stacee didn't have cell phone or identification with her at the time of the shooting so the family didn't know what happened to her but now confirm she was killed at the concert. moments ago, we did hear from the san francisco police officers association president and stacee's brother-in-law. >> it is with heavy heart that we reporting passing of stacee etcheber. she was a wonderful caring wife, mo

kpix 5's jessica flores reports from berkeley. >>> reporter: police are turning to the public for help. they have released surveillance video showing what they say are the three suspects involved in that crime that left a student unconscious sending him to the hospital. now, the surveillance video comes from the dorm behind me. this is residence unit 3 here. this shows the three young men walking through the dorm here on durant avenue. police say those are the suspects who got into an argument with the victim before beating him unconscious, sending him to the hospital. it happened on midnight in the quad area of the dorm on sunday. one was wearing black, another red hat, white shirt, bluejeans. the third had a plaid shirt and while shoes. police are asking students to be on the lookout for suspects. >> they talked about, like, wow, that's kind of scary. >> reporter: the victim doesn't know the suspects. the victim was released from the hospital. he is doing okay. police are asking the public for help. if you recognize them, call police. reporting live from berkeley i'm jessica flores,

live in napa, i'm jessica flores, kpix5. >> the oakmont fire burning in sonoma county is gaining ground. wpix5 anne mack vick is live in oakmont and tell us firefighters are worried it may merge with an already massive fire. >>reporter: it could merge with the nun's fire to the south. the oakmont fire is relatively small compared to the other fires burning in wine country. it's about 900 acres right now. and it is stubborns have been -- firefighters set up this base camp fighting the fire from the air and the ground. the fire is burning aggressively through hood mountain regional park and while it has been advancing to the in the east, the nun's fire to the south is catching up and town fire says they may soon merge. >> some of the areas we can't put people in. it's just too steep or the terrain is too much or too dense. >> firefighters are working 24 hour shifts on this fire as it spreads across the ridge line. they're trying to protect the homes in these hills. >> we're putting forth every effort we can mustard up to do that -- >> i have a 10-month-old baby. a girlfriend, and two dogs

jessica flores is live in fremont this morning with more on efforts to make the daily commute a little less frustrating. jessica. >> reporter: good morning. alameda county transportation officials will be here at the warm springs b.a.r.t. station all weekend couraging folks to ditch driving solo and instead carpool or use public transit. it's called share your ride week. again, they will be here all weekend couraging folks to do that. they want people to actually download ride share app and schedule a ride. you can use that to basically schedule a carpool or a van pool. in addition, of course, they are asking folks to hop on the bus or use b.a.r.t. instead. the main goal of the campaign is reducing traffic congestion. this is coming just as a new study by the metropolitan transportation commission shows bay area traffic congestion has reached record levels for the fourth straight year. the report found that the average commute was 3 1/2 minutes longer than it was last year and that's a 10% jump from 2015. alameda county transportation officials will be here at warms spring b.a.r.t. sta

kpix 5's jessica flores joining us live now near wooden valley road with the latest on the atlas fireica. >> reporter: the atlas peak fire has moved to solano county. we are not far from solano community college. behind me, you can see this fire continues to grow. this is the home and these are the firefighters looking down on the fire just watching it closely making sure it doesn't creep any closer to this property. the community college is now set up as an evacuation center. as we made our way into the county, we saw several trailers in the parking lot waiting to get home. it's unclear what will happen with this fire. . the wind may shift and cause more evacuations. thousands have been evacuated from napa county. the fire is 26,000 acres. 125 structures burned. 5,000 more structures threatened. more evacuations have been ordered. i'll tell you where you need to be evacuating to as i get my notes. firefighters have evacuated this morning, um -- [ pause ] >> i'm trying to find the exact street for you but i'll get back to that. but at this point the fire has killed two people an elder