it does look like you can use lakeville highway instead. state route 12 is closed between watmaugh road to 121. alexis, abc 7 on twitter, i have a lot more on drive times as well. >>> this morning firefighters are battling nine out of control north bay fires. >> together they have charred more than 105,000 acres. the atlas fire is the biggest at more than 42,000 acres. it is just 3% contained. >> the tubs fire has consumed more than 27,000 acres and is 10% contained. cal fire says more than 29,000 homes, mostly in santa rosa, remain threatened. at least 23 people have been killed in the fires. 13 of the victims tied in the tubbs fire. this video of the fire in napa county. the department has a strike team on the front lines of the 9500-acre wildfire that is just 2% contained. >> this is new video of cal >> this is new video of cal guard soldiers arriving at moffett. >> take a look at the fire in kenwood, a short distance from oakmont neighborhood. firefighters battling huge flames out there. some homes in nearby glen ellyn have already burn

lakeville highway has traffic affected there as well. south of there, an easy drive and morning commute moving well. anywhere south of the area and through the fire areas and closures. back to you. >> thank you very much. we are going to have continuing breaking news coverage of the wildfires burning the north bay after our break. head to www.nbcbayarea.com for updates. we have all the evacuations and closures posted. we'll put them on twitter this morning. follow me. >>> we are back with breaking news coverage of those wildfires in the north bay. here is an updated map of the evacuations from the atlas fire in napa and solano county. this includes the area of green valley, west of green valley road. it includes twin sisters road and the area north of rockville road up to solano county line. that evacuation area is bordered to the east of the soon valley road. >>> napa and solano county residents have four evacuation centers for them. the gym, calistoga fairgrounds, crosswalk community church and the community college in fairfield. there

evacuation centers are in lakeville elementary school and zayante fire station in felton. and there have been reports of looting in evacuation areas. the santa cruz county sheriff's office says one man was arrested for burglary. he tried to get away with $15,000 worth of jewelry and a bike. he was caught. live in boulder creek, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >> are these evacuations expected to extend to other communities? >> reporter: no. and that is the good news. i think a lot of people around the santa cruz mountains have been slightly panicked by what we saw go on in the north bay over the last couple of weeks. firefighters say they have been getting calls from as far away as santa cruz and saratoga about people wondering if the evacuations would spread there. cal fire says it won't spread beyond what you just saw on your screen. those few mountain communities. >> thank you. >>> meanwhile, in wine country, cal fire says they expect to have the tubbs fire, pocket fire, nuns fire and oakmont fire all fully contained by friday. a top priority is the oakmont fire. this is video at

lakeville at 1,500 acres. the news at five starts right now: here. . everything is this is my kids grew up. this is where our friends lived. this is like. >> jessica aguirre live on what's left of the devastatesed coffey park neighborhood in santa rosa. >> in our nbc bay area studio, janelle wang. >> raj mathai. we've been on air since 4:00 process thorng mp we have in our the 14th skeskt hour commercial pree. here is the latest information within the past 30 minutes we have confirmed 10 total deaths related to the fires. here is the breakdown. 7 in sonoma county, two in napa one in mendocino. this is multiple fires in multiple locations. let's show you the largest of the two fires. the tubbs fire in santa rosa and the atlas fire in napa. jeff has been covering the fire map for us. there are smaller fires causing damage near sacramento as well. >> we'll show you the dramatic images coming into the newsroom. this is a patient transport four-door kaiser hospital in santa rosa overnight. 130 patients moved to other hospitals overnight. a hospital in santa

heard about lakeville highway for highway 37 and the big fire that was going on right by the freeway, 101 at bicentennial. that's where thom jenson is. we have closures at hopper and by centennial. the hopper fire jumped over the trees. thom is reporting there. be very careful through the area. chp said if you don't need to go through the area for evacuation, avoid it completely. as far as the big roadways, getting through the fire, we need to let the equipment get through. everything is moving well on the freeways, as long as you abide by the traffic control. sunlight is coming up. if you don't have to travel through the north bay, south of the golden gate bridge is fine. it's up here, napa, sonoma, calistoga, we are looking at the areas with traffic control. avoid these areas if you can today. >> clear the way when you see those trucks coming through. they are going to have a lot of aide headed that way. thank you, mike. let's check in with bob redell right now. we have been showing the pictures from sonoma county. bob is in napa county, an evacuation sent at the crosswalk church. >

lakeville highway northbound lanes are back open. we are hearing that local traffic out of sonoma from 116 trying to get out of that area you can take lakeville highway southbound and then eastbound on 37. this is local traffic only. if you are not in the area don't go here for any reason. we have closures out of napa between napa and sonoma. state route 12 is closed between 121 and old sonoma road due to another fire. we have 128 closed at tubs lane just to the west of the area. 101 is closed between bicentennial and northwest springs in both directions. just want to read a tweet. 101 south starting to move. saw grid lock for about 15 miles. said hundreds of emergency vehi lescle prengsirtno an apoc obviously, we have a ton of help on the way for the north bay fire and police communities. it's just going to be a really long day and avoid the area if you don't have to be on the roads definitely stay off of them. >> thank you. right now coming in brand new this morning the mayor of santa rosa just releasing a statement about the emerg

here's a live look at eastbound 36 at lakeville road and we have had a number of accidents in the last couple of days along this stretch a lot of folks using that as an alternate because they can't use many of the other highways up in the north bay so just be mindful of that and allow yourself some extra time if you are planning on traveling that route. hat's a check of your traffic; over to you. >>> 10 minutes now before 5:00 and we are hearing from a former bay area college student about alleged sexual harassment at the hands of a recently resigned professor. we'll be right back. (dog panting) another 2am stroll, huh? i'm worried. i have this medical bill. dave, you have anthem, and they have people to talk to who are empowered to help answer any question you... (dog grunting, panting) is... is he okay? real people? living and breathing. hopefully not breathing like that. for all the things that keep you up at night, anthem blue cross has a solution. pickup. police say the 46-year-old >>> a san lorenzo father of two died from injuries he got when a suspect ran him over with his own p

looking at the chp log, they're saying that lakeville highway is now closed. they'll force you to go back to highway 101. highway 12 near -- they're saying the trees are on fire. so they had to go ahead and shut it down. same story for highway 12. they have barricades set up. also for those of you traveling 101, 37, portions of 128 as well. be very careful. it is windy. there is lots of debris blowing around. once again, reduced visibility is an issue because of all the smoke blowing over those major highways. >> all right. thank you. as we continue to look at live pictures from santa rosa this morning. yoli, bravely bringing us this shot. she's off of bicentennial. the overpaz other 101 -- overpass over 101. that giant glow is a noble home park that has gone up in flames. to the right of that is kaiser permanente where every now and then when she pans over we can see the parking lot is on fire. a lot of that greenery that flanks the parking lot is on fire. the buildings of kaiser permanente off in the distance with the glow coming from various windows. our ho

where bob was talking, they passed fire on highway 37 near lakeville.hat was the problem and continues to be a bigger issue. folks may be forced south so keep that in mind and avoid the north bay area. napa and sonoma county. back to you. >> thanks, mike. we want to show this video here. this is a house fire near silverado trail in napa. dry creek road near redwood as this fire continues to burn. this is the image we are seeing all morning long as that fire continues to spread. >> stay with nbc bay area. we will be on air for you and also online. www.nbcbayarea.com. we are tweeting the very latest information as well. we'll be right back after this very short break. out of sonoma and napa >>> 5:25 on your monday morning. we are covering breaking news out of sonoma and napa counties where multiple fires in the area have people evacuating, including this video coming from kaiser hospital in santa rosa where they are literally taking patients out of the hospital on gurney's, attached to ivs, in wheelchairs and walkers, moving into cars to get them out of t

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".

alice peak as well. 121 coming down through lakeville. the highway is closed. prepare for traffic control. guys, back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. we are following those new evacuation advisories for napa. also, are you doing the right thing when it comes to strapping in your baby in the car seat? they are impossible. a lot of us are getting it wrong. what you need to know. >>> first, happening now, life shaking in the south bay. a 3.0 earthquake hit gilroy. no reports of injury or damage. >>> the u.s. and canadian family releaseed from the taliban left. they were kidnapped backpacking in afghanistan in 2012. they had their three children in captivity. we'll be back with more news. continuing wildfire coverage this morning the week maybe coming to >>> welcome back. continuing wildfire coverage this morning. the week may be coming to an end but the heart ache in the north bay is just beginning. hundreds of firefighters and fire crews, including inmates are on the front lines trying to contain these fires. many concerned now that the winds are going pick

the lakeville fire off highway 37, it is 70% contained. the ridge fire, indian valley reservoir from earlier is at 75%. so we are catching up and i mentioned the canyon 2 fire in southern california is at 45% contained and that fire has been stopped, and quickly getting resources off. we are making progress. don't let the focus on our priority fires, which are the tubbs, and other fires around napa that you -- what people don't see every day is we are initial attacking many, many new fires that start we put out. the resources are not only fighting the big fires, we are trying to keep every other fire small. so all of this is actively going on, we're having success across the state, it's just been very small and incremental. incremental. >> you are watching ktvu fox news at noon, we have been listening to governor brown and other officials. at the state operations center. in the sacramento area. we've heard the cal oes director talk how catastrophic the event it. it is all hand on deck right now. ight now. [ captioner switch ] >>> all on st

the 37 fire near highway 37 and lakeville highway it has blackened about 2,000 acres, the good news withit is 15% contained. >> and at last check nearly 95,000 pg&e customers are without service in the north bay, more than 20,000 people have been evacuated and are in shelters. >> thank you, jess. as the sun comes up this hour we're hoping to get a closer look at the damage in napa. >> we know dozens of homes were destroyed along the silverado trail and dion lim is there. good morning, dion. >> reporter: good morning to you. it is happening more frequently now as you can see right there emergency response vehicles not to mention residents of the silverado highlands neighborhood are starting to stream in this morning, past the barricade, getting past highway patrol, desperately trying to get to their homes. in fact, i just spoke to a woman who lives just a couple blocks away who lost 40 head of cattle and the rest of her animals are in danger this morning. an officer on the scene tells me he does not recommend driving down these roads near the napa area of that silverado country club becau

lakeville highway is open.e did have a little bit of a backup earlier this morning and that has started to thin out. state route 12 is also closed from watmaugh road to state route 121. the south bay, you're looking okay so far this morning. here's 101 and 880 starting to fill in, but no major trouble spots for you so far today. >>> the bay area sports teams >>> the bay area sports teams unite t ♪ with the alaska airlines visa signature card you get a companion ticket every year. so why not take someone that you see all the time. someone like, i dunno, me? i mean i always spell your name right and put a little unicorn in your foam. no pressure but i really need to get out of here. they've been playing the same playlist for three months and i'm pretty sure you're not supposed to eat scones for dinner this many days in a row. mexico, hawaii, costa rica, i don't really know. i'm a quick packer. ♪ the energy conscious whopeople among usle? say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here.

the 37th fire is burning in sonoma county near lakeville highway, it has blackened about 2,000 acresnd that one is 15% contained. and at last check nearly 95,000 pg&e customers are without service in the north bay right now, more than 20,000 people have been evacuated. the numbers are staggering. >>> entire neighborhoods are leveled. we know dozens of homes were destroyed along the silverado trail in napa. >> that is where we find dion lim. >> reporter: good morning. yesterday i referred to it as an all hands on deck situation in santa rosa, that is certainly the case here in napa as well. as you can see behind me we have emergency cruisers, highway patrol, flashing lights and blocking the roadways because we have so many downed power lines and low hanging lines and because these are emergency response vehicles from all over the north bay, they, too, are learning the situation as they go along, just like we are. however, yesterday we were able to access that area of the silverado country club where hot spots were burning, but we were told that dedicated crews are not going to those h

an unrelated fire was coming up lakeville but the lakeville volunteer fire department did an amazinged and we know people. we are all coming together. >> it's weird, it's a city, you are not in the wilds where there are wild fires, you are in planned neighborhood vems and is weird to see those types of placing going up in flames. >> we are a town of 60,000 people. we are not huge but we are not small. santa rosa is 170,000 people. it's the suburbs. >> we are not used to seeing that, but obviously you are ready with emergency services, it's something that you practiced for. petaluma coming to the aid of santa rosa. we talked to a pastor from the new life christian fellowship church. they have room for 100 people. also we just got an e-mail from the community center that they can take 40 people. >> also thank you so much, we appreciate you join us this morning. >>> thank you. >>> here are some numbers that you need to be aware of. if you want to donate to the red cross, what they need most is the monetary donations. they know what to purchase with the money, go to redcross.org p click

closures for 12, 128, lakeville highway. what is open, highway 101 through santa rosa.bridge, the bay bridge metering lights are on. the rest of the bay builds. back to you. >> thank you very much. we continue to follow breaking news, the devastating north bay fires. one school lost one of its classrooms. anser hassan has the latest for us. >> reporter: yeah, laura, school officials say 50% of the buildings on campus have been destroyed like this one, the portable. the roof all but collapsing. this is the hallway. then there's this, classrooms completely destroyed. amid the debris, if you look close enough, hot spots still burning. the challenge will be where the students will finish out the rest of the school year. as of now, classes have been canceled for the rest of the week. anser hassan, back to you. >> they have set up a gofundme page for that school. another local update in half hour. hope to see you then. ♪ so we created the only bed that adjusts on both sides to 9 out of 10 couples prefer a different mattress firmness, your ideal comfort, your sleep number sett

now is earning up lakeville. i'm not sure how things are out there. we will stay here and help.>> reporter: unable to do anything to stop the raging fires, locals focus on whatever they can do to help each other. the petaluma shelter is housing those forced to flee from the fire. it's now known as the tubbs buyer which is charred more than 20,000 acres.>> it is so heartbreaking and devastating. there is nothing you can do about it. all you can do is help.>> reporter: people have stepped up to lend a helping hand dropping off necessities. this family are the few of the grateful. >> it is incredible and surprising, is the first time we've been through an experience like this.>> reporter: you can see here, car after car bring in help. there's always a need for more volunteers to help. >> it is in my nature, i worked up -- woke up at four clock a.m. and i started thing about what everybody needed. i said asking our community, i asked neighbors and kept filling up the car and calling businesses here in petaluma. everybody that i asked gave us what we neede

northbound lakeville has partially reopened.reas that you want to stay away from because the traffic is so heavy. look at this. those people are on their way to work and some are evacuating. right at the 1/16 what -- 116 split, it is a parking lot. the freeway is closed from steel lane all the way over to mark west springs. highway 12 is also close. we're getting words of power outages, downed trees and power lines. be careful as you drive and of that weight golden gate transit is not servicing the city of santa rosa. there is no service for the smart train or light rare -- rail as well. >> this is a 20 mile area with about 15 different mild dust fires burning. countless buildings as you can see businesses, homes, hotels, they have all gone up in flames.>>ñr mark danon is not onset with us. he has evacuated his home.>> we're waiting to see if we have to evacuate again. right now it is about two miles away. there are so many buyers. there are three fires i can see here -- fires. there are so many fires i can see here. there is so

lakeville highway up here. down here, at the bottom of the screen is where the closure is off highway 37. the entire stretch is closed because of smoke and fire. trees down and power lines, signals out specifically in ruthersburg. it would be the case in many spots around the fire. sky ranger shows how widespread those fires are. calistoga has a closure for 128. closures on highway 101 through santa rosa. between springs and bicentennial where thom jensen is out there with other fires in the area. the fingers of fire through the area. south of here, the full closure of highway 37. along 101, the smart train is not running this morning and golden gate transit said no buses are going in or out. they don't know what roads are going to be open and they want to reduce the traffic for emergency vehicles to do their job as well. i have friends with kids at sonoma state. they had nonmandatory evacuations but they have been advised as far as it has dorms go. we are looking to the traffic flowing over into the area and r

off highway 37 and lakeville highway in sonoma county is 2-thousand acres. ( james ) and the fires in napa destroying a pump station and now the city wants people in certain areas to boil their water this morning. those areas include hagen road... woodland drive... syar drive... holly court... and old coach road. city officials say you should not drink the water without boiling it first. ( darya ) and there is also a boil water notice for the fountaingrove area in santa rosa. people in the area are being told to bring all water to a boil before water to a boil before drinking it. ( james ) and here is a before and after picture of the damage caused by the fire in napa. a neighborhood completely destroyed. ( darya ) ( james ) lets check the weather with dave spahr. (dave)seasonable weather on tuesday, then a dry cool front passes through tuesday night into wednesday. this will bring another spike of north winds by wednesday morning but not nearly as strong as the sunday night event. after the midweek trough moves through the trend should be for gradual warming and drying no major hot s