a large swath of neighborhoods in san mateo county as well. santa cruz fairgrounds is in an evacuation center along with the pescadero high school in id fighting this fire the fires ac street, but with this particular five there is such heavy smoke that they can't get their aircraft in to drop smoke retardant on the flames yet. they also mentioned that firefighters because resources are thin, firefighters will have to work double shifts on the fire lines. >>> we want to go live north of vacaville. a house is on fire. here is a live picture. look at the middle of your screen. this is north of vacaville with a house burning from the lightning complex fires. you are seeing this burning house on english hills road halfway between vacaville and winters. it is very intense. we don't know if anyone is inside. again, these are live pictures we wanted to to bring this to you. our cameras are trying to be as many places as possible. and there is more breaking news and the north bay, destructive wildfires picked this video from earl this morning of the h

un incendio que ha consumido mÁs de ochenta y cinco mil acres miguel gÓmez es el compaÑero de san mateotoda la informaciÓn. y otro incendio que afecta ese voy el con pagos de santa cruz, pero primero nos vamos hasta el Área de mapa ya se encuentra en vivo julio, poletti para que nos habla del incendio que estÁ devorando miles de acres al norte de la bahÍa, julio, adelante, cuÁl es tu reporte escuchamos. >> muy buenas tardes. ramo me encuentro acÁ fuera de la iglesia cada sumÓ a esto en la ciudad de napa, esta iglesia que ven acÁ, es aca, sido designada como el centro de evacuaciÓn, como ya que mencionaste al menos mil novecientos hogares del condado de napa fueron evacuados por las llamas de este voraz incendio, esta iglesia estÁ >> a brito son momentos muy difÍciles. mÁs de 10,000 acres quemados y mÁs de 50 residencias que han sido quemadas y otras 50 impactadas por los incendios. >> segÚn el departamento de protecciÓn de incendios de california, se cree que la causa de los incendios fue la tormenta elÉctrica de este fin de semana que llevÓ al despliegue de cientos de bomberos. impecab

va desde el condado de san mateo hasta santa cruz. estÁn en alerta napa, sonoma y solano.alameda, san joaquÍn y estanislaos. el Área de la bahÍa es uno de los mÁs contaminados del planeta. el olor del humo es intenso. se extendiÓ una alerta por la mala calidad del aire hasta el prÓximo viernes. pese a la mala calidad del aire, los trabajadores del campo siguen trabajando y preso diferentes organizaciones unieron fuerzas para darles una mano. el rep ortega lo tiene marÍa antonieta mejÍas. marÍa: un evento logrÓ reunir fondos y artÍculos escolares para llevarlos a hijos de campesinos en salinas. eso se habÍan sido acertados por la pandemia y los incendios vinieron a complicarles mÁs en la vida un todo activista jÓvenes no se quedaron cruzados de brazos y se lanzaron a travÉs de las redes sociales a recaudar fondos, artÍculos escolares y mascarillas para llevar a hijos de campesinos. >> la mayorÍa es que a ellos les importa mÁs la educaciÓn de sus niÑos. reportera: ella tambiÉn liderÓ la colecta y dijo sentirse feliz de poder ayudar. >> salimos de a lo alto a salinas con las

according to the san mateo county excuse me at san mateo police. thomas was allegedly involved in similar crimes in foster city and she has now been booked into the san mateo jail. so where you can deliver a legal marijuana in california is a question and it's at the issue of a court fight between the state and some of its own cities. beverly hills, santa cruz county and 23 other local governments are asking a fresno superior court to in validate a state rule that allows home marijuana deliveries state lied lot wide even into communities that banned commercial pot sales. the next hearing in this potentially landmark case has been scheduled for november. let's take a live look outside right now of the golden gate bridge there we go very foggy in the shot here. well that fog stick around for the weekend, let's find out from our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow who has our 4 zone friday forecast, yeah, happy friday get ready for the weekend 2 years a beautiful look out. >>toward half moon bay, right now hey the clouds kind of broken out there and t

it prompted the evacuation of 22,000 people in santa cruz and san mateo county. the fire has burned 10,000 acres. cal fire confirms that structures, like homes have been destroyed but they do not know how many. >> the train that we are fighting the fire in his steep and difficult, the sheer lack of resources available due to statewide activity has hampered our efforts significantly. >>> the latest evacuation order was issued at 5:20 am this morning, including pine road. other evacuation orders include homes along empire road from felton, pine flat road, and bonnie down, they should all evacuate immediately, this encompasses 22,000 people and santa cruz, and san mateo county in the neighborhoods and san mateo county, last night that had to evacuate including the neighborhoods of south skyline boulevard. redwood state park, the community hearts area, middleton track area, and there were also two firefighters who were injured yesterday fighting the fire. the santa cruz county fairgrounds have been set up as an evacuation center. california fire firefighters warned t

there has been a lot of back and forth in san mateo county.what to expect but now the reopening rollback is official. the new restrictions of the county went into effect at midnight. the following businesses have to close or their operations have to move outside. that includes places of worship, gems, nail and hair salons, nonessential offices and tattoo and piercing shops. although tattoo shops cannot operate outside so their only option is to shut down. san mateo county was the last bay area county to land on california's coronavirus watchlist. according to the california department of public health, the county has seen more than 1000 new cases and five deaths in the last 14 days. there has also been a 22% increase in icu admissions in the county in that same time period. we spoke to a gym and owner in san mateo about the changes she has to make to adapt to outdoor workouts. >> i thought that it was maybe imminent that we would be closing and i wanted to be prepared and because of the parking lot we are using is a little bit away from her st

on the peninsula, 58 in san mateo. san francisco waking up to 56 degrees. seeing some of those mid to upper 50s as we head to the south bay. morgan hill 57. this is a look at stormtracker to. the mind -- as we zoom out, we see the bigger picture but the low pressure system is bringing us cooler temperatures. it is sitting off the coast and starting to move away. that means we will have the implements of high pressure building in. that will translate to warmer temperatures. in futurecast, you can watch the marine layer move away and in the afternoon we see some oranges and reds creep in. we will see 90s in the east bay. a pretty nice saturday as we warm up. near the coast, mid to upper 60s. mid-70s to 80s and in lang, places like concord, livermore, in the 90s. we will talk about your extended forecast when i come back in just a bit. >>> coming up, the governor has released guidelines that will allow colleges and universities to reopen this fall. the requirements they will need to follow to allow students back on campus. >>> president trump taking aim at con

san mateo county supervisor david canepa plans to introduce a bill on tuesday . if approved san mateo county would join contra costa and marin county for enacting fines. supervisor canepa knows that he will hear a lot of people complaining about how a mask takes away freedom. >> your freedom is killing people. your freedom of not wearing the mask and not social distancing and going to these large parties and gatherings, you are killing people. >> over the weekend san mateo county had to shut down indoor operations for malls, churches, spas and hair and nail salons. many business owners were frustrated after spending thousands of dollars on safety equipment and then they have to scramble now to figure out how to move their operations outdoors. the governor has another live covid update today at noon and we will carry it live on channel 5 and also stream alive on the web at kpix.com. we're live in redwood city, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> demands for action at san quentin prison as another inmate is confirmed to have died while being treated. 48-year-old orlando romero wa

van de santa cruz hasta el norte, en el condado de san mateo. la preparatoria del condado de santa cruz. se habilitaron los terrenos de la feria para albergar a los desplazados. para conocer la lista de las zonas evacuadas, lo invito a que descargue nuestra aplicaciÓn gratuita, es univisiÓn Área de con el sudor en la frente y las sonrisas escondidas. los lentes empañados y las miradas dedicadas. un pedacito de tela demuestra que los demás te importan. por favor, usa mascarilla. cumplamos con nuestra parte para reducir la propagación. paola: las pruebas atmosfÉricas en el norte de california indican que los recientes de la bahÍa estamos respirando uno de los aires mÁs contaminados del planeta. entre las regiones con la calidad del aire en niveles peligrosos o poco saludables estÁn san francisco, oakland, red bull city, santa cruz y salinas. al sur del Área de la bahÍa, en salinas, estÁ tayana garcÍa, quien nos va a hablar sobre lasriesgosas condiciones en las que trabajan las personas del campo. tayana: buenas tardes, paola. asÍ es, nos trasladam

they burned down homes in san mateo and san mateo santa cruz counties and on the right you can see the damage from the l a new lightning complex fire which has forced thousands of people to evacuate in the north bay. good morning. everybody, thank you so much for joining us on the kron 4 morning news on marty gonzales and i'm robin winston let's begin with a look at where the fires are burning across the bay area right now we have a map for you there it is on your screen. >>at the top of the baftas the elling you lightning complex fire which is the largest since eyes burning more than 347,000 acres in total. >>and then we have the scu lightning complex that's in the east bay that has scorched nearly 300 and 44,000 acres in contra costa. alameda santa clara status, la and san joaquin counties and then at the bottom of the map is the c z you august lightning complex fire that's in san mateo and

the san mateo bridge. you can clearly see no problems in either direction. usually it takes about 40 minutes to cross that spanned maybe you want to slow it down just a little bit because with all that real estate like dave was talking about the biggest problem right now might be a speeding ticket so take it easy out there. in the south bay, not wearing a face covering or keeping your distance from others is going to cost you some big bucks. the board of supervisors they passed a new ordinance in santa clara county that calls for fines of up to $500 for people not following health guidelines while in public. the action comes amid thousands of complaints about noncompliance with health orders, growing evidence violations are actually contributing to the spike in new cases and covid deaths. republican assemblyman kevin kiley is demanding further investigation into the technical problem that in accurately reported covid-19 data for at least a week. he sent this letter to speaker anthony rendon requesting an oversight hearing kylie says there needs to be a legis

mateo.onferencia de prensa donde se dieron detalles sobre el incendio czu. tambiÉn pudo hablar con personas afectadas. marÍa: el incendio que afecta a los condados de santa cruz y san mateo creciÓde un dÍa para otro de manera desmesurada. >> ha crecido mucho, lo estamos llamando czu, porque es un incendio que comenzÓ con pequeÑos incendios desde el domingo. creciÓ y se conectó entre sÍ, ahora estamos lidiando con un incendio monstruoso. en una conferencia de prensa esta tarde, dieron a conocer las cifras mÁs recientes que reflejan el avance imparable del siniestro. el incendio cerca de las 6:00 de la tarde era de 48,000 acres. se incrementÓ 8000, las contenciones de 0%. tenemos actualmente 20,952 estructuras amenazadas por el incendio. podemos confirmar que 50 estructuras han sido destruidas. algunos recientes santa cruz estaban a la expectativa del avance del incendio, el cual se obligÓ a evacuar en la zona de las montaÑas de santa cruz. posiblemente, se tendrÁn que ir a otro sitio por la e

and you know all the way up to san gregorio into san mateo county. that's all an evacuation area up in the mountains of santa cruz county. and then the biggest fire in acreage. the scu fire this is burning east of san jose and up around mount hamilton all the way over to san joaquin county you can see this yellow an evacuation warning area just east of highway one o one running through coyote valley down toward anderson lake and then you get up even toward milpitas in fremont here we go into another area where this is an evacuation warning area, no evacuation yet in this part of fremont but you're right on the edge of it all the way up into the livermore valley look at this evacuation warning just south of the city of livermore so just to give you an idea that even though this is burning in mostly remote parts of the bay area. there are still plenty of houses in these areas and the fires are burning very close to very heavily populated areas to talk about san jose. biggest city in the bay area with about a million people justine. >>thank you so much

precisamente para evitar mÁs contagios de coronavirus funcionarios del condado de san mateo.uenas tardes. las autorÍa de san mateoquieren que la gente y los negociosutilicen su mascarilla al salir de la casa. y no lo hacen, enfrentarÁn una multa. una propuesta para multar a personas y negocios que noutilicen la mascarilla fue aprobada por los supervisores de san mateo. nadie deberÍa ir a la cÁrcel por no utilizar mascarilla. lo que vamos hacer es asegurarnos de salvar vidas a travÉs de esta legislaciÓn. haremos que la gente pague las consecuencias. la propuesta presentada por el supervisor para que la gente y los negocio que no utilicen las mascarillas, enfrente multas que pueden ir de 100 $ hasta 500 $ para individuos y, de 250 $ a 3000 $ para negocios que no cumplan con las restricciones impuestas. >> estamos enfocados en que la gente cumpla de manera voluntaria. como hemos visto el nÚmero de infecciones en aumento en san mateo,Éste este es un recordatorio que tenemos que hacer para protegernoslos unos a los otros. la semana pasada el condado de san mateo fue puesto en la l

and as well as san mateo. that will change as the seabreeze begins to push the plumes to the south and east. so as we look at the wind gusts throughout the day today, you can see along the coast, quite gusty, but at about 2:00, that breeze continues to flow across the bay, it strengthens, so by about 5:00, 6:00, we'll get strong winds around the fires. and that could make things a little erratic and spread the fires further. so as we go in to the rest of the day, the fog pulls back from the marin county coast, high clouds are with us throughout the afternoon. and 87 san jose, 83 in redwood city, about 75 downtown. and 92 sonoma, spare the air alert with 80 in oakland, pittsbur pittsburg. and little change of our air quality through the weekend and maybe rain by monday. and we're continuing to look at that warm weather pattern into next week. >>> happening today, full house store lori loughlin and her husband will be sentenced for their roles in the college admissions scandal. they are accused of paying half a

live look in san mateo county, fire spreading into santa cruz county. we'll send it to lester holt in a minute, then we'll be back at 6:00 with the update. >>> tonight, history in the making at the democratic national convention, kamala harris set to become the first woman of color to accept a major party's vice presidential nomination how she'll make the case for herself and joe biden. plus, barack obama, the first look at his message tonight. and hillary clinton back to take new aim at her old foe president trump. >>> state of emergency over 30 wildfires raging in california tens of thousands evacuated, dozens of homes destroyed, extreme heat supercharging the flames. >>> the coronavirus at colleges, a larming images, students evicted after this

sonoma lake and yolo counties the czu august lightning complex fires burning in the mountains in san mateo and santa cruz counties destroying homes and forcing thousands of people to evacuate their. finally the scu lightning complex it's burned 360,000 acres in contra costa alameda and stannis last counties we have team coverage tonight on all 3 complexes kron four's noelle bellow. >>taylor bisacky and and dorner all live with the latest on the fires and the damage the evacuations. >>and our meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez is in the weather center tonight tracking. the weather conditions go first to know well with the latest on firefighting efforts in napa county noel. >>that's right grant and katharine you know while there are still several evacuations in evacuation orders in place several or downgraded to warnings today which i know was a welcomed a piece of news for a lot of folks living off of monticello road which is also known as highway one 21 that's where i'm standing here at the napa fire department if i go east down one 21 that's where several different communities were able to f

good evening just in san mateo county's health officer is apologizing to businesses that he was forced to close a week ago because this county went on the state's a watch list actually the last county of the 9 to go on the watch list. he is saying that this one size fits all approach by the state to determine if you get on and how you come off is not working especially for this county. since last saturday gyms fitness centers and hair salons have been shut down in san mateo county after the county was put on the states watch list i feel like we keep getting mixed messages and we're sending our members mixed messages. >>one minute we're able to open so we're paying for it and then the next minute we're not now in a statement, san mateo county's health officer is apologizing to businesses that were closed. >>saying he doesn't support the action and says the state's one size fits all decision-making process is fundamentally flawed. >>treatment they think applied based on our data is incorrect barroso san mateo county is in a relatively stable state in regards to the spread of the coronavi

in parts of the east and south bay or 35% contained the czu august lightning complex fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties are now 24% contained and then of course the l in new lightning complex fires in the north bay or 35% contained. well here's the latest on the l in new lightning complex fires, burning and 5 north bay counties. it has burned nearly 370,000 acres and is 35% contained this morning, 5 people have died. 4 others hurt. and the fire destroyed over 1000 structures and threatened more than 30,000 others. and also in the north bay as more people return home in solano county emotions will likely run high for the coming days. >>the county sheriff's office says that of the roughly 1000 homes in the affected burn area about a 150 are safe enough to allow reentry. some residents tell us that they fear their home home was completely gone only to learn later through a firefighter that that was not the case. >>and in the same week not everything was only all cried remember van and we're hearing all of that because houses was like wow that's great. i can imagine a deep sigh of r

>>the czu lightning complex fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties. that's grown to more than 78,000 acres containment 13%. more than 25,000 structures are threatened 276 have been destroyed and the woodward fire in marine county, this has grown to nearly 2500 acres it is only about 5% contained tonight about an hour ago a mandatory evacuation order was issued for silver hills road. fox drive in or in way that's south of inverness park. >>now we have chance to learn some more about how each of these fires is spreading tonight. >>and cal fire's christine mcmorrow is on the phone right now. christine welcome. thank you where are we seeing some real progress we're hearing that things were better today. >>things were better today. we are very encouraged by last night the weather that we didn't get a number of lightning strikes that we had been anticipating. we were encouraged that the red flag warning for much of the valley with listed the marine layer coming for the czu complex fire area with very encouraging. so the weather really helped us out a lot to

that may be the edict for san mateo county.the board will meet to consider an emergency ordinance for individuals who violate the state's public health orders. how would san mateo county implement the fines? luz pena has answers. >> reporter: it hasn't even been 24 hours since mateo county businesses were mandated to close. we'll fine you if you're not wearing a mask. >> this solution around fines, it brings attention, but the second thing it does, it saves lives. >> the emergency ordinary nens opposed by a supervisor, a written warning first. if a person does not comply, there will be a $100 fine for the first violation, $200 for the second. and $500 for the additional violations. >> right now, it's a misdemeanor, you could do 90 days in jail and the fines at $1,000. what we're trying to do is take it out of superior court, out of criminal court. and bring it into civil court. >> with 5683 covid 19 cases and 119 deaths. this bay area county was the last to join the watch list, they're hoping these changes will help them reopen

let's move over to san mateo county.there is a continuing closure on highway one between pescadero down to santa cruz. pescadero creek road is also affected. highway nine is completely shut down both directions from 35 to bear creek road. the traffic alert is still in effect. we will continue to keep you updated. back to you. >>> coming up in sports, the oakland a's in the middle of a two game losing streak but they had their savior on the mound last night. >>> why a big league broadcaster had to apologize it's game day live, here at bill and julie's house. a fan-favorite venue, xfdelivet, reli intert ever since they got with speeds up to a gig. learn more, or get started with xfinity internet for $24.99 a month for 12 months. plus, switch to xfinity mobile and for a limited time get $400 off an eligible samsung galaxy 5g phone. click, call or visit a store today. 4:53. we have a "spare the air" alert and that will continue all the way through the weekend with our smoky and hazy skies. unhealthy air quality for the bay a

>>good morning, no changes for san mateo county. but we do want to say thank you to everybody who donated the diapers baby formula and school supplies at the san mateo event center. for those of you who are interested in helping out in other ways you can also make financial donations to plant a in pescadero as well as the red cross. we also want to say how grateful we are for all the support that we're seeing from the community whether it's online messages or a couple restaurants have donated including alice's restaurant up on skyline and 84. it's just incredibly motivating our first responders and support staff see these messages and these comments we've seen signs as well out in the community and we can't tell you how much it means to us right now so thank you very much for all that support and gratitude it's heard and felt. >>speaking next on behalf of all of the agencies and unified commanders cal-fire incident management team 3 i see billy c. a good morning. >>was we had great success on the line. we are clean air able to fly o

if approved san mateo county would join contra costa and marin counties. the supervisor knows he will hear from people talking about how they are not getting freedom by being forced to wear masks. >> your freedom is killing people. your freedom of not wearing the mask, not socially distancing and going to these large parties and gatherings, you are killing people. >> reporter: over the weekend, san mateo county had to shut down indoor operations for malls, churches, spas and hair and nail salons. many business owners were frustrated after sending thousands of dollars on safety equipment as gambling to figure how to move operations outdoors. the governor has another live covid update today again at noon. we are live in san mateo county, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> demands for action at san quentin prison as another inmate dies while being treated for covid-19. according to state prison officials 48-year-old orlando romero was pronounced dead at a hospital yesterday. he was sentenced to death in 1996 for first-degree murder. he becomes the 11th death row inmate to

>>san mateo police arrested 27 year-old all 100 than a gust with barra on tuesday.olice say he raped and beat a woman in her 60's unconscious last week. >>well she was waiting at this bus stop near 9th avenue in south el camino real police say the surveillance images from nearby neighbors in businesses downtown helped identify with laura has this investigation unfolded, i'm knocking on doors, the community pride in providing. >>video evidence led to a location where we did recover the sweater out of a garbage can. we recovered the bike at the scene police say way barra is a transit with ties to redwood city but they also found and arrested him on tuesday all right, i'm surprised if we didn't hear anything about it before this but that's really shocking and i mean by that. >>whether it >>and the faa released a couple blocks away from where the attack happened like many others she walks this route often and says an attack like this is rare for this neighborhood they live just next to the park here. >>and obviously assume it's a pretty safe neighborhood and never heard

. -- son napa y tambiÉn san mateo. para mÁs detalles saludo a suheily lÓpez belÉn con el tiempo.adelante. suheily: las cÁlidas temperaturas son un factor importante en los incendios del Área de la bahÍa. en concord 106 grados dejando atrÁs el rÉcord de calor de los 1018. los vientos tambiÉn han sido un factor para estos siniestros. el viento fluye del noroeste. la calidad del aire se estÁ afectando en el sur de la bahÍa. algo muy importante es que cuando estÁn activos estas nuevas chispas caen en otros lugares y ayuda a que incendio gane cobertura. si ven la regiÓn donde se emitió una orden de evacuaciÓn ponga su seguridad en primer lugar .: paola: el gobernador declarÓ estado de emergencia en todo el estado. asÍ se asegura de desplegar todos los recursos disponibles mientras los bomberos luchan contra los incendios forestales. la serie de tormentas elÉctricas han desatado incendios. carla farÍas nos cuenta mÁs. >> asÍ es. me trasladÉ a una zona afectada por estos incendios y durante la noche comunidades de san mateo y santa cruz recibieron Órdenes de evacuaciÓn. mÚltiples incend

this is a group of fires in san mateo county. this is southern san mateo county near skyline boulevard and pescadero. these fires sparked by lightning believed to be early sunday morning. so far flames have burned over 1,000 acres and mandatory evacuations ordered for the butano state park area and barranca knolls community, and warnings now upgraded to mandatory evacuation orders for the communities of dearborn park and loma mar. you can see it's generating a lot of smoke. you can see it along the peninsula, the south bay. you can download our free nbc bay area app to get the latest alerts on these fires and the evacuation orders. it will be sent straight to your smartphone. >>> and another hot day of crippling heat, excessive heat. not good for firefighters. let's get a check of our forecast with rob mayeda. >> yeah. those wildfires creating significant air quality issues downwind. the fire burning up in the santa cruz areas. we'll take the radar and we've readjusted the coloring here away from the rainbow colors associated wit

thank you. >> this is from the san mateo sheriff's office. >> four san mateo county we have upgraded the previous warning areas to mandatory evacuation order areas. this includes pescadero beach. this is also including the red barn area. this includes langley hill. we are working with our partners to do hard closures at highway 84 and highway 1. this includes highway 35. we are looking at 3600 people that we are evacuating. we are asking everyone to go to the high school for the majority of the evacuations. large animals are welcome to go there. if anyone is able we are asking them to go to a new evacuation site at san mateo event center. we are working with the human services agency, red cross and a local nonprofit. the main thing we want to reiterate is that we have deputies in the area providing security and assisting with the evacuations. we want to make sure you are informed so we can protect you. you can find this information to the san mateo county social media platform and the sheriff office platform. >> speaking next, from the incident management team is the incident command

that means there's 47,000 people that aren't working in san mateo county. >> reporter: dr. morrow says he agrees with indoor bar and restaurant closures, but says there's no data showing that transmission rates are higher in locations like barbershops and salons compared to other open businesses. those in the industry are livid. >> it's been our industry, to be shut down again. >> basically financially the beauty industry is being crippled right now. >> reporter: j.r. stone, "abc7 news." >>> there are several major coronavirus headlines tonight. four california counties are reporting urgent staffing and ppe needs. the state is asking to extend the deployment of u.s. medical personnel to augment staff at eight hospitals in the state. >>> exactly how many covid-19 cases there are in california tonight is unclear. the state reported a little more than 5,000 new cases yesterday. but those numbers are well below average because of an ongoing statewide computer glitch. in the bay area, the count of positive cases has increased by 878 for a total of more than 59,000. some counties

nbc skyranger over san mateo county. this is near skyline boulevard where a large brush fire is growing in size. mandatory evacuations just ordered for the 1,000 acres. you can see it's generating a lot of smoke. we're going to have another update. >>> and we'll talk more about who is seeing the worst of that wildfire smoke and how much longer this excessive heat warning, which is helping to fuel the energy for a lot of these fires, how long is that going to stick around and around the bay area? we'll have a look when we come right back. >>> when we welcome our west coast viewers, ahead ha for us, the postmaster general promises to halt postal cutbacks until after the election. why democrats say it's not enough, and will it be safe to vote in-person this november? what experts say you should know about that on "nbc nightly news." >>> okay. we have multiple fires raging out of control in the bay area right now. one of the largest and most concerning is this one burning in san mateo county. you can see it is burning from s

unidad de comando acá se equipan para salir a combatir las llamas que afectan preferente condado san mateoy clara. >> las llamas harden en la región. el incendio ha consumido 63 mil acres en santa cruz y san mateo más de 24 mil viviendas en riesgo, dos bomberos han resultado heridos. las familias se preparan para lo peor. >> tenemos que estar preparados para orden de evacuación. ahorita todo puede cambiar. >>el scu afecta santa clara

this is where the san mateo and santa cruise counties meet. here's a live look at the cal fire command center. firefighters there say that the staffing stretched thin and they don't expect any reinforcement at this time. two evacuation centers, within at pescadero high school, the other at santa cruz county fairgrounds. >>> so here's a look at the fires that are burning in the bay area this morning. fires are still raging in brentwood and sunol, as well, with little containment. there's a state of emergency as some 30 fires are nowld be nice from the heat and of course no more lightning storms but kari's monitoring the forecast very closely. >> yeah. we do have some very dry air and triple digit temperatures and a lot of smoke as the temperatures come down to the low 90s. we do still have more heat in the forecast and some mid-70s for today and then some low 70s by the end of the weekend. download the nbc bay area app. any wildfires forcing the evacuations you want to make sure that you have that app so that you get that information. mike, als

san mateo county sheriff supports the idea. san mateo county was the last bay area county to be added to the watchlist for a rising number covid-19 cases in the past two weeks. businesses in the county like hair salons and restaurants have had to shut down indoor operations and offer outdoor services only. the board of supervisors will consider the ordinance at its meeting coming up at 9:00 this morning. reporting live, allie rasmus as. >>> city leaders in piedmont are looking into ways to enforce public health orders. the city has already closed two athletic fields after people continued to play group sports despite repeated warnings by city staff. the police chief said he is in support of the city giving civil infractions in addition to criminal. >> it was unusual, but occurring instances where somebody despite the fact they had been warned, educated, still continued to not want to adhere to provisions. >> the chief said criminal fines are issued by police while civil fines can be issued by city workers. >>> in los angeles, a

paola: el incendio cuyas llamas grandes de el condado de san mateo hasta el condado de santa cruz ha00 acres de vegetaciÓn, los bomberos siguen batallando contra este siniestro. se realizÓ una conferencia de prensa sobre ese incendio, donde se dieron detalles de lo que estÁ dejando a su paso este siniestro. nuestra reportera tiene el reporte. reportera: los alrededores se veÍan grises durante la tarde en el condado de santa cruz, el humo del incendio que afecta los condados de santa cruz y san mateo provocÓ evacuaciones y la destrucciÓn de varias viviendas. [hablan en inglÉs] >> hasta ahora la informaciÓn mÁs reciente que tenemos es que se han creado 25,000 acres de terreno, la contenciÓn es del 0% y al menos 20 residencias resultaron calcinadas. reportera: durante una conferencia de prensa se detallÓ que uno de los centros de evacuaciÓn para personas desplazadas por los incendios, estÁ ubicado en santa cruz. una madre de familia explicÓ que hoy acudiÓ al centro de santa cruz acompaÑada de su hija a donar artÍculos para personas evacuadas. dice que lo hizo porque ella misma viviÓ la

el incendio ha consumido 63 mil acres en santa cruz y san mateo más de 24 mil viviendas en riesgo, dosan resultado heridos. las familias se preparan para lo peor. >> tenemos que estar preparados para orden de evacuación. ahorita todo puede cambiar. >>el scu afecta santa clara contracosta y alameda con 10 de contención, dos bomberos han sufrido lesiones, más de 20 mil estructuras en riesgo y dos fueron consumida. y la densa capa de humo negro no permite continúar los esfuerzos por aire, los icendios de napa solano sonora tiene 15% de contención 30 mil estructuras en riesgo 845 ya están reducidas en cenizas, 231 resultaron dañadas 4 personas han muerto, y 4 resultaron heridas. un equipo de bomberos trabaja sin descanso porque el fuego crece y todo cambia de un momento a otro. >> muchas gracias, claudia, autoridades del condado san mateo luchan por múltiples incendios pequeños en la carretera 280 san bruno, le piden no transitar por la zona ni ir al área para tomar fotografías pues necesitan las vías despejadas para vehículos de emergencia. >> bomberos están trabajando arduamente para com

domingo y saben 9/8 centro por telemundo >>> telemundo. ( ♪ mÚsica ♪ ) >> hay confusión en el estado san mateodavía no han sido impuestas >> las autoridades le dicen el residente todo medidas de seguridad para reducir los contagios en nuestro condado empezamos >> telemundo 48 >> (♪ música ) >> muy buenas tardes que bueno que nos acompañan,comenzamos con datos siempre alentadores y el condado santa clara reportó este sábado 410 casos nuevos de coronavirus, se supera con creces la cifra en este momento fue de 369 hasta hoy, hay 162 personas hospitalizadas por covid 19, el resultado de laboratorio están incurriendo en aumentar el número de casos >> este sábado california pasó a estado dos, vamos a ver lo que significa esto para los residentes claudio buenas tardes: >> muy buenas tardes >> el condado, al no tener mejoría en el número de casos estarán reportando este sábado oficialmente a la etapa dos, esto indica que el condado debe ordenar el cierre de negocios no oficiales, por ejemplo salones de belleza sin embargo aquí en la ciudad algunos continúan abiertos mientras que no reciba la orden de

. >>> introducirían una ordenanza de emergencia en el condado san mateo que impondría multas a personasosque violen las órdenes sanitarias, le explicamos >>> este es su noticiero telemundo 48, al mediodía. >>> buenas tardes les informa sandra cervantes en este lunes 3 de agosto iniciamos con esta noticia en el condado san mateo, posibles multas a quienes no cumplan con las normas sanitarias establecidas durante esta pandemia. vamos a pasar con andrés con más detalles sobre lo que esta ordenanza significaría. >>> estamos en el condado san mateo y esta es la nueva normalidad lugares como gimnasios o salones de belleza, de uÑas cerrados hasta nuevo aviso y nadie sabe cuándo podrán reabrir. el número de infecciones ha aumentado entre otras consideraciones en el condado y por eso, esta ordenanza de emergencia que van a introducir maÑana y se espera sea aprobada. les voy a contar un poco, si una oficial está afuera, rodeado de gente y no puede mantener la distancia social va a recibir una multa, la primer infracción sería de 100 $, la segunda de 200 y cada vez que usted vuelva a cometer esa i

crews are assessing large outages in san mateo, richmond and san mateo. in san rafael, 6200 people are without power estimated time of restoration of power should be any moment now. more than 200,000 pg&e customers were affected by rotating power outages but none in the bay area of the we can. the california utility conducted rotating outages last night because of increased electrical demand. pg&e said outages affect did the central coast, san joaquin county's. pg&e said most power was restored by 8:00 last night. >>> pg&e is asking people to conserve by adjusting your t- stat at 70 degrees -- 70 degrees or higher or turn it off if you're away from home. draw your drapes and turn off unnecessary lighting and put off tasks like beckman, laundry, dishwashing and some computer time until 6 pm and set your pool pump to run overnight instead of during the day. >>> coronavirus cases in the bay area have surpassed 70,000. 963 people have died and in california, there are more than 617,000 cases. more than 11,000 people have died. governor newsom said that the st

what remains are the dta and board of supervisors and the two san mat mateo agencies. cal train would be the final in order to place the measure on the ballot. there can still be changes as long as there's the practicability to handle those changes. i believe it's still possible. we're running out of time. >> these conditions have all the other boards acted to pass the resolution, would we have to go back and revisit their approvals. >> i can take that which is that the, this particular version has been-was approved by the san francisco board of supervisors earlier this week. san mateo county transportation district and board of supervisors approved the measure without the governance changes in may. santa clara is set to act on this on august fourth. >> a demand for ridership a couple weeks ago in the context of our transportation recovery plan. pushing out tele work based, are you able to share any of the projection nz terms of your ridership returning in terms of the bol a ballot in 2020 and 20. >> i can take a shot at that. we do have, i think it's anybody's guess.

and santa cruz counties start san mateo county. they include pescadero beach area pescadero creek county park being hollow region pescadero saying gregorio behind the red barn area, russian ridge open space. skylon the and the langley hill area. in santa cruz county evacuation orders are in place for scotts valley, residents west of highway 17 in the santa cruz county area east of the aunt, a kenyan also west of highway 17 and south of highway 35 along with that you see santa cruz campus. and paradise park was also just at it and of course those evacuations are all because of the u.s. sees eu august lightning complex fires. >>which is on the move tonight, those fires have burned now some 48,000 acres about 50 structures have burned that is an increase from 20 structures were reporting earlier today but the numbers have been updated and they're not good. this fire. the series of fires remaining 0% contained. 2 firefighters have been hurt battling the fires kron four's gayle ong is live in santa cruz county with more on this situatio

san mateo was the last bay area county to close most of its indoor businesses once again.s hair and nail salons, barbershops, gyms, restaurants, and other businesses in san mateo county to shut down or move their operations outside if they can. the state says san mateo is seeing community transmission related to social gatherings without proper physical distancing, and people not wearing masks, as well as higher exposure for people whose work involves person to person contact. >> we can go outside, and it's very difficult. it's not -- i think it's more safe inside, because we've got a air purifiers. we have doors open. one customer at a time in the place. we have to do the same thing outside. cleaning, wiping, making sure everything is sanitized. taking the temperatures and everything. >> and that woman was the owner of all star barbershop in san mateo. she has moved outside. places of worship also had to stop indoor services, and restaurants can only continue to serve outside, as well. the county said the state hasn't offered guidelines on when these restrictions can be l

the czu fire is burning in santa cruz and san mateo. it is burned about 78,000 acres and containment at 13%. >> doesn't seem to be slowing down. moments ago we saw this. widespread destruction. this is near big basin in santa cruz county. and this is what it looks like for many of our mountain communities. look down below. you could see those cars and those homes charred and destroyed. so far six people have died across our region. over the weekend that czu fire claims the live of a 70-year-old man near davenport. there is good news. as of right now the red flag warning for the bay area has been lifted. that means no more dangerous fire weather is in the immediate forecast. also evacuation orders are beginning to scale back in santa clara. some neighborhoods have been downgraded from evacuation orders to evacuation warnings. more on that in just a minute. now our team is on the ground, across the region, covering the flames, covering all of the widespread damage and the weather conditions. >> cal fire is starting their nightly press con

el panorama en san mateo no es nada alentador.idades locales trabajan en coordinaciÓn con el departamento de salud pÚblica para acercarse a la comunidad y ayudar a prevenir la propagaciÓn. >> me da mucho miedo. me da mÁs temor porque más que somos los partidos que estamos informÁndonos. reportero: la seÑora lucinda teme que se vaya a contagiar de al salir de su casa, pero dice que los latinos no tiene la opciÓn. >> lo mÁs difÍcil es que no tenemos dinero. reportero: segÚn el departamento de salud pÚblica las condiciones de de vivienda son un factor crÍtico por los cuales los latinos suman mÁs del 50% de casos positivos en san francisco a pesar de ser sÓlo el 15% de la población en esta ciudad. >> estamos viendo que mucha gente estÁ sin no tiene la oportunidad de trabajar desde su casa, tiene que salir a trabajar para trabajos esenciales. reportero: actualmente hay mÁs de 6500 casos positivos listados en san francisco. >> hay que aguantar. es duro. ya todo cambio. reportero: ante este incremento de casos y hospitalizaciones san fra

>> yeah, the big issue, kari, is the san mateo bridge. what you're looking at right now westbound on our right side and starting to move better over the last three minutes and from the speed sensors, it looks like whatever is going on at the high rises now moving slowly towards foster city. avoid the san mateo bridge. take the dumbarton bridge. a lot easier drive there. few more miles. as it comes back to all of us, a reminder about highway 92 half moon bay and the coast that will be jammed during this hot weather. >> all right, sounds good. thanks so much, mike. we'll put that intendent of schools online, as well. thanks for joining us. >>> good morning. >>> good morning >>> good morning off and running. >> she's tough she's experienced. she's a proven fighter >> joe biden officially introduces senator kamala harris as his running mate. >> america is crying out for leadership yet we have a president who cares more about himself than the people who elected him >> president trump on the attack >> she mocked him. openly mocked him. that's w

officials in san mateo county say they responded to a home just after 05:00am on sequoyah avenue. the 2 surviving victims were taken to a hospital their conditions are not known at this time we're not been released. the suspect was found dead at the scene investigators are still trying to determine what happened and a motive for the stabbing. still ahead here on kron 4 news at 6 for going take a look at some of the controversy that has surrounded kamala harris during her time as san francisco district attorney. >>and senator kamala harris as joe biden's vice presidential pick might seem ironic to some considering their clash in the early democratic presidential debates, but. >>political alliances are often surprising and the 2 actually likely have more in common than not or pam moore takes a look back at the career of kamala harris. >>i stand before you today. to announce my candidacy. >>20,000 people come out to oakland to launch the presidential campaign of kamala harris. the moment that i heard her speak she inspired me commoners is incredibly intelligent person in that deep ch

board to move the measure as the legislation was originally created and how it was passed by the san mateo county district board and board of supervisors. transit planning and transit service relies on constant and dedicated funning. not complicated and muddled escrow accounts that don't have transportation planning. i urge you to pass the tax as it was originally created to give cal train a more stable revenue source and get it on stable footing as many other agencies in the region are. it's unfortunately that this has become such a political issue. i urge you to show strong leadership and take the correct action by passing it as it was ormingloriginally create. any other callers. >> with that public comment will be closed. i juf wanted t just wanted to mt based on a noticing issue. she waved sunshine requirements it allows for twenty four hours. the agenda was reposted with the correct date well before twenty four hours. it's it well within compliance. >> deputy city attorney john kennedy. you are correct. the mayor did submit a proclamation and waived the sunshine requirements. this is

as well as western san mateo county. hundreds of people getting the word to lee home inthe middle of the night. this august lightning complex started on sunday but really blew up last night. it has rned least 7500 acres. so to be clear now in the santa cruz mounins, the communities that are under evacuation orders, boulder creek, that city is threatened. surrounding neighborhoods atz welt. been knee dune and big basin state park and las cumbres. highway 9 is saratoga. so they have use all of these little mountain adyiwaaro ea t thgeat'sop t been a big priorit firefighters overnight again straying to protect life and safety over some of the properties as they watch some homes bunow in san mateo rn t. counrety, evacuations in effect along south skyline boulevard near ghway usan rid redwoods and heights, la honda, loma mar and pescadero. hborhoo netting the word ig ofa lot night. two evacuation centers set up. one at the high school and another very large one at the santa cruz county fairgrounds that's in watsonville. in th

easton south bay's and beyond that is burned 347,000 acres and then there's the czu complex in san mateo and santa cruz counties all together. these fires have burned about 800,000 acres in just one week. and we want to take a look now at the evacuation map for this fire in the santa cruz mountains you can see this area in red just how large the mandatory evacuation order is southern san mateo county northern santa cruz county and kron four's dan kerman has been tracking this complex for about a week now joins us live from the cal fire base camp in scotts valley boyd and this fire is not nearly as big as the other complexes, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been completely devastating. absolutely you know nearly 200 homes have thousands and thousands of people have been evacuated not just for a couple of days. >>but for up to a week we can show you some video. >>of what we're looking at he spoke with some of the evacuees today and they have told us they thought they might be out for a couple of not the case and it back to. >>we talked to the former fire chief in boulder creek who says tha

. >> at midnight, many businesses in san mateo county must close or find a way to operate outdoors. every bay area county forced to roll back reopenings because every county is on the state's watch list. >> for business owners on the peninsula, confusion about when the restrictions were going to take effect. sergio quintana in redwood city with more. >> reporter: on the marquee of the fox theater, "let's get off the list, please wear your mask." unfortunately, san mateo county is not off of the safeco individual 19 watch list, so tomorrow some businesses will not be reopening. many businesses had started to get ready to close doors today. but this morning this tweet by the koimt caused confusion. the county remains in discussion with the state, as of august 1 our status on the monitoring list remains the same without additional business closures required. all other bay area counties had to enact restrictions, so it was unclear why san mateo wouldn't have to. 6:00 p.m., another message saying many businesses will have to close down after all. >> we just got an email this afternoon sa