these are the centers open this morning: mendocino college in twin pines casino in middletown, and the seni center. about 2,000 firefighters are working to fight this fire, and the government here in lake county will declare a state of emergency later this morning, clearing the way for state and federal aid. anne makovec, kpix. >>> smoke over the area is heavy and unhealthy. chopper 5 over both of the burn areas, and neda is tracking the current conditions. >> a lot of the north bay is going to notice the smokey conditions. around the bay, we have the cloud cover protecting us out there. but to the north, it will get a little yucky out there. the river and ranch fires are burning now and gusts across the ridge tops, 23 miles an hour. it's calmer in lakeport, where anne is. for now the higher elevations very gusty. it's cooler now at 76, and humidity across the ridge tops very dry. forecast high this afternoon 94 degrees for lakeport. this is the ferguson fire, and the mendocino complex fire and the carr fire. it will be dry, windy and hot again for many of the inland spots. 103 for the

one up around frederick, impacting the city and parts of middletown as well.ray region. rain out there as we continue into the evening hours.hu theerstorms start to fizzle out by about 7:00 p.m., but we'll still have some scattered showers out the, main north and west of the d.c. metro area. inside of the metro area and areas off to the east will be just fine for fireworks tonight. our temperatures at 91 degree0 by 9 p.m., temperatures in the mid-80s but feeling more like 90 when you factor in the humidity. ♪ ♪ ♪ and thee h of the brave ♪ >> quite a display. a look now at some of our other stories today. members of the cast of "hamilton" sang t nional anthem at today's nationals game. "hamilton" is playing at the kennedy center throughpt seber. >> beautiful melody >>> may be hot out there, but it's not stopping folks from comi out to their neighborhood thrades. folks city of fairfax flining the streets today their independence parade. the fireworks are scheduled for 7:00 tonight. >>> what's better than a dunk tank on a day like this? bigrowd pleaser today here

many are gathering at twin pine casino in middletown. we posted the latest evacuation information and details on the mendocino complex at abc7news.com and on our abc 7 news autopsy. >> -- app. >> not a lot of positive news except from napa fire where the steele fire near lake berryessa is 65% contained after burning 150 acres and eight structures. the fire on saturday forced the evacuation of the berryessa highlands residential community and nearby pleasure cove resort. of course just beche iresoesn't mean people aren't losing things. this woman lost her home. she tried to do everything right. >> we're prepared. we did everything, everything, cut everything back, everybody has been 100% prepared for this. it happens so fast. >> there's a beam underneath the house that caught on fire and it's red tagged. i have nowhere to go. and i'm just going to do my best. >> no injuries have been reported an the cause of the fire is still under investigation. find fire updates downloading the abc 7 news app. >>> the next time you catch a flight you co

in middletown, i know that last july was hotter. we topped out at 107 yesterday in middletown.s a tad cooler. hang in there. it looks cooler as he wed to friday and saturday. for some it's hot. and for others it's not. and the fog is making a good push again. there's nothing new. just coast and bay. and you get gusts to 30 at travis. the tropical clouds look like they wanted to go west. 50s and 60s. east bay temps. 55 by the concord pavilion. and walnut creek is in there. and 57 el sobrante and panola. 60s, 70s, and 80s for some. some of the tropical clouds might show up tomorrow. >>> sal will tell us -- >> things are about as slow as you might expect for a typical commute. people do get into slowdowns. what people hate is the unexpected. starting with the bay bridge toll plaza, carquinez bridge, benicia bridge, all looking pretty typical. you can see the bay bridge is backed up for a 15 minute delay before you make it to the span. and you're going to see traffic looking good. no problems on the san mateo or the dumbarton bridge. heading across we had a minor accident on the wa

. >> reporter: in lower lake middletown, cobb, -- >> they are concerned and rightfully so. >> reporter: first responders are finding more people willing to evacuate than in the past even before the advisory turned mandatory. >> due to the burn rates we have seen and how quickly this fire moves, that is why we are taking this as seriously as we are. >> we are fine, we will come back and still have everything here. i am optimistic about that.>> reporter: optimism is how this family is getting through. they are telling their girls they are going on vacation. >> more than anything, i would rather be cautious. we will go. i told the house we will be back. truck with no change in conditions, there is no end in sight for these two fires. there is no easing of the evacuations anytime soon. the county jail has been emptied. as well as hospitals. >>> deborah, can you get kelsey >> i checked just a bit ago, there is fire about 10-50 miles away. as you go out of kelseyville , it turns into highway 29. if we were to continue on to lakeport we would see fire off to the left amongst the ridges. it ha

a large tornado touched down today in new middletown, indiana, near the kentucky border. there was damage but no reports of serious injuries. at least 17 people were hurt adst night when a swarm of tornadoes hit iowa. more than two dozen tornadoes were reported, at least five have been confirmed. iowa gets about that many in a month this time of year. dean reynolds is there. >> reporter: street by devastated street, the city of marshalltown, iowa's catastrophic loss came into view. ( sirens ) too early to even guess the total damage from the tornado, that throttled downtown, and steam-rolled neighborhoods for 12 blocks around. >> reporter: this is what's left of 211 north fourth avenue here in marshalltown. it's owned by ashley thomas. we caught up with her earlier this morning. asid the debris, she was looking for a keepsake. >> my clock that belongs to my deceased sister, it's the one thing that i have left of her. >> reporter: she road out the storm in the basement with family and friends, including cody schroeder. >> we were seeing sunlight through the foundation and

the twin pine casino in middletown serving as an evacuation center. >> i've been in a flood before butgoing to go home to a bunch of ashes or am i going to go home to my house. >> we're here and it's just take a deep breath, you know. one of those, you don't realize how upsetting it is until you are in the middle of it. >> look at the lake, it is very quiet. no signs of the typical summer activity going on there. look at the air quality. it does not look good. we expect an update on this fire from officials later this morning. live in the newsroom, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> lakeport police patrolling areas trying to keep homes safe. >> this morning, this man is behind bars. officer arrested 35-year-old sean moreyson in an evacuation area in lake port. police say they found him looking into

the twin pine casino in middletown serving as an evacuation center. >> i've been in a flood before but never been in a fire, and so am i going to go home to a bunch of ashes or am i going to go home to my house. >> we're here and it's just take a deep breath, you know. one of those, you don't realize how upsetting it is until you are in the middle of it. >> look at the lake, it is very quiet. no signs of the typical summer activity going on there. look at the air quality. it does not look good. we expect an update on this fire from officials later this morning. live in the newsroom, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> lakeport police patrolling areas trying to keep homes safe. >> this morning, this man is behind bars. officer arrested 35-year-old sean moreyson in an evacuation area in lake port. police say they found him looking into windows of evacuated homes and officers say he told them he was picking things up from a family member's house but officers say he did not live there. >>> if you're just joining us, good morning to you. quick update on weather and traffic and start with mike. >

if you know, the san antonio river runs right through the middletown and all through the early years of the 20th century kept flooding so finally in 1921, fleming was so terrible that people began to say dude i heard and not let it run through town. objects if they just install floodgate at either end, the river could be turned into a real attraction. the bridges and shade trees and shops and restaurants and walkway along the banks nobody came up with the money . so san antonio at this project to its wpa wishlist and in the 1930s, the wpa is the one who actually made the vision come through. today riverwalk is one of the main tourist attractions in all texas . here's a much less glamorous project but valuable all the same. in a 1930 more than one third of all american families lived too far from local sewer lines. to tie into the local sewer. so most families just build their own when outhouses problem with was that they could easily foster intestinal disease both because they were hard to keep clean and because the content soreach into the household water supply. along came the wpa.

school, kelseyville elementary and high schools, lower lake high school, and twin pines casino in middletowne been reported from this fire. one police officer i spoke with said last night you could see the orange flames glowing here behind me, and this morning it was dark and you could no longer see the glow of flames. so hopefully they have made some progress here. they are not anticipating full containment until august 6th. anne makovec, kpix. >>> the shasta fire is ripping through communities in and around redding. jackie ward is in the news room with new details on the fire fight. >> this fire has already claimed six lives and it's only 17% contained. cal fire is hopeful this morning about the situation, saying they are beginning to gain some ground. the city of redding is unrecognizable after flames destroyed 800 buildings and forced 40,000 people to abandon their homed. one man's wife was trapped at home with their grandchildren while he was stuck at a roadblock and he couldn't save them. >> they were inside the house and there was nowhere to run. my wife wrapped them up in wet blanket

going to stay on top of the evacuations and the fire for you all in a report tonght at 10.live in middletown ella sogomonian kron 4 news. (justine) a 6th victim died today in the carr fire. the sheriff's office saying the person did not evacuate despite receiving an evacuation warning. fire officials say crews made good progress ... which has destroyed more than 500 buildings.(jr stone) tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes by the wildfire, which has scorched more than 89- thousand acres. reporter doug johnson spoke with one shasta county woman ... who says her home is being protected from this fire by damage from the last fire.(pkg) -nats fire-the sound of the carr fire gives you a good idea of just how dry the terrain it's burning in... really is.-nats fire-sue bee semore/homeowner: 'this fire has no mercy, it's just everywhere.'sue bee semore has a front row seat to the blaze's destruction.her house on clear creek road near igo is an island amongst a charred landscape.but that terrain burned during the creek fire in june.sue bee semore/homeown er: "it burned all th

open this morning include mendocino college in ukiah, lower lake high school, twin pines casino in middletown, and the clear lake senior center. as for the spotting, that's something we witnessed here along highway 175. we avoided taking that here to lakeport yesterday out of concern for the fire. that is still shut down. we drove through it and you could see all the little spots of glowing embers along the roadway. it was pretty interesting how the fire was table travel. just look at that and you wonder how much it would take for those to take off and start a whole new side of this fire. anne makovec, kpix 5. >> we see time and time again, it wouldn't take much. what are you hearing from evacuees out there? >> reporter: we spoke with some yesterday, and there's a lot of anxiety right now. they are not getting the status of their homes. all the homes here in lakeport, everything is fine at this point. looks like a lot of evacuations are precautionary, and just due to the unpredictable nature of this fire. obviously they have seen what's happened time and time again. already this season here i

mondragon and her family lost their home in the middletown fires in 2015. then mondragon's mother lost her home in the santa rosa fires last year. the santa rosa fires last year. today the family held a party in celebration of their new home located in santa rosa. these pictures were taken before the party started...hence the reason why there are only a few people there. congrats to the mondragon family. (jrs)a popular mural of musician carlos santana was vandalized overnight in san francisco's mission district. (justine) a local non- profit went as far as calling it a hate crime...kron 4's ella sogomonian met the artist as he worked tirelessly to restore his work... sot: ella sogomonian, @ellasogomonian// "the artist mel waters has been here since noon. distrought by the vandalism he told me off camera he can't understand why someone would be so aggressive in ruining his gift to the community."(nats: shaking paint can)it's been an emotional afternoon for bay area artist mel waters... (nats: shaking paint can)for seven hours now he's poured his soul into re

we don't normally do serious stories in this segment but there is a donut shortage in middletown, ohioice are singling the blues. [♪] 7 million people watched this cover of "i need you now." the fans members tweeted the cover was amazing. it's a true story. the president is getting slammed on twitter by some of the most of talented people in hollywood. and melissa molano. let's head to scotland where an ice cream shop is selling mayonnaise ice cream. why get vanilla when you can get gout. this wait looks like. a bad idea. we can tell you the creamy tweet is made with 100% real may phase. you may not be a fan. mayonnaise ice cream but it's very popular in scotland. some people like it so much they will do anything to get a ride to the may nails ice cream shop. as crazy as it looks, it's a lot healthier that ice cream. topic number 4. the police department in clinton, connecticut will be is doing such a good job the k9 unit is getting bootie calls. look how cute he was. he was outfit with booties to pretext his feet from the hot pavement. but it makes him gallop. the shoe-wearing shepard

lakeport middletown and clear mark was to hitting 1000. cloud cover gone for the weekend and we will be in the 90s. but we are still chilly near the water. 60s at the coast. we will be right back. >>> ♪ ♪ legendary jockey vÍctor espinoza is insatiable when it comes to competing. ♪ ♪ so is his horse. ♪ ♪ when it comes to snacking. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that's why he uses the chase mobile app, to pay practically anyone, at any bank. life, lived victor's way. chase. ma be considered an old boy's club. cbs reporter danielle nottingam on the new push to get more wome the golf course is a traditional place to network but it still can be considered an old boys club. >> daniel nottingham on the push to get more wood -- women on the greens and fairways. >> reporter: jasmine krone didn't know-how to play golf when she started her insurance agency. >> a few years in i realized i am surrounded by golfers primarily and obviously men. so i thought i have to learn how to pick up a club. >> reporter: only about 25% of golfers are women according to the national golf fo

evacuation shelters have been set up in middletown and the sound of ukiah. live in lakeport tonight, abc7 news. >> cornell, thank you. now to the carr fire, substantial improvement. containment up to 20% but the firefight is really far from over. tens of thousands of residents are anxious to get back to their homes. laura anthony is live in the town of redding. what a scene behind you, laura. >> that's right. those containment numbers are slowly climbing. as bad as it looks in this neighborhood, there's been no significant increase in the number of structures burned since thursday night to friday. cal fire counting the burned out homes. in the meantime, we have seen people reach out to one another in ways big and small. >> reporter: it's not what these guys were sent here to do. construction workers bringing in heavy equipment for the carr fire. when they saw a frightened horse running through a burn area, they tried to coral it. it wasn't to be, but it's another example how this community is rallying to help one another. just as thousands of firefighters ar

mondragon and her family lost their home in the middletown fires in 20-15.rosa fires last year. saturday, the family held a party in celebration of their new home located in santa rosa. today is the soccer showdown in the world cup. it's the little country croatia versus the big power house france. kron 4s sara stinson joins us live now... from a watch party in san francisco. sara? thanks sara well check back with you in the next hour. ( marty )coming up on the kron 4 weekend news... a firefighter is recovering this morning... after being attacked by a pitbull while on the job. ( marty )plus... one sheriff's office says it's cancelling it's contract with i-c-e. we'll explain why. ( marty )and parents pushback... after a statewide rule requires kids to be vaccinated. we'll learn how some parents are finding a way around it. ( marty )for your health this morning... two years after california tightened its school vaccination rules, an increasing number of parents who are opposed to the shots... are finding ways to avoid them. they are known as anti=vaxxers. the

look at middletown. extremelyn heavy r along 15 and 50. downtown, just dark as night right now.ue to watch these stms move in and around the d.c. metro area. these are all going to move throughvernight tonight. through the next couple of days, getting a bittle bitter tomorrow but a lot to deal with overnight tonight. amelia? >> absolutely. that's why everybody's still under that flash flood watch until 2:00 a.m. by tomorrow, we finally get a break. we start off the day, still humid and still mild and mug72. egrees at 7:00 a.m. with some cloudiness out there. incr tsing sunshine as day wears on. just a small chance for an afternoon shower or thunderstorm, most,f not all of your day looking completely dry, but it's hot and humid with the high temperature of 88 degrees. experts at the garden center tell us, potting house plants is a great rainy day project. so you have something to do tonight if you didn't already have 1,000 other things to do like the laundry, getting dinner ready, repot those house plants tonight, especially if they've been in the same container for three to five

. >> reporter: shelters have opened up, many evacuees gathered at twin pine casino in middletown. >> i've been in a flood before but never been in a fire. am i going to go home to a bunch of ashes or my house? >> reporter: now we're here and it's just take a deep breath. it's just one of those. you don't realize how upsetting it is until you are in the middle of it. >> reporter: with so many fires burning throughout california concern is growing over resources being spread too thin and which case kim has a plan. >> if worse comes to worse we can just run down and jump in the lake. >> reporter: in lakeport, lilian kim, abc 7 news. >> find the latest evacuation information and most updated details on the mendocino complex fire with the other fires burning in california, just go to abc7news.com and that is all available on our abc 7 news autopsy as well. >>> positive news this morning from napa county. the steele fire near lake berryessa is 65% contained after burning 150 acres and eight structures. the fire on saturday forced the evacuation of the berry es sa highlands community and ne

this was in new middletown, indiana, which is in the southern part of the state.o one was seriously hurt we are glad to say, despite that damage. iowa's governor has issued a disaster proclamation over a series of tornadoes in that state yesterday. one of the storms hit a police department and forced the evacuation of a hospital. at least 17 people were injured. >> honey, get inside! >> the national weather service says five twisters hit the central part of the state. >>> turning to politics this week has been all about the fallout from the helsinki summit meeting between presidents trump and putin. now there is talk of a second meeting in washington this fall. the white house is still dealing with the backlash over president meddling in the 2016 election. house minority leader nancy pelosi is pushing paul ryan to make sure putin isn't invited to speak to congress. a white house official says national security will be on the agenda if the fall summit happens, including a conversation about the 2016 election. >>> and another twist to the russia investigation today,

staying from the shelter and they spread out to the other shelters here in lower lake and also in middletown. many do have questions. they want to know how close the fire is getting to their homes. supervisors will hold a meeting at clear lake city hall. emergency agencies will be there to provide updates for thousands who have been evacuated. >> fires are now moving toward each other but they are moving in the same direction. i have seen some structures burned to the ground. i know the family that owns the home, so it is tough. >> reporter: there are 2000 firefighters battling the mendocino complex fires, which have been burning since friday. eight has been brought from all over the state of california -- aid has been brought from all over the state of california. seven homes have been destroyed but so many people are worried, waking up asking me if kelsey bill -- kelseyville is still there. they are looking for information. that is why the staff from these different emergency agencies will be having a meeting at 9 am. we have more information on that on ktvu.com. >>> the time is 7:05 am. a

let's spin around those smucker's jars and say happy 100th birthday from jean korbin from middletown,active guy from missouri. loves to hit the golf course and scored a hole in one when he was 90. happy 100 betty, former radio talk show host. last year she received jures doctorate degree from hastings college of law. john mccoy served during world war ii and we thank you for your service, sir. mr. david mcbride, sr., are houston, texas, also 100, married to the love of his life for 50 years. la tuna but not least, 102nd birthday to ethel mackwirth. she loves giving back to her community and used to serve as a girl scouts leader. don't forget if you know someone celebrating milestone anniversary tell us about them at today.com/celebrates. >> that's nice. >> i'm a man of my word. here is your 20 bucks. she won this. >> pay up nice. >> i got my 20. >> you got your 20. >> who did you borrow that electr from? >> sheinelle. >> you're welcome. >>> finally united states air force ceremonial brass once again, their 19th year joining us on fourth of july. they have been performing patriotic son