inside moose lodge 2284, there are a few cots. more supplies. and lots of volunteers getting ready for tonight's dinner. >> tonight is hamburgers, hot dogs, beans, fruit, cake. >> how many are coming? >> 200, 225. >> reporter: for many here in the moose lodge parking lot, this is the fourth time they have been evacuated in the past several years. >> make sure you get family pictures. things that are important. first of all, the main thing, your animals. get your animals. that's the first thing. >> reporter: brady was rescued by his owners charles and lois. >> it started getting too close. we bugged out. >> reporter: that was the night before last. when was the last time you heard about it? >> i just heard that it was burning last night. i don't know how far it burnt. i just heard last night it was -- >> reporter: you are sure it's gone? >> yeah. >> reporter: the red cross has set up the official evacuation center. a red cross spokesman explains we can't show you inside for privacy reasons. he told us there are about a dozen people here. again, i

. >> michael finney joins us liver from the moose lodge again in clearlake oaks. michael. >> reporter: we have had a great time meeting everyone around here today. all the moose members have just been absolutely phenomenal. they've volunteered their time, given away money. and money is what i want to continue talking about here. this is hellie werk she is with balance a financial jesse educational organization you know them as consumer credit counseling that was the old name. when you get an evacuation going people's lives are upset. >> reporter: we with want to remind them not to panic and don't pull out the credit cards. if you have home owners insurance or renter insurance they they might cover shelter food clothing transportation. if you have a mortgage lone then call the servicer if you have trouble making the payments. they might be able to give you a forbearance ask about that. remember to ask what happens after the forbearance. if you have credit cards call them up they might be able to offer assistance with wachgt late fees or lowering payments. you can al

we are at the moose lodge, 220 -- 2284, the moose lodge.n giving me the right number all day. we have the the pop up going. we will be here until 6:30 process if you have consumer questions or concerns we'd love to you drop by and we'll talk to you about your questions, concerns andway we can do to help you. now the better business bureau always partners with us we there is an evacuation or a disaster going on. this is pearl and evan here. i have a couple of quick questions. evan let's start with you which is what kind of scams should we be worried about? have you heard any. >> he we haven't heard of any yet but now that everybody is returning home we want to make sure they are aware of home improvement scams people do d gm proming about fixing up housings and not coming through. now that fire season has started and on the horizon we want to makeo give, pearl. what do you do safely give. >> there is a few things if people want to give back. number one is visit give.org, which is bbb's accredited charities website. and that's where you can g

a lot are just waking up here at the moose lodge. one of the evacuation shelters but earlier we got a chance to talk to a volunteer who says a lot of folks in there are nervous and saying this fire kinds of reminiscent of fire back in 2015. the valley fire where a lot of homes were destroyed through that. they are saying this is -- making them feel a bit nervous. when i spoke to the volunteer, she reminded me it was the fourth most destructive wildfire in state history. the pawnee fire broke out on saturday northeast of clear oak lakes in the area where we're standing and already reaching several thousand acres and threatening hundreds of buildings. that volunteer i spoke to mentioned this is a fourth wildfire in five years for spring valley residents. that is an area primarily evacuated as a result of this fire and really the unknown at this time for the residents dealing with the unknown is making them nervous. >> the wind shifting back and forth. right now it keeps going over the valley. they are worried it's going to go in. once

it kind of happens. >> reporter: down the road from where the fire is burning, there was the moose lodge where many of the evacuees are right now. many brought cars, campers, rvs and sleeping in tents. there is space inside the lodge itself but for some people, to sleep for the night. i reached out to cal fire and they said they will not give updates on the number of people injured. >>> fire strike teams from alameda county have been in lake county all day helping to fight the fire. they tweeted out this video showing cruise from berkeley, hayward leaving for lake county at 5 am. they will provide firefighters and resources to the crews battling the fire. >>> planes have been up in the air all around lake county throughout the day. dropping water and fire retardant to help with the flames. see the green lines? they represent the routes of the planes and you can see they have been swarming all around clear lake for the fire has burned. >> we are in the weather center tracking conditions that they are facing. >>> the red flag warning has expired but we had extreme heat over the past couple

updated cal fire maps showing the current burn areas are the talk of the moose lodge parking lot. >> we're good here. >> people forced to evacuate spring valley set up a temporary camp just like they have had to do before. >> we have been through this quite a few times. in three years we have had to evacuate four times. >> the moose lodge opens its doors and parking lot to everyone big and small. >> we a lot of times don't get counted as an official evacuation center. we do it anyway. we do it because we love the community. >> volunteers brought extra food, water bowls, and crates. >> the dog really loves his grandmother. >> for all of the pets. but the flames and smoke billowing up from the ridge line are a constant reminder of why they're here. >> when summer starts and that's usually in june when it starts to get hot here, yeah you worry. everybody is always on edge. >> it gets to you mentally, emotionally. >> i'm just getting tired of it. i wish they knew a way to stop it. >> cal fire is using every resource they can to create a fire break at the top of the ridge that parallels w

team coverage, we are tracking the conditions from our weather center but we want to show you the moose lodge where evacuations from communities have been forced to go. >> reporter: this is where a lot of them have been gathering, a couple of evacuation centers but this is the most popular because it has a giant perking lot. over my shoulder people are in the parking lot, sleeping in tents. i want to show you where other people are sleeping. people have brought their rvs, sleeping in those and other people are sleeping in cars. he could be here for days while they wait word of the fate of their homes. and aircraft dumbs retardant on the flames in the shadow of the homes of this neighborhood. at one of these, cheryl is packing her car and leaving hours after fires came dozens of yards from her home. >> we have never had it that close. >> reporter: the tears in her eyes are for her partner who is planted in his decision to stay in their home even though it has gotten closer than he has seen in the years he's lived here. >> i have never had the fire come up to the property line like it did. >> r

updated cal fire maps showing the current burn areas are the talk of the moose lodge parking lot. >> we're good here. >> reporter: people forced to evacuate set up a temporary camp just like they have had to do before. >> we have been through this quite a few times. in three years we have had to evacuate four times. >> reporter: the moose lodge opened its doors and parking lot to everyone big and small. >> a lot of times we don't get the official evacuation center. we do it anyway because we love community. >> reporter: volunteers brought extra food, water bowls and crates. >> that dog really loves his grand ma. >> reporter: for all of the pets, but the flames and smoke billowing up from the ridge line are a constant reminder of why they're here. >> when summer starts, and that is usually in june when it starts to get hot here, you worry. >> mentally, emotionally. >> i'm just getting tired the of it. i wish they knew a way to stop it. >> reporter: cal fire is using every resource they have to create a fire break at the top of the ridge that parallels walker ridge road just east of th

it's too hot for me. >> the moose lodge is one of two evacuations. the other one was at the console in the lake. a shelter for evacuated animals has been set up at the service center. >> businesses are bringing water there to help as well. you know, the weather is going to play a roll in what happened there. >> yeah, weather has a direct impact on what the fire does. we're still very warm out there. dry, the vegetation already dry as well. on the day that the fire broke out, red flags in place and temperatures up above 100 degrees. you can see still a warm one out there. widespread 80s reported there. out at 88 degrees and relative humidity down at 21%. taking a look at observation. the winds coming in west, southwest. you may notice these little arrows as well president -- indicating a west, southwest breeze. sunday we had the red frag warning in place. we had a dry northeast breeze. we're beginning to see a shift and the southwest breeze bringing in the cooler air and moist air. that helps slow down the fire as well. bringing it down to 20%. evenin

>> reporter: we are at the moose lodge, the unofficial evacuation center. the wind has picked up, and over my shoulder you can see the smoke is, well, where it wasn't at 5:00. this is the parking lot where hundreds of people are camped out. there is a community meeting going on right now. people coming here because they knew that this was the place to be. rick taylor had only a few minutes to pack up his boat, his car and get out of his house. >> you make sure you get family pictures, things that are very important to you. the main thing, your animals. get your animals. >> reporter: he and neighbor candace crayman came here to the moose lodge where they got good news this morning. they're hou their house has not burned. >> we're just waiting for pg&e to get it together and hopefully we can go home. >> this woman wasn't as lucky. >> i just heard it was burning last night. >> reporter: they managed to rescue their pet parrot from a house they were managing. everything else is gone. >> reporter: what did you manage to save? >> we managed to pack up and get out

he will be at moose lodge in clear oaks from 4:00 until 7:00 p.m. stop by to get questions answered he is happy to be there to help. >>> now the forecast with sandhya patel. >>> hi, everyone looking at live doppler 7 round. low clouds are limited. most areas got a chance to see the sun this afternoon. and as you look at the live picture from the south beach camera you notice we have blue skies over san francisco. not everyone everywhere this but this view 6 the city np elbowed at 66 degree np mts right now our coolest spot is half moon bay at 59 degrees process golden gate camera gichg are gichg you a preview of more to come more in the way of low clouds tomorrow morning. temperatures in the 70s from santa rosa to napa. right now 86 degrees in concord and livermore. you're at 83 degrees. well, believe it ornd tonight is going to be the latest sunset. look at the sunset tracker. 8:36 the sun goes down on august 1st 8:18. and september first earlier 7:39. enjoy it it will look different as you look at this live picture from the emeryville camera. you

. >> reporter: the folks in front of the moose lodge are used to the wildfires hitting the area during this time of the year but as they are sitting here getting shelter for evacuation purposes, they are saying the pawnee fire in particular is leaving them a bit nervous. these flames from overnight in lake county shows the battle ahead for firefighters looking to contain the pawnee fire. the erratic winds and higher than normal temperatures are a cause for concern for not only residents but the folks helping them out. >> this is my fourth or fifth fire now. >> reporter: she is volunteering at the moose lodge in clearlake serving as a temporary shelter and she said the conditions of the fire are reminiscent of the valley fire in 2015. that fire was the fourth most destructive fire in california history. >> the valley fire, we can't get ahead of it. it took us several days for the firemen to get ahead and they're having the same problem here and in that time the wind -- creating its own wind system. it doesn't seem to have an end right now. >> it was big right from the start. >> reporter

it still felt like a full house in moose lodge 2284. even though half of the 300 evacuations remain. time here has taken a toll. >> well, it is not on the list. >> reporter: too many nights with sleeping as worry as a bedfellow. after this morning, denise ogle will disagree. >> i was told yes, no, yes, no while we are staying here. i am fine. i really thought i was fine until i got here. >> reporter: denise learned that her house and three others did not survive the flame. denise did not have insurance. >> i couldn't get fire insurance when i moved here and nobody was giving out insurance. >> reporter: after four years of major fires and evacuations it appears that lake county has that reputation. 13,500 acres burned, conditions represent what locals call the new normal. >> i come to expect it. >> reporter: and cal fire amplifies those sentiment. >> this is just the beginning. >> reporter: it is a wonder how anybody would line up and return home with intentions to stay. but people like gina did today. pain comes with this turf. >> that

reporter: what you hear a lot is we are used to this, the community ghost action, like your at the moose lodge, all kinds of donations coming in, same with the red cross, i actually have seen people that i interviewed three years ago who were evacuated, back here now, and they seem to have pretty good humor about it, but obviously it is a very serious situation. >> going through so much, rob roth, in clearlake oaks, thank you. >>> we will get the latest on the efforts to fight the poni fire, talk about the weather conditions where you are right now?>> just going to take a look, you will see, that on the right sound -- side of the mountain here, as it passes below, you can see that there is a uncontrolled burning fire, which they actually put up since we bid here -- since we have been here, for five times, the reason it does go out, is because you don't have the hand crews out there to make sure that everything is absolutely and positively out and done with.>>> as we pan over to the left, what you will see is that this mountain has literally had every tree ripped off of its face, if you wonder

updated cal fire maps showing the current burn areas are the talk of the moose lodge parking lot. >> we're good here. >> reporter: people forced to evac spriney set a orary camp they have had to do before. >> we have been through this 20 times. in three years we had to evacuate four times. >> reporter: the moose lodge opens its doors and parking lot to everyone big and small. >> we a lot of times don't get counted as an official evacuation center. we do it because we love the community. >> reporter: volunteers brought extra food, water bowls and crates. >> that dog really loves his grandma. >> reporter: for all the pets. but the flames and smoke billowing up from the ridgeline are a constant reminder of why they're here. >> when summer starts, and that's usually in june when it gets hot here, you yeah, you worry. everybody is always on edge. >> it does get to you mentally, emotionally. >> i'm just getting tired of it. i wish they knew a way to stop it. >> reporter: cal fire is use every resource they have to create a fire break at the top of the bridge that parallels walker ridge roa

. >> >> reporter: the moose lodge was standing room only as there was a community meeting. those staying here heard there was some hope to get back in the homes some time this week. >> i don't care. it's going to be longer. you just got to hang in there. it's got to be safe for us to go back inside. >> reporter: the most active fire spread is to the least populated parts of the county. the terrain is rugged here. it makes it harder for fire faithsers to get to. for a second day, the air is critical ask constant. >> two wildfires broke out near the city of red bluff. it burned 300 acres and flames have destroyed raz shiley and the lane fire has scorched that over 3800 acres this morning. it's 40% contained. >>> we're talking about the wildfires and the weather makes a difference. >> yeah, today tlrsz a lighter wind. that helps it out. it's cooler and a bit humidity out there. right near clear lack you can see that. temperatures are 61 and humidity levels are pretty high out there. the gusts are going to pick up at 5:00 or 6:00. around 10 to 15-mile an hour gusts at the most.

. >> reporter: cal fire and the lake county sheriff updated residents at the moose lodge. but katie brogan knew her house one one of ten lost. >> he left his insulin pen in the refrigerator. and he went back to get it and there was no home. >> reporter: yet for many, the sheriff delivered good news. >> i think the bulk of the evacuees, the fire is burning in the direction where it's not populated. >> my house is okay, they say. whatever that means. i'm just beginning to think of the whole enormity of everything. >> reporter: with power out, sherry pryor thinks of her new freezer and the food spoiling. >> there's hundreds of dollars of food. >> reporter: people respect likely to get sbak into tback i evacuated areas until later this week. >> right now we're dealing with the weather pattern pushing the firefighters to the extreme. >> reporter: more red flag warnings are on the horizon. people who live in the rugged area are not in the clear yet. >> people live off the grid, so we're making door-to-door ntifications of all the impacted areas. >> reporter: more firefighters ar

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many of them gathering at the moose lodge in clear lake oaks. >> we went back and forth. do we go? do we stay? if we go, we can't get back in. we've got our dogs. >> reporter: the u.s. foresticer and other cold drinks. >> it's a small gtu do. we really want to help the people displaced from the fire. >> reporter: although it seems fire crews are getting this one under control and some of the evacuees can return california's first fire of the season came too soon for these folks. >> about every three or four year, we always end up getting a fire, but never in june. it always happens in august. >> reporter: animal control officers have been hard at work making rescues during the pawnee fire too. coming up at 6:00, we'll hear from the director of the lake county animal control. reporting live in lake county in spring valley, anousha rasta, nbc bay area news. >>> the milder temperatures are a welcome change for firefighters, but a warmup is around the corner. let's bring in rob mayeda, it was still pretty breezy out there today. >> you're right. we're still seeing winds 10-25 miles per

the moose lodge is serving three meals a day and providing caught and a campground. >> we have five minutes to get out. we took nothing. it is really bad. >> this is the worst. we have been evacuated four times. >> reporter: some homes did not survive. >> stuff pops in your head and you say your profanity and then you think of three other things. you think of the children's momentos and the memories you have tied to them. those of the things that hurt the most. >>> fire crews are not alone in the pawnee fire fire zone. sheriff officials arrested a man seen driving through an evacuated neighborhood. he had an expired license plate and was asked why he was there. >> there was no explanation. he is not from lake county. he said he was working but did not know for whom or where. he had a gun and some marijuana and a trip to jail. >> that looting suspect is identified as 30-year-old kristin compost of ukiah. he faces charges of being an american authorized person in a disaster zone, as well as drugs and weapons charges. >>> the shasta county sheriff's department is searching for an arsonist beli

. >> reporter: johnson is among the activities -- evacuees staying in front of the moose lodge in clear lakes. this has become an unofficial evacuation center. residents have set up tents and campers. evacuees say nearly every summer for the past five years, fires forced them to evacuate. >> this is constant and it's everywhere. the weather, the drought, people lighting them. firefighters are battling that fire, along with aircraft dropping fire retardant.. two other wild i don't know what's going on. >> reporter: fire officials say there have been no reported injuries to firefighters or residents. the cause of the fire is under investigation. in lower lake, jessica florez, kpix 5. >> cal fire says about 1500 firefighters are battling that fire and they are dropping fire retardant. >>> two other wild fires are burning across the state. on your left, vtol fire in tehama county has burned about 300 acres and is about 30% contained. m reservoir to help put out the flames. at last nt cont multiple residential and commercial buildings have been destroyed. on the right, the flat fire in to ba

he answered consumer questions and handed out wildlife resources at the moose lodge. for information on how you can help head to abc7news.com. you can find resources, financial tips and links to sites where you can donate. >>> it is now 4:30. if you're just waking up to us, good morning. a quick update on your weather and traffic. we start with mike nicco. >> we'll talk about the fire, the fire danger that will increase in orange which does include solano and lake county starting at 11:00 tomorrow morning through 8:00 sunday evening. fire weather watch. conditions are conducive for fires to start and to spread rather rapidly. let's take a look at what's going on up around the pawnee fire. as we talked about yesterday the winds would crank up during the evening and hang on during the overnight hours. we're gusting to about 20 out of the west/northwest. surface gusts around 10 to 20 through about 9:00 this evening. the heat is coming. so actually conditions getting worse. alexis? >> hate to hear that, mike. i do have an update on road closures surrounding the fire comin

moving the needle on containment very encouraging for the hundred or so people staying here at the moose lodge. the latest information is posted for them to see, but they really want to know when they can go home, and there's still no timetable for that. it takes more than bulldozers, it takes bikers to get through a fire emergency, and on this night, motorcycle clubs rustled up a barbecue dinner for evacuees. everyone digesting the new containment numbers, 17 percent, and hoping it means they'll be out of this makeshift campground by week's end. >> i'll be relied to see my property isn't in bad shape. nice to have a home. >> reporter: but wind shifts and the heat of the day kept the flames roaring. hot spots blowing up, still very close to spring valley road, although most of the pawnee is burning toward lake county's northern borner. is there a -- border. among evacuees there was a lot of talk about the early hours of the fire. those nearby say it seemed response was slow. as slow. >> started growing, still you don't see any and air support do you? no air support. watching it grow, watching

. >>> michael finney and the 7 on your side team will be in lake county at moose lodge in clear lake from 2:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. you can stop by and get your questions answered. >>> let's get a quick update on weather and traffic starting with meteorologist mike nicco. >> hi, everybody. let's take a look at what's going on up north. we'll talk more about the fire conditions in clear lake. temperatures dropping overnight. relative humidity, while it's up, it's not really conducive. it's only 45%. winds, that's where you see a real difference. calm to around three miles per hour this morning. hopefully the firefighters get a nice start to the day where things will deteriorate as we head into the afternoon showers especially around 3:00 into the evening up until around midnight where the wends get in 10 to 20 miles per hour. some smoke could be heading farther south in the central valley. also we're still staring down really warm temperatures friday, saturday, sunday. 100s. then cooler-than-average weather takes over as we head toward the holiday. we've got a fire weather watch for t

eagle ranch communities with their cars and their canines, residents are seeking refuge at the moose lodge off highway 20. lake county is no stranger to wildfires. for last three years, wildfires have burned thousands of acres and in 2015, the valley fire killed four people. the lake county sheriff suggest wildfires are starting to become the new normal. >> we'll know what's going to happen now and they know they are going to be inconvenienced and not going to be an overnight thing. >> overnight humidity is expected to go up and that is going to help the fire crews as they work to get the pawnee fire under control. cal fire still does not know what exactly caused the pawnee fire and we do know arsonist investigators will be taking part in that investigation. that's the latest here in spring valley, i'm melissa colorado for qutsz today in the bay. >> 4:33 right now. the migration crisis at our southern border continues and today human rights activists and state leaders and educators will hold a rally in el paso texas, protesting the policy of separating families. plan to demonstrate across

we understand people are at i spoke with the folks at the moose lodge, there are 300-400 people coming in and out of that location. they told me they have been feeding evacuees from this area. they could be out of their homes for longer as the firefight continues. you can see behind me, we have seen the water tanker, on -- it is windy out here but we see the flames flare up just be on the rich. a lot of smoke in this area. >> thank you, appreciate that. >>> cooler today and some places but another hot, dry day in the bay area in lake county. >> we want to check in at the conditions on the fire line >>> they should have improving conditions as we go into monday. it has been a challenge with the terrain. it has been hot over the past couple days. we have a red flag warning in place until 8 pm this evening. take a look at the weather stations, scattered around lake county with variable conditions from 78-90 out towards the county line with the look out over 4000 feet. showing you 80 degrees at 5000 feet, most of the wind sensors at 12--- these are gusting to maybe 22 miles per hour surrou

we are expecting an update tonight at 6:00 at the moose lodge which is near the corner of highway 20 and highway 53. hopefully we'll have some updated information then. back to you. >> katie, it's always at this point structure protection, trying to save people's homes, but when the winds are blowing like that, what's the strategy for these firefighters tonight? >> reporter: so, ken, right now as we've been talking about, these winds are very erratic. that's making firefighting efforts very difficult right now. we have the helicopters in the air, tankers going overhead. those will be up until sundown. that's because pilots fly by line of sight and once the sun goes down they can't see. so that's when all of the hand crews, the bulldozers will take over. they're the ones that are going to be on the night shift. live in spring valley, katie nielsen, kpix5. >> katie, thank you. evacuation orders also in place right now for parts of tehama county, two wildfires breaking out near the city of red bluff over the weekend. the stoll fire has burned about 300 acres and the lane fire has scorch

others are opting to camp outside the moose lodge seems l event. >> people know what's going to happen now. so they know they're going to be inconvenienced. they know it's not going to be an overnight thing. >> reporter: cal fire still does not know what exactly caused the pawnee fire. we know that arsonist investigators will be taking part in the investigation. in lak county, it is no stranger to wildfires. since 2015, they have been dealing with them. the lake county sheriff tells me he's concerned that this is the start of a long and hot wildfire season for the folks here in lake county. that's the latest here in spring valle vall valley. >> melissa, thank you for the update. melissa will be reporting from the pawnee fire this week. you can follow her and us on twitter for updates and video. our handle is @nbc bay area. >> melissa just said it. as we've seen so often in recent years, the hour by hour weather conditions are critical in these fire fights. this week could pose some serious problems. meteorologist rob mayeda joins us with the updated forecast. >> right now as melissa po

. >>> michael finney and the 7 on your side team will be in lake county at moose lodge in clear lakerom 2:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. you can stop by and get your questions answered. >>> let's get a quick update on weather and traffic starting with meteorologist mike nicco. >> hi, everybody. let's take a look at what's going on up north. we'll talk more about the fire conditions in clear lake. temperatures dropping overnight. relative humidity, while it's up, it's not really conducive. it's only 45%. winds, that's where you see a real difference. calm to around three miles per hour this morning. hopefully the firefighters get a nice start to the day where things will deteriorate as we head into the afternoon showers especially around 3:00 into the evening up until around midnight where the wends get in 10 to 20 miles per hour. some smoke could be heading farther south in the central valley. also

they will be at moose lodge from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. >>> a major victory for president trump as the supreme court upheld his travel ban. arguing that the president has the power to limit entrance into the u.s. the first version took affect after president trump was sworn into office. an executive order was called into an immediate suspension of seven predominantly muslim countries. abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez is in the news room reporting local reaction to it. >> reporter: this was the third version and enough to convince the conservatives on the bench to rule in favor of the trump administration. the majority disregarded all of the negative remarks on muslims made by then candidate donald trump. the conservative members of the supreme court concluded that president trump had the authority. >> allowsed executive to do anything the executive wants. >> reporter: the conservatives also dismissed the president's previous dangers. >> if you held every politician to what they said on the campaign trail, and used it against them in court, there would be chaos. >> no ban, no wall. sanctuary

he answered consumer questions and handed out wildlife resources at the moose lodge. you can help head to abc7news.com. you can find resources, financial tips and links to sites where you can donate. >>> it is now 4:30. if you're just waking up to us, good morning. a quick update on your weather and traffic. we start with mike nicco. >> we'll talk about the fire, the fire danger that will increase in orange which does include solano and lake county starting at 11:00 tomorrow morning through 8:00 sunday evening. fire weather watch. conditions are conducive for fires to start and to spread rather rapidly. let's take a

. >> reporter: meanwhile, 20 miles west of the animal control at the moose lodge. >> my husband came and brought us some stuff. and they gave us another tent for the dogs. >> reporter: dozens of families living in their cars and under tents and canopies with their kids and pets. families who were told they had to get out once the fire started to rage on saturday. the pawnee fire has burned almost 14,000 acres, destroyed 22 structures and is still threatening about 600 more. some evacuees were allowed to return home today, but it isn't clear when theseill get to leave. they just hope it's soon. >> it was rough, but we're just managing. >> reporter: the pawnee fire is moving east, that means it's moving further and further away from homes and from businesses. that is good news. but we are expecting triple digit temperatures this weekend and wind gusts. that could be a bigger problem for firefighters trying to battle with things. anousha rasta, nbc bay area news. >> those are always conditions that fiefrts are concerned about. >> very similar to when the fire got started. we're seeing c

it's definitely food for thought for the people sleeping here at the moose lodge tonight. for many of them it's their fourth fire evacuation in as many years. debora villalon, ktvu fox 2 news. >> all right, thank you for that. joining us now on the phone is cal fire spokesman david clark, and good evening to you david, i know you made quite a bit of progress today. are you attributing that to the resources on the ground, the break in the weather, a little bit of both? >> yes, good evening alex. a little bit of both. we have increased personnel on the ground and also the weather is playing very fair for us for the last 24 hour operational period. al period. >> david, 600 structures remain threatened tonight, what's being done to try and protect those structures, and any idea yet when people in the spring valley community might be allowed to return home? home? >> julie, so far we have 600 structured still threatened. they're in the area that the fire is burning, but by no means does it mean the fire is in the imminent path of the fire and it will burn their homes down. hopef

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evacuation orders started saturday night and here at the moose lodge evacuees says they are treated wellfull breakfast this morning. delivering tents and tarps to keep everyone cool in the heat. we spoke with the volunteers here to help the animals an what they are doing to help evacuees with pets. >> we try to make life as easy as possible these folks that are out here with their animals, we bring good days, we blankets, foods, bowls everything >> the day before ye with only his harley davidson and a crate with his 12 chickens strapped on the back. he showed up with nothing but his motorcycle, his jacket and his chickens. and he parked out front and was not sure exactly what to do until animal coalition asked him if he needed help. >> reporter: and the good news animal coalition gave him a tent, sleeping bags and also some materials for his chickens, he is getting chicken scratch later today. is he taken care of. that is the challenge here, too, it's not just the people, they have children with them, pets, trying to stay cool in the heat. they do have neighbors that have decided to stay

they'll be in moose lodge in clearlake oaks from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. >>> undocumented immigrants could come to the east bay. tens of thousands could be housed in the form are concord naval weapons building. >> last night protesters stepped up to voice their concerns. jessica castro live at concord city hall. >> reporter: a lot of people unhappy with this proposed plan. sun is coming up in concord. it's really quiet right now. we expect more people at city hall and show their discontent with the proposed plan. abc 7 news was in concord yesterday, last night, where people protested a plan to build a massive detention center for undocumented migrants at the former naval weapons station. they march offed pell through concord, made their way to city hall. concord city council discussed the federal government's proposal to create a tent city where 47,000 migrants would wait for their court hearings. people opposed to the camp demanded city council take action against it. >> i want to urge you, our city leade leaders, these are immoral, despicabl

the social service center is for animal staging and many people as we see are gathering at the moose lodge. on the west side of the lake the cal fire command center is set up at the lake county fire grounds. >>> allie rasmus as the crews prepare for another day on the fire lines. >> reporter: the crews left a short time ago. earlier this morning there were about several hundred firefiout here refueling their, we did get the updated news, the fire, pawnee fire has grown to 11500-acre with 5% containment. that is about a thousand acre that it grew during the overnight hour. most active in the south and southeast perimeter of the fire near lake the lake county border. firefighters talked about how they had their briefing, they talked about overall the good news, even though the fire grew the containment is still the same and it grew in a more rugged and remote area. they said the weather condition were favorable after they had the briefing, they talked about the weather conditions over night and ahead of the day. they said it was cooler and humid than it was the day before and again even thou

last night officials umted residents at the moose lodge. one woman said she already knows what she will see when she returns home. her husband went back saturday. >> he left his insulin pen, he >> he left his insulin pen, he left it in the refrigerator. there was no home. it was gone. >> police say a loaded automatic gun and several bags of marijuana, they stopped him as he drove through an evacuated neighborhood. fficers say he had no identification and is not from the area. continuing coverage of the pawnee fires online abc7news.com, more information and evacuations as well as latest breaking news. >> love it or hate it you will decide if we keep the gas tax in november. >> trying to repeal the tax. more than enough signatures. our colleague out in millbrae getting reaction from drivers, good morning, jessica. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and matt. the drivers i into to really don't seem to mind paying a little bit less but they also complain about the loads and that's exactly mixed reaction at the pumps. now the repeal, i should sa

and the 7 on your side team answered consumer questions and handed out wildfire resources at the moose lodge. for information on how you can help go to abc7news.com and we have resources, financial tips and links to sites where you can donate. >> this comes a week after she met with children detained at a center in texas. we've learned homeland security will not be using an old air force base in con court. officials say they need housing for 12,000 migrant families. the military will ho at twoases ineeded. a federal judge has ordered the trump administration to reunite migrant children with their parents within 30 days. >> the first phase of a new freeway security network system. they will be calibrating and testing the shotspotter technology along highway 4. controlled live fire exercises will be conducted between 9:00 p.m. tonight and 4:00 a.m. tomorrow. the second phase is said to be completed next month and the final phase is the implementation of a full camera system. it's projected to be completed in august. >>> san francisco is a step closer to hiring hundreds more police officers. ac

many of them going to the moose lodge, which is just off highway 20 in clear oaks lake. that serving as an unofficial shelter where they are serving food and providing shelter for people -- providing cots for people to sleep on. but most people when we were there yesterday were sleeping in their cars or tents outside of the building and then there's lower lake high. that's an official red cross shelter for the fire where crews spoke to one married couple who were forced to evacuate and the wife explains that her husband is actually a diabetic so there's concern how to take care of him as everything sorts itself out. >> they were getting one bottle of insulin. when the insulin runs out, i don't know what we're going to do. >> reporter: exactly what caused this fire, we're live in castro valley, pete suratos, for "today in the bay". >> that was pete suratos. 6:04. president trump doubling down his call to strip migrants of their right to see a judge. tracie potts joins us with what's next on the crisis on the border. good morning, tracie. >> laura, good morning. what's nex

right now cal fire is having a meeting for residents at the moose lodge at highway 20 and highway 53.hopefully we'll have some updated numbers and also find out a little bit more about the homes that are back up here off of chalk mountain road. live in spring valley, katie nielsen, kpix5. >>> lake county sheriff's deputies arrested this man, 30- year-old christian campos. they say campos was in the evacuation area of spring valley and he wasn't supposed to be. authorities also found nearly 2 pounds of marijuana and a loaded handgun inside his vehicle. >>> here we are getting to the end of june. the heat is cranking up. the winds come along. the conditions are just right. >> it's strange to blame march and april for all of this. remember when it rained so much in the springtime? it grew all of that low brush. now it's dried out, which it always does. it always stops raining around here come summertime. so we have a lot more fuel than a couple months ago and now with things so tinder dry which it will be for the foreseeable future, plan on the fire danger being high to extreme the rest

many going to the moose lodge where we were at yesterday morning off highway 20 in clear oaks lake. that's an unofficial shelter for folks in the community that they serve food and provide cots for people to sleep on. this is also lower lake high, that is the official red cross shelter for the fire where our crews did get a chance to speak with one married couple. they were forced to evacuate from the spring valley area and wife explained that her husband is a diabetic, so there's concern on how to take care of them as everything sorts itself out. >> able to get one bottle of insulin. when the ins len runs out, i don't know what we're going to do. >> it's way early to tell exactly what caused the fire but hoping to get more updates from cal fire as the morning goes along. pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> 5:03 right now, live to washington lawmakers continue to debate what's next for the immigration crisis happening on the border. meantime president trump is doubling down on his call to strip migrants of the rights to see a judge. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live with

last night officials updated residents at the moose lodge. one woman says she already knows what she will see when she's allowed to return home. her husband went back after evacuating saturday. >> he left his insulin pen in the refrigerator and he went back to get it, and there was no home. it was gone. >> that's hard to hear. officials say the fire is burning towards a more rural area at this point. >> lake point plays arrested this man. he's accused of looting homes in the area of the loaded fire. police say he had a loaded semiautomatic gun and several bags of marp. they stopped him as he drove through an evacuated neighborhood. officers say he had no identification and did not live in the area. on abc12.com and the app you can find information on the fire zone and breaking news. >>> new developments following water rescue at the berkeley arena. the suspected driver is arrested for attempted murder. officers were called to the area by a restaurant on sunday night. that's where witnesses saw a car drive into the water. strangers helped resc

said there but we're arriving here in the lake county area and clear oaks lake in front of this moose lodge here on highway 20. this is one of the places where folks have been evacuating. you have folks leaping outside here keeping it down as we're here the cars that where folks are sleeping inside of tents plenty of uneasiness as folks are supposed to evacuate as a result of the pawnee fire. it broke out northeast of clear oaks lake. it's already reaching several thundershower acres and residents primarily in the spring valley and surrounding areas evacuating mainly north of highway 29 and in this area where we're standing. pitching up tents and sleeping in their cars here waiting to see what's going to happen next. not knowing conditions near her home is really the scariest part. >> scared. we really don't -- they would give us a little hope, is there 1% or 2% or 5% under control, anything? >> the next half hour we'll hear from a married couple who says they've never seen flames like this. we'll hear from them in the next half hour. we're live here in lake county, pete suratos for "today

county with more. well, right now i'm at the evacuation center just outside of clear lake oaks. moose lodge. there are dozens of people here who had to flee the fire which is still burning about 5 miles to the east.through out the day monday, fire crews on the ground and in air worked to contain the pawnee fire, which is buring through steep rugged terrain northeast of clearlake. cal fire said monday evening that just over 10,000 acres have been burned and the fire is only about 5 percent contained. 12 homes have been lost, but fire crews have been able to save most of houses in spring valley near where the fire started. although the weather remains hot and dry with light winds the fire is now moving northeast away from the most populated areas, althoug the community of double eagle ranch was evacauted on monday afternoon.natsat the evacuation center, supplies have been pouring in and neighbors have been getting updates on the fire fight. sot i'm really stressed. i want to go home.wheather sentz and her family d to leave their home around 2am sunday. they could see the fire from their front