and tomorrow it's going to be a full week, and evacuees tell me they're grateful for the placerville community. a couple minutes ago i saw a group of men in a pickup truck happenedout ice cream. you see that young family trying to cool off their little one with that kiddie pool. 25,000 people have been displaced so far. and that figure likely doesn't factor in those who live in the bay area but have cabins or vacation homes right in the fire zone. >> it was just so magical that i couldn't say no. ended up taking the jump. >> reporter: kristine lives in oakland, but her dream home is more than 100 miles away in strawberry, california. last summer, the avid rock climber made her dream a reality when she purchased the property nestled in the foothills of the sierra nevada. >> obviously, i knew there was fire risk in the area and in the mountains, but i didn't expect it to happen to soon. >> reporter: spang is referring to the caldor fire. during work breaks she is monitor being the latest cal fire updates. at last check it was four miles away from letter her cabin's doorstep. >> we're c

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evacuees are thankful for the placerville community. through more than 106,000 acre, displacing people and communitying southwest of lake tahoe. a key stretch of highway 50 between sacramento and south lake tahoe remains closed indefinitely. kristine spang bought her dream home in strawberry, south of tahoe. she understood the risk of wildfires when she purchased the property but never expected a wildfire. >> it feels laoic a family member's in mortal danger. >> it just blew up super fast. we're canyons. resources were on the dixie fire. >> reporter: cal fire said the containment level is at 5%. that is not the progress the evacuees were hoping to hear, and it's unclear when thousands of evacuees can return home. i'm melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, melissa. we have developing news right now. on his way out of office, disgraced new york governor andrew cuomo has granted clemency to six people, one of them the father of chasa boudin, 76-year-old man, member of the weather underground. his father was convicted of three c

placerville has been greatly impacted by the fire. displaced from their homes. one girl and her family lost their home. with that in mind, the sacramento girls give the placer team gift baskets and cash. the placerville coach says she hopes this active kindness spreads like a wildfire, creating more stories to share. liz: a warning now from the cdc. the lengths some people will go to to avoid getting the covid vaccine. things may be different, but at denny's, one thing will always remain the same... our dedication to safely serving guests the food they love. and hey... if you love to feed people too, we want you to join our family. apply at dennys.com today. does your vitamin c last twenty-four hours? only nature's bounty does. immune twenty-four hour plus has longer lasting vitamin c. plus, herbal and other immune superstars. only from nature's bounty. plus, herbal and other immune superstars. i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supp

placerville police say expect congestion as people leave their home. as of now, there is no containment. hearing about smoke coming back into the bay area, hearing that's coming and all that means for us really kind of hit me more than i expected. >> the past two years is so difficult so we get the smoke coming in and your mood. it is kind of that ptsd we have all been through. we do want to let you know, yes, there is more smoke on the way. hopefully you have been able to enjoy some of that sunshine. here is the thing that's switching it up for us. the area of low pressure that i am tracking just off to the north. this is also driving the wind down across northern california. that is what's helping to take the smoke and pushing it down here throughout the bay area. let's bring you into the latest on the wind. in case you missed it, i want to be clear on where we expect those top wind gusts to be. you got to be up in the mountains to experience some of those strongest wind gusts. you can see it on our map here. those are the areas in red over the north

people trying to escape the flames jammed highway 50 through placerville. >> people are panicking for sure. i panicked a little. i have my dad who cannot walk. >> i had to leave my cats, they would not get in the crate. that is not a good feeling at all. >> evacuation centers have opened in cameron park, placerville, and diamond two people were hurt in grizzly flats and airlifted to hospitals. the el dorado national forest was ordered to close. >> this is video from lake tahoe. you can see how thick the wildfire smoke is on the west side of the lake. >> thousands of pg&e customers are in the dark. pg&e at the fire because of the high fire danger. the bulk of the shutoffs are napa county where 6000 customers are without electricity and there are over 1000 customers without power now in sonoma and solano counties. these outages could last until tomorrow. ta with 00 ctors the home of generators -- the hum of generators is filling the air. they have bought or rented generators to keep their lights on and refrigerators running. the mayor of calistoga does not like the power outages and the

jobina: evacuation centers have been opened in cameron park, placerville, and diamond springs. two people were seriously hurt in grizzly flats and air listed -- airlifted to hospitals late last night. reggie: this is video from lake tahoe and you can see just how thick that wildfire smoke is on the west side of the lake. kumasi: thousands of pg&e customers are in the dark, the utility cutting the power because of high fire danger. at last check,,,, happening in the bay area area and napa county. there are just over a thousand customers without power in sonoma and solano counties. amy hollyfield is live in napa county, where the outages could last into tomorrow. amy: do you hear that behind me? you can see it. i'm guessing you can probably hear it. that is what a power outages sounds like up here in the wine country. that is the generator the calistoga inn and brewery has put in place so they can keep their business going. ma buseslitak now for the poweoutages. napaounty doesav most outages in the bay area. the hum of generators now fills the air. keep their lights on and refrig

an evacuation center has been set up at placerville high school. residents in the fire zone are also seeing power outages. this is the pg&e power outages map. more than 700 customers are in the dark in lower lake. the purple you see on the map, those are areas where power has already been shut off, par par r the outage caused by high fire danger in the area. pg&e does not have an estimate on when electricity may be restored. dan: once again, lake county bearing the brunt of the wildfires. it has been a frantic afternoon trying to save lives and homes. let's get the latest on the efforts by firefighters and officials. sheriff, how are you? thanks for coming on. i know you are very busy. let's start, if we would, with the status quo right this minute . >> ask like highway 29 and highway 53 are either in the process of opening up or will be shortly. we still have about 1600 people under mandatory evacuation warnings. our initial damage estimates we scaled back, and we will do some further inspections. we are bumping those estimates up to probably 50 o

it was ordered for areas southeast of placerville. much of today's firefighting efforts was aimed at protecting the town of strawberry. on the southeast side of the fire. crews managed to up containment to 19%. >>> new at 11:00, looking live at san jose tonight as the santa clara county sheriff and the jail that she oversees were at the center of a big protest today. community members are pleading for some changes alleging inhumane and violent conditions there. kpix5 has the cries from the community tonight and the up coming vote of no confidence in the sheriff. >> shut it down. >> shutdown. >> shutdown. >> reporter: tonight, outside of the county's main jail. >> this ugly, vile jail. >> reporter: a group of about three dozen protested ahead of a county-led meeting. >> we don't need a new jail. >> reporter: to discus plans to rebuild the jail. >> repurpose the funds back into the community. >> reporter: what can come before a new jail is a new leader for the facility. >> it is too bad it has come to this i am afraid it has. >> reporte

people trying to escape jammedmd up highway 50 through placerville as evacuations were ordered. the chp tweeted be prepared and parts of 50 may close because of the fire and to leave south lake tahoe as soon as possible. >> people are panicking. i panicked a little bit. >> i have my dad who cannot walk. kate: renee lined up for gas after leaving her home so quickly, she didn't have time to rescue her pets. >> i had to leave my cats. they would not get in the crate. that is not a good thing, not a good feeling at all. kate: cindy plans to live with her family in her trailer until it is safe to return. >> hopefully, we will get a call that everything is good. >> i had tears. it's unreal. kate: mike surveyed the damage on his dirtbike. >> this is beautiful country. it will be a long time before it is beautiful again. kate: two civilians were seriously injured in grizzly flats and had to be airlifted to hospitals. the fire has now burned at least 30,000 acres and is 0% contained. you can stay with abc 7 news mornings for updates. i'm kate larsen. dan: thank you. the monstrous dixie

breaking right now at 4:30, a wildfire breaks out between sacramento and lake tahoe just east of placerville in el dorado county. this time lapsed video shows the flames growing in the last few hours. authorities say the fire exploded overnight and it's now burning through the area of grizzly flats. our photographer on the ground says several structures have burned and mandatory evacuations are in effect for people living nearby. at last update the fire has burned more than 2400 acres. cal fire warns the fire fight is difficult because of staffing shortages from other fires that are burning. this is new video just into our newsroom. an ambulance making its way to the area. sources tell us at least one person has been burned so far. >>> good morning to you. i'm marcus washington. >> there is certainly a lot going on this morning. i'm laura garcia. we'll check in with mike in a moment. want to check in with meteorologist kari hall tracking the really dangerous conditions out there. >> we have the winds starting to kick up in that area as well as some of the smoke coming in, so as you're headin

placerville police are expecting congestion on the westbound highway 50 as people are leaving their homes. late tonight, the sheriff's office announced two evacuation centers are full. it started saturday evening about 60 miles east of sacramento. right now firefighters have no containment. the governor has declared a state of emergency. >>> crews are struggling to contain the dixie fire. the eerie images, that entire sky, look at that. a burnt orange glow. it has scorched more than 600,000 acres in four northern california counties and it has been burning for a month. at this point it is only 31% contained. that orange sky, the smoke, the power shutoff, just so familiar to us. so eerie. jeff joins us now and several parts of the bay area are under a red flag warning because of it. >> there has been no large change to the forecast from our earlier update. so again, north bay, east bay and parts of the south bay on the eastern side under this red flag fire warning. this went into effect at 11:00 p.m. and lasts through 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. we're looking at the wind gusts of 20 to 50 miles an

flames have jumped highway 50, which remains closed from placerville to myers near south lake tahoe. flames have burned more than 90,000 acres. reporter heather janssen has more on the fire that's containing the flames. >> reporter: those dry, windy conditions sent this spot fire across highway 50. crews thankful the red flag warning has ended for now as their tough fire fight continues. crackling flames on an active day for the caldor fire tearing through trees and rising over ridges near the gray rock campground off silver fork road. >> that fire's breathing today, and it's getting moved along with that wind activity. >> reporter: off and on wind throughout a red flag warning day fanning the flames, sending spots across highway 50, a small blaze burning on the hillside surrounded by smoky orange skies. >> this was one of the control points, so it does raise some concern. >> reporter: concern as it burns only miles away from the evacuated tiny town of keepers. much of these areas of the eldorado national forest haven't seen fire in decades. >> so the fuels are thick. they're prime t

. >> i spent the night in a parking lot in placerville at the walmart. in my car. my wife stayed home but i couldn't breathe. >> reporter: will bird, affectionately referred to as will from the hill, knows all that goes on in his neck of the woods. >> this one may have been started by some campers. we don't know. >> reporter: this former volunteer firefighter has been living in grizzly flat for 45 years. he felt frustrated as he watched the cal door fire double in size sunday. >> it went behind it, going to the middle, we saw no fire trucks. we saw nobody in the pickup truck that has any information. it's kind of like, wait a minute, why don't we know what's going on? >> reporter: limited cell service just made matters worse. >> the tower is on the other side of that hill and i can't get anything. >> reporter: but in these tightly knit communities, information spread like wildfire. >> you can see it's getting smoky or hour by hour, and the wind is starting to pick up. that is the concern and that's why leoni meadows is under a mandatory evacuation order as of midda

people trying to escape jammed m up highway 50 through placerville as evacuations were ordered.he chp tweeted be prepared and parts of 50 may close because of the fire and to leave south lake tahoe as soon as possible. >> people are panicking. i panicked a little bit. >> i have my dad who cannot walk. kate: renee lined up for gas after leaving her home so quickly, she didn't have time to rescue her pets. >> i had to leave my cats. they would not get in the crate. that is not a good thing, not a good feeling at all. kate: cindy plans to live with her family in her trailer until it is safe to return. >> hopefully, we will get a call that everything is good. >> i had tears. it's unreal. kate: mike surveyed the damage on his dirtbike. >> this is beautiful country. it will be a long time before it is beautiful again. kate: two civilians were seriously injured in grizzly flats and had to be airlifted to hospitals. the fire has now burned at least 30,000 acres and is 0% contained. you can stay with abc 7 news mornings for updates. i'm kate larsen. dan: thank you. the monstrous dixie fi

breaking right now at 4:30, a wildfire breaks out between sacramento and lake tahoe just east of placervillevideo shows the flames growing in the last few hours. authorities say the fire exploded overnight and it's now burning through the area of grizzly flats. our photographer on the ground says several structures have burned and mandatory evacuations are in effect for people living nearby. at last update the fire has burned more than 2400 acres. cal fire warns the fire fight is

the flames jumped highway 50 and the highway is shut down between placerville and meyersville. the flames have burned more than 90,000 acres. >> reporter: those dry windy conditions across highway 50. crews are thankful the red flag warning has ended for now as their firefight continues. crackling flames on an active day for the fire. going to trees and rising over bridges near the gray rock campground. >> that fire is getting moved along. >> reporter: often off wind planning the flames and sending sparks across highwa 50. ino, la shasta, trinity, and taco. people who live in homes are exempt. >>> looking live out in san francisco, tourists are having to deal with new vaccine requirements. showing proof of vaccination in order to get inside a business. we caught up with some visitors to see how they are adjusting to the new requirements. >> terminous in san francisco are showing proof they are fully vaccinated. >> did you know about the vaccine policy before you got here? >> they said to make sure to bring your card. >> and executive says he was pleasantly surprised on how most

green valley church in placerville. the only place accepting folks. you can see there are people with trailers filled with boxes. furniture, there is dirt bikes on this other side, there's all sorts of equipment. we have people that have shown up in the early hours of the night. these folks over here from camino and pleasant valley. the american red cross gave them blankets and pizza and kept them calm. when you have kids it's hard to explain what is happening given the danger of the situation. >> itto ain this tothem theyn't see it. until ey they kind of get a better idea and then they get really scared. >> if the parking lot here is serving as a staging area for rv's and camper is trailers as well. in terms of animals some have their dogs, cats in the car with them. the fairgrounds is taking larger animals and the fairgrounds is accepting smaller animals. green valley church and the cameron park community center, the only place that people can go. cameron park shut down so the church is the only place right now. the dublin interchange. the high wind

places like placerville and right over the fire itself, kirkwood, will deal with terrible air quality -- the worst in the world. back here at home, we have a look at some cloud cover. most of us in the mid to upper 50's on the peninsula. 51 in napa, 56 in concord. for your commute, everything is pretty much the same. some drizzle near the coast. it is breezy through the delta. it is cool this morning. it will be comfortable this afternoon. this is the last day for many of us. jobina: good morning, everyone. a live look at emeryville. those headlines are going westbound. things should be moving just fine. same thing goes at walnut creek. a live picture showing us 680. our commute out of tracy is looking good for once. everything is on time. it just turned orange, it is still 35 minutes. we have new details on bringing back light rail service to the south bay. trains are back on the tracks for testing. they hope to resume service along the orange line this weekend. the train stop for three months following the deadly mass shooting at the san jose railyard. reggie: thank you. still ahead

[laughter] reggie: this therapy dog moose visited the base camp in placerville yesterday, and you couldee that first responders smitten. today is international dog day. kumasi: i want to moose. reggie: i love moose. kumasi: i like big dogs. awe. lisa: those furry friends will be hot today because we have a heat wave inland, with the heat climbing day by day, beginning today. but it will not last long, which is good news. the onshore flow will help us. but it would not be until next week. this thursday, we start off with fog in the north bay. here's a look. 52, castro valley. 53, fremont. fog fluctuating from a half tooo a quarter mile. 49, pacifica. as we look at the winds in the upper elevations, this is what will bring in the warmer air, and potentially some smoke today. winds coming out of the north. as we shut off the sea breeze, a little bit each day temperatures will get warmer, air quality will go down, and fog will pr it's in the north bay that the heat that will spike on friday and saturday. cooling at the coast on sunday. today we begin the warming trend, the moderate to high

check out the smoke seen from placerville. no visibility. this is about 10 miles from the spot on the highway shuts down between here. the fire is burning towards lake tahoe. the video you just saw was shot by our news reporter. she made the drive to tahoe today. she is joining us now. how are you doing? reporter: it is pretty awful. not only is it getting harder to read here but we are seeing the smoky asphalt freely from the sky as the breeze comes in, indicating that this fire is moving closer to this town which is where we are right now. 13 miles outside of south lake tahoe. fire crews are concerned about the trajectory of this fire. you can see from our point of view. the trees are barely recognizable. this is getting worse in the last two hours. flames have jumped both sides of highway 50, leaving residents fleeing their homes and bracing for the worse. >> this is where it goes down. reporter: the fire is inching closer to south take -- lake tahoe. how would you rank the risk level for south lake tahoe in terms of having a mandatory ev

new evacuations were ordered for areas southeast of placerville. that is on the northwest side of the fire. much of yesterday's firefighting effort was aimed at protecting the town of strawberry on the southeast side of the fire. the purple areas on the map show how much the fire has grown the past 24 hours. it's torched over 145,000 acres. crews increased containment up to 19%. >>> another wildfire caused tense moments in tuolumne county in the sierra nevada foothills. this morning, evacuees are returning to the hopes after the washington fire destroyed 17 buildings, including homes near so nora and jamestown. crews are clearing roads and restoring power. some resident his five minutes to get out. one woman was relieved to see her house was still standing. >> we watched the flames yesterday andings amazing job the firefighters did drop the positive check on the top of the hill. -- fos check on the top of the hill. >>> 6:10 is the time now. still ahead and streaming on cbsn bay are, hundreds of east bay students won't head back to the classroom aft

in the smoke, and everything is going to the dixie fire in the cold air fire in that up around placerville and pollock pines, which they have been evacuating because those fires are going to get a big wind push on them. they're going to get two directions, one coming out of the southwest, and they're going another wind direction shift later on in the morning, that's going to come more northerly, so that's going cause firefighters significant problems. this is huge. actually, these two fires the wind potential for tonight. it's a short lived event. for us. it's going to last a little bit longer up there and there's lots going to happen. so i know cal fire has got their work cut out for him tonight. i'll see you back here with the rest of our forecast, which seems like not such a big deal compared to what's going on up in the north northeast. americans could soon roll up their sleeves for another shot of coronavirus vaccine soon be lining up for a d covid-19 shot. the white house covid response team is set to discuss the possibility a booster shots as the delta variant spreads. fox news. jon

pines home on tuesday we're lucky that we have family close by we're staying with our son here in placervilleally got their mail today is the first day we came i was worried about getting here before noon thought they closed at noon happy to see they've extended their hours till five o'clock like many evacuees getting mail has been tricky, especially as ballots have been mailed out for the upcoming recall election bill o'neill is the el dorado county register our voters and says at this point there's only one place where people can go to get their mail mail is currently from what we understand is currently being held at the diamond springs post office for all of the displaced voters and all the displaced residents, o neill says. there are other options if people are not able to physically make it to the post office in diamond springs if a voter is not sure where they're going to be at they can call our office if they're one of the event. evacuation sites and can't receive mail. we can bring ballots to them. county officials have been visiting evacuation sites all week and will continue to do

we've got towns and taking a look at mat-su farm in placerville. >> escaping civil war and hardship ingroup of workers in oppression, arms dealer by the name of john henry schnell embark on a journey to america's pacific coast in 1869 their travels led them to the lush rolling hills of present-day plaster ville for the established 18 soak farm called wakamatsu. a kin to plymouth rock wakamatsu farm is the site of the first japanese colony in the united states. the first japanese american was born here and it's the site of the first to be buried here. the gold rush brought a lot of people and everybody's looking for ridges and everything. >> they started here because they wanted to live here. and they wanted to bring the culture here. welcome to the greenhouse people touring the grain or farmhouse will get to see all of the artifacts and historical pictures that have been found throughout this large property. it just shows history that a lot of us didn't know about for quite a while. you hear about integration, new study it in high school. but to have it actually be here and to know tha