pray for redding. and here's some video from another twitter user, another view of the thick smoke and flames. she says please pray for all the homes, families, animals and first responders doing everything they can. and here is some drone footage posted on twitter by user elizabeth as the camera lifts, you can see that expanse the red glow behind redding. the flames burning in every direction you look. she wrote on twitter my friends in redding are safe thank god, didn't hear from them for hours, i can sleep now. we are combing social media for the best images and videos. we'll show them to you throughout the morning. >>> smoke from the fire is filling the air. this photo shows the smoke from space. neda is in the weather center with more. >>> it's steep terrain out there. overnight conditions didn't cool off much. so let's show you the current conditions right now for the carr fire. nearby gusts 5 to 14 miles per hour and temperatures, it's such a wide range because this is of course such a massive f

eerie red skies mixed with a dark smoky hayes over west redding. the annihilation reveals itself. home after home wiped out. >> homes were exploding, cars were exploding. >> reporter: tom maher ran into a neighbor's home to try to save the home. he called his family as flames came upon him. >> i have a wife and kids and i thought i better face time my wife. i didn't know why i was doing it but i wanted to see her face one last time. >> reporter: forcing thousands to have to evacuate at moments notice. evacuees got stuck in traffic jams. the highways were frustrating parking lots. >> oh my god everybody is panicking and going crazy and everything is just trying to leave. >> reporter: a redding news station had to erupt their coverage. >> we're going to leave the station because it is now unsafe to be here. >> reporter: today they are back on the air showing the utter ruin of charred remains athos. >> my girlfriend was screaming in horror. >> reporter: anthony traficamte drove up to a ridge as the fire was raging to make sure his girlfriend's house was safe. it was not. >> she was a

you can see the fire there in red. the gray surrounding areas, those are mandatory evacuation areas. the yellow around redding indicates the downtown. we've posted more specific evacuation areas on our website at abc7news.com. >>> some of the people who have been forced out of their homes by the carr fire are now staying with friends or relatives here in the bay area. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas tracked a few of them down. >> reporter: cheryl welch recorded these sirens and her brush with the car fire on her cell phone yesterday. she was staying with friends in redding when it broke out wednesday night initially thinking it too small and too far away to be dangerous. then -- >> we overheard that wednesday night the fire tripled in size and then thursday the smoke started blacking out the sun. >> reporter: she posted this video on instagram. >> i saw flames over here as well. >> reporter: from a bridge watching the flames jump the sacramento river. >> it wasn't until then that i realized that maybe staying in a place

the fire is the red shaded area. the yellow around redding indicates downtown. >> abc 7 news reporter dion lim is live at the evacuation center at shasta college tonight. dion? >> reporter: dan and kristen, i don't know if you can tell on your end, but there is this strange dark orange haze in the sky because of all the ash from the carr fire. in fact, you can actually see it accumulated on this vehicle in the school's parking lot. now, it being summer you would assume that a college would be pretty empty. that is not the case. there are more than 550 evacuees staying the night here, and possibly for more nights to come. >> i miss home. and i'm hoping that nobody else loses their house or their life. >> reporter: rows upon rows of cots line the gymnasium at shasta college, one of several evacuation centers across the campus set up by the red cross. >> the situation kind of blew up overnight, went from about 20,000 acres burned to 45. >> reporter: along with the onslaught of donated supplies, medical stations to tend

the carr fire fire in redding.t is burning at a rapid rate, very extreme, erratic fire behavior. we have a ktvu crew heading to redding and they will bring you coverage all day on ktvu and ktvu.com. the latest report on the economy is taking stocks up. >>> some bay area favorites are down. pam cook is in the student with a look at today's dollars and cents. >> reporter: we have and i on twitter and facebook in particular. they have bone -- both been hit. facebook stocks drop by $1 million and will likely drop 1 million more as the company continues to crackdown on robots and spam. analyst feel good about twitter going forward, though. -- analysts feel good about twitter going forward, though. expedia had a very firm report. and people are using this fight in the -- site and many are traveling. the dow jones is still up but not by a lot. it is seven points, 25,005 34 and in the last hour, the s&p 500 and the nasdaq are both down. the nasdaq technology stocks are taking a hit, down $43 and 43 points, about half of a

abc 7 news anchor dion lim is in redding.gist drew tuma standing by to update us on conditions on the fire lines, but first let's get to abc 7 news reporter carlos sausedo live near lake berryessa. carlos? >> just complete devastation out here tonight. a toefltal of eight homes damag or destroyed in this fire. as you can see, the flames going pretty strong. this used to be someone's home. now just dark rubble. this of course is something that these residents have been preparing for years now but never experienced until tonight. even as firefighters began making progress on the steele fire, the apock liptic nature of the inferno is taking its toll. >> i've never seen it like this before. it's just here we go again. >> reporter: evacuation orders are new new for stu williams. he stayed behind to protect his home but seeing part of his neighborhood up in flames upsetting to say the least. >> this is a small community. we know -- pretty much know one another. it's just devastating, very sad. >> reporter: a total 6 eight homes dam

you can see just the expanse of that red glow behind the city of redding last night. the flames burning in every direction you look. she later writes on twitter, my friends in redding are safe, thank god, didn't hear from them for hours. i can sleep now. and we are combing social media right now for some of the best images coming out of the redding area. we'll be showing them to you throughout the morning. michele? > some amazing images there, anne. >>> a man accused of starting a wildfire in the san bernardino national forest faces five counts of arson. authorities believe the temecula resident set multiple fires in riverside county including the cranston fire. since thursday, that fire has tripled in size, more than 700 firefighters are on the front lines. it's 5% contained. >>> incredible to see all the fires from northern california down to southern california all across california. let's get a check of traffic with jaclyn. >> and we are going to begin in the north bay taking a look at your ride along 101 where traffic is nice and light. this is right near fulton

a dozer operator and a firefighter from redding. so our -- our -- our condolences and thoughts go out to the families of those two firefighters. >> reporter: with the fire danger in the state, the chief is reminding folks they should have defensible space around their homes. one thing they can't predict as you heard from the press conference is the weather. ahead of the 5:00 hour we'll show you how they prepare to fight fires like this carr fire in shasta county. in davis, rob malcolm, ktvu fox 2 news. >> thank you. >>> in other news, prosecutors have now charged an arson suspect with 15 felony counts related to nine different fires that he is accused of setting on the very same day in southern california. one of those fires is the cranston fire that you heard cal fire officials mention just a few minutes ago. it is still burning in riverside county. and 32-year-old brandon mcglover was arrested on wednesday. he is now being held on $1 million bail. so far the cranston fire has burned more than 11,000 acres. it is 3% contained. 5 ho

for the carr fire and the redding area, a red flag warning in effect through tomorrow. in addition to the high heat and low relative humidity, gusts can reach 30 miles per hour making fires more easily spreadable. i'll have another update and keep you posted. carolyn? >> that is unfortunate. thank you, francis. >>> a desperate situation in shasta county as the carr fire continues to burn out of control. it's burned nearly 84,000 acres. it's more than twice the size of redding itself. more than 500 buildings have been destroyed. nearly 5,000 more threatened.'s. the death toll stands at five after a great grandmother and two children died in the fire. we have the latest. >> they found her with the children, from what i have been told and, you know, that shows she did everything she could until the very end. >> reporter: a close family friend of melanie and her two great grandchildren, james and emily, recall how much joy they brought to the world. >> james wanted to be his great granddaddy. it all happened so fast. >> reporter: thursday, before the flames reached the home

the red line is the active perimeter. redding is in the bottom right-hand corner. today cal fire said this fire is unprecedented burning in every direction at the same time and firefighters don't know why about 81,000 acres have burned due to a vehicle fire. officials say the number is likely to go even higher. today president trump approved an emergency declaration and ordered federal assistance for the firefighting efforts. governor brown has ordered flag to be flown at half staff on behalf of the two firefighters killed. one was jeremy stoke. today the other was private bulldozer operator don smith. several communities to the west of redding were evacuated overnight. abc 7's laura anthony is live with that part of the story. laura? >> reporter: hi, eric. a couple of small communities were evacuated. fortunately, as far as we know, no more homes burned. we're in a community, lake redding estates. we talked about the winds and the influence of the high winds on this fire. this is a vivid illustration of what the winds did right next to where the homes burned. as y

>> reporter: we are in the western edge of redding proper. the fire kind of crept up to the west side of the city. it came in along 922. that highway that runs out towards whiskeytown lake. you have small communities that are tucked in the hills on either side of that highway. eventually you get out to the lake where you have parks and tourist attractions. there is also the small town of shasta village which people might know from the collection of historical buildings. some of that survived in some did not. coming up at six, i will give you a tour out on that highway and a closer look to the dam over there so you can see exactly how close this got to because wicked dam. it is pretty remarkable. >> thank you for that. >> we will go to whiskeytown lake. kip nielsen is there this evening. >> reporter: yeah, liz. you heard wilson talking about this area. we are on the west side of the lake. if you look behind me you can see these flames that are pushing down towards the edge of the lake. this is actually in between where the carr fire started an

that's what's heightened the fire danger across places like redding and red bluff where you see the redlag warning is in effect now all the way through midnight. that's when we're going to have the most dangerous conditions. also battling the heat, an excessive heat warning continues until 8:00 this evening. the highs 105 to 112. not only do we have blowing, dry air, but also feeling like a blast furnace up there with the temperatures at 112. it couldn't get much worse for the firefighters and those trying to escape the flames. >> thank you. >>> meanwhile, governor brown has declared states of emergencies in several counties including mariposa where the ferguson fire is burning near yosemite. it has chard more than than 44,000 acres of land and 27% contained. there are no flames in the park itself in yosemite, but the fire has resulted in the closure of the park's valley floor. at least until sunday. you will have to make other weekend plans. >>> back to what's happening in shasta county, they need all the help they can get. any support. they are getting that from the bay area. >> abc 7

why is it red? the many colours of the summitare why is it red?mit are scattered by the earth's atmosphere but the reds longer wavelength get through, giving it its very, very distinctive reddish glow. that lunar eclipse taking place right now. the sticky paws from that and bring you all the sport. chris mitchelljoins us from the sportscenter. he will be walking on the moon. they've been hurtling down the mountains of the pyranees at almost 80km/h, the riders trying to catch geraint thomas. but none of them made a dent in the welshman's lead and after the final mountain stage — stage 19 of the tour de france, and thomas has edged closer to winning. it's his to lose now, if you like. the team sky rider was challenged on the slopes of the col d'aubisque with a number of his rivals attacking at various points on the climb. he looked strong throuhgout and try as tom dumoulin might, he just couldn't shake the welshman and now looks like the world time trial champion will need misfortune from thomas to win the tour. thomas finished second to primoz rogl

that's the latest here in redding. melissa colorado nbc bay area news. >> as melissa mentioned hundreds of homes gone including the home the redding police chief. chief thursday night but that didn't stop him from helping people get to safety. moore says as the flames approached the house his family grabbed their pets, priceless photos, important documents and got out of there. >> i'm numb right now. there will be time to reflect on that. it has been devastating to my family but we will make it through it. >> it wasn't just the chief. two other police officers also lost their homes. >>> the carr fire is forcing not only people but animals to evacuate. shelters here in the bay area are stepping up to help. volunteers to tony la russa's animal rescue program have opened there are doors to animals displaced by the fire. one shelter took animals. >> we were put on tod that they are going to have to evacuate haven humane and move all of theni temporary space. >> volunteers brought dozens of cats and dogs from that shelter h

fire in redding. plus, dozens of structures destroyed, thousands more in immediate danger. the fire continues to burn at this hour after already excuse ming an area the size of oakland. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us for the midday new cast. i'm scott mcgrew in for marcus. >> i'm laura garcia. we brought you live breaking coverage of the fire all morning long on "today in the bay." we have learned a firefighter from the city of redding died in the fire fight. earlier this week, a dozer operator was killed new this morning, three marin county firefighters were injured. the fire burned more than 44,000 acres, that's 75 square miles. >> it's only 3% contained. we just called that out of control. 65 structures gone. nearly another 5,000 threatened by flames. so far, thousands of people evacuated from their homes. nbc's pete suratos is live in corte madera. >> reporter: you're seeing the containment number go down and why a number of firefighters from the bay area including from here are

there's also a red substance flashed on the vehicle.ense plate was reported stolen. >>> a ten year old boy rushed to the hospital after the sand tunnel he was digging collapsed on a beach in santa cruz. lifeguards say last saturday people nearby saw a ten year old boy get buried in sand. by the time lifeguards reached him, he was not broething. he was recess tated and taken to the hospital. he returned a few days later to thank the life guard. >> i didn't recognize the boy. it was cool to see him. i gave him a hug and took a cute picture. he is doing really well. it was emotional for sure. . >> several calls every summer to rescue people buried in the sand. they warned people against digging tunnels on the beach. >>> trubing news out of lake tahoe. -- -- troubling news. last july lake clarity was the lowest since recordkeeping began back in 1968. researchers say it's due to sediment from the drought being washed into the lake. the lake surface temperature rose to 68 degrees, the warmest ever. 0. >> scientists expect by the end of the ce

people in redding have been seeing firenados. wind can pick up burning embers and other flammable debris and then just shoot them up and spread them out, creating new fires. >> apocalyptic when you look at it. let's continue with spencer christian with an update on the conditions in red aring. spencer? >> okay, dan. let's go right to the map right now and show you current conditions. it is hot, it is dry and windy. 98 degrees is the current temperature reading. very dry with relative humidity down at 24%. it may rise a little bit during the evening hours, but not expected to increase significantliment steady wind out of the south-southeast at 9 miles per hour with gusts right now to 15 miles per hour. so all of these weather factors are complicating the containment effort. now, as we look at the next 24 hours, our projection for surface wind shows the wind is going to be quite strong through most of the evening hours. up near 20 miles per hour at times. diminishing gradually during the overnight hours and bottoming out in the mid

a red flag warning through tomorrow morning through parts of redding, due to the carr fire there.can see gusts up to 30 miles per hour. even though the red flag warning expires tomorrow morning, it will be hot and dry all week long. temperatures will be scorching today, near 108, still well above 100 degrees through the next week. in addition, we have a heat advisory in place for parts of mendocino county. also there's a mendocino complex fire here. so triple-digit heat, dry there as well. and we're really suffering from all the fires around the state. we also have an air quality alert for a large portion of the central valley as well, tracy down to bakersfield. of course towards yosemite village. smoky and unhealthful air. try to minimize your time outdoors. there's smoke as far as lake tahoe and even spreading into nevada. here is a look at live doppler 7 with a satellite and radar image. we've got the low clouds that spill into the bay and north bay. it's starting to thin out, and we'll get some sunshine this afternoon. a live look right now as we look towards the downtown fina

around redding and carr fire, near 100 degrees around redding. humidity levels at 20%. these wind speeds we're watching closely because over the next couple hours, they will be on the increase. in addition to that, red flag warning, tomorrow morning around redding and a heat advisory up for mendocino county through 8:00 tonight. coming up, we'll let you know if we're going to expect any cool k you. we go through the next >>> the powerful message of support for all those affected by the carr fire, the chp posted this photo on facebook and it says, "when all is said and done, we will still be with you shasta county." we're going to continue to monitor the carr fire as well as the other wildfires burning in and around the bay area. >>> a long and exhausting fight for firefighters in the community dealing with these fires, we're going to continue to monitor all the wildfires on our home page, nbcbayarea.com. also follow us on twitter @nbcb @nbcbayarea. >>> still to come, no safety in these streets. details behind a chp crackdown in the east bay. the dangerous stunts that fo

but that red flag warning will stay in effect through monday for redding. so you can see the sea breeze clearly here, 75 in novato, 63 in oakland. then you get outside, under the influence of the breeze and temperatures are going off. so it's 5 degrees cooler in concord today. it's 3 degrees cooler in napa. about the same around the bay. so really, the area's natural air-conditioning doing the right thing by us but going east you find the heat. there's the heat advisory. that goes away soon. you can see the forecast for tomorrow is going to be just as hot especially in the inland bay valleys. so heat advisory in the valley, red flag warning up here and not just here but southern california, palm springs, vegas and tucson and phoenix. so keep you posted. tomorrow will be nice. about like today around here. and pretty hot inland. >>> new information now about the deadly duck boat accident in missouri. what investigators revealed today about just how quickly weather conditions changed right before the boat sank. >> also ahead tonight, now that they have been r

light means catching people rolling through the red light rather solid or flashing red is pretty commonider and the thought process behind that hopefully that the auto will see the crosswalks and stop short and maybe help them see the red lights at the intersection and it is working a little bit but maybe some ticket books will help a lot in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news ( darya ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... a family walking down an east bay street is suddenly harassed by a woman telling them they don't belong. now police are being asked to take more action. ( darya ) plus... the father of a missing college student issues a new plea for help in finding his missing daughter. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) much like yesterday high temperatures today will stay cool along the coast with inland areas warming again. coastal areas will range from the 50's to 60's with the bay mostly in the 70's and 80's. inland high temperatures will again be seen approaching 90 degrees. expect cooler temperatures tomorrow with inland highs falling as much as 5 degrees compared to today's.

we'll head over to the redding area where there's a red flag warning in effect through tomorrow. high temperatures. there could be gusts up to 30 miles an hour and low humidity throughout the day. current conditions right now, cooler, 69 degrees. winds are gusting 4 miles per hour but pick up this afternoon and this evening. now, redding, unfortunately, is going to be hot all week long. we have temperatures that will be well above 100 degrees. in fact, 108 expected today. still, over triple digits throughout the week. also, just a heads up, a reminder, there's an air quality alert in effect for the central part of the state, due to the ferguson fire. you can see how widespread the smoke affected the state from yosemite to bakersfield. it is unhealthy air. if you are sensitive to smoke, limit your time outdoors. we have the fog and low clouds. we had to use our wipers in san francisco and the same thing will happen tomorrow. we see the low clouds spreading into the bay and parts of the east bay. current temperatures right now, mostly in the 50s. san francisco, 52. navato, 46. clea

right near redding red flag warning remains effect, a carr fire, low humidity. near record dry temperatures really fuel these fires. pair that up with low humidity and gusty conditions at times can make for a very dangerous situation that can turn rather quickly. we're also talking about the mendocino complex fire, also dealing with similar conditions as well. poor air quality expected. that heat advisory does remain in effect for the highlighted areas. two active wildfires burning as well. humidity remains below 20%. let's talk about this smoke and how it might affect your day for today. if you're going to be outside i do want to take you through some of the higher levels of poor air quality and that's going to be due to smoke drifting to the southeast. through the highest smoke levels in the north this afternoon. you can see up here we got severity index, the yellow and blue staying nice along the coast. as we take this further inland it starts to get moderate to severe and through the monday morning hours we're expecting the highest levels to still remain in

temperatures could be up to 105 again, excessive heat warning in the areas in red including the chico-redding area. so they are going to have 110 in their forecast, possibly 112. this ridge is still in place. that's what's keeping us warm through the weekend. hot saturday and the 90s well above average. so your seven-day forecast still looks pretty warm. seeing mars is rare at this time. san francisco marathon forecast. 61 sunday. it's going to be cloudy in the morning, good running weather. especially through san francisco. staying in the 60s for the bay and the beaches for the next seven days. >>> we are going to be going over a lot of those closures due to the san francisco marathon but if you do not need to be driving in san francisco this weekend, you should opt not to because there's going to be a lot of traffic. let's take it over to 205. this is for folks heading through tracy our "super commuters" out there dealing with a slow ride already this morning in the westbound direction. opposite direction is roadwork. if you are going to i-5, be prepared for some slowdowns. westbound slow o

a red flag warning has been issued for redding through monday morning. unaccounted still nine people for in the carr fire area. among them, a redding woman and her two great- great grandchildren. to find his wife or the children. >> he called and said grandpa, you need to come, the fire's coming at our house now. reporter: the home is now a total loss but family members are hopeful the three were able to escape. >>>authorities released the identity of the redding firefighter who died fighting the blaze. it was fire inspector jeremy stoke. he's the second person to die fighting this blaze. a bulldozer operator was killed on thursday. three marine county firefighters who were burned fighting the fire are now out of the hospital and recovering. marin county fire chief says they were defending a house when they were hit by a blast of heat. the fire is so massive, it's creating its own weather system. es. you can see a toof e fire fight is fought in the skies above redding. video posted shows a tanker dropping fire retardant. a helicopter scooped up water fro

the red flag warning now for the burn area of redding until 8:00 on monday morning. that means the heat is going to continue. and that's what's driving these fires. obviously very, very dry fuel and as mark pointed out, we have had multiple days of 100- plus degree temperatures and low humidities and so now everything is tinder dry especially in this area. here we are tomorrow morning, we are doing a forecast for the fire. look where it goes. right back to the heat advisory level right back to red flag warning status. those humidities in the case of redding down to single digits. 8%. winds are calm. but again, don't be fooled by that because this fire based on pyrocumulus, like a cumulus cloud from fire, this thing started rotating when it gets so big and so tall that it's creating some significant surface winds. as we heard earlier 30 miles an hour even though the prevailing winds are not near that. when i come back, we are going to talk about the heat advisory for the rest of us and the forecast for the weekend and we'll take a peek back at the fire. >>> thank you.

redding. >> the fire is now moving west into another county. melissa has the latest. >> reporter: guys, we still do not know the person of that six-person killed, but we know the family is being notified of his death. thousands in the area wonder when they can return to their neighborhoods to check on their homes. unfortunately, for the next door neighbors, there's really not much they can salvage, but adding to the anxiety, rumors are swirling on social media with false reports claiming certain towns, homes are gone, and they urged people to be party adds crews work to secure neighborhoods and restore power. the fire burned 89,000 acres, 5% contained, unchanged from yesterday, 517 structures destroyed, and they made a push to highway 299 and jumped the county line into trinity county. they are making progress but admit it takes time to get a handle on the aggressive fire that pushes in various directions. while thousands of evacuations in the area wait for the go ahead to return to their neig

officialanayt parts of redding that were evacuated will soon be repopulated. several has been arrested for looting and trespassing. the public is warned that officers will arrest people found in evacuated neighborhoods without legitimate reasons. be sure to stay with abc 7 news as we track the wildfires, you can find a guide to help you prepare for a sudden evacuation, including what you may want to have already packed so you are ready to leave. abc7news.com. >>> a big group of people tried their hand adderalling into the record books today. they were at the p skaters tried breaking the guinness world record for the longest chain of skaters. two roller skating clubs joined in on the effort, the holy rollers of the church of eight wheels, and black rock roller disco group. unfortunately the group was not able to break the current record of 371 skaters. the organizer says he will try agin. >> now, your accuweather forecast with drew tuma. >>> in accuweather we're tracking a gradual cooldown if the coming days. live doppler 7 with satellite is showing you from ti

and inching closer to redding. nick watt is live in redding tonight with the latest on how firefighters are containing the flames. nick? (grant) and two wildfires are burning in lake and mendocino counties tonight. this is a map showing where the mendocino complex fires are burning near lakeport and upper lake. so far the fires have burned more than 55- thousand acres and is just 10-percent contained. kron 4's terisa estacio is live in lakeport. terisa how is it looking out there tonight? (grant) firefighters are gaining ground on the steele fire burning in napa county. the fire is now 75-percent contained... and it has burned 135 acres. eight structures have been destroyed. there are evacuations in place for pleasure cove and berryessa. (vicki) we are also tracking the ferguson fire burning near yosemite. the ferguson fire has burned more 56-thousand acres. containment is at 30 percent. yosemite valley was evacuated as a precaution. it won't reopen until this friday. (vicki) evacuated or chased from their homes by

and that includes the community of igo, southwest of redding. katie nielsen is there now, she says a key piece of firefighting equipment is out of service right now. katie? >> reporter: that is right. the biggest factor in getting containment of this fire is actually the weather, right now. it is well over 100 degrees, but, the winds are calm, if you take a look behind me, you can actually see that because we do not have a lot of wind, a lot of the smoke has settled down into the valley, which is keeping the water dropping helicopters grounded, today. will calm her winds -- those calm winds allowed firefighters to set fire fighters -- fires, active fire lines are burning south towards ono and igo, 10 miles outside of the city. >>> we have not been able to use it on much of the fire because of the smoke, laying down over the fire. visibility does not allow it to be done safely. >> reporter: much of the fire is burning in rugged terrain, where water dropping helicopters would typically be a great resource. because of bill visibility, and they are

a red flag warning towards redding till 8 a.m. tomorrow morning. here is the the two fires. tomorrow morning temperatures in the 70s. once again another day of heat, temperatures in the upper 90s, topping 100 degrees. closer to lake county, closer to 100 degrees. and wint increasing probably once again by -- winds increasing probably once again by monday evening. that is a big concern for the fire crews as they get a handle on the fires. >> thank you. >>> a second firefighter has died fighting the ferguson fire near yosemite national park. the competenten was with -- the captain was with the hot shot. he was struck by a tree and killed. the fire isn't expected to be contained for two weeks. yosemite valley remains closed to visiters and will reopen on friday. >> there are more fires in southern california. one fire burned more than 13,000 acres in riverside county. it is now 57% contained. officials say they expect to have it under control later this week. some residents have been able to return home while there are mandatory evacuation orders still in effect for several com

lived red's way. chase.ours. >>> "abc 7 mornings." >> all news. >> all morning. >> this video pretty odd. look at this, the suspect behind the wheel of a toyota spider that appears to be splads with red paint surrounded by police trying to stop the driver wednesday morning on alta loma but he manages to get out of there and in the process rams a patrol car. if you could see the driver i w there, he's covered with the black cloth. investigators say the license plate came back stolen and haven't gotten the driver. he was last seen in martinez but if you see him, or see that vehicle, certainly call 911. >>> new and police say could be a serial killer linked to as many as seven murders. 27-year-old daniel drayton was arrested at a los angeles hotel last week. that's where police say he was found with a woman who had been tied up and sexually assaulted. he was wanted in new york where investigators say he used the dating app tinder to prey on his victims. >> the common denominator in the cases one being a murder

red but then when b go to theusiness dinner you red teeth.ouan take a sip of white sin and the su llfites wil bleach the red color on your teeth. >> thank you so much. cheers. >> cheers. >> i -- i>> -- love that story. >> i know nothing about wine. >> that's >>crazy. i like the box wine. isha bad? >> i don't know what's watching right now. >> some will be like yeah. we show up with the boxed wine at the party. >>ly go ahead and say that's what we drank in college. >> yeah. >> i still like some of the stuff i had in college. >> like -- >> i wouldn't know the good from the bad stuff. that's what i'm saying. >> the best tip in there was when susan hoganng was tal about when you have red wine and when you drink white wine to get rid of the red stains, that's genius. >> i know when you do wine tastings, you should always use the spit bucket. >> i never use it, but i know you should. >> well- >> i was so jealous. after you did that wine story last year, i was like i t want do a wine story about the weather. so i did that last year. hwas like did su

now to the northwest corner of the city of redding. so a very explosive fire that's burning very quickly out of control, sparking those emergency evacuations. >>> we have a perfect example of just how erratic those winds near redding are. check out this vortex. it looks like what it is. it's a fiery tornado as a wildfire moves close. conditions will be tough again for firefighters. for more on that we continue our team coverage with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. what can we expect? >> i see winds gusting up to 30 miles an hour. i have a map perspective and we're going to relate it to the weather and the big change we saw that made this fire explode so much. you see how much it grew w it grew so much into redding was the nerl wind took the crown of the trees, the very top part of it and it continued to push extremely fast with low humidity and those winds gusting at 40-plus miles per hour. we're still going to be hot. 107let that would help the firefighters keep some of these embers away from reading. gusts still could get up to 30

including a fourteen year old boy have been killed in the latest fighting protests at the gaza his red border both were shot in the head by israeli soldiers gaza health officials say at least i'm about two hundred forty five people were injured. now the u.s. economy is growing at its fastest rate in years but economists question with a vat growth is sustainable john hendren has a story the united states economy is surging reaching its strongest growth in four years and president donald trump predicts more to come this isn't a one time shot i happen to think we're going to do extraordinarily well in our next report next quarter the trump administration reported that u.s. gross domestic product rose at an annual rate of four point one percent almost double the rate in the first three months of the year but many economists don't expect this surge to last with many predicting actual g.d.p. growth to settle to about three percent this year that is because second quarter numbers were boosted by foreign purchases of u.s. soybeans and other products before a trade war raises tariffs on them we

winds in much of redding are 5- 15 miles per hour.wins in redding near the fire are up to 50 miles per hour. to say that this fire is creating its own weather is an understatement. it is creating severe weather in and upon itself. that fire-world, something similar to what you saw earlier lifted this tree off the ground. it was not burned, just nearby. 50-60 mile per hour wind gusts near the fire have caused their own weather conditions, more extreme than just one or two miles away. it is going to be windy near the fire on saturday and sunday, the heat is going nowhere. 113 degrees today, 110 degrees is my forecast for saturday and sunday. five mile per hour winds away from the fire, multiply that by 10 near the fire itself. >>> pg&e says it deenergized some of its transmission lines in rural areas west of redding last night. hundreds of customers are without power and gas. the utility says they are working with first responders and monitoring the situation at the wildfire operation center near san francisco. >>> more live coverage of

in redding, we were there as people returned to their homes in the lake redding community. neighbors say their block looks like a warzone after the carr fire crossed the sacramento river and smothered homes in this neighborhood. dozens of families will need to rebuild from the ground up. employees with the city of redding were surveying the property damage counting which home mas made it and which did . neighbors say their hearts are with the family members of the two men killed while fighting the fire and the families that lost everything in minutes. >> my heart is super sad for them, yeah. i should have had that too. i should have been completely burned also. so i feel bad. >> a lot of memories. my sister pushed me on the swing. >> reporter: according to the l.a. times, the redding police chief and his two officers lost their homes as a result of this fire. we're also learning that 32 employees who worked at a nearby hospital mercy medical center also lost their homes. no doubt a devastating week for this community as they try to rebuild. i'm melissa colorado, nbc bay are

lived red's way. chase. the stars were shining a little brighter tonight in tinsel town as best of the world of sports shared the stage with a list celebrities at espys. larry beil is live with highlights from the red carpet. >> reporter: hi, so much fun, fourth straight year covering the espys, talking with a listers as you described them. happy to report -- i have a new friend, excellent. alone all night long. later. anyway, nick young, swaggy p, actually wore a shirt, happy to report that. so hot, i'm sure wanted to take it off. fortunate to have a fan beside us, much appreciated. >> mvp on the red carpet right here. >> fan. >> repositioned a fan so get cool. you don't want to leave. >> stay here until show starts. >> talk to you all day. >> jaylen brown, former cal bear. >> don't get necessarily lana on the red carpet this often. look like sweat pants. >> it is, magnetic with the zippers. still dress shoes. >> l.a., one of the major media markets in the world, a positive thing. >> what's the matter with

that's the latest in redding, melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. >> heartbreaking story. st their stations to be flown at half staff to honor the fire victims. this right here is from cal fire station in morgan hill. it is a somber tribute to the firefighters who lost their lives protecting the redding community. >> melissa was talking about it, hundreds of homes gone, lost in that fire, including the home of the redding police chief. chief roger moore lost his home of nearly 20 years thursday night, but that did not stop him from helping people get to safety. moore says as flames approached the house, his family grabbed their pets, priceless photos, and important documents and got out. >> guess i'm kind of numb to it right now. there will be time to reflect on that, but it has been devastating to my family, but we'll make it through it. >> two other police officers also lost their homes. >> animals also impacted by the carr fire. people here in the bay area, though, are stepping up to help. nbc bay area's christie smith is live in w tony la russa's animal rescue station.

, excessive heat warning as we could reach 112 in redding.ho wants to fight a fire in that. most of the state still under the same advisories and warnings. today fingers crossed, should be the last day for most of these. temperatures 117 in palm springs, still over 100 in the central valley, 95 yosemite. they will start to pull back a little bit as we head through the weekend. we'll take a look at our forecast coming up. here's reggie. >> thanks, mike. >>> roseanne barr is back doing an interview with sean hannity and appearing on stage in new york city. >> she went to a comedy club and discussed the twitter incident that got her fired and her sitcom canceled on abc. she insists the tweet storm directed at valerie jarrett was political not racist. barr said she did not know jarrett was black and also says her tweet was mischaracterized. >> yeah, i'm sorry that anyone thought that was a racist and not a political tweet because it was, in fact, a political tweet. and not a racist tweet whatsoever. and, you know, i can talk about it until i'm bl

near redding, abc7 news. >>> with thousands of people evacuated from their homesy the red cross is very busy. at shasta college, it is packed tonight, dion. >> reporter: it is indeed. now that night has fallen we're seeing relief from triple digit temperatures and people outside getting rest from a stressful day and we saw senior citizens together shooting the breeze and smoking marijuana trying to make the best of this situation. >> at shasta college, the lawn has become somewhat of a campground even for the littlest. >> the fire was close to our house so we had to evacuate. >> reporter: on cam miss several red cross evacuation shelters and volunteers offering everyday items like animal crates for families with pets and this filled with cots, estimates could be as many as 700 evacuees. michael is tending to a sick dog. >> very stressful, going back and forth trying to figure out if we were supposed to evacuate or not. it was hell. >> reporter: stories of struggle. a single mom, a student at shasta with three little boys huddled in a tent outside so as not to disturb other evacuees. >>

conditions in redding, you can barely see where you're going. eerie kind of feeling right now with all the smoke in the area. it's still a very dangerous situation for people to be in in redding. i'm sure areas where you work and areas where you cover i'm sure areas where you work and areas where you cover are i'm sure areas where you work and areas where you cover are not strangers to wildfires, what is different about this time around? so this wildfire is very different. you know, like you said, we're not strangers to them at all but this wildfire is extremely erratic, has very dangerous behaviour and has moved very fast, has been very unpredictable. you know, this fire started earlier on in the week, 3000 acres, which is really not that much here in northern california. you know, we didn't think much about it and then all of a sudden this fire just exploded overnight and it started coming into the city of redding. we always know that it's possible for it to come into the city of redding, we just never expected it to be this fire. how are peop

here's redding off to the south.hters are doing everything they can to keep these flames out of redding. 107 degrees, wind gusts could be up to 35 miles per hour, and a humidity of 10%. the extended forecast right now, keeps it at 105 and above through tuesday of next week.te the end of next week, it's not that much. we could be under this prolonged heat event for 14 days. we're going to have our coverage here at nbc bay area.com. we have our reporters up there, and we'll be continuing to follow that story. back here at home we have low clouds, most numerous clouds for the north bay, san francisco and the east bay. i think a few spots tomorrow by the afternoon will get hot. but it's not going to be 100 degrees and warmer. the hottest we have in the south bay right now, is 94 in my forecast. in the bay, you're at 95 in san jose. right over to the east bay, no 100s either, 95 in antioch, look at the difference heading closer to the bay makes here. across the peninsula sunshine by the afternoon, going to san francisco.

steve patterson, nbc news, redding, california. >>ust devastating images there. >>> well, the car aire and othe only being fueled by scorching temperatures in northern california. dave price is follong the ather there and beyond. what's the outlook, dave? >> kristen, high heat continues to plague the west. dangerou conditions as we head through the next several days. with temperatures as we wrap up the weekend in the 90s to the low 100s. 102 in sacramento. 109, redding. spokane at 93 degrees. through the next several days, improvement, it is slight, with temperatures still holding around 100 degrees as we get to boise around midweek. in europe, it's much the same story. the record-breakg heat rolling through sections of england has now moved on, but there'sll s a fire threat stretching all the way down from stockholm through the mediterranean where fires are burning in italy and they continue to burn in greece and temperatures stay into the 90s. kristen. >> and we cnow you'lltinue to track it. all right, dave, thank you. as you jus

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he's making his red ins debut in richmond.s eering his 14th year in the nfl, ands training camp i one of the highlights of the season for the qb. >> i love -- i love going away to camp, you know, so to get down here and get started off. when you have kids and ail fam you get less and less time to hang out with the guys, and -- an a camp is time for that, but i feel like my best football is still ahead of me,. certainly still feel like i've been ascending, and i still feel like i haven't reached my tepontial, and that's still what pushes me, challenges me to continue to rive to get better. i feel like'm a young 34-year-old, and i do have a lot of ball left ahead of me and i'm excited to kind of push that ash hat ceiling. i feel like i still haven't >> and at 34 years old alex smith is one of the oldest guys on this roster, but now switching to the nationals. the nats taking on the marlins. they are currently seven games back in the division and 5 1/2 outilrom the second card spot and according to jeff haskins of yahat sports th

(j.r.)the red hot oakland a's. they have won five in a row going into today's game against the cleveland indians. beautiful day for baseball out at the coliseum. bottom of the 6th, a's down two to nothing and here comes oakland. josh phegley says good bye. that ball is deep and it is gone. that would tie the game at 2. oakland wasn't done there though. a's up 3 to 2 and dustin fowler says....i can hit the ball far too. check this out. a solo home run. fowler was two of four on the day. a's had three jacks on the day. they go on to beat the indians 7 to 2. increasing their win streak to six in a row. (j.r.) big day in world cup soccer. elimination games started up this morning so i figured i would break out the only soccer jersey i own. a lionel messi jersey from argentina....not gonna need this though...not after this game.look at the speed of this soccer player from france. his name is kylian mbappe and he is fast. when they finally caught him...they took him down. that is a penalty. that would lead to a goal. fra

back and one of mexico's most famous archaeological discoveries has gone on display in the capital a red queen was found twenty four years ago in a secret mayan chain but she was head of one of the most powerful and chin empires in the americas and has a story past john heilemann has more from mexico city. the red queen one of mexico's most famous archaeological treasures a restored funeral finery has arrived in the nation's capital all the one thousand three hundred years after she took her last breath experts believe she was a prominent figure in the maya world is like i said the only national she's the head of a long line of governors and a lady that headed up confrontations between other mayan political centers. she was laid to rest in pulling the ancient mayan citadel in the jungles of southern mexico placed in a red sock office in a red chamber both claim a great sacrifice experts say many would have died in getting the radioactive mercury so far it used to paint them the colors exact significance was lost over time so was the red queen until nine hundred ninety four when archaeolo

the team navigates the deep canyons and red hills.icking a search on mars that might reveal more signs of life. nasa hopes to send humans to mars by 2030. and the dreams of these desert explorers could help lead the way. tammy leitner, nbc news, hanksville, utah. >> pretty out of this world. >>> well, that is "nightly news" for this saturday night. tune in tomorrow. kate snow is here. and she'll introduce us to some baseball fans who might be inducted into the hall of fame in cooperstown. i'm kristen welker. for all of us here at nbc news, thank you for watching and have a great night. breaking news. mandatory evacuations, in effect for the berryessa >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. mandatory evacuations right now, the order went into effect just after 5:00 this after. cal fire says it has burned 100 acres so far. >> let's look at the fire, it was unknown right now, the evacuation order right now is from the pleasure clove area, and it still being evacuated. just into the news room, we have a picture of the fire, and to our othe