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

early this morning, shut down orders went into effect for san mateo county. we are live with the details. >> good morning. san mateo county state off the coronavirus watchlist for a while but never have to close those indoor specific businesses. the new rules went into effect at midnight and the following businesses have to close or move outside. gems, places of worship, nail and hair salons, tattoo and piercing shops, and nonessential offices. san mateo county was the less be area candy to land on california's coronavirus watchlist. according to the california department of public health, but county has seen more than 1000 new cases and five deaths in the last 14 days. there is also been a 22% increase in icu admissions in the county in that same time period. businesses somewhat expected to get to this point. we spoke to a gym owner who said she is prepared to have classes outside. >> i ordered canopies for the sun and maybe when it gets cooler, i will plan for that winter and when the light changes, i ordered some camping canteens for lighting. kind of plann

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

one of the largest and most concerning is this one burning in san mateo county. you can see it is burning from skyline all the way down toward the ocean. this is in south san mateo county, near pescadero. it's 1,000 acres, and we've just learned in the last 30 minutes mandatory evacuations are now being ordered for the butana state park area, including the baranco knolls community. evacuation orders for loma mar. if you've been told to evacuate, you've been asked to leave immediately. don't grab anything, get in your car and go. now, the other fire that we've been watching is the hennessy fire in napa county. that's actually one of three large fires burning in napa county. the hennessy fire is burning near lake berryessa. mandatory evacuations also ordered for that area. and we hear there is a winery, the nickolini winery shared this afternoon they are being threatened by this wildfire. this has burned nearly 3,000 acres. it's also 0% contained. all these fires believed to have been started by lightning. >>> well, another big night for the democrats. their nationa

we have conducted significant evacuation of 22,000 people, between san mateo county and santa cruz county combined. the fire itself is heading in the south easterly direction, from the san mateo county line into the santa cruz county and a southeasterly direction, and we do have communities that are out in front of this fire at this time. with that in mind, 6000 structures have been asked to evacuate throughout the entire fire area, and this is a very active timber fire that is burning into counties with a serious threat to both public safety, and for structures that are out in front of it. there are evacuation centers set up in san mateo and santa cruz counties, there are law enforcement officers in the area conducting evacuations. attended over to unit chief larkin who will say a few words. >>> good morning, to reiterate what the chief has stated, the lightning complex started on sunday around 3 am, and we have been working diligently to try to -- with the resources that we have, contain the fires and have had little success at this time due to the fuel moisture, the fuels that are burn

>>> frustration at san mateo county after businesses were ordered to make modifications or shutdown. why the county's health officer says the state's watch list is deeply flawed. >>> san francisco school officials have reached a tentative deal that will provide answers on how the upcoming school year will work out and why officials say parents should not worry about the amount of time their children will be in front of a computer. >>> and open car let vandalize in the early morning hours. it is all caught on surveillance video but now the owner is expressing anger with the response he got from the police department. >>> from ktvu fox 2 news this is "mornings on 2." >> welcome to "mornings on 2" . it a saturday so happy weekend. >> how are you doing on this saturday? >> i am okay. ready to rock 'n roll. >> ready to go. let's go get a check of the forecast and talk about the weather. the weekend is shaping up nicely. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. we will see a warmer day today. a warm up over the weekend but we will have 90s out there. let's start with a look at visibility. t

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

since last saturday gyms fitness centers and hair salons have been shut down in san mateo county after the county was put on the states watch list i feel like we keep getting mixed messages and we're sending our members mixed messages. >>one minute we're able to open so we're paying for it and then the next minute we're not now in a statement, san mateo county's health officer is apologizing to businesses that were closed. >>saying he doesn't support the action and says the state's one size fits all decision-making process is fundamentally flawed. >>treatment they think applied based on our data is incorrect barroso san mateo county is in a relatively stable state in regards to the spread of the coronavirus and believes what spread there is not due to the businesses that were just shut down it's nice to hear a health official come out and speak. i've been in favor of like its operating in a safe manner because this is something that could last for quite some time stroll owns yoga 6 in south san francisco. >>his opening has been delayed in his classes moved outside due to the state watc

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

the scu in santa clara, alameda and contra costa counties and the czu in san mateo and santa cruz counties and the l and u, which started in sonoma and not the counties and burned around yolo counties. >> the lnu has scorched to 24,000 acres, about a 200 square miles. there is still 0% containment. by comparison, the biggest wildfire last year burned just over 77,000 acres and that was the kincade fire in sonoma county. we have all the latest details on the fires burning around the bay area but first let's go to mary lee for the latest on this and healthy air quality. >> we are tracking that all for you. unhealthy air quality for san jose, livermore and concord and very unhealthy air for vacaville. because of this, we have another "spare the air" alert due to this unhealthy air and in fact this "spare the air" alert continues all the way until sunday. not only catching any relief for a long time, but we are also hazy and smoky. let's check the temperatures. we're looking at temperatures above average this time of year. it is not as hot as we have seen with that extreme heat over the last s

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

san mateo after all the victims cars were stolen. police then found the suspect still in the store and they found thomas and possession of a gun. according to the san mateo county excuse me at san mateo police. thomas was allegedly involved in similar crimes in foster city and she has now been booked into the san mateo jail. so where you can deliver a legal marijuana in california is a question and it's at the issue of a court fight between the state and some of its own cities. beverly hills, santa cruz county and 23 other local governments are asking a fresno superior court to in validate a state rule that allows home marijuana deliveries state lied lot wide even into communities that banned commercial pot sales. the next hearing in this potentially landmark case has been scheduled for november. let's take a live look outside right now of the golden gate bridge there we go very foggy in the shot here. well that fog stick around for the weekend, let's find out from our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow who has our 4 zone friday forecast, yeah, happy friday get ready for the weekend 2 years a beautiful look out. >>toward half moon bay, right now hey the clouds

it's confusing to keep track of all the names but this is the czu fire, san mateo county. this is near la handa and right now it is 0%emoke napa, solano sonoma counties. thousands have been evacuated from their homes and this fire has proven itself deadly. four people have lost their lives to this fire. let's begin in the north bay, the big collection of fires called the lnu complex fire. it has turned, as we said, very, very deadly. we're going to take you now to cal fire, which has just started its evening press conference. let's listen in. >> for all the media to remain masked with covid masks at all times. just a quick incident update on this fire. we currently can confirm 57,000 acres have burned on this fire. we have 2% containment now. 24,000 structures remain threatened out in front of the fire, and we can confirm 97 structur have been destroyed. just so everyone is clear on what that means, in the last two days we've had two damage inspection teams out in the field. starting tomorrow we'll have five damage inspection teams. so we anticipate those numbers to climb i

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

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

headed from san mateo county line into santa cruz county and a southeasterly direction. we do have communities out in front of this fire at this time. >> in san mateo county, the areas under mandatory evacuation orders include dearborn park, pescadero creek county park. and also south skyline woman near highway 9. russian bridge open space. a large swath of neighborhoods in san mateo county as well. santa cruz fairgrounds is in an evacuation center along with the pescadero high school in id fighting this fire the fires ac street, but with this particular five there is such heavy smoke that they can't get their aircraft in to drop smoke retardant on the flames yet. they also mentioned that firefighters because resources are thin, firefighters will have to work double shifts on the fire lines. >>> we want to go live north of vacaville. a house is on fire. here is a live picture. look at the middle of your screen. this is north of vacaville with a house burning from the lightning complex fires. you are seeing this burning house on english hills road halfway between vacaville

is no way to get off the list that any of us are aware of. >> tonight, the health officer in san mateo county is blasting the state over its watch list saying it does more harm than good. >> it comes just days after the county was forced to close businesses. j.r. stone is along the peninsula tonight with details. >> reporter: this outside canopy in san mateo was going to be where vivian wen did her customer's nails but it blew over in the wind. now the county is now on the state's watch list, and there is no indoor service allowed. the county's health officer says that is not right, and is blaming the state. >> i believe they targeted certain businesses for closure, but that was not warranted based on the data that we have. >> reporter: dr. scott morrow says with all the factors taken into consideration, the county is stable. >> i think it's a mistake to focus on single data points. and i think that's what the state is doing, and i think that's a mistake. >> reporter: others like the county supervisor agree, citing huge unemployment rates that will grow if the state doesn't make changes. >> i

san mateo county and santa cruz county are working diligently. their status and websites that will be able to provide the public information and the status of the residents. we currently have numerous teams inspectors out there looking at each of the properties, a gathering information so that we can get that out to the public as soon as possible through but the counties so that you can have a idea of what what what you have left or if your property was undamaged so and please be a patient with us as we get the formation out to you we need to make sure that safer inspectors to get into the areas so they can assess the damage that occurred. thank you. >>and that includes the formal speakers, happy to answer any questions that you may have. >>all right you've been watching a live update from fire officials on the czu complex fires in santa cruz and san mateo counties in case you missed the beginning. the best news is that they say they're making great progress and that the weather has certainly helped over the weekend. more humidity less wind and t

in san mateo county, western county along the o la honda area. two evacuation centers set up for that complex of fires. one @ santa cruz county fire grounds in watsonville and another at pescadero high school. so we are going to keep an eye on both of these large fires and the ongoing evacuations throughout the morning and get the information that you need to know to you. len, back to you. >>> all right, anne, thank you. now to campaign 2020 and the controversy swirling around the post office. the postmaster general now says he won't make any operational changes until after the lltionelui no. y changelo dejos and mail processing equipment and collection boxes will remain where they are. no mail processing facilities will close and overtime will continue to be approved as states including california are expected to file lawsuits over the proposed cuts at the post office. the service says cuts were a cost saving measure due to years of financial losses. >>> and looking live at capitol hill this morning, the postmaster ge nevotel ll wion a give the

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

scooterorn honking) (doorbell rings) - [group] grubhub. >>> cal fire is giving us an update in the san mateo county right now. we will monistinformatn. >>wilson walker is live in sonoma county this evening were two separate fires me 15thac0 smoke over your shoulder, these are still very active. >>we are talking about the myers fire on the coast with the fire burning which is really on the edge, we are ifou towards the north here towards the armstrong, that is about where the fire is burning, out the direction but obviously is if it comes this direction it is burning towards the iaruwea will the winds push this fire to the south overnight hours? >> i have never town this deserted ever. >> the area is largely empty this evening, those who are left can only wait d town. >> the last two disaster, disaster, disaster. >> north of a remote area with plenty of fuel and another day of warm temperatures. e w our growth we experience in the afternoons when we get high temperatures and low humidity's. we see the fire behavior over the last couple of days. >> but the fires have been challenging in the overnight

we have the fire going toward san mateo county. it is moving into santa cruz county. it is also going into the city of davenport. the fire is subsiding along the coastline. it still exists. if you move around into the area closer to felton, the fire has crescent and about the communities. it is down to highway 9, we have resources and personnel in these areas. they are actively fighting the fighters. they are protecting the structures. that is as we speak. we have had a lot of opportunities to save a number of structures in the area. there has been a lot of hard work by the firefighters. they are working extra long shifts. we ing the resources that we have in the most the structures. we have evacuations in place for the last number of days. that has helped us tremendously. we are getting people out of the area so we can get into the narrow roads. the structures are without, we are not having to worry about the civilians leaving at the same time. law enforcement and our crews have done a fantastic job. we face challenges in the cascades, and has been a challenge with u

there are some around san mateo county along highway 1. if you see that wind of purple, that is a large stretch of highway 1 that is down. there is not a lot of alternates around that area for the northern part. you can always use 280. let's get a closer look. you can see those closures are in effect as you work your way around the area. and also alpine, cloverdale road, and pescadero creek road are affected. 17 is open in both directions. >>> there are new mandatory evacuations in st. helena and napa county. that is due to the so-called lnu lightning complex fires. it includes six fires spanning several counties. it raged through the small area ey ew e valley. worried because the fire appeared to be approaching other areas, including the town of and gwen. >> we have memories of things that you want to do. we want to take the memories with us. >> earlier, st. helena hospital was evacuated. they say 50 patients were at the 151 bed facility when the evacuation was ordered and they were taken to other hospitals. >>> breaking news out of solan

san mateo county has shut down its beaches and is asking visitors to stay away. aches also are closed because of coronavirus over the last july 4thth weekend as well, but this weekend county leaders want to avoid traffic problems especially on evacuation routes. about 5,000 people who live in the area have been moved out. parts of highway 1 are closed. the last thing the county needs is for ambulances or fire trucks to be impeded by beach traffic. >>> a look now at microclimate forecast. we remain under a microclimate weather alert with so much going on. vianey, i will give it over to you. >> you know what, speaking about the beach, it wouldn't be a good day to go to the beach. the air quality is bad outdoors, so you want to remain indoors if possible. right now in san jose, i mean at this point it is very hard to miss the smoke in the air. you can feel it, you can smell it. 65 degrees right now in san jose. the spare-the-air alert is in place today, will remain in effect through tomorrow. the north bay, bay and coast, east bay look at the numbers, 105. this is al

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

their customers outside how long this lasts well that will depend probably on the people in san mateo county and that's why one supervisor says he's had and now he's done telling people to wear a mask which is why tomorrow supervisor county supervisor dave can he will introduce an emergency ordinance that if he gets it his way if you don't wear a mask. the first infraction is $100 the second infraction is $200 and the 3rd one within the span of one year from the first one that's $500. he is not just talking the talk he's walking the walk any has muscle behind his ordinance because the san mateo county sheriff's department. they're also enforcing it now you might recall that a lot of police agencies across the country they say they would not do this they either don't believe that's that's their responsibility or let's face it a lot of police officers out there they don't even believe in masks but in this particular case. the mask ordinance appears to have a lot of teeth in the form of law enforcement back to you all right, thanks a lot. well. >>it's 9 '08 right now and 21 san quentin inmates

i'll note that the san mateo county board of supervisors and transit district have not taken action on resolution that include the conditions that were passed by the board of supervisors. there is not agreement among the six currently. >> to that point, when are they expected to act? >> those two boards have meetings next week. it's not clear whether they intend to act on another rez leug. resolution. everybody could read the articles on what their opinions are and determine whether it's likely they do so. >> just extrapolating for that, if they haven't changed the voting, it's pretty much dead any way unless we're not going to take new action on the revised version. >> if that's the way it plays out, this measure would not be able to go on the ballot. that's correct. >> are there any other final questions or comments. i think at this point, we will-on this item. this motion doesn't pass. if there's something that does happen in the next week or so in which there seems to be alignment with san mateo county we might need to revisit this item. this item is closed for now. i think that ju

. >> an emotional roller coaster for evacuation san mateo county. thank you for joining us.>> the race is on for firefighters on the front lines of raging wildfires across the bay area. combined buyers have torched over 1000 square miles, nearly the size of rhode island. this evening the lnu lightning complex fire is now the second largest fire in california history. >> we have team coverage on the lightning fires and the threat of a new storm that could test the crews that are already struggling to contain the blazes. let's begin with the latest on the lnu complex fire burning in fihaburned 490 square miles, nearly three times the size of san jose, containment is at 15%. the fire is forcing new evacuation orders west of highway 101 including a small area in the city limits of healdsburg. all residents living south of morgan valley road and from sky high ridge road to highway 29 and 53 are also being ordered to flee their homes. wilson walker live near windsor where the fire crews are preparing for the possibility that conditions may worsen in the n

and consumed at least 10,000 acres and significant evacuations of over 22,000 people between san mateo county and santa cruz county combined. the fire itself is headed in a southeasterly direction, it is headed from the san mateo county line down into santa cruz and we do have communities out in front of this fire at this time. with that in mind over 6,000 structures have been asked to evacuate throughout the entire fire area. this is a very active timber fire burning in two counties with a serious threat to both public safety and for structures that are out in front of it. there are evacuation centers set up in both counties. there are law enforcement officers out in the area conducting evacuations. with that, i'll hand it over to unit chief watt conditions to say a few words. >> good morning. just to reiterate what chief cox stated, this lightning complex started on sunday around 3:00 a.m. we've been working diligently with the resources we have to contain the fires and have little success at this time due to the fuel moistures of the fuels that are burning, the terrain is very steep and di

>>county supervisors approved mask finds today, san mateo county now joins napa marin and contra costas in that regard. santa cruz county also passed a mask find today and as kron four's noelle bellow reports now one supervisor in san mateo county believes this ordinance will help get the county on the right track. >>i think if we do this and we're aggressive more aggressive. in terms following this i think we can get off the watch list and then it's up to the governor to lift the restrictions, no mask in san mateo county could mean you'll have to pay up. >>supervisor david

only thing i can think of. >> reporter: after multiple days on the coronavirus watch list, san mateo county forced to tell indoor businesses to close or move outside. barber shops, nail salons, gyms made the list of closures. >> i knew it was coming. >> reporter: private gym in san mateo, equipped to do outdoor workouts with clients but fears the health order will keep them away. >> people are afraid, i suspect it's going to take a year or two to get people not afraid anymore. >> reporter: kelly says he'll adapt. at st. george's, plans to order more tents but first a prayer. >> we're praying actually this thing can be put behind us. >> reporter: in daly city, cornell barnard, abc7 news. >>> san jose mayor sam ricardo is investigating investigation throughout the city, one of the other areas we're focused on to build a better bay area. will announce new investigations for 11,000 wifi hot spots throughout san jose and plans to have outdoor wifi at community centers and parks to help students take part in distance learning in upcoming school year. >>> all this week we at abc7 are focusing on w

their reopening plans because of the recent spike in the number of coronavirus cases inspect san mateo countyto effect yesterday after that county landed on the watch list three days in a row. san mateo county was the last in the bay area to be told to close most of its indoor businesses once again. the new health order requires hair and nail salons, barbershops, gyms, restaurants, and other businesses in san mateo county to shut down or move their operations outside if possible. >> we can go outside, and it's very difficult. i think it's more safe inside, because we've got air purifiers. we have doors open. one customer at a time in the place. we have to do the same thing outside, cleaning, wiping, making sure

in san mateo county, abc7 news. >> all right, thank you. now, we head to the fires in napa county, the gamble fire is -- the fire is 4500 acres both out of control. so is the hennessey fire. you can see the flames in the video. it burned more than 2700 acres and causing more evacuations. we have been following the fire and he joins us live, wayne, what is the latest there had? >> well, it's quite a fire. we are some 15 miles away. look at the smoke over my shoulder. that is not what we wanted to see today, it is much worse than what we saw when we stood in the same spot yesterday. the hennessey is one of the three fires burning and we have gotten a close look at it today. this was highway 128 at noon. with cal fire diverting air support to regions facing larger threats. the hennessey fire was free to burn and roam and it does. this couple live on top of the mountain. and that devastating lightning landed practically on top of them. >> it was, thunder and lightning all evening. but, it really got loud. >> we looked out the window and it was i

thank you. >> so this incident is burning in a large area in twoesd comma san mateo county, cal faiire, santa cruz. a lot of agencies involved. and speaking next from san mateo county sheriff's office is the coastal captain. sal lucas. >> good morning. currently we have approximately 320 homes and 1100 residents that have been rack 80sed. there is an evacuation center at the half moon bay high school within the city of half moon bay. originally it was at pescadero high school, that was moved a of yesterday. the address is 1 lewis foster in the city of half moon bay. we have multiple road closures as was mentioned. and we have numerous mandated evacuation zones with a significant amount oforridor area toscero.loselyitur resours conducting safety checks. if you want up-to-date information, it will be at smt sheriff for all social media platforms. we also have an alert system which is an opt in system. smc alert. so anybody who is interested in getting real time alerts and warnings, those will be issued via our eoc at the county. thank you. >> the final speaker for cal fire incident comma

those the ones in santa cruz and san mateo counties. the animals care came from farms and ranches primarily in san mateo county and the ceo of the event center says that her knowledge. to her knowledge that is this is the first time the cow palace has served as an animal evacuation center. the san mateo county large animal evacuation group says it has moved about 1500 animals. >>out of harm's called from out of pigeon point the other day. and the people were just very very very happy. this somebody was willing to come and help them and resolve their issue of not having their animal stuck. in a fire zone. this is a good song when we get to that could take him back. >>now the cow palace is no stranger to hosting animals of course it and we host the grand national rodeo and the dog show as well big events which now have been put on hold of course because of the pandemic. >>we'll take a break or for 52, as we go we'll check with you outside this is our camera san francisco international airport, a little fog overhead as we're continuing to e

i'll note that the san mateo county board of supervisors and transit district have not taken action on resolution that include the conditions that were passed by the board of supervisors. there is not agreement among the six currently. >> to that point, when are they expected to act? >> those two boards have meetings next week. it's not clear whether they intend to act on another rez leug. resolution. everybody could read the articles on what their opinions are and determine whether it's likely they do so. >> just extrapolating for that, if they haven't changed the voting, it's pretty much dead any way unless we're not going to take new action on the revised version. >> if that's the way it plays out, this measure would not be able to go on the ballot. that's correct. >> are there any other final questions or comments. i think at this point, we will-on this item. this motion doesn't pass. if there's something that does happen in the next week or so in which there seems to be alignment with san mateo county we might need to revisit this item. this item is closed for now. i think that ju

have two evacuation sites that are still open, and they're serving those who are evacuated in san mateo county. again, that's half moon bay high school and the san mateo event center. please, again, do not come to the coast. right now we need to keep these roadways open and the resources available for these residents and the first responders who are trying to address this incident. to provide you a little bit of insight as far as what's going on behind the scenes here i want to also impress upon you or express or extreme gratitude for all the partners and support staff that are here making this happen. i want to really tell you how impressed we are with the professionalism and the efficiency that we've seen thus far. and i want to let you know you are in good hands and everyone is doing the best that they can. we know that it's hard waiting, and, you know, feeling like you're not getting the updates. we just gave you l o information about and we want t let you know your voices of concern are heard, and we've also seen a lot of support coming from the community online and in various platforms.

in lake county, jr stone, abc 7 news. >> and progress is being made tonight in san mateo and santa cruzounties on the czu lightning complex. cal fire officials say weather conditions are finally cooperating. so far, more than 79,000 acres have burned. and it is, at this point, 19% contained. we are learning a beloved camp in the mountains, sadly, has been destroyed. tonight, abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo. >> reporter: usual summers at the nonprofit camp crem are known to offer those with developmental disabilities an adventure. but as the czu complex torched the region. >> we've heard reports that camp is gone. there's not a whole lot left standing but we don't, fully, know the extent of the damage. >> unable to return to the site and assess the damage, camp director, christina, says there is some fortune in that covid-19 had already cancelled the five to ten-day overnight summer sessions. >> actually, quite fortunate that we were evacuating just a couple of people and not 185 people. >> this video was taken last week, less than a mile from camp. homes destroyed. cars torched.

agree, citing huge unemployment rates that will grow if the state doesn't make changes. >> in san mateo county, it was 2.9% this time last year. it's now 10.9%. that means there's 47,000 people that aren't working in san mateo county. >> reporter: dr. morrow says he agrees with indoor bar and restaurant closures, but says there's no data showing that transmission rates are higher in locations like barbershops and salons compared to other open businesses. those in the industry are livid. >> it's been our industry, to be shut down again. >> basically financially the beauty industry is being crippled right now. >> reporter: j.r. stone, "abc7 news." >>> there are several major coronavirus headlines tonight. four california counties are reporting urgent staffing and ppe needs. the state is asking to extend the deployment of u.s. medical personnel to augment staff at eight hospitals in the state. >>> exactly how many covid-19 cases there are in california tonight is unclear. the state reported a little more than 5,000 new cases yesterday. but those numbers are well below average because of an ongoin

these asome of the majofire burning righare in contra costa county san mateo and marin counties. thank you for joining us on this tuesday night, i'm pam moore, i'm jonathan mccall ken enjoying the night off. >>kron 4 has live team coverage of the fires across our area newell bellows in san mateo county where flames are forcing evacuations there. chief meteorologistow is tracki temperatures. the fire threat in the health problems many of us could be dealing with. but we start things off with 2 of the sacking live tonight in napa county where the hennessy fire as you just heard no exploding to some 10,000 acres already 10. >>jonathan right now i'm at silverado trail and highway one 28 and this is the close that crews are allowing people to the fire now i'm not sure if my camera's picking it up but farther along down highway one 28 there's still an orange glow that is coming from th flames on the is me. you know cal fire says that this fire started from a lightning strike. i spoke to the man who saw it all happen. >>smoke and flames continue to burn through napa county cal fire says

a day of confusion in san mateo county, and it ends the with disappointment. ews starts right now. good evening, i'm terry mcsweeney. >> in a few hours, many businesses in san mateo county will have to find a way to move outside or shut down completely. all nine bay area counties are now on the governor's watch list. they now must enforce restrictions to try and get covid cases under control. but for a time today, it appeared maybe san mateo county businesses would get a reprieve. these businesses will need to close by midnight. the ones you see on your screen, gyms, places of worship, salons. in the bay area there have been more than 52,000 cases. santa clara county reported 410 new infections today. the county now topping 10,000 confirmed cases. but health leaders say that high number in new infections is because of a backlog of lab reporting. this all coming in right now. >> the push to reopen continues. the state is setting records but not the kind anyone wants to be setting. yesterday, 219 californians died from the virus. just yesterday. that's a new high

in lake county, jr stone, abc 7 news. >> and progress is being made tonight in san mateo and santa cruzounties on the czu lightning complex. cal fire officials say weather conditions are finally cooperating. so far, more than 79,000 acres have burned. and it is, at this point, 19% contained. we are learning a beloved camp in the mountains, sadly, has been destroyed. tonight, abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo. >> reporter: usual summers at the nonprofit camp crem are known to offer t wit developmental disabilities an adnture. but as the czu complex tored e'p is gone. there's not a whole lot left standing but we don't, fully, know the extent of the damage. >> unable to return to the site and assess the damage, camp director, christina, says there is some fortune in that covid-19 had already cancelled the five to ten-day overnight summer sessions. >> actually, quite fortunate that we were evacuating just a couple of people and not 185 people. >> this video was taken last week, less than a mile from camp. homes destroyed. cars torched. at the campground, two people were living onsite.

so far the fire has burned more than 70,000 acres in santa cruz and san mateo counties, 276 structures have been destroyed. this fire is now 13% containment kron four's dan thorn has been covering of this fire and the santa cruz county and joins us with the latest dan. >>well grant and katharine me fire continues to burn tonight in the mountains of santa cruz and also in southern san mateo county thousands of people have had to evacuate over the past several days as this fire. burns dangerously close to many of these communities manatee these are communities are also small and in the woods, the areas out here. today we saw damage in the areas of boulder creek north of boulder creek and in bonny doon we saw homes that were destroyed by the fire hundreds of other buildings also have been destroyed here many more still threatened to tonight fire crews say that this fire is actively burning and heavy timber and thick undergrowth but there was some positive news today. there were better firefighting conditions and that was thanks to the improved weather, the fox sort of moving

of that 11 of them are in san mateo county, 319 in santa cruz county. with that i'll pass it over to imt 3 operation section chief for an operations update. >>> good morning. the past couple of days we've seen significant progress in our firefight on this incident. the weather has cooperated and we're getting a trickle of resources in. as soon as we get them we're putting them to work, putting them into a plan to achieve our strategy and tactics. the incident starting at the top of the north zone, the fire where it exists is creeping down to our control lines we have established. or are in the process of establishing. again, a bunch of resources, we have it surrounded and able to extinguish. this is part of our alternative strategy and is working in our favor, doing what we want. people may see some flames or fire or smoke more so than anything just know that it's part of our overall strategy and poses no threat with our wind patterns. it's doing exactly what we want to do and is, again, an alternative we're utilizing. a lot of resources in there. very

directions from prichard street over to bodega highway and look at conditions elsewhere in the san mateo county area. highway one closures are along the coast, bring us out of pescadero all the way down into santa cruz and portions of la honda road are shut down in san mateo county along with 84, which is at highway one and 35 at 84. we have some changes for public transit i will have that in my next report. >>> our fire rights continues across california, currently more than 7000 fires are scorching more than 1.4 million acres. three of the biggest in the bay area. happening today, the walbridge fire in sonoma county is now forcing school closures and distance learning will be canceled today due to evacuations at the following schools and districts. now me high school, school district, gordonville school district, montrc district, and montgomery school district. families are advised to check with go to strings for updating information about distance learning. >>> as more evacuations are underway, the lnu complex fire's continues to burn, scorching nearly 352,000 acres and five death are now bl

this is a new fire happening in san mateo county. >>> all right, let's go to paul with the conditions. fires everywhere. and certainly the winds aren't helping in most areas. >> the winds will calm down as we head through this evening, a lot of times you get gustier winds around the fires themselves. temperatures drop off for the rest of us. it's going to be warm. smoky and e rest of the night. air quality will be anth you shall ewe for the zyor frest of week -- an issue for the rest of the week. above average this time of the year. notes a hot inland late this week. temperatures in the 90s. hot spots approaching 100 degrees. there's the smoke westward from sales force tower. current temperatures still running in the 80s. 90s. and low 100s. at or above 100 in livermore and concord. mid 80s in oakland. low 70s in san francisco. cooler in the city and along the coast. let's lighten things up a bit. dog walking forecast for this evening, brought to you by bandit from san jose. temperatures in san jose are awfully warm. 93 now. still near 90 degrees at 7:00. wait until later this evening.

that happened yesterday in san mateo county. officials say they were checking on their property and then got stuck there was go live to someone in santa cruz county and there is a news conference that just wrapped up, so what is the latest? >> if you want some good news, there was plenty of it here. containment on this fire is now up to 13% and it has grown a little bit to 78,000 acres but, again, containment is up and humidity is up, not a lot of lightning last night to speak of, and there is more moisture and i do not know how to describe it other than more confidence out of that briefing. if you saw some of it, they are up about their position in and around the fire and the way the weather is working and they said there are certain things they would like mon vor but ove all, i think that was a pretty up the description of the situation here. they talked about the highway 9 corridor and the fire burning west of that and they wished they had better lines drawn up and down but they said it looks pretty good and they talked about

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