may get worse for the santa clara valley area, as we will be watching how that smoke from the santa cruzrifts into the santa clara valley. moderate air quality. there is still going to be pollutants in the air that makes it dangerous to stay outside for long periods of time. sonoma county, watching the fires there. the temperature trend throughout the morning and into the noon hour, it will be very chilly to start. mid 40s. temperatures rising into the mid 70s by noon. it won't be as warm as it was yesterday, which is going to be a big positive for this afternoon, seeing those temperatures by noon up to 77 degrees. a lot more humidity to start compared to yesterday. our winds will shift onshore. we'll also be watching a disturbance to the south of us. as we head thursday into friday, there will be the chance of rain. some of the models drying it out just a bit, which is not good news. we are hoping for a little bit more in the way of rain. but we are going to see that chance moving in, especially for the north bay. that's where we will have the highest chance, between thursday night and

this is the santa cruz fire, santa cruz mountains, rather, called the bear fire. at least 125 acres are burning. some 150 people have been forced to e vk wavacuate the area. those flames continue to burn. people received those emergency reverse 911 calls to alert them about what's going on there and to get out of that area. >> right. but they say, cal fire and the sheriff's department, if you don't feel safe, don't wait for some official notice. don't wait for a reverse 911. if you don't feel safe, get out. if you smell smoke and see flames, leave the area. the fire started about 10:00 last night and started as a house fire. according to rob sherman, who we spoke with a short time ago -- >> the initial report was a structure fire. right now, one structure is confirmed. we have no reports of any other structure that is have been burned at this time. >> reporter: okay. total right now? >> we are looking at 25 plus acres, maybe 30 acres. that will change. intel is hard to see at night in these steep canyons. we have an access issue. you can see behind me, steep and r

crews from santa clara county sheriffs helping the santa cruz county sheriffs who are out there right now. terry joins us on the phone. you evacuated your home and got to see those flames from your home. you are now in los gatos. tell us what it was like as you saw those flames and thought to evacuation. >> caller: i got in the car and the flames were about from where i was, they looked like they were 40 feet high. i said okay, i'm out of here. >> right. >> no need to wait around. did you get one of those reverse 911 calls the sheriff's department sent out? >> caller: yes. >> what was it like? what did they say? was there urgency to it? >> caller: basically said it was under immediate evacuation. didn't say mandatory at that time, but immediate and just made a decision this is the time to do it. >> we know you saw those flames, but knowing what happened in the north bay, did that add some urgency to how fast you got out? >> absolutely. >> where did you go? >> caller: i'm at lakeside school. >> okay. >> caller: most of the people in my area had to go to black road because that's the on

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dozens of homes in the coffee park neighborhood of santa rosa are now gone. that is completely devastated. kpix5's jackie ward has spent much of the day there. he complete de >> reporter: what a day it's been here because a lot of people have been walking around to check to see if their friends' homes are still standing. that's because this area is really hit or miss. as you can tell, right here this house is totally fine, unscathed, but houses across the street there there's no problem at all, not even any ash or soot in their driveways, but then you come to the corner here of san miguel avenue and you see there are homes that have been completely lost, shells of homes remaining here, garages, doors completely melted. it's unbelievable. we'll toss back to you. >> it was marching towards santa rosa, so we realized early on with the wind that we were battling on our own fires that this fire was going to come into santa rosa. so what we did, we did what we could. we ordered up mutual aid early. we established unified command with cal fire and we set up our stag

start off with santa rosa chief. >> i'm tony gazner, chief for city of santa rosa. 7:00, 7:30, multiple fires throughout the city, drained our esources quickly. and had mutual aid come in and then tubbs fire coming in, realized with the wind we were battling on our own fires this this fire would come into santa rosa. did what we could. ordered up mutual aid early, we -- we ordered up mutual aid early, established a unified command with cdf or cal fire. set up our staging area in k-mart parking lot in city of santa rosa. didn't take long before we realized that was not a good spot. moved to our fire station 3. had thee immediate need strike teams. 25 other strike teams inbound. and it was all we could do to put engines in the right place. had every resource in the county, recalled every firefighter in the city of santa rosa, and used every resource to the best of our ability. but with that kind of wind, that fire, not sure when it started but blew into santa rosa around midnight, little bit earlier, by morning time, fire about 25 to 30,000 acres. came in hard. very windy, dry wind and ta

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santa rosa 81 degrees.he north in mendocino county, it looks like cloverdale 84, lakeport 83, clearlake 82. that's welcomed signs of cooling that's happening. it's all because of this high pressure system moving east. you will notice these lines right behind it. it's bringing this onshore flow, the winds from the coast coming in. it could increase our chance of a marine layer tonight through tomorrow and thursday night, as well. and then by thursday night this low will dip down and that's going to bring us some rain in the forecast. here's our rain futurecast. here we are at 7:00 thursday night. that's when ukiah might start to get .10" of rain so it's going to reach the north bay hills first which is where they need it most where all those fires are. thursday night santa rosa and san rafael and napa may get a little rain. it's not a significant amount. some areas could see up to.3." friday morning it should let up. a significant drop from the 80s to the 60s by friday. saturday, sunday we will be on the ris

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out of santa rosa. (steve) staying in santa rosa...'s check in with kron four's philippe djegal... who spent time at the journey's end mobile home park, destroyed in a fire. (grant) that's where search and rescue volunteers spent the day with cadaver dogs looking for human remains. (philippe) for eileen rosetti... the journey's end was home for a year and a half... now, she says it's impossible to point out where her mobile home once stood. eileen rosetti/evacuee- "i can't tell where my rubble ends and someone else's begins." through the afternoon at least 50 search and rescue volunteers, some from as far south as monterey county... walked the grounds in santa rosa, searching for human remains, with the help of five trained cadaver dogs. checking on five specific addresses, then branching out through the rest of the park. eileen fears some of her neighbors who went missing, never made it out of the fire alive.eileen rosetti/evacuee- "i feel really sad. i, i tried to get one of my neighbors out, um, but he wouldn't go. i think he probab

breaking news in santa cruz county. cal fire is on the scene of a new 10-acre fire near bear creek road. residents are being evacuated. a center is open at boulder creek elementary school located at 400 west loehmann creek. several roads in the area are closed. sandra osborne will have live updates coming up. >>> firefighters are gaining ground against the wine country wildfires. but flames from the nuns fire is keeping them busy between dropping water and digging containment lines. the flames are now burning behind a well-known winery in napa county. kpix 5's joe vazquez shows us how crews -- what they are doing to contain them. >>> reporter: you can see the orange glow from zinfandel and throughout the valley. a contractor is delivering water to firefighters, crashed through a railing and was killed when his tanker rolled over. officials aren't saying what caused the crash. the oakville grade is very steep and officials say the contractors, like others, was exhausted. >> everyone is tired. there's no break since last

two more late last night in santa rosa. people in geyserville and healdsburg have been told they can return. so far these fires have claimed the lives of 41 people across four counties. sonoma had half of the big rooms. 102 people are still listed as missing or unaccounted for in sonoma and napa county. the latest person killed was the driver of a water truck that crashed in napa county yesterday. >>> here is a look at four major fires in the area. the nuns fire is the biggest. 51,512 acres. containment is that 53%. it's a few hundred acres bigger than the atlas fire south of lake berryessa which is 70% contained. the tubbs fire in the calistoga area has burned more than 36,000 acres and is now 75% contained. the pocket fire near geyserville has burned 12,000 acres and is 45% contained. >>> the air quality continues to be effective for all of us. let's check in with rosemary orozco who is in for steve with the weather. >> cooler weather and relative humidity is climbing. this is good news as we get into a cooler pattern tha

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rosa santa rosa and calistoga.don't even know about sonoma or napa fires. >>> we will be back with live team coverage continuing, and we will extend beyond 10:00. be a part of it with our mobile app. and we will be back in just a few minutes. beyond is a natural pet food that goes beyond assuming ingredients are safe... to knowing they are. going beyond expectations... because our pets deserve it. beyond. natural pet food. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. it is 7:54 and we have been on the air covering the north bay firestorm live since 4:00 a.m. and we will continue to stay on the year. this fire is by no means even close to being under control. there are multiple fires burning in multiple towns from santa rosa, live on the right, to calistoga, napa, sonoma and all separate fires with fires anywhere from 100 acres to as on the right, 20,000 acres in santa rosa, alone. viewers have been sending in video as they fled the neighborhoods with thousands evacuated and countless structures from businesses to mobile home parks to

we just got to santa rosa. we're here at the sonoma county fairgrounds and getting an update on the tubbs fire, the largest one burning, the most destructive, and it has been the deadliest as well. catching up here with the public information officer for santa rosa, paul lowenthal, good morning. can you give me the very latest? >> the fire moved into the city of santa rosa, it's been about three and a half days ago causing extensive amount of damage into the city limits. the whole north end of the city still under evacuation. a lot of structures damaged. a lot of neighborhoods devastated or destroyed. we understand obviously now with the way the fire originally moved in and all the fingers with the winds we experienced, we now have issues calistoga roadside, still issues in santa rosa. it's a dynamic situation. >> reporter: you mentioned to me earlier calistoga, parts of calistoga are evacuated? >> the volume evacuations taking place from this fire from this area it's a coordinated effort between a lot of agenc

sutter santa rosa hospital is reopening this hospital is santa rosa now... sutter happening and ( james ) the morning.through out with you check back we will camila. thanks ( james ) thanks camila. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) and happening now... sutter santa rosa hospital is reopening this morning for the first time since being evacuated because of the north bay firestorm.( darya ) kron 4's hermela aregawi is live at the hospital this morning with the details. hermela. ( hermela )this morning.. the hospital just opened all its doors.. with full services.. inpatient as well as emergency care.on sunday night.. employees and patients had to evacuate when the fire surrounded the facility.i want to show you surveillance video from that night.it's in a time lapse.as you can see people running out of therethe hospital says it safely evacuated 77 patients within six hours.you can also see in the video fire completely surrounding the building.i spoke with a security guard that was working that night.he tells me everything happened

the santa ana winds. they are gusting up to 45 miles per hour and firefighters are at the mercy of mother nature. those winds are whipping this thing and they don't know which way it will turn next and it is near the 91 and two 81 freeways -- 91 and 241 freeways meet in santa ana. it's not to the scale we see up into one country but it's speaks to the statewide threat.>>> this fire starter onto a clock a.m. and look how quickly -- this fire started around 10 a clock a.m. this morning." quickly it started. i want to take you back right now to santa rosa as we can -- continue to monitor the live areas in southern california. this is a live picture that appears -- that shows a live home -- that shows a home that appears to be smoldering.>>> this home is in the montgomery plaza neighborhood. it is hard to tell if this is a residential area although it does appear to be. the santa rosa fire officials, they acknowledged that the reason they put the 645 curfew in effect and the mandatory evacuation zone area is

in santa rosa alone... more than 28-hundred houses have been wiped out by fire. ( justine ) we saw another fire erupt in santa rosa overnight... and that has led to a new evacuation order. this map shows the area where people need to leave. however fire officials say it is to get them out of the area to help the firefighting effort. at this time... lives are not in immediate danger... but the threat of the flames has led officials to not take any chances. also... we have heard an area near coffey park is no longer under a mandatory evacuation order. you check the kron four website... and the city of santa rosa's website as well. ( jr stone ) cal fire has been constantly updating its maps... show where the fires are burning. this shows the major fires going tonight in wine country. the areas shaded in red...that is where a fire is burning or has burned. a red flame icon means the fire is active or not fully contained... a black icon means the fire is under control. (justine) also today, governor jerry brown

in santa rosa, philippe djegal, kron four news.r quality has been affecting our sports teams all week. the raiders had to cut practice short due to air conditons being unhealthy for the players. kron-4's sports director, gary radnich is now here to tell us why the n-f-l decided to keep the raiders game in oakland this sunday the n-f-l believes the air quality conditons will improve heading into the weekend. but they'll continue to monitor the air, if things worsen they announce changes about the game via social media. right now their game against the their game right now their game against the charges remains on schedule at 1:25 p-m. the league was thinking of moving the game down to levi's stadium or qualcomm stadium in san diego. the poor air quality caused the north bay wildfires... forced some players to wear facemasks during practice right now -- the air quality index in oakland is 159 here's jack del rio on the league's decision to keep the game at the coliseum "nah, i think will be fine. obviously it's a seriou

in santa rosa alone... more than 28-hundred houses have been wiped out by fire. (jr stone) cal fire released this map showing the major fires happening tonight in the north bay. here are a look at the latest numbers.... the atlas fire in napa and solano counties has burned more 50-thousand acres and is 48-percent contained. the nuns fire in sonoma county has burned more than 47-thousand acres and is 15- percent contained. the tubbs fire in napa county has burned over 35- thousand acres and is 50- percent contained. and in sonoma county...the pocket fire has burned over 11- thousand acres and is 15- percent contained. (justine) we saw another fire erupt in santa rosa overnight... and that led to a new evacuation advisory. this map shows the area where people need to leave. however fire officials say it is to get them out of the area to help with firefighting efforts. at this time... lives are not in immediate danger... but the threat of the flames has led officials to not take any chances. also... we have he

it will stay place until sunrise tomorrow (pam) santa rosa is one of the santa rosa (pam) (pam) santa rosa is one of the communities affected most by these wildfires. homes burned to the ground by the block...(steve) kron-4's j-r stone saw the devastation close up at the coffee park developmentand talked with some neighbors who have lost everything. (jrs) (pam) we want to give you another sense of the devastation now .. look at this ... it is a side by side comparison of the area on the left is a google earth image of what the area looked like before the fire... and on the right a c-h-p helicopter image today following the massive fire... (steve) all day we have been hearing harrowing stories of people fleeing their homes with little warning.((pam)) so many families are dealing with the unknown tonight ... they do not know what they will find whenever they are allowed to return home. kron 4's hermela aregawi has been talking with evacuees.. she is live santa rosa hermela? c(pam) as we have been telling you... some neighborhoods of santa rosa have been completely wiped out. but there w

you may also see a floating in areas toward santa cruz. we are picking up on a southwest breeze at times.

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report live in santa rosa. kim yonenaka. >>> there is a warning for people who are rebuilding after the north bay fires. officials with the contractor state license board are touring the neighborhoods. phoney contractors will try to push services to desperate home owners after a large disaster. congressman john garamandy has advice. >> don't go for it. take your time. your home isn't getting rebuilt tomorrow. and the cleanup will take a while. make sure that that contractor knows what that -- they're doing and that they have a license and insurance. >> he went on to say the rebuilding process could happen faster if they worked together to clean up then have insurance companies offer reimbursement later. >> we have seen powerful photos over the last we can. connie sending us this photo of the sun rise as the nuns fire moves over mount st. john in st. helena. you can see more photos on the nbcbayarea.com. >>> okay los angeles has the olympics but who picks up the tab if it goes over budget in a move by governor b

park in santa rosa. those include mil burn drive and ridge driver. >> completely obliterated. we're looking and looking and we cannot find any homes standing. >> while the fires burn in some neighborhoods, people still can't return to others to fine out if their homes were spared or destroyed by the flames. >> the death toll is 15 in california and it may take times to see if more victimes are in burned out area, whether there are more. >> we're responding to calls and houses, i know that someone came up because someone was at a place. we ended up finding a body there. that is part of it. >> so far more than 2,000 homes and businesses have been destroyed in northern california and flames threatens thousands more in several counties. >> we've mentioned 183 people are still listed at missing in sonoma county. the sheriff's office hoping some have been found but not yet reported as found. >> if you know of someone who was missing but no longer is missing please reach out to the sonoma county emergency opera

but the santa rosa family isn't really focusing on what is gone they are grateful (grant) santa rosaut a map .. it shows which houses have survived the fire .... and which ones are damaged or destroyed.(pam) it features highly detailed aerial images ... you can go house by house, street by street. take a look... the red on the map indicates vegetation ... like trees and shrubs. if you want to know if your home survived ... kron 4 news is here to help. we did this during the kron four morning news.... and we are doing it again tonight. we will be addresses submitted to our newsroom. (grant) right now we are looking right now we are looking at.... to get your address in, just use the kron four mobile app "report it" feature ... or go through the kron 4 website. give us the address in santa rosa... and any details you can provide, along with your story... when you were evacuated, what did you see... and we will do the best we can to get it on the air. be patient because the site has been overloaded throughout the day. (pam) joinining us now is meteorologist anny hong... she's been track

(robin) in the santa cruz mountains.. 'bear fire' in boulder creek has already destroyed four buildings and 300 others are threatened. evacuation orders are still in effect. kron four's rob fladeboe shows us the challenges firefighters are facing. nats (helicopters fight fire) helicopters like this one and other aircraft fighting the bear fire were grounded for about an hour on wednesday after a drone was spotted in the airspace over the fire. that not only led to fewer water drops, allowing the fire to spread that much more, but it put the aircraft, pilots and firefighters on the ground at risk.sot captain jordan motta/calfirethe drone did not however stop hand crews like this one from attacking the fire on the ground. another firefighter was injured, bringing to six the number of firefighters who have been injured, one of whom remains hospitalized with serious injuries. bear creek drainage, where the fire is burning, is some of the most rugged terrain in all of the santa cruz mountains.sot steve chapman/firefighteri rod

again, if you have children in santa rosa schools or know people in santa rosa schools, let them know all the schools in santa rosa have been closed because of this fast moving, growing fire. >> so many people are evacuated. that includes kaiser hospital in santa rosa. our reporter, thom generjensen live at the scene. you have somebody from cal fire, go ahead. >> reporter: yeah, i have a battalion chief, jonathan cox here from cal fire. you are telling me this is a once in a lifetime type fire. what is your priority right now? what can you tell people at home? >> i can't stress enough. this is the initial attack. this is the first phase of the fire. the wind is blowing and the fire is pushing. our priority is life safety, get people out of harm's way. our firefighters are in front of the fire, trying to evacuate them. if they feel they need to evacuate anybody, if they need to evacuate to get out. when they get that evacuation order to leave immediately. this wind and fire behavior is relentless at the homt. firefighters are being outpaced and we are really in the initial stages of th

folks go to the santa cruz board walk.out the other auxiliary roads that are closed and how hard it is if they are on the roads when fire crews are trying to get in. >> on a regular day, it's hard to get through. there's low lying branches, power lines hanging low. one lane roads up and down those mountains. so, abc lupitly. the fire trucks are bigger than the news trucks. they have priority right now. we need to give them as much access as they need to get up and down. so, you know, that's why the road closures are frustrating for everybody. you have to respect, sometimes they have fire hoses spread out across the road and so, you don't want to run over the fire hoses. cripple them as far as fighting the fire. also, you don't know if this fire caused downed power lines. you are driving on a road and there's a downed power line that might be active. a lot of things to consider when you are in these zones. >> damian, you covered these fires for years. what could possibly be the biggest challenge, as it is still dark, trying

east of calistoga road to the city of santa rosa limits, and north of melita road to the city of santa rosa limits. this includes all of skyhawk, oakmont, and much of rincon valley. evacuate your homes immediately. (marty) here's a map of the mandatory evacuations in sonoma county, including the new evacuations along highway 12 in santa rosa. ( marty ) here again let's take a look at the evacautions that came down overnight. mandatory evacuation orders in place in sonoma valley. 7th street east from east napa street to denmark street north side of denmark street from 7th street east to napa road 8th street east north of denmark road e macarthur street east of 7th street east quail run way and hamblin road mandatory evacuations are also in effect in santa rosa. east of calistoga road to the city of santa rosa limits, and north of melita road to the city of santa rosa limits. this includes all of skyhawk, oakmont, and much of rincon valley. evacuate your homes immediately. let's go now to dave spahr with more on the winds. (dave)dry, gusty offshore winds bringing critical fire weather co

the santa cruz mountains. flames tearing through the hillside destroying four structures so far and prompting new evacuations. the cal fire just offered some encouraging news. firefighters are making progress containing the flames. >>> thanks for joining us, i'm kristen sze. cal fire add midsts the location of the fire is a challenge with fire crews having to scale steep terrain to get on the front lines. let's show you where the evacuations are right now. this map highlights the areas surrounded by deer creek road, rauns road, lost valley road and oak ridge. the santa cruz county sheriff says anyone who feels like they're in danger should leave now. sky 7 flew over the santa cruz mountains to give us a better idea of what firefighters are up against. take a look, sky map 7 on sky 7 shows you dawns road right there, in fact, the different roads surrounded by smoke in the middle of that thick forest. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live in the santa cruz mountains where he just got an update from cal fire of

at the journey's end mobile home park in santa rosa.ained volunteers looked through ash for remains. cadaver dogs were brought in to help in the search. the dogs were also brought in ... to the rincon ridge drive area .. on fountaingrove parkway and millbrook drive. (steve) tonight we are learning more about some of the victims killed in the fires. the daughter of 75 year suiko grant and 95 year old arthur tasman grant posted these pictures on facebook. looking for information on her parents after not hearing from them after the fire.12 hours later she posted these photos of the couple in their primewriting today i lost my beautiful parents. they were not able to escape the fires in the mark west springs area of santa rosa. (steve) this is what's left of the home of leroy and donna halburwho also could not evacuate the larkfield area of santa rosa in time to save themselves. the couple, both in their 80's had been married 50 years.leroy helped found the sonoma county branch of the catholic charity st. vincent de paul. and was an active

a lot of 40s around santa cruz and in the santa cruz mountains and boulder creek. 43, 43. ben [indiscernible] 40. scotts, 43, 46. those are coole the -- 2500 feet there's a north wind at 64 and 19% humidity. temperatures in the 40s west, southwest at ben lomond. north wind at felton, but the breeze is holding steady and not that strong and temps cool. we see low clouds that have moved in. that will improve your air quality in you're in the city, southern marin county, berkeley. tim ron is 40 degrees. 40s in san francisco. the key is the wind direction. it's northerly and south. it is northwest. it is west southwest. that wilt will scour out this and push this smoke and haze out of the picture for a while. 40s on the temps. 50s for some. we're running cooler from oaklam minus nine. sfo nine us 12. -- minus 12. tahoe city at 39 degrees. a very impressive system for the pacific in the west and parts of northern california. that will be tomorrow, not today. for then it's going to be today. we have to wait until that system swings in. first cold front of the season, first wide

mark sayre is in the santa cruz mountains with more. >> reporter: we got rain here in the santa cruz overnight. while we don't have information just yet on how that helps the firefight, there's no doubt that it was a nice sight to see for the firefighters. now, this fire broke out on monday evening so today marks the beginning of the fourth full day of fighting this fire. at the moment 320 acres burned. it's 35% contained. because this fire is in dense forests and also steep terrain, it's challenging for fire crews and threatening 300 structures. in fact, six firefighters -- excuse me, make that seven firefighters have been injured and containment lines are being built away from the actual fire lines. >> we're using dozers the best we can to get the fire lines in evacuation centers which are opening for displaced residents at lakeside elementary school in los gatos and a fire station in felton. evacuation orders do remain in place for bear creek canyon road, deer creek road, rons road and dons road. some residents on bear creek road near hawkridge are being allowed to go back with re

chris clark/santa cruz sheriffs dept. firefighters meantime are making good progress in slowing the growth of the fire, and they are looking forward to possibly getting some help from mother nature in the form of rain.sot captain jordan motta/calfire sot rob fladeboe/boulder creek (pam) in the north bay --- the death toll bay --- the in the north (pam) er creekfladeboe/boulder creek (pam) in the north bay --- the death toll climbed by one today .... after a body was found in the debris of a burned santa rosa house. 42 people have now been killed. 50 people are still missing in sonoma county. however, sonoma sheriff's officials say, they don't expect the death toll to climb much higher. that is because half of the missing are reports for homeless people ... who did not live in hard hit areas. and many other reports are for people who have not been seen in years --- but are believed to áhaveá last been seen in sonoma county. eight others are still missing in napa. (grant) and tonight, we are learning more information about

in santa rosa ella sogomonian kron 4 news.ning for people who need to rebuild after the deadly north bay fire storms.... be cautious of hiring un-licensed contractors. the contractors state license board is touring damaged neighborhoods to warn victims of the dangers of hiring people posing as contractors. earlier today....the board put up signs warning people about what you need to look out for. phony contractors will typically solicit their services after large disasters. (grant) as each day p

santa rosa, 61 miles per hour. past i-70, the weather service, intends windy conditions they are dealing with. it will end at 11:00 a.m. a bit of relief for those strong winds. the firefighters should get a bit of assistance from mother nature but north winds at 22, it is combed down but intense wind by santa rosa, and all the wind from the north heading that smoke into san francisco. let's check on the road was with jaclyn. >>> right now, a lot of backup on 80, due to the highway 37 closure between 101 and 80. a new accident along westbound 80 just before this area, creating a backup. the smoke is descending and it makes its way westbound. traffic is backing up and the lanes are blocked westbound. big delays along 101. we are co breaking news in napa and sonoma counties, where five fires are burning right now and they have been since about 10:00 last night. we know dozens of homes have burned and there are likely injuries. people were forced to grab what they could and run to an evacuation center. we will keep you

santa cruz up to 73 degrees. also watching some warm air for the north bay reaching into the low 80s by this afternoon. we also have the approach of the disturbances offshore, producing some rain and even some lightning, showing some live clouds to now ocean lightning. that will be moving closer to the santa cruz mountains as we go into the evening. not expecting a lot of rain, but the slight possibility there could be some dry lightning, meaning the rain dries up but still energy left within the clouds to produce some cloud-to-ground lightning. we know that could spark off some wildfires. still something to monitor for the rest of the day. an increase of an onshore flow bringing in more humidity in the overnight hours, that's going to be moving in from the north. we expect the rain to move into the north bay late thursday evening into early friday morning, but, unfortunately, much of the rain dries out as it moves farther to the south which is a typical trend that we have during this time of year, but it's been

the devastation (pam) staying in santa rosa. one of the hardest hit areas is the coffey park development. look at this ... it is a side by side comparison of the area on the left is a google earth image of what the area looked like before the fire... and on the right a c-h-p helicopter image today following the massive fire... (steve) kron-4's j-r stone saw the devastation close up and talked with some neighbors who have lost everything. (steve) napa county also hit hard by this hit hard by county also napa (steve) everything. have lost neighbors who some talked with close up and talked with some neighbors who have lost everything. (steve) napa county also hit hard by this devastating fire. kron4-'s rob fladeboe is live in american canyon tonight..and rob you got to see the destruction close up (rob) i'm here in napa. (steve) we have much more ahead ... in two minutes a live report from santa rosa. we will be right back our coverage of the north bay ficontinues ... as we've been telling you much of santa rosa was devastated. man

santa rosa. and on the right is the coffey park area of santa rosa. also... schools are closed in both napa and sonoma counties as the fires continue to burn. ( darya ) good morning, i'm darya folsom.( james ) and i'm james fletcher. there are 5 major fires burning in napa and sonoma county this morning. ( darya ) here is an updated map of the fires burning in napa and sonoma counties right now. the tubbs fire in calistoga is 27- thousand acres right now. the atlas fire in napa county is at 25-thousand acres. the nuns fire in santa rosa is at 5-thousand acres. the partrick fire in napa is 3- thousand acres. and the 37 fire... off highway 37 and lakeville highway in sonoma county is 2-thousand acres. ( james ) and the fires in napa destroying a pump station and now the city wants people in certain areas to boil their water this morning. those areas include hagen road... woodland drive... syar drive... holly court... and old coach road. city officials say you should not drink the water without boil

small animals can be taken to the santa cruz animal service center also in santa cruz. >>> as we continue to watch those fires, we continue to watch what is going on with the weather. certainly, that plays a big role on how they fight the fires, how it spreads. >> right. it looks good as far as the weather for the next several days. the winds pick up slightly. the higher humidity this morning, the calm winds, hopefully we get more containment today. we have cool temperatures, cooler than yesterday morning. look at the north bay. right now, 42 degrees. even in san francisco, much cooler than yesterday at this time. in san hjose, 53 degrees. compare it to 24 hours ago. in san francisco, it is ten degrees cooler and we are mostly seeing those temperatures in general, five to ten degrees cooler than yesterday. it's going to be cooler this afternoon as well. as we see the return of that on shore flow in cupertino, a high of 75. morgan hill, 81 and lower 80s for the east bay. 80 in walnut creek, oakland a high of 70 degrees and 68 in san mateo. san francisco, reaching the mid to upper 60s today

we're following breaking news out of santa cruz county...uations. plus... we're following the progress crews are making on the north bay fires. we have team coverage as more families are returning home... while others are still waiting to see what's left of theirs. ( darya ) breaking news... a house fire in the santa cruz mountains is spreading. it started as a house fire... but the flames spread quickly...growing to at least 125 acres. evacuations are now in effect. and officials say 100 homes are threatened at this hour. ( darya ) good morning... i'm darya folsom.( james ) i'm james fletcher. the 125 acre fire is burning in the area of beer creek canyon road in the santa cruz mountains. ( darya ) cal fire has mandatory evacuation orders for the following roads. deer creek road ... rons road and dons road. as well as lost valley road, favre ridge and oak ridge.there is an evacuation center set up at boulder creek elementary school located on 400 west lomond street in boulder creek. let's get right to the scene with kron 4's will tran. he is

park in santa rosa. those include mil burn drive and ridge driver. >> completely obliterated. we're looking and looking and we cannot find any homes standing. >> while the fires burn in some neighborhoods, people still can't return to others to fine out if their homes were spared or destroyed by the flames. >> the death toll is 15 in california and it may take times to see if more victimes are in burned out area, whether there are more. >> we're responding to calls and houses, i know that someone came up because someone was at a place. we ended up finding a body there. that is part of it. >> so far more than 2,000 homes and businesses have been destroyed in northern california and flames threatens thousands more in several counties. >> we've mentioned 183 people are still listed at missing in sonoma coun. the sheriff's office hoping some have been found but not yet reported as found. >> if you know of someone who was missing but no longer is missing please reach out to the sonoma county emergency operati

primarily in the santa rosa area. the nuns fire near glen ellen has merged into two others. >>> the atlas fire has scorched 48,000 acres. and crews have it 27% contained. the tubbs fire, nearly 35,000 acres. it is 25% contained. and the nuns fire, several fires merging now into one, 44,000 acres, crews have it only 5% contained at this time. >> we are looking live now in santa rosa. as we mentioned we are awaiting the briefing from the sheriff. we will break into coverage when i begins to talk. he has yet to address the podium we he steps ford we will cut in. let's begin with rabbit handa near oakville with the latest. robert clarify. you are in napa county which we thought it was primarily just the atlas fire. it is the nuns fire approaching where you are. >> reporter: that's right. we are at what cuesed to be called the nuns fire now the central district fire because of the merging of the fires. from this area you can see this fire is spreading fast. in fact cal fire told us we will have to leave this scene soon, th

santa cruz county.ing to be going direct, which means we will be working right on the fire's edge. as you can tell, it is quite smoky behind me. we have asked for helicopters and aircraft. so the idea is to hit it pretty hard with the aircraft. and then go ahead and hit it with the ground resources at the same time. so the air resources should be in the air within the hour. and once we get that, we will have a better information on intel, on acreage, and all of that kind of stuff that we can put together a better plan. at night, we have a hard time looking at it and seeing exactly what we've got. so although it is smoky. so it will be good to get the aircraft up there. right now the winds are very light, as you can tell. the fire was smoke driven. a lot of heavy brush and timber in the area. we're making access issues and roads are very hard in this area. a lot of dirt roads. that's what we're using as some of the containment lines. >> the firefighters, what happened? >> we have several injuries. we had

(rob) santa rosa's (rob) (rob) santa rosa's fountaingrove neighborhood was ravaged by the fire.burned to the ground ... but kron4's maureen kelly found one street that is still standing, thanks to a group of residents that banded together to keep their homes, and their neighbors' homes from being destroyed. i'm on lake park court and neighbors here on this cul de sac and some other neighbors living on the street above banded together to save approximently 22 homes in this area.not once, but three times over three days.this neighbor up on bicentenial way who owns a heavy equiptment rental place, got a portable water tank and a pump up here .and along with another neighbor who's a retired firefighter and a handfull of homeowners ran water from this pool and beat back the fire burning on the hills around this areauntil firefighters arrived to help up midday monday .it was a big group efforts. with all the neighbors who came around and worked his teams together put now it's gone fires all over the property all the way to the down to the retirement home down there and all the neighbo

rosa. >> heading towards santa rosa. >> heading towards town. >> santa rosa is pretty big. so, i mean, can you say maybe a quarter of the town -- >> you know, i don't want to say. you can see behind us it's jumped highway highway 101 on the north side of santa rosa. it's a substantial area being affected right now. >> thank you, sir. >> so that's basically the assessment in a nutshell is that if you see it to get out of harms way and this is no joke, these winds are really bad. >> is that ash? in your shot. >> that is ash. >> ash is raining down. >> that was. that was. if i put the light on sometimes you'll see them coming down and stuff. right now another big building is just on fire. that's -- you can see it right there. >> oh my gosh i do see that. >> just burning down. it's like a candle. >> it is a large building. that's not a home, is it? that's industrial. >> that looks like a large building. i couldn't tell you what it was before because it was in the dark and the smoke was covering up things. but you definitely see it now and it's burning down. >> yeah, see that's

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in santa rosa. a family neighborhood. in fact we've been talking about the hospitals, a lot of the nurses from the hospitals live in this neighborhood. i'm on pinnen now and doingwood, everything that you see around me is gone. gone, down to the studs. just smoke and debris is what's left of this neighborhood. this is a family neighborhood made of police officers, firefighters themselves, lots of nurses say they live in this neighborhood and their homes are gone. they got the call at 12:00 at night said grab something and go. ironically if you look down the street, all the way past the stop sign, all the houses there absolutely fine. in fact across the street from each other one side of the block houses are okay. on the other side of the street, completely gone. nothing left. no cars, no furniture, nothing but rubble. so people have just been returning back to their neighborhood to see. then other people have been showing up, people in the houses that are okay, they've been coming out handing out water, going around tryin

in santa rosa ella sogomonian kron 4 news.now to the family of a san francisco auto mechanic...who nearly lost everything. mike abu-yaghi of r&m's automotive... says his wife's parents lost their home of 30-years on eagle court in santa rosa. he says his children were playing at the home sunday morning... then later that night...the house was scorched... reduced to rubble and debris. mike says he's just happy no one was injured.(sot) mike says unfortunately his brother-in-law that lives near eagle creek... lost his home in the fire as well. (vicki) fema administrator brock long is visiting the bay area to see the damage from the wildfires. long will visit sacramento and sonoma and napa counties to meet with survivors...volunteers , and state government officials. the federal emergency managment agency's office in oakland and it's deployed teams... are also coordinatiing with officials to support firefighting response activities and disaster survivors in the north bay. (grant) a warning out tonight for people who are building t