santa cruz at 64. upper 60s in the santa cruz mountains. felton that goes from the northwest to a lot of smoke and ash not a delta breeze yet. we need to see a west southwest later today or tomorrow when we start to get that. nothing going on good inland but it will start to improve tomorrow. genevieve who is a category 3 will move off the coast but will fall apart off the southern california coast by saturday and sunday. we need to watch that with moisture moving in sunday monday. cooler coast and bay, 70s and 80s. >>> still ahead come after more than a week of criticism, the postmaster general is responding to complaints. details on the new decision and the impact on the upcoming election. and coming up, help for thousands of workers and sonoma county if they can track covid- 19 and the benefits of why small businesses are sent back. and a reset roadmap for the patient's response to the covid- 19 endemic we will get expert advice on limiting the spread of coronavirus. >>> firefighters in texas are battling a fire at a large plastic facili

major wildfires burning from vacaville to santa cruz county. we are live with the new eve actually evacuation efforts issued as firefighting efforts ramp up. and california is under a state of emergency due to the wildfires. what's being called in to help firefighters gain control. and several places in the east bay are still in the dark after power outages listed four hours since the weekend. what pg&e said cause those outa >>> it is 7 am. a busy wednesday. good morning. a wednesday morning, august 19. i can smell the smoke outside our studios right now. i don't know if you are getting it in your area but we are advised to keep windows and doors closed. >> i can smell it and i can see it. >> steve, you have a lot to see little bit but i can feel a little west went. i can feel a hint of a seabreeze and it should pick up. inland will still be pretty hot

scotts valley residents and uc santa cruz campus are the latest to be evacuated and the santa cruz boardwalk has been forced to close. julian glover has the latest. >> reporter: people here in scotts valley, they go they got to leave around 6:00 last night and then after that, the mandatory evacuations came down for uc santa cruz, they were told to evacuate all 1200 students and also faculty. they now have an evacuation shelter set up on the boardwalk there in santa cruz. and speaking of those evacuations, we're hearing that many of the hotels in santa cruz are nearing capacity, the quality inn on ocean streetnd ho and holiday inn say they are fully booked. now they are putting up tents to help people displaced. >> our shelter capacity is limited. we are putting people inside tents inside the shelter to control the pandemic and the disaster at the same time. >> reporter: again, you are looking at some video of some of the flames just torching homes in boulder creek in santa cruz county, cars charred as well. an update of where the fire stands right now, 48,000 people have been evacuated betw

allentown's in santa cruz county now they have a lot of windy road. so i was able to drive through and that neighborhood and you can it was a single lane road. so that's the type of to rain the fia firefighters have to get you to fight these fires. when they found that 70 year-old man and in the last road officials say they have to use a helicopter because the area was impossible. >>of course >>firefighters will be focusing on the weather with thunder and lightning anticipated in the forecast they have crews station throughout the field ready to put out fires if they start live in thoughts valley, gayle ong kron 4 news scale. thank you want to show you an evacuation map for the people living in san mateo santa cruz counties that's where this fire is burning the. >>czu august lightning fires, the red again under a mandatory evacuation order. the yellow is an evacuation warning for people in those areas our wildfire coverage continues in the east and south bay as you can see on your screen where the scu lightning complex fires are burning in alameda con

well 2 girls and santa cruz transform the you see santa cruz entrance sign there. it is right there. brooke and malia they put up signs thanking first responders fleece firefighters np journey. you see santa cruz police department thank the girls and the community for all the support during these unprecedented times. >>well now to the north bay this morning, the lnu complex fire has been the deadliest and most destructive. that fire continues to burn this morning in parts of napa solano and sonoma counties, at least 4 people have been killed and 4 others injured in the fire. it is destroyed 871 structures 234 structures have been damaged. flames have scorched more than 347,000 acres containment is at 21% this morning and the fire continues to threaten homes west of the healdsburg area kron four's taylor force act he has more. >>right now i'm standing on a home that burned to the ground of shimmies road. firefighters tell me that this house was right in the line of fire. unfortunately they weren't able to save it. however, they were able to get a hold of the owner a

is now at 17%. >> the santa cruz mountains fire has burned nearly 79,000 acres in santa cruz and san mateo counties. the fire has destroyed more than 330 structures, including some 240 homes. most of those lost homes are in santa cruz county. evacuation orders remain in effect tonight for 77,000 people. one person has died in the fire, and the santa cruz county sheriff's department said they're following up on 7 reports of missing people in the fire zones. the good news is that cooler weather, calm winds, and clearer air, has allowed cal fire to get more aircraft over the fire to drop water and retardant. cal fire at any moment is scheduled to begin their evening briefing that the community center in scotts valley. as soon as they do, we'll bring it to you live. >>> right now, we want to bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin. what are the weather conditions looking like, bill? >> well, just kind of like what you said. we've had a good run of weather for firefighters. cal fire has made exceptional progress. most of this great weather has to do quit what i'm showing you here, th

we did speak with some evacuees today in a santa cruz. that the city of santa cruz, many of those people they're staying at hotels are in there or v's and looking for more information and they're struggling right now with the uncertainty as to whether or not they'll come back and see their homes still standing. >>it's a little bit emotional but i i don't know we don't have our jobs we've been lucky through the pandemic to begin less so and i mean it's a lot worse for people who have already lost everything i'm glad that we left them that we were. >>in the midst of many many many other people who were leaving. >>well many of those people are also hoping that they weren't going to be away from their homes for this long, but crews tell us they do not want people testing the waters out here they do a lot do not want people trying to go back up into these communities is this firefight continues we they understand that people want to come out here and look at their property or to see if anything's been lost or damaged fire crews right now are o

paradise park and the you see santa cruz campus as we said are under evacuation orders tonight, but the mountain town of santa is now under a mandatory evacuation order and felton residents were ordered out of a home at about 8 o'clock this morning. the town is under a heavy blanket of thick smoke, you heard the gentleman there talking about how bad the areas some people left signs here thanking firefighters says they were forced to leave other people left directions so about where water could be found to help their firefighting efforts. one home had the sprinklers running on the rooftop we caught up with one person who came back home for some last minute items. nobody wants to leave their house and it might be the last time that you see it >>that's a good feeling. >>no it's not how with more evacuation warnings issued the santa cruz. sheriff's office is advising. people tonight too be ready if they haven't been forced out already. >>to the north bay now where more than 1600 structures are currently being threatened in marine county due to the woodward fire that has burned at least 2000

not quite there to the santa cruz mountains. we're not quite to our destination, the big fire there out by bonnie down in davenport. i think to note here -- oh, lahonda? that's where we're heading to. see how this smoke is lying down. it's dropping down, it's flattening out. as it gets cooler tonight, that smoke just lays down even more so on the hills and in the valleys, so that early mornings are nasty for air quality. around the bay area and in the santa cruz mountains. we've had some of the worst air quality we've seen in a long time. i definitely like this shot. one other thing you can see, if you look off to the right, you're going to see some fog. i wish i could point it out to you guys. that curve jade showing some marine layer. that's been a roll helpful component to the firefighters, right? because you're bringing in cooler air, and humidity is increased, and that has mass live helped in the firefight. let's look at the air quality for tomorrow. unhealthy air in the south and east bay. a spare the air day for everybody

most of them in santa cruz county.e evacuation warnings have been lifted, but 77,000 people are still out of their homes tonight, and more than 24,000 homes are threatened. >>> the lnu lightning complex fire is now 27% contained. it has burned 551 square miles now, and destroyed 937 buildings. in napa, solano, sonoma, lake, and yolo counties. more than 30,000 structures are still threatened. but evacuation orders were downgraded to warnings in parts of napa and sonoma counties. >>> the scu lightning complex fire burning in the diablo range in alameda, contra costa, and santa clara counties has grown in size, and has now surpassed the lnu fire as the second largest in state history. this fire complex has burned more than 568 square miles, and it is only 15% contained. more than a dozen home other buildings have been destroyed. 20,000 others are threatened. >>> in the south bay, the number of people unaccounted for has increased as firefighters battle the massive czu complex fire. ktvu's henry lee joins us with the lates

been evacuated. 538 structures are lost most of them in santa cruz county. although the number of actual homes involved is not clear. crews recovered the body of a 63 year-old felton woman thought to have died of natural causes. >>and sheriff's deputies are searching for at least 5 people reported as missing solved a lot of cases so far that have come over 20 cases where people have been reported missing in these zones and they've been located in shelters or at family friends and just hadn't yet communicated that with the rest of their family and friends firefighters are being aided by cooler foggy weather wednesday began with the fire 19% contained. >>to the north and west there is better progress. >>firefighters hope to complete a perimeter around the fire over the next 24 to 36 hours. >>and say there could be some sense of normalcy restored here in roughly 4 or 5 days. >>and with those firing operations we can make the fire do what we want to do and set of us reacting to the fire. >>big. cal fire has crews currently evaluating which areas may be reopened

dan reporting live for us from santa cruz county.>all right the weather obviously at the forefront of this whole situation fanning the flames and also pushing the smoke all around the bay area as we take a live look outside on this friday night that is towards the bay bridge. from our camera on sutro tower you see the sales force that is the signature building. i guess you could say these days in san francisco brand new. but nobody works there anymore because of the pandemic. >>well you know and it's a pretty hazy picture, although you know just diets san francisco is probably has got better air than elsewhere around the bay. let's check in with meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez for greece uh yeah and we are noticing those hazy skies out there right now throughout downtown san francisco in most of the bay area for that matter. >>but we are also seeing current temperatures out there right now with that czu lightning fire complex in monterey 71 degrees so getting that cool sea breeze influence because it is right along the coast. fortuna

the city of santa cruz and according to the sheriff's department right now santa cruz is not burning whatsoever it's what surrounding santa cruz. as you can see all that smoke behind me that is burning but if you live in santa cruz. you're good to go. for now because the conditions are favorable in the overnight hours they did not see any lightning strikes. it is not windy. whatsoever of the embers are not flying around at this time they did make some progress now we're sitting at 13% containment that is up from 8% that was given to us at around 11 o'clock last night so they did make some progress there. unfortunately the acreage has gone up which is not surprising because they want to keep it relatively the same now we're sitting at 78,000 acres burned up from 74,000 acres unfortunately the structures now that they can clearly see what's going on the structures destroyed has gone up from around a 180 structures to 231 structures. they are warning people don't return to your homes because over the weekend they had to rescue 6 people who tried to go back into their homes either check

>>in the santa cruz mountains rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >>so we are expecting an update from cal fire and the czu lightning complex fires coming up are watching and waiting for a press conference to get us the very latest information there as soon as it starts we'll take you there and now to the north bay where the lnu lightning complex fires are still threatening 30,000 structures across 5 different counties. the flames have killed 5 people and destroyed hundreds of homes. the fire grew overnight to more than 357,000 acres, kim payment is now up from 27% to 33% and we have team coverage tonight on the bay area wildfires go not to kron four's dan kerman who is live in santa rosa with the help that just arrived there. >>good evening. dan. that's right throughout these fires we've been hearing about how there is limited resources we've talked about the word help is on the way will now. >>help has arrived for at least the walbridge portion of the l a new fire with the arrival today of the army national guard you can see these pickup trucks be

santa cruz is in the focus, we are talking about it soprevaili fires burning in the hills of santa cruz many people live in the path. it is not paradise, it is not a blowtorch, it is big fires. they have a north westerly wind that is pushing the fire flames in that direction of santa cruz. the fog will help a lot tonight. i think we will see the potential for more evacuations. >>> is just the biggest night of the democratic national convention. joe biden will accept his party's presidential nomination. we will tell you about some of that last and it changes to tonight's lineup. >>> fire coverage will continue. we will look at the extent of damage to california's oldest state park. extract let's look at traffic on the san mateo bridge. it looks like it normally does, not too bad at all. you are watching ktvu , fox 2. ♪ (vo) i have the best job in the world. i get to remind people of their grandmother's conchitas. give the little kids cookies... and celebrate birthdays with all our neighbors. hopefully, we'll be part of this community for many, many more years. ♪ lily everyone in the hous

>>well the story will make you smile 2 girls in santa cruz transformed the you see santa cruz entrance sign and there you see it their names are broken maliyah and they put up signs thanking first responders police fire fighters and pg and e the you see santa cruz police department also thank the girls and the community for all the support that they've given them during these unprecedented times. and we have an interactive map on our website kron 4 dot com that will show you all of the fires that are actively burning and the location of all the evacuation centers as well. we also have a list of up to date evacuation orders and warnings at kron 4 dot com. the fires burning out of control across the bay area of course having a major impact on the air quality that we've been dealing with over the past week. let's take a look at a map that shows just how bad the air quality is in the bay area and we understand that the darker the color, the worst the air quality in right now the worst air is in the east bay, especially in the tri valley area want to learn more about this from a day's far i

the flag they transform the you see santa cruz main entrance sign. the picture was tweeted out by the you see santa cruz police the girls put up the sign thanking the first responders police firefighters and pg and e. the department thank the girls in the community for all the support. during the fires in these unprecedented times. >>what started out as a nice gift for a friend has become a business for a boy in iowa and a chance to raise money for a community recovering from a severe storm julian brooks reports. >>i just saw her french in edges. >>tommy's friend walker loves baseball with the storm moving through on walker's birthday tommy wanted to hand make him a gift to remember that day. >>well it is true, there is the day of the storm signs. if you want to run for something what you may remember today is his birthday he found this branch and said you know this would be a great baseball bad i'm going to see walker on wednesday. i think it will make him a bad. >>and so tommy went to work. >>dairy air for days with and it took like 10 or more year

the fire is large in santa cruz. you can see the smoke just billowing over the mountains, and flames also burning in san mateo county. more than 20,000 people evacuated there, including our own governor who left scott's valley. it's a mad rush to get out safely before things get worse, robert. >> reporter: yes, it has been that kind of day for everybody, but it has been especially frantic and tiring for firefighters. finally getting food and rest, but for people in the towns that have to look at this, there's no time to relax. the community has an eerie look, like ghost towns, as thousands got the word today to pack up and leave for their own safety. michael and megan are doing whatever they can to protect their felton home, and after getting their evacuation notice this morning, grabbing what they need, including their pets. >> we just really got the essentials. the rest we have to pick and choose, and they are staying here. >> how about the rabbits? >> the rabbits are coming. rabbits are important. they are family.

happening very soon an update from firefighters in santa cruz county. we'll bring that to you live. >>> plus, worries are mounting as new lightning threatening. kari hall is tracking the lightning strikes. the third hour continues right now. >>> and good morning to you on this monday. thank you for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we'll get to that morning commute and roads to avoid in a moment. first, let's check in with kari. these big wildfires started by lightning, and now that threat is back? >>> yes. it's very unusual to have lightning storms in the bay area during the month of august and here we are for the third time this month talking about lightning. so far we haven't seen any lightning strikes and this radar can detect it as it happens and places a lightning icon on the map there. we're seeing a lot of that over the central valley and the sierra. we have the best case scenario with a little bit of rain and no lightning so far. so hopefully that holds up. we do still have that chance as we're seein

santa cruz bible church, the congregational church, and simpkins swim center in santa cruz. >>> why the firefighters are working nonstop against all of the firefighters burning they have another challenge to deal with as well. theft and looting. in one case a fire commander was the victim. cal fire says of fire commander at the czu complex fire was directing firefighters when someone got into his car, stole his wallet , and drained his bank account. >> frankly i can't believe somebody would actually have the nerve to break into a firefighters vehicle. or enter their vehicle to steal something from them when they are there to protect the community. >>> this comes just days after five people were arrested and suspected of looting in santa cruz county. the santa cruz county sheriff's office says they have 60 deputies from our office and 34 for other agencies in the fire zone. their goal is to prevent burglaries and looting. >>> cal fire admits that it staffing and resources are stretched to the limit as they battle these huge wildfires burning around the bay area. some people living in the

han cobrado mÁs fuerza la onda que abarca desde el condado de formateo hasta el condado de san santa cruziniestro que tiene en alerta a los condados de alameda y santa clara. saludo a nuestra meteorÓloga que nos dice cÓmo serÁn los comportamientos del viento. meteorÓloga: gracias, buenas noches, la situaciÓn sigue siendo preocupante y la realidad es que estamos en medio de un periodo prolongado, tanto de calidad temperaturas como de esta emergencia de incendios forestales a medida de que los vientos se mantienen fuertes. esto aporta que ocurra nuevos incendios forestales. gran parte de california el Área de la bahÍa esta con un patrÓn seco. a media de queso siendo excluyentes del noroeste y transportan los humo hacia el sur de la bahÍa. en esa noche las temperaturas han estado muy expresivas, en napa 91 97. cuando disminuyan las temperaturas al fin de semana, pero continuamos con emergencia de los incendios. paola: el incendio cuyas llamas grandes de el condado de san mateo hasta el condado de santa cruz ha calcinado 25,000 acres de vegetaciÓn, los bomberos siguen batallando contra este s

have the st on the wild fires in santa cruz cowe e epin the firein the nobay. the new evacuation orders in napa county. >>> as all these fires raged across the bay area, we have the latest to check on the weather and all this bad air. it is thursday, august 20th. i am michelle griego. >> i am len keise. let's look at the main wildfires raging out of control. they are grouped into so-called complexes. there is the scu , the czu, which is forcing new evacuations in san mateo and santa cruz counties, and the lnu, which started in sonoma and napa county and burned into solano lake and yolo county. >> we have our team covering the fires, the road closures, and the weather beginning with >> we have new video coming in from the fires burning in the santa cruz mountains. more than 20,000 people have been evacuated in that area. this is affecting a lot of people's lives and you can see this video ththres cr homes. it has burned 25,000 acres so far in the hills of santa cruz and san mateo county and at least 20 buildings. we saw a lion of a dozen fire trucks going to tha

as for the weekend officials here in santa cruz county. they want to rock mine tourists still hold off on visiting just because so many people 10's of thousands people are evacuated. and they just want to keep the area clear and safe for first responders live in fact valley gayle ong kron 4 news. >>again before you go are hearing all these evacuations of course and then some people unfortunately trying to take looting what is the situation in santa cruz county as far as that. >>a grant of 5 people have already been arrested for looting in the town of belton at the west of highway 17 one of the mountain towns on that was evacuated. so i can tell you at least in santa cruz county there's 60 personnel dedicated to a patrol the neighborhoods to keep homes safe. >>i hate to see it. glad they they caught the people and thank you for that live report that's gayle ong in the santa cruz mountains for us tonight as we continue our coverage now with dan dorn who is also in santa cruz county yet he's been surveying the devastation in boulder creek. >>

mountains and in santa cruz county. two firefighters have been injured. but we don't have a lot of information on what direction the fire is headed as we speak. those evacuations are underway right now and we're expecting to hear a little bit more from fire officials coming up at 6:00 and we will certainly let tmemeast tatwe inarfoe smel bay area. mary, you are keeping an eye on that for us. >>> and anne, because of that smoke, we arair alert hain effect. so unhealthy air quality in spots because of all of this smoke with these several wildfires burning in our region. so the current conditions with the air quality. unhealthy for redwood city and san jose as well as for sacville and r itr and unhethy livermore for sensitive groups and many locations in the bay area, smelling that smoke this morning. and seeing the smoky skies. so the spare the air alert that's in effect for today. also dealing with the heat. so firefighters will be up against the dangerous and extreme heat once again as we head through the afternoon. exc

here and you see santa cruz people continue going home live in santa cruz rob fladeboe kron 4 news. thank you so much rob. >>a firefighter's wallet stolen lot battling the blazes the thieves then drain the man's bank account and you might remember we first brought you the story over the weekend. and now just a few days later, the suspect has been caught and he has confessed kron four's terisa stasio joins us now live from the newsroom with this developing story good evening. theresa and good evening. the suspect not only confessed just buddy wrote an apology to the firefighter according to the santa cruz sheriff's. >>now the suspect is brian johnson, the sheriff saying a tip from a citizen led to his arrest. the sheriff's department put out these surveillance pictures of the suspect after receiving word of the crime. it was late saturday night into sunday morning when the firefighter was out battling the blazes out there when someone wanted was struck. and stole his wallet. hours later the surveillance video shows a man in a mask heading into several stores and allegedly using the f

we're keeping a close eye on those fires burning in 170 structures, damaged or destroyed. >>> in santa cruz county overnight, more fire as they burn closer to the city cruz limits. check on air and online and you can download our free nbc bay area, a pp. >>> taking a live look for you right now. this is downtown san jose looking into the east foothills. this is the scu complex fire. certainly a lot going on right now. a good morning to you, thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> it is such a busy morning. good morning. yes, we're here, obviously, very early for you because we're covering all these fires throughout the bay area. we want to check in with kari right now. we'll check in with mike, as well. you know, 80 was closed. kari, boy, we could use some relief. that's not coming our way. >> it's going to come down just slightly. let me show you the changes we're seeing right now as we take a look at our live camera in san francisco. something we haven't seen in quite a while. some fog here that means higher humidity and that will help out especially along the coastline but for the

uc santa cruz is no longer threatened.allenge they are facing is down below this area in the state party because of some of that rough terrain and the damage that the fires have caused is leaving a lot of areas and they are unacceptable. there are a lot of huge trees that have fallen across roadways. they do know that about 330 structures have been destroyed, 11 of them in san mateo county, 319 in santa cruz county. this has been burning for more than a week in that area and 77,000 people have been evacuated. some confirmed there were three people reported missing over the past 24 hours and that brings the total to seven, so cal fire is trying to follow up with that today and figure out if those people were in the burn area they were able to evacuate elsewhere. they got a lot of help over the past 24 hours from the marine layer. they're open that will continue today and of course we will follow all that.'s track in the last half hour, we picked up visitors. we will show you what is happening. this is an active scene but th

county warehouse here in santa cruz county. jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. we'll head back to you. >> all right, jesse, thank you. >>> the first mandatory evacuation orders have now been issued for homes threatened by the woodward fire in marin county. it has burned 2700 acres, and is 5% contained this afternoon. the mandatory evacuation order is south of the area around invern's park. north of sir francis break and south of the creek, evacuation orders have been issued. >> we ask you to be prepared, and when we issue the orders, we ask that you leave. we have limited resources across the state, and we have to make an investment in getting people out when it's too late, it's going to hinder our ability to fight those fires, which challenges us.. >> the scu lightning complex fire, which is already the third largest in california history, continues to grow in size. that fire complex has now burned more than 568 square miles, and is just 15% contained. it spread now across five different counties. santa clara, alameda, contra costa,

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this evening the campus of uc santa cruz. i want to show you what is going on here at the staging area. quite a few deputies are here from alameda county part of the mutual aid force that is out here for two main reasons. they are going to be going door to door as they -- to notify people if they need to evacuate. also, they're going to be here to provide security for all of those people that are evacuated so that when they do return, they will have homes that have not been broken into. in boulder creek tonight a few homes are destroyed. the fire moved through this evening. cal fire has confirmed 50 structures have been lost in the sprawling complex of fires and, unfortunately, the destruction may be much worse. >> we believe that it will go to the triple digits. it is just too early to know what that exact number i few mi alan strong is taking a stand against the coming fire, spraying down the roof of his friend's bakery all day. he knows danger is on its way. >> you can feel the breeze. it's coming this way from the alba ri

in santa cruz county consuming at least 10,000 acres so far. the fire exploded overnight in size. 22,000 people have been evacuated between san mateo and santa clara county and we heard cal fire with more from a news conference moments ago. that conference is still going on. kris sanchez is there going to join us with a live report with updates in just moments. marcus? >>> nbc bay area responds to a san jose medical school student. he asked chris chmura and his team to help him correct a hospital billing problem. >> good wednesday morning. when steven lamb is a doctor he'll have sympathy for a patient whose bill goes haywire. here's what happened. last year he had to go to the e.r. and when discharged the hospital billed him $550 for a deposit and told him they'd reimburse him when the insurance paid. but after six months of back and forth with the hospital steven still hadn't gotten the deposit back. here's what he told us. i aspire to become a compassionate and caring hospitalist physician and i'm disappointed in how the health care system is

and the areas throughout santa cruz county and that is important because when they're protecting santa cruz that protecting you see santa cruz and other populated areas which is why we're not seeing. the fire explode in terms of numbers from say like 79 to a 100,250 1000 acres, it's only about several 100 to a 1000 acres every day. here's a little bit of the news conference and the happiness by cal fire. >>past couple days we've been able to make a significant progress on our fire fight. we've been able to establish more lines can to improve those lines that we have established and getting that another day closer to 2. extinction this fire. >>okay so let's talk about those lines they're happening in areas where people have not been evacuated. so if they see smoke in your area they say don't be surprised don't be alarmed don't call them. it is more than likely a controlled burn in those controlled burns are actually helping them fight fire with fire a little bit of a little bit of information as far as missing persons cases, they are talking 6 missing persons cases in fact right now the

most of those were in the county of santa cruz. as of the last update last night, on the northern end of these fires and san mateo county, it is not studying. the communities are protected, on the southern and they have fire lines as well. things are looking good. they said they had a chance to go in and look at the areas around bonnie doon and boulder creek. that is why there was a lot of active fire. a lot of the fire has swept through the communities, and now they are getting a look at the damage again. 440 buildings are destroyed. the life of a man was acclaimed near davenport, he was pulling the fire when it came through. due to damage assessment, we will assess the power lines and infrastructure. it is too early for anyone to go back home. here is what the fire section chiefs had to say. all right. i guess we do not that sound for you, but people had been forced to evacuate this fire. they are anxious to return and they cannot do that just yet. the santa cruz county sheriff's office said two people and the evacuation zones ha

>>earlier we touched on the fires in the santa cruz mountains as well as in the north bay. we're also tracking the scu lightning complex fires. the fires are burning in multiple locations across santa clara alameda contra costa, san joaquin and status last counties encompassing more than 137 1000 acres biggest complex burning in the bay right now 2 people have been injured in those fires, but as of now fortunately, no homes or buildings have been damaged or destroyed the overall complex fire is 5% contained. we want to take a look at where the as see fires are burning specifically the red is the fire line and you can see the fires are expanding burning in a wide area right here team coverage continues now with kron four's phillipe djegal he met with cal fire officials today to get the latest on that su complex fire that expanded overnight. >>this is a calaveras zone of the at the lightning complex one of 3 zones encompassing 6 of the 20 fires burning in 5 east and south bay counties, including alameda contra costa and santa clara making up the se you lightning complex cal f

santa cruz county. you can see the smoke is spilling over the lower peninsula. redwood city, fremont, san jose, those red dots indicate unhealthy air for everyone. that's even higher than the spare the air tlesh hohreshold. we could see localized very unhealthy air quality at times for tomorrow. keep that in mind even as the heat backs off. all these fires now, north, west, east, and south, we're going to be dealing with air quality issues for the next few days. temperatures you saw on the fire lines, still pretty hot across the higher hilltops. 80s inland for now. no sign of a sea breeze just yet but that should change mid afternoon today. we start the day with warm temperatures, mid-70s inland. highs for more one more day will still get to 100 degrees in the hottest plays. milpitas, pleasanton, livermore above 1 hin degrees. low ain't towards oakland. around the peninsula, temperatures in the 80s around san mateo. mid 70s closer to san francisco and north bay locations at least in the valleys in the m

santa cruz county set up nearly a dozen evacuations sites.e say the transition has been very difficult as they now have been out of their homes for more than a week. one femme is taking a break by visiting their horse at an animal evacuation site. >> it is stressful. we are staying at an extended stay hotel with six other dogs and a cat. so we come down here to see monterey. trying to stay calm and start making a plan in case there is a big change. >> that is a hard one, making future plans. >>> the evacuees say they are grateful for the crews that are fighting to protect their homes. duplicates, sleeping bags, sanitizers and other donations are being accepted at the santa cruz county warehouse. >>> several animal rescue teams and veterinarian groups are helping animals as those wildfires burned around the state pick the veterinarian emergency response team at uc davis was on standby friday. they were deployed over the weekend hoping animal shelters out in the field at animal control centers. animals with the worst burns were taken to the tea

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we've got asp x that santa cruz county fort slash fire recovery. slash damage assessment map dot aspx and give you some information put your address in there. we'll tell you whether or not your house has been damaged it's ok. were or hopefully destroyed thank you. up next from the san mateo county sheriff's office detective blanks way. >>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

you can see the santa cruz mountains. you can see the aircraft coming in one after the other picking up water to drop off the flames. they have eyes above the helicopter, that's how they are filming this making sure pie lester hopilots and crew members are safe doing this. evacuation warnings continue for parts of the tri-valley. morgan hill now, the south bay, hundreds of evacuated residents can only watch and worry as the szu fire gets closer to town. the jackson oaks and holiday lakes estates. some people tell us they can't believe this is all happening. >> when it hits home is a shock. it is hard reality when it is imminent. >> hitting home for a lot of us. morgan hill dodged another fire coming from a different direction. that was contained before it could reach town. coming up at 6:00. robert honda will join us more on another growing worry, looters right there in morgan hill and scotts valley area. >>> the lnu burned more than 350,000 acres. the fire is 22% contained. five people have died. two in napa county and t

uc santa cruz employees are going back home. the rest of the koompecampus re closed. >>> the impact and heartache is being felt nationwide. inspiring protests like this one in oakland, you're looking at 580 atthal exit, briefly shutting it down. >>> a major sports boycott is happening as we speak after a black man was shot seven times in the back by a white police officer. >> reporter: demonstrators on the move in oakland tonight with a bang. they're marching in solidarity with people in kenosha, wisconsin, after video showing officers shooting jacob blake. organizers of downtown's demonstration, plead would residents to keep this peaceful. >> i respect this, but at the end of the day, let it be peaceful. all these people are resting in paegs. stop tearing up our city in places where we have to livable. >> reporter: after fourth night of often violent protests and riots in cinegotiatau. they've relegalsed video of who they say shot jacob in the back. police have also arrest 27-year-old, following a night of protelss. he's charge

that is both in san mateo and santa cruz county, a large majority of those structures are in santa cruz county. and obviously that information we'll get down to the specifics as it gets released to each the oc at the county level. and finally some even better news we're up to 1609 personnel assigned this incident. obviously every firefighters that comes on the line has a direct correlation to the percent increase in containment that we can gain. so that's a welcome a welcome development for us with pass it off for an operational overview from cal fire imt 3 ops section chief mark brunton. so today with the weather that we had a really led us to get in there and do a lot of good work. we had a lot of progress of the fire today. >>with the clear air we're able to fly a lot more aircraft all dress that here shortly and on the ground again to cut said that we brought in more resources and we're able to get more heavy equipment the builders and so forth that are going help us protect instructors, those lines so a lot of good work going on donnelly up in the north revenue they're like constru

in santa cruz county alone. this is right off of highway 2.36 were many homes have been destroyed in and around that area. but the boulder creek country club still standing one boulder creek president decided to stay behind to help firefighters. >>chaos. chaos it's you know there was fire coming in so. we started doing things to keep the fire from being here was struck stretch garden hoses up onto the roof so that could put out spot fires a garden hose up on the roof of that building over there. >>assessment teams are surveying the damage residents can expect to come home in a week, but the areas hit hard by the fire. could take weeks to come home in scotts valley, gayle, ong kron 4 news. >>well in the santa cruz mountains fire crews are quite literally fighting fire with fire as we know it's a technique that they've used where they set backfires to help protect certain areas in this case felton and other communities there in the san lorenzo valley just north of santa cruz with kron four's rob fladeboe given a c

more homes in santa cruz mountains. you can see the tre this morning. >> restrict your you whath levels areng outside. >>> air quality concerns all over the bay area, even if you don't live near the fires, expect smoky conditions again today. >> good morning, everybody. it is thursday, august 20th. good morning reggie. >> good morning, kumasi. mike, what will it be like outside this morning in. >> hi, everybody. let's look at live doppler 7. it will be a day full of unhealthy air once again and ash possibly raining down on some of us like if did yesterday. look 70, you can see how thick the smoke is across the south bay, that hasn't changed much at all. in fact here is a look at the winds, you can see they have picked up a little bit, but nothing to be scared about. they are coming down the coast from north to south making the right hand turn into some of our coastal valleys and across the goate ord pusodd thats closn wi coast. we're up to ten degrees cooler this morning, how about mid-50s to mid-60s in most neighborhoo

or the city of santa cruz. the town of pescadero in san mateo county appears to be safe this morning also. >>> the scu lightning complex fires make up the largest group of buyers in the bay area. so far this group of buyers has burned through more than 562 square miles. that's bigger in land size than any city in california. there said its top priority in battling this group of fires is the western front where most of the 20,000 homes and other buildings are at risk. >> every part of this permanent is involved in an evacuation warning or evacuation order and we are working diligently to try to put the folks back into those neighborhoods. we understand that they priority. >>> ktvu newsgroup drove more than 70 miles from the city of patterson in stanislaus county to livermore. amid all the devastation, our crew did see some psalms some homes with defensible space around them still standing. >>> governor newsom said that the state is deploying all available resources to battle wildfires burning here in the bay are

in san mateo and santa cruz counties, some hopeful signs. firefighters say flames are moving away from towns like felton, ben lomond, and boulder creek. santa cruz county has put this map together showing which homes are gone and actually which ones survived. you saw it there. nbc bay area's ian cull helped two women who have been waiting a week for answers. >> reporter: so you are off to the right. it doesn't look like there's been -- there hasn't been any damage in your neighborhood. >> good, good. that's great. now we just need to go home. >> yeah, now we need to go home. >> good news for them. we know nearly 450 structures have been lost in the czu fire. many families not so fortunate. stay with us. there's a news conference from cal fire officials at 6:00 a.m. and, of course, we'll bring it to you live. >>> many evacuees of the fire have been bracing for answers wondering if their homes are still standing. now santa cruz county is launching the new online tools to help bring them some clarity. i want you to take a look at this. you can

in the san mateo, santa cruz county line. winds are coming up, gusts to 12, but the relative humidity creeping up, 61% right now as the fog is out there, wind gusts over the higher terrain, not that 20 at hawkeye, 23 at mt. diablo. san francisco gusts to 40 miles an hour. here's a look at the air quality, so it is poor for sensitive groups in the santa cruz area. look at how ro concord to livermore, it looks pretty bad. it's the red there, in the north bay we are seeing some of the better air quality except around arts ield and vacaville. of the bay area this afternoon, here's a look at your temperatures, low to upper 70s from san francisco to oakland, it's 83 in san jose. hazy skies from our east bay hills camera, and a look at those temperatures, 91 in santa rosa, low to mid-90s from fairfield to concord. another live picture showing you just how smokey it is. air quality suffers, spare the air alert in effect through sunday. poor to unhealthy both days. live doppler 7 is watching the fog. that is helpful to the firefighter

this is in santa cruz and san mateo counties along the coast. you can see just how much smoke it's kicking up. so far flames have burned 50,000 acres. very little containment. thousands of people under evacuation orders. 20 homes destroyed. >> in the north bay now, the collection of fires called the lnu complex have turned deadly. four people have died, 219,000 acres burned, 480 homes destroyed. containment is at 5%. let's get to the south bay and the east bay. this plume of smoke is over livermore. this is the largest of the fires burning in the bay area, 229,000 acres and burning in five different counties, including santa clara, alameda and contra costa county. containment is at 10%. >> combine all the smoke billowing from those fires and the bay area has some of the least healthy air on the planet tonight, causing problems with people's health and their businesses. we bring in nbc bay area's scott budman live in oakland with that part of the story. obviously with covid, scott, people wanting to be outdoors. it's one of the few things we can

>>> the fires are still strong in santa cruz county. we saw crews getting some much needed rest in the mountains but we have an update from fire officials any minute now. we will take you there alive. >>> a historic amount of flames in the south bay. the large number of evacuees forced to flee as the burn zone expands. good morning, it is monday, august 24th. >> good morning, across the bay area combined 76 6000 acres have burned in three separate fires. that is an area larger than the city of los angeles, san diego, san jose, oakland, and san francisco combined. people across the bay area went to bed last night fearing more fire sparking lightning. >> we have some good news in our live team coverage. the threat of storms, fizzling overnight. let's go over to darren peck with more on that. we are not quite in the clear just yet. >>> that is the way we have to think about this. we have gotten through the overnight hours and the period with the potential for the most lightning there we have had a few lightning strikes across the bay area

the fires in santa cruz and san mateo counties. from what we understand, 95 aircraft fighting wildfires in california as we speak. but in particular for this complex of fires, we should -- let's get back to the press conference in progress. >> -- along the coastline, again, the weather has moderated, the fire has spread. so the community of davenport is still looking good. we're continuing to work on that line, as well. and interior, we have continued to improve spot controls of fire. working around the structures, the variety of the structures in there, and as we get more of the resources, we're able to put more of them to work in that area to improve or control efforts within the bonny doon community. >> all right. once again, you have been listening to a press conference in progress about the czu complex, where we now have updated numbers. 74,000 acres have burned and containment increasing, standing at 8%. the amount of structures damaged just about 160 with the majority of those in santa cruz county, eric. >> we heard some sta

and santa cruz county. that closure is in effect. what is new is 84 between 35 and highway one is also completely shut down. highway 35 from 84 to highway 9 is also shut down in the santa cruz mountain area. you can see that closure is a large stress affecting 35 as well and highway 9 >>> thank you, with so many people in need, if you want to donate, visit red cross or text them to the number on your screen. you can hi. we're glad you came in. what's on your mind? can you help keep these guys protected online? easy. connect to the xfi gateway. what about wireless data options for the family? you can customize and save. what about internet speeds that can keep up with my gaming? let's hook you up with the fastest internet from xfinity. and now with our stores reopening, we're putting healthy practices in place. come visit a store today. stop in or book an appointment online at a time that works for you. now that's simple, easy, awesome. ask. shop. discover at your local xfinity store today. it's not going aw