we begin our team coverage tonight live from southlake tahoe basin. katie? >> reporter: liz we are right outside of christmas valley. this is a community at the south end of the tahoe basin right along highway 50. this was an area where the fire did make it into the basin today. the big concern now, the winds because they are picking up tonight. >> there is a climbing area up there, too. that hillside it is cooked. >> 77-year-old will waited until the last minute to leave his home south. turning on the sprinklers and packing up everything they could. >> the home that i worked ought for the last year, i had to get things on newt what i see now, it says bail out. >> reporter: cal fire call inside extra strike teams to protect the homes and the businesses in the tahoe basin threatened by the caldor fire. >> this is the number one priority for wile fires right now. we are able to get the resources we need. >> reporter: the concern was along echo summit where flames were pushed down towards the more populated areas leading to mandatory evacuations for all of sout

. >>> an all-out fight against the caldor fire as a threat in southlake tahoe and we're live as cruise try everything to protect the tourist town. good afternoon. >>> cal fire given update with a snapshot of the caldor fire as the flames burned through echo summit and more of the tahoe region and 191,000 acres have now burned and containment is at 16%. >> right now all of southlake tahoe and the surrounding areas on the california cider under evacuation orders. >> we have live team coverage and firefighters are facing whether a big factor today and first we are live in nevada. >> reporter: i am on the state line in this is the line for mandatory evacuations with a lot of people who had to leave southlake tahoe came over here to nevada to try to stay at some of the casinos, but as you can see it is smoky and nasty everywhere. >> i have watched this happen for the last few weeks and never thought it would reach our area at all. >> reporter: she is on a waiting list for a room at the hard rock casino hoping her evacuation from her southlake tahoe home will be short-lived. >> it is unbelie

reporter: we are back with you live with this hazy view in southlake. i spoke with calfire that wrapped up their community meeting tonight, stressing no indication of additional evacuation warnings. as we have heard, people here in southlake are preparing to leave at any moment. they did mention the fire is starting to ramp up in the community of strawberry. certainly a lot of concerns in the days ahead. i do know of some families who have left the area because the air quality is so bad. we see some ash falling on my shirt here. they have left and they have been using their ring doorbell cameras to identify the smoke level on their streets to see if their homes are going to be ok. they are less than one mile from the evacuation zone. a lot of uncertainty for families in this area. live in southlake, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. kumasi: thank you, stephanie. the smoke from the wildfires is choking the bay area. on top of that, we have a heat wave. you are tracking all of that. drew: this is the poorest air quality we have seen so far this season. unheal

but what happened in southlake, that preceded a lot of the debates. starting in 2018 with the video you mentioned of well-known students in the district chanting the n word. what you see happen at first in 2018 is the community came together, a diversity council formed that worked almost two years on a ds diversity plan for the school district. when the plan is ready in 2020 not long after at murder of george floyd, there is a massive backlash. parents raise hundreds of thousands of dollars, one parent brings a lawsuit that ultimately leads to a restraining order that keeps the district from working on any kind of diversity and inclusion program for the kids. and so this podcast is really about taking people past the fighting that we're all seeing at school board meetings and transporting you inside the school district. what actually has been happening in a communities where fights over race and history have been raging for years. i want to share with you for the very first time a very important scene from our podcast. this is secretly recorded audio

firefighters are concerned the winds will move this fire toward southlake. stephanie sierra, abc7 news. liz: the smoke is impacting us here. this time lapse video shows it is getting progressively hazier along highway 24, moving east toward walnut creek. joining us with a look at the conditions is meteorologist sandy a patel. sandhya: -- the bad air quality is coming back. sandhya: let me show you the vantage point. oakland is at 117. it is poor for sensitive groups. san jose, also over 100. san francisco is moderate at 61. the visible satellite picture smoke, the sierra nevada just pouring into our region. that is why we are having a harder time breathing. we have red for livermore. that is unhealthy air quality. air quality is deteriorating. we will see some improvement today and tomorrow into early next week. it is even worse in the tahoe area. visibility down to a quarter of a mile right now. we will be back with the smoke forecast, coming up. larry: a cdc station into a covid outbreak that sickened a dozen students in a marin county classroom likely ori

inching dangerously close to the sierra and tahoe ski resort as the caldor fire heading towards southlake tahoe. >> we are live in new orleans with the latest on hurricane ida. >> and how the bay area is already h elping. >> here at home our air quality is about to get better over the next two days. >>> we will begin with breaking news as the caldor fire takes aim at the sierra tahoe ski resort. catching flames roaring up the hill behind the resort. good evening. >>> taking a live look at that same camera. the fire spread has now slowed down you can still see the glow of flames we will have a report coming from that area coming up. >>> the other big story. the entire city of new orleans without years since the day it e 150 m was flattened by hurricane katrina. >> reporter: it is a tough night here in new orleans, the range just keeps on falling here in this area a lot of people are just trying to survive the rising floodwaters in a city with no power at the same time rescuers are having a difficult time trying to get to them. >> ida is wreaking havoc on large parts of the gulf. the, treat

reporter: air quality here in southlake tahoe has gone from bad to worse. residents and businesses are faring what is to come, as the caldor fire is moving in this direction. a telltale sign is the smoke you see in the distance. the flames continued moving northeast from the community of strawberry. as the winds are picking up, the less you can see here on the lake. community preparing to evacuate any day now. orange smokies guys leaving behind an eerie haze of emptiness in south lake tahoe as the caldor fire inches closer. . what direction is the fire headed tonight? >> fire will probably be heading in the north northeasterly direction. reporter: the flames burning 12 mountain south -- 12 mile south. >> in the day, it is just like a ghost town. >> it's sad. there is really nothing but the casino. reporter: are fairly and jim pilgrims visited from oklahoma, a lonely one coming even worse for businesses. >> ones that are hurting. reporter: the city's main strip deserted. parking lots empty. golf course even depressing as hayes looms in the background. the ai

because john, she was talking about the winds and how they continue to blow in the direction of southlake and just to hear her talk about the entire area. south like being evacuated. i don't think we've ever seen that. so kind of scary scene. i know a lot of residents stuck around until just yesterday know, a lot of people got out weeks ago because the caldor fires just been such a rapidly growing blaze. unfortunately, winds yesterday were headed directly in the direction of lake tahoe to around south lake. and that's why that fire did expand so much in this particular direction. looking at radar. you can actually see the smoke plume here really starting to kick up during the afternoon yesterday. that's that fresh burn that was happening around kirkwood. there's a lot of granite up here that that fire had to cross before it actually did drop down into myers and it did so successfully as the southwesterly winds did push in that direction. winds will continue today pushing are right in this direction. and unfortunately that's where the fire is growing so much that direction. those southwest

19% contained and more than 650 structures have now been destroyed and parts of highway 88 near southlake tahoe are closed. a red flag warning is in place from tomorrow through tuesday for the sierra nevada region. >>> how to the firefighters are trying to prevent the caldor fire from inching closer to south lake tahoe and the weather is in helping. devin fehely has that story. >> today will be a critical day and unfortunately it will be the hottest and driest day since this fire started. >> reporter: they worry that hot dry conditions may help the fire at the containment lines and undoing days of progress slowing the blaze down as it pushes forward. >> it is at 90% so basically if a number or fire going lands on fuel 90% chance it will spark which is a new fire. >> reporter: the caldor fire has burned in black and more than 156,000 acres and it is a massive blaze growing in several directions at once. even if it is progress that has been slowed it is blanketing tahoe with smoke and firefighters are battling the blaze and the smoke and at the oppressive heat all at once. >> these people a

the incident happened just outside of the southlake mobile home park after reports of another shooting. >>> we brought you the briefing alive on cbsn bay area. you can watch it streaming on kpix.com . >>> tina chen was the ceo of the times up and has admitted that her organization had private conversations with former governor cuomo during his sexual harassment scandal. they were more comprehensive than previously known. >>> >>> the aftermath of a stripmall explosion in chandler arizona. four people were hurt. this happen just after 930 a.m. children from a local preschool had to be evacuated. no word yet on what caused it. >>> the newest drought map was released today. the city of milpitas has declared a water shortage and implemented a three day outdoor watering schedule that is split up by actresses. during those days watering will only be allowed from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. >>> the entire western united states is in the grip of the prolonged drought. we are talking about a significant chunk of these states in a drought condition. well over half in extreme drought. favorable conditi

. >>> chopper five over the southlake mobile home park, police confirm that officers shot and killed a suspect there. right now there is no word what prompted the shooting. police plan to hold a press conference in the next couple hours and we will let you know. >>> santa clara valley water district is urging customers to start saving water now. you can see why. as you all know i'm a stevens creek reservoir was at 97% capacity, it is now down to 14%. guadalupe reservoir, 62% in 2017 and 14% right now. >>> the situation has been the most dire we have seen in our county ever. >> the lexington reservoir over three quarters empty. >>> evacuation flights are leaving kabul every 39 minutes. but with just six days left until the august 31st deadline, as many as 1500 americans are still waiting to get out. about 4500 have been flown out so far, the military also released new photos of u.s. service members assisting afghan evacuees . >>> johnson & johnson says early trials show a booster shot of its vaccine increases covid-19 resistance by ninefold. meanwhile, pfizer formally applied for a th

he reports that visitors cannot launch any boats from the southlake -- from southlake powell. drought conditions in the west have cost the nation to lose access to one of the largest reservoirs in the nation. if this continues unmitigated, it could crush the economy of page, arizona. this is certainly an engineering issue. if the ramp does not reach the water, the ramp is unusable. i get that. but what is the park service are doing to rehabilitate or extend the ramps at southlake powell? >> thank you, senator. we are aware of the mayor's letter said thank you for having that in the record. our superintendent is working closely with the mayor and i understand your staff as well for these solutions. the drought situation on the colorado river is a huge crisis. we are investing in moving, i guess you can say, moving money around to try and prioritize for the superintendent and that team . i think they call them pipe and gravel rather than a formal, you know, paved apron for boat ramps, to try and get some things in. there are some old boat ramps that were under the water. they we

we are looking at this red flag warning all the way down here through bear valley, southlake.humidity around 10, 11%. here is a look at the wind that will continue to be breezy today throughout the afternoon. then, we get a break overnight. monday, they increase once again into tuesday when we have that red flag warning, those purples indicating those very gusty winds. colder along the bay and across the coast. mid 80's in fremont. hot and hazy with air quality worst in the upper elevations. the north bay, the east bay. the peninsula is looking better, feeling better. the seven day forecast still smoky and hazy inland, but better around the bay and coast. everyone gets better air quality for your monday, then the temperatures really drop off. september,in the 60's athe temperatures will be below average with gusty wind with us like they have been all summer long. we will be watching closely in the mountains as conditions look to get worse in the sierra. lisa: kate: and kate: that fire smoke is going to continue to spread not only through california, but the entire west. lisa:

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nine records have been set in southlake tahoe since june 17th. >>> go from that to paul. i was in lake tahoe and the water was the warmest i ever felt and i am sure it has to do with july and global warming. >> june and july were the warmest months on record for the state of california as a whole. just not here in the bay area. we will be hot tomorrow. let's compare tomorrow's forecast high temperatures to the records for tomorrow. we will not be that hot. you can take some comfort in that. the temperatures in the lowerrer 90s. a lot of the record high temperatures were set one year ago. right before that historic lightning moved into the bay area. we will not see a repeat of that. we are tracking clouds through the bay area right now. showers out of the clouds they have been trying their best. they have been evaporating on the way down. clouds passing through. that is what we will see heading through the rest of the night. future cast, showing the fog spreading into the inland valleys by the morning, that will back up, plenty of sunshine tomorrow afternoon. just a few fa

and they told us that officers responded to a shooting just before 5:30 at the southlake home home park off fremont boulevard. investigators say the 911 call came in as a man shot in the head. less than an hour later fremont police spotted a man they say matched the description of the suspect that's when an officer says he or she was forced to fire killing the suspect. police spoke just a few minutes ago. >> that part is still under investigation. but we will have that information shortly, within the next 72 hours or so. >> reporter: investigators say a gun was next to the suspects body and they need to review the lease body camera footage before releasing any more information. as for the victim that was shot by the suspect, we are told he is alive but with life- threatening injuries. and again the lease will not have another update for us for another 72 hours. >>> still ahead today, candidates looking to replace governor newsom take to the debate stage. this time a democrat >>> tonight, contenders looking to replace governor newsom went head-to-head to make the case to voters. a democr

. >>> a live look from southlake tahoe where a red flag warning is in effect through 9:00 tomorrow nightour chief meteorologist is here. paul, california firefighters and farmers can use a break from this weather. >> things are going to shift around a little bit heading through the next few days but not necessarily a positive direction. the squeeze on the atmosphere between the pacific storm system, area of high pressure over the desert southwest will produce the red flag conditions in the high sierra and through the central valley. upper level winds at 20,000 miles off of the ground they will be out of the west. the mid-level winds that are responsible of directing a lot of the smoke, those are going to shift more to the northwest, to the north and send it to the bay area. we will take a look at a forecast model that tracks the amount of surface smoke. looking at the smoke through the depth of the atmosphere. tells us how hazy the skies will be. this tells us the air quality. right now, good air quality. tomorrow, some bad air quality. stepping down to the moderate category i think at t

recreation sites in southlake tahoe has closed after chipmunks tested positive for the plague.re was no human contract with the infected chipmunks. >>> tonight, federal officials are vowing to take a more aggressive approach to fighting wildfires in california. reporter anesexplains the change came from outrage from fires left to burn and got out of hand. >> reporter: fires that started small and then exploded it is fueling big changes in federal firefighterring. >> the fire history that we have here, we can not be waiting. it just does not take too much. >> reporter: the congressman says the july tamarack fire in alpine county is a good example. at first, u.s. forest service officials just monitored the fire and let it burn. things were okay until the flames grew to tens of thousands of acres and threatened homes. >> when you have a chance to fight a fire and spot it and get after it, you got to do it up front. >> reporter: he says it will be the new policy at the u.s. forest service. in the past, the forest service would let fires burn to help thin out overgrown vegetation, b

and echo summit and this is the way we all go and myers technically you relied on the outskirts of southlake tahoe and you see where the town is on there. you can see the satellite imprint of the fire and this is echo summit and a gap in the mountains. we are about to see the wind pick up, and they will be blowing flames from up there through the past down into this valley. right now, the situation and myers looks dire. if we look at the red flag warning, this goes into effect monday and tuesday. the fire took off today on its own but tomorrow the wind will pick up monday and tuesday and this will likely become a very big story over the course of the next few days. we will be tracking it and on top of it to make sure you are well informed. i know that is a very special place for a lot of us and maybe you have friends and family who lived there. we show you the cool down here 70s by the middle of the week for san jose and here is the cool down for the inland valleys of the east bay and we get you back down into the low 80s for concord, livermore, santa rosa and 76 by wednesday. >>> straight f

but the issue now is the fire which is actively threatening southlake want to check in with our meteorologists >> dave spahr. going to be an anxious few days here there it looks like grant and vicki, it's going to continue in all this week with the winds as part of the reporter was talking about there coming in from the west. now typically in the west. >> that's a sometimes helps us out a little because it brings in that marine layer. not this go-around. as you can see, the smoke plumes going off in nevada from these fires. you can see the general direction from the west are going to shift a little bit to the north east born. all that to northern nevada. the problem is it's heavy winds coming for the next couple of days. it will be dry winds with all of that as well. a quick check in or local winds here. our camera network. i was a sorry, any weather out of the northwest basically is what we have for winds now. look at our temperatures. we have a lot of 60's already taking hold on the east bay shoreline. some 90's like concord at 93 shows you how well that that heat holding together even with

officers responded to a report of a shooting after 5:15 tonight at southlake mobile home park. the victim was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. a short time later, police say officers found a suspect nearby with a gun. next during the interaction between the person who matched the description of the shooter and the officer, the officer fired their service weapon at the suspect. >> police say they are interviewing officers and witnesses to get more details. >> oakland police say a person shot by officers is in the hospital in stable conditions at the la quinta inn at the coliseum. police say the individual was wanted on a criminal warrant for manslaughter and to think firearms were recovered at the scene. >> in the south bay, more than 100 homes are under evacuation orders because of a gas leak. a third-party contractor hit a natural gas line just before 10:00 a.m. the fire department says the situation later escalated and homes and businesses will be evacuated until at least 8:00 a.m. a shelter was set up at the community center. pg&e is continuing to vent t

we are fairly certain we can keep the fire from going into the community of southlake. but it is running along that area. our goal of course would be to keep it out of properties and protect those properties. kristen: mention heavenly key resort -- ski resort. is it following the playbook that sierra at tahoe used? we were nervous about it because it is a beloved resort and has been there. largely it escaped the fire and is going to survive. heavenly, talk about how that is looking now. chief guevin: yeah, there is a good water supply at the top of heavenly. there is a lot of natural fire breaks that are there. they have snowmaking equipment, they have hose connections for us throughout the property. our hope is that it is not get there. but certainly, they are preparing for it. kristen: all right, eric guevin, thank you for taking time to talk with us. i know it is hectic right now so we appreciate it. best of luck. and thank you for all of you and all the crews are doing. chief guevin: thank you. kristen: we are going to take a short break. when we come back, we will

that prompted going up to southlake to clear defensible space around the prop to make sure our house.id everything we can to protect it. and once we did that, it was time for us to leave, especially with that threat that fire pushing east and southeastward parkway according to officials at the lake tahoe visitors authority a forecast of calmer winds and a major influx of firefighters using heavy equipment like this cal fire air tankers dropping retardant on the blaze is providing a sense of optimism after multiple days of aggressive spread. however, shine pick. it took no chances. he decided that he and his family would self evacuate before the possibility of the roll out of tahoe becoming impassable. we want to get out because, you know what's in it. >>phighway 88. we don't know how long that's going to stay open. >> the el dorado county sheriff's evacuation map is a recommended resource for checking the status of road closures evacuation areas and shelter location. haaziq kron 4 news. >> now across the east bay. the air quality is also very poor. kron four's charles clifford was in

that prompted going up to southlake too clear defensible space around the prop to make sure our housedid everything we can to protect it. and once we did that, it was time for us to leave, especially with that threat that fire pushing east and southeast which parkway according to officials at the lake tahoe visitors authority. a forecast of calmer winds and a major influx of firefightetet using heavy equipment like this cal fire air tankers dropping retardant on the blaze is providing a sense of optimism after multiple days of aggressive spread. however, shine pick. it took no chances. he decided that he and his family would self evacuate before the possibility of the roll out of tahoe becoming impassable. we want to get out because, you know, it. >> highway 88. we don't know how long that's going to stay open. >> the el dorado county sheriff's evacuation map is a recommended resource for checking the status of road closures evacuation areas and shelter locations. has it made you kron 4 news. >> now. let's talk about our forecast as we take a live look outside right now at south lake

officers responded to a report of a shooting after 5:15 tonight at southlake mobile home park. the victim was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. a short time later, police say officers found a suspect nearby with a gun. next during the interaction between the person who matched the description of the shooter and the officer, the officer fired their service weapon at the suspect. >> police say they are interviewing officers and witnesses to get more details. >> oakland police say a person shot by officers is in the hospital in stable conditions at the la quinta inn at the coliseum. police say the individual was wanted on a criminal warrant for manslaughter and to think firearms were recovered at the scene. >> in the south bay, more than 100 homes are under evacuation orders because of a gas leak. a third-party contractor hit a natural gas line just before 10:00 a.m. the fire department says the situation later escalated and homes and businesses will be evacuated until at least 8:00 a.m. a shelter was set up at the community center. pg&e is continuing to vent t

thunderstorms will be in the high desert, but it is going to stretch all the way up the sierra knocking on southlakeyour door today. the chance of thunderstorms tomorrow and friday. we have a chance of some flooding this morning for the afternoon and early evening hours down around the high desert. it looks like it could be wet down there. kumasi: imagine if your morning commute time were just cut in half. the study of one often congested stretch of freeway found that. another racist tirade pointed at a bay area small business. the restaurant owner saying there is something you can do in response. >> climate comes and goes, it is culture that sustains us. kumasi: much different for one small sierra town. the family sharing their emotions losing their home in nearly their campu you know when you're at ross and all those brands have her like... yes! ...and all those prices have you like... yes! that's yes for less! you've got this school year, and we've got you with the best bargains ever at ross. get your yes for less at our new store in east san mateo. when a truck hit my car, the insurance company

officers responded to a report of a shooting yesterday evening at southlake mobile home park near fremontoulevard. the victim was taken to the hospital. later, they found the suspect nearby with a gun. >> during the interaction between the shooter and officer, the officer fired his service weapon at the suspect. reggie: the suspect died at the scene. they are still interviewing witnesses and officers for more details. kumasi: on the pandemic, we have an update on booster shots as hospitalizations top 100,000 across the country for the first time since january. a cdc board will meet to discuss the booster shot rollout. yesterday, pfizer and johnson & johnson revealed data showing that boosters increase protection. >> the johnson & johnson shot, a booster shot, can raise antibody levels up nine times, pfizer about three times. that might actually prevent infections and the spread of the disease in the future. kumasi: this is coming as hospitals in georgia and texas are running so low on supplies, that they are receiving ventilators from the u.s. stockpile. all but one patient in the icu in

as far as whether southlake could face effectuation warnings tomorrow, -- south lake could face evacuationre told that anything could be possible with the wind tonight. stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >> the calfire and others burning in california having a major impact on our air quality in the bay area. drew: the smoke, you could see it today, smell it as well. our air quality some of the poorest it has been this season. we had intense heat. 84 in the city, the warmest day so far this year. 87, oakland. 96 in san jose. 101 in napa. 103 in concord. air quality right now, the immediate coast line has the bay shoreline, it is still moderate to unhealthy for sensitive groups. tomorrow, similar story, moderate to unhealthy air quality. that continues through the afternoon. i monday, we are going to see fresh air move in along with cooler temperatures. we will detail that in the full forecast in a few minutes. >> drew, thank you. for most of the bay area, there was no escaping the full -- the poor air quality today, and saturday was made worse by all the heat. cornell barnard found people sweati

evacuation orders were issued for southlake tahoe causing a huge backup as people try to get out on highwayill keeping track of everything including the weather in the region. >> you saw the smoke. it is lifting at an angle indicating the winds are pretty strong across much of the northern sierra. a red flag warning is in fact now. there are about 30 more hours we have a high fire danger around his fire. west southwest winds gusting as high as 35 miles per hour. those same winds will help clear smoke. tomorrow, the air quality improves. then it is fresh air for the rest of the week. overnight, coastal clouds and patchy fog. mid to upper 50's for most of us . tomorrow, we get rid of a lot of the intense heat and lend tiered topping out in the 80's. 60's and 70's around the bay shoreline. here is the accuweather forecast. good air quality and a cool start to september. we will keep the good air quality through thursday and friday. through the holiday weekend, warm back up. it does look hot away from the coast. in chicago including some gang members did something that would forever change thei

police say officers responded to a report of a shooting yesterday evening at southlake mobile home parkthe victim, taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. later, officers found a suspect nearby with a gun. >> during the interaction between the person who matched the description of the shooter and the officer the officer , fired his service weapon at the suspect. reggie: the suspect died at the scene. police say they are still interviewing witnesses and officers to get more details. a warning from the san jose police union. the department could be 100 officers short if the city begins firing officers who remain unvaccinated. the union is negotiating to limit the impact on officers who choose not to be vaccinated, that includes heading off potential firings. vaccination rates are going up. tourists are returning to san francisco but a full recovery is not going to come until about 2025. that is what the tourism bureau announced. there's been an improvement from last year, but it is still down 39% from 2019. hotel occupancy in san francisco is also at least 30% down from pre-

but southlake talk hop south lake tahoe looking dry and clear donner summit as well. but throughout the eastern portions of this year, specifically for reno. you're actually going to be under a heat advisory tracking triple digit heat for you and carson city south lake tahoe, though, in the low 90's continuing through monday. so hot temperatures there. better clearing with plenty of sunshine until we start to notice cooler temperatures on tuesday in the mid 80's and your bay area forecast tracking a mini heat wave for inland valleys in the east bay near triple digit heat for conquered in livermore heating up to 99 degrees. nevado not that far behind 97 degrees with mid 90's. for those of you in santa rosa and about 5 degrees above average for oakland and hayward downtown san francisco. exactly where you should be. 69 degrees and taking a look ahead at your next 3 day outlook. we're tracking temperatures cooling down with improved air quality monday and tuesday of this upcoming week. first arriving along the coast thanks to that cool sea breeze very hazy limit outdoor

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a man we spoke to who lived in southlake for 32 years says the smoke right now is the worst he has ever experienced in the area. >> othe days, the sky turned black. it was about 4:30 in the afternoon. the streetlamps came on. it was scary stuff. kate: the fire has destroyed 471 homes. cal fire says it is expected to battle the heat along with dry and windy conditions over the next few days. for most of the bay area, there is no escaping the poor air quality this weekend. many, the heat is making it much worse. if you seven newen newen cornell barnard found people sweating it out. cornell: soccer games were still happening at berkeley, where coaches were monitoring the air quality index. cornell: if you know what is going on, the air quality is bad but if they say it is ok, we just come and play. >> it is an opportunity to get out a little bit. we jumped at the chance, but if it gets really bad, i am sure they will tell us we have to reschedule for another time. cornell: the coach was concerned about his players breathing so much wildfire smoke. >> i think if we stay under we can stay sa

. >> during the rush to leave southlake one evacuee used music to try to lift the spirits of a community fearful of what will happen to their homes. >> they need the. evacuation mandatory. so we loaded up everything. the violin. the dog. came out here and that everybody else. >> trying to make the best of things and the traffic there stopped. that's highway 50 everybody was headed east earlier gridlock trying to get to the nevada border. that smell smother playing violent, he says because of the fires, the idea of beautiful lake views and wonderful summer days has unfortunately change for the negative over the past few years. and take a look at this video from north of emerald bay looking south. you see that huge plume of smoke from the caldor fire really gives you a sense of just how massive that fire is. and the crews on the front lines. they are getting any help from the really attics is just off highway 50 with a look at what firefighters are facing now. >> well, guys, the conditions here are just miserable. it is very hard to breathe with all of the smoke. also, the winds are kickin

you know, tahoe yes, southlake. yeah, but when you hear is just so close to south lake. flames can move fast and that's why people took the opportunity to. >> use the advance notice and get out of town with proper. theresa stasi are sharing her message of the residents there to the south. talk community. >> as ferocious flames pushed into south lake tahoe concern and a message from the city's mayor. >> we we may not be able to save everyone's homes. >> but we can save every person. and that will be. the most important thing right now evacuated herself mayor wallace spoke about how the most vulnerable were helped out at hospital was evacuated last we have several retirement. you know, senior living facilities. we some lower income folks that don't have transportation. we have the homeless population and she says now law enforcement sweeping through our our officers and our fire personnel are going to every neighborhood knocking on every single door in our community. once we get everyone out, then all of the equipment and aircraft come in and start doing their jobs once it

hazardous level leaving businesses reeling and the smoke has decimated the hotel motel industry and southlake not many representatives want to go on camera. put a representative with base camp tells me last weekend there were booked because of a concert happening this weekend. but that concert has since been canceled and out of a 179 rooms. only 3 remain occupied. just doing what we can with what we have. group's beeler with california burger company says he is surprised by the smokes impact. probably the slowest friday i've ever seen. even covid included aside from the that for shutdowns like this is the most quiet i've ever seen this corner. i've been here for 5 but he adds this is just another challenge they will have to overcome. >> but for the few who came to tahoe left in all this is just insane. >> never i've never seen this much smoke my life and i look through their entire as 17. >> still to come on kron 4 news at 10, a big ruling from florida. why the governor there cannot ban school districts from enforcing mask mandates. and we've got a major storm brewing out there. one of the bi

that prompted going up to southlake too clear defensible space around the prop to make sure our houseeverything we can to protect it. and once we did that, it was time for us to leave, especially with that threat that fire pushing east and southeast which parkway according to officials at the lake tahoe visitors authority. a forecast of calmer winds and a major influx of firefighters using heavy equipment like this cal fire air tankers dropping retardant on the blaze is providing a sense of optimism after multiple days of aggressive spread. however, shine pick. it took no chances. he decided that he and his family would self evacuate before the possibility of the roll out of tahoe becoming impassable. we want to get out because, you know, it. >> highway 88. we don't know how long that's going to stay open. >> the el dorado county sheriff's evacuation map is a recommended resource for checking the status of road closures evacuation areas and shelter locations. has made you kron 4 news. >> while the threat of the caldor fire is forcing some vacationers to cancel their tahoe reservations

the hazardous level leaving businesses and the smoke has decimated the hotel motel industry and southlakey representatives want to go on camera. put a representative with base camp tells me last weekend there were booked because of a concert happening this weekend. but that concert has since been canceled and out of a 179 rooms. only 3 remain occupied. just doing what we can with what we have. bruce beeler with california burger company says he is surprised by the smokes impact. probably the slowest friday i've ever seen. even covid included aside from the that for shutdowns like this is the most quiet i've ever seen this corner. i've been here for 5 but he adds this is just another challenge they will have to overcome. >> but for the few who came to tahoe left in all this is just insane. >> never i've never seen this much smoke my life and i look through their entire as 17. >> when he said you could taste and i know exactly what he means. i know here it's much less oppressive in terms of our hazy skies, dave, yesterday was definitely the worst that i've seen over the last week in terms r

saying we break up the districts we get more control and i'll give you examples what that looks like southlakeical race theory and they decided to run for the school board that district has about 8500 kids they could meet a lot of these parents face-to-face and they both one of margins of 40 points you compare that district of 8500 kids with loud in county virginia which is ground zero to critical race theory nonsense loud in county has 85000 students in a geographic area that is half the site of rhode island what i'm talking about is not left or right or democrat or republican it's about restoring control over public schools and giving it back to communities. ainsley: 37 districts that are larger than loudoun county and that makes it harder for parents to influence policy and the large districts. >> yes, ma'am. the reason i have faith in getting community control over the schools is what we know from survey after survey most americans are center-right only 70% of americans describe themselves as extremely liberal or even liberal and 79% of americans say this is the greatest country in the wor