st. helena. >> reporter: good morning. we are live at this property known as axr napa valley, about two miles north of st. helena. this is the back side of the property. flames are creeping down the steep hillside. we hear crackling of wood fire and every now and then we see a large ember tumbling down. it is very much active. the firefighters have been stationed overnight to keep the flames from reaching the main structure. there are two main concerns, two areas of main concern for calistoga. one we have to the north of town and the other is to the south where we are now. we captured this footage at 1:30 this morning at a home on fire at 1326 tucker road. by the time firefighters got there, flames were several stories and it had consumed the rear of the home. this continues to be a threat even at night when temperatures are cooler and winds are calmer. to the north of town, it looks like winds are calm and fire is laying low. they've got multiple crews keeping on watch full eye on that part of t

st. helena, and mount st. . the winds have backed up and they're completely calm especially in the higher terrain. here's a live camera looking at san francisco this afternoon. they're still in the clear, fog free skies and san francisco on track to reach the 80s this afternoon. as far as the heat, the heat advisory started at 11:00 this morning, this in place at 9:00 friday. forecast highs, 80s, 90s and could be flirting 100 degrees, in fact, we'll look at some of the sites right now. these are the 12:00 numbers. concord 81, concord 87 and the coast in the upper 70s, it's interesting, half moon bay an hour ago in the 80s, probably in response to a strong offshore wind, a moderately strong offshore wind. still temperatures in the mid- to upper 70s, now, records to beat today, a few samples, we could and will have a few records report today. probably for oakland and livermore in the san jose area later on today. heat is a factor today and heat is a factor tomorrow. this weekend will bring in changes and we'll hav

st. helena, 70 miles an hour, we know what we've got. that is for tonight, red flag warning stays in effect, but to a lesser degree, i will see you back here with the five day forecast and beyond. >>> a frightening situation on the peninsula involving a woman who was at home asleep when someone broke into her home, she isn't the only victim, how police say they have seen this happen four times in just the past couple of weeks and why they say coronavirus is to blame. >>> coming up on ktvu news at 6:00, allegations of sexual assault by a former house manager at the living facility in the south bay, and at least four women have come forward to say they were victims. >>> secretary of state mike pompeo under investigation for potentially violating a federal law when he delivered his speech to the republican national convention. i didn't choose this job because it was easy. but i can't say i expected this. to fight these fires, we need funding - plain and simple. for this crisis, and for the next one. prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corp

st. helena, and calistoga, 1500 feet below. the fact is, this is a big fight, and this is a fight to the finish. unfortunately nobody knows where the finish line is. the fight against the glass fire's eastern flank took place uncomfortably close to angwin, population 3,400, already under mandatory evacuation. this is largely an intense and relentless aerial battle, putting aircraft including air national guard helicopters against the fire that could still make it way to angwin should continues make it possible. that's because this part of the glass fair is too big and too close to ignore. angwin is higher and a little further up the road from deer park, which was destroyed fire coming up slope towards angwin from below. we mote john be a both, an evacuationee in st. helena, who loves the angwin, but has been staying in the valley for the last threes. >> i monday afternoon about noon, i went to a mandatory evacuation. there were sheriff's deputies, trucks on the road, blasting sirens and intercoms, any announcing the situation,

st. helena. crews are racing to save homes. before the winds pick up again in a couple of days as early as tomorrow. black hawk military helicopters dumping water in nearby communities. a red flag warning has been issued for tomorrow. and more evacuation orders have been issued as well. people being told to get out before it's too late. among the many fires, the small fires here in this complex, this one east of calistoga. we are now on day four of this fire fight. so far there are no signs of the flames slowing down. new video shows plumes of smoke and flames from above. you can see that vantage point. this is in the palisades in napa county near robert lewis stephenson state park. so far flames have burned nearly 50,000 acres. right now it's 2% containment. that number could go up. we're listening to that cal fire update. 115 homes and businesses have been destroyed as of now. cal fire is going to hold that briefing. our producers are listening in. we're also getting new information from the fire lines. let's bring in nbc bay

st. helena. 248 buildings have been destroyed, many of them homes. it started outside deer park and quickly spread from the east side of the valley to the west side and into sonoma. the two biggest areas of concern now in addition to the flare up kit was talking about, calistoga and the community of angwin, mandatory evacuations remain in effect for both. of course for the latest on all this, stay tuned to kpix.com. i am anne makovec at the live news desk. len. >> thank you. >>> new video shows damage inside napa valley's famed castle. the winery lost millions in inventory after flames tore through a production facility. fortunately, the owner says the majority of the supply is stored elsewhere and is safe. the san francisco chronical more than a dozen wineries that have been damaged or destroyed by the fire. >>> there is good news to report. cal fire said crews have contained two of the largest lightning fires. lnu and scu complex. they both sparked in august and are 100% contained. there was an alert message sent to the county. it is clarifying the

st. helena yesterday touring fire stricken areas.while there he spoke about stray strategic fire suppression plan which includes forest management. >> we have developed a partnership to double the amount of acreage that we are actively managing with prescribed burns, with vegetation management. >> crews were able to fully complete seu lightning complex. it score muched nearly 400,000 acres since mid august. >>> to san francisco now, we have learned the man shot in union square yesterday has died. police have not identified the victim but tell us he was 21. san francisco's homicide team is investigating. police blocked off parts of geary street in the heart of the shopping district. the shooting happened after 5:00 last night on the sidewalk. one person is in custody but police are looking for other suspects. officers say this type of crime in the area is rare. >> i know you. we grew up here. it's a safe area. you have retail theft, car burglaries. but to have a shooting like this especially in broad daylight, very unusual. >> police

st. helena. the thing to look at his what is going on on mount st. helena today. the hour before it reported at 42 miles per hour, virtually half the wind speed tonight compared to last night. it seems like good news to me. it is still windy, the red flag warning is still there but the wind is not as bad. we look at the wind model that tells you everything, after midnight things cool off and you see at 2 am they start to fire up, it is not as aggressive on the central and south bay as it was last night. mostly in the northeast quadrant and by 9 am it is gone. some really positive news, we are not out of the woods on this thing but if we can get through noon tomorrow with what we are seeing outside now with some of the current wind speeds i am feeling good. hopefully it will stay that way . when i come back we will look at the forecast that includes less wind and cool overnight lows. >>> thousands of customers are facing another night of outages as part of the pg&e public safety power shutoffs. crews are still inspecting lines to make sure there is no damage. here

st. helena, nearly 90 miles an hour last night, mount st. helena up in the napa valley far into the napa valley, clayton was 74 miles an hour, he had a big wind in alameda, big wind in san bruno, big wind in san jose and saratoga, everybody got it, limbs down, trees down, of course, pg&e doing the power outages, which , we didn't have any big fires, so that is really fortunate, that is one of those nights, you go to bed, you felt the same way i felt, really worried about it because deal with winds, there's not much you can do if a fire were to start, so, tonight, there's going to be some wind, i'm going to get us up to about now, and now we are going to look, this is the model, we are going to look at, what is the model going to show us the next few hours, just like last night, it starts to turn yellow and orange around midnight, that is when the winds are strongest, you can see where the winds will be the strongest, right at their in the northeast part of the bay. fairfield, winters, napa, those 29 mile an hour winds in napa, that is at the

st. helena we got a gust at 36. we have a gust to mount diablo and you can see the general wind direction at about 3000 feet is coming off shore. this wind event has begun. the model show us what expected to happen to us at around 2:00 a.m. you see this area, this is the area with the strongest winds, most certainly. would you have power shutoffs. the east bay hills are going to get hit. it doesn't really show up in here, but this model is focusing more on this area. as late tonight or early tomorrow morning. we get a break tomorrow. i think there will be less power outages than folks are anticipating. but it's always better to overestimate these winds. so the story, late tonight once get going. to die tomorrow and come up tomorrow night, but much the less i think we're out of the woods. >>> breaking news in southern california. there was a brush fire that is broken on the redlands area of san bernardino county. at said to be about 30 acres with the potential to spread the several hundred acres. evacuations are curr

st. helena. right now there are dozens of firefighters on the ground out there with buzzsaws and pick axes trying to cut a containment line. flames reaching high up into the night sky as fire crews work in the dark to get a handle on these new flare-ups. for a few hours before the sunset, a fleet of large helicopters kicked into action trying to protect nearby homes. >> thanks to the quick work of the helicopters that you see working this fire, we were able to try to check it as best as they can. >> we knew there was going to be problems. >> reporter: charlie wallace and bob peg ram live in st. helena and watched his helicopters dipped into irrigation pools in a nearby vineyard. they say the flare-ups are concerning especially after how fast the flames moved earlier this week. >> this flared up from the wind. the one up here flared up from the wind. we've been lucky the wind has been going south of us. >> reporter: this has been an exhausting week. it adds to a devastating last few years. bob and

st. helena. still smoky but far less than we've been seeing. containment is up to 41%. here is "today in the bay" with more. >> reporter: some glass of wine and some company after evacuating eight days ago with flames fast approaching, he just got back home a few hours ago. >> it's a relief, i guess. i miss working here for the harvest. being back in town is really great and having a place to stay. definitely a blessing. >> reporter: the wall of flames is nowhere to be seen but the glow of flames in the night sky. >> a lot of the reasons we keep residents out of the area even after the fire burned through the situation is unsafe. we may have trees unsafe to be around, still have hot spots, and we want to make sure we can ensure the safety of all the residents. >> reporter: with the evacuation order lifted here in st. helena people are wondering when the glass fire may be fully contained. no word on that yet. firefighters tell us things are trending in the right direction and the cooler, calmer weather is helping. joan and lindsay enjoying this perfect evening together.

st. helena touring fire stricken areas around foothills , adventist elementary school. while there, he spoke about the state's strategic fire suppression plan. which includes forest management. >> we have now developed a partnership with the forest service, to double the amount of acreage, that we are actively managing. with prescribed burns, with vegetation management. >> you might have noticed that orange haze around the governor there, today's air quality in st. helena is so bad, the police department on main street was now getting out masks to residents. city officials suggest wearing them at all times, if you are outdoors. >>> smoke from the fires is filling much of the bay area today, here is a view of san francisco's skyline. kind of like looking through a dirty window, you can barely make out some of the buildings. a lot of people saying here we go again. >> realizing now, on my lunch break, how bad this guy is getting again with the light orange sky. you know, just staying in mostly and avoiding even going out to outdoor dining. >> spin it around 360, there is

st. helena at about 8:00 this morning.try and the guest house on the property were destroyed. the over told the chronicle an underground cave that housed barrels of aging wine likely survived. also we visited chateau boswell winery in st. helena and found some of the structures burned. some of wean grapes had burned, but other grapes appeared to be intact, but likely affected by all of the smoke. it has been in the napa valley for more than 40 years. >> on the other side of the fire in sonoma county, some evacuated families are being allowed back home for the first time. cristina rendon tells us that for many it's a sigh of relief, but for others, they're still waiting to learn whether anything is left. >> that hell up top where all of those trees are, that's the majority of where i saw those crazy flames. we're talking 45, 50 feet. >> reporter: returning home brings relief. the house he grew up in is still standing. >> i was pretty nervous pulling up. didn't know if the house was going to be here, because i could have swo

st. helena you see there, represents evacuation warnings. the biggest areas of concern right now, the communities of calistoga and anglin. it is not just the wind that is a problem. >> we have 118 aircraft yesterday alone, we dropped 80,000 gallons of retardant on this fire. between the two counties. but obviously one of the biggest impediments we have is the visibility, because of the smoke, which is not only a health hazard, but also impedes their operations to actually be effective with our air fleet. >>> there is so much smoke across the state, this is the satellite perspective would ordinarily we are looking at this to see clouds. you are seeing this gray, none of this, zero, is cloud cover. that is all smoke. that is being produced by the wildfires across the state, and some of it drifting down from oregon and washington, the smoke forecast model has a good handle on the current situation showing the thick smoke just stretched all across the state, tomorrow for the bay area not going to see much improvement. the air quality will be poo

st. helena yesterday touring fire stricken areas.le there he spoke about the state's strategic fire suppression plan which includes forest management. >> we have developed a partnership with the forest service to double the amount of acreage that we are actively managing with prescribed burns, with vegetation management. >>> in shasta, crews have been able to make significant progress containing the deadly zog fire. containment jumped from 9% wednesday to 39% this morning. the fire has burned more than 55,000 acres. it has claimed lives of four victims so far. flames sparked outside of redding sunday. >>> this mountain lion cub with burned paws and singed whiskers rescued is being treated at the oak land zoo. a cal fire firefighter rescued him. he is drinking through a syringe and taking pain medication and antibiotics. vets are cautiously optimistic he will be okay. >> so cute. look at that face. >> he is on the mend. that's good. >>> 5:17. gianna is keeping her eyes on the roadways this morning. >>> i am. unfortunately we have a se

st. helena. committee bone dry tomorrow in the range of 7 to 15%, the highest gusts above 1000 feet, that's where we have the red flag warning. also a huge advisory expanded through tomorrow temperatures did not get quite as hot as anticipated because of that smoke over the bay area but- pitchers inland are still well over the 90s with hotspots around 100 degrees. and the air quality is terrible it's easy to pick out the malfunctioning sensors these are outdoor sensors, the ones that are not working are the ones that report good or moderate air quality. the ones in the unhealthier quality, limit your time outside we will be back with a look at how the smoke is going to behave over the next several days.>>> as for how this fire got started we still don't know for sure but here's a clue, we saw an investigator on the scene of this fire near oakville grade. he was placing flags and evidence markers at the base of a steep hillside there, however he would not tell us much about exactly what he was loo

st. helena. favorable conditions overnight, but not wednesday morning. >> what made it difficult this morning was the inversion layer, the smoke layer, the lid that comes over the valley when we have high pressure above us and with the lid on us and the smoke isn't able to clear. >> reporter: that meant the intense battle couldn't start until the smoke cleared in very terrain. there is only so far that the tractors and bulldozers can go. >> reporter: the national weather service has issued a red flag warning for the northbay mountains in the area where the fire is burning. it starts thursday at 1:00 in the afternoon and will last until 6:00 friday night. high temperatures, low humidity and strong winds are expected. >> our awareness is heightened him obviously, in preparation for that. that's why we need to put in the hard work today so we can be prepared for tomorrow. >> reporter: preparation includes more than 2100 fire personnel from all over california and out-of-state helping to fight this f

st. helena topic 89 miles per hour. the oakland airport reporting wind gusts as high as 58 miles per hour. current wind speeds looking at 23 miles per hour sustained out of the north, 10 in napa, 22 for santa rosa and looking at 15 for oakland, 14 in san francisco and for hayward looking at when gus right now at 30 mile-per-hour. the red flag warning has now been extended all the way until 5 pm today for the entire bay area as we are looking at that extreme fire danger, dusty conditions, low relative humidity values and for the higher elevations, the east bay hills and diablo range, that red flag warning will continue until 5 pm on tuesday, so looking at low relative humidity values down to the single digits and teens we have record drive fuel and vegetation so we are looking at dangerous fire weather conditions today into tomorrow. we'll talk more about what you can expect coming up in a few minutes. >>> with high winds ripping across the bay area, new video shows damage near santa rita jail in dublin, powerful winds c

st. helena has winds up to 89 miles per hour. a little bit more breezy elsewhere. we're going to continue to watch those numbers, bring you the latest updates all throughout the morning as we head over to you, mike, how is this impacting the morning drive? >> first of all, a lot of entries but a lot of them are because of that wind. wind advisories. for the bridges across the water, the bridges tend to get gusty winds overnight. it's not prevalent for most of the areas. earlier today, we don't have the slowing we typically we do, watch for the build of that volume of the commute. the light yellow, the wind that's being registered on a road weather index. over to you. >> that's a pretty broad area. we continue our team coverage on the biggest wind event to hit the bay area so far this year. this morning, about 225,000 pg&e customers are without power across northern california, if you look on your screen that's the areas where the pg&e power is out. they're heavily affect. ed as well. pg&e say they expect the weather to be safe tonight to restore power later tonight

st. helena. high elevations, low elevations, starting in the next few hours, between now and 4:00 and 5:00 in the morning, that should be the strongest wind. we will see you back here with the forecast and the five day, and how long it will last for all of us. >>> because of the high fire danger, pg&e has cap power to hundreds of thousands of customers in northern california in the largest power cut off of the year. will continue that through about midnight. 61,000 customers are expected to lose power. power is out in a number of spaces around the area. greg is joining us now, with more on the widespread outages. rick? >> we just heard the confirmation from bill. clocking wind speed in excess of 50 miles per hour in that northbay. more than 350,000 customers are going to lose power, temporarily. drove this woman said her family has some solar, the generator is back up, but she's not sure if she can work on monday. >> has been disruptive, i work from home. if my wi-fi is out, and i don't know if i

st. helena. the red flag warning is for real. it is a high-grade red flag warning. it will last night, probably into tomorrow as well, with the strongest wind being tonight. no fog, a big ridge of high pressure. and the ridge is here, a low went through, it just jumps in. and then the winter starts to blow offshore. what isdifferent is how we are reacting to these. 37 miles per hour in downturned oakland. 39 miles per hour in hayward. gusty and breezy. as you look at the forecast, green for tomorrow, yellows for the 60s and 70s. the wind, the heat wave, it makes it worse. and with the low humidity, it is deftly a problem. see these pants, and this serve? my mike went out. >>> in colorado, a massive smoke cloud is hanging over parts of the state as wildfires continue to burn west of denver. and the rocky mountain national park. mandatory evacuation orders were given to 6300 people in the area. the fire started on october 14th and burned 194,000 acres, with just 4% containment. >>> a 30-year-old man was arrested in petaluma on suspicion of intentionally striking and o

st. helena. the spare the air alert is extended from now until all the way next tuesday as we are looking at the hazy skies. let's talk about the extreme fire danger with the red flag warning in effect now all the way until 6:00 a.m. saturday for north bay mountains. that does include the glass fire. a big concern as we are going to be watching winds picking up as we head through the day and low relative humidity values, dangerous fire weather conditions. we'll talk about the heat and the weekend forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >>> biggest wildfire threat remains in angwin and calistoga. mandatory evacuations are in effect for all areas of napa county north of the calistoga city limits. that's between highway 128, sonoma line, and highway 29. kiet do is tracking the fire in napa county. >> reporter: this is day six and it just goes to show there is no letting your guard down with the glass fire, even with the temperatures cooling overnight and crews out and about patrolling for hot spot

st. helena road was lifted last night. officials are urging people to drive slowly as crews are working to repair roads, power lines and other infrastructure. expect a one hour delay when returning to st. helena road due to extensive damage of the area. the glass fire started 3 1/2 weeks ago and burned more than 105 square miles. >>> the could be more evacuations ordered in the santa cruz mountains where this fire burned over the summer. there are concerns that a strong winter storm in the near future could potentially turn hillsides there into mudslides. the biggest risk is on the east side of highway nine were mud it could cover homes and knock homes off their foundations. they will issue evacuation orders if necessary but their word the people forced out of their houses may decide not to leave again. >>> still ahead, we've seen the video, woman calling police over black lives matter, approved a new law to discourage racist 911 calls. coming up next we will hear morosely karen act. >>> the san francisco board of supervis

st. helena, and and when. that i has grown to more than 60,000 acres since monday. more than 400 homes and commercial structures in napa and sonoma counties have been destroyed. kenny choi is back on the fire lines this evening, and he is in st. helena. >> reporter: the good news is that fire has not reached the main part of the city of calistoga but it is still burning on the outskirts of the city, along highway 29, as you just mentioned and it is still consuming homes that are scattered in that area. one of the major takeaways of the last 24 hours from cal fire is at the wind has not picked up and been as strong as initially forecast. that has allowed crews to put in some control lines and suppress activity in parts of england and as the fire moves toward pope valley. still short on hand crews, though, early this morning the fire ripped through this home on tucker road on the outskirts of calistoga. kapp heights is the western zone which includes santa rosa and oakmont are doing a lot better but steep terrain and the amount of fuel in eastern zone including parts

st. helena, now 80% contained, is a threat, not because of its size, but because of its potential. firefighters say the wind event is capable of quickly spreading any new or existing fire that sparks during this red flag warning. >> don't let the cooler temperatures for you, that is really irrelevant, it is the significant winds, combined with low humidity added to the fact that conditions are just so dry. >> reporter: with projected wind gusts in 70 miles per hour, winds may approach hurricane speeds. in communities like st. helena, west of the pope fire, the threat of fine embers sparking the fires has some residence on high alert. >> we have a scanner, we keep our scanner on 24/7 during the red flag warnings, because it gives us peace of mind to hear things ahead of time. >> reporter: it is only been two weeks since businesses reopened after being closed for at least a week due to mandatory evacuations during the glass fire. >> our restaurant was closed for a week, we didn't have electricity, food is gone, pretty much a waste. >> reporter: businesses and residents are just tryin

st. helena. the smoke you can see there is so heavy that you can barely make out anything in the distance. for more on the conditions, let's go now to meteorologist mark, l, mark? >> hi there frank yeah, as we have been highlighting, another red flag fire warning in place right now, this is different from the one last weekend, the wind will not merely be a strong, last weekend, place like mount st. helena had gus over 70 mph this time around we could have guessed the patient what it to 30 mph, still, a wind at 20 or 30 mph could cause some challenges for the fire crews. as we take a look at satellite, we are showing you this and basically, it is a big thick layer of haze and smoke blanketing a good portion of california, including right here in the bay area what has happened, a bit of a northwesterly flow pushing that smoke, just kind of nudging it, not clearing it out but moving it around. current numbers of large areas you can see checking at the current sensors. temperatures in the upper 80s t

st. helena, and england. some evacuation orders have been downgraded to warnings for residents on the north and south part of calistoga road including skyhawk, and type in. crews in the lake county line, are trying to keep the fire from jumping the highway. so far, they say there was a silver lining today. >> overall the weather conditions are such that with the hot and dry weather, one of the positive things, it is opening up a greater window. >> we bring to that life just as soon as it happens. ondrea barbara is life for us tonight. >> reporter: it is hard to say exactly healthful they should be of people. winds east is, people having dinner on a warm october friday, this is just one of another day in a row of months in a row of crushing losses for this region. things to wildfires and the pandemic. the silence in the napa valley is nearly deafening, from an empty highway 29 to picnic tables and after tasting rooms without bottles and corking and glasses clinking. >>> today it is down 100% almost. to make th

st. helena and there's a wind heading our way. this is parked over us right now. this drives the warm dry air towards us. if you look at that clockwise circulation, you see where that wind comes from, right? it's part of that set up with high happening today, picking up tonight and also we have relative humidity levels which means we're under a red flag warning. that goes not just for today but also until 11:00 a.m. on friday, the north and east bay valueys and hills. this was in the santa cruz mountains. we could see winds and peaks and we could see 30 to 40 mile- per-hour wind as we look at the surface. so starting tonight at 10:00 p.m., we're under a wind advisory for the foothills and mountains. that goes through tomorrow at 11:00 p.m., that's where the second push of wind is coming and a second push tomorrow night. not quite as heavy as the first one. >> this is what we want to look at. and this shows you the humidity levels, and i've been watching it drop a bit. this is in the 30% range. an indication of the dry air invected in right now. these are the highs

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st. helena 27, lake sonoma 21. santa clara, santa cruz mountains, 18-mile per hour wind gusts this morning. here is what you can expect. we are going to see a cooling trend that starts today. we'll see cooler temperatures as we head through the week, gusty offshore winds through friday morning and looking at the fire danger that remains high over the next several days. we have the second offshore wind event happening now. we have another one behind that for late in the weekend and into early next week. that red flag warning, all the areas highlighted in red now until 8:00 a.m. friday. our bay area hills and mountains are under the red flag warning. north bay mountains, east bay hills and valleys, diablo, santa cruz, san mateo coast under the red flag warning with gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour and low relative humidity values. we have a strong ridge of high pressure and with the clockwise flow around the low drawing northerly to northeasterly winds, high pressure system locked in place over the next several days. ho

st. helena. it also quickly, that same network is also -- they are determined to not have a repeat. >> we have seen with the potential can be here locally. we've had a number of back to back years with devastating wildfires, so we are definitely taking this seriously and having a lot of firefighters on hand and hoping that we get through this without any significant issues. >>> they had already deemed the classifier 100% contained. you can stay up-to-date on the fire danger on our app. gives you easy 24/7 access, to cbsn bay area and kpix5 newscasts. >>> working news and washington, the final vote to confirm amy coney barrett to the u.s. supreme court is underway. cbs reporter debra alfarone is live on capitol hill with the very latest. >> reporter: well, that boat, like you said, is underway, they're going through a roll call vote and when this goes through, not if but when because we are hearing that it will be going through, this will be considered a huge win for publicans and for president tr

st. helena. ktvu fox two news.>>> the august fire complex has been burning has now topped 1 million acres. the governor today says that is more than out of the fires that recorded in california between 1932 and 1999. the milestone comes one day after the state topped 4 million acres burned by wildfires so far this year. that is more than double the previous record. the complex fire was started by lightning. seven weeks ago. >>> we are checking out the weather. a lot of the talk lately has been about the air quality. today we did have some less than healthy air. these are kind of the broadbrush or where we are right now. did you see the greens down around santa cruz. a pretty good seabreeze going. the yellows around much of the bay area. tomorrow is going to be better. mostly good air quality. up around san francisco. a little bit less in the eastern zone. in the northbay. that is where the air-quality is still not want to be right. big changes coming. it is going to bring a chance of rainfall. so

st. helena, very unhealthy to hazardous air quality this morning. unhealthy for sensitive groups red wood, san leandro, moderate for vallejo, concord. the spare the air alert is in effect today and tomorrow. it could get better but the stronger ocean breeze is kicking in for the weekend and early next week. you can see all the smoke for the bay area as we head through today and likely for them as well. it's all because of this high ridge. that's to blame for our heat, second round of high fire danger and smoky skies. we are likely going to see record breaking highs through today. south bay, 97 for san jose as well as for santa clara, 102 morgan hill. for east bay, some of the hottest temperatures this an noon with 103 in concord and pleasure ants hill, 107 in brentwood. be safe with this dangerous heat. it is hot even around the bay with 90 san francisco, 93 oakland. 103 santa rosa. the extended forecast with warm and hot conditions tomorrow with smoky skies. we will slowly cool it down as we look to the weekend and next week with daytime highs back

st. helena mountains, many don't know his face but that evening of september 28th, they not only saw hisk but also heard his voice. >> there is a fire at the east end of st. helena road. >> this is the message vinny and his group of friends sent over 400 people, urging them to evacuate, while he stayed back with his bulldozer, his son, and two other friends, fighting these flames. >> do you consider yourself a hero? >> no. i'm not a hero. i'm just a guy. just a bulldozer operator. >> in santa rosa, luz pena, abc 7 news. >> well, maybe, a bit more than that. he did such a great job. >>> in the north bay, 16 firefighters were evacuated for possible exposure to carbon monoxide, today. cal fire says the exposure happened while they were on a rest break and not actually while they were fighting the glass fire. the crew members were brought back to the base camp at the sonoma county fairgrounds to get checked out. medical staff were there to look them over. one firefighter was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation. while the others were released back to continue their work on the fi

st. helena and 50 at the oakland airport. sandhya, you told us this was coming, and boy, did it. >> yeah, they were ferocious no doubt about it. let me show you the wind advisory still in effect for salono county. gusts up to 40 not out of the question until 8:00 p.m. tonight. still the possibility of downed tree and a few power lines going down. look at the gusts right now to 25 in fairfield. we're going to get a second round of winds coming in later tonight going into tomorrow morning. right now over the higher elevations gusts to 30 at mt. st. helena. we did so these wind gusts close to 90 miles an hour over the higher terrain. look at the humidity it is bone dry. 5% in fairfield, livermore. that's why the red flag warning remains up. it's the gusty winds, dry conditions keeping that red flag warning going for the hills until 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. extreme fire behavior is possible, so definitely we'll be back with some hour by hour wind forecasts coming up. >>> pg&e says it has begun restoring power in some areas where it's

st. helena up to 60 miles per hour. mount diablo, 55. rose peak, 42 miles per hour. sunol hills, 41. it's been a much different scenario as forecasted for the lower elevations. napa only 10 to 15-mile-per-hour winds. less down at lower elevations and we'll continue with some higher mountain gusts. now, the other problem has been the heat. it has been hot. look at san francisco right now. 82 degrees. oakland at 90. right over to livermore, we are coming in with 94. then right up here through napa and santa rosa, 96. our fire warning expires 11:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. we'll talk more about that hour-by-hour wind forecast and i'll show you what all of this dry weather has done to the reservoir storage. i'll have more on that in 15 minutes. >> thank you, jeff. >>> another great resource is our website. that includes our comprehensive power outage guide on what to do before, during, and after an outage. you can reach it by going to our website, nbcbayarea.com/poweroutages. >>> well, san francisco zoo is now offering a reward for maki, that missing lemur. maki disappeared from the lemur

st. helena recording a 65 mile-per- hour gust and winds are forecast to ramp up again in the north the overnight so napa and sonoma counties will stay out. areas with the all clear have been patrolled for wind and tree damage and many more miles await inspection friday. >> we have not received any reports of damage yet. we fully anticipate that we will. >> reporter: as much is it is a relief to have lights on, residents in high risk areas are clear. and outage a versus a wildfire is no comparison. >> so a few hours of sacrifice is worth the safety. this morning around to a clock a.m. it was really windy. >> reporter: business districts will try to rebound from a day of lost revenue. >> your total will be $37.15. >> reporter: this stores one of the few to stay open thanks to big front windows and a willingness to run transactions the old-fashioned way. east bay when all summer without a fire safety blackout until now. the best case scenario is one and done. >> being in the east bay hills it all depends on the weather. >> reporter: it is the north bay and napa and sonoma counties still watching fo

st. helena tonight, cornell bernard. >> tough for those folks. thank you, cornell. about 10,000 customers on the peninsula and south bay and east bay could lose power starting at 8:00 tonight. of this second wave, the biggest outages will hit alameda county. abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley joins us live from oakland, leslie? >> reporter: hi, i'm down here in montclair village. it's hot and dry but no wind yet but that red flag warning, that means that the power will begin shutting off most likely later tonight for businesses right down here that are barely hanging on because of covid restrictions and also for homes up in the hills. possible wind whipped power lines on dry brush hillsides is prompting pg&e to cut electricity to target zones starting wednesday night much of the oakland hills from grizzly peak and in the mount diablo foothills, these streets in east walnut creek. this family was told to expect a blackout by 10:00 p.m. that will last for 48 hours. they have an electric car, no way to plug it in. they work from home and their fifth grade son will be

st. helena and mt.iablo. 59 downtown and 65 in oakland with temperatures in the 50s in gilroy. 61 in san jose. today will be a pretty nice day out there. we'll have that sea breeze. could get gusty at times. close to the shoreline, half moon bay, northwesterly winds. 61 in concord. through the week it will warm up into the mid-70s at the coast. we could even see some 80s here in downtown san francisco. air quality poor in the north bay. inland east bay today will continue into your monday. with a spare the air alert. all thanks to those northerly winds. look at the colors here. we have wind gusts at 46 miles an hour, mt. diablo. wind gusts of 40 miles att. st. helena. no advisories were we're looking for winds to mix with warmer air down to the surface. the sun is trying to come out there. clear and cool, hazy north and east. high fire danger throughout the week with periods of offshore winds. here's the surface winds out of the north day. look what happens as we go through the afternoon at the coast. i

st. helena clocking almost 90 miles per hour. a blackhawk over the mt.area. 72 in pleasanton reporting about 66. napa airport reporting 53. here is a look at current conditions where it is breezy out the. we have a northeast flow meaning it is very dry. fairfield reporting wind gusts of 32 miles per hour in santa rosa reported wind gusts of 30. if we shift the south, take a look at the numbers. not quite as windy over the south bay but the wind continues. half moon bay reporting gusts of 29. livermore, 21 for monday afternoon, we are looking at not only what we can expect as far as the way. but the wind direction. by late today it looks like we get a little bit of a north westerly flow. that will help along the coastline. relative humidity 25% and towards the santa cruz mountains, relative humidity is 29%. into areas that livermore, vacaville and the north bay in the relative humidity numbers are still in the single digits. very very dry. it takes all the way until tuesday afternoon before we noticed livermore reporting relative humidity of 33%. spanish

st. helena. in terms of the smoke things getting a little bit better with that northwesterly wind clearing the coast out. a lot of smoke from the fires south there, and the wind direction -- so another day of hazy conditions for you while some of us will clear on out. but the trend will be for less wind, less northerly wind and more of an onshore push. this is what we're looking forward to. here comes wednesday. remnants of tropical storm marie, these two are going to link up, and by thursday we could see some precip to the north of us and hopefully spreading over the bay area into next weekend. so that would certainly be a bonus and help out in the bay area. and our inland east bay with low 90s for you in concord and livermore, 74 in san francisco. still those hazy conditions especially in the east bay and north bay, those north winds kind of throughout the day. it was this morning but then again this afternoon. 93 in morgan hill. more fog tonight. our accuweather forecast our spare the alert th

st. helena. the humidity is up a little bit.e's a slight heightened fire danger in that one area. for the most part, we'll be doing okay. typical fall day with calmer conditions and warmer than normal afternoons. low to mid 70s around the bay. upper 70s to near 80 inland. it will get warmer in the accuweather 7-day forecast. i'll have that coming up. >> thanks. pg&e does expect everyone to get their power st

st. helena up to 30 mile an hour winds, is getting stronger.ase up, the red flag warning set to expire after 8:00 for the upper elevations and that should allow for conditions to not get any worse. certainly not get any better because we're just going to add to the warmth today once again. as we get through the morning hours. overnight tonight the fog wants to return and it will be patchy along the coast. this is 7:00 tomorrow night. it's really going to take its time and where it does return it will be right at the shoreline. as we get into your highs tomorrow on sunday, low 90s. so a little bit better here inland. 60s and 70s around the bay. and notice the streamlines here, these are the winds coming up from the south. so that certainly is going to bring some relief to the coast. this is your monday. 60s and 70s with upper 80s to near 90 inland. that's still cooler and by tuesday still hot with those 90s inland. unfortunately not going to feel really fall like out there and it looks like we're going to stay dry until the end of the month. unf

st. helena. at what we know about that property. >> reporter: determining the origin of a fire is a first step in figuring out how it started, and cal fire investigators are set up on the edge of a vineyard behind cake bread sellers north of st. helena. we know where they are looking, but it's unclear if they have figured out what sparked the destructive blaze. here is what we can report about this property. cake bread sellers brought the two parcels in 1999, growing some of cake breads most premium wines. the sprawling landscape is shown on their website. they were approved to build the location that cal fire is at in 2001. cal fire is focused an on an area around the vineyard's equipment and outbuildings. the plot is also surrounded by an electrician fence. part of the fence was broken. it's not clear if that happened before or after the fire started. in cake bread's video, they say they named the video after bears that would climb the fences and eat the grapes. a spokeswoman for the company sa

st. helena.estigator reporter evan sernoffsky now with more on what we learned about that property. >> reporter: determining the origin of the fire is the first step in figuring out how it started. cal-fire investigators are set up on the edge of the vineyard owned by cake bread cellars north of st. helena. we know where they are looking, but unclear what sparked the destructive blaze. here is what we can report about this remote property in napa county. records show cake bread cellars bought the two cellars. it became the renown dancing bear ranch. growing some of the most premium wines. a promotional video on the website shows the sprawling landscape. records show they were approved to build the ad in 2001. the county also approved an irrigation well. cal-fire focused on the area around the vineyard's equipment and outbuildings. the plot is also surrounded by an electric fence. ktvu visited the location earlier this week. a part of the fence was broken. it's not clear if that happened before or

st. helena and silverado trail beyond those charred hills. this morning, california closes in on a truly somber milestone this fire season, in the state, we're 20,000 acres way from having a total of 4 million acres burned. the glass fire has destroyed at least 600 buildings since starting one week ago. the flames threaten another 29,000 north bay homes. and it's burned more than 97 square miles, only 15% contained, although that has gone up. abc 7 news reporter lauren martinez has more on the fire fight. >> the copters that are working this fire are doing a really good job at trying to keep this in check. >> reporter: cal fire public information officer jason shandley explained air drops take precision. what they're fight something a hot spot from the glass fire off highway 29 near st. helena. >> an amber could start something and before you know t you got another 500 acres on your hands, because of the winds. it pushes everything. >> reporter: gusty winds returned saturday afternoon. the clearing of smoke during the day allowed for very hot

st. helena near highway 128, firefighters wage an attack against the glass fire in the face of a red flag warning with high heat, low humidity and wind and the warning started at 1:00 thursday afternoon and will last until 6:00 friday night. >> structure protection and cutting lines and contingency lines and having a plan for the plan and a plan after the plan and just aggressive firefighting. >> reporter: the firefight was in the air and on the ground and one focus was a small community of anglin an area under a mandatory evacuation order. >> our house we're building and we are about halfway through building it. >> reporter: the property owner said it was a close call during the complex fire last month just north here and now flames appear to be burning in the direction of her new home s. >> we have a lot of personnel and back up and hopefully will be okay. >> reporter: optimism echoed by two sisters both evacuated from their homes. >> it is nerve-racking and the idea of the unknown and i have no idea if we can go home if there is a home but hopefully that part will be okay. >> reporter:

st. helena dipped below the 30 miles per hour range. it's the wind at the peaks that is the sticking point as we go into the evening of we have a low pressure system that dropped down over nevada. you see high and low pressure squeeze together. it drives the wind offshore which, of course, increases our fire danger because we have such dry fuels out there as we have not had rain in a long time. we if in a few weeks down the line. right now nothing coming into the forecast. the red flag warning is up right now. this is in these areas as some of the wind could mix down. we're look looking for gusts at 30 am i correct. we look at the wind here, and look at futurecast, it doesn't look bad at 7:00 p.m. the action is napa and perhaps st. helena, it's over in winters and then it ramps down as we get into tomorrow morning. we catch a bake as we get into saturday and the beginning of sunday before we have another round of wind coming our way. but, today, breezy conditions in our hills, a little cooler, but still above average, 75 in san francisc

st. helena, glenn ellen, ken wood, we'll be watching those locations. relative humidity values will be dropping as we head through the day and looking at the winds picking up on futurecast again for the north bay mountains, especially this afternoon as we head through this afternoon. a live look, temperatures in the 50s and 60s. the smoke forecast, unhealthy air quality today as well as for tomorrow with the spare the air alert in effect through friday. it should get a little bit better with the on shore flow and pacific ocean breeze as we look to the weekend. the smoke concentration futurecast taking you hour by hour. you see how smoky it will get for today looking at still the hazy, smoky skies for tomorrow. it might get better as we look to the coast for tomorrow. otherwise we are still dealing with hazy skies. dominant ridge of high pressure bringing dangerous heat and offshore winds and we will likely see record breaking high temperatures as we head through our afternoon with the heat advisory in effect. 99 campbell, 102 morgan hill. east bay, 103