live in san francisco, stephanie sierra, abc7 news. >> thank you. such a struggle for so many. >>> santa clara county back to business for hair salons, retail and shopping malls. not back to normal, 25% capacity. stylists and customers at salons and barber shops must maintain social distancing guidelines and wear masks. west field valley fair, 25 brand new stores and restaurants. we've updated the website so you can see which tier your county is in and businesses allowed to open. some have restrictions. new guidelines on the abc7news.com site. >>> 49ers have placed linebacker fred warner on reserved covid-19 list. not allowed to say whether he tested positive or had been in close contact with infected person. earlier this year he encouraged his followers to flatten the curve. nfl kicking off season next week. >>> massive wildfires. firefighters have made good progress. scu lightning complex is 60% contained and all remaining evacuation orders and warnings in alameda county were lifted. lnu lightning complex in north bay is 63% contained and czu ligh

live in petaluma, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >> thanks, now we know a lot of you are wondering how you can help. abc 7 has teamed up with the red cross and tv stations across the race to raise money for people affected by the fires. you can donate online as we speak. you can head to abc's red cross.org/abc website. >> you can see where the glass fire is currently burning. compared to areas devastated by other recent wildfires in the north bay. it's in the area in red on the screen. if you look to the left of your screen, the area surrounded by red lines, that is the area burned during the tubs fire back in 2017. sonoma county supervisor susan goran is a veteran of these fires, she told the press democrat, it's like god has no sympathy, no empathy for sonoma county. >> the resources that we did have. >>> sandhya patel >>> happening now, officials are giving an update on the glass incident fire in sonoma county. it's tripled in size to 36,000 acres. nearly 36,000 santa rosa residents are evacuated as homes continue to burn. the fire is still threatening more structures, we're monitor

abc 7 news reporter stephanie sierra begins our team coverage. >> excessive heat, a flex alert paired with a holiday weekend seems like a recipe for another round of rolling blackouts. but that's not in the forecast, at least not yet. for now pg&e spokesperson says the focus is on conservation. >> every bit between 3:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. will help reduce the chances of the rolling outages. >> reporter: the operator of sol food in san rafael -- >> we had no warning at all. it wasn't necessarily scary. it was a lot to deal with. >> reporter: the business lost power for four hours during the mid august outages. >> we shut down the kitchen, tried contacting customers from cell phones and any other possible way. we started ringing up customers by running to different computers and writing down their credit card numbers. >> now his team is preparing for a potential round two this weekend, just like pg&e. >> pg&e is also putting all hands on deck in these areas we're expecting the triple-digit or more temperatures. we're stocking up on equipment, transformers and other things we see that co

abc 7 news reporter, stephanie sierra, breaking down the latest totals. >> reporter: jose is holding on to hisdy bl diploma. the framed piece of paper symbolizes more than just four years of hard work but an opportunity for a better life. >> when i got the acceptance letter, it was like this is life changing. >> he wants the opportunities afforded to him, to be aatinos minorities, across california. something proposit>>asp 16, it' leveling the playing field. it's about giving people the opportunity to -- to be competitive in the labor force. >> reporter: if passed, proposition 16 would essentially restore affirmative action in california yet the latest poll doesn't look promising. according to the public policy institute of california, 31% indicated they would vote yes. but 47% said they would vote no. and 22% don't know. for the bay area, 40% would vote yes. 41%, no. and 19% don't know. so, i spoke with eva patterson, who co-chairs the yes on prop 16 campaign. >> do these numbers surprise you? >> these numbers did not surprise us. we knew we started below 50%. >> reporter: patterson

stephanie sierra. abc7 news. >> remember, if you want to keep track of the glass fire, you can use abc 7. 's exclusive wildfire tracker. it is right on abc7news.com and the abc7 news apple as well. envelop today governor is signing a bill to address the impact of systemic racism including ab 3121 which creates a task force to develop proposals for potential reparations for descendants of slaves. the governor signed the bill over zoom. today he also signed a policing reform bill about an hour ago and in minutes, he'll be signing a juvenile justice bill. >> excessive force. a mother in fearful now a san jose police officer faces a criminal charge of excessive force. nflt ready to reopen. churches and restaurants now operating indoors in san francisco. but there are still some rules that apply, of course. debate aftermath. could last night's debate ad in business you have to be then do it all over again. comcast business gives you fast, reliable internet on the nation's largest gig-speed network. and now

stephanie sierra is at one of the evacuation center where is people are going today. stephanie joins us live now from petaluma. >> reporter: hey there, larry. we're live at the sonoma fair grounds here in petaluma, one of three evacuation shelters here in petaluma. taking in evacuees. it's been at capacity all day long. i want to step out and show you we're at the entrance here at gate four. we kept our cameras back due to privacy reasons. you can see through the gate there some cars are filling up the lot. these are evacuees who couldn't get into the shelters, but plan to stay here overnight, hoping their home is still there. >> we just heard more and more sirens. >> reporter: they are living in fear, their home in santa rosa just miles from the fire line. >> it jumped highway 12 over to oakmont. >> reporter: the two, just a fraction of the thousands who evacuat evacuated, seeking shelter at the fair grounds. ceo dr. alison keaney explains the property, transformed from a covid testing site to a shelter overnight. >> people have different needs, so we have automobiles

they are in a run and gun battle and the fire advances there, stephanie sierra is on the scene for us live. stephanie, people who live there are worried tonight. >> reporter: yes, very worried, dan. it's hard to put in words the pain and fear they are feeling. i just spoke to a woman with three children in her car. she is trying to get back to home to save her pets and horses. worried she might not be able to get there in time. it's those stories that are so heart breaking. it's happening not far from where we are, just six miles from angwin where we found some people have stayed behind. dave babcock calls himself an ordinary guy. but to his neighbors, he is a hero. >> i have just begen going a here and cleans out the gutters, trying to make them safer, and you see a start on the fire and it's a gutter. >> overnight, he is taking turns with his neighbor to track the glass fire and keep the six homes on his street safe. >> i was up watering stuff and just watching what is happening. >> reporter: this is brave what you're doing. are you scared in. >> no, i'm a firm believer in god. i pr

that's just how it is. >> reporter: stephanie sierra, "abc7 news." >> and "abc7 news" will have more stories like this one this week focused on race and social justice as we build a better bay area together. tomorrow's topic is minorities and policing. tune in the rest of the week for stories on topics ranging fre im latino heritage work and to watch all of our reporting from this week on demand, make sure to download our "abc7 news" app. it's available right now. >>> developing news out of southern california. two los angeles county sheriff deputies remain in stable conas the search goes on for the gunman that ambushed them in compton. video captured the attack. because it is disturbing, we are not showing the moment when the shooter opened fire on the deputies who were sitting in their patrol car. more video shows one deputy applying a tourniquet to her partner despite multiple gunshots of her own. a $100,000 reward is being offered to information leading to the gunman. the sheriff wants lebron james to match it. >> i put out a change over the radio to lebron james to double that.

but as abc 7 news reporter stephanie sierra found, the closures don't seem to be stopping the crowds. >> reporter: conflicting messages between two coastal cities a mere mile apart. >> i think the whole thing has been confusing. >> i guess confusing. pacifica has closed a lot over weekends recently, and then i get the closures because of the fire evacuations and all that, but it gets confusing. >> reporter: see, surf's up in pacifica for now, but it won't stay that way for labor day weekend. all four of the city's beaches will be closed. >> we are encouraging people to just stay home this labor day weekend. >> reporter: pacifica police captain bill glasgow explains there will be enforcement but they're hoping for voluntary compliance. >> we'll have officers monitoring the beach and have additional pier and park rangers augmenting our efforts and discouraging people from coming on the beach. >> reporter: yet just a mile up the road anyone can ride the tide in half moon bay. the sandy beaches will all be open. >> i'm now hearing the other beaches are going to be open. it's confusing. i

. >> abc7 news reporter stephanie sierra is live at the linda mar beach while it is still open. stephanie, is that beach packed? >> r packed full here. it's been like this all day long. in fact, the only way to get on the beach is to cross the street because the parking lot is packed full. this has been our view throughout the day. this is pretty tame from what we were seeing just a couple hours ago. but come sunrise tomorrow, all of the city's beaches will be bl

but as abc 7 reporter stephanie s sierra found they're not stopping the crowds. >> i think the whole thing has been confusing. >> i guess confusing. pacifica has closed a lot over weekends recently and i get the closures because of the fire evacuation and all that, but it gets confusing. >> reporter: see surfs up in pacifica for now, but it won't say that way for labor day weekend. all four of the city's beaches will be closed. >> we are encouraging people to just stay home this weekend. >> reporter: the pacifica captain says there will be enforcement but they're hoping for voluntary compliance. >> we'll have officers monitoring the beach and have additional park rangers augmenting our efforts and discouraging people from coming on the beach. >> reporter: yet just a mile up the road anyone can ride the tide in half moon bay. the sandy beaches will now be open. >> now hearing the other beaches are open i would have been closed all the beaches would have been closed at the same time. >> reporter: if you ask them it doesn't make sense especially paired with the fear these large crowds c

stephanie sierra has the latest. on the wildfire front, there are some staggering totals that were released today. >> yes. we report on these wildfires every day. it is pretty sobering to comprehend these as the big picture. there are more than two dozen anprarg ito getng across ere ar wiliresave scorched the state so far, forcing more than 38,000 people to be evacuated from their homes. staggering statistics that the governor says underscores a sense of urgency to address climate change. >> we need to reconcile that there are no democratic thermometers and no republican thermometers. there is fact and there's reality as well as observed evidence. it's not a belief system. it is an acknowledgement. the facts are the facts. >> and the facts during times like these are hard to comprehend. 25 lives lost and thousands of homes are gone. >> 4,200. that's why we say plus. we anticipate this number to grow. 4,200 structures so far have been destroyed. >> the destruction is disturbing to see. specially as a big picture. this

. >> hoping his distant neighbors don't live through the same pain, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >>> just a terrible situation for so many people. but at least the weather koormted -- cooperated a little bit. >> yes let's get to the conditions. >> yeah tonight favorable conditions, take a look, 76 degrees, cooled off nicely today, humidity has come up to 45% and those winds pretty much non-existent. so 2% containment now hopefully will grow as the night goes on. i will show you what's happening with the temperatures the firefighters will have to deal with the heat in the next couple days with temperatures in the upper 90's to low 100, you're looking at caller weather this weekend. -- cooler weather this weekend. hour by hour overnight it's breezy out of the north, northwest. that's a concern. not as breezy as last weekend but the down-sloping winds will mean the humidity will be coming down. tomorrow morning it's fine. it's tomorrow afternoon and evening down to 10% in fairfield and thursday teens for humidity in clear lake, fairfield, that's the biggest concern right now. dan and an

stephanie sierra is live. and we've seen fires before. but not really like this. so ferocious. >> it is. we report on these every day. but it is pretty sobe ordering the comprehend these totals as a big picture. there are more than two dozen wildfires burning across california. and sadly the state is preparing for it to get worse. there are 25 wildfires burning across california. 3.4 million acres have scorched the state so far. forcing more than 38,000 people to be evacuated from their homes. staggering statistics that the governor says underscores a sense of urgency to address climate change. >> there are no democratic thermometers and no republican thermometers. there is fact and there is reality as well as observed evidence. it's not a belief system. it's an acknowledgement. the facts are the facts. >> and the facts during times like these are hard to comprehend. 25 lives lost and thousands of homes gone. >> 4,200 destroyed. >> it is disturbing to see. especially as a big picture. this graph illustrating the number of acres burned from california wildfires ove

stephanie sierra is live at the sonoma marin fair grounds tonight. >> reporter: the fair grounds is one of three evacuation centers open here in petaluma. i want to reiterate, it is at full capacity. partly due to covid-19 restrictions. families here are spaced not six, but eight feet apart due to covid-19 restrictions. for those who couldn't make it in, are now parked on this lot. there's plenty of space here. we want to make sure to reiterate that. but those who are here are hoping they have somewhere to come home to. >> we just heard more and more sirens. >> reporter: val and tony are living in fear. their home here in santa rosa, just miles from the fire line. >> it jumped highway 12 over to oakmont. >> reporter: the two, just a fraction of the thousands who evacuated, seeking shelter at the fair grounds. ceo dr. alison keaney explains the property, transformed from a covid testing site to a shelter overnight. >> people have different needs, so we have automobiles and car camping in one place, people who need a roof over their heads are sheltered in another place. we're just trying

. >> abc7 news reporter stephanie sierra is live at the linda mar beach while it is still open. stephanie, is that beach packed? >> r packed full here. it's been like this all day long. in fact, the only way to get on the beach is to cross the street because the parking lot is packed full. this has been our view throughout the day. this is pretty tame from what we were seeing just a couple hours ago. but come sunrise tomorrow, all of the city's beaches will be blocked off and closed. yet, that won't be the case up the road in half moon bay. conflicting messages between two coastal cities a mere mile apart. >> i think the whole thing's been confusing. >> it gets confusing. pacifica has closed a lot over weekends recently. and i get the closures because of the fire evacuations and all that. but it gets confusing. >> reporter: surf's up in pacifica for now. but it won't stay that way for labor day weekend. all four of the city's beaches will be closed. >> we are urging people to just stay home this labor day weekend. >> reporter: there will be enforcement, but they're hoping for vol

stephanie sierra has the story. >> excessive heat. a flex alert. paired with a holiday weekend seems like recipe for another round of rolling blackouts. but cal-iso says that's not in the forecast. at least not yet. for now, pg&e's spokesperson says the focus is on conservation. >> every little bit between the hours of 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. friday, saturday, sunday, will help reduce the chances of calling for those rotating outages. >> a blackout he doesn't want to relive. he operates sol food in san rafael. >> we had no warning at all. it wasn't necessarily scary. it was just a lot to deal with. >> the business lost power for four hours during the mid-august outages. >> we shut down the kitchen. we tried contacting customers from cell phones and any other possible way for the entire time. we started ringing up customers and writing down their credit card numbers. >> now his team is preparing for a potential round two this weekend. just like pg&e. wha are they do prepare? >> they're also putting all hands on deck in these areas. we're expecting th

in redwood city, stephanie sierra. abc7 news. >> encouraging signs.p in mind the nation's top infectious disease expert anthony fauci said it could be the middle or even end of next year before movie theaters or any other part of our lives return to normal. today he said it will take at least that long for a vaccine to be widely dribbled. >> it won't be until we get into 2021 that you'll have hundreds of millions of doses. and just the logistics can you be straints vaccinating large numbers of people. it will take months to get enough people vaccinated to have an umbrella of immunity. >> he says until then, people need to quote, hunker down this fall. he said that means following health guidelines. >>> to watch all this week's coverage of the work place, go to abc7news.com or our >>> coming up, claims are being made that flames in oregon were set by political activists. now the fbi is having this misinformation. >>> and a fire north of sack saab california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button,

stephanie sierra is live at linda mar beach where the crowds have gathered. >> yes, it is packed here. if you're not walking on, you won't have much luck finding a parking space. the lot is entirely fulfill this is our view of linda mar. families here, this is pretty time from what we saw a couple hours ago. there are dozens of surfers out taking to the tide. they'll be closed. that won't be the case in half moon bay. the beaches will remain open. they don't have the authority to close them as some are outside the city's jurisdiction. here in pacifica, that enforcement starts sunrise tomorrow through sunrise on tuesday. a lot of people have been asking questions about fines. it will look a lot like memorial day weekend. they'll have both entrances here blocked off. and they'll have police officers and rangers patrolling the beach and the coast side. the max penalty will be $1,000 with a citation but that will be determined on a case by case basis. they are really hoping for voluntary compliance. live in pacifica. abc7 news. >> yeah. that number sends a strong message to say the least.

stephanie sierra. abc7 news. >> you talked about the policing. of traffic stops were based on intelligence led stops. in 2018, that figure jumped to 39%. so this is improvement. as we heard them appointment out, it is not where we need to be. >> thank you. and starting tonight, abc debuts a month-long series called turning point. examining the racial reckoning sweeping the nation and where it leads to lasting reconciliation. you can catch it tonight. it airs at 12:05 a.m. >>> the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way a lot of us work. if you ever go back to the office, how will you get to the office? see how risky a high rise elevator really is. >> we were going for homey but also, nicer quality items. >> with a lot of people moving during the pandemic, see how this couple furnished a but as californians we'll get through this together. if your income has been reduced or you've lost your job or your health insurance, covered california is here. we can help you find the health insurance you need to protect you and your loved ones. and, you may

seeing here could be a prelude to a real disaster yet to unfold, stephanie, the fresno national guard just rescued 13 people from the sierranal forest. i know you spoke to at least one. what did you learn? >> yeah, those rescue teams had pulled people off of a mountain. they flew through smoke and flames to reach them. as you mentioned, 13 of them were just pulled off the mountain. we just got worried that another 11 have also been pulled down. that's two dozen people. we spoke to one of those evacuees a short time ago. here's what he had to say. >> how scary was this whole thing? >> oh -- it's life-changing. you don't think that -- >> that man had been trapped in that fire phone for four days. he was with a family of eight. he said five people were literally sleeping and living inside his car. he was reached for safety. the good news, we're told dozens more people are still trapped but they're all safe. they just need to come down off that mountain and that's what's happening now. air rescue teams are in the air trying to reach them. >> miguel, thank you. please, be safe where you are. >>> coming up next -- the house over

stephanie: the wildfires are sparing no corner of california, with some 20 fire conglomerates blazing. several of those are almost completely uncontained. in fresno county, the creek fire exploded in the sierraa mountains destroying many homes , and trapping campers who had descended on the area for the labor day weekend. people were rescued in tough conditions by helicopters dispatched by the navy and california national guard. officials monitoring the massive bobcat fire near los angeles are warning of possible evacuations, and urging non-residents to stay away. >> we do ask the public if you , don't live in the area, please stay out of the area. if you live along the foothills, in the potentially affected areas, you have time now. please make preparations for what you want to take with you if you do need to evacuate. stephanie: the wildfires are ignited by both natural forces and human activity. the el dorado fire system is believed to have sparked when a family used pyrotechnics for a baby's gender reveal party. linda corchran and her husband, who were forced to flee in their motorhome, are angered by the negligence. >> i am upset that people are stupid. i am angry, but not surprised. st