now the fire conditions near suisun city. it is 81 degrees. relative humidity 25%. but once again, the challenge here for the crews will be those gusty winds. they will remain gusty this evening. right now out of the west at 22 miles an hour. kristen? >> thank you. >>> interstate 5 is open now, but you can expect delays heading through shasta and trinity counties because of the delta fire. flames have burned more than 53,000 acres since the fire broke out last wednesday. it's 5% contained, and more than 2400 firefighters are still on the front lines. evacuation orders remain in effect for several communities. >>> in the east bay, oakland police investigating a fire at a homeless encampment on east 12 street this morning. found a man's body. police say the body was found near part of the encampment that was not affected be the fire. there were no signs of trauma, and it's being investigated as an unexplained death at this point. the fire started at 2:45 in the morning. residents were evacuated. no one was hurt. >>> the south bay, a homeless village has popped up unli

over near suisun city, 81 degrees. much warmer there. relative humidity very low, 26%, and it's gusty there as well. all those factors work against fire containment. red flag warning is in effect for much of northern california, and up and down the sierra through tomorrow, where gusts may reach or exceed 35 miles per hour. relative humidity in all these areas covered by the red flag warning will be very low, 10 to 20%. right here in the immediate bay area we have gusts to 38% in the city. 26% in novato. all around the area, quite windy. i'll give you a look at our forecast coming up in a few minutes. ama? >> spencer, thank you so much. >>> sonoma county will be testing its revamped emergency system tomorrow. changes were made after many residents say they weren't warned about the north bay fires. last night residents with the land lines or those who signed up for alerts from the county received phone calls alerting them of the test. tomorrow's test will send out notifications to cell phones, radio as well as television. >>> dozens of peo

crews in solano county put out this four alarm fire that broke out near suisun city. chopper 5 flew through the thick smoke this afternoon. the fire spread through the rush ranch area near grizzly island road, open grassland, but no homes were threatened. >>> meantime fire crews are battling a wildfire in western marin county. the irving fire broke out last night. it has blackened 115 acres. planes were spotted near samuel p. taylor state park. that's officer francis drake boulevard. evacuations went out immediately for some neighbors near forest knolls and la gunitas. kpix5's emily turner joins us now live. >> reporter: you can see smoke rising up behind those trees as the wind pick up in these afternoon hours. we do now know just in the last half hour that some of the folks who have been evacuated are allowed home, though they may not have power. pg&e is working on that. it hasn't been an easy day for marin county firefighters trying to control the irving fire near la ganitas. >> most of the terrain is super steep we can't even get the dozers into. crews have been w

wall of flame climbed up and down the dry grass lands in the center of grizzly island south of suisun city. 18 engines from 8 different fire departments responded here to keep the brushfire from spreading. they cut firebreaks with dozers. crews from the potrero hills landfill worked the edges with water trucks. >> gusts up to 20. the smoke is impacting kind of the city of dixon, vacaville areas. so unfortunately, if we can get it out a little quicker it doesn't impact as much people. i think we did an okay job today of trying to catch it where we

. >>> in solano county crews are mopping up after a four alarm grassfire broke out near suisun city. the fire scorched more than 600 acres. it happened this afternoon near grizzly island road south of highway 12 in the rush ranch area. this view from chopper 5 shows crews on the fire lines. you can see in addition to some mobile water trucks, firefighters used a tractor to cut a long break in the grass. flames were knocked down in about three hours. meantime in the north bay fire crews are still working to put out the irving fire in western marin county. it broke out last night and has burned 115 acres so far. >>> flames were first spotted near samuel p. taylor state park. that's officer francis drake boulevard. just an hour ago evacuation orders were lifted for some neighbors near forest knolls and lagunitas. our emily turner is live with the overhead view of this firefight. emily? >> reporter: you can't see flames from here, but if we zoom down, you can see smoke coming over the side of that ridge showing you this is still a very active firefight, though everyone is allowed back ho

they called her to say a woman in suisun city found her german shepherd nala after seeing reports onfound the dog wandering on a busy street so she brought her home and called police. when martinez got to the house to pick her up, she said nala was ready to go. >> she doesn't like the car, but as soon as he opened the car door, she jumped in the trunk, and we were trying to get her in the car. >> martinez says she's thankful for everyone who helped bring nala home. >> abc's new brand is sharing inspiring stories. it's in a weekly digital series called more in common. this week, it's the powerful journey of a navy veteran. he lost both of his legs in combat. >> when i surf, i don't want to come back on land. it's quite nice to be on the ocean and kind of weightless and feeling the energy of the ocean. when i come back on land and i change out, i feel a bit more disabled. but when i'm out on the water, it really makes me feel alive and, you know, intense.urngith having fun. we were looking at how he was actually surfing. we said, you know what. we're going to be able to help him take h

they called her to say a woman in suisun city found her german shepherd after seeing reports on the newsman said she found the dog wandering on a busy street so she brought her home and called police. when martinez went to pick her up, she said nala was ready to go. >> he doesn't like the car, but as soon as he opened the car door, she jumped in the trunk, and we were trying to get her in the car. >> martinez says she's thankful to everyone who helped bring nala home. >> in the south bay, it's strawless september in mountain view. the mountain view voice reports several restaurants and coffee shops on castro street have agreed to stop providing straws unless customers ask for them. one resident started the movement, asking the businesses to take part, and she says the goal is to make people more aware about the environmental problems of single-use plastic straws. >>> new this morning, america has a new bachelor. >> it was just revealed on "good morning america" that colton underwood will be looking for love among some two dozen contestants chosen for him. he's a former nfl player who was

. >>> five crews responded to a large brush fire in the city of suisun this afternoon. from sky fox, you can see that the planes were burning east of grizzly island road. the solano county sheriff's department says no structures were threatened. the fire burn 500 acres before crews got it under control by about 2:30 this afternoon. here's a look at where the fire broke out. an unpopulated area south of route 12. it started at 1:00 in the afternoon. so far, no word on a cause. >>> and up in napa county, the wildfire burning southeast of middletown is now 50% contained. cal fire says the snell fire has not grown it remains at under 2500 acres. crews are expecting cooler weather. that will help them get an upper hand over the next few days. all evacuations and road closures have been lifted. 1200 firefighters remain on the scene to get this fire completely under control. >>> let's bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin to talk about the conditions out there. it does not feel like fire weather. >> it does not. in the last couple of nights, the weather is going the rig