abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman is live in winters with more on this story. hey, wayne. >> reporter: we had an aerial battle in a community not far where people should have evacuated. they were told to evacuate. they stayed. instead they all gathered in the corner store. as the poster on the window at the corner store reads they planned a tiny fourth of july parade in guinda today. what they got instead turned out to be larger and certainly more urgent. >> now we have a different kind of parade, fire engines and resources. >> reporter: the northern most advancing line of county fire, an impressive show of force and aerial skills when the smoke cleared up. this assault by helicopters on the latest hot spot played out on the extreme margin of accessibility. >> they are getting as close as they can to the fire. but if it's really, really smokey, they're not going to go in there any farther. >> with the plaz burning in steep, almost inaccessible terrain, cal fire took advantage of a break in the weather. this battle happened two miles north of guinda. the flames b

as for celebrating the day by getting a tattoo, abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman is live in san francisco with that. wayne? >> reporter: well, we're talking ink, ink, ink. earlier today there was a long line outside this tattoo parlor. a long line on a most superstitious day. beware the subtle warnings. we're on california street in san francisco, but danger lurks everywhere. know why? >> friday the 13th. >> are you worried? >> no. >> reporter: now at 17th and castro, friday the 13th means a line around the block. >> i think i'm going to get the alligator. >> a ghost. >> reporter: all in the form of decorative ink. castro tattoo just one shop among many across the nation who treat this day not as a hallmark holiday but a holiday nonetheless. >> it's a tattoo holiday. because it's supposed to be bad luck, right, friday the 13th. but of course tattoo artists take it on as a good luck holiday. >> reporter: the tradition goes back almost a century. $13 tattoos on friday the 13th. even if the $13 has become 31, bargains draw crowds. >> in a normal day i do three tattoos a day. >> today? >> may

they're not going to hold to it. >> wayne friedman, live in the area. thank you. >>> the pawnee fire in lake county is now 92% contained. that fire has burned 15,000 acres. also destroyed 22 structures. officials expect full containment there by this weekend. >>> similar details now on the weather as it relates to the county fire. get to spencer christian for a first look at the weather conditions that firefighters are going to be facing. >> okay, kristen, take you down to the county fire and show you current conditions are still warm, it's still relatively dry and of course the wind is still a factor that presents a challenge for the firefighters. the temperature right now is 88 degrees. which is warm but not exceedingly hot, the relative humidity is low at 34%, but higher than it has been of late. wind is gusting to 13 miles per hour. as we look at the wind gust predictions for the next 24 hours, the wind will be steady, 10 to 13 miles per hour, through early tomorrow morning. the wind is expected to ease up a bit around 6:00 a.m., but bounce back lat

. >> tonight they are reunited and wa wayne friedman has video of the reunion. >> park in the parkingthe third floor. >> reporter: for retired officer val kerwin, the waiting felt like something from a bad dream. >> last couple of days it was unknown. >> reporter: val's story went viral when his double retirement with his partner, an explosive sniffing dog did not go according to plan. paperwork never went through. until it did, to the tsa. >> i'm his handler and the person who looks after him. >> reporter: today in the basement of the san francisco police officer's association, val waited along with another retired m ed police dog of his. now the moment of reunion. >> hi, buddy! how are you doing. how are you? >> reporter: the problem traced back to one omitted signature back in san francisco. the love between humans and their dogs is unconditional, beyond explanation and ancient. are you whole again? >> yeah. my blood pressure's gone down. so i'm okay. >> reporter: okay to retire now, okay to be. the waiting was the hardest part and there's nothing petty about that. >> the look on t

abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman has been on the firelines all day, joins us from highway 127 west of winters. wayne, i know you saw plenty of flames today. >> reporter: yes, we did, dan, but flames of the good kind. in this case, backfires along highway 128. 128 is the line they do not want this fire to cross. here's to the 4th of july in yolo county. these would not be the kind of fireworks small business owners hoped to see. >> normally, over this week/weekend we would be doing somewhere around 100, 120 boat launches today. >> how many today? >> zero. >> how many yesterday? >> one. >> reporter: chad fraser's sign says open, he's decorated for the holiday. he has stocked the ice. and now just the humming of refrigerators inside. how much is business down? >> i was being optimistic at 98%. right now we're at 100%. >> as of this morning the county fire burned 70,000 acres. today, crews took the walking along and setting backfires along highway 128. their proverbial line in the sand. they're using fire to stop fire. but in a region that waited all year to cash in on the 4th of july h

for more on that, we go to abc news reporter reporter wayne friedman, joining us live from the yolo countygrounds, which is a staging zone, wayne. >> reporter: it is, indeed, with 31 1/2 miles, roughly 31 1/2 miles from the front of the fire. and yet, what happens here, there's direct importance to what happens out there. here is a part of stopping wildfires you don't often see, a place where there are more fire trucks lined up than you can count, a small city serving firefighters, home for now. >> they need a place to shower, a place to sleep, they have to have food and medical care at times. >> hence the tent, the food. people directing people to what they need. they get 24 hours off. you know that tattered feeling. it happens to california firefighters every summer. >> we're probably not going to be home much. >> mike from marin county, or from oakland,

here is wayne friedman. >> he is has been to this place before, and not exactly a house hold name.t to change. >> it's a little surreal. >> reporter: a statement makes more sense of a visit to the studio where his archive includes 50,000 pictures, not counting the rejects, a natural landscape photographer, work that speaks a universal long. >> something that resonates with a part of us deep inside that likes this think of big rg wild, dramatic but the same time, inviting. >> reporter: like this for instance from death valley. it's just become a best seller thanks to the united states postal service. it's based on america the beautiful. they printed 20 of them. when gary submitted, i had was hoping they would buy one. instead, they took seven. >> to have seven is beyond mind blowing. >> many of the seven photos come from this e john, and edna valley. and how ironic that the man who makes a living making large scale prints has best sellers in 50 cents each. in context, size does not matter. >> it puts in a history books because i mean, these are going to be collectible. >> reporter:

abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman joining us with more from both sides of the issue. wayne? >> reporter: they're heated on that one. good afternoon. any change in state law at this point would not adversely affect them, not directly. but it would affect future fire victims. look at this in foun dan grove. the woman who owns it and others are concerned about utilities looking out only for themselves. they want a seat in any discussions. it qualified as the perfect venue for a press conference among fire victims, in i way. a shoutout to the legislature and publicly owned yu tilts that the timing feels -- >> you try to ram a piece of legislation down in the last few weeks of a summer recess in hopes it gets passed. >> reporter: in the front yard of a burned home where construction has yet to begin. he was not alone today. >> i think it's horrid. if i was a state lenl lay to-- legislator, i wouldn't allow this conversation right now. >> expecting billions of dollars in liabilities and power lines that sparked fires last october. there may be more. the inversion condemnation laws

. >>> abc 7 news is in the yolo county town of guinda today where wayne friedman is covering the fire tweeted this photo you see right here. most of the action is taking place on state highway 161. >>> new information on the june 3rd guatemala volcano eruption. world news tweeted the number missing has increased to 332. meantime, these photos were posted today of the latest rescue efforts to train water from a flooded cave in thailand where 12 boys are trapped along with their soccer coach. a threat of more rain is increasing pressure on rescuers to free the group. maggie ruley is live for us. >>> when they first started their search, they thought there was a one in a million chance of ever finding the boys. not only did they find them, but they found them alive. the biggest concern at this point is getting them out safely. after ten days spent in total darkness, now a few smiles are breaking through, even some laughter. those 12 boys and their coach trapped deep within a cave in thailand have been examined by a doctor and are said to be alive in surprisingly good health, being treate