school in boulder creek. >> matt keller is headedo scene. >> he is on the phone. right now he is in scotts valley. tell us about this area that you are heading to. are there many people who live in this evacuation zone? >> well, it is a remote area, and the roads up here are -- that's the thing. when you hear about evacuations up here, the biggest concern is that there are a lot of, like, one-lane roads up here, and a lot of construction since the flooding of last year, and there were a lot of mud slides and if you are driving in the santa cruz mountains, you will be dealing with construction, and that's when a lot of construction crews are working. so that could be a big concern. so with evacuations kind of -- i think all on our minds with everything that happened up there in the north bay, those are such extreme conditions, but up here in the middle of the night, that's a concern because people with sleeping. this fire started at 11:00 last night. people were sleeping when this fire started when getting to

grant, boulder creek resident. not evacuated but close to the fire. >> we're going to get to that in just a moment. for joining us for a special edition of nbc bay area news. we are following breaking news -- mandatory evacuatns >>> thanks for joining us for this special edition nbc bay area news. we're following mandatory evacuations and a wildfire in the santa cruz niarea. >> as we look over sky ranger right now you can see the clouds of smoke over where 125 acres are burning right now. we can tell you that one firefighter fell 50 feet into a creek and hurt himself and got a report moments ago that five firefighters are hurt but the good news, all of those firefighters are going to be okay. and that fire is burning there in the boulder creek area in bear creek canyon not far from ben lowman. 125 acres estimated to be burning right now and this is because of the rugged terrain making it hard for firefighters to battle that fire. 150 homes evacuated. one structure confirmed destroyed and that is where the source of

we are in boulder creek. the flames have been moving throughout the morning from the left side to the right side of your screen through dry brush, the dry trees also going up in flames. now, with the dry conditions, this spreads from 10 acres to 125 acres overnight. cal fire says this has the potential to spread to 600 or more acres. it started as a structure fire on bear creek and deer creek last night before spreading to vegetation around it. right now evacuation orders are in place. they use reverse 911 calls to warn residents. cal fire also tweeting saying: >> reporter: one woman evacuated to los gatos was worried for her pets and neighbors. >> yeah. i have pets all my neighbors have pets. one of my neighbors has some young kids. so they got out right away. the neighbor has some antique cars and stuff but he pulled those out. >> back out here live throughout the morning we have been watching these flames again going from the left side of the screen to the right side trees just bursting into flames with dr

>>en a evacuation center is open at boulder creek elementary school in boulder creek. that's where evacuees are already heading, we are told there are 150 so far, that fire they have knocked on some doors, they're trying to get people out and get them to that school. >> the wind is a concern this morning. if there are any out there, let's check in with mike nicco on the forecast. >> jessica, reggie, that was a good if there are any winds out there, that was a good statement there, jessica. hi, everybody, let me start off by saying this is not and will not be a repeat of what we dealt with in the north bay. we just do not have the environmental weather or wind conditions to do it. right now there are no wind, but the temperature up at about 1600 to 1800 feet it's 69 degrees, a little warm, humidity is about 23% so it is bone dry out there. what you're seeing right now is this is a chimney kind of fire. it is climbing up the valley walls due to the chimney effect because the hot air rises and as the hot air rises it dries out the registration above it and that makes the

there's boulder creek and los gatos. highway 35, there's the closure from earlier washout from the rainy season. officials are able to get to highway 9. highway 17 is completely open. the roads are clearing. we'll talk about the north bay fire zones coming up. for now, back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. a new update, the fire in santa cruz mountain has burned 125 acres. it forced evacuations for people living in the bear creek area near deer creek. this is new fire video. it is very active right now and growing in the mountains. officials used reverse 911 calls to inform those residents. now, those cal fire officials, the sheriff's department officials say, even if you are not under a mandatory evacuation order, if you feel you are in danger or need more time to get out, you should leave now. several agencies fighting that fire. crews from santa clara county sheriffs helping the santa cruz county sheriffs who are out there right now. terry joins us on the phone. you evacuated your home and got to see those flames

boulder creek elementary was initially the shelter. we met a woman with her two children and two dogs who say the alarm came through at 4:00 a.m. but they was packed up and ready to go for hours. >> we got the word to evacuate at about 4:06 this morning. we got a text and a call from reverse 911. we were packed because there were facebook activity about sirens around midnight. so we started packing the car then. and i grabbed our passports, our medical cards, our pictures, our dogs, and clothes and everything and, just got the car ready around midnight. and then kind of talked with the neighbors in the street about what to do and when to evacuate. because it was still a ways away. we didn't get the official evacuation until 4:00 in the morning. >> now, there was a lot of construction on highway 9. all of that construction equipment was lifted out of the area to allow for the evacuations to happen. now, back out here live, you're taking a look at the fire department. this is the new shelter. we have red cross inside. we have about 20 ev

this is a look at the location of the brush fire in boulder creek. it is burning southwest of saratoga and los gatos. it is north of ben gloman. the flames sprung up overnight near bear creek road and deer creek road. right now, evacuees are gathering at boulder creek elementary school. we have one crew at the makeshift shelter. you see the live photo of that right now. >> the mandatory evacuation order is affecting more than 100 people. all of them had to leave their homes in a scramble in the middle of the night. again, looking live at one of the evacuation centers, boulder creek elementary school. firefighters are telling people whose homes are not under mandatory evacuation they should leave if they feel they are in danger. very important, do not wait for an official order. leave if you feel unsafe. boulder creek elementary school is the designated elementary school. some folks arrived there around 2:00 this morning. >> a friend came banging, saying, the sheriff is here. saying, the sheriff is here? i didn't do anything wrong. honest. the people

that is boulder creek elementary school. of course, right now, the big thing we have talked about with the north bay fire and the fire with the santa cruz mountains is the weather. how will it play a role as crews continue to fight. meteorologist, kari hall, you have been tracking this. what do we have today? >> calm winds and slightly low humidity, compared to where we should be at this time in the morning. we have very dry fuel there on the ground. it's been months since we have had rain. as we look at the temperature trend, starting out around that area, near the bear fire, it will be in the mid-50s. we have to wait until sunrise until we are able to get action on containment on this fire. our temperatures are going to be nice and cool, in the upper 50s, then making it to the low 70s as we go through the day. as we start out this morning, looking around the bay area, upper 50s right now. once again, our humidity has been slightly lower. around that bear creek canyon area, we are at 41% humidity. it is going to start to ri

this is the boulder creek area. i'm going to show you the full list we have for local road closures. a whole bunch here. bear creek and bear creek is where the fire was first located. huge flames that we saw from the video and bob talking about the area. between there and highway 35. keep out of the area. watch for crews, fire crews heading through the area as well. definitely an issue. looking back at the maps, we are talking a smooth flow of traffic for highway 9 and highway 17. as the sun comes up in the next hour rksz a flurry of activity above the roadways. it may be visible for folks heading down highway 17, portions of 85. this direction, they may see all the vehicles coming through the area, the helicopters, the fire retardant, i don't know how they are going to attack that. cal fire said they are going to hit it hard at sunrise. right now, traffic moves smoothly. prepare as folks head south for the silicon valley. the crash looks like it just cleared over in san ramon. we had a big back up that cleared. bac

the fire is burning on bear creek canyon road near boulder creek. fire fighters say it is spreading fast. an evacuation center has been setup at the boulder creek elementary school. ( james ) good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm james fletcher.( robin ) and i'm robin winston. we have a crew on the way to the fire in the santa cruz mountains... we will get the latest from them as soon as they get there.( james ) but first we want to update you on the fires burning in the north bay. this morning more evacuation orders are being lifted as firefighters continue to make progreling the firestorm. the 'nuns fire' in napa and sonoma counties has burned more than 51-thousand acres ... and it is now 53-percent contained. ( robin ) the 'atlas fire' in napa and solano counties has burned just over 51-thousand acres as well... and is 70- percent contained. the 'tubbs fire' burning in napa county... has burned more than 36-thousand acres, and it is now 75-percent contained. and the 'pocket fire' burning north of geyserville in sonoma county, has burned mor

and evacuation shelter has opened up at the boulder creek elementary school. there are some road closures in the area to know about. christien kafton is no the scene and we will check in with him in a moment. >>> more people who were forced to evacuate in napa in sonoma county are allowed to go back to the neighborhood. >> one of several indications that firefighters are getting a handle on these fires. many are responding to complete devastation. evacuation orders were lifted last night for two neighborhoods in santa rosa. people living in geyserville and healdsburg have been told they can return. so far the fires have claimed the lives of 41 across four counties. sonoma county had more than half of the big rooms. 102 people are listed as unaccounted for in sonoma and napa county. the latest person killed was the driver of a water truck that killed -- that crashed and napa county. >>> we want to show you the four major fires in the area. the biggest is the nuns fire, 51,512 acres and is 53% contained. this is a little bigger than the atlas fire south of lake

one at boulder creek elementary school. there is a second center at a fire station in the city of felton. that's where lee is this morning. >> reporter: 100 people had evacuated to this fire station. a lot of people have cleared out. some of decided to take off to where their family and friends are. they just left town. we were were first at boulder creek element school but they had cell phone service problems and people wanted to know what was going on. they wanted to check in with family and friends so a lot of them came here early this morning. monday night residents in the area of bear creek canyon road started to receive reverse 911 calls from the santa cruz county sheriffs department. the alert instructed residents to evacuate immediately. two evacueeses said they feel especially worried because of the fires in the north bay but they knew no the to hesitate and to get out quickly. >> the vegetation here is so dense and some places are heard to get to. i imagine that containment would be difficult so it's always been o

i put an arrow here to let you know that boulder creek is right year. a lot of that flow will push that smoke toward the pacific. you may also see a floating in areas toward santa cruz. we are picking up on a southwest breeze at times.

it's in the boulder creek area which is close, but 17 is open. let's move along and take a look at interstate 880 in oakland where traffic is moving along well in both directions. and at the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is moving along very well. >> it's 4:18. let's bring steve in with today's forecast. >> sal, usually you ask me is that fog and i say it's smoke. today it's a combination of both. >> that stuff we saw at the toll plaza -- >> there's smoke, but i think there's fog coming in. today would be correct. thank you, sir. we have a look toward santa cruz and santa cruz mountains. there's fog reported in santa cruz. the higher cloud should clear out, but the low clouds on the move. that helps. temperatures cooler. scotts vao have some observations here for a couple of boulder creek observations, north wind, northeast, northwest and then felt on is north and ben low man is west, southwest. humidity depending on elevation is either low, 18% or it's pretty high. 68 to 79. there's not a lot of a breeze. s the good news. temperatures are cool.

evacuation orders remain in place for parts of boulder creek. a total of nine people have been injured -- including 6 firefighters. everyone is expected to be okay. the fire has destroyed four structures. cal fire says the rough terrain and heavy timber in the area is making it harder to reach full containment. (marty) coming up -- what we could learn if president trump allows the release of classified files on the j-f-k assassination. plus -- some road work that might have affected your drive this morning is finished ahead of schedule -- we'll show how workers hustled to reopen the road. and next on 4 your money -- the new rules aimed at protecting people who rely on payday loans. details on those coming up. ♪ do you want to do a monster check? yes. no monsters. ♪ how about the drawer? ♪ no monsters. nightly monster checks are how grant makes home his. and homegoods is what makes it all possible. amazing finds. always great prices. make home yours. and we're gonna serve sunday dinner off a counter wiped with jasmine sparkle? i got salmone

we are in boulder creek. the flames have been moving throughout the morning from the left side to the right side of your screen through dry brush, the dry trees also going up in flames. now, with the dry conditions, this spreads from 10 acres to 125 acres overnight. cal fire says this has the potential to spread to 600 or more acres. it started as a structure fire on bear creek and deer creek

the wildfire continues to burn, though, near homes in the boulder career ache yeah. i'm kris sanchez, thanks for joining us. >> and i'm marcus washington. first broke in at 3:00, and then our special edition of "today in the bay" at 4:00. we have been on the air since then bringing you the latest information with the bear fire, which started as a house fire in boulder creek late last night and has spread to 152 acres, 5% contained, which is a good thing, but still spreading. that is not as fast as it was overnight. the area around that fire is under mandatory evacuation. we've had a list of the streets that we have for you and that is on our website nbcbayarea.com for a full list of that. there are also two evacuation centers, the fire station, this is in fellton and lakeside elementary school in los gatos. >> this is the evacuation zone, that yellow dot you see on your screen surrounding the points where we believe that fire started. a house caught fire at deer creek and bear creek. that intersection there. and we now know that those evacuation orders continue. nbc

a new wildfire is forcing evacuations along bear creek canyon road in boulder creek. joining us on the phone from cal fire is angela byrne hazel. >> good morning. >> we are so sorry to hear this news. can you tell us -- we have heard it started as a house fire and one home has burned but others are threatened. >> correct. the structure that started the fire has burned and the area is evacuated. the fire is about 1 to 25 acres from our best estimate in the dark. >> are you attacking this? i know it's in the dark and we're watching live pictures right now. is the attack happening now or are you waiting for sunlight? >> we have fire crews in their actively working on the fire right now. as soon as the sun comes up, we will be able to hopefully get some air resources into help as well. >> do you feel confident, have you heard that people were able to evacuate safely from the areas threatened at this point? >> correct. as far as we know everybody got out safely. >> what are the conditions right now as far as wind and humidity is concerned? >> right now there are not any ma

low 40s in boulder creek. 43, 42. felton, 42. that's good news. n cast ton is there. 18% hue 18% humidity. the rest is 70 to -- there's an onshore breeze. low clouds starting to move in e a push. it has been a long time since wh there. cooler oakland, berkeley, san fe -- 40s, low 50s. the wind direction was offshore. today it's onshore. west, southwest, northwest, sout will start to scour things out so the air quality will be better today. 40s, 50s on your temps and close to most locations, but we're cooler compared to 24 hours ago. fairfield, 21. oakland minus nine. the onshorg ping. truckee 23. sacramento at 45. 27 south lak8 , 38 in tahoe city. a big system moveing -- strong onshore breeze. forecast models latch on. cooler for everybody up and down the coast. timing on our system will be tomorrow, it looks like late afternoon. system begins to move into the north and overnight late, thursday it might make it down to the santa cruz mountains. as you get north to hillsburg, santa rosa, a third to an inch to a half inch for some. even all the way

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thomas: just a quick note on the boulder dam controversy. it started out as legislation by a california congressman. -- congressman named jack anderson. then it went through omb, which approved it. it was signed off on by harry truman to change it back to the hoover dam. by fred allen, the great radio comedian, got on the air after the name changed and announced, this would not have been a problem if the former president had been willing to change his name to herbert c. boulder. [laughter] lisa: that's a good one. thomas: let's thank lisa for her talk. [applause] announcer: american history tv on c-span3 is in prime time next week starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. monday night from the national constitution center in philadelphia, discussions on landmark supreme court cases, including korematsu the. united states and brown v. board of education. andday night, the life influence of william "buffalo bill" cody on the 100th anniversary of his death. the 60th night, anniversary of the little rock central high school integration with former presiden

boulder creek elementary school in boulder creek is housing evacuees right now. this is in the las cumbres area. two people have been injured including a firefighter and we want to get a little bit more information as we continue to look at those flames. we are joined now on the phone by scott mcclain from cal fire. >> scott, good morning, thanks for being there. first of all, let's talk about what's happening in the santa cruz mountains. how quickly do you think that you will be able to get this one under scroll. >> this is at 125 acres and they stopped the forward spread at this point in time. it's holding at 125 acres. there has been an injury and that was the firefighter. >> scott, thank you. i got the information. it's a little hard to hear so if you can just bring it as close to your mouth as possible, but i think what you said was that it sounds like this fire is not spreading anymore. >> that is correct. it's holding at 125 acres. >> very good. >> okay. and we are told there is about 100 homes that are threatened in the area. is that correct? what is the

kpix5 reporter kiet do is live at boulder creek. >> reporter: yeah. this is a slow growing fire going from about 150 acres the first night to just under 300 today, but firefighters on the line, they say don't be fooled. there's still a lot of fight left in this fire. what the bear fire lacks in sheer size and scale it makes up for in stuck bornness and stay -- stubbornness and staying power. what do you say to people who say this is only 270 acres? >> this is a very active 200 and some acres. fire can do anything with a little bit of wind. right now we're doing everything we can to make sure it doesn't get much bigger than it is. >> reporter: the fire continues to threaten 150 homes. this yurt is one of them. the fire came up the hill close enough to melt the tarps and canvas, but firefighters got the flames down to save the artist's studio inside. look closely and you can see a couple wooden frames suffered damage. >> the guys made a great save. >> reporter: the air attack is still the best option. that's because the terrain is some of the most rugge

boulder creek elementary school on west lomond street. but because of poor cell phone reception there, officials have opened a third location at a firehouse in felton. south bay reporter jesse gear very live with evacuees situations. >> reporter: you were talking about evacuees. we are joined by sandra wood had just county of walked up. your house was inside the fireline. is there anything -- >> no, embers left. i was just praying to get to my husband and our dogs to get out of there. this is it what i'm wearing and the house is gone, everything is gone. it's one of the ones that is gone. so we had a really nice place and, um, a lot of trees because we liked that -- that very natural look. and, um, we survived the slides last winter which was really pretty tough. the worst in so many years. and, um -- >> reporter: were you able to al advantage anything? >> no. >> reporter: you mentioned you had some pets. they all made it out? >> yes. marlie, yes. he is two years old and, um, so he's going through his, um, you know, anxiety issues with a

another is that boulder creek elementary school. because of spotty cell phone reception, officials decided to open a third location at the fire station. >> let's bring in meteorologist rosemary orozco. there is concern in marin county about another fire and i got word from chp that they have closed 101 in both directions at marin city because of the big response to that fire. >>> we just can't seem to catch a break. mother nature is attempting to make a switch over and help us out but it's not coming soon enough. we will have the onshore breeze into the second part of the afternoon. that will help clear things out when it comes to air quality. temperatures are cooling. relative humidity will eventually come up. this is coming. let's get a look at the satellite view where we do have clouds in place mixed in with that smoke and haze. that has to do with a wave moving through. off the coast of southern california we have some rain. if you look closely you can see lightning strikes embedded in there. that is expected to stay south. we w

an evacuation center has been opened at boulder creek elementary school in boulder creek. >> the fire burning in mendocino county is 55% contained. the red wood valley fire has burned nearly 36,000 acres, it's responsible for eight deaths. the sheriff says all mandatory evacuation orders in the county have been lifted and residents are being allowed back in, however, some parts do remain under evacuation warnings. that means you should be prepared to leave if the situation gets worse. we do have a list of all evacuation orders on our website abc7news.com. >>> firefighters are making significant progress on the sulphur fire in make county, the fire is 90% contained, all evacuation orders there have also been lifted. the fire has charred more than 2,200 acres near clear lake oaks. law enforcement patrolling 24 hours a day in case of looting. >>> the air quality around the bay area has been bad since the north bay fires broke out eight days ago but according to the chronicle some people are having trouble ordering air pure fires on amazon, they're getting an error message saying the item

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kpix 5's sandra osborne reports from boulder creek where the fire has been burning since last night. sandra. >> reporter: we have been watching as helicopters circled as they are making air drops on the flames in the canyon behind me. recently we have had a lot of ash falling down on us. we have seen a lot of smoke over the canyon. this fire right now is at 152 acres but the containment is only 5% right now. now, the good thing is we do not have a lot of wind out here. the bad thing is the amount of smoke we're seeing, they have one helicopter making drops right now but because of safety reasons they have to limit the number of air strikes as of right now. our cameras captured these images of what's being called the bear fire carrying through dry brush and trees along the edge of bear creek canyon this morning. 911 alerted residents to get out so firefighters could get inside the winding narrow roads along the steep terrain. >> we had smoke and neighbors saying, hey, there's a fire so we took a look. >> reporter: the fire started as a structure fire last night spreading to more than

boulder creek, 41 hundredths. that's the way it looks. 40s on the temperatures but humidity is up and the fog has come in. the wind has turned more west, southwest or southerly in advance of the system. 80%, 90% humidity. yesterday the fog was hot at the coast but it has lifted and it's moving into the santa cruz mountains. and is moving out to the valley. mostly 50s for the temperatures. south wind in the delta. we are setting the stage for a pattern change. cooler and cloudy with rain moving in. for the sierra, snow tonight. 11 pm until 11 am tomorrow thursday winter weather advisory. up to 6 inches around the 6500 foot level. this system has some cold air support behind it. the timing looks to be later. cloudy with drizzle in the morning. afternoon rain to the north an evening rain for everyone else into friday morning. it may take a while for the system to clear. by 10:00 tonight, it starts to push south. it doesn't kick in until after midnight in the sierra. in the santa cruz mountains, it should be there ove

i put an arrow here to let you know that boulder creek is right year. a lot of that flow will push that smoke toward the pacific. you may also see a floating in areas toward santa cruz. we are picking up on a southwest breeze at times. that will push the smoke toward the south bay. the relative humidity is. 65%, 64% in some areas. as we get into the north bay we have a variable wind and relative humidity is not bad. 64% over areas like fairfield. napa is reporting 59%. atlas peak, 21%. we will continue to see changes coming our way. by the afternoon, the onshore breezes coming back. this is 2 pm. wind is primarily from the west and southwest. and northwest breezes over san jose. the onshore breeze will help us out bringing cooler air and cleaner air and will increase relative humidity for the firefighters. temperatures this morning, 59, san francisco. 53, napa. santa rosa, 46. in the south bay, 58, san jose. i will look at the afternoon highs when we come back. we begin a cool down that will take us into the possibility for wet weather on thursday and f

it has grown to 300 acres in and around boulder creek. four buildings have been destroyed, hundreds are still in danger of burning. seven firefighters have been hurt. at one point, fire crews had to stop using air operations. they were suspended when a drone flew into the fire zone. >> this is a type airs -- airspace. if you were to strike the drone it could cause damage to our equipment or if the drone would crash it could spark another wildfire. >> the drone operator could be cited for flying in an area that is off-limits. fire crews say the wind. . air operations were on hold and they say the weather can change quickly. >> anytime there's wind, fire has the potential to spread. we use helicopters and aircraft to stop the spread of the fire. >> the santa cruz sheriff's office said he boulder creek man was trying to take advantage of the situation. marlon coy was arrested for suspicion of looting and will be charged with burglary. >>> fire crews battling flames and the north bay are making progress. the tubbs, atlas and nuns fire are at

this man, 54-year-old marlin coy, of boulder creek is now behind bars for allegedly looting an evacuated home. police say he stole $15,000 worth of jewelry from the property and a mountain bike. >>> now to the wine country wildfires where firefighters have stopped the forward progress of all of the wildfires in the area. here are the latest numbers. tubbs fire 91%. atlas fire 83%. nuns fire 80%. sonoma county authorities report that one additional death from the fires brings the total to 42. about 58 people are still listed as missing in napa and sonoma counties. more than 6,000 people have been allowed to return home. governor brown is issuing an executive order to speed up recovery in areas devastated by the fire. president trump said: >>> despite the tweet, the trump administration says that the president has no plans to visit california. >>> the next phase of wildfire recovery includes a clean-up of toxic waste. kpix 5's jessica flores is live in santa rosa where one of two community meetings will be held today. jessica. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. sonoma county wants re

we're take a point 06 for boulder and san jose. the low clouds are backed up and they'll continue to get pushed on the shore and lift. the system moves in overnight tonight into tomorrow morning and then tomorrow afternoon is the focus. later in the afternoon, it moves south and overnight into thursday night, we should make it at least some presip late thursday. by friday morning most will be gone. the coolest air we've seen in a long time. temperatures today are starting to take a tumble and they'll take a fall tomorrow. 60s for many. or low 70s. 60s, 70s today. the friend is r higher clouds and fog. cloudy rain to the north tomorrow afternoon, maybe early friday. it's out. it will be cool in the morning, but slowly warming up as we go into the weekend. finally change. >> i think pam approves. >> i hope so. >> the air quality has been tough. i can't imagine closer up to the fires, i mean all the way down into the city, it's bad. >> yesterday was bad. today will be better. >> steve, thank you. >>> time is 4:52. a new legislation pa

the good news is there's not much of a breeze. 40s for temps. 43 in boulder creek. 44 for another one. felton 43. as far as the wind,t , there's a north wind of 18% humidity. around 500 feet, 70, 71% and some observations check in, some don't. at least cooler temps and not much of a breeze. along with the low clouds which will make for a better air quality day for many over by the coast and the city and oakland also in the southern marin county. 40s and 50s. cool. a westerly breeze for many heres the west, northwest, that will help turn things around because of that northeast we had over the last couple of days especially 30s. 40s and 50s. a few 30s, but an impressive syd done. still looks like we'll get rain. heaviest amounts is far to the north, but

kenwood at 36 degrees, boulder creek and scotts valley -- boulder creek has dipped to 38. 43 gilroy, 44 santa clara. we will rebound and it will be warmer today lots of sunshine, the breeze might pick up, 60s, 70s, low 80s. the circulation around the low, a fired up thunderstorm activity it will give us a little breeze out of the northeast. it might fire up a few clouds. 40s and 50s give way to east bay temps. san ramon 44, american canyon 51. the water temps have come down with the persistent northeast breeze. these are below average. 18 now a trekkie, 38 in reno. 27 abbott norton, 24 south lake tahoe much better today i don't think any precipitation it's too far out of the picture. yesterday was a foggy cool day. looks much better today lowe's moving out. we see some 70s and a few more 80s will pop up on thursday. 60s, 70s, 80s today temperatures near average may be slightly below. much warmer than it was yesterday for san jose and santa clara valley. warmer weather will take us into sunday. >>> what is really in your food? the mystery coming up the new san francisco law about this

and the warning from authorities after a father of four was killed when young people threw boulders from an overpass. good evening. it is great to have you with us on a friday night. what abc news has learned about the ambush in niger. two green berets surrounded and killed. it's been 16 days since the lives were lost and today president trump was asked again to address the mission in public. did they have adequate intelligence? adequate backup? abc's mary bruce asks the white house why so little has been said. >> reporter: the week ended the same way it began, with questions about why president trump still hasn't addressed the ambush in niger that killed four special ops soldiers. >> mr. president, did you authorize the mission in niger? >> thank you all very much. >> reporter: tonight we are learning details about the ambush outside a african village. a senior intelligence official says the americans knew something was wrong when two motorcycles came racing out telling us the hair on the back of their necks stood up and the village elder seemed to stall to keep the soldiers there and s

it will take some time for the impacted community to get back to normal, but the residents of boulder creek are resilient, and they will come together, along with county, government, and other partners, to repair the damage that was done. we all hope for a speedy recovery and a return to duty for those firefighters injured during this incident. sergeant clark? >> okay, we've been listening live to a news conference this morning. we're going to continue to monitor that. you can watch it on nbcbayarea.com, as well, as they take some questions from the media. like our own there, bob redell. bob, we've learned that one man has been arrested in connection to not only a burglary that happened there in the area of the bear fire, but people that he was with actually identified him as the person who started it, 54-year-old marlon dale coy. >> yeah, they say they saw him igniting that fire. again, you know, burglary charges also associated with this. we're going to continue to follow this. of course, this is always online, nbcbayarea.com. and also we have this on our twitter feeds, as well, @nb

evacuation orders remain in place for parts of boulder creek. the fire destroyed four structures....a total of nine people were injured... at least six of them were firefighters... everyone is expected to be okay... cal fire says the rough terrain and heavy timber in the area is making it harder to reach full containment. lawrence karnow: it was a mostly sunny day with warmer temperatures around the bay area. highs were in the 60s and 70s. the fires continue to burn and the it has been breezy at times again today. the winds will begin to turn offshore late on sunday which means warmer and drier air with greater potential for fires spreading. if you're going out tonight dress warmly since it will be cool and breezy. on the satellite picture you can see another storm in the gulf of alaska but it's never going to get here. high pressure will build up out of the south to bring warmer weather tomorrow and mayber record breaking temperatures next week. offshore winds are also likely during that time and fire danger will increase. air quality will begi

it's burned 300 acres in the boulder creek area... we've learned in the last two hours the fire is 15 percent contained... although evacuation orders do remain in place. at least seven people have been hurt... and one looting arrest has been made. in the north bay tonight - some major progress to report. here are the latest number from the fire lines... the 'atlas fire' in napa and solano counties is 83-percent contained the 'tubbs fire' burning in sonoma and napa counties is 91-percent contained. the 'nuns fire' also in napa and sonoma counties is 80- percent contained. and the 'pocket fire' burning north of geyserville in sonoma county is now 63-percent contained. (pam) tonight, the death in the northern california wildfires has risen to 42... earlier today.... one more victim was identified in santa rosa... in sonoma county.... 50 people remain missing... in napa county there are eight people unaccounted for... today kron4 was out with search and rescue teams in santa rosa -- searching through the debris of burned homes. it is a sl

. >> boulder. >> tucker: boulder, colorado, says kathryn lyons. to theke tape we go. >> people bike there, as opposed for driving. the streets are made for humans and not just for cars. there's no billboards, and it also happens to be the place that produces arguably the most olympic athletes in the country. >> the answer, boulder, colorado. >> yes, finally. >> no bulls in the streets. >> that is why they are so happ happy! >> they said that one of the selling pointss for boulder is thatat the streets were built fr humans as opposed to what? >> tucker: it would be aspen, but apparently nobody can live there. final question, you ready?ou it is a war on halloween. people are enraged over an immigration-themed costume being sold at party city. which controversial costume are people -- people being the left -- most upset about? [buzzer] peter doocy? >> the wall. >> tucker: the wall? there's a wall costume. can i just ask, do you agree with that? the wall? if you'd won? >> i don't disagree. >> tucker: i don't disagree. safe answer. you are a natural wa

the second was opened at boulder creek elementary school. but because of the poor cell phone service and internet service, a third one was staged. that's at xiante firehouse in felton. >> that's where we find ktvu's jesse gary. he is standing by live with the latest on that part of the story. jesse. >> reporter: julie and ken, officials are bracing for people who went to check on their properties or to check on loved ones, family, friends, et cetera, returning here. we are hearing from the red cross an influx of volunteers assigning up to help for the multiple crises around california. >> what's happening all across the united states a lot of people are coming out of the woodwork, working with partnerships with sert teams which you saw earlier, local people, citizens, emergency response teams. we have learned to work with them and the partnership has taken a load off the red cross. >> reporter: mountain residents unaffected by the flames are also pitching in. stacee stanley and her family brought coffee to the firefighters here at the xiante

in boulder creek-- that's in santa cruz mountains. evacuation orders are in place for the areas of las cumbres....and deer creek there are evacution centers open tonight. check kron 4 dot com for those evacuation centers. we have a (pam) and another fire is erupted in the east bay. at one point, there were mandatory evacuations --- those have now been lifted (grant) the fire broke out in dublin around two this afternoon near tassajara and fallon roads. north of interstate 580 and east of 680. this fire has burned already 118 acres... the alameda county fire department shared this image. containment is now up to 75- percent. crews will be on scene all night making sure hot spots don't flare up. (grant) the other fire that broke out was in sausalito... near highway 101. it started just before noon... north of spencer avenue. at one point the flames forced all southbound lanes of highway 101 to shut down. tonight...all lanes are back open. the fire burned about four acres. firefighters will stay on scene overnight to monitor the area. (g

it started late monday night, a house in boulder creek caught fire. the flames quickly spread and then it was out of control. at least 4 homes have burned. more than 140 others have been evacuated. the people living in the area say they only had a couple of minutes to grab what was really important to them, and get out of harm's way. >> my wife filled her car and i filled my truck. i got my cat and dog and we got cloths and stuff. >> five firefighters were hurt and one still in the hospital this morning. none of the injuries are considered life-threatening. we do expect to get an update on the fire up there in the next half hour. >>> this fight progress on -- authorities want to point out that emergency is not over yet. there's 11,000 firefighters on the fire lines, poor air quality continues to be a problem. so the school in napa will remain closed and fema visited napa yesterday along with local lawmakers assuring the federal government is ready to help. >> there's always going to be a need for more money. we recognize that. we're going to do our be

its burning in in boulder creek near bear canyon and deer creek road... four buildings have been destroyed and five firefighters have been injured battling the flames. (grant) kron's spencer blake in live in santa cruz county with the latest details... spencer? (vicki) and another fire erupted in the east bay. at one point, there were mandatory evacuations --- but those have now been lifted (grant) the fire broke out in dublin around two this afternoon near tassajara and fallon roads. firefighters are racing to control it before it can burn near homes. right now it has burned 116 acres and is 75 percent acres and is 75 has burned 116 acres and is 75 percent contained... temperatures began to cool today as high pressure weakened. this is the beginning of a cooling trend that will have temperatures running below normal through the middle of the week. fires continue to burn but the weather conditions are improving for firefighters. the winds have been very light. the sea breeze will stretch further on shore over the next few days and the humidity will switch

kpix5's kiet do is live in boulder creek with the latest on the firefighters' efforts. rea wh fire is burnin >> reporter: 271 acres today. it has doubled in containment from 5 to now 10% contained. just a really strange day out here on the bear fire. we've got stump holes. we've got drones and looters causing problems. there was an inmate firefighter who fell into a stump hole. that is when a tree burns itself out and leaves a pocket full of embers. we don't know the extent of his injuries. then somebody was flying a drone into the air attack area stalling the air attack for about an hour. they did not find that pilot. despite all this the fire is still raging out of control. >> this fight is not over. >> it is not over. there's a lot of fight left in this fire. >> reporter: what the bear fire lacks in sheer size and scale it makes up for in stubbornness and staying power. what do you say to people who say this is only 270 some acres. >> this is a very active 200 some acres. a fire can do anything with a little wind. right now we're doing everything we can to make sure

it's burning the hills north east of boulder creek... near bear creek canyon and deer creek roads.( robin ) it broke out monday night and with the steep terrain of the santa cruz mountains, that fire is only about five-percent contained this morning. it has burned 271 acres so far. at least one home has burned, along with other structures, and evacuations are in place. (james) kron four's spencer blake has more on the firefighting efforts. (ááá2-shotááá) (james) that was (james) (ááá2-shotááá) (ááá2-shotááá)(james) that was spencer blake reporting. we'll have a live update from the santa cruz mountains in the next hour.( robin ) now lets take a look at weather and traffic, ill check your commute for hot spot in a bit, now a check of the weather (james) checking in on your morning forecast. (anny hong) : cooling is expected on wednesday and thursday as onshore flow strengthens. a weak early season weather system is forecast to bring light rain to much of the region from thursday afternoon through thursday night. dry weat

autoridades dicen que el hombre de 54 años es residente de boulder creek donde originó el incendio y tiene un extenso historial criminal... según su versión, el sujeto habría fabricado el plan para después robar las residencias de sus propios vecinos... un verdadero infierno en vida fue el que vivieron cientos de residentes hace poco en santa cruz... las potentes llamaradas destruían todo a su paso... al compás de las horas, el fuego se habría propagado a más de 391 acres...dejando prácticamente en cenizas a 2 hogares, 9 estructuras y 17 vehículos... sot sofa loera residente de la baha dicha teora se confirmó esta tarde durante una conferencia de prensa donde representantes de distintas agencias policiales anunciaron el arresto de marlon coy... allí, el teniente del alguacil, indicó que coy habría sido detenido este pasado 17 de octubre...tras el reporte del robo de una vivienda... sot chris clark vocero del alguacil del condado de santa cruz según sus indagaciones, el aparente delincuente había sido visto merodeando la zona del pueblo de boulder creek justo antes de

marlon coy, 54 years old, boulder creek resident yesterday at about 1:35 pm (steve) and in the north bay .. firefighters have the upper hand on the devastating fire... as containment numbers rise again today. the atlas fire is 83-percent contained. but is still threatening nearly one-thousand structures tonight. the tubbs fire is 91-percent contained and cal-fire expects to have that fire fully contained friday. cal-fire also expects to have the nuns fire fully contained on friday. it has burned 54-thousand acres. finally the pocket fire near geyserville has burned more than 12-thousand acres and is 63-percent contained. (pam) and tonight, we are learning about two more victims who died in the north bay firestorm. the death toll now stands at 42 .... while 50 people are still missing in sonoma county alone. (steve) sadly--- the search for some of the missing is taking place among the rubble of burned down homes. kron four's terisa estacio shows us a search and rescue team who were searching through debris in santa rosa. 250 search and rescue members tackled the difficult task of look