now fire looms closer to healdsburg district hospital. >> we only have healdsburg and memorial to work with. so -- and now healdsburg's being threatened by the fire up in geyserville. >> let me know when you arrive at geyserville fire. >> their dispatch center is also in an evacuation advisory area in healdsburg. >> we'll wait until we can't, i suppose. it's hard to leave your job when this is supposed to be what you do. >> i'm trying not to panic. my mom left. my mom evacuated. she is over by the river. >> people in the following areas need to be ready to leave at a moment's notice. >> blash avenue and the bottom of fitch mountain which success. >> alicia webb and her daughters are packed. >> home videos and pictures looks like the most important thing for us. >> others are soaking their roof and yard to protect from flying embers. >> we're just doing what we can to try to make things a little bit safer. >> the healdsburg community center is a safe place for people already displaced. people who are now processing what they've witnessed. >> and there was hundreds of explosions that wen

now fire looms closer to healdsburg district hospital. >> we only have healdsburg and memorial to work with. so -- and now healdsburg's being threatened by the fire up in geyserville. >> let me know when you arrive at geyserville fire. >> their dispatch center is also in an evacuation advisory area in healdsburg. >> we'll wait until we can't, i suppose. it's hard to leave your job when this is supposed to be what you do. >> i'm trying not to panic. my mom left. my mom evacuated. she is over by the river. >> people in the following areas need to be ready to leave at a moment's notice. >> blash avenue and the bottom of fitch mountain which success. >> alicia webb and her daughters are packed. >> home videos and pictures looks like the most important thing for us. >> others are soaking their roof and yard to protect from flying embers. >> we're just doing what we can to try to make things a little bit safer. >> the healdsburg community center is a safe place for people already displaced. people who are now processing what they've witnessed. >> and there was hundreds of explosions that wen

now fire looms closer to healdsburg district hospital. >> we only have healdsburg and memorial to work with. so -- and now healdsburg's being threatened by the fire up in geyserville. >> let me know when you arrive at geyserville fire. >> their dispatch center is also in an evacuation advisory area in healdsburg. >> we'll wait until we can't, i suppose. it's hard to leave your job when this is supposed to be what you do. >> i'm trying not to panic. my mom left. my mom evacuated. she is over by the river. >> people in the following areas need to be ready to leave at a moment's notice. >> blash avenue and the bottom of fitch mountain which success. >> alicia webb and her daughters are packed. >> home videos and pictures looks like the most important thing for us. >> others are soaking their roof and yard to protect from flying embers. >> we're just doing what we can to try to make things a little bit safer. >> the healdsburg community center is a safe place for people already displaced. people who are now processing what they've witnessed. >> and there was hundreds of explosions that wen

now fire looms closer to healdsburg district hospital. >> we only have healdsburg and memorial to work with, so -- and now healdsburg is being threatened by the fire up in geyserville. >> reporter: their dispatch center is also in an evacuation advisory area in healdsburg. >> we'll wait until we can't, i suppose. it's hard to leave your job when this is supposed to be what you do. >> i'm trying not to panic. my mom left, my mom evacuated. she's over by the river. >> reporter: people in the following areas need to be ready to leave at a moment's notice. >> fitch mountain and the bottom of fitch mountain. >> reporter: alicia and her daughters are packed. others are soaking their roof and yard to protect from flying embers. >> we're just doing what we can to try to make things a little bit safer. >> reporter: the healdsburg community center is a safe place for people already displaced. people who are now processing what they have witnessed. >> there is hundreds of explosions that went on, on a consistent basis. it was crazy. people were driving on the sidewalks. >> well, this morning the

alexander valley is north of healdsburg in the geyserville area. it's actually healdsburg area. what happens is the fire is moving south. it's moving south towards residences so mandatory evacuation in that area right now. >> current status of the city of sonoma. last i heard it was doing well. they are looking at potential areas out there that could be a problem but we haven't had any significant movements. so i'm going to stress again, sheriff's office nxl, facebook, we are posting on nxl spanish and english. we are posting on facebook spanish and english and they are transcribing my press conference into spanish on facebook. so sheriff's office facebook and nxl. i'm using it myself. i get it before it gets to me to the chain what they are evacuating. pay attention to that. advisory in this kind of fire? please. there's no reason to get stuck in traffic waiting around. find a way out and get out now before you have to do that. [ inaudible question ] alexander valley mandatory, anywhere else -- [ inaudible question ] >> i would say anywhere near any of these fires you should be

evacution...but that does not include the actual city of healdsburg. we're told parts of healdsburg are under an evacuation advisory..which is a warning to residents to be ready to leave at a moment's notice. again...the city of healdsburg is not under a mandatory evacuation order, but as you know that could change if this fire continues to spread. (grant) one family who lost their home in the tubbs family is on a quest. they are searching for the police officers that rushed into their burning home and saved them in the early morning. kron four's terisa estacio met with the family today. (estacio live ) it was truly an honor to talk with this family today i am here in santa rosa just off of fountaingrove pkwy near rincon ridge. the zechowys lost everything in the tubbs fire but that is not why the reached out to us they are on a mission. they want to find the officers who came to their rescue risking their own lives to save their entire family. (estacio) there is little left of the zechowy's home. only the stone pillars next to the mail box still stand

from their homes. >> abc 7 news reporter katie utehs is live in healdsburg with more on that. katie? >> this shelter is housing a lot of people from santa rosa and the surrounding areas. but tonight they've seen an influx of locals from healdsburg as the city itself has some evacuation advisories under way. >> cardinal newman is gone. cloverleaf ranch is gone. >> bells healdsburg ambulance drivers took this video as they evacuated patients sunday night and monday morning from santa rosa. some of those emts have lost their homes, but continue to work for days, since the north bay fire started. now the company's offices are threatened in healdsburg as part of the city here is under an evacuation warning. meaning be ready to go at a moment's notice. >> fitch mountain, and the bill of fitch mountain, which is us. >> we'll wait until we can't. it's hard to leave your job when this is what you're supposed to do. >> people are loading their photos and memento, important paperwork into vehicles, preparing to leave. well also saw other people wetting down their roof and yards tonight,

also an evacuation advisory in parts of healdsburg. many residents have left and that's where we have this report. >> reporter: dan, within the last is a minutes, the sheriff's office put out a new evacuation advisory and that's for the rio lindo academy and surrounding areas, so those folks need to be ready to go if they get the call. as you said, the shelter has been housing people from santa rosa and surrounding air why is and they are now starting to get locals as parts of healdsburg on local advisory list. >> cardinl newman is gone. >> reporter: healdsburg ambulance drivers took this video as they evacuated patients sunday night and monday morning. some of the drivers and emts have lost their homes and continued to work for days since the north bay fire started. now the company's offices are threatened in healdsburg as part of the city are under an evacuation warning meaning be ready to go at a moment's notice. >> fitch avenue, blach mountain and the bottom of witch mountain which is us. >> we'll wait, i suppose. it's hart to leav

the healdsburg community center in healdsburg is open as an evacuation center as well. there are many more shelters... to see the complete list head to our website at kron4.com steve, pam back to you. (pam) the following the following school districts will be closed again on tomorrow due to the fires in napa and sonoma counties: howell mountain elementary school district, napa valley unified school district, pope valley union elementary school district and st. helena unified school district. in addition napa valley college, and the offices and programs of the napa county office of education, will also be closed tomorrow. and all classes at sonoma state university have been suspended for tuesday... families and staff are advised to follow public health advice regarding smoke and air quality, and to stay safe. at this time, calistoga at this time, calistoga joint unified school district has not announced plans for tomorrow. (steve) kron-4's chief meteorologist brittney shipp is here now.(pam) and brittney we know high winds played a role in how fast these fires spread...

from their homes. >> abc 7 news reporter katie utehs is live in healdsburg with more on that. katie? >> this shelter is housing a lot of people from santa rosa and the surrounding areas. but tonight they've seen an influx of locals from healdsburg as the city itself has some evacuation advisories under way. >> cardinal newman is gone. cloverleaf ranch is gone. >> bells healdsburg ambulance drivers took this video as they evacuated patients sunday night and monday morning from santa rosa. some of those emts have lost their homes, but continue to work for days, since the north bay fire started. now the company's offices are threatened in healdsburg as part of the city here is under an evacuation warning. meaning be ready to go at a moment's notice. >> fitch mountain, and the bill of fitch mountain, which is us. >> we'll wait until we can't. it's hard to leave your job when this is what you're supposed to do. >> people are loading their photos and memento, important paperwork into vehicles, preparing to leave. well also saw other people wetting down their roof and yards tonight,

the healdsburg community center in healdsburg is open as an evacuation center as well. there are many more shelters... to see the complete list head to our website at kron4.com steve, pam back to you. (pam) the following school districts will be closed again on tomorrow due to the fires in napa and sonoma counties: howell mountain elementary school district, napa valley unified school district, pope valley union elementary school district and st. helena unified school district. in addition napa valley college, and the offices and programs of the napa county office of education, will also be closed tomorrow. and all classes at sonoma state university have been suspended for tuesday... families and staff are advised to follow public health advice regarding smoke and air quality, and to stay safe. at this time calistoga joint unified school district has not announced district has unified school calistoga joint unified school district has not announced plans for tomorrow. (steve) people in the north bay have been without power all day... right now 99-thousand customers rema

the healdsburg community center in healdsburg is open as an evacuation center as well. there are many more shelters... to see the complete list head to our website at kron4.com steve, pam back to you. (pam ) people in the north bay have been without power all day... right now... 99-thousand customers remain without customers remain without power tonight ... and the majority of them are in sonoma and napa counties. as a precaution... p-g-&-e has turned off gas service to approximately 26-thousand customers in santa rosa, yountville, and kenwood. additionally, additionally, another four- thousand customers in the willits to calpella area had their gas lines shut off as well. once p-g-and -e receives the go -ahead from cal-fire, p-g&e will turn the power back on.... crews want to remind people in the area to not touch any downed wires or lines... (steve) kron-4's chief meteorologist brittney shipp is here now.(pam) and brittney we know high winds played a role in how fast these fires spread... is that expected to ease up tonight? (pam) toss to break introducing fast food's

los residentes que viven cerca de la autopista 128, desde "geysers road" a"chalk hill road", esto es healdsburg... ---hasta el momento, 34 personas han muerto por los voraces incendios en el norte de california. ---ms de 221 mil acres de terrenos fueron consumidos por el fuego y unas 3 mil 500 estructuras fueron reducidas a cenizas. ---mientras tanto, cientos de personas continan buscando a sus seres queridos que han sido afectados por el incendio. ---cuadrillas de rescate con ayuda de perros iniciaron la bsqueda de cadveres en partes de la zona siniestrada por los incendios forestales. ---en algunos casos los mdicos forenses estn recurriendo a los rcord dentales para identificar los restos localizados y calcinados bajo escombros. ---y esta es una historia de amor verdadero... --- mientras el fuego arda y haca de las suyas en sus alrededores a "carmen y armando berriz" no les qued ms que apoyarse el uno al otro... ---hasta que el destino decidi separarlos despus que los pulmones de carmen no soportaran ms... ---ella termin muerta en los brazos de su esposo... --- convertida en la victima numero

we started to evacuating the area north of healdsburg. this is a very dangerous event. in light of that in talking to people we see so many who weren't affected by the fire don't understand the danger of the fire. i'll tell you myself i saw some video footage from it and couldn't believe how fast it was and what was going on. so today what i want to do is actually show footage what our deputies went through on sunday night into monday morning. the first four hours of the fire. we put together some footage from that of what they were doing on mark west road in the santa rosa area and the mark west area. sochl of the rescues and evacuation -- they really tell the story of how dangerous and how difficult the event was. i got to get -- i got to get people to understand that this is a dangerous event. it's not over. stay away from the houses. and understand the severity of what this fire can do. so first warning is there is a couple of graphic language parts in this tape. if you are running live they are not cut. you will hear them on that tape. that's the warning. we are st

today and in december and in 2018, too. >> reporter: in healdsburg, john ramos, kpix5. >> really coming through. >> it really is amazing to see, isn't it? >> isn't that great? it's nice because they have the long term view. houses burn. it will be out of the headlines in two or three weeks. the house still isn't there. the stuff still isn't there. these folks will be here to help for a long time. >>> south bay, beautiful sunset. look at the color from our camera by the san jose aren't. temperatures are mild, 70 -- airport. temperatures are mild, 70s and 80s outside, san jose 83, concord 84, san francisco 75. when is typically just the past three years, small sample size, the last 90-degree day in places like livermore, tri- valley? the past three years it's been the second week of october. it is not the second week of october this week. we are late by about two weeks for this last 90-degree weather,en a guarantee -- weather, not a guarantee it's not happening again in the next couple weeks. we will hit 90 tomorrow and wednesday in livermore. 60 tonight in livermore, vallejo, san jose 67

here is what they can expect and you can expect if ear around healdsburg tonight. northeast winds 15-30 miles per hour with stronger gusts especially in the hills surrounding that beautiful city up to 50 to 60 miles per hour inhealdsburg. increase in wind is why there's a red flag warning in effect for the east bay littles and winds will be a -- hills and winds will be a problem in of itself. winds could exceed 60 miles per hour. wind isn't that much of an issue right now. look how rapidly they incrowsover night? -- increase by tonight. it starts in napa, yountville down to napa and 20-mile-per- hour winds. watch it spread west overnight tonight. 36 miles per hour in calistoga at 3:00 a.m. and 36 in sonoma. you can almost double the numbers in the higher elevations and it will last until about 10:00 or 11:00 tomorrow morning and rapidly decrease. by 5:00 tomorrow afternoon, winds are back down to 5-15 miles per hour. calistoga, you'll have strong winds overnight tonight with wind gusts in excess of 40 miles per hour in the hills before lunchtime tomorrow and last g

we are just north of healdsburg. but there used to be an orange glow that looked to last for miles and that is significantly reduced overnight. the winds have also died down a lot. they have been increasing earlier yesterday evening but cal fire did a big air drop late last night and that did appear to have helped the situation significantly. so the hope for the people here in geyserville is that they may be able to go home sometime soon. take a look at the flames though from last night. they were really fierce and it was some pretty rough terrain there. firefighters working very hard to try to prevent this pocket fire from moving into town. now, at last word it was about 4,000 acres. which isn't huge when we're talking about the other wildfires that we see here in wine country right now. but significant when you talk about it moving towards town. so weather conditions at this moment favorable for cal fire to get a handle on this. live in geyserville, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> right now in napa county the atlas fire

. >> palomino lakes as well as parts of windsor and healdsburg. >> north of jameson canyon road and wei-80. suisun valley road. we have an entire list on our website and the abc 7 news app. >> a lot of people are getting out while they have time to get out. good morning to you. jessica castro on assignment this morning. she's in sonoma county and we'll speak to her in just a moment. >> everyone wondering about wind gusts. are firefighters going to get any help today? >> they got a little help overnight. the wind advisories were above 1,000 feet and continue until 5:00 with the fastest winds during the overnight hours in the east bay hills. mt. diablo had wind gusts ever 50 miles per hour. thankfully no fires over there. the red flag warning continues until 5:00. included in this and not in the wind advisory, the santa cruz mountains. here's a look at what's going on as far as your 12-hour day planner. it is cool this morning. temperatures running in the mid to upper 40s. we'll be around 70 to for now, temperatures by 7:00, 54 to 61 but the air quality will be unhealthy all afternoon. he

(steve) happening now - there is a mandatory evacuation north of healdsburg. (pam) we have a closer look at the area imapcted... it is north of highway- 128 from geysers road to chalk hill road. kron4's hermela aregawi is live tonight in sonoma county... hermela what is the situaton there tonight? (hermela aregawi)we have been in touch with city officials in the last hour.a spokesman for the city of healdsburg tells us people there are under an evacuation advisory. while the sonoma county sheriff office sent out an alert saying that areas north of highway 128 from geyser road to chalk hill road are under a mandatory evacuation order. the wind is picking up here so the concern is that conditions are going to get a lot more dangerous.and the fires will spread.people that live around here tell me in the last day or so the smoke in the hills east of here had died down but today it's been picking up.a lot of people left their homes.. others are packed up and ready to go at a moment's notice.we spoke to some of those under an evacuation advisory about what it's like

. >> palomino lakes as well as parts of windsor and healdsburg. north of james canyon road, i-80 and suisun valley road. there's a detailed list on our website and also on the abc 7 news app. >> a lot of those areas, including ones near the city of sonoma are heavily populated so we're very concerned about those folks. good morning to you, it is 5:00 a.m. team coverage on the evacuations. jessica castro and matt keller are live in sonoma and napa counties and we'll talk to them in just a few minutes. >> let's start first with mike nicco. >> i'm hearing reports from friends and friends' co-workers that they're moving in with other people and not waiting to be evacuated so that might be a good move. some of it is to get away from the air quality, the other is they're too close. they can see the glow of what they said is hell rising in the north bay, the way it turns the night orange. that's their words but it does make a good description. so gusty winds continue in the same areas until about 5:00 and so does the red flag warning. once that passes we

it's just west of healdsburg. got a half inch of rain ukiah two-tenths. >>> multiple reports of water on the roads this morning so be careful. you won't want to spin out. here's a live look 580 those headlights making their way in the westbound direction approaching 680. we are getting reports of one lane that's blocked near springtown. looks like a car broke down there. we have just under a 30-minute ride for drivers making their way between 205 and 680. 880 slow out of san lorenzo. southbound direction now in the yellow 17 minutes between 238 and highway 84. bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on. and the backup stretches beyond the maze. hat's a check of your traffic; over to you. >>> hurricane maria slammed into puerto rico as a category 4 storm one month ago today. the recovery process is now under way. 5,000 people are housed in temporary shelters. 80% of electricity customers are still in the dark. 30% have no water. the storm killed 48 people. it left $85 billion in damage. one official estimate says

healdsburg is just off to the south. geyserville and healdsburg certainly could get some damage from the pocket fire as we head through the next couple days. that's why the advisory evacuations are going into effect. winds right now 6 to 7-mile-per-hour. but, again, what we are keying in on is winds picking up over the weekend, primarily once we hit saturday at 5:00 a.m. 20 to 40-mile-per-hour gusts. i'll have a longer look at this in ten minutes. >>> okay jeff. masks are very necessary. and should be marked with n 95 or n 100. respiratory masks. nbc bay area responds is handening them out the finley pef we will be there until 8:00 tonight and economic in with chris chumara a little bit later in this newscasts. >>> one of the biggest concerns moving forward the emergency notification system in sonoma county was it handled properly? allowing everyone to know this. >>> would it have helped or hurt the evacuation process? senior investigative reporter vicky nguyen is checking that out joining us live in santa rosa to find o

. >> because of the number of evacuees, 20,000 in total, healdsburg just opened 1557 healdsburg afternoon and center at 7321 burton avenue. >>> small household animals can be taken to napa county animal shelter. some shelters are taking them. some hotels, not all. if you have small animals, that shelter is option and large animals to the santa rosa fairgrounds in santa rosa. >> this video from tyler clark, posted on the social media. look at scene. driving through santa rosa neighborhood, trying to escape the flames. embers flying every direction. just a long line of fire as he tries to get out. just look at the scene. when you see these pictures, you understand why this was impossible for firefighters to stop in the early moments of this thing. >> wind-whipped embers making the fire so quickly and easily spread that night. harrowing scene as folks try to get out as quickly as they can with whatever they can grab. check in with lyanne melendez. in santa rosa but had to move. >> in neighborhood where more of the fire was advancing towards here. lyanne, where are you now sf. >> reporter: i'

look at hill healdsburg. sonoma and napa area for the end of the weekend temperatures look great. chilly start to the morning. it's out there. 58 degrees with misty skies. you have dublin. you'll see about 0 degrees of warmer weather waiting for you in the tri-valley. now tonight areas of allow clouds pushing inland. some mist along the inner bay and coast. 40s and 50s to start off tomorrow morning. just the warmer spots south of downtown san jose getting close to 80 degrees. 75 in san jose. you can see tri-valley heading up to concord and antioch now. mostly upper 70s. peninsula temperatures mainly in the 60s but coast side highs only in the upper 50s tomorrow. san francisco close to 62. those north bay temperatures highs climbing in the mid to upper 70s. the bigger changes will not impact halloween right now. looks like a cooler evening out there. mostly clear skies. northwest winds up to 15 miles an hour. it will be breezy during the day. that will set the stage for a chilly night for tuesday evening. after mid week big changes with the blocking ridge of high pressure which has

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now toward geyserville, cloverdale and healdsburg. most locations are around 50% or 60% relative humidity. there are some that do get the north wind or northwest wind. predominantly it is northwest wind. in napa county, unfortunately what's happened is we have lost a lot of the observations. they have been lost in the fire. atlas peak, north at 22. 27%. yesterday it was at 50%. fairfield has a west, southwest. that could change on a dime. davis, northwest. napa airport, east, southeast. some locations do get a east or southeast. vacaville, north. fairfield, northwest. we will have a lot of smoke continuing to move over. the system that went by yesterday brought cooler temperatures but we are on the backside of that now. 30s, 40s and 50s on those temperatures. out by the concord pavilion, 45. 42 in san ramon and dublin. there are some fairly cold temperatures but if you have any breeze at all, it will hold those up. that fog we had yesterday has been chewed up. santa rosa has a north wind and they are at 50. fairfield, 60. buchanan in

cloverdale, citrus fair, sonoma valley high school, petaluma veterans memorial and healdsburg community center. additional evacuations are still ongoing. >> we want to go to pete suratos where there were new evacuations for a lot of people. pete? >> reporter: that's right. new evacuations came in overnight. they are evacuating folks out of fairfield. we moved to this costco. initially, last night, these vehicles were meeting here. fairfield police and vallejo to name a few. they met here and deployed to different areas to help with the evacuation and get out of the area. we want to show video of the sheriff's deputies going door-to-door and saying they needed to evacuate because of fears of the fire jumping over the ridge from napa county to salano county, where we are standing now. i did get off the phone with the sheriff's office. as far as the fire goes, it's between napa county and salano county. right now, they are doing structural protection at valley end lane. that's the area the fire is at right now. i want to pull up the information we have for you guys in the last live hit whe

he evacuated to a friend's house in healdsburg and they watched the tragedy play out. >> he lives up on a ridge. and we literally watched atlanta burn. it was just something out of "gone with the wind." fire, fire, fire, and we heard explosion after explosion. we assumed those were the propane tanks. and it literally was just ablaze. everywhere you looked, there was a blaze. that's all we saw. >> he described the color of the fire as tomato soup red. says it was unbelievable. >> when you look at that video, you really understand why it's called a fire storm. >> no question. >> another spare the air effect or alert is in effect, and today, tomorrow as well, in the bay area. you can see from our exploratorium camera, the air in san francisco looks cleaner today than it did yesterday. a little bit, anyway. on the left is 2:00 p.m. yesterday. on the right is 2:00 p.m. today. but san francisco's air quality level is still considered unhealthy. >> our abc 7 news cameras captured several people wearing masks in the financial district this morning. not a typical sight. and now take a look at

it's not a bad looking system. 8:00 tomorrow morning, so santa rosa, healdsburg, firefighters are getting a good handle on the fires and then it moves into the central bay around midnight into san jose. we'll have about 11 tomorrow night and into san jose and scattered instability showers friday morning and then friday should clear up pretty quick. so there are the forecast highs. again, just -- there's such a tipping point where all of a sudden, you know, 5 1/2 months no rain and boom, boom, boom, fires and we had a couple of bad days of bad weather and boom, just the fires they just start coming. it hits a tipple point. we hit that tipping point in this rain. doesn't kill fire season but it will help a lot. >> that's good news. thank you. >>> coming up 49ers rookie quarterback bet and his nfl debut next in sports. we can now use a blood sample to detect lung cancer. if we can do that, imagine what we can do for asthma. and if we can stop seizures in epilepsy patients with a small pacemaker for the brain, imagine what we can do for multiple sclerosis, even migraines. if we can use patien

the advisory is also over in healdsburg and sonoma. >>> the atlas fire evacuations have been lifted including those for napa and fairfield. joe vazquez spoke with some people who fled the fire. >> fire crews are pouring water over hotspots on atlas peak road. the mandatory evacuation is still in effect where folks have been out of their home for several days. this is where the atlas fire burned down 100 homes. two people were killed. >> it was a full house. >> bill and janice mathis made it out but their houses gone. >> i realize you don't put your boots on and go through stuff, there's nothing to sift through.>> on the south side of the fire it is a completely different story. this is green valley in solano county near fairfield. >> now we are just we couldn't be happier. >> jubilation as the neighborhood celebrates the fact that they dodged a bullet. >> to see your house is amazing. >> joe and his family are now back home. >> we were one of the first ones evacuated. we left on monday and then we just were allowed to get back. now it is amazing. refill peace. it is peace because at some time

santa rosa middletown clearlake healdsburg. coming closer, out by fountain grove in glen ellen. it is nice to see the rain. it is doing all of us a service by moistening the fuels so that next week we will get into a high your fire danger again. it will be less so. san rafael is getting rain. hercules and richmond. that is moderate rain. the heaviest rain all night. it is moderate. multiple screens are like mine. when you get into the yellow that is wipers on medium or full. south san francisco getting rain. you can see the main band. this is the main show here. we will see the scattered showers. all the way to the south bay heading into late overnight hours 1 am or 2 am. the cool air moves in behind this tomorrow. cool breezy conditions. the high-pressure comes in. i was alluding to fire danger next week. next week we will get hot again. we will get some wins. we will see a red flag warning. not as severe as the last one most likely because of the moisture on the ground. light mist falling. 65 never. 64 blaire. no rain for the day tomorrow. it is really all about now until abou

people living in geysers -- geyserville and healdsburg have been told they can return. these fires have claimed the lives of 41 people across four counties. sonoma had more than half of the the terms. 102 people are still unaccounted for and sonoma and napa county. the latest person killed was the driver of the water truck that crashed in napa county yesterday morning. >>> here's the latest on the four major fires. the largest is now the nuns fire. 51,512 acres. containment is at 53%. this fire is a few hundred acres bigger than the atlas fire south of lake berryessa which is 70% contained. tubbs fire in the calistoga area has burned more than 36,000 acres and is 75% contained. the pocket fire near geyserville has burned more than 12,000 acres and is 45% contained. >>> it's 4:02 am. an important factor in all the fires including this new one in the santa cruz mountains is weather. rosemary orozco is in for steve today. >>> we have some improving weather coming our way in the santa cruz mountains. in the 40s with light wind and humidity at 60%. as we get into the afterno

healdsburg, 46. occidental, 49. low 50s in san rafael and point reyes and bodega bay. west at sfo. northwest at half moon bay. this will scour out all this haze and smoke and get rid of it. the sierra is dealing with a winter weather advisory until 11 am. after that it will start to calm down. you can still see this unstable air taking aim at areas in the north. the further north you go, the better opportunity for more showers. we are on the cool side of the system. 60s for your temperatures today. >>> good morning. here we are on friday. we made it. traffic is doing pretty well if you are driving on 580. we don't have anything major on the altamont pass. trafficking is moving along well if you are driving on westbound 580 and eastbound 580 through the altamont pass. there have been no major problems as you drive out to the dublin interchange. we are also looking at the commute on interstate 880. traffic continues to move along well. at the bay bridge toll plaza it is light. >>> we now know the name of the san francisco bicycle police officer who was run down but a suspect in an su

healdsburg, west. cloverdale, east and southeast or north. humidity is down. we have lost too many sites and napa. those that are reporting show atlas peak north at 19. 29% humidity. some areas are not reporting much information. red flag warning continues out to the valley for everyone. it's not just the north. even with all this cold air we have the freeze warning for parts of mendocino county until 9 am. the higher clouds of cleared out but the smoke is not going anywhere. 30s and 40s on the temps. we end up with temperatures today in the 70s for many. cooler than sunday and monday where we had lows in the upper 60s to near 70. dry air is coming in and then one more system cut will come through. the next system will come in tomorrow and that will pick up the wind. hazy skies. the wind picks up on friday into early saturday. after that it looks warmer. upper 80s and maybe a few near 90 on monday. it does look like rain by next thursday. >> we could use that right now. >> a week away. >>> thank you. >>> a few months after a shooting incident before the baseba

as you leave the valley the breeze is picking up, healdsburg 48 degrees, cloverdale 46, we have some very cool readings with 44 at the concord pavilion that is very cool. fairfield at 57 and toward mendocino county 29 degrees with the northeast wind. there is actually a freeze warning along with a red flag warning as well but that is good. one more system will be coming down tomorrow for another round of a breeze and i will stable conditions. >>> we have a big delay getting to the bay bridge and is affecting the east short freeway. we had a crash on the bay bridge and it affected the east short freeway. it is taking more than an hour almost one hour and 50 minutes to drive from vallejo to the macarthur maze. at the toll plaza day have started to speed up the metering lights but the traffic is recovering from an earlier accident. if you are trying to get into san francisco there will be a long wait to get to the bridge. transportation like bart is doing well. san francisco is very smoky itself. 101 north and southbound seems okay with a little bit of crowding at the 80 split. san mate

moves down and this in the north bay fire zones, this rain could be a quarter inch or more north of healdsburg. but just the idea that you're going to take your humidity your relative humidity at 90, 100% in the fire zones is huge plus rain. so big help not just for us but for the entire state. so the forecast highs: it's an interesting time in the bay area. you can have the moments and this is a benchmark time that we'll remember all the other things. this is -- >> where were you when this happened? we'll be talking about this forever. >> unfortunately, that's what it is. >> bill, thank you. >>> sports is coming up. we are going to take you to oracle arena where the warriors are hosting houston in the first game of the new season all starting coming up in a little bit. mark and joe are out there. we'll have a live report after the break. you get a companion ticketes visaevery year.card so why not take...me? i mean i always spell your name right. seriously, take me, i can't listen to this playlist any longer. i'm thinking mexico, and i'm a quick packer. ♪ >>> it is a big fight for the warrio

if you are traveling on 101 north of healdsburg. you'll see all the smoke from the pocket fire near geyserville. we'll take a short break and see you back here at 6:00 with more live updates across the fire zone. thanks for joining us. & >>> tonight, hostage family freed. an american woman, her husband and three little children rescued five years after being kidnapped by terrorists. a daring mission to save them. >>> damage control. a surprise appearance from white house chief of staff john kelly, pulling back the curtain, putting to rest rumors and making clear he's not the president's minder. >>> growing fire disaster in california. crews racing to save neighborhoods even as their own homes burn to the ground. >>> targeting obamacare. blocked in congress, the president signs a new executive order for potentially major changes to health insurance. >>> and breakthrough for blindness. helping a young man see. doctors say it could be the key to unlocking the answers for everything from heart disease to

healdsburg north wind at 7. gusts up to 25 miles an hour but not what we were fearing so the wind gusts seem to have happened outside of the fire zones. right now, the particulate matter in the air for sonoma is unhealthy. oakland is seeing particulate matter in the range of 150. san francisco around 160. so of course that's why we're seeing the smoke in the sky. this is a look from our vaca cam. it certainly doesn't feel good on a lot of people's lungs. here's a look at some of the peak gusts we experienced today. mount diablo in the 50s. oakland hills in the 30s. san francisco in the 30s, as well. but again, it missed those fire zones. we didn't get that strong wind event in those locations we were fearing. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> it seems like there's no place in the bay area to escape the bad air that neda was talking about. kpix 5's len ramirez shows us what things look like in concord right now. len. >> reporter: kenny, for the fourth straight day, people here in the bay area awoke to smoky sme

futurecast shows by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon places like calistoga, healdsburg, santa rosa getting a few light showers especially between 8:00 and 9:00 in napa, mendocino, lake and sonoma counties. it's going to help the air quality as well tomorrow, still unhealthy but only in the north bay, everybody good to moderate. rain is coming tomorrow. we'll talk about rainfall totals and your weekend coming up. >>> tonight a santa rosa couple is suing pg&e for the wine country wildfires. they say failing equipment caused the tubbs fire. wayne and jennifer harvel lived in the coffey park home in santa rosa, their home one of hundreds destroyed. their suit accuses pg&e of failing to trim back trees and brushes around its power lines. >> it is clear based on the preliminary evidence here that this fire most likely started because of issues with maintenance of the pg&e power system. and unfortunately this is not the first time this has happened, but it's certainly the most tragic. investig ve not >> this is the first of what is expected to be a wave of lawsuits against the utility giant. investigat

and then 7:00 tonight we'll start to see those winds pick up for healdsburg, santa rosa, sebastopol. petaluma may feel breezy later on tonight. now, 10:00 tonight, that's when calistoga, st. helena, glen ellen, yountville, sonoma will start to see those winds sustained around 20, 25, even 30 miles per hour. by midnight, though, you will really start to see these colors get deeper. when you see areas of purple, that could be very intense with wind gusts. so those higher elevation are really in trouble here. that's the napa hills. st. helena 23. by 2 a.m., calistoga 30 likely by then and then by 4 a.m., this is widespread purple we're looking at here so more intense gusts happening around 4 a.m. in the higher elevations. from 4 to 6 a.m., the firefighters are going to have a tough battle. it's going to stay strong through 8 a.m. tomorrow. then at noon, things will start to settle down. we are seeing a little more yellow a little more orange and then finally afternoon through midnight tomorrow night, we'll start to see more calming. so really the intense wind is going to be between midn

now the most recent evacuation order was issued late today near healdsburg, another spot of concern is the oakville area near a wintry in napa county. here is a map of all the fires. the largest is still the atlas. the tubbs fire you see in the middle of the skren has caused the most destruction. primarily in the santa rosa area. the nuns fire near glen ellen has merged into two others. >>> the atlas fire has scorched 48,000 acres. and crews have it 27% contained. the tubbs fire, nearly 35,000 acres. it is 25% contained. and the nuns

--el centro comunitario de healdsburg .. --y los terrenos de la feria de sonoma-marin.. --cientos de voluntarios han acudido a la ayuda de los daminificados.. --el ejercito de salvacion sirvi hoy cerca de 3-mil 500 comidas en albergues en los condados de sonoma y napa.. --entre las cuadrillas que llevaron los alimentos a los afectados.. se encontr una cocina movil que se transport desde san jose.. --todas las escuelas de los distritos escolares de calistoga, santa helena y napa valley han cancelado clases por el resto de la semana debido al avance de los incendios.. --planteles en santa rosa, rohnert park y otras ciudades suspendieron clases desde ayer hasta nuevo aviso, incluyendo ''santa rosa junior college'' y la universidad estatal de sonoma.. --el colegio comunitario del valle de napa tambien estara cerrado, pero su gymnasio permanece abierto como centro de evacuacion.. -en medio de la desolacin que han causado los incendios , se empiezan a conocer historias conmovedoras.. --melissa hernandez...... tiene el relato de una familia que busca rencontrarse tras haberse s

this is video from healdsburg from two gas stations sold out of gas this morning and you can see those handwritten signs, they read no gas and out. a third gas station has a long line of people waiting to fill up, that's the scene we saw yesterday, no telling what it will be like today. so bad cars were backed up lining all of those streets just trying to get some gas so they can get out of that area. >> evacuation centers have been set up at several locations in napa and sonoma counties, many are full, though, so here are the ones that still have room. here is one in napa valley college on highway 221 that's in addition to a center at the napa county fairgrounds in calistoga. in sonoma county elsie allen high school at 599 bellevue avenue is open to evacuees. new life christian church on clegg street, also the petaluma county center and the sbast pole community center in sebastopol. also the analy high solano community college on suisan valley road in fairfield. we are updating this on our website. >>> hospitals in santa rosa are asking those who do not have a medical emergency to go

healdsburg 43 degrees at this hour. yountville 42. calistoga 43. calm winds. they will pick up tonight. so today, there's another calming before we get more of those winds to pick up. temperatures are actually going to rise. so cool conditions in store today. but that's not going to be the case for this coming weekend. here's a look at our twinkling lights across san francisco. you can see a lot of the skyline there and that's a welcome sight. this is a live look this morning at sfo. of course, they had a lot of delays yesterday because of visibility from the smoke. we are expecting to see more of that happening again today. temperatures are in the 40s for most of the area. san francisco 53 santa rosa 43. san jose 49 degrees. it's a cold start to your friday. so here's what's happening for the fire conditions. we are going to see those calm cool conditions out there throughout the day. now, here's what's going to happen tonight. winds go up. humidity will drop again tonight through saturday night. so that's why there will be a red flag warning which i'll show

hours ago many residents in the geyserville healdsburg area were mandated to leave their homes.(steve)that's where we find kron 4's hermela aregawi with the latest. hermela? the tubbs fire claimed 18 lives in sonoma county the hardest hit region so far. tonight we hear from a santa rosa family who lost their home but made it out alive. kron 4's ella sogomonian is in ronhert park showing us the scary scene they escaped and what their life is like today. and the fire that we saw up there in the hills is going to spread.people that live around here tell me in the last day or so the smoke back there had died down but today it's been picking up.around 4 oclock this after noon... the sonoma county sheriff's office issued a mandatory evacuation for parts of geyserville and healdsberg.we spoke to people that live right here on the other side of the mandatory evacuation.they're worried that the fire will spread towards their homes overnight....and they they won't have enough time to escape. leah johnson and tammy white/under advisoryit's teeter totter back and forth if we're leaving or n

evacuation order from the sonoma county sheriff's office for unincorporated sonoma county right near healdsburg. it's north of highway 128 between geyser's road and chalk hill road. >> this is new video of the fire burning near the area posted by the geyserville fire protection district. >> people in that mandatory evacuation zone are told to get out right now. >> one of the largest fires is the nun's fire, still raging along the napa/sonoma border. it's burned more than 44,000 acres and it's just 5% contained. flames are slowly moving down, threatening hundreds more homes. reporter leslie brinkley is live along dry creek road tonight. leslie. >> reporter: hi, dan. firefighters have told me they feel like they have a grip on this fire, at least for now. the winds are very light, but they are shifting. lowering the thick great curtain over napa valley. you can't even tell that you are in a valley. you can't see the mountains at all up here. and then there's sad story after sad story as i stand by this checkpoint and the evacuees stop by. >> the heartache is as heavy as the smoke in napa valley.

. >>> palomino lakes as well as parts of windsor and healdsburg. >> in solano county, north of james canyon road and i-80, suisun valley road. these are advisories. >> there's a mandatory evacuation order for the entire city of calistoga, parts of geyserville along highway 128 and northeast of the russian river as well as the northeast corner of sonoma. we know this is a lot of information so go to abc7news.com for specific streets and areas. >> this fire is so different from the past because it is so close to population centers, including now areas in and around the city of sonoma. >> amy hollyfield is following the tough decision for many people to stay or go. good morning, amy. >> reporter: hi, good morning, natasha. there's a hard stop right here at 7th and castle here in sonoma. you can see police are here keeping people out. here's video from last night when they had to pack up their homes and their businesses. people had to make quick decisions about when to take and what to leave behind. this issue was ordered about 8:30 last night. people were having to think about the possi

into north sonoma county, sal together a as soon as -- calistoga as soon as 4:00 tomorrow, napa and healdsburg and petaluma all getting light rain by 9:00 tomorrow night. that will help out the firefight significantly. how much rain we're going to get coming up. >>> it's one of the worse things commander in chief can be accused of, coming up president trump defending his condolence call to an army widow. >> plus the shocking number of drivers who couldn't change a flat even if they knew how, why so many new cars are hitting the road without a pair. >> forget the grueling long linings at the dmv, the new fast way to get in, out and back on the road. >>> coming up what did the president say when he spoke with the families of fallen soldiers? >> plus after our 60 minutes opioids investigation a major lawsuit may be in the works coming up on the cbs evening news. >>> a relentless attack from the sky. >> air crews are above us. >> while on the ground we follow three strike teams working to save a small corner of sonoma county. >> to show you exactly how these firefighters are tackling fires like th

sot valeria and her family were staying at a shelter in healdsburg when sean called them to say their home was saved.soti couldn't believe it. i really couldn't.and while sean was able to save his house and several of his neighbors house h,e feels for those who have lost everything. sotvalerie hopes that sean's actions will serve as an inspiration.sotnow , unfortunaly, sean's parents lost their home as well. they lived just a short distance away from him. in santa rosa, charles clifford kron 4 news. (lawrence weather tease)(gary sports tease) finally the sea breeze returned today and rain may not be far behind. i'll have details next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ warriors opening the season at home against the houston rocketsright now... the warriors getting their nba championship rings in a pre-game ceremonythe finals mvp kevin durant gets his first ring after 10 years in the leaguesteph curry gets his 2nd in three years as did draymond green, klay thompson anndre iguodala and shaun livingstonthe ceremony was without any fireworks in respect to the victims of the north bay firesthe championsh