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in concord, 31 mile-per-hour wind gusts. 22 mile-per-hour wind gusts in santa rosa. we are looking at wind gusts as high as 43 miles per hour. wind is picking up in fairfield . 39 in napa and 26 mile-per- hour wind gusts in hayward. i will take you through today and tomorrow and when we will see the winds finally easing coming up. >>> some of the strongest and most dangerous whens are expected to hit solano county. residents are staying optimistic . >> i doubt it might happen, but if it does, you've got to be prepared and watch how the winds are blowing and what trees are moving around. >> reporter: the governor's office of emergency services has been activated. these conditions could be the most dangerous we have seen since 2017. there are fire crews and trucks ready to respond. >>> we have a survival guide to help you deal with the power shut offs in the latest updates. just go to kpix.com . >>> good news this morning, the pope fire in napa county is 100% contained. it is near the community of st. helena and the cause remains under investigation. >>> it is 5:15. le

. >> thank you chief, for a further update, santa rosa fire chief, tony gardner. >> thank you, in santa rosa, just to tag along on what he said, it looks good around santa rosa, a couple of stretcher groups in all day picking up hotspots and tactical patrol, all along oakmont and the highway 12 corridor. as i was out there today and we saw utilities teams from comcast, at&t and pg&e working on their infrastructure as well. but there is a lot of hot stuff still out there. and what i one of the last night, it was much darker, not a lot of stuff blowing at night, which was good, but when the sun comes out it starts heating up, so there's a lot of tactical patrol going along all of highway 12 in calistoga road. and and and until state part, they have the majority of that work done, it is mostly plumbed with hoses and doing mop up as we speak getting ready for the wind event. i want to remind everyone that we have a wind event that is supposed to take place tomorrow at 1:00, it is a red flag warning, from thursday at 1:00 until friday at 6 pm, and along with that we are trying to of staff ad

. >> for the city of santa rosa residents -- >> vital for sure. good evening. >> thank you for joining us. let's get right to our abc 7 news meteorologist with what we are expecting. >> we are going to be facing critical fire weather conditions and as mentioned it is vital that we pay attention. let me show you the current conditions near the glass fire. it is hot. 90 degrees right now. dry. 18%. fortunately the winds are light at this hour. right now out of the west fwu gusting to 7. that is going to change as the winds increase over the next couple days. red flag warning for the north bay mountains. 1:00 tomorrow afternoon until 6:00 p.m. friday. northwesterly gusts 25 to 30. very low humidity and dry and here is a look at the hour by hour forecast. you'll notice what is going to hppen to the wind. they are not that strong right now as we head into 3:00 a.m. 29, 30-mile-per-hour winds especially over the higher terrain going into 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. and that drying wind is really just going to dry us out even more, which is a big concern even go

>>i was there in santa rosa in coffey park specifically 2017. when this fire just white that community out. so something tells me and i feel that this park is more than just a park, it's more than a place basis more than just some grass, it's a sign of rebuilding it's a sign of rising from the ashes. do you feel that way too. >>100% you know to say i've lived in the neighborhood since 1987 the originally built in 1986. and i'm pretty to pretty much rest assured that the community was not as involved in the creation which features you want to see because i think that really gives ownership and now it's going to be. not just the city's responsibility to maintain the park but the entire communities, let's keep it look as beautiful as it as it is today. >>this definitely could not have been done without a lot of a community work. >>again we've got a lot of feedback are a lot of community partners. kaiser contributors, rotary contributed funds the santa rosa parks foundation assistance with this and team july the the contract to get a fabulous job wi

francis assisted- living facility in santa rosa. several residents have been taken by ambulance to hospitals. all of this is challenging sonoma county's ability to slow community spread and move out of the states most restrictive purple tier >>> federal officials are warning u.s. hospitals to prepare for a possible cyber attack. the fbi says russian-speaking gangs are targeting hospitals with ran somewhere. back takes over a computer system and turns data into gibberish that can only be unlocked when the victim pays up. facilities in oregon, pennsylvania and new york have already been affected. experts are urging hospitals to make sure backups are ready to disconnect from the internet where possible and not to use personal e-mail. >>> the recent surge in coronavirus cases is causing concern around the country. 26 states are at or near record numbers of new infections and more than 500,000 new cases were recorded over the past week . and as cases go up, so do hospitalizations. nationwide the number of people hospitalized for the coro

kind like gone just gone in santa rosa, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>coming up next just weeks after being evacuated because of the czu lightning fire people living in the santa cruz mountains are being told to get ready to evacuate again we'll explain why. and we're also monitoring the air quality across the bay area tracking this morning, some unhealthy levels in the air for portions of the peninsula and the east bay and the south bay and the north bay too don't forget the fires up there making the air off the bat, especially around vacaville club closer more detailed look at this and the rest of the day's weather with john in just a bit. frustrated that your clothes get damaged when you wash them, and they just don't look the same? well now there's a solution, with downy defy damage. downy defy damage protects your clothes from the stretching, fading and fuzzing that happens throughout the wash process, all cycle long! simply toss in detergent, add defy beads, then toss in your clothes. and downy defy's unique formula conditions and protects fiber

right now still in the upper 40s from santa rosa to napa. fog has been a problem from santa rosa at three quarters of a mile, getting better in novato. so we will look for the clouds to clear here in emeryville for

he has relocated to the oakmont neighborhood of santa rosa which was hit by the glass fire last month but it missed his home. this morning he is in the dark. >> i will evacuate with my dog and find a hotel. >> we have our cars parked once again. i'm not exactly sure where we will go this time. >> reporter: we have learned santa rosa fire has extra firefighters and law enforcement on hand. the city's emergency operations center has remained active through the night. >>> pg&e customers are impacted by the power shut out. there is a community resource center at half moon bay library for people who need power and water. >>> students are figuring out ways to get their assignments done. >> my art assignments that i couldn't do on paper. i like to make sure that we have the solar charges for our electronics and just make sure they are already charged. >> reporter: pg&e expects power to be restored by noon on tuesday and this area. >>> 11 oakland schools could be impacted by the power shut off this morning. students are asked to work independently and report into teachers at the first chance

that's if santa rosa fire had not been ready. >> we are able to set throw resources that those fires quickly. our goal was to have a lot of firefighters on hand with multiple engines responding so if anything did develop we could get it out and keep it small. >> reporter: the russian fire was a much bigger blaze starting in the hills between calistoga and st. helena you could see it from miles away before it was also put out and the same network of wildfire cameras also caught winds that stoked the glass fire, ablaze deemed to be 100 percent contained by cal fire, it was a night that could've been so much worse had fire and emergency crews not been poised to respond. a lesson learned the hard way from fires past and one they do not want to repeat. >> we are really leaning into this, we have a lot of extra firefighters on hand and we've seen what the potential can be here locally, we've had a number of back to back years with devastating wildfires so we are definitely taking this seriously and having a lot of firefighters on hand and hoping we get through this without significant issu

elena en napa hasta santa rosa en sonoma, segÚn el mÁs reciente informe de la agencia, el siniestro ha calcinado 826 estructuras, entre ellas 120 casas en el condado de sonoma, 173 en el condado de napa, autoridades han desplegado 2611 bomberos a la zona afectada donde ha logrado contener las llamas en un 8% les falta un buen, en las ciudades de napa y santa rosa mientras tanto, ya habilitaron dos centros de evacuaciÓn, en napa la iglesia comunitaria se ubica en el nÚmero 2590 de la calle primera, mientras que en santa rosa, las personas que evacuaron de sus hogares pueden acudir a la direcciÓn del 24 75 west de la calle tercera. llegÓ el momento de saber cómo estarÁn las temperaturas para el primer fin de semana de octubre, y el mes de octubre, increÍble, nuestra meteorÓloga suheily lÓpez belÉn nos tiene el reporte del tiempo. suheily: llega el fin de semana y serÁ complicado porque todo el humo de los incendios forestales continuarÁn dominando en el Área de la bahÍa, llevamos dos meses con esta incertidumbre de humo de incendios forestales, unos dÍas estÁ concentra

>>and in sonoma, the city of santa rosa and cal fire. my name is paul communications manager for the county of cinema and this is our update for thursday october 1st at 05:00pm. the focus of this up these updates once again as the western portion of the glass fire which swept from napa county into sonoma county. late sunday night and has now consumed more than 56,000 acres and at last report was 5% contained. as we enter day 5 of his firefight it said it's a time of nervousness as we began a another red flag warning which started 01:00pm today and is expected to last until 06:00am on saturday. heat advisory for our area also has now been extended until friday night creating some challenging conditions for those on the front line of this fire for more on this status, let's begin with the deputy chief information officer for this incident for cal fire jonathan thank you for having me just a little bit of an update on this since an all-star little bit higher at the 30,000 foot elevation. >>currently there's 23 major fires burning across the

and we are noticing warmer temperatures, especially for those of you in santa rosa, 9 degrees warmer than where you are around this time yesterday that's why you remain in the 60's out there while everyone else along the coast low 60's and mid 50's but current wind speeds out there right now fairly calm, but we are getting that northerly offshore wind influence for santa rosa. but that cool sea breeze extending not just along the san francisco peninsula coastline. but starting to make its way into the east bay shoreline as well future wind gust little bit breezy with northerly winds continuing for those of you in windsor and santa rosa, 25 miles per hour less so fortunately below advisory level and we're going to notice. calmer winds by your monday morning and monday afternoon but slightly warmer temperatures though for your monday even extending into tuesday with northerly winds continuing for tuesday night with the peak of the winds by around wednesday night through friday morning that's when we're expected to see some pretty gusty winds mainly in the north bay mountains and east b

clara and santa rosa counties having one day covid- 19 tests. an appointment is needed and there will be tests from 9:30 a.m. until 4:00. more tests in sunnyvale and milpitas. meanwhile the city of free spain will be conducting covid test at the community pool . the tests are free but an admin appointment is required it will be open from 5:00 until 8:00. for more information, you can head to kpix.com . the time is 6:10. >>> and still ahead, a major east bay tourist attraction may be off-limits today. we will tell you what happened if you already have tickets to the oakland zoo. >>> i am tracking current wind gusts. i am looking at strong winds across the bay area. it is 30 at hayward and 20 at santa rosa. at the mountain peaks, 80-90 mile-per-hour wind gusts. i will take you through more on today and tomorrow coming up. >>> debris on the roadway because of the gusty conditions plus wind advisories for the ultima yeah, that's half the fun of a new house. seeing what people left behind in the attic. well, saving on homeowners insurance with geico'

wind is not bad, you can see in santa rosa, 4 miles per hour. take yourself to the right side of the screen. notice we're seeing the northerly flow as we look at the oaks observation. humidity is 19%. low humidity is part of the problem. we're starting very warm and under a heat advisory that kicked in at 11:00 a.m. today. we're ex equitying to see temperatures get upwards of 100 degrees. when you take a look at some the temperatures where we were yesterday, santa rosa today looking at 194, 90 in san francisco and 96 in san jose. you can barely see san francisco there, you look at the temperatures there and had in san francisco and oakland, 86 in san jose. the air quality is not great. we have slipped out of the green into the yellow. yellow is moderate and ego into orange which is, if you're accepts active groups and people who have respiratory issues. you go to red and that's what is happening in napa right now. you can see it in oakland and livermore and san jose, also in the unhealthy category. our high pressure system has moved offshore. no

not only was a bunch of santa rosa destroyed, but the flames raced through napa and lake counties. thousands of buildings across all three counties were lost in more than 36,000 acres burned. >>> coming up in sports, it was a 12 round fight in game five of the nba finals tonight. >>> than on the 11:00 news, president trump is his first on camera interview senses covid- 19 diagnosis. in the bay area, we believe in science. traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic. that's why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis. to keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight climate change. and measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. relieve traffic. reduce pollution. rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr. >>> at evening, everybody. the lakers one win away from the 17th nba championship. jimmy butler and the miami heat spoiled king james' coronation tonight. early on for the lakers it looked bad, really bad. anthony davis goes yeah, i'm c

good morning, santa rosa. a cool 45 right now, and looking at those northerly winds above 1,000 feet, about 20 miles per hour. mt. tam and less than that around the bay which is some good news. but we do have some fog out there. be careful if you're getting an early start. with that fog, it will be fading away by about 9:00, 10:00, and we'll get into the hazy, sunny conditions today. that spare-the-air alert allowing for poor air quality later today in the north bay or inland east bay. then high fire danger right on through the week. warmest days will take us right through the end of the week. then those winds will be gusty at times. kpl wednesd wednesday and thursday. at 10:00, notice the orange is west to the north. as we get through the day today, later on tonight, notice how that smoke is going to be pulled down once again into the north bay and east bay. here we are later on in the afternoon on monday. still some hazy conditions. a warmer day. and that's going to be the trend for each and every day. so mo

rosa básicamente una de varias propiedades que pudimos observar destruidas por el fuego, el incendio arrasó con esta propiedad, las llantas eliminadas por las llamas, tenemos otro vehículo parece ser una limusina en cenizas, la fuerza del fuego como arrasó también de cuenta que podemos observar que por esa propiedad, con una distancia de donde estamos podemos observar como desde la cocina sobrevivieron el incendio, la causa del fuego se desconoce, sabemos que está investigando varios sitios incluyendo un viñedo al norte con una reja eléctrica los dueños del viñedo dijeron que saben de la investigación están cooperando y proveyendo investigación a las autoridades >> informó que el dos por ciento, sabemos que más de 350 estructuras incluyendo residencias eran destruidos o dañados por las llamas por el tamaño y la fuerza del fuego más de 26,000 estructuras están en peligro, pide que los residentes estén al tanto, más de 70,000 personas han sido evacuadas desde el inicio de fuego, varias carreteras están cerradas para permitir el acceso a los bomberos, sabemos que ex

en napa y santa rosa se habilitaron dos centros de evacuaciÓn. se puede ir a la iglesia comunitaria ubicada en la 25 90 de la calle primera en esa ciudad. para residentes en santa rosa, pueden acudir a la direcciÓn en pantalla. nuestras son experimenta contaminaciÓn ambiental debido a los incendios. alerta es ahora extendida y se traducen llamado para que residentes de la bahÍa utilicen menos sus vehÍculos. se prohÍben barricadas y fogatas. veamos distintas maneras de protegernos. >> visite una ferreterÍa en san francisco para encontrar objetos para limpiar el aire en casa. >> un filtro para que para salir el aire mÁs puro hacia el interior del hogar. reportero: busque la calidad mÁs alta o prime. >> es importante que estemos adentro. reportero: es importante comprar un purificador de aire portÁtil. pongas toallas mojadas en los bordes de sus puertas como un filtro adicional. y si usted presenta sÍntomas muy molestos, no deje de consultar con su mÉdico. >> puede que le cuesta respirar bien. reportero: evite el aire libre. para seguir a

if needed is here >>santa rosa evacuees returned to ruin. it was like part of me is gone. i'm going to put the fire fire crews are facing hellish conditions we're seeing some huge flames cal-fire revealing the initial attack was so intense it forced firefighters to deploy emergency shelters and the threat is not over yet as high fire danger returns to the bay area. >>we are tracking that intense firefight in the north bay tonight as crews push to try to control the spread of the glass fire before another red flag warning takes effect. thanks for joining us at 5 o'clock everybody i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis at this hour the glass fire has burned more than 48,000 acres. it is 2% contained. parts of napa and sonoma counties remain under evacuation orders and more than 68,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. so far the fire has destroyed at least 97 structures and damaged some 17 others right now more than 22,000 other buildings remain threatened cal fire's expected to hold a press conference any minute now to bring us the latest when that starts we'll

and then santa rosa petaluma nevado each out 104 degrees. tomorrow's temperatures not going to be as hot as 2 days, but still pretty hot. i'm expecting a few triple digits to be holding on for your friday and those red flag warnings actually remain in effect until early tomorrow as breezy conditions and hot conditions obviously remain saturday we start to back off both the winds and the heat and by sunday through the rest of next week relief 80's, inland and 70's by the bay. robin all right, thank you john i'm tracking a hot spot that still lingering on the nimitz freeway we have a crash leaving downtown oakland. >>and it's really clocking up the commute thankfully. it's the counter commute directions, but it's still slow so this is a tv south at oak street, couple of vehicles involved here are your 2 right lanes are closed so 80 south is backed up beyond 9.80. and now it's filling into west oakland so consider that you may want to take 5.80 instead of the nimitz the northbound side not so bad it was stacking up a little bit because of the r

>> we are here on the eastern edge of santa rosa, the left, is skyhawk, you can see the area where the homes were lost, when the flames came down into this area, about a dozen homes were lost a lot of people started to come back, cynically allowed to are not. whether they were.>> the water running, we left on sunday night, if the fire was going to come down, i thought that would help stop it from coming in the house.>> reporter: the first thing pat travis did, was turn that off. >> getting a couple things of the freezer that are probably gone a couple of days. >> reporter: the area where homes were lost are still close to everyone. but emergency workers. waiting for roadblocks to come down.>> we are kind of worried about what the condition of the houses, and everything melting from the floors, and everything coming down. >> watching it come from the top of the ridge, we got the evacuation. we got out of here, i got my wife out and we got out. >> reporter: tiger white snuck back into the neighborhood last night.>> he told me that. when the power was shut off, because of fire concerns. >

the glass fire told them to evacuate the home in santa rosa. this family like so many others stayed in hotels until they heard about the home bridge program. >> when you lose everything like that and there's a place to go that can help you. >> we dent have anything else, it's given us two months peace of mind, i would say. >> the family moved in two weeks ago. the program is a partnership with property management companies and others to provide free temporary housing for fire survivors and others in need. >> they're going to make decisions by putting their safety at risk by staying in relief centers. we hope to help them with one less giant burden on their shoulders. >> the family will be able to stay here until the end of the year. home bridge has provided temporary housing displaced by ten families and it's under web links. >>> there's a new sign of the gradual recovery still happening in the 2017 tubs fire in santa rosa. the company decimated by the fire has a new park open by the public. neighbors helped make it all happen. >>> the opening

. >> reporter: the santa rosa fire chief reports that nearly 13,000 people are under evacuation orders now, with another 32,600 under an evacuation warning. it comes as law enforcement urges people to get out fast, as major arteries such as highway 29 and napa county and highway 12 in sonoma county close to traffic. >> more evacuations are possible, although, we have been talking about evacuations in some areas, many people are and just to get home, but there is a real certainty that we could have additional evacuations as the fire begins to burn into the areas that have been described today. >> reporter: the new closures coming hours after governor newsom toured a fire ravaged community thursday morning. >> is a site familiar to many folks here in the napa region, it's a scene that is very familiar with people in the napa and sonoma regions torn asunder by wildfires, seemingly every single year. >> reporter: standing in the charred remains of foothills elementary, the governor announced the early stages of a first of its kind agreement with the u.s. forestry service, with an eye on re

upper 60s in walnut creek. 74 over santa rosa. a notably warm day in most areas and for the afternoon, 76 the afternoon high for san francisco, oakland, fremont. 82, napa and for the east bay looking at about 80 degrees. temperatures begin to cool down slightly for the bay area. a little more on wednesday. continue the trend thursday, friday and into the weekend which happens to be the final weekend of october. low 70s around the bay. low 70s inland with the dry conditions. >>> a winter snowstorm in colorado is giving hundreds of fire crews much needed help as they fight historic fires in the northern part of the state. the east troublesome fire in grand lake has burned nearly 235 acres and is 10% contained. satellite images show the damage after the deadly fire exploded becoming the second largest wildfire in california history. at least six inches of snow fell in some areas stopping the fires growth yesterday. >> california, we have been hit hard by wildfires this season. work crews are all across the state preparing burned zone

it is hot even around the bay with 90 san francisco, 93 oakland. 103 santa rosa. the extended forecast with warm and hot conditions tomorrow with smoky skies. we will slowly cool it down as we look to the weekend and next week with daytime highs back near normal with the on shore flow returning. >>> we are live in the town of calistoga surrounded by flames in every direction. it's very smoky here. we'll have an update for you are on the glass fire, straight ahead. >>> seven murders in a matter of days. the concerning crime spike in alameda county. >>> good morning to you. ahead, tens of thousands of airline workers are facing furloughs amid dead lock in washington over a new coronavirus aid package. we will hear from concerned workers losing their pay checks and health insurance. >>> parties and social gatherings linked to coronavirus out breaks on college campuses. in school matters, we'll look at how greek life is affecting the number of cases. >>> can you believe it's october already? october is breast cancer awareness month. in morning rounds, we are joined wi

rosa i went driving around east santa rosa today, i found a lot more damage. although some of that damage especially to the city's infrastructure is already being repaired. >>driving down highway 12 crews and heavy equipment can be seen everywhere pg and e workers are out repairing damaged power lines and broken power poles world workers are replacing melted guardrails and tree crews are taking out what's hazardous or already fallen over. >>the normally scenic landscape now looks like something out of a tim burton film scorched earth great finds shriveled and brown well trees with their leaves burned away loom over them like charcol scarecrows but somebody still remains the gorgeous gothic lead son winery building appears untouched just slightly obscured by the hazy smoke but not far away at least for pilots structures that house homeless residents in the recently constructed los gill coast village have been completely demolished and at least one other has had its side exterior wall melted as has much of the fence that surrounds the shelter, nearby i found son

the glass fire also just ripped through a well known santa rosa ranch on sunday night the pony express is a nonprofit providing therapy to children for more than 30 years now the owner's home and all the barnes completely destroyed but the horses that were left behind actually survive there okay, they were rescued by the community animal response team the ranch owner linda aldridge she had to make the gut-wrenching decision to leave her 12 rescue horses behind sunday night as the glass fire just move so quickly their way. >>you never think that you're going to be one of those people in and now all the sudden i'm one of those people wary eye literally pull down my driveway. that is all i see is my fireplace and it's like how is it that your entire world is just kind like gone just gone. yeah things can change in a split second, but all of 12 or 4 horses. >>were not injured. they're safe so thank goodness for that. we'll take a look at this eerie scene in the sky last night check this out. look at that our photographer actually captured what appears to be a very red moon rising over napa

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right now still in the upper 40s from santa rosa to napa. fog has been a problem from santa rosa at three quarters of a mile, getting better in novato. so we will look for the clouds to clear here in emeryville for a partly cloudy sky, temperatures in oakland upper 60s today. inland, low to mid-70s. it's a narrow range, and we'll have mostly sunny skies at times, but otherwise partly cloudy around the bay, and at the coast. and looking at that fog to be absent as we begin our sunday. we're going to talk about wind speeds and duration of this event coming up. liz? >> all right, lisa, thank you. >>> this morning we are bracing for that extreme fire danger with the strongest winds of the year so far as lisa just mentioned. starting tomorrow night the entire bay area is under a red flag warning. because of the dangerous conditions pg&e says nearly half a million customers will likely lose power in planned fire safety shutoffs tomorrow. nearly a third of those, about 144,000 homes and businesses in eight bay area counties could be impacted, only

so we're looking at some upper 60s in santa rosa. much cooler in napa and we head over to the tri-valley where it's 60 degrees. the red flag warning means we will see the potential of some low humidity and high winds and some of the wind gusts could reach over 25 miles per hour. we'll talk more about that coming up. mike, what's the update on the morning commute? >>> well, things are moving smoothly where you're talking about the gusty winds. i guess that's why they have the windmills, too. no major issues for the map. i did talk about lawrence expressway. the off ramp from north 101 is temporarily closed. you cecil con valley at speed but that particular off ramp just closed over the last couple of minutes, we have to move the car from the ditch and then everything should be just fine traveling north past that. there's no speed sensor problem. if you're at home right now should be cool. we'll track it. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," parents probably don't have to tell you this but the pandemic is having an impact on our grocer

kind like gone just gone in santa rosa, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>because of the expected heat everyone is asked to reduce their energy use tomorrow california independent system operator cal iso has issued a flex alert for 3 in the afternoon until 10 tomorrow night again that's for all of california people should be prepared for the possibility of power shut-offs so this is the time to check whether or not you need batteries and flashlights iso anything else in case of outages tomorrow. >>last month you might remember cal iso directed the state's major utilities, including pg and e to perform rotating blackouts and you can track the weather in your neighborhood anytime with the kron 4 app you will find full forecast interactive radar and weather alerts straight to your device you can download the kron 4 app right now from the app store or from google play. >>and covid news now more and more businesses are being allowed to reopen in the bay area contra costa county moved out of the state's most restrictive covid-19 tier this weekend advance into r

reporting live in santa rosa. i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay ares of covering the fires, the half hazzard location with all the locations. we're going to go to the south bay. take a look at the devastation in the santa cruz mountains. you're looking at panoramic images in the santa cruz mown tans. the sheriff's department flew drones over the community. remember the czu fire was last month started by all the lightning about six weeks ago. the sheriff's also used drones to create before and after images. the riverside neighborhood in bolder creek. this is what it looked like before. picturesque, very quiet. that's why people wanted to live there. that's what it looks like now. most of the homes. no more green trees. it is charred. it is ashy. the homes destroyed. before the fire this consisted of homes surrounded by lush and green trees. you can see so many homes and outbuildings here. the western side, this is what it looks like now. the homes on that western side burned like the fire. you can see the firefighters th

santa rosa's coffee park is almost entirely rebuilt, but no one forgets. not with big fires, camp, kincaid, lightning complex, every year since. >> we have had people in santa cruz reaching out to us to be able to give them information. >> reporter: is neighborhood leaders still make welcome packets for returning homeowners, they now hear from a new wave of victims. despite we have a wealth of information that can help them know that there are people who have gone through it, and we will help them every step of the way. despite vegetation management is a huge issue for us right now. >> reporter: chris corsi was santa rosa's mayor during the tubs fire disaster. now, a newly elected county supervisor, he expects fire to remain a dominant issue. >> don't know if we are getting better at stopping them, or if we have just been getting lucky, but they have all been with potential to be just as bad as the tubs fire in 2017. >> reporter: while there has been improvement on warnings and readiness, corsi understands how ongoing ongoing stress, smoke, and power shut

across from highway 101 in santa rosa across sonoma county, across napa county. in the up here where we saw a major firefight going on. we can to calistoga which is very much a ghost town. make a bigger ghost town when they widen the evacuation here. that might go on for some time. we

thank you. >>> cinemark will open theaters in san francisco and santa rosa. fans will be treated to new releases and other classics like jurassic park. concession sales are still banned. capacity will be kept to 50% in san francisco and 25% in santa clara county. >> the capacity number doesn't hurt us as much as no food and beverage. we are very anxious to have consistency with dine in restaurants, as you can imagine. we felt it was really important to the public to come and open the theaters up and also important to our employees. >> they've now reopened about 85% of theaters and expect to hire back around 90% of workers. >>> wal-mart takes guns and ammunitions off store shelves and strong results for tech giants during the pandemic. diane king hall at cbs money watch joins us. >> reporter: good morning. amazon, facebook among the tech firms that continue to see demand. amazon saw revenue soar to a record $96.2 billion from july through september and profit roughly tripled to 6.3 billion. wal-mart says it has removed ammunition and firearms from displays in

so as you can see in addition to all the homes that have been leveled here in the santa rosa area. >>there's a lot of different kind of damage out there. and while there is work underway to at least with the infrastructure just try and get that back up and running. there is still a long way to go before this community is anywhere close to being back to normal reporting from the sky hawk neighborhood in santa rosa morning, kelly. >>on for news. now smoke from this wildfire season is responsible for multiple weeks of unhealthy air quality here in the bay area doctors at ucsf say research shows. >>prolonged exposure to smoke can increase the risks of developing a host of chronic diseases. >>there are a couple of small studies that are showing us if you ran around the wildfire smoke in our really for long periods of time. exposed to this particular matter at high levels for a long time that actually does impair lung function and noted that seems to be the case at least a couple of years. but we also have no some other looking at air pollution so looking at say areas air pollution in ge

many of them in santa rosa. sadly, 22 people died. >>> one south bay theater is getting very creative after being shut down for more than six months. look at how they're showing their movies. three theaters moved all the seating and the film up to the top of a parking garage connected to the facility. the seats are disinfected and spaced out and the tickets are $25 but include a food voucher as well. they had to serve meals to comply with the covid rules. >> this opportunity is some way of bringing people together and having some community. >> the showings we started last night and the run will go on through november 1st. >> good for them. everybody is re-inventing themselves. >>> a live look outside golden gate bridge and in san jose on your right. due to the wildfires the spare the air alert is being extended through at least tomorrow. and that will mark a record 48 spare the air days this year. meteorologist kari hall tracking all of this for us and the cooler temperatures as well, kari. >>> yeah, we had cool

sonoma county in the city of santa rosa held a virtual town hall to explain what resources are available. kron four's gayle ong reports as evacuees return home to sonoma county more than a dozen representatives from the county city of santa rosa state and federal elected officials cal fire and the department of insurance held zoom call wednesday afternoon. >>to update those impacted by the glass fire. the fire burning for a week and a half now destroyed at least 300 homes in sonoma county. one of the hard-hit neighborhoods, the skyhawk community in santa rosa in the virtual meeting many questions on insurance deputy commissioner tony cigna raleigh says the state's department of insurance is requesting expedited claims were asking insurance companies to prove why. >>25% of your contents coverage if you have a total loss up for right off the bat to give you money so you can get out of a shelter if you're a shelter, there are still companies that are selling its not a great situation and how to obtain insurance with the growing scarcity issues within the fire zones to matter if you re agent

cruz mountains and the north bay valleys and mountains kron four's dan kerman reports from santa rosa. >>tuesday afternoon temperatures in santa rosa are already in the 90's but by wednesday, a red flag warning kicks in with even warmer temperatures wind gusts to 55 miles per hour and bone dry grass and brush just ready to go up in flames. >>that is exactly why we're of staffing again under these red flag warnings will have at least 12 if not more engine locally across the county. and we're again urging our community be prepared for the potential to evacuate again evacuations have become routine for beth fill up. >>who evacuated her skyhawk neighborhood home a little over 2 weeks ago due to the glass fire very close we left with the flames coming over the hill and. >>very very well. her neighborhood is scattered with burned out homes her survive those smoke damage is keeping them away for at least another month. now she worries about what's to come this week. >>first started thinking about ok what what do we need to do should we have belongings out of the if something were to happen a

in santa rosa, kpix5. >>> it doesn't blade runner out here. >>> awful air in every direction. the skies clear up in time for your weekend? plus. >>> a letter inside the box is given to the poor is causing outrage. coming up i tell what the letter says, who it is from and have food banks are dealing with it. >>> but first, breaking news, no information coming out of washington, just moments ago. following the president being hospitalized with coronavirus. >>> good evening, i'm ken bastida. >>> i will smith cook. let's take a live look at the white house. president trump was flown to walter reed medical center about three hours ago after testing positive for covid-19. the president now showing mild to

evacuation orders in this santa rosa neighborhood have been lifted and it's a good thing because you can see this charred ground. fire came dangerously close to these homes. >>> and i'm tracking the latest on our air quality and the return of rain to northern california this week. we'll have the details in the accuweather forecast. abc7 news at 11:00 starts right now. >> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >>> a surprise visit that left some stunned. president trump briefly leaves walter reed medical center during a motorcade ride to greet his supporters. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm dion lim. critics call it a risky move by the president that came as the nation got conflicting statements about his condition. abc news reporter reena roy has this developing story. >> reporter: in a surprise move tonight, the president leaving walter reed medical center in the midst of battling covid-19 to wave hello to supporters. posting this video on twitter moments before. >> i also think we're going to pay a little surprise to some

we'll see some 80s in santa rosa and livermore but mostly a 70 days for many. we do unfortunately have another round of this coming our way with this wind. it's sunday into monday. it's more dangerous than what we were dealing with tonight. i'll talk about that coming up in just a bit. back to you, gasia. >>> president trump and joe biden will face off in the final presidential debate in the 2020 election season tonight. both candidates will be on stage for a 90 minute debate in nashville, tennessee. a new mic muting rule will be in place. each candidate's microphone will be turned up as their rival answers questions in an open discussion. >>> there will be that and football. on ktvu fox 2, we'll show you the giants play the eagles. we'll bring you a prime time special after the debate and it's right here on ktvu fox 2, and we'll have the news after. >> a busy night. >>> today oakland city leaders are showing you how easy it is for you to cast your ballot and encouraging others to do the same. community members joining the mayor, and a council member, one of al

good reported over santa rosa. over towards santa cruz we have good air quality at the moment. the winds are light and variable out there. fairfield is coming in from the north here at 5. we have northeast 5 in nevado. so very typical for this type of pattern as the high pressure remains in control of our pattern for a little while longer. we will again be tracking that possibility of some rain in the coming days. moving in a little bit closer you can see we have some moisture working its way from the south. we have quite a bit of cloud cover over areas of monterey and a little farther south. for us just a few mid and high level clouds that will continue to drift across moving from south to north and san jose. at the moment partly sunny to mostly cloudy. kind of that filtered sunshine out there. future cast will continue to show those clouds that move in from the south. we also have a little bit of fog right along the coastline that begins to move back in later today across the bay and into the north bay as well. your afternoon highs for today upper 60s expected for san francis

rosa christian tiene más del aviso y los retos de los residentes buenas noches christian >> así es el humo sigue presente en el norte de la bahía, por este incendio anoche pedían que la comunidad tomarán precauciones por la mala calidad del aire durante las próximas horas >> en la ciudad de santa rosa lucía tranquila pero con un olor distinto en el aire. >> humo, mucha gente le molesta, porque cuesta respirar. >> la calidad del aire es mala por el humo proveniente del incendio en pantalla mientras que el servicio nacional de meteorología emitió un aviso de bandera roja por las condiciones secas. las altas temperaturas y el viento en la región. >> es algo que no se puede evitar, que no podemos hacer nada al respecto pero hasta cierto punto nos afecta, . y nos preocupa la salud de los niños el humo según estos es un resultado del incendio napa y sonoma, autoridades dicen que el siniestro crece consumiendo más de 73,000 acres y solo el 15% es controlado. >> tendremos una condición de bandera roja, se pone muy peligroso porque (...) . >> según los centros para el control y pr

now at 50 degrees in napa and santa rosa and 50 degrees in livermore. as we look at our wind speed and the direction we have more of a southerly wind to start out. today will turn westerly, southwesterly wind pushes smoke to the east. we are going to continue to see those improvements for the bay area except the glass fire we know is getting a little bit more containment but still it does continue to burn. we will see our winds picking up for the afternoon but becoming lighter tonight. a look at the high temperatures for today with oakland reaching 76. we have some 80s for the south bay and some low 90s for concord and 92 today for ukiah. we'll get a look ahead to the rest of the forecast. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking right now for the commute? >>> well, kari, what we can see is that some folks won't see so well at the golden gate bridge. we talked about the fog as the chp warns. we have a camera right there. one of our many cameras around the bay. a smooth drive but not a smooth view here. just the glowing lights. take it

north bay, upper 70s to low 80s, 82 for a high in santa rosa, 82 for windsor. a lot is going on this weekend of course, halloween saturday and it looks great during the day. along the coast, mid 60s and low 70s around the bay, low 80s inland saturday and of course daylight saving time ends this weekend. we fall back, gain an extra hour of sleep and definitely is a good time to test your smoke alarms. we are looking at that sunrise and sun set an hour earlier. there we go with the extended forecast as we are looking at a bit of the marine influence starting to kick in tomorrow. we warm up as we look to the weekend for halloween saturday and especially on sunday and into early next week. you see not a lot of change there in the extended forecast. back to you. >> thank you. >>> finding a forever home, how one deputy's call led him to his new best friend. that's next on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. >>> coming up at 7:00 on cbs this morning, five days to election day. white house chief of staff explains their response to coronavirus. >> record high cases, p

san francisco in the 70s, and santa rosa in the upper 80s. looking out toward the -- out toward san francisco, still lots of haze overhead and that "spare the air" alert continues. we are showing you some unhealthy levels scattered enough portions of the north bay. this green around santa rosa, this could change quickly as that smoke if haze drifts around. we have orange levels for san francisco and oakland. same in the south bay. and actually better air quality closer to santa cruz. so here is that "spare the air" alert for your thursday. this continues into friday. we'll be in the unhealthy range for tomorrow, oranges and some reds. here is the smoke forecast model. it sticks around, obviously with all of the fire activity, and that will be the case as we head into your thursday. here is the plan tomorrow. a warm start will lead to a very hot afternoon. the hot spots could be approaching 105 degrees. that heat advisory in place. we'll look at the numbers. forecast highs for your thursday afternoon. look at all of the triple digits. so a big

rosa sunday night and i went into work. >> reporter: while mike was evacuating santa rosa seniors and protecting homes his own home which he just owned for 48 hours was burning nearby. >> it's heartbreaking to say the least. >> reporter: mike was inspired to buy this property and really start a new kind of life because of his oldest daughter, olivia, who passed away unexpecting one year ago this week. >> after olivia's passing i wrote down things on a white board and at the top it is to be more patient. to lead with my heart and be more compassionate and that's kind of the theme of what we wanted to build up here. >> reporter: all the property owners are single parents. mike's daughter ava is 17 and was looking forward to a fresh start on st. helena road. >> the saying is take it one day at a time and sometimes it's one hour at a time and one minute at a time just to get through and keep moving forward. >> reporter: mike wants to rebuild but estimates there's more than a million dollars of uninsured damage to the property. >> we're always the ones out there in the community helping ot

rosa y seguimos en el proceso de reconstrucción y es que el alcalde de santa rosa dice que el proceso de volver a construir los hogares toma mucho tiempo y le pide a las familias damnificadas que busquen ayuda y tengan mucha paciencia. >>> las boletas electorales comenzaron a enviarse hoy pero qué pasa en los casos de las personas que perdieron sus casas en los siniestros el registro de votantes del condado napa en forma que puede recoger su boleta en la oficina de correo también pueden cambiar su dirección y tienen hasta el 27 de octubre. a partir del lunes los residentes de san francisco que ya recibieron sus boletas electopersona. habilitaron 200 cubículos afuera del centro cívico bajo estrictas medidas sanitarias por la pandemia el mensaje de los expertos es votar temprano y lo antes posible. >>> me parece bien. perfecto. no hay mucha gente. >>> es fácil rastrear su boleta . de por medio de la página del secretario de estado si votar por correo o no olvide que tiene que firmar la boleta antes de enviarla para obtener más información en nuestra página web. si tienen pregu