freedman day here at kgo, but it is of course wayne freedman day here in san francisco. >> yes, wayne freedman day not just here but in san francisco. it is a celebration day as we honor veteran reporter wayne freedman retiring today after 30 years with kgo tv. we had a celebration for when a short time ago in the newsroom. general manager there, look at that -- fine wine, champagne, and taco bell because nothing but the classiest f w >> td that. >> you should share with our friends and fans. >> it is not celebratory, it is my stress food. i don't have a sugar thing. i'm going to take this opportunity now to tell taco bell, you need to go back to your original tostada. that was the food. >> you don't like that seven-layer burrito thing? >> no. hard day, tough assignment, waiting on something, i would go to taco bell. that and a diet pepsi, i would feel better. >> yeah, for me, it was cookies. when i was out in the field, things did not go right, you were mad, you missed something, you need taco bell. >> especially if you're in the pacific. they have the best taco bell. >> because they

we presented wayne with a proclamation, declaring wayne freedman day today in san francisco. wayne got a chance to hear what he has meant all of us, his friends and colleagues, past present, like this photographer, who worked alongside wayne. >> when i started here five years ago, i was told i would be working with wayne. i don't want to say i was warned, but i was told he could be difficult, temperamental, demanding, and all of those things turned out to be absolutely true. [laughter] but he never asked me to do anything that he was not willing to do. dan: absolutely. at this year's emmy awards, wayne received the governor's ward, the highest award they can bestow. ama: the lifetime achievement ward is well-deserved. stephanie sierra gives us a look at wayne's career. wayne: this is death, i am dying. let me take that back, they are going to get a minute 45. i don't think they will get a story. reporter: after 40 minutes of -- after 30 years ofou t s yn it is so deep that lying here i am still not touching the bottom of this crack. that is a deep crack. wayne: storytelling i

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wayne freedman has the story. wayne: on the subject of what ot washes in and eventually out, the mystery remains shrouded in fog one mile south of the left parking lot on 10 mile beach. they could not see it so could not know that what looks like a rock has a more organic side and fragrance to it, the remains of a humpback whale that washed ashore friday. when a whale washes ashore these days, it is a must a default that we humans wonder we are to blame -- was it a ship that hit it, something environmental we caused? thus far, no evidence of those. scientists take a whale death seriously, which explains the neatly cut sections nearby. a necropsy was done yesterday, and they can tell the whale was about 35 feet long, not quite an adult female. they will examine what it ate, the state of its blubber, blood samples, look for signs of trauma. all normal so far. finding a cause of death might take weeks. while endangered in the 1970's, humbug wills have recovered well. we have seen several year. four from ship strikes,

in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. dan: boy, that was a strange day. strange night around here, too. take a look at the lightning from just over one hour ago. this is video from the community of winters and yolo county, 30 miles west of sacramento, several lightning strikes just one after the other and this was seen in so many parts of the bay area. fireworks. ama: is there anything over us now? i thought i heard some thunder but maybe it was a car. somebody is running or maybe a car passing by. there is no thunder over san francisco but we certainly have thunderstorms on live doppler 7 so i want to show it to you right now. it is still an active scene. the focus of the thunderstorms have been over the north bay. i want to take you in right near our radar site. calistoga is getting hit. unfortunately, not a lot of rain accompanying this but as we track it for you, heading into middletown, lower lake by 11, -- 11:43 p.m. discovery bay seeing a lightning strike and they are seeing some showers heading out towards highway four as you will notice as we pul

wayne freedman is on the front lines. >> at the caldor fire, the sun went down, as it always does. but the flames continued to burn. they moving toward the kirkwood resort. this is the only sound echoing through a empty kirkwood ski resort. it came from snow machines left on in the hope to prevent fire from the orange glow on the horizon. at that moment, it appeared to finally be moving in another direction. as the cal fire chief told us, none of his crews will be sleeping tonight. >> an all-nighter would be 36 hours before you go back to bed. >> it comes at the end of a very strange day. spot fires can be like lazarus, rising from the dead. hands this cal fire crew training and pounding ground they already won in upper myers to make sure they don't have to return. >> as firefighters tell it, this is work that has to be done. every single hotspot. there are thousands of them. reporter: in the christmas valley, one small spot fire matured and became a monster, turning trees into torches, launching embers into the sky. the embers threatened neighborhoods downwind and homes in christm

live in south lake tahoe, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> eerie there. wayne, there's still plenty of fire fighting going on and it's pretty tough, isn't it? >> oh, yeah. it's tough. we don't always see it from the roads today. a lot of fire fighting went back in the country beyond. and it is rough country. it's back country and the kind of place that people like to go hiking and challenge themselves and climb cliffs. all of which is well and good. but it's not so easy when you're wearing firefighting gear. that directly from a firefighter today. >> yeah. i can imagine. wayne, thanks very much. >> thousands of people are waiting for their evacuation orders to be lifted. 22,000 in south lake tahoe alone. this map shows the current evacuations in the region. the areas in red show the mandatory evacuation zone. the yellow is for areas under an evacuation warning. homeowners in the tahoe area monitoring the fires remotely have been reaching out on their door bell cameras and security cameras to see if their houses survived. leslie brinkley reports, they've e

wayne freedman day. dan: we have more on his amazing career on abc7news.com. we pulled some of his most memorable stories. as we all know, it's hard to pull stories. he has so many incredibly well done memorable stories over the years. ama: he will be missed that we wish him the best in his retirement and hope he adjusts well. dan: it will be an adjustment but congratulations. let's turn our attention to the weekend forecast. sandhya: definitely one-of-a-kind. he's going to have great weather for his first weekend of his retirement. let me show you a time-lapse. cleaner air today from the mount tam cam. beautiful skies and whether. hopefully wayne gets a chance to enjoy it. we had a lot of action last night, but in the wake of that stormy weather, look at this. we are in the green. good air quality. a live look from the exploratorium camera and you can see the fog overhead. good to moderate air quality for the entire weekend. if you want to get outside, enjoy some fresh air, and have your plans outdoor,

. >> wayne freedman starts our team coverage live from el dorado county tonight. close good evening, this has been a day of trying to gain ground on a fire that has had his way for the last two weeks. it is dangerous. let's hear from calfire, talking about those conditions. >> we are taking advantage of the weather we have today. we are putting crews to work with more direct attacks than they were able to do before. >> being aggressive still means taking risks. this moment along highway 89, as crews lit a fire to drive the flames back, you will see that is a very dry tree. exploding, sending everyone running in just a matter of seconds. today from the firefight here which saved nearby homes to this massive machine. it cuts trees with a soft and embraces them with steel arms and then tosses them aside before moving on. this in an effort to knocked down fuel and cut lines ahead of the caldor fire's roots. >> when you have massive fuel loads, you are feeding the fire so it is getting bigger and more intense. if you can take away that intensity, you can bring the fire

wayne freedman is on the front lines. >> at the caldor fire, the sun went down, as it always does. but the flames continued to burn. they moving toward the kirkwood resort. this is the only sound echoing through a empty kirkwood ski resort. it came from snow machines left on in the hope to prevent fire from the orange glow on the horizon. at that moment, it appeared to finally be moving in another direction. as the cal fire chief told us, none of his crews will be sleeping tonight. >> an all-nighter would be 36 hours before you go back to bed. >> it comes at the end of a very strange day. spot fires can be like lazarus, rising from the dead. hands this cal fire crew training and pounding ground they already won in upper myers to make sure they don't have to return. >> as firefighters tell it, this is work that has to be done. every single hotspot. there are thousands of them. reporter: in the christmas valley, one small spot fire matured and became a monster, turning trees into torches, launching embers into the sky. the embers threatened neighborhoods downwind and homes in christm

in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. dan: boy, that was a strange day. strange night around here, too. take a look at the lightning from just over one hour ago. this is video from the community of winters and yolo county, 30 miles west of sacramento, several lightning strikes just one after the other and this was seen in so many parts of the bay area. fireworks. ama: is there anything over us now? i thought i heard some thunder but maybe it was a car. somebody is running or maybe a car passing by. there is no thunder over san francisco but we certainly have thunderstorms on live doppler 7 so i want to show it to you right now. it is still an active scene. the focus of the thunderstorms have been over the north bay. i want to take you in right near our radar site. calistoga is getting hit. unfortunately, not a lot of rain accompanying this but as we track it for you, heading into middletown, lower lake by 11, -- 11:43 p.m. discovery bay seeing a lightning strike and they are seeing some showers heading out towards highway four as you will notice as we pul

wayne freedman day. dan: we have more on his amazing career on abc7news.com. we pulled some of his most memorable stories. as we all know, it's hard to pull stories. he has so many incredibly well done memorable stories over the years. ama: he will be missed that we wish him the best in his retirement and hope he adjusts well. dan: it will be an adjustment but congratulations. let's turn our attention to the weekend forecast. sandhya: definitely one-of-a-kind. he's going to have great weather for his first weekend of his retirement. let me show you a time-lapse. cleaner air today from the mount tam cam. beautiful skies and whether. hopefully wayne gets a chance to enjoy it. we had a lot of action last night, but in the wake of that stormy weather, look at this. we are in the green. good air quality. a live look from the exploratorium camera and you can see the fog overhead. good to moderate air quality for the entire weekend. if you want to get outside, enjoy some fresh air, and have your plans outdoor,

from windsor, wayne freedman. ama: we go to 7 on your side. dan: michael finney is here with more details, including an important tax deadline we need to know about. michael: a reminder for those of you who are self-employed or do good work. your quarterly estimated tax payment is due very soon. the deadline is september 15. taxpayers who are not officially employees are required to make four payments per year as taxes are not usually without further paychex. you can pay online, by phone, or in the irs app. a lot of americans have been reevaluating their jobs during this pandemic. according to a survey from the finance and customer support site moneypenny, just 7% of us say we are in our dream careers. 19% said they are unhappy in their current role, and those not in their dream career, 20% said they are too comfortable in their current situation. another 20% say lack of experience has prevented them from making a change. twitter is testing a new safety feature to allow users to remove accounts from their follower list without blocking them. w

live in myers, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. anchor: we hope that happens. air quality has been an issue clearly for the past several days. how the fire crews handling that? wayne: i think the fire crews are handling it fine. they are used to it. they have the apparatus in need if they are getting in the bad stuff. they seem to be doing ok. i was wearing a mask yesterday. it could indicate there more used to it than some of our roads. anchor: thank you, wayne. our team coverage continues with abc 7 news meteorologist drew tracking the conditions in tahoe. drew: watching two areas closely around kirkwood and in the hills above myers where wayne freedman was talking about. zooming in, there is the northeastern end of the fire, the perimeter outlined in red. the winds will push continually to the north and east. what we are watching, the winds will shift later on tonight the winds close to midnight, lighter but more of a southeasterly direction. that will try and push the fire closer down into the base end. news, calfire has been working this area extensively o

wayne freedman said goodbye to us today. he filed his last reports yesterday and is retiring today after 30 years with kgo tv making it wayne freedman day and a proclamation from the city of san francisco. it is wayne freedman day in the city as well. larry: that is big time. he's traveled across the country and bay area to report the news, mostly from his north -- home base in the north bay, dedicating much coverage to wildfires in recovery. he has been awarded more than 50 local news mas for his work -- emmys for his work. he is finally allowed some one else to win an award. >> i heard you were saying about me, i was like, you're talking about me? larry: you should hear what we say about you. when were not on tv. >> and has been a long time in this market, 40 years and i think about why my leaving, how could i leave this? i don't have an answer except to say that it is time. i 40 years with the bay area, that's half a century, and what people don't realize about doing the news is it is hard work. you guys make it look easy

in south lake tahoe wayne freedman abc 7 news new at 11 cal fire gave us this behind the scenes look at the teamwork. it takes to fight these large fires. it's a group effort. not only on front lines, but for the situation unit putting together the maps for the daily brief as well. now smoke from the wildfires burn. our north still drifting into the bay area. maybe you've noticed this video from our tower cameras earlier today shows the layer of hays stretching from san francisco to oakland very clear in those images abc 7 news meteorologist sandy patel keeping a very close eye on the air quality and whether it's going to improve sandia over the labor day weekend, dan it is not going to improve but let me just show you what it looks like right now moderate air quality here across most of the bay area. that's how it was today as you look at the smoke forecast. we're going to continued to see the impacts of those wildfires burning to our north with the air quality being impacted still some hays the good news is most of that will be in the upper layers of the atmosphere. so not exceedin

in south lake tahoe wayne freedman abc 7 news new at 11 cal fire gave us this behind the scenes look at the teamwork. it takes to fight these large fires. it's a group effort. not only on front lines, but for the situation unit putting together the maps for the daily brief as well. now smoke from the wildfires burn. our north still drifting into the bay area. maybe you've noticed this video from our tower cameras earlier today shows the layer of hays stretching from san francisco to oakland very clear in those images abc 7 news meteorologist sandy patel keeping a very close eye on the air quality and whether it's going to improve sandia over the labor day weekend, dan it is not going to improve but let me just show you what it looks like right now moderate air quality here across most of the bay area. that's how it was today as you look at the smoke forecast. we're going to continued to see the impacts of those wildfires burning to our north with the air quality being impacted still some hays the good news is most of that will be in the upper layers of the atmosphere. so not exceedin

in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. ama: that was so weird, dan: it was the strangest day. i woke up and looked at my window and it was like we were living on mars. so weird to see those shots with airplanes landing, wonder how they did that. ama: incredible, and not in a good way. dan: we will likely have it happen again, but let's not hope. you do the crime, you do the time, right? maybe not. we are digging into the numbers to see who gets caught when it comes to asian hate crimes in san francisco. also had -- >> flight 93 was really the first victory against hate. ama: 20 years after, one bay boost and cricket charge you more for unlimited 5g. metro doesn't. introducing the big 5g upgrade. just twenty-five bucks a month gets you unlimited 5g and a free 5g smartphone. that's half the price... ...for one line of unlimited 5g smartphone data ...plus a free samsung galaxy 5g when you switch and trade-in. all with the power of the t-mobile 5g network. rule your day with 5g. only at metro by t-mobile. dan: remembering a he

wayne freedman, abc 7 news. dan: the heavy duty breathing device around your neck give us a sense of what the air is like. i know a lot of particular matter and smoke. wayne: i don't think there's any way to explain it until you are in it. i have been in heavy smoke before in my life. many of these fires. it does get to your face, your eyes, nose. in my case, and gets to my lungs. let me give you an example. writing on the laptop, we use computers. my screen is filled with ashes. that is apparently the matter we don't need to worry about. dan: i know you will put your mask on as soon as you are finished. thanks. it is intense. if you would never had that experience, i can tell you as wayne is demonstrating, it is very uncomfortable. thanks. ama: the caldor fire has burned more than 191,000 acres. you can see the outline of the burn area on this map. those red icons and black icons, those are houses. black means they are still standing. red means destroyed. take a look at this map of the evacuation zone for el do

kumasi: this is no regular friday for veteran abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman. he is retiring today after 30 years with kgo tv. he has traveled across the country in every part of the bay area reporting the news. most of the time he would be reporting from his home base in the north bay and dedicated much of his reporting to the wildfires in the recovery. wayne has been awarded more than 50 local news emmys for his work as a reporter, a writer, a videographer. he wrote a book used in many college journalism programs. today is wayne freedman day on abc 7 news and we will be looking back at his career on a b 70 was at 6:00 p.m. -- looking back on his career on abc 7 news at 6:00 p.m.. it is sad. when we heard this news all of us were like no, wayne, do not leave us. we wish him the best but he will be missed so much. drew: yes one of those voices when he starts talking i stopped doing whatever i am doing because you know you will get two minutes of great storyteller. he will be missed. >> never failed to find the incredible story in the most mundane things. we wil

abc seven news reporter wayne freedman takes us back. reporter: when dealing with trauma, time can be a terrific appointment. case in point, it was just a few hot clouds above us, but also a vivid memory from the same day one year ago -- >> orange. i do remember that day. it was bizarre. reporter: an experience so out of the room that even now we have been the words to describe a silhouetted world of orange and black that would have made unknowing proud. this was the golden gate a bridge at noon. and alcatraz. like an apocalyptic novel coming to life. >> we are in the final days of the dinosaurs! [shouting] reporter: it woke us up, all right. the cause -- wildfires across the state. heavy smoke blown to the bay area by an offshore breeze. what caused those fires? do you remember the august lightning siege? tens of thousands of lightning strikes started an outbreak of fires. tonight we face a similar threat as dry lightning moves into broad areas of california. >> if this is a normal rainy year, we would not be too concerned. it is just t

in myers, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. dangerous work. a firefighter is in the hospital tonight. his colleague set up a gofundme page to help his wife and two-year-old son while he is recovering. he is expected to be in the hospital for at least one month. we wish him well. >> california is not alone in this fight. nevada is helping out. >> we are using all of our resources, everything we have and or disposable to ensure that the health and safety of all of our residents, protect structures, homes and businesses, and our beautiful lake tahoe. >> the nevada governor declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the caldor fire crossing the state line. abc 7 news can help you take action, you can find on the homepage of our website abc7.com . dan: a lot more to come. a powerful bay area business group makes a sweeping covid recommendation. >> honoring a hometown hero. the tribute to the american who died. >> i will fight for those 75 afghans. dan: planning and escape. bay area couple is coming up with their own plans to get at risk afghans out of kabul. >> first here is a look a

in myers, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. dangerous work. a firefighter is in the hospital tonight. his colleague set up a gofundme page to help his wife and two-year-old son while he is recovering. he is expected to be in the hospital for at least one month. we wish him well. >> california is not alone in this fight. nevada is helping out. >> we are using all of our resources, everything we have and or disposable to ensure that the health and safety of all of our residents, protect structures, homes and businesses, and our beautiful lake tahoe. >> the nevada governor declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the caldor fire crossing the state line. abc 7 news can help you take action, you can find on the homepage of our website abc7.com . dan: a lot more to come. a powerful bay area business group makes a sweeping covid recommendation. >> honoring a hometown hero. the tribute to the american who died. >> i will fight for those 75 afghans. dan: planning and escape. bay area couple is coming up with their own plans to get at risk afghans out of kabul. >> first here is a look a

life coverage with wayne freedman live in myers. >> good evening, i talked about the potential of this fire and what they think it might do in the winds you were talking about our all around us, maybe as high as already miles an hour in the canyon behind it. it's not like a while of flames, it is -- wall of flames, it is like a prize fight. it is doing little jobs, trying to go for a knockout punch. firefighters want the counterpunch. >> we are putting a lot of them possess on not losing homes but we can't guarantee anything. >> the place they call christmas valley about six miles from lake tahoe, today flames on highway 50 on one side and toward highway 89 on the other. the larger fire easy here spawned countless other ones and each demanded a response. this group from the lake valley fire district fought in its own backyards dutch yard as embers landed interrupted, a cycle that led to more fires if you hundred miles away, more like a series of skirmishes and a much larger war. if this was left alone, what would happen? >> it will keep burning. >> there is no way right now to communic

freedman day in san francisco. so deserving. dan: we worked together nearly 27 years and he is unlike any other reporter i've ever worked with, a pro-with a unique sense of humor and always such a remarkable way of telling a story. tremendous. ama: he will be missed but we hope to hear from him often. dan: hear from him coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, more of his amazing career on abc 7.com. we have pulled dan: finally, an unexpected treat for oncology nurses in the east bay. ama: the cancer support community is holding a gala next week but they had to cancel an in person dinner because of covid. meals were distributed to 140 nurses who care for cancer patients. >> we decided to take those fantastic meals we were going to eat at the aloe and bring them -- gala and bring them to the nurses. >> it will make them feel loved and nurtured, it is a very great act. dan: cancer support immunity is still holding a virtual gala next weekend and what heroic work they do. we appreciate your time, and dan ashley. ashley. ama:

anchor: i am wayne freedman where the call the fire is not finished yet and firefighters are beginning to tighten the news. that is coming up. spencer: air quality is declining and temperatures >> are rising. >>labor day weekend is not what it usually is. >> live breaking news from abc 7. anchor: man versus nature, this is just a sample of what firefighters are up against the tahoe basin. there is optimism as we head into the holiday weekend. second anchor: let's get to the good news of the fire lines, favorable conditions overnight helped firefighters reach 29% containment. the fire grew slightly. hours ago at some evacuation orders in el dorado county were downgraded to warnings. >> we finally turned theinally r on this piece here. we still have some smoke as you know for residents that show up in these areas. we have the line completely secured, and there is not a threat to houses at this time. as people repopulate the area please be aware we have fire engines and crews and heavy equipment still coming out of subdivisions over the course of the next few days. anchor: this map shows

. >> i am wayne freedman. behind me, a massive effort to get ahead of this fire, that is coming up. >> we may have improved air quality for the holiday weekend. >> fighting fire with more fires. here is what suggesting. >> it is nature versus nature. firefighters use a natural advantage to fight a natural disaster. helicopters fill up on legs so they can beat back flames of the caldor fire. >> thank you for joining us. >> there is guarded optimism the caldor fire scene tonight. the wind has died down as the committee has improved. calfire is telling firefighters to be prepared for ongoing dangers. a massive fire now exceeds 210,000 acres in size and at last check, containment grew 25%. this is on the western edge of the fire. fire away from south tahoe. >> all through here, structures are looking really good. this is them actively engaged 24 hours a day. things are looking really good through that valley. >> some evacuations were downgraded today, allowing people to return home. those were the areas in green o

tonight, we wish abc7 news reporter wayne freedman the best on his retirement. >> moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. [bellringing] >> tomorrow, america marks 20 years since the attack of september 11, 2001. of the nearly 3000 lives lost that day, we remember one in particular. i am ama daetz. >> and i am lashley. >> after tonight we hope and believe you will never forget it. >> she was the flight attendant who made the first call about the chaos erupting aboard the first plane to land into the world trade center. >> you can only imagine how she is reflecting or people who know her are reflecting after the tragic offense. dion lim sat down with her brother. you have a story we don't think anyone will forget. dion: we have spoken to harry a number of times, but this time, we had impactful words coming from the woman who picked up betty's last phone call before the plane crashed that fateful day. >> it is hard, but i do it because i want to

. >> wayne freedman with fire crews today joining us live with the latest. >> one thing we from watching this fire, there is a difference in relativity. a big difference in what they call a bad day and a good day. today was a good day but it was still rough. >> let's talk about dry conditions in the caldor fire zone. we found no better example than that tree in the background. watch it explode sending firefighters running.

wayne freedman spent yesterday on the front line. he has more from south lake tahoe. wayne: the immediate future of what happens in south lake tahoe. >> you come to tahoe for clear air. wayne: it depends on the mountains, the caldor fire still burns. it threatens less as calfire takes nothing for granted. >> this is not over. >> this isn't the end. it's not the beginning of the end. it's the end of the beginning. wayne: we found optimism as forest service crews cleared trees along highways to broaden fire breaks. >> it seems like the fire is running out of fuel in some areas. wayne: especially in the heavy backcountry, this is the kind of work that has firefighters frustrated. keeping them busy. >> the winds of been coming off the canyons. embers are moving three quarters of a mile in any direction. wayne: whether in fire potential play into the question of when the region might open up again to 50,000 evacuees. they will need to stop the neighborhood hotspots, check power utilities. >> that needs to be checked innovation to the fire itself. -- in addition to the fire

in southlake tahoe, wayne freedman . amanda: this is the behind the scenes look of the teamwork. it is a group effort on the front lines in the situation unit putting together the maps for the daily brief. you may have noticed qr code on the bottom left of your screen. open the app. if you scan it it will take you to the wildfire tracker that will help you fire major fires and track the air quality for your neighborhood. news at stanford where hundreds of our a's are on strike or they are in charge of keeping the dormitory safe they say there's is not been prioritized. lose peÑa spoke with them. luz: less than two weeks before students go back, hundreds of our a's refusing to work on less demand are met. >> stanford is paying our a's $3800. room and board at stanford university is $18,000. you do the math. >> we spoke to those who asked to be kept anonymous. are you scared? are you speaking out? >> absolutely. i am very for full because i am only one piece and stanford is an elite institution. luz: this comes after someone tested positive. >> they packed us into a hundred person

. >> wayne freedman with fire crews today joining us live with the latest. >> one thing we from watching this fire, there is a difference in relativity. a big difference in what they call a bad day and a good day. today was a good day but it was still rough. >> let's talk about dry conditions in the caldor fire zone. we found no better example than that tree in the background. watch it explode sending firefighters running. as improved conditions, allowing them to get aggressive along highway 89. >> this is what you call a concentrated effort. men and machines amassing to take advantage of today's better conditions. >> this is better fire behavior than two days ago. >> not that the higher slept much. this is burn scape left behind after flames bypassed kirkland resort. the snowmaking machines never did come into play. but these machines did. >> those are called bunkers. >> at a rate of hundreds per hour, this crew and others rushed ahead of the fire's possible paths. >> when you have massive fuel loads, you are feeding the fire. if you can take away that intensity, you can bring the fire

freedman who is live in myers near the front line of the fire. good evening. all along we have been hearing about how different this fire is, how it burns differently at different times. we heard from firefighters about how they don't like to go back over the same ground to fight the same battle two days in a row. we have seen all of that in the last couple days. here is a good look at some of them. >> you know it is not a normal day in south lake tahoe when they post the latest fire information on a sidewalk. the latest threat is beginning to feel somewhat normal for evacuees. >> they are telling me i have to leave. >> the nevada casinos closed to everyone except first responders. there have never been better odds for not losing at one of these tables but the emptiness makes a strange sight. no one can predict when this vacated city will reopen. >> the fire is still progressing to that used. >> they are holding ground along battlefields in between. we watched the tedious but essential task of knocking down hotspots where firefighters had nearly

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wayne freedman spent yesterday on the front lines and has more from south lake tahoe. wayne: the immediate future of what happens still evacuated south lake tahoe -- >> you come to tahoe for clear air. wayne: it depends on the events and surrounding areas where the caldor fire smolders and burns but threatens less as the caldor fire takes nothing for granted. >> this is not over. >> this is not the end, it is not the beginning of the end, but it is the end of the beginning. wayne: that means plenty of brden bs.nue thw t >> it seems the fires running out of fuel in some areas. wayne: but not elsewhere, especially in the heavy backcountry and that christmas valley. this has firefighters frustrated, setting hotspots popping up, keeping them busy. >> with the winds off the canyons, we see numbers moving up to three quarters of a mile in any direction. wayne: whether in fire protection all way into the question -- weigh into the question of when this area will open up to the 50,000 evacuees. first, they will have to fell dangerous trees, check power and utilities. >> all of

wayne freedman is live in where there are lingering concerns about extreme fire conditions. wayne? reporter: more than lingering. you see that mountain, that ridge, right now the battle of the fire was on the others of that. if the fire crests that ridge, all bets are off here. it's been that unpredictable fire that has been wearing on people everywhere for through the region -- everywhere through the region. you know it's not a normal day when they post elitist fire information on a sidewalk. after weeks of smoke and the latest threat, it's beginning to feel somewhat normal for evacuees. >> there telling me i have to leave -- they are telling me i have to leave. reporter: some hotels have closed to everyone but first responders. >> the fire is still progressing through the east. reporter: they're holding ground along battlefields in between. we watched the tedious but essential task of knocking down hocks box, where firefighters saved homes with maybe 100 feet to spare days ago. not far away, and almost simultaneously, more drama in christmas valley, which has seen too much drama