Progress. The atlas and tubbs fires are both around 70 contained. The nuns fire, and the Redwood Valley fire in Mendocino County are both 50 contained. And the pocket fire near geryrsville is now 40 contained. Even better news. Rain is in the forecast. Let s take a look at this helicopter making one of many drops on one of the napa fires. This is in oakville the nuns fire in the hills above some big names wineries. Nbc bay area s Jodi Hernandez s in oakville w the latest. Jodi . Out a lot of her video. You can get the latest photos and video behind the scenes. Our twitter handle atnbc bay area. Here s a look at nbc bay area skyranger. We mentioned the rain in the forecast. Let s bring in meteorologist rb mayeda. The National Guard has been well have upper back unhealthy air and this is good news in terms of cooling temperatures down here np increasing the humidity levels. But around the fires we may see the fires get a push to the northeast as the southwesterly pinds pick up. But the better news, the first chance of measurable rainfall and the highest totals likely in the north bay hills coming up at 5 15 well let you noy about the north bay fires and the rest of the area. Well see you shortly rob. The National Guard as you might know has been on the ground and in the air for several days. This video showing guard members searching the rubble for victims, also collecting valuables to deliver to the sheriffs department. The idea is really to ease some of the anxiety that homeowners feel about looting. People are cheering even the smallest signs of normalcy in the wake of the fires. So evident in calistoga where police and firefighters evacuated the town six days ago. People are coming back. Damian trujillo is live in calistoga where the town got the green line i help epped plead in a time of crisis. A lot of hugs and kisses and just happy to see one another. Reporter street sweepers rolling cleaning up days of trash and debris left behind when the town was abandoned. While the locals are thankful the up to is intact no one is celebrating knowing the neighbors in other parts of wine country are hurting or in danger. In napa today the county opened a local Assistance Center where fire victims can get help from local state and federal agencies. Help with everything from rent to car payments. Roseas husband is a harvester in the vineyards. He hasnt worked in a week because of the fires. And no work means no income. The mayor says he hopes as neighbors come back to town and settle in but then get ready to roll up sleeves as they begin to help other neighbors who are also in need. In napa county and in Sonoma County. Live in calistoga. Nbc bay area news. Thanks, damian. For the latest on which evacuations are actively and which are lifted go to our website. Nbcbayarea. Com. We are constantly updating the front page. You can find information on where the Current Evacuation Centers are located right now. A big part of the death toll in Mendocino County. And Good Progress up north as well. More than 38,000 acres have been scorched thus far with about 25 containment. The fires rage in the area of Potter Valley appear community of clearlake. Eight people determined dead and 400 homes destroyed. The government offices will do remain oem. Santa rosa Memorial Hospital is dealing with a wild fire related baby boom. 36 babies were born since the fire broke out. Another 14 born at the sister hop pete lum valley. Thats at least three times the usual number. The big reason for that surge, two other hospitals in santa rosa were evacuated and shut down. A lot of the women werent at at due date some ahead of time but all within the reasonably time they expected to give birth. It happened this was their time. Its a great story for the babies when they get a little older memoryual hospital also took in eight babies born at other facilities that had to be evacuated and all the babies doing well. Welcome to the worltd. A tearful reunion from the marin Humane Society. The story is of the robinsons who couldnt find their dog bill who fled during the fire. A Police Officer found him. He was taken to the Humane Society in novato. Thanks a microchip they were able to trang him down and reunite him with his family. Nice to see. We continue to get so many different views from the fire zones thanks to viewers. Patrick sent us this photo of the gather rg of water to make a drop. These drops are so vital. Lee Anne Paterson took this picture of a smoky sunset over the mountains in the vineyard this the foreground. Weighed love to see your videos. Walk see more on the home page. We may postthem there nbc bay area. Com. Still to km a berkeley firefighter called in to help describes what he saw when he avoid on the scene in santa rosa. Plus nbc bay area responds after the wildfire. Many people now asking, what are the essentials if you are asked to evacuate . And a warm dry day around the bay area, up to 84 in san jose right now. Good news for firefighters we are tracking rain chances returning and the highs totals likely to fall in the north by. The time line and how much to expect when we come right back. Deadly threat in the north bay. It s also the smoke. The family of a santa rosa man believes he died because flames rpt the only deadly threat in the north by. Its also the smoke. The family of a santa rosa man believes that he died because of breathing problems related to the fires. 27yearold Joshua Hoffer died yesterday. Four days after he started to complaint of shortness of breath. His girlfriend says he used the asthma medication. And she believes it stopped working thursday when he suffered an attack. His 5yearold son watched as his mom tried using cpr. He remembers everything. One, two, three, four, mommy. One, two, three four. A the spokesperson of the hospital cant confirmed the cause of death. Here a look outside now across the bay area. Skies are a little clearer than theyve been over the past weak. But some more smoke from the wildfires could my grate south to the east bay once again. Our meteorologist rob mayeda will join with us the hour by hour air quality forecast. The effort to fight the flames is literally worldwide. Crews from 17 states and one other country have come to california to help fight fires. Firefighters and equipment have come from as far as new york and florida. Even from australia. Look at this incredible video released on facebook by bowing the firefighters of what they saw the first night of the north bay fires. Members of berkeley engine 6 responded right away. And they had no idea what was waiting for them when they arrived in santa rosa. Nbc bay area kim. Spoke to them. Reporter at 5 00 a. M. One week ago mike was on berkeley engine 6 heading north from San Francisco to fight what they thought was a grass fire in santa rosa. It was one of those i cant believe whats happening. Upon arrival the first staging area, a kmart was engufld in flames. The fire beat enemy to the second spot, a neighboring gas station. In the different areas we arrived at were eliminated as safe areas for staging. We just kept having to push forward gloo that brought them to the coffey park neighborhood unrecognizable swallowed by flames. We werent even sure what we were looking at. It looked like a giant field stretching forever to the horizon. We realized quickly that that was actually hundreds of homes burning. With fire all around they were finally able to make a defensive stand on this 1800 block. Losing one house eefr 5 to 10 seconds. Jumping from home to home. The idea is to get ahead of it and stop that progression. He thinks they managed to save roughly 30 homes among the scores of others lost one of those belonged to a fellow berkeley firefighter. The firefighter says this video will not only help other responders in a Natural Disaster but also show the rest of us what it was really like on the front lines of this devastates fire. In the north bay im kim nbc bare. They call this the Sonoma County fire relief. The website here, the goal is more aid to the area even faster. Today they gathered at the santa rosa airport to receive donations from san diego. Among the pilots a santa rosa man who lost his home in the fire. Visit Sonoma County fire relief. Com to find out how you can help. Overwhelmed in the east bay people in san ramon have been so generous that the Police Department is cancelling the donation drive tomorrow. They made the announcement on twitter. Theyve been holding the drives to gather donations. The response female is taking questions about everything from insurance to taxes to home evacuation plans. The go back has come up several times. Chris would they work in an earthquake situation or the go bags. For sure use it for most any Natural Disaster. The goal is to gather essentials. When you think about it if you are suddenly ordered to evacuate the home the shelters will not be open right away. Sometimes it takes a couple days to open. Youll be on your own at the outset. Everyones supplies will differ but bring medicine, clothes, food, water and cash to be selfsufficient for at least two days we say. Also as the multicollapse of the Cellular Network and road closures during the fire storm taut us a paper road map remember those . That is vital. Now, gps could be completely ausless. As for the bag itself build is now please. And put it someplace very convenient where you jienly can grab it and go. Well be tackling more questions about fire insurance, fire debris and victim mortgages coming up at 6 00. In the meantime if you have a question, please call in. The number is 1888996tips, or if you have Internet Access right now you can get to us online at nbcbayarea. Com responds. Raj and janelle back to you. Coalesce im guessing this a months long process. Probably a respiratory mask in there. The air quality has been poor so long. The wind ramped up the fire danger but sent a lot of smoke away. We are seeing the smoke spill back. As the on shore winds pick up likely it will the trivalley and east bay see more smoke. One thing we notice as this view showing the smoke leaving the north bay shows looks at the temperatures 79 in the north bay. Back to San Francisco brown hazy smoky, 81 degrees in San Francisco. The remnants of off shore breeze still felt with the warm temperatures and dry conditions. Dublin also 82 degrees. San jose you can see the filters sunshine from the smoke current 84 treeings. Evening planning around the bay area pretty warm out interest. 70s and mid70s through 4 00 inland. Then eventually Cool Temperatures in the low 50s tomorrow morning with areas of smoke moving in. Now we will see a wind shift tomorrow. Wind speed is not strong until the evening. Notice the direction of the arrows. Thats a sea breeze making a comeback which could make the fires run back to the north and east. But likely a big impact where the smoke hangs out right now most of it in the napa and santa rosa. Overnights as the winds turn slilt more westerly you see from oakland and napa we see moderate levels of smoke on the approachy from the morning. And then towards the central valleys. Morning tufrmts 40s and 50s. High temperatures tomorrow trending a bit cooler. As the sea breeze picks up not the mid80s likely like we saw today in san jose. Closer to 80 for high tomorrow afternoon. The trivalley still warm mid80s inland be 70s back towards oakland. 70s in San Francisco, close to 70 for a high and around the north bay tomorrow highs still in the 80s for another day before cooler changes arrive. Right now just high clouds. Theyll make a nice sunset moving south to north. Rain producing clouds still off shore. The time line for the chance of rain increases during the day thursday. It looks like from about 8 00 thursday evening to 8 00 a. M. Friday morning well be the chance to see perhaps a third of an inch of rain in ukiah. And napa and santa rosa. We are still hopeful for the for the fires are burning picking up more than maybe close to a half inch. Nonfriday into saturday, skies clear, one more system tries to come in. Sonoma county might see a chance of showers early saturday. But the weekend trend looks dryer once again. The chances of rain picking up late thursday into friday and look at the temperatures in the 80s the last couple day. Inland locations dropping to the 60s. Thats good news for firefighters. We hope to see the highest rain totals north bay late thursday, froods. But not with the off sheer wonder. We need the rain in a big way thank you. Still to come the trial for the murder of kate steinly begins what is going to take a while before witnesses can be called . Stay with us. Some families who lost everything in the coffey park neighborhoo happening now on our twitter feed, a lot of families who lost everything in the copfy park neighborhood of santa rosa say they rant come back. Too emotional. We tweet out the stories. On our website see what you can do to help victims. We have lists where to donate or volunteer. We update that list when we learn more. Back in a moment. Angiun airport. This is a small airfield east of too long. Moments ago the sky ranger over the anguin, a stall mall airport. A row of helicopters getting ready for fake off. The firefighter. Encouraging news the fires could be contained by the enof the week. Other news we are nearing the beginning of a landmark case. Opening statements beginning as early as next monday in the trial of the case accuse of killing kate steinle. They have to pick the jury. Roughly 150 people were called into the haul of justice in San Francisco to answer questions. Down from 800 people. The chief attorney for the defense says he is expecting to form the jury from the Group Brought in today. But there are challenging finding fair minded people and a hi high profile case. We have given up the idea that well have a jury that doesnt hasnt heard anything about the case. I think we are looking for jurors that have heard about the case but will base their decision on the evidence presented to them. Gonzalez says he is looking for authenticity in jurors responses. A huft Historic Movement for california. The state first officially recognizes a third option for gender. 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