Dramatic and frightening images from Southern California. Well take a look right now live from our nbc chopper down south. This is just north of burbank. Flames, you can see them count below. You can see flames destroying homes. These are big communities in the heart of the san fernando valley. More than 7,000 acres have burned. Firefighters from the bay area are on the front lines. Theyre trying to save homes and lives. Ian cull. There are dozens of bay area there, more on the way. 1,000 firefighters are there to get people out of their homes and evacuees were given five minutes in their home. Tonight the wind subsiding but flames are not. An intense fire fight under way to protect north l. A. County neighborhoods. It started in sylmar and spread to porter ranch flamed by high winds and lower humidity. Some returned today to see their homes leveled. More than 100,000 people woken up overnight are evacuated. Many leaving with just the clothes on their backs. Tonight lining up in this parking lot waiting for police to escort them home just for five minutes to grab the essentials. Dozens of bay area fire personnel left last night to help. Berkeley fire sent a strike team with firefighters from alameda and hayward county. They join 22 firefighters from Santa Clara County on the front lines. The First Responders efforts are being praised. They saved my grandmas house. Thanks to them were okay. Reporter the winds are dying down but still the uncertainty if their homes are standing. That saddleridge fire is 13 contained. 31 structures have been destroyed. Icht5 is reopened south. Grapevine and it could take up to a week to have all the fires burning in Southern California under complete control. Lets turn to chief meteorologist jeffr ranieri. As we move through tomorrow, now, for the greater l. A. Area and san diego, the fire warning has expired but the red flag fire warning in the burn zone and poirnlg points to the north has been extended. I have the fire perimeter mapped out. There is growth on all sides much this fire but weve really seen the most growth, the western and Southern Side today. Right now sustained wind of gusts at 40. Gusts are down to 20. Even though temperatures warm up to 85 degrees, the wind should relax as we move into tomorrow afternoon. Well have details on your bay area forecast and everything you need to know about fleet week in San Francisco coming up in 15 minutes. Its been a long week for many of us. The bitterness continues with pg e and now the reality of the recovery. Were joined in lafayette on this busy night. Reporter some are recovering faster than others. From con that costa county to sonoma county, a lot of folks are getting back to normal. Safeway refrigerator trucks lining up in front of the store. Employees working to fill the shelves with fresh meat and produce after this store went without power for 24 hours. When they had the trucks here and all the meat and dairy and all, its still not there. Families living on rose dale avenue are trying to get back to normal after being in the dark for a day. Tonight theyre assessing their experience. Necessary . I dont know. But i didnt think it was going to happen. I think its it probably covers too large an area and now very much upset about it. Then i heard about the fire and i thought, well, no, its okay. Right or wrong, the music and lights are on at this winery. General manager christopher is relieved. Fortunately, were okay. He saved the winerys food by storing perishables at his home refrigerator until the power came back on. It happened just in time to host a wedding here this weekend. We were prepared to operate those events without direct power via generator or other systems but people were a little bit concerned. A lot of people and businesses were prepared this time. A lot more will be prepared next time if, or maybe i should say, when it happened again. Reporting live in lafayette, cheryl hurd, nbc news. Pg e says it found 30 instances of weatherrelated damage to power lines. He believes there would have been a fire had the power not been shut off. What would the scope of it be . Particularly given the dry conditions . I mean, you see a branch with dry leaves on it. It hits that line, an arc, that arc causes a spark and now a branch on fire that drops to the ground. Pga believes it will find more damage. Safety patrols and inspections will begin at daybreak tomorrow. Weve been following a story for several days and well continue to do so and bring you the latest information both onair and online. Go to our website, you can follow us on twitter and instagram for the latest on the pg e power outages. Another fire, this was back in june. The case was closed surrounding this huge construction site fier near el camino reel in santa clara. They say the cause is inconclusive. Foul play is not suspected. Tense moments at kaiser in redwood city. They say this man, thomas smith, walked into the emergency room and threatened to kill an employee. They say he was armed with a knife and fake handgun. It took police two minutes to get to the hospital and he was arrested. He was treated for a selfinflicted injury but nobody else was hurt. Home Security Camera could be very helpful to detectives. A home burglary in san jose and detectives are getting clues from a network of neighborhood cameras. You can see one of the ring cameras right here. In happened last week. Were live at San Jose Police headquarters with the crime and the clues. Reporter and the reason why that video is so shocking because it shows how hoseful those two men are as theyre kicking count the front door of that h in s jose. Thats not the only angle Police Officers have to look at there. These burglars first trying to kick down a door didnt get very well. The second kick did the job. The homeowner shared her Security Camera interview but didnt want to speak on camera because shes still frightened. She only let us videotape her flowers while she talked with me. I was very shocked when i saw the video. I was glad my kids werent home or no one was home at the time. Reporter her door bell camera captured clear video of these two men with a white se n sedan. Several homes also have cameras aimed at the street. Im pretty sure my house was targeted by them for a while. Because as soon as my roommate left, three minutes later they broke in. Another camera shows the same white sedan driving up and down the street, the roommate pulls off, three minutes later, the men pull up, break in, rifle through the family house and open the garage and drive the white sedan in to load it with loot and then five minutes later drives off. Anyone who recognizes that white car or the voices of the two masked men, mris give them a call. Police detectives have several angles on that street to figure out whose car that is. Reporting live, sergio quintana, nbc news. A tech ceo out of town vanishes and now her family is pleading for help. Family of erin vallenti passed out flyers in a san jose neighborhood where her phone last pinged. She was in the bay area for erenceand last seen in palo alto on monday but was never on her flight back home. Her husband says in her last phone call she sounded confused and she wasnt acting like herself. So my last communication was on the phone monday night. It was on the phone trying to figure out where she was. She was still saying, im going to the airport but was also bouncing off topics. The rental car she drove is missing too. A late model gray nissan murano. Police are treating it as a voluntary missing persons case. In january mr. Trump asked r nearly 6 billion to build the wall. Congress only approved 3. 3 billion. He said money for pentagon projects would be diverted and used for the wall. Were learning more about a bay area man with ties to Rudy Giuliani associates arrested at an airport with oneway tickets. New video surfaced of the president s attorney with igor and the two men are witnesses in the impeachment inquiry and are charged with violating campaign law. Tonight we know andre was also arrested, originally from ukraine. He has a San Francisco cannabis company. Hes also charged. What you need to know to get around the bay area this weekend. The war of words continues between President Trump and warriors coach steve kerr. The new tweet the president fired off targeting kerr. Crystal clear in San Francisco right now back towards the golden gate bridge. Will the fog stay away tomorrow and sunday . Full forecast in six minutes. We continue to follow breaking news in l. A. County. A marjor fire off i5 in the burbank area. Those flames up against the freeway. Its causing dangerous traffic. Youre looking at live pictures from our nbc chopper down south. The flames are hop scotching, which is the real fear. This is what we were fearing in the bay area. Thankfully it did not happen. The areas of sylmar, granada being evacuated. Rob, what are you seeing where you are . Reporter thousands of people trying to get home, briefly, everyone. Good evening to you from here in porter ranch. This is the evacuation center. Well show you a unique program. These people are allowed to go home once they show their id to l. A. Police officers for a brief visit. Five to ten minutes, in and out to grab whatever they need because so many left last night with just the clothes on their back. These cars that police car will follow that car up to that cars homes. Those atlantis get out, five to ten minutes, boom, right back here, theyll get their ids back and continue to be evacuate its a unique program because it has its risks as the lapd chief told us, some may say, were not coming back to the evacuation zone. Theyll have to do that risking their own lives because this fire remains volatile. We only have 13 containment and about 8,000 acres charred. Keep in mind excuse me for the sound of my vous. Its just a lot of smoke in the last 12 hours or so. In is still the city of l. A. When you consider this area and you go back to 2008, 11 years ago, we lost close to 500 homes in the sayre fire. The sayre fire was the worst fire in l. A. City history in terms of destruction of property. Thats what theyre trying to avoid with this fire. Already a couple of homes lost and one person. Lpga night winds were 60 miles an hour. Right now in the overnight hours, hopefulfully they can increase the containment lines which are just above 13 . Thcertainly. If you can give us an idea of exact wri are where you are and what freeways might be impacted. Were very close to the 514 interchange. That freeway heading up to northern california. The 5 north continues to be closed. You have to sort of maneuver your way around it and it is going to be a big pain for anybody trying to get north. For those trying to get south, the 5 freeway south has reopened. My photographer, susan, its reopened . Yes, the 5 south has reopened. If youre coming down to beautiful l. A. , we welcome you, the 5 freeway south is open. For those that want to see you, it will be a little tough. Take care of that voice. Robert, thank you. A bay area parent convicted in the College Admission scandal was sentenced and becomes the first to avoid any jail time. Peter sartoria admitted to paying 15,000 to rig his daughters s. A. T. Exam. Today he was sentenced to a year of probation, 250 hours of Community Service along with 9,000 fine. Hes one of 25 parents who pleaded guilty, including felicity huffman. Another 19 are still fighting charges. He owns atlanta food specialty, which is a frozen food company in San Francisco. Lets talk about good news. The city is budsing and the skies will be buzzing this weekend. Its fleet week and that means a lot of big krousdz. A lot of big crowds. Maybe youve heard of the blue angels. We heard them practicing today. Reporter good news. Lots of fun to be had in San Francisco for fleet week. Lots of attractionses including the uss somerset is docked here at pier 3032. It will be a Main Attraction and the sailors and marines on board say theyre looking forward to hosting big crowds. Freedom fleet Week Celebrations are in full swing in San Francisco. Tonight sailors and marines from uss somerset are enjoying time onshore, relaxing alongside sail eshs from the Royal Australian navy. Weve been at sea for a week, week and a half. Reporter they say its a fun event and important to remember. In a town that doesnt have active military unit like San Francisco, it can be far from our mind. Its important as a reminder. Reporter the aerial acrobatics of blue angels and big ships and music are expected to attract hundreds of thousands of people to San Francisco. Business along the water front is booming. Yeah, its crowded but i love it. Reporter they say its a great opportunity to thank members of the military for their service. Theyre all super sweet and so fun to talk to. And they have really interesting stories because they travel all over the world. Lots of security here at the uss somerset and all the other ships docked here in San Francisco this weekend. The San FranciscoPolice Department will also be out in force keeping the crowd safe. If youre planning on joining the fun, expect lots of company no matter how you get here. Reporting live in San Francisco, jean elle, nbc bay area. We should practice looking up. Its going to be beautiful. Were always in that question, will there be fog or not . I think its good to go on saturday and sunday. We did have that update on the fire in Southern California so i want to get you to that real fast in case you have friends or family down there and you missed our earlier update. We have a red flag fire warning continuing in the fire burn zone through 6 00 p. M. Tomorrow. I can see the fire perimeter zone over interstate 5. Theres 14. Also 118 closed as well if you know the area. Porter ranch as the flames, the smoke would continue to push closer to that. Close to granada hill and back towards all of you. Winds, 11 miles an hour. Gusts up to 40. Good news tomorrow afternoon. Even though temperatures warm up to 85, the gusts should be down to 20 miles per hour. Once again, by tomorrow afternoon. Well have full coverage on tv, also on nbcbayarea. Com. Back here at home, we have our own changes to contend with. Saturday, and i see warm weather moving in from that area of high pressure. Lets get you you ready for that saturday forecast. Well start it off cool. 49 in the peninsula. Trivalley, 48. 48 as well for the east bay. The coldest temperature in the east bay, 45 degrees. Once we push through the afternoon we have some nice, warm weather down towards the south bay. 83 in san jose. 85 in gilroy. The east bay . No 90s but a warm day. Pittsburgh, 86. Martinez, 82. Oakland at 77. A peninsula, 78 in san mateo. Palo alto, 83. San francisco heading to fleet week, 74 along the embarcadero. And if youre going there you could be able to see everything fine on saturday and sunday. It will be cooler by sunday, 69 degrees. Those air shows from noon to 8 00 p. M. 83 in napa. 81 in my extended forecast. Well stay dry heading through the next several days with plenty of 60s in San Francisco. I dont see any big changes for you the yet. Inland valleys, 74 on sunday, 77 on sunday. 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This month were remembering our awardwinning documentary series takes a look back at the 6. 9 earthquake. Minutes before the quake we were watching the bay bridge world series, the giants and as at candlestick. It was a special day. Luckily in many ways, that 5 04 time the earthquake hit, we were lucky. A lot of people left their work a little bit early that particular day to get home to watch it on television if they didnt have a ticket to go to the game. Good to see jordan there. Al michaels was on the air as the game was being telecast. This was actually game three of the world series. It went to black, color bars and thats when the quake hit, 5 04 p. M. First thing i thought is there were some kids in the upper deck just above us who were pounding bats on the concrete above us, the floor. The realization came, this isnt about baseball no more. Its about life. Will clark was on the field, mark mcgwire. It was such a memorable night for all the wrong reasons and all the days after that. Bay area revelations, loma prieta earthquake, 30 years later. Its a wonderful documentary. If you were here, you remember. If you werent here, its a great way to tune in and remember what happened. It airs this sunday night at 10 00 p. M. On nbc bay area. Tv just keeps getting better. How you watch it does too. This is xfinity x1. Featuring the Emmy Awardwinning voice remote. Streaming Services Without changing passwords and input. Live sports with realtime stats and scores. Access to the most 4k content. And your movies and shows to go. The best tv experience is the best tv value. Xfinity x1. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Xfinity. The future of awesome. All next week well take a look back at the devastating quake and share your stories as we mark the anniversary. Join us monday 4 30. Life just got a bit easier for family in watsonville thanks to deputies in santa cruz county. The deputies bought and delivered a new wheelchair ramp to this familys home. Someone stole the original ramp early thursday morning. The young woman who lives there needs the ramp to get in and out of the house. The deputy sheriffs said when they heard what happened, they knew immediately they had to get involved. Really well done. Nice way to end the week. Jeff, take us out. Its going to be chilly tomorrow morning, right . Yes. Waking up to 40s and low 50s and if youre headed out to fleet week in San Francisco, 74 on saturday. Cooler sunday. This is bigtime stuff. 10 00 a. M. To 10 00 p. M. , head out at 450 storypoint road. Were looking good throughout next week as well. Thats nice. Yes, very beautiful weather. We made it to the weekend. Youll be back here tomorrow. I will be. Good fight. S