Ground today. Now, along the coast, overnight fog helped firefighters finally gain some ground on the czu complex fire. Thats the one burning in san mateo and Santa Cruz County. Heres a look at what crews are up against. Flames have scorched some 63,000 acres, containment is at 5 , up from 2 last night. An update is set for 6 00. We will stream that for you on nbcbayarea. Com. This map shows you where the fires are burning. Nearly 670,000 acres burning in our region alone. 1 million acres statewide. From the fire lines to evacuations to the threat of wind and lightning, we are covering the fires from all angles. We begin our coverage with nbc bay areas roz plater in Santa Cruz County with more on the firefight there. Reporter cal fire says it has more resources on the way, more crews, more equipment. And in one ben lomond neighborhood, they say they need more help. Its as simple as that, getting down to the work. Reporter mark showing us how he and his neighbors have been using hand tools to help protect their homes. Weve saved a lodge. Weve saved about 20something cabins over here. Right now were trying to save this house up here. Reporter and he says they havent seen a fire crew since yesterday. I know theyre at their limit, so everybodys doing what they can do. Reporter at a morning briefing, cal fire said it has more than 1,100 personnel battling the massive czu lightning complex fire but is on tap to get extra help. We do have out of state resources assigned and coming to this incident. Reporter we spotted Southern California crews trying to protect this home in the brookdale neighborhood off highway 9. But people who live in this Mountain Community are still worried. Many spent the night trying to save their homes any way they could, and there are already painful reminders of how devastating the fire has been. One of hendricks neighbors tweeted at Governor Newsom to send in the national guard. But, yeah, well take the national guard. Have a few guys come up here, 10 or 20. We could save another 20 houses up here. Reporter in ben lomond, im roz plater, nbc bay area news. In the north bay, exhaustion becoming a major concern for crews as we have been reporting, many firefighters are spending 48 hours on the fire line, usually they spend 24. Cal fire says there should be 3,000 firefighters in the lnu fire alone. Instead theyre forced to battle the flames with only half that many. So we continue to ask for help and more help comes in. But youre right. 48 hours, 72 hours these folks have been on the line. They need the rest, and were trying to get that for them. Its very important we take care of these firefighters. Cal fire says firefighters from ten other states and two other countries are coming to california to provide help and relief for those firefighters. Now, one of the fires making up the lnu fire, that crews are most concerned about, is the wall bridge fire burning near guerneville and healdsburg. This timelapse video shows flames raging overnight. More evacuations have been ordered. Nbc bay areas pete suratos joins us live from windsor with more. Pete. Reporter thats right, garvin. We have a number of evacuation warnings and Evacuation Orders in place as a result of the wall bridge fire. In fact, were standing here in this windsor neighborhood off of windsor river road. This is just under an evacuation warning, but just west of us, there actually is an Evacuation Order in place. But folks in this neighborhood, despite it being a warning, arent taking any chances. In fact, heres some video of one man we spoke to. He was packing up earlier. Looking on this block now, it looks like he was able to finally pack up and leave. Hes leaving to be with some family in the rohnert park area. He says he actually moved to this side of windsor after he had to evacuate on the other side of town last year when he was dealing with the kincade fire. Now, despite the move to this location, hes once again evacuating. I i thought this was going to come in october or Something Like that. This is really early. The weather has been crazy, man. Were living in weird times right now, man. Five years back, there was no fires every year, and now it seems like every year is record fires every year. Reporter now, the wall bridge fire is a part of that lnu complex, and currently its at more than 50,000 acres. But cal fire says were going to keep a close eye on these conditions before deciding on any more Evacuation Orders or warnings throughout this area. Keeping an eye on the conditions. What exactly is cal fire saying about what they expect as far as changes . Reporter yeah, garvin. I actually got a chance to speak with cal fire not too long ago, and they tell me that the winds are shifting for the first time when it comes to the wall bridge fire. Theyre saying it is shifting northeast, so that is big news for them as far as battling this fire or containing this fire. They said the areas theyre going to focus on are west of healdsburg and also along dry creek valley. Those are the areas of concern heading into this afternoon as well as this evening. But he did point out, cal fire, that there have been a number of air drops in the area so apparently they were anticipating this type of movement when it comes to those winds. Pete suratos, thank you very much. Air quality continues to be a big concern for just about everybody in the bay area, and youre looking at why. A live look from our cameras in san jose, and emeryville. Wow, it is really bad on the emeryville camera. This map shows air quality in the bay area. This is yesterday morning. Most of the region in the moderate range. Not good but not terrible. Today, though, look at this. Most of the bay area now red. Thats unhealthy air quality. Thats not the only with these fires. Lets bring in vianey arana, who is tracking it all for us. Bad air is one thing, but now weve got more lightning coming in . Yeah, the possibility of more lightning and another round of fastmoving thunderstorms. And when we see that happening, that could also mean the potential for locally gusty conditions as those storms continue to move through. So right now weve been talking about that air quality. Its about 82 degrees in san jose. I want to show you this quick look at that air quality index. It shows you sort of the color range. Notice how san jose right now probably one of the worst air qualities. I even saw some numbers over the 300 mark in that purple range, at 255 in san jose. We are expecting changes heading into tomorrow. Satellite radar, it may look calm right now. But i want to zoom it out so i can point your attention towards the south. You can see that churning that. That is what was hurricane genevieve. That low pressure system, remnants are going to be pushing from the south up to the north, and that plume of moisture is whats going to drive the potential for those thunderstorms for tomorrow, which is why that original fire watch from this morning was upgraded to a red flag warning starting at 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow, impacting us really for the next couple of days. Ill go into more detail coming up in my full forecast. Terry. Vianey, thank you very much. We have dramatic video to show you of a rescue in marin county. This time it was firefighters themselves in need of help. Two firefighters battling the woodward fire were trapped on a ridgeline with the fire advancing and winds starting to gust around 8 00 last night. The fire is burning in Point Reyes National seashore. The Sonoma CountySheriffs Department said its henry 1 helicopter, the only chopper in the region capable of doing this kind of rescue at night. Now, listening to the tape, you can hear urgency in the tactical flight officers voices as he tells firefighters they need to do exactly as he says and leave their packs behind. The fire is just over the ridge. The crew was able to lift all three to safety at the same time. The woodward fire has burned more than 2,200 acres, and it is 5 contained. People in san jose, morgan hill, and gilroy continue to closely watch the scu complex fire. It is now the Third Largest in the history of california. Nbc bay areas Christie Smith has been speaking with firefighters and neighbors and joins us live from morgan hill with more on that story. Christie. Reporter well, cal fire tells us that overnight humidity levels were good, at least at the lower elevations, but it stayed warm and dry at the higher elevations. Now, today we talked with people who are under evacuation warnings and those who werent but maybe live in the general area. Either way, people told us they did have a plan to go. Before they kind of made us a warning reporter in the jackson oaks neighbor, john and leslie have been checking the latest fire information for the hills above morgan hill. Their neighborhood remains under an evacuation warning, and theyre ready. Documents like certain personal belongings that you really wouldnt want to lose. Right now we currently have them in our car, so if we really need to leave, its already packed and were ready to go. We also have a first aid kit on hand, water, and then just some what is it . Canned food just in case. Reporter from their hill, they can see smoke in the distance. Elsewhere skies are hazy. That fire has been stopped by this dozer line right here, and predominantly the winds are traveling this way right now. Reporter mitch matlow is working for cal fire and had maps of the fires that make up the scu lightning complex. He answered questions for neighbors in East San Jose and let them know about concerns this weekend. Tomorrow we are expecting a change in wind directions and the potential for dry lightning. Reporter jerry is not in an evacuation area but keeps up with the latest information from home and stops by. Were trying to understand do we still need to be on alert, or are we out of the woods yet . Reporter now, it is a warning again for jackson oaks, but people were encouraged to consider leaving because basically there is just one exit. And, again, firefighters say they are keeping an eye on the weather, on the wind. Reporting live in morgan hill, Christie Smith, nbc bay area news. Governor newsom visiting volunteers in vacaville earlier today. The world central kitchen is helping feed firefighters, First Responders, and evacuees. The governor posted this video to his twitter account a few hours ago and he is saying, quote, seeing the volunteers here filled me with nothing but hope. New at 4 00, the cow palace is being turned into an Evacuation Center for animals. The Peninsula Humane Society is fin finding shelter. The cow palace is one of several facilities theyve secured for this massive effort. Its not just pets being housed there. Wildlife displaced by the fire also getting care. Basically any animal rescued from the fire zone is heading to the cow palace. Now, these fires of course have forced thousands of people out of their homes and that includes my family. So what do you have to do if youre going to evacuate . Well, ive broken it down in a twominute video. Weve posted if on our website, nbcbayarea. Com. If you think you know everything you need to know about evacuations, check out garvins post. Up next, protecting homes from more than just the flames. Why this man is not evacuating his neighborhood. 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As firefighters work tirelessly around the clock to put out the flames, some people are taking matters into their own hands to protect their homes and neighborhoods. This is will cook. He lives in boulder creek, where flames from the czu fire have destroyed homes and forced mass evacuations. He says hes been keeping an eye on hot spots and doing what he can to put them out. One challenge hes running into, there arent any fire hydrants near him, so hes using water from a nearby creek to put out the flames. Cook is also worried about looters coming into the abandoned area. There is also a potential for looting, and our presence here for myself and for my other neighbors is kind of an important thing. We look out for each other. Cook says he hasnt seen any looters in his neighborhood, but just yesterday Santa Cruz County deputies announced they have made five looting arrests. Over on the coast, people headed to the beach in Half Moon Bay despite those beaches being closed. Take a look at the crowd. A lot of people doing it. San mateo county leaders urged visitors to please stay away, hoping to prevent problems on evacuation routes, give First Responders a little bit more room. But as you can see, folks showed up today in Half Moon Bay, hoping to beat the heat and the poor air quality. The county Sheriffs Department is not enforcing the closures because they dont have any officers to spare. These fires, they arent just forcing people out of their homes. The neighborhood this Mountain Lion ended up in along with a new wawarning. Check this out. A surveillance camera caught this Mountain Lion wandering in a san bruno neighborhood. This happened about 2 00 yesterday morning. You can see the big cat just hanging around someones driveway. San bruno says the fires are forcing Mountain Lions and other animals to leave their usual habitats. Making sure a historic Northern California observatory remains safe during these fires. You can see San Luis Obispo fire crews continuing to mop up hot spots after the main scu fire front burned right around the lick observatory. This is of course to keep those hot spots from flaring back up. Here is also a look from above. The lick observatory, you can see the smoke right in the background of it. The observatory still there. Its 133 years old. Okay. It seems like many of the firefighters across the region have caught a break with the weather the past couple of days, but we want to bring vianey arana in right now because i know there are questions about what the next few days are going to look like and what that means for these fires. Vianey . Hey there, garvin. One of our biggest concerns is going to be heading into tomorrow. A red flag warning has been issued, and we are tracking this very closely. Lets take a look right now over san francisco. I want to show you this because you can sort of see the combination of clouds, some smoke in the area. Its about 66 degrees right now. Wind speeds there at about 16 miles per hour. Meanwhile this is a shot from healdsburg when one of the first initial fires started yesterday. Were seeing poor air quality throughout the entire bay area. Current temperatures in the 80s and upper 90s in areas like concord, 97, livermore, 97 degrees. Its still hot out there but now were going to start to feel that humidity. Your hour by hour outlook heading into tonight. Smoky skies, increasing high clouds. Then the threat, if you notice, in the outlook, it doesnt really show much in the way of rain. Well, thats because as this inches closer and as it approaches, the models sort of having a hard time picking up on some of that moisture. Were going to be seeing how it approaches. Our best bet will always be to take a look as its making its approach and also taking a look at satellite radar. Right now you can see. This is a live look at at satellite radar. Over san francisco, it looks quiet now but the tension is going to be focused where you can see that system churning there. That is what was hurricane genevieve, and the remnants, that moisture from that low pressure system are whats going to be impacting us here in the bay area. A quick little explainer on what were talking about when if comes to the isolated thunderstorm chance. Weve got a low pressure coming in from the south and a High Pressure system just to oreaur east. The interaction between these two is moving unstable air over california, and that warm moisture is what drives the possibility of thunderstorms and dry lightning. Dry lightning is when you see lightning but not a lot of rain associated with it. If we do end up seeing some possible rain, its going to be more focused towards just south of us overall. The red flag warning will kick in at 5 00 a. M. Starting tomorrow, and thats because right now the chance for fastmoving thunderstorms may lack rain initially but again that dry lightning is going to be the biggest threat because as these storms move, the concern is the erratic winds as well. Very unpredictable because of how isolated they are. So theres really no direct way to pinpoint exactly where well see it until it makes its arrival. We can sort of make its movements and see how its forming but overall the temperatures for tomorrow are going to be in the 80s and the 90s. Youre going to feel that humidity. Youre going to feel that tropical sort of forecast much like what we felt last sunday. As far as i had a couple of viewers ask me if it was going to be the same as last weekend. You can never be too prepared so a couple of things to keep at the forefront of your mind. Be ready to leave at a moments notice. Have an emergency kit ready. Be ready should there be any form of power outages. We want to make sure everybody is prepared. The sevenday forecast looks pretty active. Through tomorrow, the biggest impact will start right around tomorrow morning through about monday morning where thunderstorms will be possible. Then we get another round of seeing more rain possibility heading into Tuesday Morning with a morning chance. Things start to sort of calm down heading into tuesday afternoon, and then well finally get a break from a little bit of this, you know, weather madness heading into wednesday and thursday. So al lot to unpack. Vianey, thanks very much. Lets hope those raindrops come down monday and tuesday and help out those firefighters. Well be back in two mininutes. [narrator]r] did you just reweward yourseself for spendiding a perfefectly reasasonable amomount of tie on the c couch withh tacos s from grubhbhub . Rerewarded geget a free d delivery perk whehen you order. [group] ] grubhub. Itcan it helelp with snonorin . 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An update is set for 6 00. Well stream it for you on nbcbayarea. Com and bring you the latest after the hockey game. Before we go, lets check in one more time with vianey and see what shes got. Anything new on the potential lightning strikes . Well, you know, terry, i think the number one thing to keep in mind is that right now it looks like the biggest impacts are going to be heading into sunday morning and over the next couple of days following that. Thats that red flag warning that will take effect starting at 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow. The main impact is going to be erratic gusty winds at times, fastmoving thunderstorms with the potential for dry lightning. It may lack rain initially, but were monitoring sort of that moisture plume, which of course rain at this time would be very much needed. But then that would then bring a new sort of problem with the potential to see possible minor debris flows down in Southern California and along some of the coastlines right now. It looks like were going to see for the most part dry lightning potential. Again, main impact sunday into monday morning with another chance of seeing thunderstorm activity heading into tuesday. A lot to unwrap here. Ill send it back to you. Thank you so much. Thank you all for staying with us. Hockey is next. We will be back at 8 00. As always, you can get the very latest updates on the fires on our website and on our nbc bay area apps. See you after the game. Nbc sports, home of the olympic games, the nhl, the indianapolis 500, the tour championship, and prime times number one show, sunday night football, only on nbc. Welcome to edmonton alberta, canada, on a 69 degree saturday evening. The dallas stars fresh off a 42 first round victory over the Calgary Flames the Colorado Avalanche needed only five games to defeat the arizona coyotes. Game one tonight in edmonton, but first, to the hond