Take a look behind me. Weve been watching this fire grow in size and intensity all afternoon long out here. You can see the plumes of oke c the ground. The dark smoke typically indicative of homes going up. Theres a lot to be concerned about out here this afternoon. A sense of deja vu all over smoke are building hundreds of feet in the air as fires that had been calm take off in the scorching afternoon heat. We spotted flames ripping through heavy under brush. The people who call were taking no chances as guided evacuation by cal fire emissions expanded in size through the dry winding hills. Chopper 5 saw this man hosing off his roof trying to buy his home a chance at survival. Neighbors still scared from the 2017 fire storm are worried as conditions dryer, and windier,. We know people who live on Hennessey Ridge anfire is reall assist at least the main plume at moment. Were extremely concerned. Its deja vu, and this is day two of it. And you were in the same area yesterday. Are the conditions any different . The conditions are much different, juliet, yesterday it was 100 degrees and pretty hume here. Which typically helps out firefighters. Where im standing today, its hotter and dryer, i dont know if you can hear leaves rustling behind my photographer but its windy. Weve been getting gusts from the north that have been intense at times, nothing leaves off of trees, and the wind doesnt help firefighters as theyre battling all of these fires in rugged terrain. We see it behind you with the foliage in the wind. Chopper 5 is over the napa county fires. Were seeing some of the active of cee unchecked. You can see how high they are now. Evacuation orders are in effect. Take heed of that. There are Evacuation Center as you can see, this is what firefighters are up against. Live pictures now from chopper 5. Giving you a sense of the dry conditions. And as you saw in andreas live shot. Windier conditions than yesterday. All right, juliet, were live above another fire threatening a pair of communities in southern san mateo county. This broke out this afternoon east of la honda. Our first live look from the ground. An evacuation warning issued for the communities of loma mar and dearborn park. That means the people who live there dont have to leave just yet. But they should be prepared to move out on a moments notice. A little farther inland. Burned more than 25,000acres across five different counties. Hundreds are under an evacuatiwanear rural sonol. Where a 1700acre fire is still burning in eastern Contra Costa County evacuations in effect along marsh creek road and Morgan Territory roads where four lightning sparked fires are now burning flow the town of brentwood. A live look toward the north bay from San Francisco. You can see the hazy sky and that huge plume of smoke billowing up in north bay. Fires in napa county. Our chief meteorologist paul hagan joins us now with current weather conditions and what we can expect. Hopefully some good news. A little bit of good news, theres some moisture in the air. Around the bigger fires, they get big enough they suck in more air that creates the eezy conditions that andrea was reporting on. In terms of weather conditions in napa county where. We have large fires merging together. Temperatures are very hot. Between 90 and 100 degrees. Humidity between 25 and 30 . That sounds low. When temperatures approach triple digits the temperature is down to 20 . The winds gusting up to 20 miles an hour. Around the fires, the wind will be highly variable. Its sucking more in from around it. Temperatures, 89 granddaughters in napa. Northern napa, well into the 90s. Even around 100 degrees in fairfield, concord, and livermore. We tied a record in san jose at 97. Concord broke a record high with a high of 106. Not quite as hot tomorrow. But still hot. Well have details coming up in a few minutes. Its not just firefighters battling that heat. So is the states power grid. More rolling black outs are possible at any time through 10 00 tonight. All right, switching gears, let geese to campaign 2020. Kpix 5s emily turner on the concerns over vote by mail. Emily . Yeah, there are concerns on both sides of the aisle about who the folks who deliver your mail everyday to your door can deliver an election. Nancy pelosi showed up at a post office today in the Bayview District of San Francisco to drum up support for her new bill funding the post office and blocking trump administrations overhaul of the service. I done think there ever was a political aspect to this. And yet your mail has become republicans say mailin voter fraud will be rampant. Democrats call postal reform voter suppression. In the mean time, the highly charged rhetoric has sent much of america into a panic over the upcoming election. Its going to be a catastrophe. T postmaster today delayed the overhaul ofte ericans cast their vote but the move has done it will toll pacify the doubters. I dont trust the postmaster general and what he said. If hes sincere, it means the bully backed off. But the truth is, californians have been voting by mail for years. In this years election, 70 of voters chose the post office over the polls when casting ballots. So registrars all ready have a system in place capable of counting thousands of mailin votes and keeping tabs on security. Is there more of an opportunity for voter fraud with mailin ballots . No. In my opinion, no. I dont think so. Why . Because we have the signature verification process. Its all tracked within our an ature geverification mana met process is that check against the Voter Registration record. All right. So i spoke to one of the union bosses with the postal workers union. She says if theres a bottleneck with this election it would be at the postal service. Theyre all ready running five days behind on delivering your mail. But when it comes to an election, thats not the end of the world. As long as the registrar of voters gets the ballot within 14 days of election day, it counts. And they have 30 days from election day to certify the election. It might be later. But not in jeopardy as far as results are concerned. Santa clara county is stepping up its coronavirus testing by opening up a new large scale testing site. Kpix 5s Wilson Walker reports that it could be the largest in the state. Wilson . Could be among them, ken. Im here at the county faouwhere thingsve wod down today. The largest in in state is dodgers stadium. They can do about 6,000 tests to day. Ill show you video. The county fairgrounds, they finished up the job and let the cars in after noon today. Their Maximum Capacity here is 500 today. Maybe a thousand by the end of the week. Some time down the road theyre thinking this site could administer up to 5,000 tests a day. Not quite dodgers stadium but it would be among the largest in the state. Theyre also hoping to do a couple other thicks here. Among them would be vaccines for covid19. Some time down the road. If and when that ever finally comes to pass. Niy adey are also talking about mistering flu shots thats very critical for an explanation on the critical nature of that, here is marty, the testing director. We get confused as to whether you have influenza or covid. To protect everyone from flu, lets get rid of flu as a disee in our community, and basically vaccinate everybody. So six months on up, get your vaccine, go to your Health Provider to get it. Or when we have it here, you can get it here. So it is by appointmen only. Call your doctor or go to the countys website. This is probably where youre going to end up. Who know, some time down the road, this is where you may get the covid vaccine, live in san jose, kpix 5,. Still ahead on kpix 5 and cbsn bay area. Finally the end of this trauma is here. Survivors face the Golden State Killer in court. Their emotional accounts want restaurants to open . And schools . Want the economy to get back on track . Youre not alone. And you can help make it happen. Stay 6 feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask every time you leave your home. Choose to join the fight against covid19. Do your part. Slow the spread. A former Police Officer who terrorized people across fofor decades is facing his victims for the fitime. Anchor allen martin has been watching those proceedings, the hearings today. A really tough day, healing and very emotional. Socalled Golden State Killer pleaded guilty to 13 murders and nearly 50 rapes. Heres what some of the survivors had to say. Deangelo years. He stole my youth. My innocence. My faith. And my trust. Joseph deangelo sat silently as one by one his victims and their family members told stories of how the Golden State Killer stole their sense of security. I was raped multiple times. Ive had nightmares for years, after 42 years i still always look en meonove proaerchermy ldme fshu behind. He tied me to the bed post until my hands turned blue. Locked my sister in her room and performed horrific acts bounwhand blindfolded. Il e chris was 15 years old w deangelo broke into her home in the middle of the night and raped her . Pemor fothr e rsny e ople whose lives you sadistically cut short or for the years of pain to your victims and their family . Li po ceGolden State Killer using a new form of dna tracing in 2018. Decades after his statewide crime spree between 1975 and 1986. Deangelo pleaded guilty to 13 murders and 13 rape related charges in june to avoid the death penalty. But he publicly admitted to dozen of attacks across 11 california counties. Finally, the end of this trauma is here. Hes a horrible man. And none of us have to worry about him any more. Deangelo will face nearly three dozen of his victims and survivors over the next three day, the 74yearold will be sentenced friday to life in prison. Another quick look at the wildfire in san mateo county. It broke out this afternoon east of la honda. You can see intense pockets of flames and air drops happening in that area. Dense area now. This is a new fire happening in san mateo county. All right, lets go to paul with the conditions. Fires everywhere. And certainly the winds arent helping in most areas. The winds will calm down as we head through this evening, a lot of times you get gustier winds around the fires themselves. Temperatures drop off for the rest of us. Its going to be warm. Smoky and e rest of the night. Air quality will be anth you shall ewe for the zyor frest of week an issue for the rest of the week. Above average this time of the year. Notes a hot inland late this week. Temperatures in the 90s. Hot spots approaching 100 degrees. Theres the smoke westward from sales force tower. Current temperatures still running in the 80s. 90s. And low 100s. At or above 100 in livermore and concord. Mid 80s in oakland. Low 70s in San Francisco. Cooler in the city and along the coast. Lets lighten things up a bit. Dog walking forecast for this evening, brought to you by bandit from san jose. Temperatures in san jose are awfully warm. 93 now. Still near 90 degrees at 7 00. Wait until later this evening. Around or even after sunset if its safe for you to to so before you head out for a dog walk, with air temperature in the 90s, pavement, concrete temperatures will be over 100 degrees. Temperatures in a mix of 60s. And 70s by early tomorrowmo larnndin portions g. Of the bay any time soon. Warm temperatures continue. Today, were 12 to 17 least eed but that still puts us well into the 90s. Low 70s along the coast, upper 80s. W 90nds oue arh soutthof the s clara valley. More 100s east of the de ab low range. Up r 09s for the tri valley upper 90s for the trivalley. Hotter temperatures for neighbors to the north and awfully shot many the vicinity of fires in napa county. 99 in saint helena tomorrow. Excessive heat warning cons one more day. But after that, its not like temperatures op off a lot. Highs in the 90s inland through early next week. Mid 70s around the bay. Well above normal. Ill have another upda on the fire conditions coming up on our special news cast at 10 00. The 49ers new rookie defensive line man hasnt even played a down but hes all ready got a leg up on some of his teammates. The giants showing off leather against the angels. But the question is could [narrator] did you just reward yourself for spending a perfectly reasonable amount of time on the couch with tacos from grubhub . Rewarded get a free deliv rkhen you orde [group] grubhub. Lily everyone in the house is online and i cant get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club. Try 1 gig internet with at t fiber. 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