Complex in the east bay, and the czu august complex in san mateo, santa clara, and santa cruz counties. We have new aerial images of the czu august lightning complex fire. That fire has burned more than 40,000 acres or about 62 square miles in san mateo and santa cruz counties. Cal fire says it is still 0 contained. Cal fire has now ordered a mandatory evacuation for the entire town of felton and the mountains a few miles north of santa cruz. Everyone in feltons population of about 4000 is being told to leave. Lets get right to kpix 5s kiet do who joins us live from felton this afternoon. Reporter cal fire issued the Evacuation Order at 8 30 this morning. Since then, we have seen a steady stream of cars, everyone pulling their jet skis, lawn equipment, rvs. It is interesting to see what people take with them in these situations. Now it is looking more like a ghost town. Make no bones about it, the fire is coming. We were warned to be on the lookout for extreme fire behavior and it did not take long to find it. We spotted a firenado on the 800 block of summit drive. Where there is a firenado, destruction and ruin is not far away. Flames destroyed a fence and exposed a large crop of marijuana plants. This tiny free library, gone. This 9300 block of empire grade , the 2500 block of pine flat road, the Production Wine room of mchenry vineyards, all gone or about to be. Cal fire says there simply are not enough firefighters. There are nearly 600 personnel here but mark renton, operations chief for cal fire, says that is a fraction of what he normally has. We are at a critical drawdown of incidents with resources. I am doing something with maybe 1 10 that i normally have at my disposal with combating the fires whether it be ground or air resources. Reporter we did find evidence of a heroic fight last night. At bonnie dune presbyterian, they cut back brush and doused the flame in steeples. On the 6700 block of bonnie dune road, Jacob Metcalf had evacuated his family and came back to find his home still standing. Crews had stopped the flames at the driveway. Very thankful. Whoever came up here and risked their life to save my house, thank you so much. You are amazing. Reporter for sid harger, what he lacks in protective fire gear, he makes up for in confidence. What does your confidence level . If this dies down, i am about 80 confident. Reporter it is cooling off hotspots and snuffing flames. He is a retired san jose firefighter and says somebody had to do it. They are urging people to get out. I stay out of the way. Reporter this is the scene here at the main stretch on highway 9 in felton. We have been watching this Business Owner go in and out of her cafc emptying it out, getting ready to leave town for an undetermined amount of time. This morning, they said the number of evacuees were 22,000 people. They say expect that number to double over the next day. Live in felton, kiet do, kpix 5. A live look now toward the east bay. Airqualities still in healthy around parts of the bay area things to the many wildfires but our heat will start letting up a little bit. Meteorologist mary lee has a closer look. We are tracking the air quality and temperatures are just a little bit cooler as onshore flow begins to pick and. We are watching the winds increase for us. Last check, the airquality was unhealthy for sensitive groups. Moderate for napa, san francisco, san jose. Unhealthy air where everyone in concord , livermore, and very unhealthy in vacaville for that airquality. Because of that, we have a spare the air alert all the way through sunday. That spare the air alert is in effect due to this unhealthy air. Looking at current conditions, the lnu lighting complex, gusting up to 15 Miles Per Hour. The walbridge fire west of hillsborough, up to 13 Miles Per Hour. Looking at the czu lightning complex fire, gusts up to 22 Miles Per Hour. Low relative humidity values, temperatures rising into the 80s and eventually in the 90s. We are looking at the Santa Cruz Mountains gusting up to 13 Miles Per Hour. Relative humidity 21 . Right now temperatures in the mid80s. We will see those temperatures rise through the afternoon. We will talk more about what you can expect for the rest of the week into next week coming up in a few minutes. We have a little bit of good news for people in the north bay who have been affected by the lnu complex of fires. Some of you could finally go home. Take a look at this map that shows the Evacuation Orders that are still in effect. All other evacuations in the city limits of fairfield are now lifted. It is the neighborhood there where it is not lifted. This is video of that area around the Rancho Solano clubhouse which is still being threatened. Here are the latest numbers. 131,000 acres have burned so far. That is more than 200 square miles. It is 0 contained. The devastation so far is pretty bad, an estimated 100 homes and four commercial buildings have been destroyed so far. This is a very large fire. It is one of many in the state of california. Honestly, our resources are stretched very far. Please be patient. Some of the worst destruction is in vacaville. Dozens of homes were lost early yesterday morning. Cal fire says those areas are still very unsafe. They have to go back in and make sure nothing will reignite before they allow people back in to see what is left of their properties. That is one of the reasons why some people chose not to evacuate in the first place against the advice of cal fire. This is my home. He lives in fairfield and was visited twice by sheriffs officers. After the second refusal to evacuate, they warn you that if your stay, youre basically on your own. Those who are still under Evacuation Orders can come to one of many evacuation centers, which we have listed on www. Kpix5. Com. This is Rodriguez High School in fairfield. Today is the first day of virtual school. Nobody could have predicted that the first day would mean the facility is ready for fire evacuees rather than teachers and students. Right now there is no estimated time on when this huge fire are complex of fires will be contained but it looks like we are looking at weeks, rather than days. The lnu complex fire also includes several fires further to the west in sonoma county. The largest of those is the walbridge fire, currently at more than 14,000 acres. That is about 22 square miles, almost half the size of san francisco. It is still threatening communities along the lower Russian River including granville and real nato. A Cal Fire Division chief says the walbridge fire is the agencys top priority within the lnu complex. Resources were able to maintain that line along springwater springs road last night. It has gotten over the road a little bit but it did not make the run as we anticipated and the burning conditions overnight were not as severe as they were the night prior. Another blaze, the myers fire north of jenner has burned 3000 acres. Both the myers and walbridge fires are 0 contained. We brought you live updates from cal fire this morning on a cbsn bay area. We are streaming for free 24 hours a day on www. Kpix. Com , on apple tv, and other streaming devices. Stay with kpix 5, we will have continuing coverage with all of the lightning sparked fires on air and online. Lyft has just suspended rider operations in california. The move comes after Court Granted a preliminary injunction against uber and lyft. Last week, a judge said the Companies Must reclassify drivers as employees instead of independent contractors. This is to comply with a new state labor law. Attorney general Xavier Becerra had filed a lawsuit along with three city attorneys. In a statement posted on its website, lyft said, quote, we dont want to suspend operations. We are going to keep up the fight for a benefits model that works for all drivers and our riders. What about uber . We have rejected the company to ask about its plans but we are still waiting to hear back. President Donald Trumps former chief strategist steve bannon is under arrest. Federal prosecutors in new york indicted bannon and three other people for allegedly defrauding donors. Prosecutors say it was done through an Online Crowdfunding Campaign which claimed to raise money to pay for the border wall with mexico. Four men are accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars donated to the group and using it for personal expenses, among other things. Bannon is set to make a Court Appearance later today. Turning now to campaign 2020. President donald trump traveling to the battleground state of pennsylvania today. He is speaking outside of joe bidens hometown of scranton. Meanwhile, the president is stirring up controversy, calling for a boycott of goodyear tires. He wants americans to stop buying its products after the Company Announced a ban on pluto messages from both sides including meg are attire. The Democratic NationalConvention Wraps up with former Vice President joe biden accepting his partys nomination. He is expected to lay out his vision for leadership to the pandemic, the struggling economy, and the nationwide protests for nationwide justice. Last night, senator Kamala Harris made history, accepting the vp nomination. She embraced the role of being the first woman of color on any major partys president ial ticket. She said the nation must do better. Our coverage of the dnc begins at 7 00 tonight here on kpix 5 and you can get more on campaign 2020 always on www. Kpix. Com. Still ahead, family members speak on behalf of victims of the Golden State Killer. Why he may not go to prison right away. It has nothing to do with the electricity bill. [upbeat music] today was the day that i put everything in perspective. I fell asleep but when i woke up. boy hi, do you want to share my sandwich . vo good feeds our connections. Good feeds us all. Hormel Natural Choice lunch meats. Chopper 5 is flying over the scu lightning complex fire in the east bay. You can see all of the smoke in the air. Of course, fires all over the bay area. We are keeping tabs on the fires and keeping you updated throughout the day on kpix 5. In other news, it is the last day of victim impact statements in the case of convicted Golden State Killer joseph deangelo. Tomorrow, the 74yearold is expected to be sentenced to life without parole. This morning, family members of deangelos murder victims testified. Dangelo pleaded guilty to 13 murders and 13 rape charges to avoid the death penalty. Since death row is not an option, his victims want him sent to the toughest possible prison in california but it turns out he may not be moving to a prison at all, at least not right away. An executive order issued by Governor Newsom may postpone dangelos prison time. Los angeles mayor Eric Garcetti has cut off power to a Hollywood Hills home that violated Public Health orders. Police say they visited the home, which reportedly belong to tiktok star bryce hall, on august 8 and 14th in response to large gatherings. The hidden hills house has repeatedly ignored warnings by authorities. Time for a check of our weather. Here is mary lee with more on that. Still looking at those hazy and smoky skies. That will be the case for the next several days. The spare the air alert is in effect from today, through the weekend. You can see the smoky conditions on our Salesforce Tower camera bridge. Ook east toward the bay our temperatures are not as hot as what we have seen over the last several days. We are just a little bit cooler this afternoon. Looking at 83 in concord. 64 in oakland. Livermore, 86. San francisco, 65. We are cooler compared to yesterday at this time. 15 degrees cooler in concord. 11 degrees cooler in livermore. 9 degrees cooler in oakland. It is all because of the return of onshore flow. Looking westerly winds at 16 at sfo. Looking at 10 in concord. Livermore, 12. 7 for san jose. That helps our temperatures to cool down a little bit but with those preconditions, not the best news. For firefighters as they try to get a handle on those fires. We are looking at unhealthy air quality. A spare the air alert in effect today through sunday because of the smoky conditions from all of the wildfires burning across our region. This weekend, the low pressure system to our north ushers in stronger marine influence. With it, we see the temperatures just a bit cooler. Watching on futurecast through the afternoon , westerly winds up to 20 Miles Per Hour this afternoon and for this evening. Daytime highs nearnormal if not just a little bit above average but at least not that sweltering heat that we have seen. Mid 90s in concord and livermore. Low 90s for livermore. Midnineties for concord and fairfield. 70s around the bay. Here is the extended forecast. Temperatures are very similar as we head through the rest of breaking news, an Appeals Court just granted a stay which allows uber and lyft to continue operating in california, at least for now. Earlier today, lyft announced it would suspend operations in california because of a new law in the state that would reclassify drivers as employees. Again, this state will temporarily allow the companies to operate here. Almost half of americans living in rural areas dont have access to broadband. This years jefferson Award Winners are bridging the divide. 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