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The Alexander Valley School District and the guys are bill School District more schools could cancel classes depending on the fire and air quality conditions. The Sonoma County office of education says it will be updating that list throughout the night and tomorrow morning we have Team Coverage tonight on the growing kim k fire kron fours michelle kingston is live in hillsborough gas are going to the fire line with the fire crews Justine Waltman and gayle ong have been in geyser ville all day today. Surveying the damage and our dan thorn is live in carterville but first want to go to kron fours 10 us actually who was at that cal fire News Conference earlier this evening. And they have the latest information taylor. Can the best piece of information in the best news to come out of this press conference was that this fire is slowing a little bit you know we saw grow so fast because of the strong winds last night today the fire. A little bit slower because of those slowed when conditions and firefighters say that that made them a little bit more optimistic about heading into this fire and continue to fight they also said it helped to see it for the first time in the daylight so they were able to map the area out. Cal fire says the king cake fires still blazing a burning 16,000 acres in geyser ville as of thursday night, a quickmoving fire fueled by northern winds forced thousands to evacuate and destroyed at least 49 homes. Early the first and 16,000 acres. We have 5 containment. We do have 49 structures confirmed destroyed. That damage. The assessment continues. It is not over. But that is our current account. We have or 1300 firefighters on the line and that number is expected to go buy other 50 as early as tomorrow. Aides that they takes a side along with the very large air tanker. Firefighters say they were able to get a better handle on this fire once when conditions called on thursday. The continued gate to gate entertainment on the fire itself. He was also the first chance theyve had to see in daylight. So they are able get a better map of the area that actually is established a little better Strategic Plan for containment down the road. We will continue this process throughout the night and throughout the next day. 24 hours a day and for the next few days until the incident may give. Mandatory evacuations are still in effect for 2000 people. But the Sheriffs Office says not everyone has evacuated. Currently the Evacuation Order in the town of guys are bill and the hills east of guys are real affects approximately 2000 people. We want to continue to emphasize that we want people to heed those evacuation warnings. We leave the area we have plenty of deputies in the area to protect your property. At this time the Sheriffs Office says there are no deaths are reports of missing persons. Now again crews will continue to fight this fire around the clock and prevent any more. Losses or damages again 49 homes so far have been destroyed. The Sheriffs Office also says that for those of you who are of course watching it very anxious to return home, youre worried about your homes. Sheriffs office says that there are deputies and those evacuated areas looking over your homes looking over the properties and they also said that so far there have been no burglaries and no looting going on so again more good news on that aspect, but were going to continue to check in with cal fire tomorrow to get hopefully another update about this containment reporting live from cal fire headquarters sackey kron 4 news taylor. Thank you and we continue our Team Coverage tonight with kron fours dan thorn who has. Been working to get close to the fire lines near geyser ville so dan any progress from that perspective on this fire fight. So far there there has been some progress here. I was talking with some firefighters who came up here from arena which is near. Monterrey and they were saying that they are in the process of mopping up here along river road and moody lane which is just an east of guys are ville into that hilly area up there, however there are still some firefighters are out there on the lines battling some flames that might be a getting on to the trees that around here. Its difficult terrain, its better not interesting firefighters say the least and theyre hoping to get all this knocked out quickly. Tearing through a hillside behind vineyards just east of guys are crews racing to stop the fastmoving flames through difficult terrain drops providing support as hos is needed to be dragged hundreds of feet down the fire burning trees and tree limbs that broke off making it crucial for firefighters to be wearing their helmets in many of these areas the plumes of smoke were then sent billowing into the air as crews continue to get a handle on the flames. The fire was threatening some Alexander Valley wineries near river road as the sun started to go down the sky took on an eerie red glow. As smoke move through the air once it was dark only bright orange could be seen to the dark hillside. Right fueling station where fire trucks have been coming in turnout feeling upon diesel are getting gasoline to continue. This fight the night there have been a number of Fire Departments that are across the bay area that are helping out in this effort and theyre just going to continue to work until all of this is taken care of. All right dan thorn, reporting just outside guys real. Thank you dan about 8 miles away from banda in guys reveal or no near guys or will we want to head now to healdsburg and firefighters there theyve also been tackling the can kate fire all day and all night kron fours michelle cakes and is there where residents are also preparing to evacuate at any moment. She joins us with the latest michelle. Arts of heel spurs and are under evacuation warnings so that doesnt mean they have to necessarily leave right now, but they need to be aware that it is a possibility. Many people i spoke to had their to go back and so ready should they have to evacuate. Firefighters battling flames just outside the River Rock Casino off california one 28 in geyser ville crews are driving trucks all over geyser ville in healdsburg monitoring smoke in fighting the kinkaid fire they do the best they so just have to trust said experience in their led a money today people in northern unincorporated healdsburg are. Under an evacuation warning preparing to leave at a moments notice decorated to go up need to just keeping an eye stay open to to get out that we have a couple of are homes es burned on geysers or barns, flames could still be seen on thursday evening on properties overhead crews fighting the flames from the air doing what they can to contain the fire. And the sprinklers just turned on here at the Healdsburg Community center so we needed to. Move our equipment out of the way that here at the center it is an Evacuation Center. And there is availability if anybody needs a place to stay they have about 35 beds. Still open so if anybody is looking to evacuate here the Healdsburg Community center. There are about 30 beds are serving 3 meals a day and they are allowing pets to come here has anything from cheddar dog 2 large farm animals. Back to you guys all right michelle, thank you for that we want to show you some video here this is from parts of. Geyser ville where several dozen structures as weve been telling you including some homes have been destroyed the kim k fire continues to threaten even more structure a mandatory evacuation is in effect in geyser bill kron fours gayle ong joins us live from kaiser bill. With more kale. In cannes and just about 4 miles away from where im standing just homes reduced to rubble. Only thing left standing in what was just hours ago, someones home for the those we were there when alex sink went to check on his friends home on geysers road in geyser ville heartbreaking. Thing in thing could happen to close home. Aftermath of the can kade fire at least 3 homes went up at its worst the air was filled with smoke and embers swirling the wind there was no wind when i went to bed this time maybe 50 mile an hour winds. But it wasnt blowing when it was was a gusty when it was my cover. Like a windstorm circular. It started Late Wednesday night in quickly got out of control you can see the glow but at that time it looked as though he was probably the head north northwest incredibly everyone got out ahead of the flames that firefighters did everything they could to save homes, but strong winds and dry conditions threaten the entire community thought it was going away, but apparently its hopefully have contained pretty were told the family of one of the homes. The story is at a safe place tonight. The downtown of geysers bill we can see that its quite dark air power is still out. Have seen some residents who decided to stay but at this point they do look like they are keeping it. Like here in Sonoma County jail on. Thank you gayle, just 4 straight are moving behind or so people are still moving around and then the wind of course and the big issue but not quite as strong tonight. The red flag warning not an issue tonight in fact that expired earlier this afternoon and thats what were tracking wind gusts. 20 Miles Per Hour or less throughout the healdsburg hills area but the one thing that isnt really working towards firefighters favor right now very warm conditions still at this 10 oclock hour in the mid 70s. And thats whats dropping the relative humidity down to bone dry conditions just 11 . But we are going to notice some recovery in some relief during the overnight hours as those temperatures dip, unfortunately, wind speeds will remain below 20 Miles Per Hour tonight, so hopefully really helping firefighters get the upper hand with that contain the fire. Just specifically before our next when the van arrives by this weekend. Air quality though for us here in the bay area noticing some improvement in the north bay but along the east bay south and the San Francisco peninsula tracking moderate amounts of air particles out there right now and the winds will shift tomorrow from the northeast to the northwest. So we will pick up a little bit more moisture. Thanks to that cool sea breeze influence, but unhealthy air particles and were going to see a blanket of smoke and ash throughout the bay area. So if you dont need to be outside. Please dont make sure to limit out to vitti as much as you can as you head outdoors because we are tracking not only a spare the air alert. But also an air quality advisory as well, not just for today, but also for tomorrow as well we did have record breaking heat in the forecast for the bay area today at San Francisco airport and even downtown oakland but tying the record of 89 degrees in richmond set back in 19 65 in todays daytime highs. A good 15 to even 25 degrees above average widespread upper 80s and low to mid 90s and right now tracking a cooler air mass specifically for those of you in the east bay marine layer, nowhere in sight and temperatures out there right now in oakland in the mid 70s as also for downtown San Francisco in half moon bay, cooling down a bit now into the upper 70s as opposed to the low 80s. But even cooler temperatures for those of you in napa take a look at that dip in 57 degrees right now so we are noticing more than a 20 degree cool down even santa rosa nevado in the mid 60s so much needed relief, especially for those of you in the north bay. Overnight lows tonight, well dip into the upper 40s for santa rosa, widespread 50s and 60s everywhere else in the bay area in tomorrows daytime highs we are going to be slightly cooler but still about 10 to 15 degrees above average but no record breaking heat in the forecast to endow your work week friday. Downtown San Francisco 84 degrees mid 80s for oakland, upper 80s for livermore in san jose and even santa rosa cooling down into the low 90s but we do have a fire weather watch that will go into effect saturday night through monday morning could see gusts in Sonoma County hills and mountains upwards of about 80 Miles Per Hour or less so dangerous fire conditions as of offshore winds return, becoming more widespread in the east bay and parts of the San Francisco peninsula as well so something were certainly going to keep an eye on here from the kron for Weather Center but tracking a cooldown in dry conditions for your halloween ken pam back to you, thanks bree said downtown guys are real now something of a ghost the. Do see a back shuns from that fire kron fours Justine Waltman has been talking with people who stay behind and guys built to help the fight fighters justine. Well here in downtown guys are real it is pitch black outside right now the power has been shut off and people were told to evacuate earlier this morning, the fire burning just one mile from here in the hillside, the geysers but when people left had no idea when theyll be able to come back. If thered be anything to come back to. For this huge tanker truck before it heads back to flames in downtown guys are built one q a homeowner left the hose on anything to protect the property for families forced to leave early this morning. It has been a long day of uncertainty we want to go home. Get some sleep as the fire inched closer Business Owners closed up and tried to take with them what they could. Think you you hasnt come back thats definitely a possibility. Generator just wanted for this pizza restaurant as the owner wait to see. And fire trucks raced right to the danger zone at the geyser bill market even with no power on inside the owners place free water and snacks outside for firefighters, Community Coming together what it is being torn apart. Want to help them, you know, theyre working hard out there for us. That Restaurant Owner carrying out those big bags of pasta was taking them to an Evacuation Center to help make food for First Responders and also for people who dont know yet when theyll be allowed to go home. The air here is still very smoky and smashed started to rain down on us. Yet again. So its unclear when the evacuation will be over. Thats noit people are not allowed to come here, though a Sonoma County sheriffs deputys car just drove right through the area making sure that there are no looters and something thats coming people here. A lot of hope that there will penny at unnecessary problems. Live tonight in downtown guys develop just moment for news site justine take care of yourself there. Governor Gavin Newsome says he takes ownership of the power shut off switch have. Left hundreds of thousands of people in the dark in the middle of this ongoing high fire danger, speaking in los angeles today, the governor blasted pg and other utilities for failing to modernize their electrical systems. He says shutting off power should not have to be the alternative. I must confess it is infuriating beyond words. To live in a state. And extraordinarily. And capable as the state of california to be living in an environment where we are seen this kind of disruption in these kind of blackouts. And you may recall over the last couple of weeks. Pg has said that these power safety power of Public Safety power shutoff could go on for another 10 years, however, the governor says it is on him to make sure the power blackouts to not continue and then just hours after the governor spoke. We learned that pg any did have a problem with a transmission tower near the kim k fire pge filed report with the state Public Utilities commission about that problem and also talked about it during a News Conference. And later grant lodes joins us now in the studio with us what the company had to say about all of this very interesting it turns out the genie can cut the power to all the homes and businesses but. Theres the possibility not saying its definitive but theres the possibility that if those big transmission towers still have juice going to them. That could be an issue and that may be the cause of this fire dont know for sure pg e is saying it is still too soon to know whether its faulty equipment is responsible for starting this wildfire in Sonoma County. But in this report to the california Public Utilities commission today. It says it learned of a transmission level outage. In the geysers around 9 20 last night that 7 minutes before cal fire first responded to the kincaid fire. It also says around 7 30 this morning apg any employee patrolling that line saw that cal fire had taped off the area around the base of the transmission tower and then a cal fire official told the employee. There appeared to be a broken jumper on the tower jumpers basically a wire that transfers electricity in a statement, the utility says while pgas distribution lines. The ones that go to peoples homes and businesses in these areas were d energize power was cut the transmission lines. Were not the energized because of the forecast and weather conditions, particularly the wind speeds. They say they didnt meet the criteria for such a shutdown the leader of the Utility Company defending that decision. Waters. Again want to stress tills too soon to know whether pg es faulty equipment is responsible for starting this recent wildfire. But the utility says it is now working with cal fires fire investigators to get the answer to that question will keep you posted ken pam back to you thank you grant tonight, were learning of another possible large power shut off by pg need because of the strong winds and the dry conditions. This would be the 3rd one just this month Contra Costa County Officials Say pg is planning another power outage possibly affecting areas throughout the entire county. It will start at 10 oclock this saturday night, heres a map showing the potential outage areas. Contra costa county officials are warning that the outage could last through 2 oclock on monday afternoon. And we should point out based on this map. It appears at Alameda County is also included. Earlier this evening pga needed give the allclear to on of the customers from the Public Safety power shutoff which started yesterday except for those who live in kern county. Our coverage continues at kron 4 dot com there youll find an interactive map of the evacuation zone plus video from the moment, the fire in Sonoma County started and listen both school and road closures, its all at kron 4 dot com and you can continue watching our coverage of the wildfires by skipping the commercials and tuning in to crime on. The bay areas only 24 hour local streaming news service because of the public emergency threat from the pg power shut off. We are offering kron on for free. You can download the app now from the app there will be on high alert through the weekend for more fires that could break out today the agency sent. 2 airplanes from hollister to tackle the fire that was burning near near a beach in marin county. Kron fours trump by double talk to him. Fire cal fire captain about fighting the fires from the air. From helping douse a vegetation fire you are beaching or in county thursday. One of 2 such planes based here in hollister the groom and asked to t tankers and support crews are on high this weekend. Yes, definitely so i know in the south at least where were located and theyve and Stephanie Cutter and held off all of our personnel on duty, so were ready to go for any fire that starts in this area. Additional attack response area. Used to have at least one of these planes are helicopter over a fire within 20 minutes of its being reported just back from the marine county fire. This air tankers and loaded. A 100 gallons of fire retardant in under 5 minutes flat. Captain for his onboard a smaller plane high above the fire, acting as a kind of air more air Traffic Controller corden ending with firefighters on the ground. So my job is to fly know be 10 and fly up above the other aircraft the tankers and helicopter make sure theres real separation between them and so guide the tankers and helicopters in were dropped and work with the Ground Resources Incident Commander to make sure our resources are working together with the Ground Resources to help again the fire. With captain for says the men and women who fly these air tankers are some of the best pilots in the business. Yeah, its risky. But thats our job and we actually my job is to maintain the safety the aircraft so were all on alert making sure we look out for power lines, the pilots are going to fly through smoke in caucus in the mountainous terrain that theyre flying into so. And tracking calmer wind speeds out there in the bay area but a fire weather watch will go into effect starting saturday night and it may be upgraded to another red announcer 5 million kidsgaretn epidemic fueled by juul with their kidfriendly flavors. 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This is video from earlier this morning when the fire started to gain more traction here is what we know about the can kade fire tonight it broke out last night at 9. 47 we were telling you about it during our 10 oclock newscast last night a broke out near the. Geysers geothermal plant over the last 24 hours that fire has grown to 16,000 acres. The fire is now only 5 contained. It has destroyed 49 structures and this reminder officials stress the entire town of guys are valle is under a mandatory Evacuation Order and thats where we pick up our Team Coverage with kron fours taylor pas aqi was actually she joins us live from kaiser bill with more on what learning. Taylor. A lot this fire is still blazing in a massive there are there is a little bit of good news here. Theyve had theyve been able to slow this fire just a little bit its grown as we mentioned 6,000 acres. Thats a little significant compared to how fast. They grew last night now. Firefighters say that the wind conditions slowing really help them out today. They were also able to see the fire for the first time in the daylight so it helped them the area and create a Strategic Plan on how to tackle this. Now at that latest update. Cal fire says that the king cake fire is now 16,000 acres in 5 contained right now at least 49 structures are destroyed and thankfully there are no reports of any deaths or missing persons 1300 firefighters on the line on the line trying to get a handle on this fire. Youre expected to increase cruz by 50 as early as tomorrow morning. Cal fire says it has a tankers also on scene the Sonoma County fire the scene the county Sheriffs Office alsa reminds us that those mandatory evacuations are still in effect and theyre still in place as evacuations are for 2000 people, but the Sheriffs Office says that not everyone has evacuated now despite some of this progress cal fire says theres a race against the clock. Early the first 16,000 acres. We have reached 5 containment. We do have 49 structures confirmed destroyed. That damage. The assessment continues. It is not over. But that is our current out yeah, absolutely right up against the clock, not only a with that would just to be a continuing drying few oysters. But the winds are predicted over the next couple dayswere had just the other night. Now with these wind conditions over the weekend in mind. Cal fire says that theyre also again increasing the firefighters to 50 tomorrow morning. They also say for anybody that is worried about their homes. I know a lot of us are hank shes to get back home but the Sheriffs Office says that there are deputies monitoring those areas, those properties in the evacuated areas, keeping an eye out and making sure that everyone stay safe and everything stays safe as well reporting live from the cal fire headquarters to lead sec e for news sake, you taylor we also want to check back in with dan thorn. Hes also an guys or villain another area where the fire crews are not only dealing with a massive kincaid fire but. Also the rough terrain had and its dark of those roads are narrow and windy. So how are firefighters coping with all of that. Well theyve been really depending on a lot of the airdrops especially during the day because of this rough terrain, you know theyre trying to go down some of these hillsides, hundreds of feet. With these big fire hoses just trying to get all of knocked down and here at a fuel station area right now where over the last hour it sort of calmed down there were a lot more trucks that are coming in here to fuel often they were heading up to an area here which is a moody lane which is right off of river road which is closed to all people that are not emergency officials and theyre heading out to an to mop it off but take a look at what it looked like earlier today where flames were sort not taking off on some of the hillsides that are out here. Near some and with that added danger to the terrain. There have been trees and tree limbs that have been burning those tree limbs have been breaking off so its been crucial for crews to be wearing their helmets out here in many of these areas. They like i mentioned theyve been really depending on these airdrops from helicopters to really help out. With these difficult spot simon from where ive been seeing the firefight throughout the day and into the night and this is just east of guys are ville near a some of Alexander Valley vineyards including xy alina winery which is just off of river road. But before the sun went down tonight you can see an eerie sort of red glow in the sky from all the smoke. Its been pretty difficult over the past couple of hours to really see much because of how dark it is out here there is not a lot of lighting. However we did see that there are some people that have kind of gone through the roadblocks that around here checking up on people that did not evacuate. There are plenty of deputies out here so you will be caught if youre trying to get into these areas. He should heed the evacuation warnings. Crews are just out here, im trying to help out there not only putting out these fires, but theyre also trying to make sure that your property is protected. So please Pay Attention to warnings that the emergency crews have been putting out there as was probably mention by taylor and also the top of this newscast. The big concern for a lot of the crews out here. Its just the coming days with these on these high winds. Theyre going to be stronger from whats being predicted than they were when this fire first started out so crews are hoping to get this all wrapped up by as quickly as possible. And of course theyve been getting a lot of support up here from Fire Departments that are all across the bay area. Dan thank you very much for that we want to show you something pam we havent seen this yet. This is video that just come in to kron 4. Take a look at this its not snow. Its at ash from the kinkaid fires following a lot like snowflakes ashen heavy smoke from this a big fire are visible and much of the north bay tonight but by tomorrow because of the winds shifting uh some of this ash and certainly the smoke may be visible in the east bay as well all right, lets check back in with mum bree said get a sense of whats going to happen overnight into tomorrow, the winds die down a bit now but the expected to pick up again. Yeah. Really tracking some pretty favorable conditions considering what firefighters went through last night, huge improvement, especially for the wind speeds right now tracking gus less than 20 Miles Per Hour. But it is very warm dry air mass that is giving fires. Fire fire really very dangerous conditions out there right now an unfavorable really conditions right now 75 degrees relative humidity. Bone, dry, 11 and this fire is going to have an impact for us here in the bay area because we are going to see widespread smoke, impossible ashes. Well, blanketing the bay area for tomorrow as our wind shift smoke and even some small concerns will be an issue because of these above average temperatures and it is going to remain in effect through your friday so unhealthy air particles as winds tomorrow change direction from the northeast to the northwest and unhealthy air particles from everyone in the North Bay South bay along the east bay and the coast as well. Lets take a look at your wakeup planner forecast because we are tracking cool your temperatures but still about 10 to 15 degrees above average widespread 80s along the coast along the bay and even for interior valleys as well low 90s for conquered and even santa rosa, nevada was well warming up into low carb race so no wrecking heat in the forecast but is going to be this next wind event that we really need to watch out for and that is why we do have a fire weather watch that will go into effect starting saturday night through monday morning for most of the bay area and where that kim k fires burning they could see gusts throughout the Sonoma County hills upwards of about 80 Miles Per Hour or less and for the rest of the bay area that 30 to 50 miles per so it is going to be a strong wind event very similar to the 2017 wine country fires with conditions like that theyre so we are going to keep an eye on that all weekend long but as you could see tracking cooler temperatures as we take a look ahead and our 10 at 10 outlook. The cooling trend is going to continue all weekend long and even through monday of next week where temperatures will actually cool down into the mid 70s, a very dry forecast for your halloween near average highs by next friday, but plenty of sunshine and iran halloween. Thats when we start to notice some pop possible showers making its way into the bay area because our wet season starts in november. But we are going to start november on a very dry note and also above average as well so this is something that maybe our winter outlook coming up with above average temperatures and less rainfall as we head into this upcoming winter season back to ken and pam tom, a breeze of those showers cant come fast enough, well People Living in geyser bill as we have said are still under that mandatory Evacuation Order tonight. That order affects about 2000 people in gaza ville and and in the hills east of guys are firefighters are telling really have to get out of the area and also the northern part of healdsburg is under an evacuation. Warning crews say People Living in that area should be packed and ready to go at a moments notice kron fours grant lotus here to break down exactly where these areas are located grant. Yes campaign. Theres a pretty useful tool that county of sonoma has released and we have a link to it on our website check it out real quickly year all running through show you how works the area that is shaded in this 10 color is the evacuation zone. And red shaded areas for all the different locations where power has been cut as we zoom in you see a bunch of red dots right that is where the fire has burned or is burning it started up here and then quickly started moving to the south and to the west overnight and late last night, good news is as weve been tracking this this updates, you know not in real time, but pretty close to it. We havent seen the continual advancement of the fire. Toward the town here of guys are ville we zoom into guys are real you see these icons indicated road closures. Highway one 28 shut down. Along the Russian River here as you zoom back out you can to see the scope of the issue here for folks living in and around the evacuation zone. There are of course hoping to go home sooner than later again we posted that link on kron 4 dot com and Evacuation Centers have been set up to help people affected by that fire and those are also listed here on the map and ken back to you grant thank we have the Evacuation Centers listed here on your screen right now along with the address is the Healdsburg Community center in the Sonoma County fairgrounds. And you can also check kron 4 dot com for the latest information regarding the fire. Evacuations and much more. All right check in again with kron fours gayle ong who has been live in geyser bill for us all night long and gail of that such a fun town to visit with the little shops and restaurants and wineries a a festive place to go but now a whole different mood there and i know some structures on the edge of guys are build have been destroyed so walk us through whats happening in guys are real right now. Aftermath of the can kade fire at least 3 homes went up at its worst the air was filled with smoke and embers swirling the wind there was no wind when i went to bed this time maybe 50 mile an hour winds. But it wasnt blowing when it was was a gusty when it was my cover. Like a windstorm circular. It started Late Wednesday night in quickly got out of control you can see the glow but at that time it looked as though he was probably the head north northwest, incredibly everyone got out ahead of the flames that firefighters did everything they could to save homes, but strong winds and dry conditions threaten the entire community thought it was going away, but apparently is a. Contained pretty this job is about the only thing left standing in what was just hours ago someones home pretty said. Those we were there when alex sink went to check on his friends home on geysers road in geyser ville heartbreaking. Thing in thing could happen to close to home. Police sooner than later thank you gayle, large animals that have been evacuated from the fire are finding shelter, the Sonoma County fairgrounds the fairgrounds c e o says there are up to 800 stalls for the animals. They can accommodate everything from horses to mules even that a pot belly pig, african cranes or even there the fairgrounds will remain open as long as it is needed. Our coverage continues kron 4 dot com there you can find interactive map of the evacuation zone plus video from the moment this fire ignited and listen vote. Closures in the well as you know about more breaking news just coming in to the kron 4 news room, there is a fire burning near livermore its called the mines fire, im looking at a cow fire s c you tweet and it says right now that fire has burned 35 acres Ground Resources as well as air attack are in route that the tweet coming 4 minutes ago from cal fire. So once again its mines road is closed to all traffic because of this fire office called the mines fire burning outside of livermore will ed because of weather conditions. We certainly dont want to alarm people but people do need to be aware even though its small right now. This time last night we were talking about the kim k fire. It started at a 100 acres before we went off the air with hazard and 16,000 and that has grown to 16,005 contained. The kim k fire has. Destroyed 49 structures and has prompted the Evacuation Orders as weve been telling you throughout the night of at least 2000 people, doug johnson has more. So is moving really fast will be less than a mile from the fire lines. Harry whetsel says his neighbor will come up late last night so orange glow in sky and hes packing up as animals riveria the tubbs fire and others burned in the area in 2017. He has family wasted no time getting ready to leave was nearly identical 2017. It was hot and dry crazy windy and the wind is blowing all kinds of different directions, cal fire says the fire started at a bad time when east to west winds were blowing up to 60 Miles Per Hour turning over 10,000 acres in less than 12 hours. Geyser bill in the surrounding areas have been told to evacuate multiple structures have burned the cal fire still cant say how many nor give a number on homes loss and this is the problem when you have a fire that burns on a structure there can be open flames burning in it for hours afterwards material underneath is still very hot and take a look at this. This is a Power Generator likely running last night because theres no power out here all part of pg es Public Safety power shut down a move frustrating residents like whetsel we have the power and since about 2 30 yesterday afternoon. Packing a lawyer stuff to try and get out of the house, a little night with no lights, little bit slow well conditions are pretty bad overnight so far today, the weather has been cooperating. As wind speeds dropped to single digits. Cal fire says the fire is still growing north and east more remote areas near the geysers Geothermal Power plant very steep terrain. Grass and brought. Strong winds predicted this weekend could bring the flames closer to a homes my computer right flight dog still its out what will says hes staying ready leave what still is questioning why he doesnt have power over the power outage was to read this kind of thing. Also a kron 4 dot com theres a list of all the schools that are closed tomorrow all schools are closed in the Alexander Valley School District. Plus the guys are ville School District more schools could cancel classes. It all depends on the fire conditions and the air quality. The Sonoma County office of education says it will be updating the list throughout the night and tomorrow morning and again well post it at kron 4 dot com throughout the day today there been a number of smaller fires, many of them have been quickly contained one was in richmond one was in. Common called the euro fire in moran, those fires seem to be under control and have been not down however and san matteo kime county. Firefighters are dealing with a vegetation fire that was off highway one north of. Zoga so im not sure this is for now because creek road. It started as a 20 acre fire that spread to 75 acres were keeping an eye on that one as well wildfire of course burning near los angeles you probably heard about firefighters are calling this the take fire. That fire is now at 5,000 acres, forcing horses as you can see to flee. It started earlier today in la county it is still just 0 contained several homes have been destroyed. At least 40,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. To finnerty making it easy access all your favorite entertainment. Going to shift just a little bit and talk about some sports tonight. Yeah, its the new warriors in their first night in a new center and its not looking like the old warriors give it some time to give it some time but uh yeah embarking on a new journey with this team here and here we go much as change over the last several months and tonight is the start of a new era for warriors basketball in more ways than one, not only is the Team Fielding an entirely different roster. But if the regular season debut of their new home in San Francisco here we go there it is one billion chase center state of the art, looking great packed with the usual sellout warriors crowd and theyre facing a Clippers Team picked a replace them as western champions early on Kawhi Leonard mid range, automatic clippers scored the first 14 points of the game. Warriors baker warrior Dangelo Russell the second of backtoback treys 1610 clips russell end of the night 20 second stanza steph curry corner 3. Its money down 5750 however curry led the warriors with 23 when late in the half lou williams, 18 off the bench before the break pull up. Thats his game he finished with 22 and Klay Thompson can only watch clippers up 11 at the head. Shot goes down 7860 clips getting ugly kawhi sat the entire 4th dropped 21, Patrick Patterson he was on fire. The big guy one of his 6, 3, pointers clippers up by nearly 30. Next possession. Montrezl harrell off the pass from williams throws it down clippers are feeling good steve kerr not so much final score one 41 won 22 clips la put up 68 2018 threes. Next up sunday, okc likely said ken and pam give it time a new team new chemistry right exact we let it all work out lot of new young guy i so still age to go. Borrowed this from the tnt crew said that was the worst loss in she Center History lets check back in with very sad. Tracking gusty winds this weekend that fire weather watch has just been upgraded. High wind watch for this weekends the holidays begin here at the disneyland resort. Itan [ applause ] thank you. Liberty mutual customizes your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need. I love you only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Next the news continues and our 24 7 streaming Service Called kron on on his commercial free cancer, gene and stand by the newsroom with what were working kron on of c the latest has forced. Thousand of evacuations destroyed dozens of buildings and were buildings and were braced for what could b windier weather this weekend. Well have a live report from guys are real thats coming up at 11 back to you. Thank you catherine make sure and download the kron on app to get 24 7 commercial free local News Coverage robbery set. Now lets take a look at a final check at your 4 zone forecast tale of 2 cities out there in the bay area really divided. Upwards of 22 degrees of cooling because of those lack of northerly winds nap and fairfield seeing the biggest drop in temperatures right now compared to 24 hours ago, 22 did degree difference right now and f 16 degree warmup just because you did notice a warm air mass today and also some northerly winds in your area so temperatures out there right now already cooling down into the 50s or santa rosa and napa 64 degrees for nevada with widespread 70s for most of the bay area. 60s for the interior valleys of the east bay and san jose, currently at 67 degrees and overnight lows tonight, dipping into the 50s and 60s with the exception of santa rosa 48 degrees for you so much needed relief after the scorching temperatures and tomorrow. I am tracking a slightly cooler air air forecast but we are still going to notice temperatures about 15 to nearly 20 degrees above average but some relief compared to today. No record breaking heat in the forecast for the bay area in downtown San Francisco, 84 degrees. 85 for those of you in redwood city concord 91 degrees in 92 for santa rosa from san jose, 80 degrees for your friday afternoon highs and that fire weather watch that ive been tracking all day has just been upgraded into a high wind watch and we can expect high Wind Warnings this weekend and also red flag warnings as well specifically for those of you in the north bay Sonoma County mountains could actually see wind gusts upwards of 80 Miles Per Hour less with widespread speeds in the 30 to 50 mile per hour range for everyone else in the bay area but tracking slightly cooler forecast this weekend that cooling trend. 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