Fires and Mass Evacuations may be the new norm, its going to be early and more often folks have been experiencing this california the last couple of years. Thank you for joining us at 5 oclock everybody im grant lotus there is cautious optimism tonight in the fight against. 3 Massive Wildfire systems in the bay area combined. They have now burned nearly 800,000 acres. 5 people have died in the lnu lightning complex fires. Those burning in the north bay. They burned more than 350,000 acres making this the second largest fire in state history. That complex now, 22 contained. Meanwhile 5 people have been injured in the scu lightning complex fire system. Thats burning in the east and south bays and beyond fires there have scorched nearly 344,000 acres, making that system the 3rd largest in state history. And yesterday a 70 yearold mans body was recovered by crews working the czu august lightning complex fires burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains and parts of southern San Mateo County that complex has now burned nearly 80,000 acres we have Team Coverage tonight as crews worked to try to get these fires more under control kron fours dan kerman is in Santa Cruz County with the latest on that czu complex kron fours michelle kingston is in the north bay with the damage. Were seeing from the lnu fires in the breeze around rig as our meteorologist is tracking the weather conditions. Firefighters are up against. We start with dan who is live in Scotts Valley tonight with what cruiser dealing with dan how is it there. Well here we have 13 containment on this fire is cheetah said is burning in northern Santa Cruz County and southern San Mateo County. They did make a lot of progress last night, the laying a lot of dozer line on the western part of this fire now trying to connected to the northern and eastern parts of this fire. But they say theyre still a long ways to go. This is what the Boulder CreekFire Department has been facing for days now. Were saving as many homes as we can. And unfortunately we havent been able to save them all. And there will be some tragedy of. People losing their homes former fire chief and current fire commissioner sam robust ilie has lived here all his life and says its nothing like hes ever seen its got a friend on it probably over 20 miles. It jumps from place to place and we get spotted this fire, well go into an unburned area now and it will grow ambers out that could stop. 2 to 3 miles away. And create another fire. And while the streets looked deserted firefighters say some residents are sneaking back in hampering firefighting efforts with no end in sight. The former chief is encouraging residents to adhere to evacuation orders people need to be. Reasonable give us time to do this. We know its inconvenient but it makes it much easier for us to do our work. Outside Scotts Valley evacuated residents were lining up on monday in hopes they could be escorted back home to pick a few things up theyve left behind act waited on thursday knowing it was coming. Because we wanted to make sure that our family was safe and 2 kids a nanny and a husband and 3 dogs. Our bearded dragon and a fish stick that have all been about your foremost they had no idea the fire would last this long ive been up here for 50 years and you know the firemen in this area are like superheroes so i didnt expect to be out of the house for more than a couple of days. And it is more than a couple of days and it will likely be at least another week, according to a fire chief we spoke with and possibly even longer than that we should tell you that those who are lining up trying to be escorted back in we didnt see one cause score did back in. That seems to be a very unlikely. Right now were expecting an update on what this fire here in santa cruz and San Mateo County is going to do that update coming our way at 06 00pm thats the latest reporting live in Scotts Valley. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Thank you dan now for more on the devastating fires, not only here in the bay area but statewide were joined by cal fire Information Officer bryce bennett. Rice thanks for taking the time would is it safe to say that we dodged a bullet overnight and this morning with regards to the lightning and the winds. Absolutely. Event of the lightning occurring. Its allowed firefighters to get up close right to the fires edge and put more fire line down. Which of the 3 fires burning in the bay area the fire complexes would you say is most concerning for fire crews tonight. I would say all of them. We are most concerned with life and making sure that we keep residents safe so all of these fires are within perimeters are communities. So theres no one given fire that is more important than the other. All of them have a tremendous amount of the neighborhoods in the areas. Im majority of those individuals were treats land and ready to go and they evacuated early and that is a a saving grace that allow the firefighters to get in there and do the work. Were seeing increases in containment obviously battling these massive complexes has been. Referenced is more analogous to a marathon because these take weeks to put out, we know that but with the progress being made when if youre projecting out given the Weather Forecast later this week. Do you expect to see some real containment that allows large amounts of people to go back to their homes. We already have seen that in some simply due to just the sheer volume of these fires, the small percentage increases and containment or actually substantial amounts of land and we have had a lot of people to be able to get back into their home safely. But on the other hand the fire still be been moving in another direction where we have to ask those people to get out of the way so responders can get in there so its a very dynamic situation on all fronts simply due to the sheer volume of the land thats involved. I know youre getting help and resources from several states in the western us a crew of more than 40 people just showed up from texas so theyre coming but almost not fast enough it seems like i know crews were working 72 hour shifts at one point last week. How are the men and women on the front lines holding up tonight and are you still in the process of requesting additional reinforcements. Well yes to all First Responders in california are no stranger to natural disasters fire flood earthquake. Whatever it may be. California has a wildfire problem as well so First Responders of all kinds fire nurses doctors ems personnel, were used to working until the job is done and we wont stop will take short breaks here and there, but we wont stop so those crews coming in from those other states are allowing us a slight reprieve to get rest to get resupplied in certain situations and also the still responded daily emergencies that are occurring regular at vehicle accidents and medical aid that occur. Regardless of whether or not theres a wildfire going on. Right bryce been appreciated a few minutes of your time tonight Information Officer with cal fire all the best to the men and women with cal Fire Fighting these fires, thank you. Right now we want to bring you more details on the deadly and destructive lnu complex fire system thats the one burning in the north base a lot of county napa and yolo lake in sonoma counties as well. Today we we learned that the flames have claimed the lives of 5 people and destroyed hundreds of homes the fire grew overnight to more than 350,000 acres and those fires have burned continually containment stands at 22 our Team Coverage continues now with kron fours michelle kingston who is live in healdsburg michelle. Whats the latest to your location. So we are in healdsburg on the corner of west side road and mill creek road you can see this is mill creek road right here behind me it is shut down the road is close. Several deputies are blocking the road you get further down the road theres a lot of devastation and destruction and fire. While trial which is burning for a week now is just 5 contained. And for 54,000 acres, its part of a larger ll new complex fire that has burned 800 structures and our people have died. The city of new bern e to pay a one remains under an evacuation warning. Evacuation order for residents of the city appealed for west of what were going to hear great has been reduced to a warning as well. Doesnt mean that theyre out of the woods. So means that they have to have a ready to go in case conditions change. But we have seen several days now we expected some significant fire behavior not materialize. So as those conditions change we change our plans were able to repopulate a number of areas we still ask people to remain ready the fire does move in a different direction. And wall was 3 road. Firefighters say whats making the fire difficult to control the dense Wooded Forest in rugged terrain but a white tank that was forecast last night didnt hit sonoma county. That was a big win for crews out here who are able to get into a good rhythm get better containment over the weekend and into today that the goal for the rest of today is to really try to control those fire lines but they do say. This fire is going to take quite a while until they get it fully contained by the healdsburg tonight, michelle kingston kron 4 news. Thank shell thousands of people in the north they have been ordered to leave their homes. This is the latest evacuation map for sonoma county. The red portion means the evacuation orders are mandatory there yellow her first to an evacuation warning People Living there not required to leave currently, but if the call comes theyre told to be ready to go at a moments notice. The fires also impacting People Living in napa and solano counties in the bay want to take a look at those evacuation maps. This is napa county. Unlike other maps, the blue area here is where the mandatory evacuation orders are while the red demonstrates the heat intensity from flames People Living in that little yellow area are under an evacuation warning and should be ready to roll if the call comes meanwhile, its a lot of county you can see the red here indicating where the mandatory evacuation orders are the yellow indicating evacuation warnings and some good news story. These wildfires and evacuations. The National WeatherService Today cancel the red flag warning early. They say moisture has moved out of our area and to the north and the moisture contained. Lightning which was the real issue and some winds and for me or details on all of that we go to kron fours meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez time embrace a hater grand, yeah. We dodged a major bullet last night and through this morning, so Mother Nature finally giving us a little bit of a break and giving fire crews of fighting chance with all these wildfires we actually did pick up a 10th of an inch of rain in santa rosa yesterday fortunately, no lightning strikes in a little bit more moisture out there in napa 79 degrees. And thanks to the cooler temperatures bumping up relative humidity up to 54 wind speed sustained at 14 Miles Per Hour with gusts less than 20 Miles Per Hour and were going to see the wind shift out of the westsouthwest tomorrow 20 Miles Per Hour or less throughout the bay area so even better news tracking a deepening marine layer tonight during the overnight hours could bring us some patchy coastal drizzle and cooling down temperatures in the bay area and not only that adding more moisture for our firefighters, so theyre going to have a lot more of that cooler air mass to deal with for your tuesday afternoon with relative humidity 50 to 60 huge improvement from last week we were bone dry graham back to you. Great news. Thank a brace our coverage continues at kron 4 dot com there you can find a complete list of evacuation orders and warnings you can also track the wildfires on an interactive map and find out about any alerts regarding weather in your neighborhood, its all on kron 4 dot com. Still to come here on the news at 5 California Supreme Court has reversed the death sentence for Scott Peterson the 2002 deaths of his wife lacey and their unborn son we hear from a very a criminal defense attorney about what this means in the peterson case and after the break our wildfire coverage continues these massive lightning com road closures in wildfire zone served there for a reason right to keep people safe. Today kron fours Haaziq Madyun spoke to a deputy who says even highly trained First Responders sometimes have trouble driving in wildfire conditions do not go around road closures in wildfire zones thats the message from bay area Law Enforcement agencies who ward ignoring the closures. Could cost you your life. With gets you its not the flames in the fight, its the smoke is tremendous amounts look this is video from deputies with the Alameda CountySheriffs Office that are assigned to the scu lightning complex 5 big rocks on the days other words. Whats stopping here. Deputies cited ray kelly described a recent situation while trying to drive in these dangerous conditions and it was 1 oclock in the afternoon. It was pitch black up there on the roads you cannot see. With the amount of smoke. There is no daylight or your future headlights on your vehicle you can barely see the road. And so trying to navigate and operate in an environment like that even as a trained firefighter or a Law Enforcement person is is almost impossible and if youre a someone whos not experienced in those environments, youre looking for trouble. He says that trouble could come crashing down on you all firefighters are dousing the blaze from up above water coming out of one of those. Aircraft ah it it was the exterior definitely. We need to kill you or seriously injure you know water very heavy because and compress and its with a tremendous amount forces. While officials with the Sheriffs Office say they understand why someone may think its worth the risk to go around a road closure. Deputies say it is their duty to warn the public and to prevent that action if possible were not going to allow you to go into an area where we know theres a high likelihood that you can get killed. And so were not going to the reader has it made you kron 4 news. Meanwhile, california leaders continue to request more firefighting help from out of state as officials brace for even more fires to flare up in the coming days kron fours Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala joins us live to explain the states latest effort, hi, ashley. I grant you but still months left in the fire season. This data is already showing that this one is historic Emergency Management officials are bracing for the potential for even more to flare up as the weather could get worse. 14,000 california firefighters are on the front lines working to put out more than 600 fires burning across the state included in that number the second and 3rd largest wildfires in state history. Each caused by lightning strikes in Northern California last week we are deploying every resource at our disposal governor Gavin Newsome said monday emergency leaders are bracing for even more fires to flare up after 300 lightning strikes hit the state between sunday and monday sparking 10 new fires with now a major disaster declaration from the president california has requested 375 fire engines and crews from out of state about 100 of them have come in from nearby states with air support coming in from the National Guards of kansas idaho, utah this week. Is going to be a profoundly important week in terms of. Our efforts and were going to put everything that we have to do we can because this weve got some wind conditions that may be shifting may be changing state peterson as of monday there are more than 2000 fire. Evacuee statewide most of them are staying in non congregate shelters like hotel rooms for the 700 that are staying in large shelters with mandatory Health Screenings and covid19 measures in place the governor says hes pleased with what hes seen at the shelters. Hes visited recently what i saw i was very impressed. And very gratified of the seriousness to which people are taking and this effort. Now the governor pointed out that let this time last year california have 4200 wildfires that burned 56,000 acres. So far this year weve seen 7,000 wildfires burn 1. 4 million acres the majority of that land burned just within the last week, reporting live in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Thank you actually the numbers are stunning in the north bay we continue to monitor the woodward fire in western marin county it has grown to nearly 2500 acres. Containment is 5 raise continues. Area of the Point Reyes National seashore as air support is being utilized the dense smoke is affecting People Living in marin and San Francisco among other places, 3 firefighters have been hurt battling the fire but they will the okay there are more than 1600 structures threatened because of this fire. Evacuation warnings are in place for a number of communities in west marin and most places are closed to visitors. Time now for a weather check with our meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez and a brace a here we are another weekend. Another big wildfire fight you and another spare the air alert in effect gran in effect today through wednesday. So it has been extended because of that smoke and ash expect to see some better improvement with air quality. Later into this work weekend through the weekend specially as firefighters begin to contain those wildfires even more. Lets take a live look outside and we are looking at San Francisco international airport, another dry hazy smoky day in the bay area with above average temperatures starting to cool down though along the coast, thanks to the return of that marine layer off the coast going to make its way inland during the overnight hours. Downtown San Francisco, 63 degrees Half Moon Bay in the low 60s with san jose at 82 degrees, widespread mid 80s for the tri valley has conquered though upper 80s for you and low 70s for the east bay shoreline with oakland at 72 degrees 79 for napa and santa rosa in the low 80s and current wind speeds out there right now fortunately not as breezy, but we are seeing sustained winds in the double digit upper teens to low 20s right now 20 mile per hour wind speed the downtown San Francisco and 21 Miles Per Hour sustained winds for those of you in fairfield with gusts upwards of 25 Miles Per Hour stormtracker 4 though tracking that fog bank right off the coast and thats going to contribute to our cooler weather starting tomorrow but from now until then we are tracking widespread 50s for overnight lows in the north bay and even for most of the bay areas shoreline with low to mid 60s as you make your way inland and temperatures away from downtown San Francisco about 7 degrees above average but near average highs for downtown San Francisco at 69 degrees and taking a look ahead at the next 7 day forecast the cooling trend will continue through midweek with a slight bump in temperatures this upcoming weekend back to hugh grant. Thanks to brace is still ahead tonight, a man in hong kong has gotten covid for a second time by a 33 yearold man in hong kong has become the first documented case of somebody getting covid twice. The man was previously infected just over 4 months ago and only had mild symptoms set time and researchers today said the second more recent infection was completely asymptomatic the man was returning from a trip to spain earlier this month when his infection was detected through screening and testing at the hong kong airport. The first confirmed case of covid reinfection bring some good news. Researchers say. I think is too high the bar to expect. You wouldnt have say is symptomatic infection even mild symptoms of re with revenge what would you want to do it with natural affection with the vaccination is keep people out of the hospital and keep them from dying. Scientists say even if somebody can be infected a second time it is not known if they have some protection against more serious illness. While other experts say more Research Needs to be officials are still recommending physical distancing and Wearing Masks to reduce infection rates. Now the latest locally we have seen more than 77,000 cases in the bay area since the pandemic started Alameda County is experiencing the most cases almost 17,000 of them. The virus has been deadly is there as well. 234 people have died in Alameda County. You can always find a running list of these numbers broken down by city and county on our website. Kron 4 dot com. Sfo is the first u. S. Airport to launch a rapid covid19 Testing Program for its employees. The airport is partnering with Dignity Health to make that happen. The testing facility is in the international terminal. This thing was first launched in late july for testing of Airline Flight crews self ccording to officials test results are returned in less than an hour. The dedicated covid testing area will be available for airport employees from 8 in the morning until 6 every night every day. Coming up next on kron 4 news at 5 an investigation is now underway after a black man was shot by. Wisconsin Police Officer right in front of his 3 children. The man in Critical Condition tonight. And were monitoring new developments with all the fires burning around the bay after the break a live report from the devastating fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains. And tracking the very latest with that czu lightning complex fire