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Breaking news tonight at 10 oclock the wildfires across the bay area are cal fire says the l a new lightning complex fire in the north bay now 25 contained. The scu lightning complex fire in the east and south base 15 contained in the czu august lightning complex on the peninsula and Santa Cruz County is 13 contained thanks for being with us at 10 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Catherine Heenan Vicki Liviakis has the night off. We have a map of where the fires are happening. The lnu lightning complex that this is the biggest it is the deadliest of the mall. So far 5 people have been killed it scorched more than 351,000 acres in solano napa sonoma lake and yolo counties the czu august lightning complex fires burning in the mountains in san mateo and santa cruz counties destroying homes and forcing thousands of people to evacuate their. Finally the scu lightning complex its burned 360,000 acres in contra costa alameda and stannis last counties we have Team Coverage tonight on all 3 complexes kron fours noelle bellow. Taylor bisacky and and dorner all live with the latest on the fires and the damage the evacuations. And our meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is in the Weather Center tonight tracking. The weather conditions go first to know well with the latest on firefighting efforts in napa county noel. Thats right grant and katharine you know while there are still several evacuations in Evacuation Orders in place several or downgraded to warnings today which i know was a welcomed a piece of news for a lot of folks living off of monticello road which is also known as highway one 21 thats where im standing here at the Napa Fire Department if i go east down one 21 thats where several different communities were able to finally return home, however, if you continue going north and meet one 21 at one 28. Theres a reason that Evacuation Orders are still in place for many people down that way and heres why ive got some video showing a tree that was Still Producing flames earlier today brush and trees still smoking and burning near where one 21 in one 28 to meet in napa county i drove down towards steel canyon road. Thats where i saw some devastation of homes and just scorched hillside on both sides of the highway down a little further south though on one 21 you can turn down Wooden Valley road folks there were able to return to their homes today if they so choose. Lots of vineyards down this way i spoke with a man whose wife left when the Evacuation Order came down back. Last wednesday but he stayed behind to try and defend his property and now that his wife is back home as of today at his property is safe. He is breathing a sigh of relief tonight. More relieved a lot more an for us to get prepared for the next we knew that it was here when it was in Lake Hennessey then it got to bury a son and we knew that it was their. We really werent expecting that to come south too much so but but it did. Kind of caught us by surprise a little bit. Yeah thankfully. He had mentioned you know it was a more slower moving fire. So that was what allowed him to get a handle on it him in and several of his friends that helps now i did want to mention not only are folks who stayed behind defending their property. They were also worried about looters. There have been several reports of looting happening up and down one 21 thankfully, there are Police Officers and Law Enforcement kind of staged throughout that highway to try and keep that at bay, but i know that that was definitely something a lot of folks were worried about those who now are in the areas where its just downgraded to a warning they were happy to be back home so that they could continue to defend their property if need be grant vicki and what catherine yes so much talk about the possibility of lightning and high winds. The red flag warning, but it seems like. We dodged that bullet and theres a fog bank at the coast. Im wondering what the weathers like. Inland where you are has has the fog reach 2 is it windy, hows the weather. Theres a theres a little bit of wind here now earlier today it was definitely very smoky still out here and as the sun went down there was still a pretty thick layer of haze over this part of napa however just before this hit i looked up and i could see 2 stars. Im sure that that normally i could see so many more stars out here it was a super super clear night but seeing a couple of stars appear makes me feel pretty good that that its clearing out because that smoke was definitely stick earlier today. Alright noel, thank you, thanks. So much. Glad you saw some stars, thanks know. We want to take a look now at evacuations for napa county and unlike other maps, the blue area. Thats where the mandatory Evacuation Orders are in place the red that demonstrates the heat intensity from the flames People Living in the small yellow area they are under an evacuation warning. They should be ready. Theyve been told to leave at a moments notice. The lnu complex is burning in Solano County as well as other bay area counties napa sonoma. These are images from the last week, flames in vacaville and there are Evacuation Orders in Solano County still you can see the red here indicating the mandatory Evacuation Orders, the yellow indicates evacuation warnings. And one of the areas a hit really hard by the l a new lightning complex fire. That is healdsburg that is where the walbridge fire is happening. It has already destroyed many homes secret for sale of a psac ii she spoke to a family they lived an. Mill creek road in taylor. They now are trying to pick up the pieces figure out whats next. Still at a loss cred theyre still unsure and processing what exactly had happened. But the mill creek road. The scene now is just a lot of ashes and burned down homes. Thats of course further along down mill creek road in getting there isnt easy. Theres a lot of fallen trees and downed power lines that make that track a bit hard. I spoke to a couple like we said they lost everything including their future plans. Planes remain active on mill creek road in healdsburg as dozens of homes are now destroyed we saw this is going to be all the time at home. Homestead though legacy for our children. And weve been and the process of building a farm. And the place for. A long time and now we dont know nor bora out about shes dream home now reduced to rubble or sold his business and the 2 moved up here. Over the last 4 years even building a farm in building their future but that along with family heirlooms now lay among the ashes very startling my husband is a Custom Furniture designer and many pieces that weve had in the family for 20 years or more design pieces beautiful custom pieces are all gone. Family heirlooms jewelry. I these are all things but i think the most important thing is that each object has a. As a human story connected to it and thats thats really what we. Im morning on sunday they return to their home on mill creek road to see the devastation. For themselves. The fire barreled through their property destroying everything in its path. Their cabin, their truck and tractor also their workshop in barn. Despite the destruction all the one thing remained in ok condition. Their garden and its rose is really sort of hout me feel inspired that we can we can move on that theres some hope. Now i spoke to a couple earlier today in San Francisco thats where theyre staying for now and if they havent already been through enough. Well while theyve been there one of their cars was stolen unfortunately really sad to hear that. And of course now back here on mill creek road. This area is still under a mandatory evacuation. You see some of the crews behind me that are watching this road and making sure that no one is getting through. Now were live in healdsburg Taylor Bisacky kron 4 news. Thank you taylor. Thousands of people in north they have been ordered to leave their homes, youre looking the evacuation map for sonoma county. The red that means the Evacuation Orders are mandatory in those areas. Its a big area yellow refers to an evacuation warning People Living there not required to leave right away, but if the call comes they do need to be ready to go and moving to san mateo and santa cruz counties ill see where the c z you on this lightning complex fires have been burning. So far the fire has burned more than 78,000 acres in santa cruz and san mateo counties it has destroyed 276 structures that fire 13 contained. Cal fire has been working to contain this fire for at least 6 days more than 1600 firefighters are on the ground battling that fire kron fours dan thorn on the ground covering developments in Santa Cruz County. Dan whats the latest there. Well those efforts grant and katharine continue tonight in the Santa Cruz Mountains and as you mentioned in the southern portion of San Mateo County. Thousands of people have had to evacuate their homes, many in small towns and communities where this fire continues to burn or at the very least threatens those areas. We saw some damage today in the areas of Boulder Creek and north of there also in bonny doon some people staying behind trying to save some of their homes. We saw. Hundreds of other buildings that have also been destroyed and many more still threatened at this hour. Fire crews saying that this fire is actively burning in heavy timber and also thick undergrowth but they did report today that there have been better firefighting conditions and thats thanks to the improved weather more aerial attacks and also an increase in the number of crews have been out here working these fires evacuees on the other hand have been saying in nearby santa cruz, whether thats in parking lots in rvs or with people they know also at some hotels and they are just patiently waiting right now to get more updates. Im glad that we left them that we were. In the midst of many many many other people who were leaving its a little bit emotional but i i dont know we dont have our jobs weve been lucky through the pandemic to begin less so and i mean its a lot worse for people who have already lost everything. Well the uncertainty is certainly become a struggle. Many were hoping that they werent going to be away from their homes for this long, but that continues to be the case in the meantime crews do not want people trying to get back up into these communities to look at their homes to survey the damage on their own. Crews are out here actively doing that whether it is safe for them to do that they dont want the efforts out here being hampered and they dont want people to be putting themselves on necessarily in danger. Grant and katharine. All right dan thorn live for us tonight in Santa Cruz Mountains. Thank you. Dan, heres an evacuation map for People Living in san mateo and santa cruz counties thats where thats easy you lightning complex is burning the red a mandatory Evacuation Orders only yellow an evacuation warning zone at this time. And our meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez joins us now from the Weather Center and rivers has been checking on weather conditions brace of how tough things Santa Cruz County tonight around the czu complex fires. Yeah were noticing a huge improvement not just tracking a cool sea breeze but also we are seeing cooler temperatures right now in the mid 60s and relative humidity all the way up to 78 so a lot more moisture. That is certainly going to help out firefighters, so that its not so dry and wind speeds in the single digits, so fairly calm at around 5 Miles Per Hour. Getting a low fog bank out there right now as we move closer to the bay area in the east bay shoreline we are noticing some cloud cover finally thanks to the return of august so that marine layer influence starting to extend along the bay with mid 60s for those of you in oakland low 60s for berkeley and upper 60s for those of you in san jose already cooling down into the upper 50s for downtown San Francisco. Thanks to the return of that low and high cloud cover and cool sea breeze right now petaluma 57 degrees as a santa rosa, but nap up a little bit milder at 65 degrees for those of you in the north bay, lets take a look at current wind speeds out there right now fortunately any wind gusts that we do see throughout tonight will be around 15 Miles Per Hour or less with winds out of the westsouthwest tomorrow 20 Miles Per Hour less overall light breezy winds for tomorrow and stormtracker 4 tracking right now that fog bank mainly along the coastline of the bay area cooling down overnight low seeing a lot more 50s as opposed to 60s like we have in the last couple of nights downtown San Francisco expect a cool down to 58 degrees said widespread upper 50s to the east bay shoreline with low to mid 60s as you make your way inland. The one outlier though antioch only cooling down to 71 degrees. So a little bit mild there. But tomorrows daytime highs, the cooling trend will continue still going to be a little bit warm for the tribe valleys in the low 90s widespread 80s as you make your way inland with santa rose at 86 degrees low 80s for those of you in napa so out of the 90s for the north bay where that l a new lightning fire is burning in san jose 86 degrees in downtown San Francisco. Near average highs tomorrow at 69 degrees away from the coast were going to be about 5 degrees above average and taking a look ahead at your 10 at 10 outlook. We will continue with the cooling trend through wednesday were even our inland areas going to cool down to near average but very little change within the next 10 days. Midnineties so fortunately, no excessive heat warnings are heat advisories heading our way into our warmest inland spots and also not tracking any popup thunderstorms for at least the 10 day so great to see that the weather starting to calm down for us in the bay area as well back to hugh grant and katharine. Thank a brace and now to the scu lightning complex you can see here where the fires are burning in alameda contra costa and santa clara counties, flames have spread. More than 360,000 acres now containment up to 15 . Cal fire spokesman joe amador providing an update earlier on this complex system. Now the fire is still. All directions. However we do feel that in the north of where we see the black lives that means that we stop the boards read the fire we feel very comfortable that fire back in that in that area, however along the eastern side of this other side say opened fire line next to me they would talk controlled we are committing resources there to try to contain the fire from spreading to the media Populated Areas. Im a door adds the main focus today was stopping flames from spreading into Populated Areas in gilroy and morgan hill. Crews use water jobs and build a fire line along the southern and southwestern side to best achieve that goal. More mandatory Evacuation Orders went into effect sunday in Santa Clara County and youre looking at the locations north of Magnolia Court and magnolia way east of lower thomas grade along the eastern corridor east one oh one to metcalf road east of coyote creek east of cochran road east of hill road. South of main avenue north of dunn avenue west of shingle valley road and anderson to include the jackson oaks and holiday like a states and south of metcalf wrote and we have the latest evacuation map from cal fire for the scu complex in alameda and contra costa counties of the places and the red and mandatory Evacuation Orders are in effect there people in the yellow areas they do have evacuation warnings they might be asked to leave they could be asked to leave at a moments notice. Road closures in wildfire zones of course there for a reason to keep people safe today kron 4 says it meant you talk to a deputy who says even First Responders who have training here. Often have trouble driving in wildfire conditions. Do not go around road closures in wildfire zones. Daytime. Were live at night time around thats the message from bay area Law Enforcement agencies who ward ignoring the closures. Could cost you your life. Weve gets you its not the flames in the fight, its the smoke is tremendous amounts move. This is video from deputies with the Alameda County Sheriffs Office that are assigned to the scu lightning complex fire big rocks on the days other words. Stop please. 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 Law Enforcement person is is almost impossible and if youre a someone whos not experienced in those environments, youre looking for trouble. 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 and the north bay we are monitoring the woodward fire burning in marine county it has grown to nearly 2500 acres only 5 contained. Flames continue to burn in a remote area of the Point Reyes National seashore. The dense smoke you see it here its affecting ran and San Francisco counties among other areas, 3 firefighters for hurt. Were told theyll be ok. There are more than 1600 structures that are threatened. Evacuation orders are in effect for silver hills road fox drive and noren way that south of inverness park. For more information you can head to our website kron 4 dot com. Thousands of people have been driven from their homes by the wildfire burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties making things even worse. Authorities say criminals are taking advantage by burglarizing vacant home saluting at least 13 people have been arrested on suspicion of looting or planning to lou neighborhoods in Santa Cruz County. The local sheriff says more arrests are likely is at least 100 deputies are patrolling evacuation zones. Some of the arrests came from community tips, including from people who spotted suspicious activity on their Home Security captors. Contra costa county fire officials meanwhile have arrested. This man and woman on suspicion of separate arson issues last week lisa owns on the left was arrested in can milan popovich was on the right he was arrested for a car fire in martinez, both are being held in the county detention facility in martinez and our coverage continues at kron 4 dot com you can find a complete list of Evacuation Ordere and the warnings you can also track the wildfires on an interactive map. And find any alerts about whether in your neighborhood again thats all on kron 4 dot com. Still ahead 2 powerful storms are heading toward the gulf coast, forcing thousands to evacuate People Living along the gulf are preparing thats right after the break and our wildfire coverage continues this week. Track the fires burning here in the bay area we have an up of accusations are under way tonight is a double threat, tropical storms laura and marco threatened multiple states in the gulf. Camila bernal is on the ground in new orleans down with the latest. And this is kind of historic with 2. Storms coming into the golf officials sending out warnings be prepared because a lot the forecaster yesterday said ive never seen this much change in forecast my 30 years here. This one is different evacuations already underway in parts of texas and louisiana. I cannot promise you that i can get an ambulance to you or a fire truck to your house, its something goes south and that regard. Weezy anna will not be opening any state run shelters. The coronavirus pandemic affecting what would be a normal option for people forced to flee their homes congregate sheltering in covid really is a last resort, theres still an awful lot of of covid out there that should influence everything that you do. In terms of preparing for. The storms. And though markle weekend throughout the day. Laura remains a threat we are in no way out of the woods the second storm is expected to intensify into a major hurricane as it churns through the gulf our sites or owe more now. Exactly were laura will strike and what rafa may bring is still unclear. But people are not taking chances. Thats why so many people yesterday and today. Put out 30 plus 1000 sandbags to try and mitigate whatever water may commit Camila Bernal kron 4 news. Coming up we continue to follow the latest on the wildfires in the bay area were going to break down the latest containment efforts of 3 of the major fires. Plus a Fire Fighters wallet stolen while battling the czu lightning complex a look at the man investigators say theyre now looking for. Tracking cooler and cloudier weather in the bay area starting now through wednesday. Details 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. You get more bandwidth and hbo max included. So, everyone stays entertained. So i can just watch the show instead of reading the book . You know, if you turn on your subtitles. Thats almost reading. Get 1 gig internet with at t fiber for 49. 99a month for a year. No annualcontract. And now get hbo max included. Limited availability in select areas. Call 1. 877. Only. Att today we are monitoring 3 lightning complex fires across the bay area heres the latest info on each the largest is the lnu complex fire that spans Napa Sonoma Solano and lake counties that actually was the largest earlier today, but it is been surpassed. By a different bay area fire. But regardless this one in the north bay has grown to more than 351,000 acres and is 25 contained. Meanwhile, the scu lightning complex fire. Thats the one in alameda contra costa. Santa clara counties and beyond that is now the biggest it is more than 360,000 acres. Its 10 contained and czu august complex thats burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties it is more than 78,000 acres and 13 contained. The lnu complex fire burning in the north bay and you can see on your screen where flames have sparked a Napa Sonoma Solano and lake counties so far this fire has been considered the deadliest the most destructive at least 5 people have died. 4 others have been injured. 908 structures have been destroyed another 248 have been damaged. Flames have scorched again more than 351,000 acres and it is 25 contained. Our live coverage continues now with kron fours noelle bellow who is live in napa county. Shes been there all day talked to a lot of people know whats the latest. Well catherine and grant i actually just spoke with some of the firefighters here at the Napa Fire Department and they were saying just what a sigh of relief there breathing tonight that that these containment numbers have gone up like you said 25 contained for the l and you a fire and that the weather is holding pretty still for us not too windy. We can see the stars tonight which has not been the case because its been just so incredibly hazy out here in napa im off of itchy avenue and monticello road also known as highway one 21 here some Evacuation Orders are actually downgraded to warnings earlier today which allowed folks in different communities off of monticello to head back home if they so choose i spoke with one man. He said his wife left back on wednesday of last week when things got really bad, but he stayed behind to try and fight some of the flames. Heres some video he shared with me. This is from last week when the fire just kind of started raging towards his home and his property completely scorched the hillside all around his property this man seems Mike Abernathy says he had a couple of family members and some friends that came down to help try and defend his Property Line last week it was all burning just a few feet away from a building thats under construction on his property and they use shovels and hoes to try and create a line and they were successful. They were able to save it. He says thankfully the winds didnt change on them too quickly and the fire itself was actually pretty slowmoving. Winds were really with us. We warning we were expecting northern winds coming through, they never showed up and the the fire really never i mean it it constantly burned and but from slower than what they expected so theyre really saved us gave us time to really work. Yes so he lives off of Wooden Valley road that was one of the areas that was downgraded to a warning another area called circle oaks drive a lot of folks who did return say that they are just kind of keeping their stuff in their vehicles making sure that theyre still ready to go if things change but like i said i just spoke to some firefighters, theyre hoping to get a little bit of sleep tonight, some the guys here say they worked for days straight last week because they were just so short handed. But it does that fit, but they are cautiously optimistic they they do believe were getting a much better handle on this lnu lightning complex fire for now live in napa county noelle bellow kron 4 news. Thank you know well and that we do want to take a look at evacuations for napa county and unlike most of the maps, the blue area. Thats where the mandatory Evacuation Orders are in place read demonstrating the heat intensity from the flames people in that smaller yellow area. They are under an evacuation warning and theyve been told to be ready to leave at a moments notice. Now to that is see you lightning complex this is where the fires are burning in alameda contra costa and santa clara counties. And flames there spread to more than 360,000 acres second biggest fire ever in the state. So weve been burning a week containment is at 15 the fire has been active for again about a week, the main focus today, according to the door fire officials was stopping flames from spreading into Populated Areas in gilroy and morgan hill and heres the latest evacuation map from cal fire regarding that complex everywhere that you see read that is a mandatory Evacuation Order people in the yellow have received warnings and again could be asked to leave at a moments notice and we want to take another look at the forecast and the weather conditions with meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez what should people expect to the next few days if youre in one of those zones are beyond or youre going to notice pretty calm wind speeds cooler temperatures and an increase in that relative humidity so that moisture content. Really going to help out firefighters without popup flare ups and lets take a live look outside Golden Gate Bridge august finally returning adding some much needed relief and also much welcome sight for firefighters out there this evening, pretty poor commute though driving conditions, wise visibility extremely por along the coast and the east bay shoreline at or near 0 and it is going to worsen for your Tuesday Morning commute so keep that in mind dont forget to turn on the low beams because we are going to notice the return of that cloud cover blanketing the bay area skyline for your Tuesday Morning contributing to our cool down by tuesday afternoon downtown San Francisco 69 degrees mid 60s for half moon bay, widespread mid to upper 60s from brisbane a burlingame unfortunately wind speeds going to shift out of the west southwest. And thats whats going to help push in that fog bank right along the coast and even for most of our inland valleys overnight, san mateo 69 degrees with Mountain View in redwood city in the mid 80s, widespread low to mid 80s for those of you in the south bay santa clara 80 degrees in san jose, 86 degrees with low 90s for try valleys like livermore about 5 degrees above average there but cooler temperatures overall from coast to the valleys widespread 70s throughout the east bay shoreline oakland 77 degrees. Walnut creek 92 degrees napa 82 and santa rosa 86 degrees granting catherine back to you. Thank of recent wildfire coverage continues now with the czu complex fire you can see here where those fires have been burning in san mateo and Santa Cruz County so far the fire has burned more than 70,000 acres in santa cruz and san mateo counties, 276 structures have been destroyed. This fire is now 13 containment kron fours dan thorn has been covering of this fire and the Santa Cruz County and joins us with the latest dan. Well grant and katharine me fire continues to burn tonight in the mountains of santa cruz and also in southern San Mateo County thousands of people have had to evacuate over the past several days as this fire. Burns dangerously close to many of these communities manatee these are communities are also small and in the woods, the areas out here. Today we saw damage in the areas of Boulder Creek north of Boulder Creek and in bonny doon we saw homes that were destroyed by the fire hundreds of other buildings also have been destroyed here many more still threatened to tonight fire crews say that this fire is actively burning and heavy timber and thick undergrowth but there was some positive news today. There were better firefighting conditions and that was thanks to the improved weather, the fox sort of moving in here and cooler weather helping out with this fight there was also more aerial attacks and also an increase in the number of crews that are out here now working this fire. We did speak with some evacuees today in a santa cruz. That the city of santa cruz, many of those people theyre staying at hotels are in there or vs and looking for more information and theyre struggling right now with the uncertainty as to whether or not theyll come back and see their homes still standing. Its a little bit emotional but i i dont know we dont have our jobs weve been lucky through the pandemic to begin less so and i mean its a lot worse for people who have already lost everything im glad that we left them that we were. In the midst of many many many other people who were leaving. Well many of those people are also hoping that they werent going to be away from their homes for this long, but crews tell us they do not want people testing the waters out here they do a lot do not want people trying to go back up into these communities is this firefight continues we they understand that people want to come out here and look at their property or to see if anythings been lost or damaged fire crews right now are out surveying these areas where it is safe for them to do that and they will be updating us with information within the coming days katharine graham. All right dan thorn. Thank you very much and were looking now at an evacuation map for san mateo and santa cruz counties where the czu august lightning fires are happening. The red indicating mandatory Evacuation Orders yellow again and evacuation warning at this point. Tonight we have an update to really a despicable crime that has so many people outrage were getting our first look now at the man who is wanted in connection to stealing the wallet of a firefighter who was battling the czu complex fire and kron fours Jonathan Mccall is live in the newsroom has got new details on this investigation. Jonathan grant and katharine folks from all over the country heard this story and have been reaching out to officials in santa cruz. County to try and help that firefighter. Investigators say theyre now hoping that someone may know the man in this picture that youre about to see. Investigators in santa cruz counties say the suspect used one of the firefighters stolen credit cards at a shell gas station in santa cruz and at the safeway in capital a Officials Say he even tried to use the stolen credit cards to buy virtual currency. Investigators say the firefighters wallet was stolen sometime between friday and saturday from his car which was parked at the bonny doon fire station as he was on the front lines of fighting the czu lightning complex fire. Heres a closer look at that suspect investigators say he was wearing a green the San Francisco giants cap with a wide black checkered mask, a black tshirt light blue jeans and black vans shoes. Heres what investigators said about him earlier today here on kron 4. We believe this person is likely valley resident likely of bonny doon resident. And really what were hoping is that if youve been evacuated from the bonny doon area you may recognize him and so i hold the picture here get posted to social media and so maybe maybe recognize or maybe its the giants at maybe the longer. Lighter colored hair. If you know who the man is or if you have any information on the theft of that wallet, youre urged to call the Santa Cruz County Sheriffs Office you can also get a closer look at the pictures. We have them posted on our website thats kron 4 dot com. Live tonight in the newsroom Jonathan Mccall kron 4 news. Jonathan still ahead tonight. The latest on all the fires burning in the bay and the help that is coming from california leaders. Also it is the gop has turned weve got highlights tonight from the Republican National conven over eu leaders continue to request more firefighting help from out of state as officials brace for even more fires to potentially start in the coming days and our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains the states latest effort. 14,000 the 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 leader said 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 the governor pointed out this time last year california had had 4200 wildfires burned 56,000 acres. So far this year weve had 7,000 wildfires burned 1. 4 million acres. The majority of that land burned just within the last week. Reporting in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. A new program by covered california will help uninsured residents could health care coverage, its going to help californians affected by the wildfires and the pandemic covered california says this was created because californians are facing a triple threat wildfires the pandemic and the recession. The program is now under open enrollment thousands of californians have already signed up. Also keeping tabs on the latest developments in the pandemic here are the latest numbers county by county there are now more than 77,000 cases and 1000 covid related deaths in the bay area since the pandemic started. Alameda county has the most cases nearly 17,000 of them and 234 people there have died you can always find a running list of these numbers city by city county by county on our website kron 4 dot com. Sfo its the first airport in the country to launch a rapid covid19 Testing Program for employs the airport is partnering with Dignity Health to make this happen. The testing facility is in the international terminal. It was a first launched in late july for the testing of Airline Flight crews according to officials test results are returned in less than an hour. The dedicated covid19 testing area will be available for airport employees from 08 00am to 06 00pm every day. The California Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence for Scott Peterson but prosecutors can try again for the same sentence if they wish the state Supreme Court upheld. Peter since 2004 murder conviction in the killing of his pregnant wife lacey and their unborn son peterson reported his wife missing around christmas of 2002. But the bodies of lacy and their son later washed up in San Francisco bay leading to scotts arrest and conviction and the new ruling today. The judge said there were a series of errors in jury selection during petersons trial. And that potential jurors were improperly dismissed because they disagreed with the death penalty. In national news, the postmaster general testified again today before lawmakers, recent changes at the post theyve led to widespread mail delays and concerns the problem could affect the upcoming election was to joyce said decisions about limiting hours or removing equipment were made by other managers. California congressman harley rouda asked him why he did not move to reverse those decisions. So you know how absolutely insane. This is this is like telling jamba juice they cant plug in the blenders to do their job there must be a reason i didnt do it. But in the organization is youre the head of the unit, youre the head of the business, the buck stops with you the but come with me she gets club then thats outrageous statement. At least one republican argued that this really wasnt much different than whats happened before in years past. And other republicans agree with the postmaster general saying that changes are needed because the Postal Service is in a financial crisis. Republican kick off their Convention Today laying out their pitch for another 4 years of President Trump mary maloney has some of the highlights. To the 2020 Republican National convention. President donald trump and republican celebrating the last 4 years and asking americans for whom and when we real act. President trump this november. The best is yet to come the party making it clear it back since candidate and his vision. His kicking off their convention in charlotte monday. And i formally nominating trump and the Vice President mike pence was going to win this Election Convention and then moving to washington. To kick started for night primetime event while scale down due to coronavirus some of the president s strongest supporters still coming out in full force look to the man who did with the failed Obama Biden Administration never could do and built the greatest economy our country has ever seen. And President Trump will do it again donald trump has always put America First. And he has earned 4 more years as president. Our side is working on policy. Well joe bidens radical democrats are trying to permanently transform what it means to be an american the big challenge for republicans this week whether President Trumps America First platform can appeal to a broader audience to chip away joe bidens lead doctors nurses, a fireman. A policeman we want to thank you and you have been incredible breaking tradition President Trump is expected to appear at various points. Each night culminating with his acceptance speech on thursday in washington, im mary moloney. And coming up all the final check of the forecast cooling down with cloudier weather heading our way in the bay heading our way in the bay great day on the lake it is. Lunch is cookin and i saved a bunch of money on my boat insurance with geico. Fellas, can it get any better than this . Whoa my old hairstyle grew back. So did mine. [80s music] what . I was an 80s kid. It only gets better when you switch and save with geico. We have a final update on the 3 major complex fires, a in the bay area cal fire says the lnu lightning complex fires in the north bay, it is 25 contained, its burned more than 351,000 acres it is killed 5 people. The su lightning complex fire in the east and south bays now 10 contained and has burned more than 360 1000 acre second biggest fire ever in california. And its only been burning about a week and the czu august complex fire in san mateo and santa cruz counties. 13 contained after burning more than 78,000 acres, one person has died. Dozens of homes have been destroyed and be sure to stay with kron 4 online for any updates overnight will be continuing our coverage but the kron 00 04am morning news starting at 04 00am. And fortunately the weather has been cooperating with those fires we talk more about that coming up as the news continues on our 24 7 streaming service kron on which is of course commercial free under Jonathan Mccall hes standing by in the newsroom with what we are working on jonathan, a grand catherine thanks so much for joining us were going to talk more about some of those fires. That are continuing to burn out of control over also going talk more about the threats as californians brace for even more fires amid unpredictable weather changes. Governor Gavin Newsome with a major disaster declaration from the president as he reaches out for other states for help our coverage of the wildfires continue in just a moment. At the top of the hour here on kron on katharine graham. All right jonathan sounds good look forward to that by the way everybody make sure you download the kron on app to get 24 7 commercial free. Local News Coverage and the app is free during the pandemic a final check on a reset. Theyre granting catherine yeah, lets take a live look outside San Francisco International Airport and were noticing the return of august out there this evening and its going to blanket the bay area skyline overnight even extending to our inland valleys could see some patchy coastal drizzle as well for your Tuesday Morning commute until we notice, plenty of sunshine by or tuesday afternoon temperatures as you head out the door right now widespread 50s along the coast mid 60s throughout the east bay shoreline and 70s as you make your way inland with antioch currently at 77 degrees in half moon bay, 55 degrees as you step outside widespread 50s and 60s for overnight lows and tomorrows daytime highs cooling down as well near average along the coast. Downtown San Francisco, 69 degrees few degrees above average for the east bay shoreline in the mid 70s there with widespread 80s and low 90s as you make your way inland with the tribe valleys out of the mid 90s instead cooling down into the low 90s so some relief there with santa rosa in the mid 80s and napa low 80s in san jose 86 degrees. All right. Thank of reset have a great night, everybody network sub prime time news at 10. Special victims unit e4416 hate closed captioned sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In new york city, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the special victims unit. These are their stories. I dont care how much money ill make. Im going to med school. Youre not going to make the big bucks the big bucks im going to med school. Working at an hmo, and those loans. Why do we have to be rich . I want my life to be meaningful. Oh, so suddenly having money isnt be meaningful . 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