Immediately when i got to do it was just green light anything we could do to to get the flames to go away. With firefighters stretched thin during the early days of the czu lightning complex fires, a few locals ignored the Evacuation Orders to try and save homes in their communities. Kron fours Maureen Kelly talked to one man who says he and a group of friends. Were able to keep more than 2 dozen homes and bonny doon from being destroyed. In t shirts involved having on the Santa Cruz Mountains locals pump water onto the burning forest in an effort to save homes. This video was shot by ben lomond native keilar ruskin who says he drove down from where he lives now in reno after hearing about the czu lightning complex fires. Threatening the bonny doon home of his best friend ruskin says he was part of a man squad who in the course of 5 days. Use whatever equipment they could get their hands on locals knowledge of the land to create a perimeter and douse flames. Here now. He says together they were able to save his friends house and many more without what we did the 26 with 30 homes that we saved what burned to the ground because there was no one there to help in any way shape or form. Hes not knocking cal fire. He knows crews are spread very thin because of so many fires burning in california. But even though cal fire has been challenged here by a lack of resources. They still do not encourage people ignoring the Evacuation Order that changes our focus from fighting the fire is now protecting them because our number one priority is. Preserving life over the property rescue says some of his squad were offduty firefighters and they were even able to help supply water to the official crews. They ran into wasnt just a bunch of you know bill running around the mountains. Im thinking its funded dropped trees and get in the way of how fire. Despite all their efforts there was still a lot of heartbreak. He think you have one house out you can look back at home i got in. State house the working on for hours up in flames in the arms around 20 minutes and that could have all been prevented by. One single water tender truck and for its roses, you the littlest things like that to them. We could on such a long way we could have saved so many more homes, he hopes Going Forward cal fire can help mind ways to utilize and even equipped. Will so they can Work Together during extreme crisis situations. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. With dozens of wildfires burning across the bay area, the fastmoving flames have forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes, many others have not been ordered to evacuate but have received a warning from cal fire to be ready to leave at a moments notice kron fours ken wayne joins us now from the newsroom to break down where these orders and warnings are in effect and also how members of the community can also get this really Important Information for justine were getting some good news just in the past hour since i spoke with you last were getting. New updates in evacuation warning areas are being lifted in some cases not large areas but significant for the people who live here lets go to the map the first one here showing you the lnu complex fire in Sonoma County want to zoom in specifically to the guerneville area. I want actually refreshed is live so that we make sure we have the absolute up to the minute. Information so this yellow area right here just north of guerneville this just reopened its now a warning area, its not a mandatory. Evacuation and youre talking about really the community along the Russian River between santa rosa and the co so thats good news for people who live on the north side of that Little Pocket of the Russian River you can see of course this large pink area above is still a mandatory evacuation area all of the screen is now open and you can see these dots here. Those are signs of fire activity from satellite around healdsburg it is still not under evacuation, but just to the west of dry creek. It is so that said the situation there lets move on to our next map. This is the napa valley area of Lake Berryessa showing the fire zone there on this part of the lnu complex and again i want to refresh just because these things have been changing minute by minute. So this part in the southern end just south of Lake Berryessa. Is now an evacuation warning area. This blue area and in some looks purple because the blue overlays the red fire burn area and turns purple but all of this is a mandatory evacuation, nobody is allowed here and you can see these these little icons here these are checkpoints where you are not allowed to go through because of the closure there and then one more map the Solano County side of l a new fire in the Lake Berryessa area. Another refresh here because this has been changing in bernie this another area just in the last hour. These Little Pockets here have just been opened up theyre not very large but there are homes in these areas that people can now access you can see here this is just outside of vacaville on the east side of Lake BerryessaLittle Pockets here and there where people can now get in these purple mark sets where Police Officers or sheriffs deputies or Highway Patrol are stationed to keep people out and the yellow areas are also roadblocks there. The pink is a burn area so not a lot of areas have reopened but is steady and slow prop progress and its happening almost by the hour youre seeing these Little Pockets justine open up to get all of these maps and you can zoom in right to your neighborhood if you live in these areas and check it out go to kron 4 dot com. We have links right there justine. Thank you can now go to Tropical Storm laura because its no longer a hurricane but that does not mean the states in its path can rest easy. The pulls ahead Martin Savidge reports on the damage its leaving behind. Roaring ashore as a category 4 storm with sustained winds of 150 Miles Per Hour hurricane laura was the strongest storm to hit this portion of louisiana and far eastern texas in over a century. Lauras powerful winds tearing across lake charles, louisiana some 35 miles inland causing widespread destruction. Homes and buildings torn apart, roofs completely sheared off huge trees snapped in half and lampposts in streetside bent in half or completely torn from the ground. This video captured by one man who spoke to cnn after riding out laura in his condo in lake charles heard of a fading in that will be off. Here it this was lot worse than read. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards saying at least 4 storm related deaths have been reported including a 14 yearold girl. All related to trees falling on residences. Which is in line with this being a. A major wind event. A scary situation near lake charles where a chemical fire at a plant sent huge plumes of smoke into the air. Forcing officials to issue a shelterinplace order to People Living nearby. Hile rising waters continue to be a concern for many the storms knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people in louisiana and texas, the potential for dangerous even deadly conditions is far from over were not done yet so anybody well inland if you think this is just a coastal event thats not true were going to see even at 01 00am on friday. So. Tomorrow morning still still a Tropical Storm in arkansas. That was Martin Savidge reporting tonight in our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow has been tracking this deadly storm lawrence what can people expect. Tonight, yeah were far from done with this storm system of course coming roaring on shore as a category 4 right near cameron. Louisiana all the way up towards sri Port Alexander you name it, they damage all along that line trees down power lines down water everywhere and an incredible storm surge weve got a long way to go. Heres the very latest you can see some of the winds and the core still whipping around here. Weve had some 40 plus mile an hour gusts as you make your way into arkansas right now ucf stronger band that is moving a little further to the north bringing with some heavy rain to the area shaded in green, those are all Flash Flood Watch is theres a red those are flood warnings where we are currently seeing were expecting some flooding here very shortly that to go along with weve seen some tornadic activity in fact a tornado on the ground now in northern mississippi and thats what you can get from these tropical systems even though most of energy from that system is starting to fade away still a lot of moisture behind. And certainly can produce more tornadoes all along that track. Here we go this is the very latest sustained winds of 40 Miles Per Hour lauren now a Tropical Storm not a hurricane anymore moving to the northnortheast at 15 watch the track years begins to make its way toward the eastern seaboard right there Bowling Green you can see that moving overhead bring some very heavy rainfall. They your way and then as we head toward the weekend guess what your saturday and sunday that heads just south of philadelphia going to be a stormy weekend along the eastern seaboard. Thank you or no. Something we need to be using to combat the spread of covid19 but the fda now has a warning of sanitizers that have been disguised. Ladies. Check it out. So strong. So. Not ripped. Whatre we talkin about. Thats the hefty ultra strong bag hefty hefty hefty whispers gimme. confused give me the bag . Get hefty ultra strong at a low price when its made with love, its made to be shared. The fda is warning people to stop drinking Hand Sanitizer that is packaged in bottles and pouches the agency says Poison Control Centers are seeing a nearly 80 increase in alcohol based hand sonitizer exposures compared to last year. The pandemic shortage caused a lot of manufacturers to use beer cans, childrens food, pouches and bottles to store the sanitizing solution and Hand Sanitizer can be toxic to an adult when it suggested and deadly for small child. Southern California Teacher not giving up on her students virtual learning. Even though shes in a Long Hospital stay is not preventing a southern California Teacher from holding her classes as alex visteon reports from lancaster the teacher figured out how to do her job from her hospital room. A welcome sign calendar and a whiteboard are some of the first things students see when they join class every day through zoom possible. But what they dont see just steps away is a hospital that honestly being in the hospital to me in this setting almost feels. No different than if i were at home. The only difference is yes i am not at all did it, you know rats, it teaches 3rd grade at tier of the need to Elementary School in lancaster and now in her 11th year teaching her meal tray is debris as a desk. And this is what you see on t j t and in the beginning of the school year. Thats when you make and build your relationship with your student and i didnt want to miss that opportunity you dont rats. It was hospitalized 7 weeks ago due to pregnancy complications at providence, Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills with months to go on bed rest until her second child is due you dont rat sick decided to take on the challenge of remote teaching my love of teaching trying to kids and building that relationship is so much stronger than me just like to sit and do nothing end. You know obviously that that would be the life to just yeah. Take it all in and relax and not have to learn in. You know, i would love doing that, but. My my desire is to be with the student with support from her Family Doctors and the east Side Union School district janet was given the green light to open up her hospital room and make it a classroom different be all monitoring on the computer and then i come in and talk to her when today. Or whoever the rounding doctor is we all kind of know that shes teaching shes doing or saying we try to stay out of her way except for when we have to come in and do the monitoring need to do we talk about the call us. You dont accept a job is to teach but in the middle of an unprecedented time in history. Its also to educate students. They are not alone, its something that is new for all of us and i want to. Show them that im there with them and the struggle is real like it. The struggle is real for me as a teacher its real for them as the student said. That were all in it together. And this and dedication right now right there and those outs piston reporting for us. Tonight that was congress in a weekslong impasse over the next stimulus plan republicans say a smaller emergency package may be the next best thing as Raquel Martin reports a Missouri Republican sen has begun drafting a quote skinny stimulus bill. Lets look at the areas where we know we have to act and act now does or a republican senator roy blunt does Congress Need a more targeted approach in the next stimulus package we get people back to school how do we get people back to work how we get people back to her child care, pstimulus bill with roughly 500 billion dollars in emergency aid only underscore discussion. What half a trillion dollars be considered a skinny pack the money will go to schools covid testing the Postal Service and vaccine research, Iowa Republican senator Chuck Grassley says the idea could be a way to break the current gridlock, few can agree on a comprehensive package i was so bored or target impacting we ought to get their money out yesterday but democrats say they are ready to give up on a larger stimulus plan, illinois senator dick durbin says essential services are on the line with republicans had their way we provide no assistance, none. 2 towns and cities are going to be substantial layoffs of teachers. Policeman thursday Speaker Nancy Pelosi said democrats are willing to go below their 2 trillion dollar compromise were not budging. Understand this then how do you break the impasse. They have to move just going to have to come up with more money but blunt says thats on reasonable and was on a number close to the 2 numbers we both already agreed on, but has yet to formally introduced his skin your alternative in washington Raquel Martin. According to senator Roy Blunts Office the plan will not include a direct stimulus check or extended Unemployment Benefits. Now this comes as millions of americans filed for firsttime Unemployment Benefits last week, a small decline though from the previous week. However, the numbers of initial claims have now exceeded 1 million most week since the start of the pandemic back in march tonight more than 14 and a half million americans are collecting jobless benefits that is up from nearly 2 million a year ago a sign that Many American families are still depending on unemployment checks to keep them afloat. Up next a black Business Owner in the north bay says that he was harassed and profiled by police a new story coming up tonight on kron 4 news at 8 a black Business Owner and tipper on says that he was harassed and profiled by police. Ok so whats the problem thats the problem they treat closes at 9 oclock at night and whatever anybody in your case is a regular Business Hours of customers and theyre ok is it your store thats all we want and want to know why. What youre doing in the store when talking about if i can teach my store then walks. This tense confrontation was recorded on cell phone video and also newly released body camera footage that were looking at right now well explain all the details on what happened that led up to this incident and also tell you what the city is doing about it thats all coming up new tonight on kron 4 news at 8. Lets take a live look outside right now here in San Francisco along the embarcadero as we talk about our 4 zone forecast. Some blue skies here thats a sign that some of the smoke is clearing chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow here now with a final look at whether yeah quality improving around the bay area got some nice fresh air pushing further and further on shore thats some good news, but the next couple days highpressure going to strengthen a little bit. Obviously a little more smoke in our skies as the fire is continuing to burn. Fog out there right now making its way in toward sfo you see some of those clouds creeping on shore right to the same brutal gap, certainly the clouds all along the coastline now more that is going to surge on shore overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning so be prepared get some more fog on the way things will start to warm up a little bit as we head in toward to always so the low kind of camp off the coastline that will be just enough to ramp up low clouds and fog and keep you cool up toward the beaches, maybe even some drizzle along the immediate coastline, otherwise you get a lot of sunshine coming our way overnight tonight low cloud and fog one shirt back on shore into the bay youll see that early tomorrow morning again some drizzle out toward the beaches early on them, plenty of sunshine by the afternoon really looking like a fairly nice day outside as well see those temperatures heating up in some spots inland are going to be little hot. Maybe places like little more maybe about 94 degrees 93 in concord youre looking at 77 degrees and hayward 82. In redwood city about 85 in san jose you got 60s out toward the coastline, not bad weather the forecast and looks going to keep that things are going that direction as we head in toward the weekend little bit cooler on saturday warming right back up again on sunday temperatures getting a little bit hot upper maybe with some offshore wind you can see the temperatures along the coastline in the 70s up toward the coast thats live forecast back to you just a few more into that wraps up kron 4 news at 6 oclock tonight on Justine Waldman thank you so much for being with us here find me on social media to connect. Dont forget to wash your hands will see tonight in prime time. For the sweaty faces. And the hidden smiles. The foggy glasses. And the muffled laughs. A simple piece of fabric makes a big statement i care. Wear a mask. Lets all do our part to slow the spread. 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