Some people cautiously optimistic. This morning when we woke up and saw smoke again it was a little nerveracking but they are on it. We feel better. This mother said she is ready to evacuated. Her car is packed. Some people who live in the area where the atlas fire first started on sunday night are being allowed back into their neighborhoods. Mandatory Evacuation Orders have been lifted for areas near the silverado country club. We spoke with one person as he went home last night. He said hes grateful his home on burningtree court narrowly avoided the fire. I think you are more empathetic when you almost experienced it yourself. You know what it felt like. I may have lost everything that i own and im homeless. Thats pretty devastating. Authorities lifted Evacuation Orders for the areas around Monticello Park and the avenues. We saw a lot of water drops yesterday. It was nice to see the containment percentage was up. Not a lot but it was up. We do have better firefighting conditions. Its colder in the breeze is not that much right now. It will pick up later. This morning it is cool and clear, a lot of smoke in the air but not as much as the last couple of days. We would end up with 70s and the winds will pick up. The red flag warning kicks in at 5 pm and goes through saturday at 11 pm. This will be an evening into tomorrow event. This morning, and most locations have less than 1015 Miles Per Hour. After 10 00, northeast near santa rosa and atlas peak around 25. This is nothing like 60 or 70 like we saw sunday night and monday. Then maybe 25 or 35 Miles Per Hour gusts the temperatures will not be as warm. 30s and 40s right now. In santa rosa, north wind at 12. Humidity, 76 . That reads 12 by a longshot. Atlas peak, northeast and 32 . Overall we are looking for not much of a breeze, especially toward fairfield. Santa rosa covered northwest at 5. A system in the Pacific Northwest that comes through will pick up the wind this evening. We are looking at traffic in the burned area and right now highway 37 and highway 101 remain open. As we push in you can see traffic is moving well on 37 and on 101. Traffic is going to be okay on 101 between Windsor Commons santa rosa, rohnert park and petaluma. Some of the off ramps do remain shut down including hopper, bicentennial and mendocino. 37 will move along well. We do have 580 westbound some slowing coming in over the Altamont Pass. Traffic is a little slow. Its better than it normally is at this time. Sometimes on friday we get a break 680 looks okay until you get to the sunol grade. South bend 680, there is a crash and traffic is going to be slowing down. This is an injury accident involving a bus and a car. There is about a mile backup on 680 south down the sunol grade. And alternate would be 880 orchid on the freeway after mission boulevard south. This is 880 north and southbound. Traffic is moving along okay. Traffic on the approach to the bay bridge looks okay as well. No major problems. A new voluntary Evacuation Order has been issued and napa. People who live in the areas west of highway 29 between the oakville grade and rutherford road are being asked to gather their belongings and standby in case the nuns fire comes closer. Several vineyards are in that area east of highway 29. Another fire near highway 29 in yountville continues to grow. Top areas of concern are mount veeder and dry creek. Many people have left but people still there have been told to be ready to evacuate. This is the largest fire weve seen. Who knows what it will do. Our houses on the edge of it. We are prepared to evacuate. A little on edge. We have basically everything packed up. Its lined up in the hallway and ready to go. Weve had significant fire activity on mount veeder for the last couple of days. Is working down to dry creek. We have numerous houses there that we are attempting to protect. Flareups continue to be a risk throughout the area and fire crews plan to continue airdrops throughout the day to steer the fires away from homes and businesses. Residents and Business Owners can start applying for federal disaster aid to cover losses. Fema announced there are grants available for temporary housing, home repairs and property losses not covered by insurance. Federal assistance will likely be expanded to other counties and fema said it will offer more assistance in the near future. Tax relief could be on the way to people whose properties were damaged. The county announced it is working to identify and adjust the Property Values and tax bills on properties that have more than 10,000 in damage. Taxpayers should contact their lender to inform them of the change in status of the property. The California National guard shared this video. You can see one of the countless water drops above the wildfire. As many as 1600 personnel are here supporting the firefight. The air quality is the worst its ever been recorded in the bay area. The bay area air Quality Management district is recommending you stay inside and use your airconditioning to recirculate the indoor air if possible. Schools are keeping students inside at recess and many have canceled classes altogether. We are seeing air quality like we see in beijing right now. Air quality in the bay area is the worst weve ever recorded. Air filtration masks are becoming hardtofind. They are selling out as soon as they are restocked. The main concern with the smoke is tiny particles that can lodge in your lungs or get into your bloodstream. We are wearing the masks in marin county. School is canceled today. And all over the bay area. In Sonoma County, people are banding together to help each other. Lets bring in alex savidge joining us live with more on the story in Sonoma County. Reporter good morning. We have the masks on here at this particular location because the smoke is very thick. We are north of sonoma along Middle Mountain road. There is an incredible effort underway to try to keep the flames from spreading into the city of sonoma itself. You are seeing that effort right here. I just spoke with this crew from oakland. They have been setting this backfire. This was such a short time ago and theyre trying to make a stand and keep this fire from crossing this particular roadway. Butte mountain road. Its coming towards sonoma from the north and they want to keep it at bay. This crew is also doing structure protection because there are a lot of homes along this particular road. All the people who live here have been evacuated. Those homes are empty and firefighters are standing by, trying to make sure those homes are protected. Let me show you this scene from yesterday. Neighbors here in sonoma watched air tankers moving in. They were making airdrops on the leading edge of this fire. On the ground we did see bulldozers that came in to carveout large fire lines and breaks to try to keep the flames from moving down into the Sonoma Valley itself, home two 30,000 people. In the city of sonoma there are no mandatory Evacuation Orders for the city although there are mandatory Evacuation Orders for People Living on the outskirts of town. Many people have chosen to leave anyway. The downtown area has been empty. Some people are staying behind. Now you have everyone fleeing and then what . Its a tough call. And we are very aware of all the damage thats happened but this has been running for three days. Reporter we talked about the red flag Warnings Issued yesterday. The wind turned out to be fairly light over the last 24 hours. That has allowed firefighters up here and the north bay to make quite a bit of progress on these fires. This complex of fires, including the tubbs fire and the nuns fire, are now considered at 10 containment. As we know, this community is not out of the woods yet. These fires are still actively burning. As we bring you back out here live, this is not part of the leading edge of the fire. This is the backfire set so this area can be burned out as the fire approaches and hopefully stop the spread. There is a lot of concern about the way the conditions will change as we move throughout the day today. We are expecting wind to pick up later in the evening. That is causing quite a bit of concern. Im glad to see you are wearing the mask. Im sure it must be awful there. What did you see . Reporter in terms of the air quality in this area, there are times you dont feel like you need it. It goes from bad to worse to even more worse. This is one of those spots. We started driving here, Blue Mountain road is our exact location, when we started driving up the hill, the smoke was some of the thickest use have seen. Thats probably in large part because of these backfires. The mask is very necessary in this area. Can you tell us the route you took to get there and what it looked like . Other firefighters along the way . What did you see on the way up there . Reporter we did not see many firefighters. We came up what was that . We came up along highway 12. Sometimes i lose track. We came up highway 12 passed the sonoma raceway. There is a major Evacuation Center there, by the way. Many people are staying there. We saw a lot of rvs camped out in one of the fields. You do not see a lot of firefighters as you drive up here. Thats because they are up here on these back roads. Look over here and you can see. There are all the rigs parked right there. San Francisco Fire Department engine 17. And fun of them, members of the Alameda County, im sorry, alameda city Fire Department. We have a lot of bay area crews that are here. You dont really see them on the way up here, you see them on the back roads. Especially these crews from some of the cities in the bay area. They are doing structure protection making sure that if this fire does move closer to the city, they can try to protect those homes. Alex, be safe out there and we will check back in with you. Thats where you want to see the firefighters. They are setting backfires. Conditions are good for that right now. They have 12 hours before that red flag warning comes in. Think about the smoke there. Its a reminder of all those firefighters and what they need to deal with every day. And the closer you get i cant even imagine. Its bad even down here. 5 13 am. People are turning to prayer for comfort from the fires. The mass that was held last night in santa rosa for a community that is hurting. I love you, basement guest bathroom. Your privacy makes you my number 1 place to go number 2. I love you, but sometimes you stink. Febreze air effects doesnt just mask, it cleans away odors. Because the things you love the most can stink. And try febreze small spaces to clean away odors for up to 30 days. Breathe happy with febreze. 40 local firefighters have lost their homes while battling the fires. The battalion chief with the nevada Fire Department is among them. He showed alex savidge yesterday what was last of thes home in the larkfield neighborhood of santa rosa. He was out of town when the fire started and did not have the chance to get his belongings. Everything is gone including his wifes wedding ring. I was here for most of the day yesterday sifting through stuff looking for that. Its not the monetary value, its the emotional connection. These other things can be replaced. Captain beach with the Alameda County Fire Department also lost his home. After getting his daughter to safety, he went back to evacuate his neighbors knowing his house had been destroyed. The International Association of firefighters has set up a fund to help. Many are working on the front lines and have not been able to assess damage. The gofundme hero account has raised about 35,000. If you would like to make a donation we have a link on our website at ktvu. Com. So many different ways to help. Many people want to know that. We all feel helpless and want to help. There will be many ways to help. And to get frustrated when they say we dont want any supplies. We want to give you supplies. Money is most helpful, especially at the shell shelters. Lets check in with sal. We are looking at the fire zone and if you are on the major highways, 37 or 101, you will see that traffic is moving along well. It is completely open. Highway 101 is open from petaluma all the way to santa rosa and windsor but there were plenty of closures in the fire area. Some ramps may be closed. Highway 128 near calistoga is closed and is also closed in the Lake Berryessa area. 29 is open from st. Helena and down to napa. Highway 12, there are detours but has mostly reopened. In the last few days weve had more openings but there are still a lot of local closers and chp staff closures in the area. Lets talk about the gilroy through san jose commute. Traffic looks good as you drive through morgan hill and into the main part of san jose. The gilroy super commute. We are also looking at a commute on the sunol grade that is slow because of a bus and car accident. Southbound 680 as you drive down just before north mission near andretti road. Traffic is backing up from south mission. Its going to be slow from highway 84 down to and drawdy road. Give yourself extra time or use 580 to 880 which at this time looks pretty good. Lets look at the commute for the bay bridge. Westbound traffic will be relatively light getting into San Francisco. I do see a lot of smoke there at the toll plaza. It moves around depending on the wind speed and direction. Its really thick up in sonoma right now. Yesterday it tended to favor areas to the west. We had a northwest wind yesterday. Better air quality is forecast for today but still not great. Unhealthy for most and very unhealthy in the north. Levels have come down a little bit. They were probably pick up again tomorrow because the wind will pick up and we will get more of the north and northeast breeze. 42 in napa. 60 at noon with a high of 76. Fire weather warning, red flag, that starts at 5 00 p. M. And goes through 11 pm saturday. The wind speeds will not be that much through this evening. By tonight they start to pick up. After 8 pm you will see the Sonoma Valley pick up, atlas peak, and napa. 2225 Miles Per Hour. That will pick up overnight into early saturday. Gust between 3540 the cookie again from this next system. This system will be stronger than the one we had yesterday. Nothing compared to what we had sunday and monday. 30s and 40s for most of these temperatures in the north. Rohnert park, 44. Many observations are missing. East bay temperatures in the 40s and 50s. American canyon, 44. Berkeley, 48. In lake county, west and southwest. The humidity is up. Humidity is still up there. Its not in the teens. Atlas peak is one of the lowest so far. 32 with wind out of the northeast at 7. Some areas are seeing 60 humidity. Mount diablo, 38 and north at 34. In the oakland hills, 48 depending on wind direction. Not much of a breeze toward fairfield or vacaville yet but that will pick up later this evening. 19, truckee. Another freeze warning in Mendocino County. There is a northerly direction there but the freeze warning will go until 9 00, similar to yesterday. This is the system in the Pacific Northwest, after that goes through the winds will pick up. Windspeed would not be bad this morning but later tonight and overnight and saturday morning, they will increase but decrease saturday afternoon and will start to warm up as we head into sunday and monday. 60s and 70s for the temperatures. Warmer on sunday and monday. President trump signed an executive order on healthcare. The decision the white house says begins the process of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care act. Several districts and east bay are closed because of the poor air quality. They include pittsburg and antioch unified. Vallejo city, venetia, john swett and west contra costa unified. Martinez and mount diablo districts will also close. All schools and marin county decided to cancel class today. For a complete list go to ktvu. Com. Authorities say looting has not been a significant problem in the evacuation zones but yesterday deputies arrested Morgan Plummer of sonoma. A neighbor reported seeing him take sunglasses out of a car in an evacuation area. When deputies searched him they found the sunglasses as well as an emergency fire shelter taken from a fire filter and tools that had previously been reported stolen from a Vineyard Management company. The home of peanuts creator, charles schultz, burned in the fire. The widow was able to escape the home but family members say many of the memorabilia items were lost. The good news is most of the collection of original comic strips are at the charles m scholz museum and Research Center in santa rosa. The museum was not damaged by the fire. Other parts of Northern California are on fire. We will have an update on the firefight in mendocino and lake counties. The things that matter most happen one morning and one cup at a time. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Its friday, october 13. Lets swing it over to Steve Paulson and a check of the forecast. Pretty calm this morning. Its colder and is not much of a breeze. The winds will pick up this evening. Smoke advisory is not as bad as wednesday and thursday although that could change. Levels look to be going down. It may pick up tomorrow as the breeze picks up. This morning its cool, clear and hazy. Some low clouds. The system is coming from the Pacific Northwest. Atlas peak, northeast at 7 with 32 . A red flag warning kicks in at 5 pm today and goes through saturday at 11 pm. The strongest gusts will be tonight into saturday. 30s and 40s on most of your temperatures. Cool in lake county. Look at the humidity. 55 82 . Knoxville creek, 2200 feet has a north wind. Not much of a breeze in santa rosa. Oakland airport has a slight northeast wind. In the valley, vacaville, west and southwest. This is the system going by in the Pacific Northwest. We will be on the drier, northerly side of that and that will pick up win tonight. 60s and 70s today. We do have traffic that will be busy in some areas as we start waking up on this friday commute. We have a look at 37 and 101. They are open. You will see some closures in the santa rosa area. Some of the closures are impactful locally on roads that are not freeways. 101 is open. There were plenty of off ramps between santa rosa and windsor that are closed. 37 is open to traffic. Lets talk about 80 westbound. The solano super commute is not too bad. A little bit of slowing on 37 out toward marin county. Lets go to the sunol grade were southbound near 680, there was a bus and a car that could into a crash. The right lane is blocked. Traffic is backing up before highway 84 getting out of pleasanton, give yourself extra time. If you were on the east shore freeway, traffic here is moderate. At the bay bridge toll plaza, metering light have been turned on. Additional fire crews are coming in to help battle the wildfires. The majority of the fires are still considered outof control. Allie rasmus is joining us live from napa county with information about new advisories. Reporter those advisories were issued around midnight. They affect residents and napa county west of highway 29 between rutherford lane, rutherford road and oakville grade. We are in that advisory area. What you can see behind us is part of the nuns fire. This is the foothills around mount veeder. Oakville grade is where we were driving up, less than a mile from highway 29. We are near the carmelite monastery. The nuns fire, combined with the earlier norrbom fire. Its burned about 17,000 acres. Here is a map of the area. As of their last update yesterday evening, this fire is about 3 contained. According to cal fire incident command, this fire and the presley and adobe fires are burning in higher elevations. Containment for all three is in the single digits. Yesterday evening these fires appeared to be threatening homes in the communities of oakville and youngsville. Residents of the youngsville residents home were told to shelter in place. People on highway 29 could see a huge wall of smoke in the distance. Weve had so the begin fire activity on mount veeder for the last several days. Its working down to dry creek. We have numerous houses there and we are attempting to get engines there to protect them. Reporter what you are seeing here is part of the nuns fire. This is in the area, the foothills around mount veeder west of highway 29. North of the oakville grade. You can see the fire coming down into the canyons. There are some homes in this area which is why there is an advisory evacuation issue. That advisory evacuation means have your stuff ready to go in case you have to leave at a moments notice. Have your essential items, medication, pets and clothing. Be ready in case conditions change. Many people are concerned and thinking about the wineries. Not only are they businesses but its a way to bring money into the area to recover. You and i were talking before you went in the field. You heard the vineyards have actually helped the firefighters. Reporter yes. Thats according to the cal fire deputy incident commander. He is also with napa county fire. He was saying in some cases, many cases, when these fires come into the vineyards they stop. You have a lot of dirt plowed fields and they keep the grapes and the vineyards well watered. In many cases its a good thing when they approach, when the fires approach the vineyards. The fire tends to stop and it slows it down. They are well watered and then there is open space, almost a Defensible Space around these vines. Reporter there is no continuous fuel. Thank you for the update. We will check back in throughout the morning. Evacuation centers have been set up in petaluma which has not been affected directly by the fires. Nearly 3000 homes in nearby santa rosa were destroyed by the fire. More than 400,000 square feet of commercial space was lost. Many people need help and petaluma is lending a hand. Even some of us are affected by. We want to do everything we can to help out and keep busy. While petaluma has been lucky so far, officials to recommend people who live there should also be prepared. Pack a bag and make plans just in case. Councils with the u. S. Department of Veterans Affairs have set up a trailer at an Evacuation Center to provide Mental Health services to veterans. Counselors are available at the Evacuation Center at napa valley college. They say the smoke, smell and sight of burned buildings can be stressful for those who have served in war zones. Many veterans who are in need of assistance can call them at the number on your screen. 9254333407. Hundreds in santa rosa attended a Church Service last night held for fire victims. The community routed into Saint Rose Catholic Church to pray for those affect did. Nearby Cardinal Newman high school was partially destroyed in the fire and student say the mass helps the Community Come together. Especially in times like this where its tough to figure out whats going on and why it happened. Especially to good people and a good community. Its nice to be comforted on the spiritual side of things. Student say they are not sure what school will be like or how they will even attend classes moving forward. A santa rosa couple lost their home and thought they lost everything. That is until strangers found some precious photos among the rubble. Susi and fred hulac were forced to evacuate their home on monday. During that time, they managed to take a few things. When the couple returned to their home in coffey park they found it had burned. That is until they got a call from Lauren Bianchi whose home office is 2. 5 miles away from the property. My daughter came across the wedding picture and i got goose bumps and chills. I knew how irreplaceable that is to somebody. This gives hope that there is life. We forgot we had this. Here it is. It gives you joy. When lauren found the photos she posted them on facebook and it was shared 2000 times. It turns out relatives in malaysia saw this. Now they have priceless memories back. Despite the devastation they say they plan to rebuild in santa rosa. Fires are burning in Mendocino County north of you higher and west of Mendocino National forest. They are burned more than 44,000 acres with containment at 10 . Eight people have died while 8000 have been evacuated from the area. The sheriff said the changing wind patterns are his biggest concern right now. Were going 180 degrees from one direction to the other at high rates. 3040 Miles Per Hour. Its very frustrating for both cal fire and the residents and law enforcement. The fire is still burning in multiple directions and threatening 1000 homes. The sheriff said most phone service has been lossmaking communication extremely difficult. In lake county this sulfur fire is 55 contained and has burned 2500 acres off highway 20 in the area of clearlake oaks. The sheriff tells us 3000 evacuees have been allowed back home. The county is working to lift Evacuation Orders in other parts once they are cleaned up and power is restored. In the face of this disaster, people are coming together, donating money, time or both to help neighbors and strangers. Henry lee reports from the Sonoma County fairgrounds were First Responders enjoyed special meals prepared by a celebrity chef who calls santa rosa home. Reporter guy fieri, a santa rosa native son cooking thousands of meals for fire victims and emergency workers. This is the least we can do and we are happy to do it. Were sorry for our friends who have lost their homes. There are a lot of good people coming together. Reporter he set up his mobile barbecue and santa rosa, whipping up hot meals. Were doing pulled pork and mac cheese and some coleslaw and bean salad. Also some roasted chickens that we will send up to the fire line. Those firefighters have been eating out of their lunch sacks. They get these big package meals which are awesome but nothing beats a hot meal. Reporter was no end to the firestorm insight, many are grateful for the assistance they are getting. And through their pain they are taking comfort with fellow evacuees. We are all thrown together and Everybody Loves everybody. There is no i hate you or i wish you would go back to where you are from or whatever there is none of that. Its all everybody being just human. I think its a great thing. I see so many post on social media about people donating so much stuff. I saw a post this morning where they say the donations are so overwhelming that some food is going bad. We are sonoma strong and we are getting through it. Reporter guy fieri is proud. He wants to help bring solace in the form of comfort food. Dispelling rumors during a crisis. Coming up, why some People Living in evacuation areas say they are afraid to get help. We have slow traffic in the east bay. Highway 680. 24 looks okay but its getting more crowded on the way to the tunnel. Ah, dinner. Throughout history, the one meal when we come together, break bread, share our day and connect as a family. [ bloop, clicking ] and connect, as a family. Just, uh one second voice guy. [ bloop ] huh . Hey . I paused it. Bam, family time. So how is everyone . Find your awesome with xfinity xfi and change the way you wifi. Struck a woman from novato who was among those shot and killed in las vegas was laid to rest yesterday in San Francisco. Hundreds attended the Funeral Service for Stacee Etcheber. She is the wife of a San Francisco Police Officer and a mother of two who was killed during the biggest shooting rampage. Officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police department attended the service. Our officers assisted them the night they came to las vegas looking for her. We had a personal connection. During the service, Stacee Etcheber was described as a go getter, a devoted wife and mother who spoke her mind and who loved to ride horses. Friends wore orange ribbons which was her favorite color. President trump says he is cutting off federal subsidies to Health Insurance companies provided for under the Affordable Care act. Those subsidies help low income americans afford coverage. The president signed an executive order yesterday that will allow alternative Health Insurance plans that would not need to fulfill the requirements of the Affordable Care act. This morning the president tweeted the democrats obamacare is imploding. Massive subsidy payments to their pet Insurance Companies has stopped. Democrats should call me to fix. The trop administration has been criticized for its response to puerto rico following hurricane maria. Prop is blaming the islands mismanaged poor infrastructure for some of the problems. He is threatening to withdraw relief workers. In a tweet he said that the electric grid and infrastructure in puerto rico were a disaster before the hurricanes. Puerto ricos officials responded by calling President Trump haterinchief. Leaders in mexico and canada are willing to work on renegotiation of nafta despite differences of opinion with the United States on wednesday the canadian Prime Minister visited with President Trump at the white house. Discussions on nafta by representatives of the three countries were held near washington yesterday. Mexico and canada object to a u. S. Demand that would require the agreement to be renegotiated every five years. President trump said nafta has been a disaster for the u. S. And has frequently threatened to scrap it unless changes are made. Another hollywood executive is facing an allegation of sexual harassment. This time its Amazon Studios chief right price. Right price. He is currently on a leave of absence. Producer on the series, the man in the high castle, said price harassed her in claims he propositioned her two years ago. As follows accusations against harvey weinstein. Amazon is investigating the new case. Lets check in with sal and that friday morning commute. Right now we are looking at some of these commutes. I want to start with a look at the fire zone. The major roads and the fire zone are open. Highway 37, 101. You can see as i push in more many of the closures are local. Many of these roads are detoured. Highway 12 between sonoma and santa rosa, you will run into some detours but a lot of it is open since monday. Highway 128 is closed northwest of calistoga and also east of st. Helena. Also in Lake Berryessa. Highway 101 is open but some off ramps are closed in santa rosa and areas affected by the fires. In the Altamont Pass we have traffic that is low on 580 and 205 as you drive through the area. 680, a problem on the sunol grade with that bus accident. Southbound 680 is clearing but its low out of pleasanton. If you have enough time, think about using 580, 238 and 880 south. This is a look at interstate 880 in oakland. Traffic in both directions is moving well. At the bay bridge toll plaza we do have a backup that is about 10 minutes long before you make it onto the span. My good buddy mike takes that route, 680 to san jose. He may not have heard everything you said. Many people take from the east bay. Southbound 680 as you get to andrade road, there was a bus accident for the last hour. Your buddy may need to get out of the house early. There you go, mike. Got it from the man himself. Smoke advisory continues although its not as bad as wednesday and thursday. A little better today but still pretty bad. This is all winddriven. If the wind is northwest it goes more toward the east bay. If it goes north, acres more toward oakland and the south bay. Used, marin county. Smoky skies in napa. 42. This is closer to in town. A high of 76. Atlas peak has a northeast at 8. Humidity at 32 . Temperatures are much cooler and humidity is higher. Cloverdale and geyserville, look at the difference. Wind out of the north with 78 . The other is west, southwest and 87 . Wind direction means everything as far as humidity and temperatures. Geyserville, northwest. 40s and low 50s. We are not in the upper 60s or 70s. Northeast at windsor. Northeast at santa rosa. A wind advisory does not begin until 11 pm tonight for the north and east bay hills. There is more of an offshore breeze and gusts could get up to around 45 Miles Per Hour. This system looks to be stronger than the one that did not really materialize yesterday but nothing similar to saturday night and monday. 40s, 50s and 30s for the temperatures. Up in lake county, kelseyville, south. Lower lake, west. These are onshore breeze with higher humidity and cooler temps. Knoxville creek, 2200 feet, a north wind at 7 Miles Per Hour. A red flag warning will kick in later but theres not much of a breeze right now. Looking at solano county, west or west and southwest. Its light and onshore. On the peninsula and south bay, lows in the 40s. Stanford, 40. Menlo park, 40. Santa cruz, 42 which is cooler than morgan hill and gilroy. The water temperatures have all come down. Bodega bay in San Francisco bowie and half moon bay, low to mid 50s. Thats the coolest ive seen in a long time. 21 in truckee. And Mendocino County, a north wind. Its not that strong and humidity is high. Almost 90 but there is enough cold air that if freeze warning continues until 9 00. That is the system in the Pacific Northwest. It will not impact us with wind and rain but behind that it will bring in a breeze that will pick up later tonight. The strongest will be late friday into early saturday. It will decrease and then we will see warmer temperatures sunday into monday. 60s and 70s for the temperatures. After tuesday, it does look like a possibility for rain on thursday north of santa rosa and calistoga. Todays weather is good for the firefight. Very good until tonight. Be aggressive today. Im sure. We will tell you the hike humidity and decreasing wind helps everything. California state officials are investigating the source of the wildfires. Next, the evidence that state regulators are requesting from pg e. Who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. Welcome back to mornings on 2. A California Public Utilities Commission once pg e to save all records pertaining to the fires. They are looking into whether electrical lines and power poles knocked down by the wind storm last sunday night was a factor in the fires. The state puc sent a letter to pg e telling the utility to mark all potential evidence to allow inspectors to analyze the power poles. Some involve the utilitys tree trimming rogue run. Pg e said they are complying and has been sharing information with the state but the utility main goal is protecting lives and restoring power. The firefight continues. Extra help is on the way for victims. The federal government is now offering assistance to the thousands who lost their homes. An incredible sight in santa rosa. A mail carrier continuing to work even through the disaster. We still see traffic that is going to be slow on the sunol grade and we are looking at san rafael. Southbound 101 traffic looks okay from novato to san rafael and the 580 interchange. Firefighters are gaining some ground. We have the latest on the north bay firestorm as mornings on 2 continues. Good morning. It has been quite a week. Its friday, october 13. Im pam cook. Im mike mibach. We do expect to receive updated fire figures from cal fire in the next hour or so. Right now 31 deaths have been confirmed from these fires. It has been 300 square miles which is six times the size of says San Francisco. 3500 homes and businesses have been destroyed. An estimated 25,000 people have been evacuated. 400 are reported missing. Here is a map of the fires. Two fires on the sonoma and napa countyline have merged into one. The tubbs fire the brand from calistoga into santa rosa is just 10 contained. It has burned nearly 35,000 acres. The atlas fire spans from napa and solano counties and has burned almost 44,000 acres and is 7 contained. Fire crews in the air and on the ground are working hard to keep the flames from spreading into the city of sonoma. Firefighters said they are making important headway. The area remains in danger. Fire crews are carving up buffer lines to eliminate dry brush and other vegetation that emrs
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