Meteorologist Steve Paulsen is monitoring the conditions in the area. Reporter firefighters have been showing up throughout the morning. This is the command base, where they will have a briefing this morning before heading back out to the fire line. One thing we did learn is that one of the Evacuation Centers yesterday was full and now has space at the fieldsburg Community Center. The Sonoma County fairgrounds also a place that you can bring livestock. About 2,000 people remain under the mandatory evacuation orders. There are three main Evacuation Centers, the hillsburg Community Center, the Veterans Memorial building in santa rosa, and the fairgrounds where horses and livestock can be sheltered. Evacuees say they are nervous. So far 49 structures with have burned. Its nature, right . Reporter firefighters have been able to contain about 800 acres. As for those evacuated neighborhoods, the Sheriffs Office has put deputies in those neighborhoods to watch for any suspicious activity or potential looters. We want to give you a closer look at where the fire is right now along with the evacuation orders underway. This map from Sonoma County the bright red dot where the fire is actually burning. Then the brown area is where the evacuation orders are in effect, including all the areas east of highway 101 from north of hillsburg and north through geyserville. If youre looking for an evacuation center, you can go to the Sonoma County fairgrounds in santa rosa, or the santa rosa veterans building, and also the hillsberg Community Center as well. Pg e is acknowledging it had an outage on a high voltage line in the area of the kincaid fire, which may be connected to the fire itself. The problem happened about 9 20 p. M. On wednesday night near where the fire started minutes later. An employee spoke with cal fire at the site the morning before the fire started and pointed out a broken piece of equipment on the tower. The lines had not been deenergized and the utility says it doesnt know if that equipment sparked the kincaid fire. Its another spare the air day, and the smoke from the kincaid fire will spread all across the bay area. We have important advice if you see or smell smoke coming from that big fire. If you smell smoke, youre probably being impacted. If youre impacted, stay indoors with the windows and doors closed if you can. Basic lip basically use common sense. If you have breathing problems, stay indoors and avoid that unhealthy air. I know temperatures are one factor but steve, that cool air was a relief. The big news for the north bay area, its 20 to 30 degrees lower than yesterday. Other locations are mild to warm. We have a little bit of a break today, a north breeze here. 41 in santa rosa and 73 in berkeley. There was an easterly breeze for some but not for everyone. There are some areas where cooler conditions and higher humidity are helping. But the wind speeds are way down in the upper elevations. Other locations, humidity 42 or so. So thats good news for the firefighters. Easterly component here, still north northeast over marin county. Sal is here to talk about the east bay commute. Were a little better now than we were the first few days of the week. We have a backup at the toll plaza extending out through the maze. We have had a little bit of a calmer commute from the other day. As we look here at the commute on the freeways, you can tell the red on the map is not quite as severe as it has been. Looking all over the bay area, traffic is going to be a little slow. Look at these pictures and its clear, traffic moving well. So well keep you updated on whats going on. Right now the commute is doing well even in the valley. Back to the desk. We are following a developing story in san josi, where police are investigating the discovery of a body of an infant at a waste facility. Reporter this is just a devastating discovery, the body of a baby reportedly found at this facility here behind me. San josi police are still on the scene as they work to try and figure out more details surrounding what was found here. They are not confirming much at this point, but we are hearing the body was found overnight in the upper level of the recycling building and police have been here for hours now. Green Waste Services the south bay and this is a large facility where they sort through materials. At this point we dont know details surrounding how the body ended up here. But a reminder now of the safe haven laws, which allows the dropoff of newborns, no questions asked, at designated locations like hospitals and fire stations. Officers here on the scene say they plan to be here for hours as they sort through the details here. We are waiting on confirmation from detectives on more details about the discovery, just heartbreaking this morning here in san josi. A thief caught on camera in the act of robbing a store. Coming up, how Police Caught the woman and what they believe shes tied to. Then get ready for another round of pg e power shutoffs around the bay area. Which areas may affected and how soon the lights may go out. Tv just keeps Getting Better. How you watch it does too. This is xfinity x1. Featuring the Emmy Awardwinning voice remote. Streaming Services Without changing passwords and input. Live sports with realtime stats and scores. Access to the most 4k content. And your movies and shows to go. The best tv experience is the best tv value. Xfinity x1. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Xfinity. The future of awesome. Welcome back. We are waiting on new numbers for the kincaid fire, still burning out of control in Sonoma County. As of last night, 16,000 acres had burned and it was only 5 contained. 49 homes have been destroyed and 2,000 people in the area are still evacuated. No word on when they will be allowed back home. Cal fire has been working around the clock on the kincaid fire, 1300 personnel on the front line and many more on the way. The number of firefighters could reach 2,000 by later in the day. Deputies say the problems they are encountering is homeowners trying to return to their properties to see if the home survived. Once you leave an area, you will not be allowed back in. Were doing that for your safety and the safety of the firefighters and First Responders in the area. Deputies are keeping people from returning. Some were allowed to briefly return to their houses and retrieve essential items such as medicine. Some School Districts canceled classes for today go to ktvu. Com for a full list and a guide for People Living in the fire zone with information like Evacuation Centers, school closures, air quality and those areas affected by the pg e Public Safety power shutoff. Pg e expects to have power restored to all customers affected by the recent planned outage by sometime tonight. 179,000 pg e customers in 17 counties were without power at one point. Pg e says 100 100 of customers should have power back today. And the fire danger is expected to get worse this weekend, prompting pg e to say there may be another round of power shutoffs. Look at this map. The shaded areas on the map show where the outages are possible. You can see most of the bay area is included. Parts of marin, alameda, contra costa and san mateo counties are included. And the weekend weather could bring the strongest winds and most dangerous weather conditions of the year. Officials say they are closely monitoring the winds, expected to hit Northern California tomorrow night with gusts between 40 and 60 miles an hour, and 70 to 80 miles an hour in isolated areas. If a shutoff happens, it would be the third Public Safety power shutoff this month. The frequency is is annoying. As fire danger remains high, firefighters throughout Northern California will be staffing up in case more fires break out. The bart service is being sued over allowing electric bikes on trails in the Tahoe National forest. Recreation groups claim the Forest Service changed the rules to allow ebikes on nonmotorized trails without first getting public input about it. The Golden Gate National Recreation Area is considering a similar plan but its letting the public make comments on it until the end of the month. New rules will affect dog walking in park land across San Francisco, san mateo and ocean beach. The rules also expand officials to have the power to cite and fine dog owners, even impound their pets. They claim the changes didnt require a Public Comment process but hundreds of dog owners have sent in comments anyway against the rules. The Oakland Unified School district is responding after six protesters were arrested at a School Board Meeting wednesday night. Protesters jumped over and pushed through a barricade set up for safety because of similar protests in recent meeting. Parents are protesting planned closures and mergers of schools scheduled for next year. What happened last night is troubling and is not reflective of who we are as a community. They continue to violate the law, cause us to have to stop the meeting and relocate it. Police say the six people who were arrested were cited and released on charges of disturbing the peace and disrupting a School Board Meeting. Sal, is everybody behaving on the roads . We have a couple problems popping up here, southbound 101 a new crash after the Robin Williams tunnel. This is a wide shot of whats going on here, southbound 101. You can tell coming out of the tunnel, all that slow traffic, then when you get to the bridge its clear. So theres something going on right there at the tunnel, reported as an injury crash. If youre driving in southern marin, youll see slow traffic coming down south as you get to the tunnel. Northbound 280 near ocean, they are clearing an accident there. If you can get on the freeway after ocean, thats better for you. East bay, slow on highway 4 but the rest of the freeways look good. 880 a little slow through union city. San mateo bridge, moderately heavy, then the bay bridge toll plaza a 10 to 15 minute delay to get on to the span. Steve . Thank you. What a difference a day makes, 75 yesterday morning, 47 right now. Pope valley is 40 even. Thats good news, temperatures 25 to 30 degrees cooler. The wind speeds have come down, more variable now. You can see west southwest, that was all easterly yesterday. While the humidity and Higher Elevations are in the teens, its much higher for others. Theres 74 with santa rosa now. That was in the teens yesterday. Some areas are on the mild side. 71 for berkeley. Again, its all because of that easterly breeze. This is lightening up over the bay and in the east bay hills and marin county hills. The direction is northeast or north, equaling warm temps. Im having a hard time buying into some of these but every projection shows temperatures near this. 85 in the city for today, and its been a warm stretch since this time last week. The high in San Francisco has been going up, and looks like a quiet day today for the most part compared to yesterday. Then the next system drops and well see it pick up again late saturday or early sunday as the system dies into nevada. This is a stronger wind event. We had gusts of 70 miles an hour yesterday and thats a possibility again as we head to sunday morning. I think the wind at the valley floor will be stronger than the last event. We are expecting 45 in the east bay hills. 80s and 90s on the temps today, cooling off tomorrow. Then overnight into sunday, high fire danger and temperature in fact 70s and 80s. Some say items on amazon come at too high of a moral price. What the retailer giant may be selling, coming up. And why the Justice Department is launching a criminal investigation into the origin of the russia election probe. 6, 7, 8 big dreams start with small steps. But dedication can get you there. So just start small. Start saving. Easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. Chase. Make more of whats yours®. 7 23 and we have an update on the kincade fire. We just heard from cal fire the fire grew overnight, and we have new numbers to put with that information. Its grown to at least 21900 acres, more than doubled in size from this time yesterday. The fire is still 5 contained and the number of buildings destroyed stands at 49. That includes homes and cabins and other outbuildings, and we are working to learn how many and what kind of buildings have been damaged, as many are evacuated from their Sonoma County homes and worried about their houses. Cal fire Officials Say the kincade fire is now 21,900 acres in size. Again, its more than double what it was this time yesterday, containment at 5 . Police are investigating a suspected serial shoplifter. Video shows a woman entering the kohls store on wednesday, grabbing clothing and putting it over her arm. Police are observing the woman and take her down within just seconds. Two detectives have been staking out the store following recent thefts. This arrest was good Old Fashioned police work, hard working detectives looking at patterns of thefts. Investigators believe is woman is also responsible for a string of similar robberies in the east bay. New reports suggest the Justice Departments investigation into the russia investigation has turned into a criminal probe. The investigation into the origin of special counsel Robert Muellers probe into russian interference in the 2016 election as President Trump is already facing scrutiny about a potential abuse of power. Members of congress are holding closeddoor hearings that republicans want to be made public. Theres a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it, and this is a dangerous way to do it. There will be a time, soon i hope, where the hearings will be public. But at this moment, i think its wise to move forward in this atmosphere. Democrats say the criminal nature of the investigation into the russia investigation raised concerns the Justice Department has lost its political independence. The president denied all wrong doing. Chuck schumer is proposing a plan to swap gas powered cars with electric ones, giving car buyers thousands of dollars for trading in gas cars for American Made electric or hybrid cars. The senator didnt say how the plan would be financed. The Trump Administration called for eliminating federal credits for electric cars. Coming up, the planned pg e power shutoffs are affecting many across the bay area and there could be many more this weekend. Coming up, how the utility plans to help those affected by power outages. And well continue our coverage of the massive kincade fire that continues to burn and is now just under 22,000 acres in size. We have new information on the evacuation orders now in place as fire crews work to save buildings. Good morning and welcome back to mornings on 2 this obligate 25th. Im dave clark. Im gasia mikaelian. Reporter the kincade fire is up to 21,900 acres, only 5 contained. There will be a News Conference this afternoon with cal fire. Right now we are told 49 homes, cabins and other buildings have inj destroyed. Noies have been reported. 2,000 people in and around geyserville have been evacuated. The Sheriffs Office says a rumor on social media is not true. They say mandatory evacuations have not been lifted and they are still . Effect. Lets continue our Team Coverage with steve looking ahead to the winds in particular. First allie rasmus is in one of the areas hardest hit. Good morning. Reporter good morning. We are along red winery road near geyserville, and this is part of the area where the fire swept through yesterday. Now the sun is up with the clouds and haze still in the area, you can see where this went through, all thats left a burned up car in the driveway and some appliances here. No one has been reported missing or injured because of this fire which started at 9 30 p. M. On wednesday, and there are signs of life here. We have seen a house cat come through the debris of this home, and appeared to be just fine, possibly looking for food, maybe returning to its home. It will be a while before people can come home. The evacuation orders are still in effect for this area for about 2,000 People Living near geyserville, and the kincade fire started in this area around 9 30 p. M. On wednesday. Within hours, people in the area were forced to flee their homes. 49 structured have been destroyed within hours of the fire starting. I was thinking well come back like last time. I didnt think it was going to come down the hill. Reporter some people are still waiting to find out if their homes are standing and others sadly have confirmed their homes did not survive the fire. Evacuation orders are still in effect for about 2,000 people in the area. Right now along red winery road and the neighborhood west of the mountains, the fire already came through. The latest information we have is that the fire is still active on the other side of the ridge just east of us here. Thats where the fire is still going on, the kincade fire not over yet. We heard earlier there was just 5 containment of this fire and its now almost 22,000 acres. Allie rasmus, ktvu news. 1300 firefighters are battling the kincade fire and more are on the way to help out. By later today there could be 2,000 firefighters helping fight the flames through the weekend. Even if they are able to contain the fire, strong winds could make it flare up again. Pg e says they had a high voltage outage point about 9 20 p. M. Wednesday night on a transmission tower near where the fire started just minutes later. The utility says an employee spoke with cal fire at the site the morning before the fire started and pointed out a broken piece of equipment on the tower. The line had not been deenergized but lower voltage lines had been turned off. They did not meet the conditions we forecast for transmission level outages. We didnt see the wind speeds in the forecast we would typically see for a transmission outage. Pg e says the tower has been inspected four times in the last two years. It appears to be in excellent condition, recently inspected. Well wait for the results of the investigation to learn more about that. The utility says cal fire taped off the base of the transmission tower pending an investigation. Pg e says they dont know if their equipment sparked the fire. You should wear the right kind of mask inareas with bad air quality. The m95 mask is designed to keep you from breathing in particulates in the air. Surgical masks are not the same. Lets bring in steve because yesterday seemed like we had a number of fires popping up. They will get a break today and about half tomorrow, then the winds will pick up again. Some smoke will begin drifting southward, and then out towards the pacific. Thats changing because theres not as much of a breeze. Some of that smoke will work its way southward and will start to go north to south. Some of that will begin to work its way in. Temperatures are cooler to the north, low to mid40s, down 25 to 30 degrees compared to yesterday at this time. The wind is northerly but nothing compared to yesterday. 4 miles an hour there at ridge branch, but 15 . Other locations, 56 humidity. In the hills, the winds are northerly but the humidity is in the teens and the winds have come way down today. 74 humidity in santa rosa, yesterday in the teens as well. There are some areas around the bay that are very mild, berkeley and oakland not as warm. San francisco is down 4 compared to yesterday, but we have that easterly component in marin county. Well have 80s and 90s for most again, a cooler start to tomorrow. Sal . We start in marin county. If youre driving to San Francisco, Pay Attention here. Southbound 101. They just cleared a crash near the Robin Williams tunnel. I could tell because it was slow for a while and now things are better coming out of the tunnel, still slow getting down south. If youre driving in southern marin, the traffic is slow. It could have been worse. I want to switch the focus here, the backup growing very long here. Avoid 280 for now if you can and get over to this part of the city that youre going to without using the freeway. East bay commute, highway 4 is slow, and so is 880. These slowdowns are always there. Its better in the rest of the east bay commute, and the san mateo bridge is moderately heavy. A man who ran a red light in antioch and killed two young sisters has been convicted of murder. A jury convicted 25yearold noah saucedo after the crash last year. Their mother was driving when he slammed into the Truck Driving a stolen car. Police are investigating a shooting that left one person with lifethreatening injuries yesterday afternoon near 26th avenue and eucalyptus street. One person was shot and at least one man was detained at the scene. Officials say there was no threat to schools and all students were safe. Bart has decided against banning panhandling for those performances for money on bart trains and in stations. The board made the decision yesterday. The director asked the board to consider the ban, saying many of her constituents in Contra Costa County dont feel safe when they are asked for money. However, Police Officers say they rarely take action because usually no laws have en broken. Bart is moving ahead with a new plan to give riders access to priority security lines at sfo. The board approved the first phase of the Pilot Program to use trip Verification Technology allowing verification of riders coming to the airport. Governor newsom is expressing frustration with pg e after a growing number of planned outages in california. They better step things up. This is simply unacceptable. 21st century in a state like ours, an economy as vibrant as ours, with all this capacity and ingenuity, to see this disruption putting lives at risk because they cant access Critical Care or even water in some cases. Its unacceptable. The governor spoke yesterday after meeting with state emergency leaders in l. A. Hes been urging pg e to compensate customers who lost electricity during the recent blackout. They are talking about setting aside 5 million to help offset costs from the outages to pay for hotel rooms, care givers and batteries. The fund is a oneyear Pilot Program. 400,000 subaru cars are being recalled. Coming up, the two models affected and what you can do to stay safe. And what Bernie Sanders says he plans to do when it comes to marijuana legislation overall if he becomes president. Coming up next hour, the death toll from vaping and e cigarettes continues to rise nationwide. The latest figures into the vapingrelated illnesses. And not everyone is using the correct mask during poor air quality. Why some could do more harm than good. Were back after the break. We all have things we love and long for. A place, a feeling, a moment. But only kerrygold can take you there. To irelands lush, green pastures. Where grassfed cows produce rich, creamy milk for the most delicious taste imaginable. Thats no ordinary cheese. No. Its kerrygold. Kerrygold. The taste that takes you there. Welcome back, 7 44. The kincade fire grew overnight to almost 22,000 acres and look at the snowpack generated right now by the fire. Cal fire will have a News Conference later today and we expect updated numbers then. About 2,000 people have been evacuated with no word on when they will be allowed back home. Stay with us for live Team Coverage at the top of the next hour. Happening today, lawmakers and other u. S. Leaders join friends and family in honoring the late representative Elijah Cummings at his funeral in baltimore. Former president s obama and clinton along with the former first ladies will be at the service. Obama was personal friends with representative cummings and is expected to speak at the service. Yesterday friends and family gathered on capitol hill to pay tribute. The 68yearold was the first africanamerican lawmaker to lie in state at the capitol. Bernie sanders wants to legalize marijuana if he becomes president. He says hed issue an executive order to remove marijuana from the list of controlled substance and would clear the records of those convicted of marijuanarelated crimes. 15 other Democratic Candidates have said they support full legalization. Elizabeth warren is leading the race in the democratic president ial nomination. According to the latest study, 28 support Elizabeth Warren and 21 support joe biden. Wall street headed lower this morning, a disappointing report from amazon. Unexpected news is turning things around. Pam cook is here to explain. For the most part its been a good earning season, a lot of companies with better than expected earnings this morning. Tech stocks are being helped today but at the opening bell, amazon stock dropped about 6 after a disappointing report. They did spend a lot of money upping the same day delivery service, erasing 40 billion of market cap for amazon. Take a look at the big board, the dow up a third of a percent, about the same for the s p. Nasdaq was the big winner today with gaining grounds. Subaru is recalling 160,000 cars, including the 2017 to 2019 imprezas because of a problem with the engine computer which can cause a short circuit and blow a fuse. Also debris from the valve can fall into the engine and cause power loss. Cvs is removing 22ounce bottled of Johnson Johnson baby powder after they were recalled for having trace of asbestos. Cvs is asking anyone who purchased that powder to return it for a refund. Johnson johnson is currently facing several lawsuits for failing to report the traces of asbestos, which is a known carcinogen. According to a wall street journal report investigation, amazon is selling clothing from bangladeshian factories that are considering dangerous by many retailers. One toddler item was traced to a factory that used locked doors to keep workers inside. The report in the journal says amazons deal with thirdparty retailers doesnt say they have to meet certain safety standards. A lot of people just look at the tag, made in what country, and cant trace it back. And they also dont think about the rules and regulations that we have in place here in the united states, and the conditions that are not in place everywhere. Still ahead, were expected to spend almost 9 billion on halloween this year. Almost half off americans plan to dress up for halloween this year. More than 3 billion will be spend on costumes alone. And close to 50 plan to decorate their homes, and there are also all the parties and haunted houses, plus the candy and costumes for pets. A big chunk of that will be spend by sal castaneda. We dont go all out but we do spend some. You give the good candy . Yes, i do. I give out the kind of candy we discussed, and dave likes it too. Lets take a look at the Richmond Bridge approach, no major problems driving across. It was slow for a while, 46 minute drive from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. This is probably the best we have had all week. As the bay bridge is backed up, 880 northbound is slow in downtown oakland. I want to mention highway 4 is also slow. Northbound 280 getting up to geneva, there was a crash and traffic is still backed up north of highway 1. 7 51, steve. Sal, if i knock on your door for halloween, im thirsty. Could you help me out . You can come into sals private chamber. Thank you, sir. We have very cool readings to the north compared to yesterday. Some smoke is starting to make it more going north to south. Do we still have an image of that . Its coming down, looking over the oaklandalameda estuary. Those winds have subsided or tailed off. Now we have a northerly breeze working down the coast. There it is. Look at the humidity there, 60 versus other areas at 14 . The humidity in the hills is critical but the wind speeds are down. Santa rosa 47, fairfield down to 43 degrees. The direction is still easterly, higher peaks not that strong. I really strucked on a lot of these highs with temperatures near 90, even though its 47 in santa rosa. One model said 86 and i tend to believe that one but the other three said 90, 91. The record is 91 in 2003. Yesterday we had 87 and that was not a record. Everything will be quiet today and half of saturday. Then the next system is going over land without a lot of moisture. Thats the difference between the high and low, prompting a wind event early sunday morning. Theres already a high wind watch posted. We had gusts 55 to 70 miles an hour yesterday, especially in the hills, and a possibility of 75 miles an hour. I think this will be stronger for the valley, likely 35 to 40 miles an hour today. I would think east bay hills and mt. Diablo would be stronger. I think it will be cooler than yesterday. We have an easterly component. Sunday we have wind and high fire danger. Thank you. Time now 7 54. Who has the best fast food fries in america . Coming up, which chain is number one on the list and why it may not be the one youre thinking of. Plus how you can get free snickers just in time for halloween. And first, why a star wars action figure is exed to smash world records. Details up next. T. Welcome back, 7 51. History is about to be made by a star wars action figurine. Its a rare 1979 boba fete action figurine that could set a new world record for a Star Wars Toy at an auction. Only 100 of these Bounty Hunter characters were produced and pulled from store shelves after safety concerns over the rocket firing mechanism. Less than 30 of the originals still exist. This has been a great boost for 1500 or more students for the first couple years of college. We need to extend this. They covered my tuition and books, so im able to be a full time student instead of a full time employee. The san josi college promised scholarships focused on low income, first generation and historically underrepresented students. Now they want to expand the program. The Washington Nationals will try and take a commanding lead in the world series tonight over the Houston Astros after winning the first two games in houston. Now the series will shift to the Nations Capital for the next three games. Ktvu fox 2 has coverage of game three starting today at 4 30 p. M. , and you can still watch the regularly scheduled newscasts on ktvu plus. The Houston Astros fired assistant general manager brandon towman after locker room comments directed at female reporters last weekend in support of a player accused of domestic violence. The kincade fire grows overnight to nearly 2,000 acres. Dozens of homes have been destroyed and thousands ordered to evacuate. Pg e expects to restore power to all customers but could be facing the biggest outage yet. And we are live in san josi with the latest on the investigation into the baby found at a waste facility. Good morning and welcome back this friday, october 25th. Im mike mibach. As gasia mikaelian. The kincade fire is still growing, cal fire saying flames have burned 21,900 acres, up from 16,000 just last night. You can see the active flames and a lot of smoke rising from the area. The acreage is more than double it was this time yesterday, but containment remains at 5 . We know 49 buildings have been destroyed, including homes and cabins. As of right now we are thankful to be able to report no injuries or deaths reported as a result of the kincade fire. We have live Team Coverage with Steve Paulson monitoring conditions this morning. First lets get right to Elissa Harrington at the Sonoma County fairgrounds, a command base for firefighters. Reporter good morning. Sonoma county was hit by the fires in 2017 and Officials Say they do not want a repeat of that damage. I want to get straight to the briefing that happened at 7 00 a. M. , when cal firefighters went over todays plan, focused on containing the fire and taking advantage of the changing weather. We have been here before. The community has seen some hard time. So yourpresence is very important. Thank you for all the work you have done over the last 48 hours, and i know that youre going to be working hard to mitigate this situation and get everybody back in their homes as quickly as possible. We have a job to do. Lets get out there and put this fire to bed, and most importantly, do it safely. Reporter the kincade fire has scorched 21,900 acres but crews say they are not seeing the winds that caused flames to race over the area for the past couple days. Overnight crews made some strong progress on the perimeter. Cal fire planned an aggressive air attack today, crucial to get the fire urged control before the weekend. We dont want anything to come over the line when this wind event comes through saturday and sunday. We want this extinguished as quickly as possible and get resources back into the system in case of another fire this weekend. Reporter there is potential for other fires this weekend with the expected heat and wind. Officials say they are spreading out resources and are preparing for additional fires elsewhere. Right now their focus is on the kincade fire and need to get as much work done as possible within the next 24 hours. Elissa harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. We have a closer look at where exactly that fire is at this moment along with the evacuation orders underway. This is Sonoma County, showing the impacted area. The bright red dots show where the kincade fire is burning. The brown area is where the evacuation orders are in effect, including all the areas east of highway 101. If youre looking for an evacuation center, head to the Sonoma County fairgrounds in santa rosa or the santa rosa Veterans Memorial building on maple avenue. The hillsberg Community Center is also being used. Pg e is acknowledging it had an outage near the fire, which may be connected to the kincade fire itself. It happened about 9 20 p. M. On wednesday on a tower near where the fire started just minutes later. The utility says an employee spoke with cal fire at the site the morning of the fire and pointed out a broken piece of equipment on the tower. Pg e says the tower had not been deenergized and they dont know if that equipment sparked the kincade fire. Today is another spare the air day, unhealthy air. The smoke is expected to drift across much of the area. If you see or smell smoke or fire . If you smell smoke, youre probably being impacted. If youre impacted, stay indoors with the windows and doors closed if you can if you already have breathing problems, take extra precautions to avoid that unhealthy air. In livermore the air is bad. We should all prepare for it today. And remember the mines fire as well. Chris is up in santa rosa with a bit of the orange and red sun vise, smokey skies there. And itlooks like a lot of smoke is drifting south. Temperatures are amazingly cooler, and the difference is off the chart here. Santa rosa, 20 degrees cooler than it was yesterday, fairfield minus 26. San josi is only 2 degrees cooler but concord is minus 14. Theres barely any breeze in santa rosa and napa, and its tailed off in the Higher Elevations. Still slightly northnorthwest but look at the northwest breeze, 16 humidity. Santa rosa, 62, and 46 degrees lake port, berkeley 71. There are cool and mild readings. Northeast of 21, i really didnt want to go this high, but everything is pointed in this direction. Expect 80s near 90. Much cooler tomorrow but a big wind event on sunday. More on that coming up in a few minutes. Sal . We have a commute thats pretty much full strength at this point. We have some commutes lighter than usual. The bay bridge, theres about 15 to 20 minutes delay, which is not unusual. After that it looks all right. 880 is slowing down into downtown oakland. If you look at the map, you can see the slow traffic just slightly better than it was earlier in the week. Traffic is slow approaching the maze. Look at the south bay commute, its slightly better driving up to the west valley. Back to the desk. In san josi, police are investigating reports that someone discovered the body of an infant at a greenway f facility. Reporter this devastating discovery happened at assist facility behind me and san josi Police Confirmed the body of an infant was indeed found overnihere. We still have police on the scene. At one point hocide detectives, crime scene investigators and the Coroners Office were all here investigating. Police arrived at the green waste facility around 3 30 a. M. After a call of a body found. When they arrived, they did find the body of an infant on a Conveyor Belt inside this building. Police were here for hours investigating the discovery. They are not exactly sure how this could have happened here. We reached out to the business about the discovery as well. As far as the details on this one, its heartbreaking. We dont know if it was a bo orgirl, those details not ing released. An autopsy will be performed. The police are asking the community to step in here. If you know anything, please contact san josi police or if you would like to leave an anonymous tip, call crime stoppers. But they need more information as they piece together what happened here. Coming up, a thief caught on camera robbing a kohls store in the north bay. How Police Caught her and what else they think shes tied to. Up next, a criminal investigation into the origins of the russia election probe. Sarahs last tuition payment, sent off. Feeling good . Oh yeah. Now im ready to focus on my project. This is why we plan. You never cease to amaze me, maya. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. This morning cal fire says the burning fire in Sonoma County is up to 21,900 acres, up from 16,000 acres. This is a live picture of the smoke burning over the kincade fire. While acreage has increased, containment is still at 5 . 49 buildings have been destroyed and 2,000 people are under evacuation orders. No word on when they will be allowed back home. Cal fireplace has crews working around the clock on the kincade fire. 1300 personnel are on the front lines and many more are on the way. The Sheriffs Department is encountering homeowners forced to evacuate, some trying to return to their homes to see if their houses survived. Once you leave an area, you will not be allowed back in. We are doing that for your safety and the safety of the firefighters and First Responders in the area. Deputies are stationed in evacuated neighborhoods and some were allowed to return home to retrieve essential items like medicine. Several districts have canceled classes today new reports suggest the Justice Departments investigation into the russia investigation has turned into a criminal probe. The investigation into the origins of special counsel Robert Muellers probe into russian interference in the 2016 election. This comes as President Trump is facing scrutiny about a potential abuse of power by asking the president of ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son. Members of congress are holding closed door hearings, ones that republicans want to be made public. Theres a right way and a wrong way to do it, and this is a dangerous way to do it. This is not a partisan endeavor. At this moment, i think its wise to move forward in this atmosphere. Democrats say the nature of the investigation raises concerns that the Justice Department has lost its political independence. The aclu says immigration separated 1500 more children from their parents at the u. S. Mexico border. New numbers come between july 2017 and june 2018, including more than 200 children under the age of five, bringing the total number of children to more than 5400 since july of 2017. Chuck schumer wants to swap gas cars for electric ones, giving car buyers thousands of dollars to trade in gas cars for American Made electric or hybrid cars. 45million would go to charging stations and other infrastructure. He doesnt say how the plan would be paid for. A grass fire near livermore started just after 9 00 last night along mines road and has burned 50 acres, 60 contained. No word of any homes or buildings being destroyed. And another fire is burning burning 95 acres and 55 contained. Firefighters in marin county shut down highway 101 after a fire started yesterday morning and burned through at least 58 acres. No evacuation orders have been issued. In southern california, 40,000 people are out of their homes this morning after a wildfire destroyed several homes. So far more than 3900 acres have burned. This fire is 5 contained and hundreds more homes are threatened. So far no injuries have been reported. Lets get back to sal with a look at the friday commute. We have a look at 280 in downtown san josi. Its better than it was yesterday. This friday we are getting a bit of a break. Highway 101 is okay. Its crowded on the way up to the west valley and you can see here on the maps that some of this is red, but its better than it was. Peninsula traffic is slow in san mateo and belmont. Northbound 280 is getting a little better. San mateo bridge is moderately heavy, and we have traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza 10 to 15 minutes. Just a little better than it was yesterday on the commute. What about the weather today . We have noticeably cooler temps but this is pushing some of the smoke southward. So steve can confirm smoke over the bay. What time can we expect the winds to peak . Now to 2 00 a. M. Sunday morning. Right now thats how it looks. After that it will taper off and spread southward. Theres a high wind watch out. The good news for today, its noticeably cooler. We have several double digits compared to yesterday at this time. The wind speeds are not as strong. In the Higher Elevations, the wind speeds have come way down. In the valley, 68 to 74 humidity, so that helps. A little belter today and tomorrow but by saturday night everything will change again. Look at the 40s to almost 70. The east bay hills, still a north northeast breeze. I didnt see much there. 80s and 90s again on the temps. Today and tomorrow are okay. Tomorrow night watch as the system digs in, and temperatures will be cooler but the wind speeds may be stronger. High wind watch is out with a strong wind event early sunday morning. Some of these gusts are projected very high, a strong wind event early sunday morning. Well get a break today for the firefighters. Saturday will be noticeably cooler before the wind cranks up again. It will be very windy out there. Amazon may be offering great deals but some say the items come at too high a moral price. They could be selling from suppliers that many wellknown brands wont even touch. And the death toll from e cigarettes continues to rise. Coming up, the latest figures into the vapingrelated illnesses. New this morning, Actress Felicity Huffman is out of jail after serving 11 days of her 14 day sentence at a Federal Correctional Institution in dublin after pleading guilty to paying someone to change her daughters test scores. The centers for Disease Control and prevention released the latest figures into the vapingrelated illnesses, announcing they have confirmed 34 people have died in 24 states. Yesterday another death was reported in washington, d. C. The number those suffering from vapingrelated illnesses is up to more than 1600 people ranging from the age of 17 to 75 years old. A new study says cigarette filters are doing more harm than good. Researchers say they dont limit the amount of toxins smokers inhale and increase the risk of lung cancer, saying the filters allow people to take deeper puffs and inhale more smoke. While the filters are stained yellow, it happens because of a ph level and not the filtration process. Caught on camera at home, a suspected serial shoplifter vio shows a woman walking into the kohls store on wednesday and grabbing a lot of clothing and putting it over her arm. Police take her down and turns out the two detectives had been staking out the store following recent thefts in the area. This was good Old Fashioned police work, hardworking detectives looking at patterns of theft. Investigators say they believe the woman is responsible for a string of similar robberies in the east bay. The planned pg e power shutoffs are affects many in the area but they plan to help those with disabilities. And the kincade fire has doubled in size from where we were this time yesterday, just under 22,000 acres. Our live coverage continues when we come back. The juul record. They took 12. 8 billion from big tobacco. Juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. Five million kids now using ecigarettes. The fda said juul ignored the law with Misleading Health claims. Now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn San Franciscos ecigarette protections. Say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. Its a busy friday and were glad youre with us. M gasia mikaelian. Im mike mibach. Cal fire now says the kincade fire has grown from 16,000 acres to 21,900 acres, about a third bigger compared to last night. Containment remains at 5 and 49 homes and buildings have been destroyed so far. No injuries have been reported. 2,000 people in and around geyserville are under evacuation orders. Mandatory evacuation orders have not been lifted for geyserville. Well continue live Team Coverage throughout the morning with meteorologist Steve Paulson monitoring the weather conditions in Sonoma County and elsewhere. First, allie rasmus is live to show us where the fire swept through yesterday. Reporter we are on a private driveway up to the Silver Oak Vineyards and talked to one of the assistant managers here. He was here 5 00 a. M. Yesterday morning and could see the fire up the hill from us. 24 hours later, you can see the path the kincade fire took. Behind us, blackened tree branches here and a lot of burned grass. The fire went over the driveway here, a power pole still smoldering more than 24 hours later. The fire continued on downhill. No more active fire where we are, just a lot of smoke. You can see that really eerie, smokey red sun here in the distance. The fire started about 9 30 p. M. Wednesday and evacuation orders were put in effect, still in effect for those in geyserville and the surrounding s. Many are waiting to learn if their homes are still standing, some others sadly learning the fire destroyed their home yesterday. I dont have nothing. Not one single thing. I wanted to go back in and get my dads wedding ring, and they wouldnt let me go back in. Now the house is gone. Reporter that lady, sadly her home was on red winery road and did not confirmation that her home was consumed by the fire. The area where we are near highway 128, no sign of active fire. Several Law Enforcement officers have told us the fire is still active and evacuation orders are still in effect. Its burning mostly we are told on the other side of the mountain in an eastward direction away from homes. The other good news this morning, no one was injured and no one is reported missing from this fire. Now that were more than 24 hours after the start of the fire, some people have been able to come back and talk their way through the closures here, like the manager of the silver oaks winery, who we spoke to here. They say the vineyards were fine because they doused them with water and provided a fire break, but up the driveway, several of their buildings including the caretakers home were consumed by the fire here. Evacuation orders are still in effect for people in this area. Allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. 8 33 here. Pg e is acknowledging it had an outage on a high voltage line in the area where the kincade fire started and it may have been connected to the start of the fire. Pg e says the problem happened about 9 20 p. M. On wednesday on a transmission tower near where the fire started minutes later. The utility says an employee spoke with cal fire on the morning before the fire started and pointed out a broken piece on the power. Experts say you should wear the right kind of mask in areas with bad air quality. The m95 masks are designed to keep you from breathing in particulates in the air but surgical masks are not. And m95 masks are not effective if they dont fit your face properly. 24 hours ago, no smoke over marin or San Francisco county. You can see it and people are starting to smell it. With the masks, its all about that tight feel around the nose and mouth, steve. This is drifting southward into parts of southern Sonoma County and marin county, now coming over the bay as well. Get ready for that smoke moving through. Just look at the air flow. Its not that strong but you can see the nds e north, and youre seeing the northerly instead of easterly breeze, sending the smoke southward. The big noticeable change here is the amazingly cooler temperatures. We are seeing temperatures anywhere from 25 to 30 degrees for some. I mean, santa rosa is down 20 compared to this time yesterday. Firefighters will get a break in the temps for about 36 hours. Theres a little north wind in fairfield as well. Its calm in santa rosa, not much of a breeze. Its still north or northwest there, though. The humidity has gone up. 58 to 74 at the valley floor, so a lot better there. It wont last unfortunately. But the cooler temps are in place. Again, im just showing you what i had access to. Theres a northerly breeze coming down from the hills and bringing smoke into marin county. Another day of very warm temps. We really didnt want to go this warm but everything is pointed in that direction. San francisco 85, okay today and tomorrow before another system is coming in late saturday night and sunday. That will set the stage for another wind event. It wont be as warm but i expect the winds to really crank up and get strong gusts. Of course high fire danger will be back again late saturday and early sunday. Sal . Right now we have a commute thats improving. Now that were well into the 8 00 hour, we see improvement at 280 and 101 in san josi. Things are improving i think because its friday and some have time off. We have some slow traffic but nowhere near what we had the first four days of the week. Peninsula traffic is also all right. Theres a big empty spot on the san mateo bridge, so im encouraged by what i see. Winds are nowhere near what they were yesterday. 8 37, back to the desk. Pg e expects to have power restored to all customers affected by the recently planned power outage. At one point 117,000 customers were in the dark and the Utility Company says all customers should have power restored sometime today pending any damage found during inspections of the distribution and transmission lines. Stronger where i understand are predicted for this weekend and more power shutoffs are expected. Frank . Pg e Officials Say they are closely monitoring the strongest offshore wind event this season, which steve touched on moments ago. The timing could not be worse, winds taking aim at california late saturday night. We are forecasts widespread winds 40 to 60 miles an hour over most of the elevated terrain of Northern California, with peak gusts in isolated locations 70 to 80 miles per hour. That means those customers that lost power on wednesday could have Service Restored only to potentially lose it again tomorrow. Pg e says they have little choice. Given the conditions we have been seeing, high winds, low humidity, these power shutoffs are a necessary tool for Public Safety. Reporter pg e began notifying customers and the shutoff will likely start sunday night to monday afternoon, affecting 50,000 customers and homes and businesses. City officials in san josi say 27,000 customers could be impacted, primarily in the evergreen area. A number of Northern California cities plan to activate their Emergency Operation centers over the weekend. All hands on deck, guys. Pg e is talking about setting aside 25 million to help e with medical conditions and disabilities. It would pay for hotel rooms, care givers or batteries. The state office of Services Says they are aware of the plan and pg e is not planning to raise rates to pay for the plan. 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You can tell by looking at this here, when thats beginning to get better, you know things are improving. San mateo bridge, that traffic is better. As we look at the red on the map, things are Getting Better on the peninsula as well. In the fire area, highway 101 remains open and its not at any point been shut down. You can still travel in the area. Its places like highway 128 and places closer to geyserville that youll see the closures. Steve . Lets get right to it here, huge decrease in the wind speeds, and temperatures are much cooler for most. Some of that smoke is beginning to make a move here as we get the northerly breeze instead of the eastnortheast yesterday. Some of that is making the move and even up in Sonoma County, 64 with some smoke in the sky. Theres a slight northerly breeze coming down and this sends smoke north to south. Look for an increase towards marin county, maybe over the bay, then towards contra costa. Some of the smoke in marin, towards livermore, theres a couple sources here. Temperatures are 20 to 26 degrees cooler than it was yesterday, so that will help the firefighters there. Hardly any breeze at all, wind speeds way down. Closer to the valley floor, 58 humidity or better, which is much better than yesterday. There are positive signs but it will only last about 36 hours. 40s, 50s on the temps here, and Half Moon Bay 68 degrees. Theres still a north northeast breeze in marin county and east bay hills, translating into above average temperatures again. I was hardpressed to find that but i tend to believe this projection. We get a break today, most of saturday. Then the next system, the temps wont be as warm. Wind speeds look to be stronger. High wind watch is posted, and this appears to be a stronger wind event, mainly confined to Sonoma County and parts of marin county. Theres the possibility some of higher peaks could get back to 70, 75 miles an hour. 80s in the temps today, near 90, but tomorrow we go down a good 10, 15 degrees. Thank you. Long lines at Airport Security check points can be 20, 30 minutes or longer. How about cutting to the front of the tsa line at San Francisco international . The idea from bart thats one step closer to reality. 6, 7, 8 big dreams start with small steps. But dedication can get you there. So just start small. Start saving. Easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. Chase. Make more of whats yours®. Bart decided against banning panhandling on trains and at stations. The board made the decision yesterday. The director asked the board to consider the ban, saying many of her constituents in Contra Costa County dont feel safe when they are asked for money but police say they rarely take action because usually no laws have been broken. 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