Areas surrounding us. This red flag warning is going to happen on efforts of any of these incidents. The red flag warning goes into Effect Tomorrow morning due to possibility of thunderstorms and lightning. Good evening. Im cristina rendon. Theres a major disaster declaration from President Trump freeing up federal resources for firefighters. It comes as firefighters are battling three of the complexes. The fire fight is particularly focused in Sonoma County as fires get closer to the dry creek region and the lower russian river. The National Guard is bringing in a drone to help provide visuals when its too smoky for aircraft. To the east there are new evacuation warns in Alameda County. An alert was sent to fremont residents in the mission road area and south of the livermore city limits. The complex of 20 fires has gone to the 3rd largest in the states history. Reporter and calfire announced that more structures have been destroyed with the count now at 115. That fire has burned 67,000 acres and is just 5 contain today. Calfire described the fire as a good day. The weather cooperated allowing firefighters to prevent the spread of the fire on both the north and the south end. Greg now with more on fire fight and the evacuees. Reporter andre, one official said today that fire was stagnant and it didnt move very much. Reporter calfire says for now communities such as lahonda and others removing ting the south. Its no longer advancing to Boulder Creek. Smoke does not allow us to fly same or to make our drops effectively. Reporter calfire says six helicopters were able to make water drops earl asaturday but air tankers could not fly because of conditions. Firefighters on the ground have put in one line of protection and are working on a second north of uc santa cruz. That line is constructed from his honor one over to highway 9 so it gives us a good buffer the the fire was to advance south. Reporter another concern, looting. Sheriffs deputies are patrolling neighborhoods and the san mateo Officials Say theyve arrested two people. Reporter evacuees like tammy, a resident of Boulder Creek are less concerned with looting than simply having a home to return to. I have these ruling poster of emotions and im still going through. The ive got to stop thinking about the past and the memories of raising my children in this home that i may not have. Reporter outside an Evacuation Center in santa cruz john played music. People have been donating everything under the sun from toiletries to sleeping bags to pillows, blankets, 200out of o umtruck. Evacuees are waiting to return home there is a sense of anxiety as the possibility predicts more thunderstorms. There is a potential that we have new fires and expect a large fire growth out of that due to wind factors and fire conditions out. The so far the fire has coupled 67,000 acres and its just 5 contained. Firefighters say winds can also begin to shift tomorrow. They say that could be to their advantage or disadvantage but could make things more volatile. So theyre asking any hold out in the evacuation zone to leave as soon as possible. We know things like this could turn on a dime. Tonight, were learning that a fire has burned a favorite. The histordic pike ranch house destroyed. You can see this right here, the farmhouse chimney the only thing left standing among a flaming people of rubble. The ranchers goal is to create a system of Food Education for the community according to its website. An update tonight on the massive lnu complex fire. Tonight we know that it is now burned more than 325,000 acres since it first started urier this week. Its now the second largest wildfire and remains just 60 contain today. A National Guard grown which has scanning technology that can see through the poor aeroquality that limits the other air resources will be flying high above Sonoma County we hope later tonight and will help us as we unfortunately cross our fingers and will hope for more lightning strikes. But having that Technology Available is going to be really really important. Officials are keeping a close eye on the weather and theyre concerned about wind and more lightning strikes. Now evacuation orders were nounced late this afternoon for People Living in lake county for the lnu fire. We see how residents prepare to leave their homeles not knowing what they might return to find. We need lots of good prialers and good wishes. Reporter the threat of a wildfire and unsettling and familiar feeling for paula tom hundredson. Her home atlas peak in napa the first to burn. It didnt do any good because it was a fire storm. And nothing stood in the way of that fire three years ago. Reporter this time her family rebuilt at the bottom with fire safety in mind. Were at the very whatm of the hill so its an easy access to flee. Reporter tom hundredson said they were officially set to move into house next week. Now theyre just trying to save it. Hundreds of structures have been destroyed. The biggest threat maybe mother nature. We have an upcoming weathers forecast thats going to continue to bring warm and dry conditions. Remnants of hurricane julia will bring thunderstorms sunday and will continue through tuesday. Reporter in hillsburg, residents packed up their cars. Taking all their Online Schooling stuff to our ranch so we can do there Online School up there. Reporter the shermans have been through this before. Last year the kincade fire forced an evacuation of the entire town. I think this got us more prepared for it. Last year the winds were worse and the wind was basically the deciding factor in these things. Reporter the salono County Fair Grounds is one of the locations used as an evacuation sight. Saturday morning they were already sheltering 300 animals, horses, chickens and goats. When people think of fairground they think of the celebrations celebrations but emergencies is 1 of our responses too. And now for the latest on the scu complex fire burning from the east bay into south bay and into the san joaquin valley. Tonight calfire announced the cluster of fires grew to 290,000 acres. That is 456 square miles. Governor gavin newsom surveyed the fires today. He also met with First Responders to discuss the progress thats being made. The governor discussed the wildfires burning across the state. Containment on the seu fire is burning up to 10 . Theres now an evacuation warning for an area of mersed county. Fighting these fires are difficult. Some relief shelters opened up, including the milpitas library. They hosted a virtual town hall on the residents the updating them on the fire. At last check, the fire has burned 2,259 ache answers it 5 contained. Officials say theyre concerned about the winds getting stronger over the next few days. Because of the umbilical cord characteristic weather thats been happening on the coast it is extremely dry. The point raised National Sea Shore will remain closed to the fire and unhealthy air quality. Air quality remained high for parts of the valley. The smoke was so thick you can barely make out the landmarks in the distance. The bay area expand the area alert has now been extended because of the wildfires. You can see late into this afternoon most of the bay area was covered in that red unhealthy area quality index. For more on the conditions facing firefighters, lets go to meteorologist mark tamayo. Well, a week ago we were talking about the potential of fire storms. The durance between this week and last week, last week was very extreme. As you know the lightning strikes and the strong erratic winds. We have a chance of thunderstormps developing as we head into had tomorrow night but were not expecting the same event compared to last weeks extreme elent. Butanones is 5 00 p. M. On sunday derstorms possible and the possibility of dry lightning and the strong erratic winds. Were showing you the wind direction and as you can see the wind strengen a little bit. So a calm wond tomorrow morning and they could pick up on the order of 15 or 20 Miles Per Hour by late tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow night. A batch of hire clouds moving in from the the south. And as you take a look at these numbers it is warm as you can see with the lnu lightning complex. Temperatures in the 70s and 80s. But most of these panelles are showing youll lighter wind. The wall bridge fire temperatures in the 60 and see 70s. And light wind, moisture levels are going up 60 to 73 . And showing you this, checking out santa cruz mountains, the humidity up there to 70 and even 84 in some spots. Coming up weekler talk more air quality in the forecast. Mark, thank you. Still ahead, two firefighters hoisted to safety after being trapped by raging flames. And tonight we hear from the officer who saved them. Plus a bill aiming to brief 25 million into the u. S. Postal service proved this afternoon. But its likely the Delivery Service will never receive. The lily everyone in the house is online and i cant get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club. Try 1 gig internet with at t fiber. You get more bandwidth and hbo max included. So, everyone stays entertained. So i can just watch the show instead of reading the book . You know, if you turn on your subtitles. Thats almost reading. Get 1 gig internet with at t fiber for 49. 99a month for a year. No annualcontract. And now get hbo max included. Limited availability in select areas. Call 1. 877. Only. Att berkeley and palo alto today as part of a national protest. Theyredledding that louis dejoy resign over concerns that changes in the Postal Service could halfer elections during the mail in balance. During a Senate Hearing yesterday there is no evidence that the slowing down of the mail will interfere with the election. It comes as house lawmakers reconvene on legislation providing billions of dollars for the post office. But without much support from congress and a veto threat from the white house that money will like leaflet make it to the intended recipient. Democrats pushed through legislation to impoles the Postal Service with billions and laying maim Service Across the nation. Only this vote the yeahs, are 157 and the nays are 150. The bill is passed. Withoutal objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Reporter more than two dozen republicans approved the package. They agree today follow policy chat the Postal Service. That include getting rid of employees, limiting hours and removing equipment. They say tholes changes could result in the timely ballots. Plashing meldoles accused democratles of crafting a bill that underlines the postal issues. The president is our postal. Dont pay any attention to what the president is saying because it is all designed to suppress the vote. Hes going to have law enforcement. Thats in our play book. Reporter democrats accused post master general louis dejoy of helping President Trump. He testifies before the House Committee on monday. California reported 600 556 coronavirus cases. The states total is close to 567,000. 167 or the people have died. The death toll is at 101,158. And 15,013 patients are in the icu. In here in the bay area napa county is the only one in the counties that were off the states monitoring list. But Alameda County maybe offering business allowing them to open. Outdoor swim poolles will also be lowed to reopen and wineries can offer tastings by appointment even the no food is served. Bay area weather, were still talking about hot temperatures inland but the coast is dealing with low clouds and fog. It showed nicely tonight on our camera. As we take a look that graphics for you were showing you this. And were talking about the some of the marine influence. In terms of air quality we would like to have everyone be in this green cune tour indicating nice air quality but that hasnt been the case with all the extreme fires burning. As we will take a look at these censors they change rapidly. Sole if its green now it could change to red in several hours. It looks like we have unhealthy air quality closer to the south bay for san jose. In terms of the air quat forecast for tomorrow, everybody in the orange orielled unhealthy for sensitive groups. Now it goes through wednesday of next week. Were watching a big batch of high clouds moving in from the south and that moisture could destabilize enough that were talking about a possibility of lightning strikes and stronger wind. Thats something that well be watching closely in terms of fire danger. Late afternoon sunday especially into sunday flight this is the bulk of the moisture thats moving in that could produce the thunderstorms. So well take a closer look at that fire forecast. The beaches of pacifica is closed this weekend. The city shut down all beaches and parking lots at sun set this morning. Its pat of the effort to keep bay area rodeways clear for emergency vehicles that will be all across the area putting out the flames. And theres concern that beach goalers can halfer the efforts south of pacifica. If you lanto travel to monray county for the Holiday Weekend you may want to reconsider. There unprecedented move is to help the slow of covid19. The closures begin on saturday 5th and run through september 7. After the break, republicans are gearing up for their National Convention. Park with sprinkling of have wins. Plus, much more fire coverage still ad head including new video tweeted out by calfire aboutal conditions failed whether driving through the ccu lightning complex. vo i have the best job in the world. I get to remind people of their grandmothers conchitas. Give the little kids cookies. And celebrate birthdays with all our neighbors. Hopefully, well be part of this community for many, many more years. The Republican National committee is getting set to fire up the National Convention this week but democrats arent ready to give up the spotlight quite yet. Foxs hilary von has more. Reporter even though the dnc is done the Biden Campaign has no plans to go dark as the republicans have their Convention Next week they want their message to drown it out so theyre treating next week like round two of the dnc. Were going to spend next week demonstrating how donald trump has failed various segments of america. Were going to talk about working families and talk about his failure on covid19, and healthcare. Reporter the campaign will feature press conferences with heavy weights. There are two big names missing from that line up. Joe biden and kamala harris. The duo is off the trail today but will be showing up on voters tvs tomorrow as their first interview as the ticket. Biden says hes prepared to put the country back in quarantine and scientists said he should. In order to put the country back into order you have to fix the virus. Reporter biden has made a Campaign Promise tory beat the economy. But if the country is shut down that would be a major blow to local businesses and local economies and that could put his plans of getting the economy back on track in limbo. And well have complete coverage on the National Convention starting at 4 00 on saturday and well bring you the big name speakers live and uninterrupted right here on ktvu. Coming up, well meet a couple whos home was burned by had hennessey fire. And two firefighters rescued after becoming trapped while fighting a fire in marine county. Well meet the pilot who hoisted them to safety. It is tough to find a sellver lining in the devastation of the wildfires but to want a vaccaville woman is thankful. It will be okay. Reporter chloe carol knows exactly where she left her wedding rings the night of the fire. What she didnt know is that just hours later she would be racing to lev her home with her husband and sons as flames from the lnu complex fire tore into them. Ive never seen something move so fast. We have had fires out here. Reporter once out of the house it dawned on chloe, she left her wedding rings back in the house. We ran back to try to get something out of the house and we drove to flames in the back of house and it peaks up over the hill and watched it all burn down. Reporter realization set in when the carols thought about what wouldnt make it. I just thought of everything. My kids ultrasound photos. Reporter the original main house over here and the secondary home built over here. Everything with both houses reduced to rubble. Reporter chloe and her husband jason didnt think anything would come out of the flames. I thought for sure they would be gone. Me sink was right here. Reporter but thanks to their aunt deniece who helped sift through the ashes two days after the fire they found the rings right where the bathrooms once stooled. Discovering something of such sentimental value this diamond in the rough gives them the strength to move forward. Ive got something. It gives you a little bit about we can do this. It gives you a little hope. In credible new video just tweeted out by calfire tonight. It shows just what its reek the fire crews to drove through the fires. You can see embers falling down as crews make their way through. And mean while, in marine county two fires are safe tonight after they were caught fighting the woodward fire and they were trapped on a ridge line. A helicopter from the Sonoma CountySheriffs Office had to had come in and rescue them. We speak with the officer who helped in that rescue. Reporter the chopper is called henry one and its the only helicopter that can do this region in the middle of the night. Reporter in the air the glow of the woodward fire little up the dark marine sky last flight. On the ground, two marine firefighters grateful to hear these words. Thats it word orcinol opcounty sheriff hoss. He saved the two men stuck on the ridge line fighting the fire as flames raced towards them. I was just kind of shocked the closer we got of really low close they were to it. Reporter on his years in the job, hoss says this is the first time hes been that close to the rescue. The butterflies were there and then its just game mode because you know you have to do. The reporter they did what they all to do. Had it not been for that helicopter the the firefighters certainly would have perished. I think the real heroes are the guiles, especially our firefighters and our patrol deputies thats are literally out on the field on the edge. Where i was on edge last night theyre doing it for days on out. Reporter but in this moment he was a hero. You can see the full video of that rescue posted on our web sites. And you can still up on the developments by visitingwebsite to the east bay, a food give away was held at oaklands east mont mall. The free give aways are held every monday, wednesday, friday and saturday. It began at the start of summer. The food is cooked by black owned restaurants throughout the bay area. And we get boxes of fresh vegetables to every family that come through leer. Volunteers are there to make sure the operation runs as smoothly as possible and see that proper social distancing takes place. No one is turned away from this give away. Organizers say the goal is to bring the Community Back together while up lifting and celebrating black cullture. Coming up, well follow newels out of Sacramento County whether others and a Police Officer have been shot. And temperatures were hot today. Looks like they will cool down in our forecast. Also tonight, a long time opponent of Vladimir Putin hospital sized. And his supporters they he was poisoned. Motorcycle riders love the open road. And geico loves helping riders get to where theyre going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. The geico giveback. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. Were following a developing story out of Sacramento County when a Police Officer and one other person have been shot. Authorities were called to a Mobile Home Park in the 100 block of duchess way near mill station old for a report of a disturbance. Its not clear what led up to the shooting but a woman who lives in the park says the gun fire didnt start until the Police Showed up. Its estimated that 30 to 40 shots were fired and most tof those bullets hitting nearby homes. The officer was rushed to the hospital with a bullet wound to their leg and the injuries not believer today to be life threatening. Tonight there is a Massive Police presence in the area and authorities trying to collect evidence and trying to piece together exactly what happened. In louisiana an investigation is underway into a Deadly Police shooting. It happened late last night in lafayette after officers were called to a Convenient Store of a man with a knife. The man left the store and the officers followed. The officers shot him as he trialed to enter another store, still with that knife. His death theyre looking into a possible lawsuit. Tonight avaldi is in a german hospital after a lengthy delay of getting limtransported. Reporter the bounty is receiving special care in the capital of purlin berlin and his supporters are concerned about his health and his family blame theres russian government for not allowing this transfer to happen sooner. There bountybeing treated in central berlin. Doctors there are assessing hiss condition but they have yet to give an official diagnoses. They sail his life is not in immediate danger but he was being kept induced coma. Naval he ask is a long time opponent of russian president Vladimir Putin. Some say his tea was poisoned. 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This was the scene of the station this morning as the muni strains started rolling again. The biggest change is some lines are being combined. Passengers will need to transfer at west portal in order to go downtown. It