The destruction. Cal fire is saying 888 homes have been burned by a quick moving flames that broke out exactly a week ago today. The fire is now 50 contained. It has charred more than 74,000 acres. Today, evacuation orders were lifted for People Living in middletown, one of the hardest hit communities. Tomorrow at noon, People Living in Hidden Valley lake will be able to go back to their homes, so a little bit of good news there. And its not just the valley fire. Fire crews are being stretched thin across the state along with the valley fire and butte fire, two more fires broke out in monterrey county. We have team coverage, nbc bay area is middletown and has more. Reporter you can feel the sense of relief. Evacuees, knot knowing they would soon be home. The nightmare is halfway over. Now we have to go and clean up. But there were some who were afraid to face that harsh reality. Before i want to see this. Now im like, no, i dont want to see the ashes. Today, evacuees from middletown, etna springs, james creek and surrounding areas drove back home. Cal fire says in lake county alone, close to 900 homes have been destroyed. Its burned to the rim, dude. Thaeps James Stevens who drove into a neighborhood tonight that he simply didnt recognize. My house is all right, but everything behind it is burned. He lost a car and a back shed, but everything in it is okay. I feel guilty because my house is still here, bro. Now he plans to set up tents in his front yard for his neighbors who lost it all. I met so many people at the campgrounds, they have nothing to come back to. A week after the valley fire broke out, some incredible rescue stories continue to surface, one of them, the rescue of a 93yearold woman. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks for everybody. Now, thats Catherine Ray there in the middle. She was sleeping as the fire raced toward her Hidden ValleyLake Neighborhood last saturday. But game wardens Ryan Stevenson found her and her dog, betty boop, in time to carry both to safety. The wildlife warden is now being hailed as what hero. Timothy little rescued a woman there as well as a baby who was trapped in the home. I was trying to explain, look, we need to go. The fire is coming. So i carried the baby and got the suitcases loaded up. The only reason i took that picture of the baby was i wanted to remember and kind of brag to my wife. But i didnt know that it was going to turn into this. Bragging rights are okay in this situation. Warden little rescued another woman later on this same day. Firefighters are struggling with the heat, as well. Its only going to get hotter, unfortunately. Temperatures there hitting the 90s and that means that there could be more fire danger for people on the front lines. Lets bring in rob right now. They have some rain there a couple of days ago, which was so welcome. Yeah. Cooler temperatures and that rain on wednesday. Things changing course, though, for the weekend. Right now, 76 degrees. Humidity about 28 . And during the day tomorrow, were going to see temperatures rising into the upper 90s and humidity levels dropping down into the teens. That is not good news for the fire, though. The wind speeds should stay down. Some is some good news here. The gusts of wind staying below 20 miles per hour. But its the offshore breezes which will help to dry things out and warm up our temperatures even more. Very interesting here, on the radar this evening, this was the tassajara fire showing up on skaens on the radar. That is the column plume from the smoke registering with the radar beam. When we see this rapid fire growth, sometimes it grows from 300 acres to in this case 1200 acres, shows up on these very dry conditions. These fires, once they get going, i think the winds pick up. We can see that fire danger throughout the weekend. Along with the chance of record breaking heat. More on that and the forecast coming up in a few minutes. No rest for firefighters. Tonight, south of the bay area, crews are on the scene of two different fires. They have burned more than 1,000 acres since they broke out. Chuck. Highway 68, a well traveled moderate salinas highway will likely stay closed throughout the night. Thats after a brush fire sparked near the lorelles grade around 3 30 this afternoon. Investigators say chains dragging behind a car on highway 68 ignited the cinder dry grass along the twolane highway. Quickly the grass fire grew threatening acres. A hundred homes were evacuated. One home cause fire. And a larger, more inaccessible fire is burning near jamesburg. Thats about 23 miles southeast of monterrey. Cal fire says four air tankers, helicopters, a bulldozer and 15 engine crews are trying to douse the tassajara fire. So far, the fires destroyed six structures for people who live along the road say its likely many more have burned been there are reports of evacuations in the area. Tonight, the fire in the caramel valley has groan to 1200 acres and is just 10 contained. So far, their evacuations there are voluntary, not mandatory, which may explain why numbers are hard to come by. Meanwhile, the fire along highway 68 is 60 contained. Evacuation warnings there have been lifted. Chuck, thanks very much. We continue our coverage on our website. We have a collection of raw video from the fire. We have a slideshow there, right there on the front page. Nbc bay area. Com. You can download our free app. A busy San Francisco freeway connecter is shut down for hours today. If you were stuck in this mess, you know it was painful. Two men were shot in broad daylight. Here is cam of the scene. This happened about 4 30 today. One victim suffered a gunshot wound to his body or leg. The other was shot in his head or neck area. Police have not released the motive for the shooting. Kate steinles father returned to peer 34 today, the same spot where she was senselessly shot and killed a month ago. He went with family and friends to see the new memorial that will forever honor kate. We have the story you will only see on nbc bay area. This is the reason why i came from San Francisco, because of the socalled sanctuary city status. The sheriff should resign immediately. Enough. The noise has finally been silenced. At least on this day. Oh, its its a nice Kate Steinles family returned to the scene of the crime. It was not easy. We were arm in arm and kate stopped and wanted to take a selfie. So we stopped, we turned this way and took the selfie and then we turned and a shot rang out. She turned to me and said, help me, dad. In the shad yoes of the bay bridge, no one seemed to notice, but soon they will. A bench to honor kate has been installed at peer 14. Pier 14. No politics, no publicity, this was a private gathering for the steinles and their closest friends. We spoke almost every night and every night and closing id say say your prayers and, you know, i still do that. I still talk to her. I still i have her phone. I go through her pictures. Theres such solace in that were such a close family. If youre here, look closely. Theres a plaque right there on the bench that reads whatever is good for your soul, do that. That was kates final toast on facebook the day she died. Eventually, kate aepds story will fade from the national headlines, but one thing that will never fade is her legacy here at peer 14. In San Francisco, im raj ps mathai, nbc bay news. San Francisco Mayor ed lee was intrumt instrumental in getting the memorial installed. Killed while on the job, a caltrans worker is dead tonight after being hit by a suspected drunk driver while he was working on a bay area highway. Just after midnight this morning, the driver crashed into a Construction Zone on highway 580 near the lakeshore exit in oakland. The driver also hit a pickup truck and a generator before coming to a full stop. The Alameda CountyCoroners Office identified the victim at ma ga gel Angel Rodriguez delacruz of oakland. Best selling author Jackie Collins died today in los angeles. The britishborn writer here on the left had Breast Cancer. She was most known for her vibrant scandalous novels about hollywood, including the hit hollywood wives. She is known as a trailblazer for women in fiction. She was 77 years old. Wow, her and her sister, theyre quite the pair. Apparently she kept her Breast Cancer very quiet. Her sister found out, what, two weeks ago. Coming up next, the pope begins his historic trip to cuba. What hes asking both cubans and americans to do to set an example for the rest of the world. Plus, how bay area families can help this dog and others from a farm in south korea. A historic day in cuba. Pope francis arrived today for his first visit as the leader of the catholic church. Cuban president raul castro and children met pope francis at the airport. Vo he was then greeted by thousands of people who lined the streets to cheer him s the airport. He was then greeted by thousands of people who lined the streets in cuba to cheer him on as that motorcade made its way through the city. The pope spoke about renewed relations between the u. S. And cuba and called on both countries to continue to set an example of reconciliation for the entire world. Some say that the papal visit signals a new sense of hope. Finally, weve already seen it. Cuba will open to the world and the world will open to cuba. Now, the pope will leave cuba and head to the u. S. On tuesday. Thats where hell head to the east coast. Hell visit washington, d. C. , new york and philadelphia. The pope is staying in the home of the vaticans ambassador to cuba tonight. More than 100 dogs rescued from a meat farm in south korea are looking for new homes here in the bay area. Spca picked up six of the rescue dogs today at San Francisco international airport. Theyre going to provide the necessary care and treatment because the this dog by the name of mercy is available. Shes a little afraid right now. Once she gets to where shes going, gets a bath, theyll turn out to be a nice little dog for somebody. A total of 103 dogs and puppies were rescued. Spc is part of an operation to bring the dogs home from a farm in asia. Raising money for thousands of dogs trained to help the visually impaired get around. Diane dwyer emceed the event. The former pilot shared his story of land ago plane on the hudson river back in 2009. The event raised close to 700,000. Fantastic. Yeah. Thats great to see. Always good to see sully and a bunch of cute dogs, too. You felt it if you were outside on this beautiful saturday. We talked about the heat earlier. Now, of course, the temperatures caught many people by surprise at the art and Wine Festival. At least six people were taken to the hospital there. Crews say they were suffering from heat stroke or exhaustion. Its going to get even hotter, so maybe any Wine Festival plans tomorrow. With equal amounts of water on the day. Trends are going to be hotter. Right now, theyre about 5 to 10 degrees warmer than yesterday at the same time. Probably your air continuing is still running if youve got it. Around the peninsula right now. Still low to mid 70s there. Tri valley temperatures in the 70s right now. Winds will be trending offshort once again. And High Pressure reaches its peak intensity tomorrow. Which could put us near record breaking territory if we manage these upper 90s to about 105 degrees. Thats the numbers we have to break for tomorrow. Now, unfortunately, theres also a clear the air day. The worst of the air quality in the south bay as we see High Pressure acting like a lid on top of the bay area. So air quality and heat. That is the problem for tomorrow. Now, late in the day, we should begin to see some signs of relief. Its going to be the coastal low clouds making the run late in the day. The cooling not felt on the coast probably until about monday and its going to take another day before that cooling, which is our interior valley. For the morning, 50s to 60s to start as we head through lunchtime, starting through the valley. 80s and 90s around San Francisco. You can see san jose, close to 98 degrees. Topping 100 degrees around morgan hill, towards saratoga. San francisco, you see the numbers there, 80s and 90s in the forecast. Ocean beach in the upper 70s and around the north bay. Youll see those highs in the irp 90s and you see the temperatures here, upper 90s to 102 degrees in liver more. Oakland and San Francisco, weve got those sporting events, giants and raiders games. Stay hydrated as youll see temperatures around game time in the low 90s. As we go through the week, were going to see a chance of showers here off to our south. Notice they dont get us here in the bay area, but as this system clears out of southern california, it will open the door for the return of some stronger oscean breezes. By the time we get to tuesday, the last full day of summer will begin to see some cooling as those interior temperatures drops into the 60s, 70s and 80s. In the meantime, a couple more hot days around san jose. Tuesday and wednesday, we get those those temperatures drop. It will take longer, though, shadows still in the mid to upper 90s for parts in the south bay. Livermore, hot after tomorrows 102 degree temperatures. San francisco, temperatures beginning to cool into the upper 60s as we head towards tuesday and wednesday. Next weekend, first weekend of fall, youll see those temperatures pretty comfortable in the 70s and 80s inland and next sunday night, its the super moon lunar eclipse. Well have more on this coming up tomorrow night. And talk about the best viewing tips for that, as well. Back to you. Cool. Very cool. Called teasing ahead. Thank you, rob. Checking in with kay scott right now, joining us from Comcast Sports net, i was following her tweets tonight. It was truly exciting reading your tweets about that cal game. What a game, oh, my goodness. Im not sure if ive recovered yet. Both cal and stanford go down to the wire. Plus, the giants try to keep their playoff hopes alive against the diamondbacks. Stay tuned. Sports is coming next. Friday, the giants woke up today 8 and half back of the dodgers in the division with ju after getting shut out on friday, the giants woke up 8 1 2 back of the dodgers in the division. In other words, they needed a win today badly. Looking for a second straight win, leake would find trouble early. Top of one, two on for David Peralta who singled to right. Pollack scores. On the second, chris owing found a hole just like that. Three batters later, one to center, leake gives up three runs in three frames. Arizona goes on to win it, 60. Stanford visited number six usc tonight. Will ferrell giving the team fired up pregame. Stanford up three when we kaum catch up with this one in the third. Usc on top. Stanford in for a drive. Just like that, the cardinals retake the lead. Fourth carter, stanford up three. Looking for some breathing room. Stanford up ten and that would be all she wrote as the cardinals upset the trojans in los angeles. Cal looking to knock off the longhorns in texas tonight. Third quarter, cal up 14. Mohammed turn is on the burners. The track field star goes 74 yards untouched to put cal up by 21. But texas would rally. Late fourth quarter, longhorns down seven. 45 yards later, an extra point away from tying it, but kicker nick rhodes would push it wide right. Cal beats texas for the first time ever, 4544, the final. So a huge win today for the bears. And a huge day for derrick goes who threw for 368 yards and became cals alltime leader in touchdowns. Snooer breaking news in the south bay. A hostage situation a house near the intersection of capitol expressway and. Following breaking news in san jose, a hostage situation at a house at the capital expressionway. Detation on the situation right now. We know People Living nearby the home have been evacuated. Police, s. W. A. T. And negotiators are on scene. No word on how the hostage situation started, but we do have the crew heading that direction and well have an update for you tomorrow on the day at 7 00 a. M. Lets check in with rob one more time. The heat is on. Yeah. Warm start to the morning. Mostly 60s and then mostly 90s to above 100 Degrees South of downtown san jose. Tri valley, San Francisco and oakland tomorrow have a chance at the low 90s. Last weekend of summer going out with very hot temperatures. For sure. Thanks very much. Thank you for watching nbc bay area news. Saturday night live is coming up next. Have a great night. Thank you. See you tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ] welcome back to the kelly file. Later in the program, undeniable proof that the historical figure blackula was in fact white. But first, it was a long week for new jersey governor chris christie. First he placed nurse kaci hickox into quarantine even