California now and its growing fast. 12,000 acres, east of sacramento. The fire is only 5 contained tonight and it is threatening about 500 homes. Sean bennet said if this jumps highway 50, things could get a whole lot worse tonight. On day three of the fire, one of the busiest areas they focus their attention on is the south fork of the american river. Look at the smoke at the top of the trees right there. You can see the column of smoke for miles away. Making runs northeast into largely unpopulated forestland. The main fire remains highway 50 and pines and park on the other side. Residents say if it jumps to the other side of 50, it could be a lot of issues. I brought my water truck and talked to all the firefighters and that way they knew the hydrants and once it jumps the highway, youre kind of stuck. We show you to the north state, we show you along 50. Heres the central valley, the courtney fire thats going on. 320 acres, homes gone in oakhurst. They had a fire there. This one, the spread has slowed significantly. 40 contained. They hope to get cooperation from the weather. It will be a tough night for 600 california firefighters on the front lines, all across the state and we wish them the best. State fire officials have responded to more than 4800 wildfires this year. Its a thousand more than an average fire season and were just getting to the peak of that season. September, october, historically, with california seeing the most damaging wildfires. Paul with the conditions. Its the three year drought. The fire danger is getting worse and worse year after year. Really didnt end last winter because we didnt see much rainfall and now that darkest shade of red with San Francisco bay in the middle, thats the portion of nevada and california with an exceptional drought, the highest drought rating there is and its been that way for a few months. We have dry fuels, and a big time california. Southern california is the place to watch the next couple of days. Exercisive heat continues in the los angeles area. Its 105 and 107. As the temperature goes up, the relative humidity goes up. Theres the potential there for explosive fire. This is straight from the Weather Service in the Southern California mountains. Record heat, record power use on monday. Good news, onshore flow for us well talk about when it may rain in a few minutes. Paul, thank you. The middle of the worst drought in decades, california finally closing the tap on ground water. Governor brown today signed a three bill package to require more active management of ground water. So other states have already been doing. Unregulated ground water has led to sinking land and damage to aqua firs and the roads. The rain is certainly coming down in arizona. People are bracing for a torrential downpour. In arizona, its very hard. Residents gearing up with the sandbags ahead of tonights storm. Flash flood warnings are in effect up to 4 inches of rain in the forecast. Mike telling us the destruction has bay area travelers in cabo tonight. It was saturday night. A joyous time for soon to be bride lea and zoni with pal and sisters adriana. Hashtag neverwanttoleave. This was monday. The no food. No water. No clean clothes. Swept away or blown away. Something like that. Reporter this is rich. Father of two girls. He cant concentrate much on work these days. I was extremely nervous from saturday night on. My wife and i felt much better when we got news that they were okay, that they had survived. Reporter they are okay, though daughter akorea nah has a medical condition and enough medicine for a couple more days. Theyre moved to rooms on a lower floor next to a room of flamingos but theyre for safekeeping. They have no idea how theyll be coming home. The airport is heavily damage and wont be open for at least a weekend. The wedding is scheduled far week after that. Theres going to be an awful lot of disappointed people and wasted money. Local congressmen doing what he can to get people home from cabo and richard in as well. At 6 00, well tell you how and the story of one guy who is back in the u. S. Thanks to the air force. Incredible story. Mike, that thank you. Those tourists have limited options. The next airport closed until next week. After that, the only airport option is more than 300 miles away. Youve got to go through the mountains and roads also probably damaged. New details tonight on the crash aft reno air races a week ago that killed a pilot from san jose. A part of the right wing malfunctioned causing part of the wing to fall off. It rolled to the right and crashed. The pilot who died was 64year old lee biel, retired air force pilot. The final accident report is expected in a year. Other airlines, loaded with mercedes bursted into flames in hayward at an auction yard at a parkway east of the freeway. The fire started in the engine and spread to the other trucks close by. The driver was sleeping in the cab, managed to get out okay. Several mercedes were damaged. Fire investigators suspicious about the cause of the two alarm power fire. Firefighters doused the 40foot flames with palettes at highway 101. Stacked about 20 feet high. It took hours to fight the fire. A one day strike by Golden Gate Bridge workers. But tonight, a union leader say they could see the contract dispute continue. It could involve contractor tots, inspectors, the Union Members say its healthcare but they also want a bigger pay raise. Its the best tool in the fight against hiv and one bay area city may be the first to make it available for free. But tonight, Health Experts warn, that could come at a cost. Nasa is back in the game launching american astronauts into orbit. What a billion dollar deal means for the future of the space program. Let the Burger Battle begin. An appetite for expansion. Big plans for the bay area. ,, im a doctor of internal medicine with something terrible to admit. I treated thousands of patients, risked their lives, while high on prescription drugs. I was an addict. Im recovered now, but an estimated 500,000 medical professionals are still out there, abusing drugs or alcohol. Police, airline pilots, bus drivers. Theyre randomly tested for drugs and alcohol. But not us doctors. You can change that vote yes on proposition 46. Your lives are in our hands. Franciscos plan to hand out prevention pills to those w cant afford it. In the us, there are 50thod new hiv infections every ye. Supervisor david campos wano bring the San Francisco num down. And use this pillknown as prep to achieve that goal. I believe that whether s through healthy sf or the cy working through different partners that it should be available to people who can afford it. I think in the e, not only do you save that l but you save hundreds of thousands of dollars that y would otherwise have to spen that individual. Campos sa, every infection san francis prevents saves the city prevents saves the city 355thousand dollars in hiv treatment down the road. But, as far as how much this could cost the city. He dt have that number just yet. D campos, supit doesnt identify the specific amounc we want to have an understag of what it will take to make this available. Dr. Robert grant, chief medical officef aids foundationits available, safe, and highly effective when used. Chief medical officer with the sfs foundation dr. Robert grant studied prep in 2010 and tad several Big Questions surrounding the new pill. One concern people had is that when they started taki prep they would stop protec themselves in other ways sexual partners, stop using condoms. We really havent n that. People have become mo mindful about what they want from their sex and their partnerships. Dr. Grant says availability and educa is key. If the board of supervisors passes the resolution. It would be a historic measure for San Francisco and california. D campos, supmy hope is ths will see the importance of saving lives. Im cautiously optimistic. Anchor tag rough talk about side eff , and next hearing president obama is calling e Ebola Outbreak unprecedent and says its spiraling ouf stand up for San Francisco and california. I hope the board of supervisors see the importance of saving lives. Im cautiously optimistic. Some Insurance Companies are covering, but its the copay that can range from two bucks to several hundred dollars. Live at ucsf, mark kelly, kpix 5. President obama is calling the Ebola Outbreak unprecedent and its spiraling out of control. In the centers for disease control, he announced a plan to have 3 u. S. Military to fight the epidemic. The Largest International response in the history of the cdc. Dr. Kent brantly was treated after treating patients in liberia. Its killed 300 in africa. A big step to launch astronauts into orbit from u. S. Soil. A trip to the hospital could mean huge debt even if you have health insurance. If lifeline that could save you thousands of dollars on medical bills. , says Ground Troops are not t of the question when it como fighting isis. General Martin Dempsey told Congress Today that if the expanded military campaign against isis fails u. S. Troops could be called to t battlefield. Tomorrow, the military will present president obama wits plan to expand airstrikes in syria. Sot gen. Martin dempsey chairman, joint chis of staff if we reach the t where i believe our advisers should accompany iraq troop attacks against specific is targets, ill recommend thao the president. In addition to airstrikes, e president wants congress to authorize training. And equipping moderate syrian rs to fight isis on the grounde house is expected to vote on that tomorrow. In afghanistan the talib has claimed responsibility r an attack that killed sever nato soldiers. Three people died when the suicide bomber blew up a car full of explosives. The nationalities of the troops killed have not yet been released. Nearly 20 people injured. The explosion was outside a base used by americans. A grand jury will decide if nascar driver tony stewart face charges in the death oa fellow racer. The decision comes more thaa month after stewarts car sk and killed kevin ward junior during a dirttrack race in upstate new york. Video shows ward getting out of h car onto the track. Investigators previously said there wasn video shows ward getting out of his car on the track. Investigators previously said there wasnt enough evidence to show support had criminal intent. Nfl Players Association is filing to appeal ray rices open ended suspension for domestic violence. The union said the league cant suspend the Baltimore Ravens star twice for the same incident. And more fallout today. Nfl sponsor Anheuser Busch released a strongly worded statement saying its not satisfied with the leagues handling of the rice case. They reinstated Adrian Peterson for the game. A case of whipping his 4year old son with a tree branch. There are also reports of peterson son saying he beat the child last year. Petersons lawyer said nothing came of the allegation. And the nfl could be punished for refusing to take action over the Washington Redskins name. They want to end the leagues tax exempt status. Change the mascot is calling on the owners of the 31 nfl teams, to force the redskins owner to change the name. No more hitchhiking for american astronauts. U. S. Is getting back into the Space Business with the help of two private companies. Boeing and space x will start shuttling american astronauts to the International Space station in 2017. The u. S. Is relying on russia for rides since the Shuttle Program ended in 2011. The new private contract is worth 6. 8 billion. Yow. Not cheap to go to space. But hey, the weather is free and the rain is coming. We have rain coming. This is wonderful news. Its not going to impact the weekend. Its a start. Its not going to be a dropoff coming this weekend, its a good place to start. Next 24 hours, really, a nice day outside. San bruno, highdef doppler. Big area of low pressure off. Now the Northern California cost line, you can see the eastern flag of this. The city of weed. They could use rainfall. They will get rainfall by early tomorrow. This low pressure area, not lifting off to the north. Thats the key. Its diving down and digging down towards the bay area. It approaches tomorrow. It passes right overhead dragging a cold front. Its simple weather. You get a cold front. You have moisture. You get rainfall. Its eluded us the past year. Employ futurecast and 10 00 tomorrow night. Rain showers hitting you in mendocino county, Sonoma County and marin county. We get showers into thursday morning. Could be a soggy one for venetia and pittsburg. Well have scattered showers around for much of the day. On thursday, so yes, rain is coming. It will begin tomorrow night. First cloud cover. All cloudy by tomorrow morning. Showers arrive in north bay at 6 00 to 8 00 tomorrow evening. With the slight chance of a thunderstorm. So we have rain moving in tomorrow. Cloudier tomorrow. 4 degrees below average. Sunnyvale, hit 76. San mateo, 76 degrees. San ramone, high is 71. 82. Petaluma, showers tomorrow evening. San francisco, 69 degrees and lake port, a chance of a thunderstorm. We are cooler, cloudier. Hallelujah, friday, the sunshine comes back and a very nice weekend to get outside. 70s near the bay and 80s in them. We know how bad the drought is. You hear the Water Company about the restrictions. And we have some coming. Thank you. All right, another Southern Californian is moving up here. Amazingly, not a member of my family. This fat burger restaurant is open on king road in san jose. Buffalo express specializing in chicken wings. They plan to open more around the bay area. Fat burger is coming. Its a great name. Fat burger. Throw it out there. You get sick, make a few trips to the doctor and with insurance, youre stuck with huge bills. The lifeline that could save you thousands of dollars. Dont think you can t rack p some Major Medical bills. Consumerwatch reporter julie watts with a remedy for pe drowning in medical debt. Marcus reitemas cancer has been in remissi for nearly a year. I was spending 10 to 15 hours a week. I was frustrated with the insurance claim. The rotation advocate, someone to help people navigate medical billing issues for a fee. The first issued. Reporter she and other medical billing looked for errors to confirm the insurer is doing everything theyre supposed to and attempt to negotiate bills. We speak the language, we can make calls on your behalf. And now getting easier to find. Recently introduced a referral surface to match professionals with people who need help. Oftentimes, a couple thousand in savings. Reporter advocates usually take a percentage or a rate, but its not for free thanks to adler who donated her services. Most bills forgiven and 6,000 worth of bills. Reporter one less thing for marcus and his family to worry about, leaving more time to focus on the important things. Good one reporter part of nerd wallets larger new Health Program that offers free online advice and free online forums for those with medical billing issues who may not be able to afford these referral services. Julie watts, kpix 5. Heres bay area jobs report with steven greenburg. California is aging rapidly. They will jump by 20 in the decade and thats true for most of the country as well. Thats great news for the Health Industry and anyone qualified to work in it. 5. 5million new jobs projected in the Health Industry in the next few years. Hundreds of thousands of new jobs statewide. California, its estimated that more than 535,000 job openings between 2010 and 2020. Theyll grow with 27 versus 17 for all the state jobs. Heres the best part its not only doctors and nurses in demand. More than half of the new healthcare jobs created in california will be in supporting roling that should pay well. Therapists, technicians and aids. According to the bureau of labor, the annual mean wage for assistant is 98,000. Get into healthcare, it might be the cure for your ailing job search. Kpix 5. This job report sponsored by the university of Phoenix College of Health Sciences and nursing. ,,,,,, it makes me happy to go on the computer. I like feeling smart. Internet essentials from comcast has brought lowcost Internet Access to over 1. 4 million lowincome people at home. Internet essentials helped me progress in my schoolwork. It helped my grades move higher. Today its the largest Broadband Adoption program in america. It helped me a lot. Comcast. Helping to bridge the digital divide. Slowing down trains to spee cars. The possible solution to traffic troubles at lev stadium. Also. Buddha. Helping to fi im tim. Possible solution to traffic troubles at levi stadium. Also, buddha fighting crime . This statue in a neighborhood. And Getting College students their loan money back. 30 minutes. Thank you for watching us at 5 00. The cbs evening news with scott pelley coming up next. The latest news and weather on our web site, kpix. Com. A California Community is deva fastmoving wi John Blackstone is on the scene. Just days after the president said this we will not get dragged into another ground war in iraq. Pelley americas top military officer says this if we reached a point where i believe our advisers should accompany iraq troops on attacks against specific isil targets, ill recommend that to the president. Pelle reports from david martin and holly williams. 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