Im michelle griego. The clayton fire is nearly 40 contained with 4,000 acres burned. Today pg e crews are replacing poles and other equipment that was damaged. 700 customers, most evacuated, are still without power. The man Police Believe is behind the fire is due in court this afternoon. Kpix 5s anne makovec is live in the newsroom with that part of the story. Anne. Reporter he is charged with 17 counts of arson, not just for the clayton fire but several others around lake county in recent months. Damin pashilk is getting ready to face a judge. He was a firefighter in prison. He served five years for drugs and firearms charges. During that time the state trained him as an inmate firefighter. At one point he was deployed to the fire lines in trinity county. Since his relief, records show he has had six parole violations. Todays charges carry enhancements that could increase his punishment if convicted because of the number of homes and businesses destroyed in the fires he is accused of setting. More than a dozen in the area around where the clayton fire is burning today. I cant release the details of whether or not there are multiple ignitions of a single fire. But its safe to say he is responsible for starting numerous fires here in lake county over the last year or two. Reporter while theres widespread relief that a suspect is caught, many in lake county are trying to wrap their heads around the fact that one person could do so much damage. A lot of theseple are my friends and now they have nothing. All for one persons foolishness. Reporter a lot of the 4,000 evacuees are concerned about looting in their temporarily deserted neighborhoods. In fact, Police Arrested these three looting suspects yesterday. Firefighters say they are going to start escorting some people back to their homes as soon as today. Pashilks hearing is at 1 15 this afternoon at the superior court house in lakeport. Live in the newsroom, anne makovec, kpix 5. Many animals and pets have been left behind as people evacuate. Local shelters, pet hospitals and lake county animal care and control are posting photos of the animals they have online on social media. The bluecut fire is raging out of control. Dry conditions have caused the fire to explode in size to 30,000 acres in San Bernardino county. No reports on how many structures have burned. 82,000 people havewarned to evacuate. It keeps moving. My motorhome and car are on fire. The devastation prompted the governor to declare a state of emergency in San Bernardino county. And this is a live look at the fire. More than 1300 people are on the scene battling the flames. The terrain is rugged and steep making it hard for firefighters to contain the blaze. The fire is burning near interstate 15 in cajon pass and officials have shut down a stretch of that roadway. No word on when it will re open. Hot temperatures arent helping firefighters on the fire lines. Roberta gonzales is here to explain. No. And it is very rough terrain. You go from an elevation about sea level quickly to 4,000 feet. In San Bernardino, its hard to nail down a forecast, 103 today but the wrightwood area where thousands have been evacuated the air temperature today of 86 degrees, humidity down into the single digits. We have a cooling trend in the area starting thursday. Closer to home, we have a west southwest breeze at 15 in clearlake in the lower lake area as well where the clayton fire continues to burn. 96 degrees the forecast high with humidity into the teens. Slightly cooler tomorrow. We have that full forecast including a look ahead to our cooling trend coming up later in the newscast. New at noon a sinkhole brought traffic to a standstill on 85 in sunnyvale. Two lanes are closed on the northbound side for emergency repairs. Drivers are using alternates. No word on when the lanes will reopen. Sinkholes like this are common in california. A new study shows our decaying roads cost drivers thousands every year. Transit officials met today to discuss solutions. Maria medina reports. Reporter california drivers are wasting a lot of time and gas on the roads. According to a new report by a National Research group, the traffic and the poor Road Conditions are costing san franciscos oakland drivers 2,824. In san jose, its costing drivers 2,471. Local residents have 2471 reasons to vote for measure b. Reporter today south bay county and city leaders used the study to push santa clara voters to vote for measure b. The situation is gone from serious to critical. Reporter a transit tax would raise more than 6 billion for road improvements. Is it enough, though . No. Um, its the problem with transportation right now is we havent been Building Infrastructure fast enough for decades. Were playing catchup. Reporter santa claras seen tax hikes before to make the roads better but with bay area prices already so high, the question is, do voters want to pay other will they hit the brakes on measure b . Theres no question its a high cost area. The challenge is that the cost of doing nothing is greater than the cost of making critical investment. I dont think it will solve every problem but it will help us catch up in a hurry and keep pass. Reporter what would it pay for . It will bring bart to silicon valley, double caltrain capacity and fix potholes, among other things. In san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. The study also says a quarter of californias bridges are falling apart or are unsafe. Give yourself some extra time to catch a bart train in the east bay today. Bart is running single track trains between the south fremont and hayward stations. Trains will be delayed about 20 to 30 minutes in the area between 10 a. M. And 2 p. M. Monday through friday for the next few weeks. Its so that bart can continue repairs related to the summers already scheduled weekend shutdowns. New at noon a twoalarm fire burned a multifamily home on sixth avenue in oakland today starting around 7 45 a. M. The firefighters had it under control in 30 minutes. The suspect who barricaded himself in an east oakland liquor store is dead after setting the business on fire. Officers say he entered the shop on seminary avenue around 9 p. M. And started throwing things all over the floor last night while barricading himself inside with a knife. Then he set the place on fire. When it was put out, police discovered his body. His identity hasnt been released. Oakland police have arrested a second suspect in connection with a double homicide and attempted murder this month. 17yearold Francisco Hernandez of hayward facing murder and arson charges in the case. Two bodies were discovered in a burning car on empire road on august 8. Both had been shot. Another man was found with gunshot wounds but survived. The suspects father Francisco Jesus hernandez was arrested last week and faces similar charges. San jose Police ReleasedSurveillance Video in hopes of catching a burglary suspect who is still on the loose. The thief stole a desktop computer. Heres the video just rips it right off the desk. It happened back in may at a Community Center on charlotte drive. The suspect used a pry bar to get in. Anyone with information on the suspect is asked to call san jose police. Software giant cisco will announce its Fourth Quarter earnings when trading ends today and things look bad. Theres talk of massive layoffs at the company. They could lay off as many as 14,000 employees according to tech sky crn. Thats 20 of their workforce according to tech site crn. The announcement is expected over the next few weeks. In campaign 2016, donald trump is making changes with his campaign and Hillary Clinton is bracing for potential republican attacks after the fbi released notes from its investigation int her email server. Craig boswell reports. Reporter donald trump is shaking up his Campaign Staff with less than 90 days to go until election day. Steven bannon who runs breitbart. Com now joins the campaign as its ceo and Kellyanne Conway joins as the new campaign manager. Paul manafort will remain chairman but with a diminished role. Steve bannon in particular is one of the toughest most aggressive most negative operatives in America Today and that signals to me that trump rather than softening his approach is going to double down on being a tough in your face campaigner. Reporter trump says he doesnt want to soften his approach. I am who i am. Its me. I dont want to change. Everybody talks about oh, when are you going to pivot . I dont want to pivot. You have to be you. Reporter Hillary Clinton would like to pivot away from any talk about her emails. Republicans on capitol hill wont let it die. Republicans say clinton may have perjured herself during congressional testimony at the house benghazi hearings. They are now comparing notes the fbi handed to Congress Tuesday from its investigation into clintons use of a private email server to see if there are discrepancies. I have nothing to say. Reporter clinton would not talk about the news during a Campaign Event in philadelphia yesterday. But her Campaign Says it wants the fbi notes made public so republicans cant selectively leak incomplete information. The fbi warned against that saying the notes are being provided with the expectation it will not be disseminated or disclosed without fbi concurrence. Craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. The fbi says it wont comply with clintons request to release the notes publicly because they contain some classified information. Still ahead, chaos on a cruise ship on fire at sea. The massive effort to get people safely back to shore. Plus he was already back on u. S. Soil. Why a judge is ordering olympic swimmer ryan rossi to return to rio. Californias clean air laws are working. Weve cut toxic pollution. Were seeing fewing cases of asthma in kids. And the new Clean Energy Economy has created more than half a million jobs. Im tom steyer. Just when were making progress, the Oil Companies are trying to weaken our clean air laws. But we can stop them. Send them a message. Were going to protect our kids not their profits. [ male announcer ] choose it. Scoop it. Pour it. Blend it. [ blender whirs ] no matter how you make it, youll love our endless variety of beverages. Baskinrobbins cappuccino blast®. Louisiana homes today. 20 parishes are now on the federal disaster declaration flood victims are returning to whats left of their southern louisiana homes today. 20 parishes are now on the federal disaster declaration list. Authorities have searching house by house for survivors now. At least 11 people have died in the floods. 30,000 people have been rescued. And louisianas flood troubles may not be over. Weather forecasters say that more rain is on the way this weekend. The u. S. Coast guard rescued 500 people from a burning cruise ship today. An engine fire broke out on this combination ferry and cruise ship bound for puerto rico. The coast guard used a massive rescue craft to evacuate passengers. As many as 26 crew are still on board. At least half of the people rescued were treated for injuries. Mostly dehydration and heat stroke. 10 victims are in the hospital. A coast guard Spokesman Says passengers were school aged athletes. New developments into the investigation of swimmer ryan lochtes claim that he was robbed at gunpoint this week at the akoya olympics. Neither he norovirus athlete was there when nor a fellow swimmer were there as officials came to confiscate their passports. A heartbreaker in Beach Volleyball where saratoga native Kerri Walsh Jennings and april ross lost to their opponents brazilians. That jennings streak. It was the ultimate show of sportsmanship on the track, injured and shocked after falling during the womens 5,000 meter american distance runner Abby Dagostino and New Zealander helped each other power to the finish line. 26yearold Christian Taylor defended his 2012 gold in the mens triple july. He is the First American to repeat in that event in more than 100 years. Taylors teammate and friend will clay got the silver. Simone biles won her fourth rio gold this time on the floor exercise. Thats more gold than any other american gymnast at a single olympics ever. Aly raisman won her sixth olympics medal. Ford has set a date for the commercial debut of the car of the future. It plans to start selling them by 2021. The Driverless Cars will have no Steering Wheel or brake and gas pedals. Ford also says [chuckling] it plans to double the number of employees at its Palo Alto Center within the next year. A live look now from wall street. Lets see how its doing. Not today goo. The dow is down about 2 points. Theres a new warning out for families when it comes to keeping children safe. Hundreds of thousand dollars of kids were hospitalized by strollers the most common injuries happening when it tipped or rolled away. Many of the children had traumatic brain injuries. Experts are saying that there are things that parents can do to protect their children. Traumatic brain injury or concussion have longterm consequences on Child Development so we want to be sure that parents are taking steps to prevent injuries. Nationwide childrens hospitals also suggests buckling up your kids, making sure you lock the wheels and avoid hanging heavy bags on the stroller. I think this is a stunning view this afternoon from the estuary in oakland looking across the bay waters towards the skyline of san francisco. And you can see that compressed deck of low clouds and fog next to the seashore. We have clearing around the bay now. Oakland at 62. Same in san francisco. 78 degrees in san jose. We have full sunshine in livermore at 82 degrees. Also 70s around the peninsula. Wind speeds right now are fluctuating out of the west to the westnorthwest at 11 in san ramon, 12 in oakland, 12 in the fairfield area. These winds will be pretty consistent during the afternoon 10 to 20 miles per hour. Good afternoon to robert sullivan. He is our weather watcher in redwood city reporting 75 degrees. He says, another Beautiful Day around the bay spot on, robert. Low clouds and fog staying close to the coast. Otherwise bay seeing sunny and seasonal conditions. Inland warm to hot to hazy sunshine. Look at this deck. Its roughly now below 1,000 feet. Its very compressed. You can see its saturating the bay, as well. Well see some clearing tonight around the pacifica area, very minimal, before the clouds roll back onshore. What im concerned about is the possibility of thunderstorms today through the yosemite area. I see more than likely well see some of that monsoonal moisture drifting through out high sierra tomorrow. Well have to keep an eye on that for fire danger from lightning. We see good air along the seashore due to west winds but we are seeing more of a southwest wind in the Santa Clara Valley and eastern portion of our bay area. Thats where we start to see the haze from the soberanes fire in Monterey County also the clayton fire in the north bay causing some hazy conditions to the north. 60s, 70s, you want 80s mountain views. 90s concord, clayton and walnut creek. Couple of degrees warmer today in livermore plus michelle has been sneezing and wheezing which leads me to the pollen report which is on the low side blame it on the grasses. Today 98 in brentwood, cooler thursday, seasonal by the weekend. Wheres my pack o tissues . You wont need it over the weekend. Coming up, a different kind of lyft. How rideshare drivers are helping bay area students. Lyft drivers are giving more,, well, todays tip of the day is going to be is organic bunch carrots. They come out this time of year. Every once in a while you see them at the market and theyre so much fun. Take a look at these carrots. Many different colors, wrapped around. Theyre beautiful. Look at this bunch here. Look at the yellow ones on this one. Wow look at that purple one. These bunch carrots are great but selection and storage is very, very important. When you buy them, make sure the colors are all beautiful. Very important. Make sure its free from any cracking. Check right here. You see this . The green . Its got to feel nice and fresh. When you bring them home, in the refrigerator right away. Of course, theres so many different ways to buy carrots, baby carrots, precut carrots. These bunch carrots are one of my favorites. Im tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. And always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. Would you look how beautiful these are . Bugs bunny would have loved these. Thats true. Lyft drivers are giving more than just rides today. 80 of them will deliver backpacks full of School Supplies to students in oakland. All of the drivers are volunteers. In total they will deliver 4500 backpacks. The Oakland Ed Fund and lyft partnered to put on the event. And as kids head back to school were asking, we want to know, whats cool about your school . Email your nomination to coolschools kpix. Com, and we may come and feature your school on the show. ,,,,,,,,,, but one mom says the new device tory at least a new item in happy meals to encourages kids to exercise but one mother says the new device injured her son. Well have that story coming up later today on kpix 5 news at 5 00. And thats it for kpix 5 news at noon. Just like that. It goes. Right . Went fast today. It did. It was fun. Its because its lunchtime. Bye , wyatt i cant believe this. Are are you sure . Youre positive . Steffy i was in the office when my grandfather brought quinn in. Wyatt eric offered her a job . Steffy mmhmm. Wyatt she didnt accept . Steffy oh, she accepted, all right. Wyatt she wouldnt do that. Steffy she did. Wyatt well, why why is eric offering her a job . steffy because hes not thinking straight. Because hes being taken advantage of by your mom. Wyatt [ sighs ] [ knock on door ] quinn look at you. Eric look at you. Come in