Down. Moments ago we saw this. Widespread destruction. This is near big basin in Santa Cruz County. And this is what it looks like for many of our mountain communities. Look down below. You could see those cars and those homes charred and destroyed. So far six people have died across our region. Over the weekend that czu fire claims the live of a 70yearold man near davenport. There is good news. As of right now the red flag warning for the bay area has been lifted. That means no more dangerous fire weather is in the immediate forecast. Also Evacuation Orders are beginning to scale back in santa clara. Some neighborhoods have been downgraded from Evacuation Orders to evacuation warnings. More on that in just a minute. Now our team is on the ground, across the region, covering the flames, covering all of the widespread damage and the weather conditions. Cal fire is starting their nightly press conference, lets listen in on czu fire fire. If you could mute your telephones and keep your ma
One of the biggest fires is in the north bay. It spans napa, sonoma, and solano counties. Lets get to nbc bay areas cierra johnson. This is where the Evacuation Orders have just been issued. And i know youve been with us since early this morning. How have things changed . Reporter yes. Good morning. Since the suns come up, weve really been able to get a better feel for just how dangerous this fire was. At last check it was 46,000 acres that this fire caused by lightning a couple days ago has burned through earlier this morning before the Evacuation Order was even put into place, folks were leaving because of just how bad things were. This is a cattle ranch im on. And you can see bales of hay just going up in flames. Entire homes were destroyed. 50 structures in all is the latest count that were burned. Right now families were working to get their animals out. 100 acres and they were looking to make entire houses burned to the ground. We have video from English Hills road and canalo roa
Tonight. We are learning they have been deadly investigators say at least 4 people have died. In fires. Thank you for joining us at 10 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis investigators say of the ford s 3 were in napa county one in Solano County they didnt provide. Any other details on whether those who died were residents or firefighters will show you a map now of where the biggest fires are burning tonight. But theyre calling the scu lightning complex fire. Its the biggest. Scorching more than a 137,000 acres in contra costa Alameda Santa clara. Stanislaw san san joaquin counties toward the bottom of your screen the seas eu august lightning complex fires burning in the mountains and san mateo and santa cruz counties where people are unaccounted for homes have been destroyed fire forcing thousands of people to evacuate their. And finally the lnu lightning complex that is burning in a huge area of the north bay. Leveling homes impacting thousands of People Living in s
Administer moisture, so look for the drizzle this morning. I had to use them when i drove in this morning. You may have to also. Here is a look at your temperatures. Mid to upper 60s from Half Moon Bay to San Francisco. 70 to 77 around the bay and 80s inland. 90s are coming up in the forecast. Happening today, the California National guard will be joining in the firefight against the lnu lightning complex. They have scorched more than 360,000 acres. And containment is 33 . 300 soldiers haveraining at the fair grounds so that they can help out. Having these additional boots on the ground to get in there and physically did tto do the w that we need, it is perfect timing. Firefighters are hoping that they can take advantage of the humidity to get more containment. They say winds have already played to their favor. Half moon bay will be closing its beaches this weekend again. The city says it is dealing with an in234ruks of advantages from the czu complex fires. They need to concentrate re
Press conference and a couple minutes from now. Before we bring you that line, here are the top stories for today. Firefighters are slowly getting the upper hand on three major complexes of wildfires that are burning around the bay area. Evacuation orders have been lifted for uc santa cruz for the czu august lightning complex fires , the biggest of fire is czu august lightning complex fires. They have burned 574 square miles in parts of the east bay, the south bay and the central valley. The lnu lightning complex fires are one third contained. These have burned 564 square miles, between sonoma and yolo counties. Protests continue into the morning in oakland, over the Police Shooting of jacob lake in kenosha, that it was mainly a peaceful protest. Hundreds of people gathered in downtown oakland, but some of the crowd set fires and smashed windows of several businesses. At the courthouse, glass doors were shattered. A fire was set inside. Oakland police say that several people were arres