Rest assured, you are not alone. Weve all had to adapt. We say, you gotta get rid of the leaves, you got to get rid and with summer here, your energy bills might go up with rising temperatures. Of the debris, you got to get rid of the fallen trees at the evacuation center, together, we can save energy and money. Inland once again. We will have hazy conditions. Governor gavin newsom made an i popped my head outside and i try closing your shades during the day. Announcement to see the can smell the smoke. Resources putting in place to i cant really see much out setting your ac to 78 or higher. There. I will have a look at the or cooling off with a fan when you can. Current conditions and what you fight the flames. Ements. Can expect into your bay area united we are always stronger. Weekend. The time right now is 4 00. Lets check in with sal. Stay well, california, threaten the state of happy friday to you. Traffic is moving along and keep it golden. Pretty well. We dont see a lot going o
Homes. Heres a map now of where the fire is burning in the community of cobb. Its burning so fast its challenging firefighters ability to warn residents of the danger. We have some extraordinary video to share with you some morning from the community of middletown. An abc7 news photographer was allowed to stay there after the mandatory evacuations took place. House upon house is burning. Theres no sound. You just hear the crackling there of the flames. You will also notice there are no firefighters. Peoples possessions, their memories gone in an instant. With he wont know the extent of the damage in middletown until later today. But it is definitely substantial. We received word the fire destroyed a school. A school that serves kindergarten through high school. A small private school. We have this report. Katie is going to join us live now. Good morning, katie. Good morning. We are live at the Napa County Fair Grounds in calistoga where the red cross shelter is in place for the thousan
61,000 acres. Calfire confirms one person has died in the fire but we dont know how that person died. Now, at least 400 homes have been destroyed. That number could go higher as firefighters continue to battle the flames. Governor brown declared a state of emergency in lake and napa county. The valley fire started about 1 30 in the afternoon on saturday in the community of cobb. In just hours, it grew to 10,000 acres. Then in less than 36 hours, it was 50,000 acres large burning in napa, lake and sonoma counties. We have live Team Coverage. Brian flores is live at one of the Evacuation Centers in calaveras. But first lets go to alex savidge live in middletown. Tell us about the devastation left behind there. Reporter good morning to you there. So much destruct. Were standing in front of one home. Jefferson court. Let me show you what this home used to look like. You can see from google street view. Now well give you a sense here. You walk up. This is the garage right there on the right
We are at the corner of ward low and jeffson wardlow and jefferson street. House after house after house is burned. Right here you have a stairwell going up. There is a path right here. You see here in the front. Thats the roof that came down as the rest of the house was burned down. Theres homes, cars, trucks, everything gone and then right across the street if you pan to the right there, you can see homes standing completely untouched. We have Scott Mcclain here, the battalion chief. This fire seems very, very different. Why is that . Reporter well, weve been informing folks that the fires up here this year have been more of map driven and field driven because of the Drought Conditions that are so prevalent in this area. Rocky fire, 40,000 acres in a matter of hours without any wind. This fire. 40,000 acres with the wind behind it, nothing would stop it. It went through the structures, all of the vegetation. You can see the trees behind you that look like skeletons. Nothing to preven
Was shot around 2 30 p. M. Police say this was a driveby shooting outside a family members home. She was hit in the leg and taken to the hospital. Its terrible. It is very terrible for having a little child shot like that over nothing. They dont care who they hurt. Reporter today nobody at the house would talk to us. There was a car in the driveway with the back windows blown out. Police are linking much of the latest gun violence to rival gangs. Even officers have been targeted. One was shot in the leg friday while chasing a man at east 12th and fourth avenue. An undercover officer was also shot and injured on the 21st sitting in a car on seminary avenue. The police chief addressed the shootings at a press conference today. I and my officers are committed to the children and this community and our neighborhoods. We will catch the shooter and we are coming after you. Reporter but martinez feels theyre on their own. What would you like to see police do . Well are they doing enough . Not