Tourists. So are you ready to get away . This is a notable night for all of us. Exactly six months ago our lives changed. We were ordered to shelter in place. Among the questions now, are we even halfway even at the Halfway Point of this pandemic . And are we ready to loosen up and get on a flight out of town . Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana is at sjc with the story. Sergio. Reporter traffic officers here say San Jose International has been getting pretty busy in the mornings and evenings. More people are flying, but theres still a lot to consider before booking a ticket. This is the first flight for this family since the start of the pandemic. Theyre making a short hop to palm springs. Its just far enough to get away from home. When the smoke started happening with all the fires, we couldnt go outside and enjoy it, so we said lets go somewhere where air is fresh so we can get out and enjoy the sun. Reporter her son is playing in a Golf Tournament there, so they decided to fly the whole
And damaging turn of events. New video into our newsroom shows flames in calistoga. Firefighters believe they have 12 to 24 hours to create new fire lines and fire breaks. A new red flag warning has been issued for tomorrow. Here s a look a the numbers only 2 containment. Flames have torched nearly 50k acres. There are more than 2 thousand firefighters on the front lines 115 homes and businesses have been destroyed some evacuees got lucky. Others are now homeless. Cal fire says the glass fire has destroyed at least 80 homes in napa and sonoma counties. Nbc bay area s melissa colorado joins us live from santa rosa. Where one woman showed us what s left of her family s he of 20 years. Let s bring in jeff ranieri. You re forecast is critical for the firefight. I cant believe it. What . That our new house is haunted by casper the friendly ghost . Hey jill hey kurt movies . Ill get snacks no, i cant believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on our Car Insurance with geico. I got s
Continues to grow, containment, just 2 . And investigation focuses on the point of origin, could be on a remote vineyard owned by famous winery. Here on howell mountain, overlooking saint helena. Start with nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana in calistoga. Cake bread cellars a part of the investigation. Reporter the town is essentially empty. It has been evacuated. Glass fire just too close. In the distance that glow is where its purposing part of the evening. Right now firefighters have a window of good conditions but not going to last long. Sunset tonight, massive flames in the napa valley state park outside calistoga and saint helena. Were back at red flag warning, expecting north to northwest winds Higher Elevations above the fire area. Thats big concern right now. Reporter those gusty winds pushed this fire so fast. Time lapse of the start early sunday morning. Firefighters trying to figure out what exactly sparked the flames. Sources close to the investigation tell the nbc bay area Inv
It has deadly weaponed abeen on. I will show you our moderate quality. Cant wait. Thanks jeff. All the smoke is sticking around because of the wildfires across our state. North complex fire is continuing to spread. It is only 26 contained. Cal fire says there are still 26 fires burning across the state, you can see them all here from the top of california down to Southern California near san diego. Since the beginning of the year, a record of 3. 2 million acres burned. President trump sat in on a wildfire briefing and had a lengthy exchange with Governor Newsom and other local leaders. Reporter President Trump arrived to sacramento. He told the states wildfires are largely of the results of californias mismanagement forest. Instead of leaving the leaves and drying out. Reporter the president met Governor Newsom and other local leaders. The state Natural Resources encouraging the president not to ignore climate change. You just watch. I think science know. Four more years. Reporter hund
Its all relative, right . We have seen some subtle changes. I know its not down to the good category yet but signs of things beginning to improve. For much of the weekend everyone was in that very unhealthy category, that purple color. Now were down into the unhealthy from the north bay to the south bay. Yes, its still bad. We have the haze out here, but were seeing signs of changes. Let me get to that and to give you this reference point. I have to give you a wider look at the satellite and the three large fires producing the most smoke, you can see the plumes on the satellite view showing the smoke now lifting to the north and east so thats moving away from the bay area. And were starting to see these changes from the system that is developing right on track just offshore. Thats going to help to change our air quality. Well have more details on that in our developing la nina and what that could mean coming up in 18 minutes. 20 Straight Days of poor air quality and it will stick aroun