Equipment and providing security. Its the common set up for a wildfire investigates vest team. The vineyard is almost impossible to reach by vehicle. Its down a steep hell from the top of the north fork of Crystal Springs road, just east of the silverado trail north of st. Helena. Almost nothing survived on the firescared mountain. The vineyard is surrounded by an electrician fence, and there are no power lines near where investigators were set up. Im in shock. Im devastated at the loss of my neighborhood. Reporter pam was startled awake around 4 00 a. M. Sunday when the fire first broke out. She took this video of the flames marching down ll side wh are now looking. Reporter i could see northeast here, big blaze up on top of the mountain. Reporter soon the fire would engulf everything around her, including several of her neighbors homes. When i felt my hair was going to startsen knowledging if i didnt just evacuate, you know. Reporter the first calls about the fire came in around 3 50
The afternoon and will last until 6 00 friday night. High temperatures, low humidity strong winds and hot weather and strong winds are expected. In the forecast. Our awareness is heightened we begin tonight with an update on the damage caused by him obviously, in preparation for that. There. Thats why we need to put in cal fire is reporting 51,000 the hard work today so we can acres burned Sonoma County. Be prepared for tomorrow. Reporter preparation thats up from 48,000, includes more than 2100 fire announced at 5 00 this personnel from all over afternoon. California and outofstate helping to fight this fire. But containment has not cutting line, creating improved. It remains only 2 . The Damage Assessment is higher barriers between the fire and unburnt fuels, using the natural barriers. What you see , the number of homes or a lot of the crews doing today businesses destroyed has gone up to 150 from 113 at last is going around some of the structures and clearing them report. Live cove
Patchwork of rules many find confusing. Reporter confusing and frustrating. Certainly californias 58 counties are not all the same. But its getting complicated figuring out what you can do, where. We really dont know when its going to happen. Reporter beginning friday in Sonoma County, residents can once again get the car washed and dog groomed. But not their own hair. We have clients who are constantly calling, do you have any idea when we are going to get our hair cut . Reporter salons like dining food, malls, gems and winetasting are still held back by state standards on covid cases, deaths, testing and hospital space. We should be able to open. I mean we are not the same as some of the large counties with lots and lots of cases. We are completely different animal in Southern California. Its hard for people because its so fluid and everything something new comes out. Reporter county leaders have the frustration in Sonoma County is among more than 30 counties asking for a state waive
Reopen as planned for 30,000 students on august 12th. Its been pretty challenging. Simply because the district, no one was really prepared for this. Reporter mike flynns son will be a junior in the fall, a critical year for college admissions. Hes worries worried his educational and social needs are not being met. Online is working at the moment because its all we have, but we need more to go forward. Everything is possible right now. Virtual learning, a hybrid model, a full reopen. Reporter three districts across the bay area are considering it. They are guided by an education code, no guidebook on how to reopen schools and but the pandemic. They are collaborating with other School Districts in santa clara county, following the directive from Public Health officer doctor sara cody. With limited class sizes the possibility. When we have the health order that tells us what size those groups can be, if that information will help us develop our plan for anything that might be instruction
Mike scollins, if youre from new jersey and youre angry, Mike Scollins wrote that joke. President trump announced yesterday he would extend social distancing guidelines through next month, said americans, this is still the same month . This march came in like a lion and went out like a kick in the [ bleep ]. Thats right, despite saying last week that he wanted to have the country open by easter, President Trump said yesterday he would extend social distancing guidelines until next month. On the plus side, you can still spend easter the way you always do, by completely forgetting about it until your mom calls and you lie about going to Church British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has written a letter to every household in britain urging people to stay indoors and practice social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak. So thats interesting. Social distancing is called the same thing here as it is there i just assumed it would be Something Like her majestys dodgy pleasure. Either way,