Sky hawk neighborhood now almost unrecognizable. Keit . Reporter we are here along Mountain Hawk drive. The there are horrible smelling chemicals and smoke is thick in the air. By our continue more than a dozen homes were lost in this subdivision, alone. In the sky hawk neighborhood of santa rosa last night we are getting a much better look at the fires with daybreak. Most of the burnt homes were directly next to there field. Just as crew were dousing hot spots. This neighbor came racing in to tell them about another flairup around the corner. Here, and then right about four houses down. Reporter a very neighborly thing for you to do today . Well, yes, i care about this neighborhood and community. Reporter her son, logan, was already there with a garden hose and a trickle of water. I just want to put out this fire, save this house from burning. Reporter if he looks familiar, back in the 2017 tubs fire he found goldfish that had survived and reunited them with their owners. And here he
Glow there, the flames in the background, this is eerie and eerily familiar. Its evacuated b im still sticking around. Its not my first you know theres been like three fires here now, and every time ive just stuck around here. Dozens of homes and iconic wineries have already been damaged or destroyed. Firefighters hoping the weather begins to work in their favor so nothing else is lost. People are nervous. Firefighters are exhausted, and in the last 30 minutes, the governor declaring a state of emergency. Yeah. This latest run of fires now known as the glass fire. The complex of fires started yesterday morning. Its burning in napa and sonoma counties, including parts of santa rosa. Late tonight new numbers from cal fire. 80 homes destroyed along with 32 other structures. 68,000 people under evacuation orders in Sonoma County alone. Its estimated another 10,000 are under evacuation orders in napa county, including the city of calistoga. The fire exploding to more than 36,000 acres, and
Us today. Kari, still the loom of fires there in the north bay. How are the temperatures and weather today going to affect that . Yes, still monitoring the weather conditions near the north bay fires, and it does look a little bit cooler compared to yesterday at this time. I wanted to show you the trend for today and what we are experiencing right now. Remember yesterday at this time we were seeing temperatures in the upper 80s at this weather site southwest of angwin. At 62 degrees much cooler, a calmer wind, and the humidity is coming up. As we go throughout today we are going to see temperatures much lower, and the winds are calming down. Were looking at more favorable weather conditions to possibly help slow the spread of those fires. Ill be watching this and well talk about air quality coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the Early Morning commute . Well, kari, as we look at most of the bay, were looking at oakland. A little blip under the a where it says oakland on our map as w
Afternoon. Were still talking about temperatures in the mid to upper 90s, even up to 100 degrees in ukiah. We are seeing some improving weather conditions due to the higher humidity and that fog that were seeing near the coast, which will help cool the immediate coastline. Well talk more about this as well as our air quality throughout the rest of the week coming up in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking for people heading out the door right now . Well, kari, for your main commute, a couple of the slower spots to call out as we look at the map, everything along the perimeter looks to be okay. Calling out a special issue for oakland, though. The Altamont Pass as well. Over to the right coming out of the Altamont Pass, the west 580. A crash waiting for a tow truck over at north flynn. One lane is blocked by a car or a vehicle that is perpendicular to the rest of traffic making it tougher to see. Over there southbound 880 jams up from the bridge and from alameda. Those crews probably w
In california. Good evening everyone, im frank somerville. Im julie haener. For some, it is a second night in the dark as pg e tries to avoid setting any catastrophic fires from its equipment. We have the timetable to get the lights back on. Remake the utility is sticking to its forecast. Winds die by tomorrow morning, then day long inspections and repairs. And if no surprises, powerback sometime tomorrow evening. This is what we are going to be dealing with for the next over 24 hours. Reporter santa rosas Oakmont Retirement Community is in the heart of the power ou smiling while plopping. Figuri this Fire Prevention blackout wont be the last. We are supposed to have these 50 to 60 mile an hour winds this morning, they havent developed as of now. Reporter pg e says the wind did materialize at higher elevations. A 66 mileperhour gust recorded on mount st. Helena. What the heck is pg e doing . What have they done to help with the situation . Reporter the owner of oakmonts market sold 300