Glass fire is already burning but theres also extreme fire danger in the east bay hills in Santa Cruz Mountains. Our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here is tracking these dangerous fire conditions for us tonight. In joins us with the latest lawrence the ad guys looks like this is going to be more of an extended event now not just for tonight, but i think again by tomorrow evening going to likely see these winds get very gusty in parts in and around the glass fire so watch for that very closely red flag warnings now posted not only in the north bay, but in the Santa Cruz Mountains again, the looking at high fire danger. Theyre expecting some strong gusty winds moving across the Santa Cruz Mountains maybe 10 to 20 mile an hour winds maybe gusting to about 30 humidity down 10 to 20 . So certainly very dry out there the east bay Oakland Hills watch out above a 1000 feet some very gusty winds 10 to 20 mile an hour maybe gusting high as 30 humidity even lower down to 10 to about 15 .
The big concern is the red flag warning that went into fekt at 1 00. Our concerns are with that northwest wind. The perimeter in the sugar loaf state park area, and if that fire gets across the line that we have established down there, it will create a much larger area to fall back to. Keep in mind, the red flag warning will remain in if he can through saturday morning. So were entering another critical time. The glass fire is moving dangerously close to the northeastern edge of angwin. Stephanie sierra went directly into the fire line where the flames are bordering that small town. Reporter the work thats happening this afternoon is critical to save angwin. The fire crews tell me theyre building a fire line from friesen road to spring lake road which homes to save angwin. Its day five, working in triple digit heat. Surrounded in dense black smoke. These heroes arent giving up. Dragging 140 pound hoses up the hill side, each crew pouring out 100 gallons of water a minute to fight the f
Hearing. Futures this morning look like this, markets fractionally moving this morning, they are in the red on fears of a new coronavirus wave. Dow industrials down 17, nasdaq down 23 and s p 500 not too far from where it closed yesterday, down just about 2 points. Despite positive talks on a new round of stimulus. It is he departure from yesterday, markets were boosted by energy, technology and financials. This morning, we are seeing reversal after four weeks straight of losses, the dow industrials yesterday were up 410 points, nasdaq up 203 and s p higher by 53. California wildfires turned deadly as more than 50,000 people are forced to evacuate their homes and wine country has been ravaged by the flames. We will take you there live. And hitting the brakes, the epa questions californias new plan to ban gas powered cars by 2035. Why it may not be legal at all. Plus, a skeleton of fun, this gigantic halloween decoration making the buzz this morning. Wait until you hear the price tag. M
Clear at this hour, although one possible cause is reportedly the electric fencing around a remote vineyard near the point of origin so far flames have burned more than 58,000 acres and the filed fires 5 contain 223 homes are destroyed more than 28,000 other structures are still threatened tonight. We want to show you a live look of the glass fire from a web camera mounted that about 4300 feet at the top of mount saint alina and you can tell from these pam from the last time we looked a it was kind of quiet we could see some flames. Now the video has stopped. But for a moment there those things are really moving around and look like the wind was having quite an effect up there does our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here with more on the wind conditions that everybody is worried about lawrence they have started to pick up unfortunately guys in the small were talking about last night concerned about is that these winds, well start to get going in the evening hours and thats what
Ghost town. Im 100 ready to leave. The entire town under mandatory Evacuation Orders as flames close in. Were there live this morning with the latest on the overnight firefight. And with fog on the coast and winds dying down firefighters are hoping to gain the upper hand on those fires in sonoma and napa counties. The wildfires are bringing back that smoke to the bay area prompting once again a spare the air alert. The third hour of today in the bay starts right now. And a good morning to you on this tuesday. Im marcus washington. I call this our terrific tuesday. It is terrific for a lot of people. It is National Coffee day and we just happen to be out of coffee here at nbc bay area. Look here. Oh, no. Good thing you are at home because the coffee machine here is broken. Our 6 00 a. M. Producer, hes a little grumpy right now so be careful for the next hour. Uhoh, hes going to get you know now. Nobody messes with our producer. And cheers to you. Hoping for a better tuesday. The firefig