Napa county burning once again. A fivestar resort in flames. Firefighters here in santa rosa keeping a close eye on hot spots. The latest on conditions here in Sonoma County. Following a 60hour shift, an offduty south bay firefighter jumps into action, saving the home of loved ones in santa rosa. Heatwave setting records today. Ill let you know when relief will arrive. Plus a look at the smoke forecast coming up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts now. Now from abc7, live breaking news. And that breaking news, Governor Newsom has just declared a state of emergency in na napa, sonoma and shasta counties for the explosive wildfires burning out of control tonight in wine country. It all comes along with a mandatory Evacuation Order for the entire city of calistoga. Here is where the glass fire is burning right now in napa and sonoma counties. It scorched more than 36,000 acres and is still zero percent contained. Now take a look at the evacuations in napa county. You can see the city of calistoga
Now at 11 00, breaking news. A state of emergency as a wildfire in the north bay threatens the entire city of calistoga to get out now. Were just exhausted. More than 100 wineries are in jeopardy tonight. The famous landmarks that have already burned. And smoky air returning. What you can expect tomorrow morning. Our weather team is tracking the worsening conditions. Good evening. Im ken bastida. Im Juliette Goodrich in for elizabeth. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, breaking news. Within the past 90 minutes, Governor Newsom declared a state of emergency for napa and sonoma counties with flames threatening homes and forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate. The big area of concern right now is in napa county. The entire city of calistoga is under a mandatory evacuation order. Take a look at why. This is time lapse video from a pg e wildfire camera looking southeast toward calistoga starting about nightfall. Those flames just exploding in size. We have Team Coverag
How interconnected these two areas really are. Our Public Health continues to show signs of improvement. Take a look at this comparison for the number of newly reported coronavirus cases and deaths in california. Both are distinctly below average according to state data. And take a look at the trend in the bay area. A yellow line represents a rolling average of newly diagnosed cases. Its continuing downward trend. Thats a very good sign. And one day after business opened, Health Officials say theyre closely watching the case rates following Labor Day Weekend. The mayor today said she doesnt want to turn back the clock and hopes the guidelines are followed. Lyanne has the latest. Reporter the salon in downtown San Francisco decided to wait until tomorrow to reopen. This is our third time preparing to open. After six months, we feel very ready. Reporter mayor london breed warned all businesses to follow the proper protocols if they want to remain open. We dont want to turn back the clock
Rolling our way. I wanted to highlight two different systems, surface cold fronts sitting offshore. Thats whats helping to disrupt the air flow. Its taking the wind, moving it from the west off to the east. Its exactly what we needed to get these changes. Its going to be slow moving, which is great news for us because its going to continue to keep the air circulating and also moving. Now, as we get you down into the fires, what youll be able to see is the smoke from these fires. The three large fires we had been following is now moving to the north and the east. If you move close, you see the faint image. Its moving north and east away from us. Thats why youre seeing air Quality Improvements with good air for parts of the north bay and San Francisco. Moderate air for most of the area and healthy air floating around the south bay. So over the next 12 hours, i think well stay moderate for most of the area, and the coastline dipping back into the good air quality. Well take a look at chan
The wait is over. Many businesses are finally allowed to reopen for Indoor Services. Including gyms and restaurants. Because of the county decision, this gym and dozens of others are closed. How that decision could put people out of business. The move to have Mental Health experts on hand. How several bay area cities plan to improve policing. Tracking heat, high winds and fire danger. Ill have your forecast coming up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Tonight, a sobering and Unthinkable New coronavirus milestone. More than 200,000 people in the United States have now died because of the virus. Here in the bay area, there is some good news. The numbers are stabilizing. Thats allowed three more counties to join most of the region in loosening covid19 related restrictions. Today, these three counties eached a vamsed from the purple tier to the red tier status on the states color coded blueprint for reopening. B