Department said they were following up on several reports of missing people in the fire zones. More than 77,000 other people are still evacuated from their homes. They are spread out around the county. Jesse gary joins us from one of the Evacuation Centers at cabrio college. Jesse . Reporter frank, good afternoon to you. To a man, woman, and child, there is one fourletter word that carries with it a combination of hope, anticipation, and frustration. That word is home. For the evacuation people here with a destination, a universal destination that is cloaked in questions and uncertainty. Is it ever gonna end . You know, i want to go home. Reporter Boulder Creek evacuee Barbara Andrews echos sentiments shared many of the people chased from their homes by the czu mega fire. Santa cruz county has set up near lay dozen evacuation sites for families, their pets, and their animals. Since that first night, weve expanded considerably. Weve gotten a lot of good infrastructure going on here. Wer
The fire to drop water and retardant. Cal fire at any moment is scheduled to begin their evening briefing that the Community Center in scotts valley. As soon as they do, well bring it to you live. Right now, we want to bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin. What are the weather conditions looking like, bill . Well, just kind of like what you said. Weve had a good run of weather for firefighters. Cal fire has made exceptional progress. Most of this great weather has to do quit what im showing you here, this live shot of the fog coming in. Its cool, moist, doing its thing, and that has increased humidities in the fire zone, doubled and tripled the humidities, which is huge. Any firefighters will tell you that. We saw more smoke today on the peninsula, with more of a southerly wind bringing the smoke in from the santa cruz fire. So we have a lot of smoke. Thats why the air quality district has issued or extended their spare the air alert through friday, and thats just how its going
With the National Guard about providing reinforcements as an already devastating wildfire season. Threatens to get even worse. The scu fire complex is the second largest fire in state history. Scorching now more than 365,000 acres containment is up to 20 . Its followed closely in size historically and currently by the lnu complex fire which has burned more than 356,000 acres in the north bay that complex is 27 contained and then theres the czu complex in the Santa Cruz Mountains thats burned. But 80,000 acres and containment has grown to 19 altogether these local fires have burned about 800,000 acres in just over a week all right, lets get a closer look at each of those major we start off with the scu lightning complex and. Contra costa Alameda Santa clara, san joaquin and stanislaus counties more than 365,000 acres have been scorched in the fires are 20 contained tonight, 5 people have been injured 3 1st responders and 2 others more than 20,000 structures are threatened. Now that lnu
Naturalization ceremony on night two of the Republican National convention. The first lady delivered the keynotes each. And my husband you have a president it will not stop fighting for you and your families. I see how hard he works each day and night and despite the unprecedented attacks from the media and opposition, he will not give up. In fact, if you tell him it cannot be done he just works harder. We will have more from the convention, coming up. First, we want to bring you the latest on the wildfires. It has been another productive day for fire crews and now some evacuees in napa and sonoma counties are being allowed to return home. Heres where we stand on the three major fires. The scu lightning complex fire is the largest in the state. It is burning in seven counties from the diablo ranch in the east bay to the Central Valley and it has now burned 363,000 acres. Cal fire says that as of tonight it is only 15 contained. Me czu lightning complex fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains
And have recognized the densities and that the adjoining counties to north and south with a lot of work to do. I think it would be also good to focus this conversation regionally through the terms and lower communities of color and we should have that in an apples to apples way. I was part of the movement to when supervisor kim threatened to annex a nearby city that was unwilling to increase the housing density on vacant land, so lets expand that conversation. So supervisor mar, and i really appreciate everything that you have, and please any closing comments for you, supervisor mar. And what is your will . Thank you so much, chair peskin and supervisor preston for your comments and engagement in this really important discussion. There is a number of very important items to get to so i will keep the closing comments very short. I did want to summarize that my goal today was emphasize the importance of data and who is the housing for and are we prioritizing and addressing the Housing Ne