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Average, but numbers will range from the low 60s at the shoreline to about 70 inland. If you think it sounds cool, yes, it is for this time of year. We will begin a warmup tomorrow for near average temperatures. But beyond that, well talk. Its going to be well above average, chris. Lisa, thank you. The tubbs fire still burning near santa rosa is now considered to be the most destructive fire in california history. This morning, investigators may have zeroed in on where it started. The investigation is focused on a rural area near calistoga. Its along highway 128 near bennett lane. Abc 7 News Reporter Elissa Harrington has more. Ive never been so scared in my life. Reporter paul bluff thinks he saw the beginning of what would be the most destructive fire in california history. He lives in calistoga and couldnt sleep that sunday night. The sound of the unusually strong wind kept him up. Around 10 00, a neighbor called to help him his barn was on fire. When i got the outside, i took a look, it was a 180degree view of fire from, you know, left to right. I think i was seeing the beginning, you know, first hundred yards of the fire. Reporter bluff says the flames hadnt crossed 128 yet. Since then the tubbs fire scorched more than 36,000 acres and destroyed thousands of homes. Cal fire has not pinpointed a cause. Investigators are focused on the area of highway 128 and bennett lane which connects to tubbs lane. They are treating this as a crime scene. We found driveways cordoned off, security guards blocking entrances. Neighbor Luis Alberto Vargas says investigators came by to question him. Theyre asking what time it all started, when the power went out. When i noticed it, or stuff like that. Reporter vargas says the power went out an hour before the fire started. We found power lines on the ground. The wind would knock you over. It was pretty strong. The leaves, fine dust and gravel was like in your face. Reporter cal fire has more than two dozen investigators looking into all the different fires that broke out in the north bay. A spokesman told me he knows the public wants answers but they dont want to rush their investigation. In calistoga, Elissa Harrington, abc 7 news. Youre looking at where people once lived in 30 mobile homes along clearlakes eastern shore. The sulphur fire has destroyed a Community Called Holiday Island in clearlake park. A group of four men alerted their neighbors. They then tried to fight the fire and protect their properties. But when it came time for them to leave, a wall of flames blocked the only road. The other two guys, they remembered there was an number bo aluminum boat. We were rescued an hour later by the sheriffs department. Cal fire reports the sulphur fire is now 96 contained. Its burned more than 2200 acres. A part of highway 128 near calistoga remains closed because of hundreds of burned out trees along the roadway. Caltrans will need to cut down the trees before the mountain highway can reopen. This morning, special thanks for First Responders to the north bay wildfires. The santa rosa boy scouts, venure crew girls and other Sonoma County youth will host a pancake breakfast at the Presbyterian Church of the rosas. Calm winds and rains helped firefighters on the fire lines. Abc 7 reporter lonni rivera has more on the community in mourning. Reporter they held glow sticks, hugged, and even released their energy through dance. A celebration of life after disastrous wildfires killed 42 people, most of them in Sonoma County. This is a great thing, coming together tonight. I hope it will begin healing for this community. Reporter dijon dina matias offered some pet therapy. From ash comes love, thats the theme of this relief campaign. People purchased stickers and apparel with foggy side up, a local Company Giving all proceeds to the rcu fire relief fund. The one thing that stands out to me is just the amount of compassion the community has, from what i understand, all of the Donation Centers are just full. Reporter those needing a hug found plenty. Dawn barbiery and other daughters bought shirts to support the fire victims. Survivor remorse. I feel so blessed that i have a home to come home to when i have so many friends that have lost their homes. Reporter the crowd listened to poetry, music, and uplifting words. Remember that the love that you are generating here, every single one of you gets to take that back home. Reporter while they may be forever changed by the destructive fires, this is a step to moved forward, rebuilding their lives and lifting each other up. In santa rosa, lonni rivera, abc 7 news. Exotic animal park safari west in santa rosa had to shut down because of the fire. But it will reopen next month. Employees want to start safari tours on the preserve again on november 12th. Thats if infrastructure like roads and power are restored. The rest of the park should be open next spring. You can help fire victims by texting the word red cross to the number 90999 to donate 10. You can also call the number on your screen to volunteer. That number is 7075777600. This morning, a young girl is at ucsf Childrens Hospital with major injuries after a hit and run in oakland. Our Media Partners at the bay area newsgroup report she is 10 years old and a fourth grader at franklin elementary. Police arrested the suspected hit and run driver yesterday after a second crash. Abc 7 News Reporter Katie Marzullo spoke to witnesses at the scene. A white female, 510, dirty blond hair. Only wearing a tan colored bra with green pants and black boots. Reporter billy thrush saw the suspected hit and run driver after the crash. He said not only was she partially dressed, she appeared to be hurt. I yelled out, hey, do you need help . At that time she accelerated her walking pace. I started following her as i called dispatch. Reporter Oakland Police said the woan was driving this maroon toyota around 1 30 in the afternoon when she hit a girl near the intersection of 8th avenue and east 15th street. As police and paramedics arrived on the scene, word came of another crash a few blocks away on foothill boulevard. The same toyota had slammed into a car and the driver had walked away. Police found her at a nearby strip mall and arrested her. Its unknown if alcohol or drugs were a factor in this collision. Investigators have said speed was one of the factors in the collision. Reporter the young victim was taken to the hospital with major injuries. Anyone with information about what happened is asked to call Oakland Police. In oakland, Katie Marzullo, abc 7 news. A man pleaded not guilty to attempted murder after San Francisco police say he ran down an officer with a suv. The injured officer, elia lewintankel, remains in intensive care. Abc 7 news was outside the courtroom yesterday where several other sfpd officers kept watch. Police arrested the suspect wednesday. He gave them several names but he told the judge he wants to be known as willie flanigan. Im really not in a position to address any details about this case. It would be pretty irresponsible to do so. What happened to this poor officer could have happened to anyone else. Court records show flanigan spent 67 days in jail after being convicted on drug charges in february. Two people had just minor injuries when their plane crashed at the San Carlos Airport yesterday. Sky 7 shows the plane covered in foam. Investigators say the plane was about to take off, but ran off the runway, went through a fence and stopped in the street. Theyre still trying to determine how it all happened. Meteorologist lisa argen is here now with a preview of the accuweather certainly chilly out there, lots of 40s, a couple of 50s. Well dominate the sky today with plenty of sunshine. Our sutro tower camera nice and clear. 49 in San Francisco. A cooler than average day today. That wont last, though. Youll have to shed all the layers in the days ahead. Also ahead, a Country Music star with a tribute to Las Vegas Shooting victims. Whats going to get it done is each and every one of you. Plus one of Donald Trumps ousted allies rallying the california gop. We can now repair complex at saortic aneurysmsare, without invasive surgery. If we can do that, imagine what we can do for varicose veins. And if we can precisely treat eye cancer with minimal damage to the rest of the eye, imagine what we can do for glaucoma, even cataracts. If we can use dna to diagnose the rarest of diseases, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. Imagine what we can do for you. By living off the grid. Completely. Or. Set the washing machine to cold. Do your thing. Energy upgrade california. Former white house adviser steve bannon delivered the keynote speech at the California Republican convention in anaheim. Last night, bannon tried to rally the states gop by attacking the partys establishment. He went after john mccain and former president george w. Bush, both of whom had been critical of President Trump. Southern california will be key for the 2018 Congressional Elections as democrats try to flip seats held by California Republicans. It is about winning. Nothing else matters. If you want to take your state back, if you want to take your country back, youre going to have to roll your sleeves up. Whats going to get it done is each and every one of you and the people at this convention. Bannon told the gop crowd that they have everything they need to win, great candidates, bold ideas, and the ability to build a Grassroots Army to turn california into a red state. Country singer jason aldean has released his moving rendition of i wont back down to help raise money for victims of the Las Vegas Shooting. Well, i wont back down the Country Music star sang the late tom pettys song on saturday night live just days after a shooter fired into a crowd. The proceeds will benefit the direct impact fund dedicated to victims of that tragedy. First responders have had little rest this year battling wildfires and rescuing flood victims. One unit has developed a skill set allowing its members to handle almost any disaster. Abc 7 News Reporter david louie takes a look at the 129th rescue wing. Reporter this vintage c130 aircraft sits empty now, but its on stand by, as are members of air national guard. Theyve been pressed into Service Nearly nonstop this year, responding to hurricanes harvey and irma and to the north bay fires. We packed up and headed out to ft. Hood, and the very next day, after we got there, we had folks on the ground rescuing people. Reporter that doesnt begin to describe what the 129th rescue wing is trained to do. The unit is credited with saving more than 100 lives over the last 40 years because of its farreaching skill set for land and water missions. They can jump out of airplanes, they can deep sea dive, they can fast rope out of a helicopter, they can ice climb, they can use skis and snow boards, atvs. Anything and everything they need to do to be able to get to that isolated person and save their life. Reporter they can work the fire lines and do water drops from helicopters as a result of training by cal fire. They will be recognized this weekend in san jose by the professional bull riders who stopped by to learn more about what they do. Theres nobody more special on this planet than someone who will sacrifice their own safety for another human being. Reporter the constant deployments take a toll on personal lives. Sergeant morales missed his own birthday and had to leave his wife and 13monthold son for extended periods. And this helicopter is out of service for a mandatory teardown. About 100 of its hours were spent on north bay wildfires. There are weeks ahead before the end of the year. Who knows where the 129th will be deployed next. Were ready to go whenever they call us. Reporter david louie, abc 7 news. Started today, santa rosa will allow Fountain Grove evacuees to return home. Controlled reentry will begin at 10 00 a. M. Names and addresses will be checked to ensure only residents are allowed in the neighborhood. Theyll be stationed at round barn parking lot and kohls parking lot. Residents need a form of identification to receive an entry pass. An update now on our story of a 9yearold fire survivor and a letter about loss. Our tweet went viral and baseball teams and fans from across the country are responding. Abc 7 News Reporter katie utehs has the story. Hi hello. Hello reporter Big League Dreams fulfilled at age 9. I got your letter, thanks so much. Reporter athletics catcher bruce maxwell. This is my game jersey for this season. Reporter takes the shirt off his back for this north bay fire survivor. This is for you. Thank you. Youre welcome. Reporter after loren smith wrote a letter. I love watching your as games. Reporter it cuts to the core of what its like to lose everything. My house burned down in the santa rosa fire. My saddest things were my baseball collection. When i sat down to read it, it was devastating. It really was. Reporter i had Major League Baseball and it all burned up. The day after the fire he was hiding behind the couch crying about all the stuff he lost. His grandma just said, hey, get it out. Reporter lorens aunt sent it to an abc 7 news photographer. I tweeted it, and from there i thought it would just not go anywhere, but it went everywhere. Reporter when my tweet went viral, i spent the next three days telling private collectors where to mail items. You can see georgia, idaho, as far away as new york people mailed items to the as to give to loren. You can put the season tickets in there. You got all the as stuff. I remember i had one. This replaces it. Reporter teams across the league sent care packages. Oh, its football. Joe montana you can have that. Reporter hundreds of fans did too. And have you ever thrown out the first pitch in a baseball game . You want to do it next year . Game on kind of still unreal. Look at this reporter loren plans to share his new gear with other kids in need. A lot of my friends lost their house. We want to pay it forward and share it with everybody and share the love thats come through. Whos your favorite player . Reporter lorens love of americas pastime. Chris davis because he hits a lot of home runs. Reporter inspiring a league to hit it out of the park. In santa rosa, katie utehs, abc 7 news. Happening today, drivers in San Francisco must take a detour around oshaughnessy boulevard. Crews will close the record to traffic at 7 00 this morning to stabilize a hillside. It should reopen sunday evening. Workers are trying to protect the area from rock slides before the winter rains. Back in january, a small rock slide forced the road to close temporarily. Good morning to you. Temperatures coming up just a little bit today, maybe two to three degrees. Yesterday it was cool, below average. Today still a bit below average. Live doppler 7 showing were not looking at any visibility issues right now. We have longer nights and dipping into the 40degree range for many of you. So waking up to some really cold numbers. And by the afternoon, not recovering totally, but at least well be out of the 60s for some of you. We were all in the 60s yesterday. At sfo, San Francisco was the milder spot at 52. 44 in oakland. San jose with 44. Gilroy and Half Moon Bay at 45 degrees. Good visibility here in San Francisco. 38 in santa rosa. So certainly chilly. In fact the sun coming up, oh, about 7 24. We do get our coldest temperatures in about an hour after sun rise. 48 in napa. 48 in concord. Livermore is at 45. So San Francisco was just in the low 60s yesterday. About 63 today. Bright and cool for everyone. Numbers will come up in some places 5 to 7 degrees tomorrow. And then well look for not only the numbers to continue to warm up, but records are possible, monday, tuesday, and wednesday with 90s arriving inland. Our current wave heights are on the dangerous side. The National Weather service has issued a beach hazard statement. 12 to 15foot wave heights right here. This certainly has us in the strong rip current category, sneaker waves and large swells so do be careful. I want to give you an idea of how warm were going to get in the north bay and santa rosa. Average high, 75 degrees. Shy of that today. Then look at the bumpup tomorrow, as much as 10 degrees warmer. Then monday and tuesday, even into wednesday in the 90s. And a couple of these days well have some offshore wind events. So we could see a red flag warning, gusty offshore winds in the higher elevations. Winds are gusting to 20 to 25 miles an hour at mt. Tam. At the surface we are calm. Below average in san jose again. A nice afternoon at 71. Sitting at 69 at 4 00 this afternoon. More upper 60s for menlo park. 65 in millbrae. We talked about San Francisco. Your high of 63. In the north bay, a few high clouds from time to time. A nice day. 68, san rafael. Near east bay, upper 60s to about 70, fremont and hayward. Inland, youre in the 70s, but still about five degrees shy of average. 70 today for you in pits burg. Overnight low in the 30s for santa rosa and napa. The accuweather sevenday forecast, the coolest day of the week is today. Modest warming tomorrow to feel pretty good. By monday through wednesday, youre going to have to check the cal