The morning commute begins the intensity of the storm will be winding down a bit. Ill give you a closer look at how long its going to last and where we might see clearing later. Dan and christian. Spencer thanks very much. Today is the onemonth anniversary of the start of the most destructive storm in history. Lets start with how it all began. Fall fires fumed by extreme winds merged into 6 massive fires. Destroying 8900 people and killing 43 people. The biggest fires were in sonoma and napa counties. The incident reports show they started within 15 minutes of each other from 9 45 to 10 00 p. M. By sunday. By midnight fires were burning in mendocino. The pocket fires break out at 3 30. It would take three days before all the fires were contained. The first wrongful death lawsuit related to the fire was filed today against pg e. Steve stelter and his girlfriend janna died saturday night in the fire in mendocino county. Pg e accused of negligence and failing to remove vegetation at or near their equipment. The highest priority is Public Safety and while the cause of the fire has yet to be determined their focusing on helping communities rebuild and recover. Sonoma county the trying to get the word out a vast majority of their acreage are untouched. Reporter you can still see the burn scars on the hillside surrounding the winery in glen ellen. Although the flames came very close. The vineyards acted as a fire block throughout the wine country. Reporter thats probably only 3 automative sonoma counties, 113 wineries were affected by the fires. Business suffered during and immediately after the fires. It was dead. Right now theres an effort to really rebound from what happened over the last several weeks. Johnnie west ton is the executive of the bureau. He says theres a lot of hard work to do. In some areas occupancy has dropped by 100 . And a lot thats returned is with evacuations and people from fema. Reporter forcing thousands of people to look for housing. The general manager brian at El Dorado Hotel says there is reason for optimism. Skies are blue, air qualitys back to normal. We just want to show our bay area friends and our tourists that people are coming back. Reporter and so are bookings. They dont have firm numbers yet but the winery says theyre seeing it too. Were happy to see a lot of our supporters in the larger bay areas are coming back to show their support for the wineries throughout the wine country, were grateful. Grat tied but not status tied. Thats why Sonoma County residence are launching a campaign in the future to encourage tourists to come back. In sonoma, eric the ga stroez dsh santa rosa gave the all clear. People can now return. Drone view 7 shows you the damage this park suffered, of the 60 units here gutted. Tonight we revisit the neighborhood in the fire zone where we saw the construction play out live reducing the home to rubble. Feet away another home stood untouched by the flames. Laura anthony reflected with the family. You feel lucky but sad at the same time. Reporter this family told us they were watching. Couldnt take their eyes off of it that monday morning one month ago wen their silverado neighborhood went up in flames. Its an indication of whats going on all over this neighborhood. Reporter the atlas fire was still ranging through the silverado highlands completely consuming the house next door to the trekslers. I just i was screaming at the t. V. Like i could do something. Reporter as hard as it was the couple kept watching from the safety of their daughters house in San Francisco. They were astounded to see a fire crew standing by to save their home. When you see now, the fighter protects the home next to it. Then you guys up and downed the camera cameras to our house and we broke out in tears. Our house was saved. I want to thank firefighters, they saved as much as they could and we all got out. Reporter while they are grateful their family treasures survived, thinkey are also awar their neighbors and friends lost so much. As neighbors began the rebuilding process the trekslers want them to know theyll be standing tall for them. All i want to do is tell everybody who lost their home how much we feel for them. Reporter in napa, lauri anthony, abc news. If youd like to help donate directly by going to red cross. Org. Today the Solano County court found robert vega sane. He killed officer russ vega back in 2016 and found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. He tried to plead not by reason of insanity. Vega vased up to 21 years in prison. Youre looking at pictures of two young men arrested following the murder of a high school student. Concord Police Believer the suspect you see on the left fire it had shot that killed lawrence jansen. The 17yearold ran back to High School Moments after be shot while leave lg campus on monday. Police also arrested two juvenile suspects. Expert testimony on Kate Steinles shooting death bolstered a theory. Abcs Lyanne Melendez has been there since day one and has more today. Reporter thats right dan. The theory presented by the defense was that this was an accidental shooting. Something very interesting today, given how highly politicized this case has been, the defense decided to hire a canadian expert. Firing a single shot is most likely an indication of unintern unintention fall discharge. The reason the expert said is someone with a motivate or intention typically ends up firing multiple shots. Only one shot was fired from the gun used to kill kate steinle. Particularly when you have someone untrained, when you see a single shot, as is the days you have a Long Distance slot and a ricochet. The expert was brought in by defense and paid 250 tlars an hour to testify. With that disclosed allen was asked to give his opinion on how the bullet could have ricochetted. The expert say if the bullet hit the pavement and traveled another 78 feet before striking steinle, its another indication that the gun discharged unintentionally. He also insisted Law Enforcement officers make sure their gun is unloaded when stored. John, who worked with the bureau of Land Management testified that the gun was fully loaded. Today the officer who took his statement recalled that he never reported a second magazine stolen. The steinle family is suing the bureau of Land Management. In San Francisco, Lyanne Melendez, abc 7 news. The Santa Clara Office is raising the stake to capture two escaped inmates, Tramel Mcclough and john by bivins escaped tuesday morning. Were allocating 25,000 regard for the indication leading to the capture of these people and we hope that that will have people who know where they are call us. Officials say the inmates smuggled in a handcuff key and used it to get out of their restraints. They broke away went through the emergency exit and got in a car. The escapes are considered dangerous. Tonight the driver of a run away dump truck in San Francisco has been sited for negligence. It hit nine parked cars. An investigation found the driver ignored safety caution and did not curve or chock the tires. The truck was overloaded and emergency brake malfunction. Its veterans day on saturday and today marked Graduation Day for some vets. They picked up new skills but its what they get to leave behind is the best part. Also ahead fire victims who show its not safe to live there. Im michael fenny with hard exhalation honey . Can we do this tomorrow . grunts of effort can we do this tomorrow . If you have Heart Failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. But entresto is a medicine that was proven, in the largest Heart Failure study ever, to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. 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Reporter on there day it was right for a marine to cry. All those in court today were veterans. All committed a crime. Through Veterans Court they received treatment, housing and job training. Upon graduation their criminal charges were dropped. The judge put it l. Make positive choices. Reporter this court gave me a chance. I stabbed a man on the street and i already goat three strikes. Reporter cook turned his life around. I just got off of work today. Im so proud to be able to. Reporter for the first time hes got a bank account. When i go in there i do hey mr. President , hi. Reporter andrew cross served in the navy. Served honorably. Reporter hes thankful his court through Veterans Court did not let him down. A team of volunteers worked to help east bay veterans. Th spruced up the Housing Project for vets and their families. A group called operation dig any run the complex with the help of other nonproftsz. We love our veterans and care about them. They deserve every piece of work and kindness we can pull together for them. We are gathering seven planter boxes for those buildings. Many of the volunteers you see are Home Depot Associates and today happened to be their day off. The annual veterans day holiday will be observed on friday. As the Worlds Largest software conference, dream force by sales force takes over downtown San Francisco its a way for the company to raise funds for domestic. Chris wen explains how theyre using star power to help. Reporter an International Superstar takes to the dream force stage. Latin grammy winning award winner luis, lending his voice for puerto rico. We have to do something, use our platform to get people together to raise money to help our families who still have no electricity or food. Reporter sales force pledged to raise at least 1 million for relief efforts. Maria martinez, considered by many to be a trail blazer in the world of tech was born and raised in puerto rico. She spoke of sales force and why its a mission near and dear to her heart. The fact i must be a role model not only for my daughter but all the kids, diverse, girls, everyone that i can help. Reporter also in the audience today, students and professors. There experience add so much to what the students are learning in the classroom. Reporter many were inspired by what they heard. Coming together, collaborating with so many different backgrounds, thats what technology and the future is all about. Reporter sales force is also committed to raising 2 million to help with the wild fire relieve. Silicon company doing its best to make a difference. In sfroeds, chris wen, abc 7 news. Thats great. Some of us are getting sprinkles. We have a storm, heres a live doppler 7 you can see in the north bay, it is quite a storm. Widespread rainfall, generally moderate rain. Numerous pockets of heavy rain pouring. This hasnt moved very far to the south yet but its on its way down to golden gate and beyond. Some areas eastern of golden gate are reporting rain. Heres from emoryville looking westward, 62 San Francisco, low to mid60s in most locations, oakland, mountain view, san jose, gilroy and 59 after moon bay. The pavement looked wet. 63 in santa rosa. Navarro, fairfield, 58 degrees. One more live view from the east bay hills camera looking westward. The cameras shaking with strong winds. Rain will spread tonight with gusty winds which is blowing right now in some spots. Well see scattered showers tomorrow and more rain to arrive over the weekend. Over night look for low temperatures in the 50s in the Early Morning hours. It will be mild overnight with the rain and showers. Tomorrow afternoon another wave of light rain developing in the northernmost part of our viewing area. Highest tomorrow will be in the low to mid60s near the bay and inland. Low 60s on the coast. Heres our storm impact scale, this storm for tonight and tomorrow ranks one. Some bay areas, especially the north bay will see up to an inch or more. Wind gusts up to 30 Miles Per Hour. Over 40 Miles Per Hour in the hills. There are possible issues in the burn areas where we had the recent fires. Wind gusty between 20 or 30 Miles Per Hour across the bay area, inland areas. Those we understand will taper off quite a bit. Wind should not be a problem for Early Morning commute but wet pavement could be. 7 00 this evening rain will be up to the north. Well see the long line of heavier steadier rain moving. Virtually all parts of the bay area will be getting rain out of this system. Ear Early Morning hours it will break up into showers. Late tomorrow into the late night and over night, youll see the impulse coming in bringing light rain and showers. Skipping ahead to sunday what appears to be a dry day for saturday. More rain developing in the north bay and spreading south ands ward over night into monday. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Its a wet forecast. Over next five days looks like we can see rain on four of those days. The dry day, saturday. We want to thank st. Catholic school for inviting me to be a reader. The kids, staff and books were great. You were great. Yes, invite them over to be a guest weather man. Wouldnt that be great . Sure. Well nice of you to do that spencer. Drone view 7 gives us a closer view of wow nice outfit. When i grow up, im going to mars. Were working on that. Some people know how far they want to go. A personalized Financial Strategy can help you get them there. See how access to j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Chase. Make more of whats yours. To j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Im worried. I have this medical bill. Oll, huh . Dave, you have anthem and they have people to talk to who are empowered to help any question you. 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Yet today people in congress and his own administration know that this president is a clear and present danger whos mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. And they do nothing. Join us and tell your member of congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing whats political and start doing whats right. Our country depends on it. Live doppler 7 is just lighting up with the colors of a storm right now. Green sweeping from the north bay to south bay. Youll probably need an umbrella if youre going outside. If not now then soon. Tonights rain should taper into scattered showers for the morning commute. I had the opportunity to sit down the other day with the santa rosa fire chief and two captains to take a look back at that night and the days that followed. Gentlemen, youve seen a lot of fires in your time. Chief have you ever seen a fire like this . Fog like this. Ive endured fires both inside and outside the city, nothing compares to what we saw that night. 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