Brush, a lot of dry vegetation very erratic winds that were dealing with so our biggest concern is to start getting some containment around this and make sure people are safe in those evacuation areas. Amy head from cal fire joining us. We mentioned the people being safe. We also said three hikers have already been rescued. Any other people in danger right now as far as you know . There is the conanyon Creek Campground that is under evacuation as well as the mix canyon area we are evacuating. I do not have an exact number of homes in the area. Its as i say, were work on that number. We do have some road closures along 128 and are asking people to stay out of the area to make sure they are safe as well. 0 containment at this point. Amy, thank you for your time. Well check back with you later through this newscast and through the night. We appreciate your time. Lets accepted things over to chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. You heard the captain talk about the types of conditions theyre dealing with very steep terrain, its very very smoky. What are we talking about in terms of heat and wind. The wind is coming out of the southsouthwest 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour. We dont see any wind gusts ranging 40 to 60 Miles Per Hour so no major windstorm but it is very erratic in these canyons so wind gusts as high as 20 Miles Per Hour can take some erratic turns and shift on those firefighters. We want to put a locator on this fire. Its to the north and east of downtown napa. Again, to the south of Lake Berryessa. Thats the closest landmark to this fire thats burning right now. Theres so much smoke right now, its actually getting picked up on the scanning doppler radar. Thats not rain but its smoke moving into winters and eventually we think by tonight that smoke will be moving into sacramento. If youre traveling on interstate 80 youre definitely going to be impacted with that smoke. As we leave you, we want to show you more pictures of this fire. You can see how the plumes are moving just very very forcefully in that one direction. That again is from those southwesterly winds blowing the smoke off to the north and also the east. Ill have a detailed forecast in about 15 minutes. And again, this is really a fastmoving fire. It started just this afternoon around 2 45 and quickly as you can see spread very very smoky, making it difficult for firefighters to deal with that area. Two campgrounds of big concern. You can see a fire line there that looks like its been started by firefighters to try to keep the fire in check and keep it moving in the direction that they want. The canyon Creek Campground and the mix Canyon Campground captain head from the Solano County cal fire also told us that theyre not sure if any homes are in this area, but those campgrounds do have those structures so well continue to monitor the situation. We did send out some breaking news alerts when the fire started. If you want to be a part of that and get updates on your phone any time anything happens, just download the nbc bay area app. It is, by the way, free and available for you. Were following another major story this evening of the an officer killed in the line of duty. The Hayward Police chief says this is a devastating and dark day. There are many new developments. Sergeant scott longer was shot to death. The 48yearold was a 15year veteran of the force. The driver of a pickup truck shot him during a traffic stop early this morning. A few hours later, a chilling sight, the motorcade transporting longers body from the hospital. Late this afternoon, haywards police chief remembered longer as a, quote, batman. He inspired people every day. An incredible friend a great father, a brother, a husband, a partner. We have really suffered a tremendous loss today. Emotional for so many people. We have multiple reports this evening. Nbc bay areas Michelle Roberts is in dublin the hometown of sergeant longer but we begin with Jodi Hernandez live at the Hayward Police department. Jodi. Reporter raj, ill tell you its been a very tough day here. Folks here in hayward are really hurting. You can see all the flowers and mementos that have been pouring into the Hayward Police department. The police chief says they have lost a true warrior. Sergeant scott longer gunned down this morning, mere seconds after he pulled over a reckless driver. He inspired people every day. An incredible friend a great father, a brother, a husband, a partner. Reporter Hayward Police chief diane urban describes the incredible loss theyre dealing with after one of their finest was killed in the line of duty. Police say Sergeant Scott longer was shot and killed after he pulled over a pickup Truck Driving erratically through a hayward neighborhood at about 3 00 this morning. Sergeant longer got out of the car and approached the driver side of the vehicle. The driver shot sergeant longer without warning. Partner down partner down. Reporter police say the officers partner fired back into the suspects vehicle. A short time later, the bulletriddled truck was found abandoned in east oakland. Late today, the chief announced they have arrested a suspect, an oakland man whos being treated for gunshot wounds at highland hospital. We do have a suspect in custody. Marc anthony estrada. He turned 21 years old just four days ago on the 18th of july. Reporter investigators spent the day searching the suspects east oakland house. Neighbors say estrada is from a good, hardworking family. They cant believe it. Hes a good kid. Hes always very respectful so im shocked. Im shocked, because he has never come across as a problem. Reporter again, that suspect has been identified tonight as marc anthony estrada. Hes 21 years old and from oakland. The chief says hes not in a gang but he is associated wpith gangs. Again, this is the first Police Officer killed in the line of duty in hayward in nearly three decades. The chief calling it a dark and devastating day. Reporting live in hayward, im Jodi Hernandez, nbc bay area news. Thank you jodi. All across the bay area Law Enforcement agencies have lowered their flags to half staff in honor of sergeant longer. Lets turn things over to nbc bay areas Michelle Roberts. She continues our coverage in dublin where sergeant longer grew up. Dublin is a very very tight community where a lot of folks know each other. Reporter thats right. Hes touched so many lives here in this community and throughout the east bay. Of course his coworkers calling him a wonderful man and coworker. People who didnt know him are thankful for his service. This is the scene throughout the bay area flags flying at half mast, like here in dublin outside the police station. I always tell the officers to have a safe day. Reporter she says brentwood is a place where people know their neighbors. Its pretty close so it hits home. Reporter she calls sergeant longer a good customer who would often stop by the brentwood cafe on his way to work. Very nice guy. Very nice guy. Family man. Reporter 48yearold longer leaves behind a wife and two daughters in brentwood. He graduated from dub Lick High School in the 80s where he played football and baseball. He also volunteered at the Day Labor Center in hayward, alongside gabriel hernandez. And im sorry for the family and for the Police Department. Reporter hernandez describes scott longer as the big teddy bear who had the ability to put people at ease. No one deserves to lose their life like that. Reporter today his coworkers called the 15year veteran an ideal Police Officer, member of the s. W. A. T. Team and gang unit and a loyal friend. It is a tragedy that this has happened that someone has done this. But we are pulling together as an organization the department is devastated. Reporter while the Hayward Police Department Mourns the loss of one of their own every time i see Something Like that it just makes me very sad. Reporter many people in the east bay are saying thank you to the men and women who serve. They put their life on the line every day, every minute that they work. Reporter tonight at 8 00 there is a vigil scheduled in his honor at the hayward city hall. Reporting live in dublin Michelle Roberts, nbc bay area news. Michelle thank you. Were constantly updating this story on our digital platform so you can find each new turn in this investigation on our free app, also our facebook and twitter pages. Theres a big shift in store for the san jose Police Department. The police chief late today announced he is retiring after three decades of service. He worked his way up the ranks until officially being named chief two years ago. The chief says he plans to stay at his post until this coming january. We had a oneonone conversation with the chief on his decision. He also had advice for his successor. That is coming up in a live report in about 20 minutes. One problem after another. Santa clara county paid 75 million for its stateoftheart crime lab, but since that crime lab opened in 2009 on west heading street in san jose that lab has been plagued with structural issues. Nbc bay areas Damian Trujillo joins us from that crime lab with a look at the newest problem. Reporter raj, there it is behind me. The window panel came crashing down just a few days ago here at the Forensics Crime Lab in san jose. The mystery only adds to the list of issues affecting this crime lab. They help solve some of the countys most notorious crimes. Technicians have been testing dna samples at the new Santa Clara County crime lab since 2009. But thats also the year they started seeing problems with the new building. A faulty seal on a rooftop pump broke, forcing a leak. Then two civil grand juries investigated bacteria in a water pipe. Bacteria that can cause leej legionnaires disease and now this. So theres a broken window . Oh i see. Reporter county workers discovered a broken glass panel and vandalism doesnt seem to be the cause. County workers say they havent been told about it. Whats wrong with the window . I just got back, i dont know. Reporter the county supervisor told me he hadnt been told about the glass panel either, and if its a structural issue, then he said hed be very concerned. Via text message, he said quote, this building when constructed was celebrated as best in its class. If there are defects, we will get to the bottom of it. The county said theyd try to get back to me by 2 00 with a possible answer as far as what the problem here might be. We never heard back from them. Well call them again tomorrow. Were live in san jose im Damian Trujillo, nbc bay area news. Lets take you back outside. 700 acres of white smoke and spreading. This is a fire were following in napa near Lake Berryessa. Its near two campgrounds that are being evacuated. More when we come back. These dry trees are a product of the drought, but theyre at risk of toppling during a big storm. Coming up find out why Washington District officials are asking you to prioritize your water use to prevent mudslides. Also this piece of furniture has killed two toddlers. The message the store is sending out to help keep kids safe. Napa wildfire update this is near Lake Berryessa. Live pictures now from our breaking news, this wildfire in napa county. You see the fire craft here fighting the fire from the aerial attack. This is near Lake Berryessa. This has been burning nearly four hours. We were just updated, 0 containment so this could be the beginning of a very long firefight. It started with a vehicle collision, which sparked the flames. So far 700 acres, and this is near a popular hiking area in fact three hikers have been rescued in cold canyon which is near Lake Berryessa. Two campgrounds have also been evacuated. All the smoke youre seeing is blowing towards davis and sacramento in the central valley. Some other stories now its being called a targeted attack. A husband and wife beaten with baseball bats as they slept in their east bay home. Police say the suspects are still on the run. Nbc bay areas Mark Matthews is in brentwood with the latest. Reporter 4 00 this morning, police came to this quiet welltodo culdesac in brentwood on the report of a Home Invasion and possible assault. What they found inside that brown onestory building was john and ann russo, husband and wife both of them beaten with baseball bats. Police say three men broke into the house through a rear glass door. The wife was sleeping on the couch. She was assaulted with a baseball bat. And the husband was sleeping in the master bedroom, where he too was assaulted with a baseball bat. Reporter the womans arm was broken. She had head injuries. The husband was far worse. They were both taken to John Muir Medical Center in walnut creek. The wife was treated, remains in stable condition. The husband is still being treated and i believe is in critical condition. Reporter the suspects described by the wife as two hispanic males and one black male in their teens or early 20s. The house was not ransacked. It does not appear anything was taken. What are you looking at . Were not sure at this point. One thing im fairly confident in saying is that it was not a random act of violence. It appears that these people were targeted. Were just not sure what the motive is at this time. Were still working on it. Reporter lieutenant silva tells me he needs help from the people in this neighborhood someone who might have seen something. He says one of the neighbors actually had a security camera. Theyre going to be looking at the pictures from that. And theyre frankly hoping for more. Reporting from brentwood, Mark Matthews, nbc bay area news. Mark thank you. Its hard to imagine in this drought but a major gateway into Yosemite Park is off limits tonight because of a mudslide. Heres new video of the mess on highway 140 in el portal. Heavy rains last night covered the roadway with large boulders and debris. You see it here. Several travelers were stranded but thankfully no one was hurt. The slide happened in an area where a large wildfire happened last summer. Its still unclear when highway 140 will reopen. Mudslides just one of the potential problems we may be facing this winter if el nino predictions are accurate. It seems that what youre doing to save water during the drought now could put you at risk during the next big storm. Marianne favro joins us now with why experts say you may have to change your watering strategy. Reporter because of concerns about el nino and possible flooding, the Santa Clara County Water District wants you to prioritize which plants you water in your yard. Jerry hopes his hillside backyard will stay in place during the next big storm. Hes already experienced mudslides here. We had Niagara Falls here in our backyard. Reporter but now because of the drought, he only waters his plants once a week and has stopped watering his trees altogether, so hes concerned about winter rains. Because of the fact that they havent had much water in what four years now, that may be a problem. Reporter rick austin a vegetation expert at the Santa Clara Valley Water District agrees. If the plants are all defoliate defoliated, if theyre absent now because of the drought, then youve got a bare hillside that water is going to come piling down. Reporter he says dry trees are stressed trees that may have a shrunken root system and brittle branches making them much more likely to topple during a big storm. According to Noaas Climate Prediction Center theres a favorable chance of el nino hitting california this winter yet were still in a drought, which is why to prevent mudslides the Water District wants you to prioritize the very limited you do use. Essentially let your grass go brown and focus on keeping the plants alive that could stabilize a hillside during heavy rains. Austin also recommends you aerate your lawn. The ground is rock hard so instead of any infiltration, any water coming in is going to run off. Reporter its a delicate balancing act, preserving a limited resource while protecting your home from mudslides. Experts say if you do live on a hillside plants like ice plant offer a winwin because theyre drought tolerant and can prevent mudslides. Reporting in san Jose Marianne favro, nbc bay area news. From san jose we want to get up to napa county now. Weve been following this wildfire for a couple hours. This is about the most dramatic images weve seen thus far. This is just south of Lake Berryessa. You can see the wind direction, you see the smoke and you see those flames intense. Right now 0 containment and homes and structures are being threatened. A lot of people are being evacuated. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Weve been following this and like the cal fire official said this is growing and it continues to. Yeah, and we think it likely could grow even at the same rate because the winds will stay gusting 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour. Weve seen them hit this by air and theyre probably getting in on it by foot as well but its going to be a slow go the next 24 hours. This likely could take another two to four days to get containment on it with the way that it is spreading currently. You can see those smoke plumes in some fashion going directly up into the air, but there is a strong southwesterly wind and right now thats pushing a lot of the smoke towards woodland also towards sacramento. If you need a locator on this fire, it is just south of Lake Berryessa. Winds again southsouthwest 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour. We dont really see it gusting hire than that for tonight, so thats a small bit of good news for the firefighters but its still very erratic in the canyons. Temperature of 80 degrees, humidity at 35 . Right now route 128 is closed as we have been reporting, and the fire really is centered right near rag canyon road. Thats why its called the wragge fire at this point. As you get a look at the forecast for this fire winds do not look to gust above 30 Miles Per Hour in the next 24 hours. Nighttime well have some recovery humidity at 85 . Daytime humidity will be down to 40 for tomorrow. We need this fire to be extinguished by this weekend, because next week well likely head into tripledigit territory and that would be again, another worst Case Scenario for these firefighters that are already dealing with these dry conditions and our fouryear drought. To get a look outside the Sky Camera Network right now, thankfully we did get some cooling today. Temperatures in the low 70s and we have fog returning across San Francisco and the peninsula. Tomorrow it stays mild with 80 in the south bay, trivalley and also the north bay will average low 80s. Were tracking more in your forecast and ill have more details in 25 minutes. All right, well see you shortly. We will continue to follow this fire, the direction its going. As jeff mentioned, it could be several days like we saw last year in this area. It could be several days until this has been extinguished. Also coming up super prices for the super bowl. 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In fact reports now from the davis and sacramento area that the skies there are extremely smokily and dangerous for breathing conditions. Well stay on this throughout the evening. Potential dresser danger. Ikea is issuing a safety warning about potentially deadly risks involving 27 million pieces of its furniture. In the last year two children have two years pardon me two children have died when ikea dressers toppled over and fell on the children. The company is offering free wall anchoring kits. The nationwide repair problem involves 20 other chests and dressers. Now, you can get the kit at any ikea store, online or order it. As with any dresser, ikea or not, all dressers should be anchored to the walls. Thousands of uc employees are about to get a pay raise. They are raising the minimum wage to 15 an hour. They are the Third Largest employer in california and the pay increase will start gradually this october and be in full swing by the fall of 2017. The uc system is the First Public University to set a minimum wage that differs from the state standard. More from our fire in napa county. Its now 1,000 acres and still growing. More news coming up next. And then killed in the line of duty. The details were learning tonight about a bay area officer killed in the line of duty. And a green light for youberuber. A deal thats making waves in the big apple. Stay with us. Jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldnt say no to that face. Then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says. Oh yeah, thats betty. Youre going to want to do this alligator thing. And betty didnt lead us wrong. A little later we passed some dancing. And who doesnt like dancing . Especially when its followed by fireworks everyones nola is different. Follow yours. It took Tim Morehouse years to master the perfect lunge. But only one attempt to master depositing checks at chase atms. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. Napa county. Firefighters are lets take you back to the sight of this very windwhipped very smoky fire that started in napa county. It is now moving into yolo county. At 5 00 this afternoon it was more than 700 acres and it is growing. At this point 0 containment. Very rugged terrain. It is threatening some structures near the canyon camp ground and mix campground. This afternoon some hikers have been evacuated and rescued from this area. Very smoky, three hikers in fact. You can see the cloud, the huge plume and this is growing fast. Right now theres six tankers out there, bulldozers water tenders. Cal fire giving it everything its got at this point to try to stop it before it continues to rage. Well have a full update for you a little later in this newscast. A tragic day is turning into an emotional night. Hundreds of people are expected for a candlelight vigil honoring Hayward Police Sergeant Scott lunger. He was killed in the line of duty this morning. Sergeant lunger had stopped a car driving erratically. Moments later, shots rang out. Tonight a suspect is in custody and several communities are in mourning. Jodi hernandez joins us from the hayward pd with the latest on the investigation. Jodi. Reporter raj, the Hayward Police chief says that this department is really suffering. She says Sergeant Scott lunger as you can see here was a warrior, a leader who inspired others every day. Today, july 22nd 2015, became his end of watch. We have really suffered a tremendous loss today. And the world is a little bit worse for him being gone. Scott loved this job, he did it eagerly. It is a tragedy that this has happened that someone has done this. Reporter calling it a dark and devastating day, Hayward Police are dealing with the loss of one of their finest. They say Sergeant Scott lunger was shot and killed after he pulled over a pickup Truck Driving erratically through a hayward neighborhood at about 3 00 this morning. My partner down partner down. Reporter police say the officers partner fired back into the suspects vehicle. A short time later, the bulletriddled truck was found abandoned in east oakland. Based on the information from the vehicle, we have identified a person of interest. Reporter tonight haywards police chief says they have arrested a suspect, 21yearold marc anthony estrada, an oakland man they say has ties to a gang. Hes being treated for gunshot wounds at a highland hospital. He is in police custody. He is under guard. Reporter they spent the day searching the suspects east oakland house. Neighbors say estrada is from a good family. Theyre stunned. I just feel for his parents. I just feel and we were definitely praying for the officer and his family because i dont know how that could have happened because hes a good kid. Reporter were back here live where youre looking at all the flowers and mementos that have been pouring in here. People who didnt even know the officer are breaking down as they come here to pay their respects. They say they want the family to know that the community is with them. I am told that this is the first Police Officer killed in the line of duty here in hayward in nearly three decades. Reporting live in hayward, im Jodi Hernandez, nbc bay area news. Thank you, jodi. Condolences are pouring in online for Sergeant Lunger including from agencies across california and the nation. Here in the bay area Foster City Police tweeted, quote, we mourn as a department and a community with the hayward pd. We offer our condolences to the family of Sergeant Scott lunger. Lapd also reached out, sending its condolences to hayward pd for their loss. Officers with the new york Police Department tweeted, quote, our thoughts this afternoon are with our family and friends of hayward pd Sergeant Scott lunger killed in the line of duty today. Lunger is the second bay area Police Officer killed in the line of duty this year. A suicidal man shot san jose Police Officer Michael Johnson back in march. Police returned fire in that case and killed the suspect. Officer johnson was a 14year veteran of san jose pd. We are constantly updating our digital platforms on this story in hayward. You can find the latest on the investigation on our nbc bay area app and on our facebook and twitter feeds. Well tonight san joses top cop is announcing hes retiring. After 30 years on the force, chief larry escavel rose from the ranks to be named police chief two years ago. He announced he will step down in january. Robert, i know you sat down with the chief one on one to talk about why hes doing this and who will fill his spot. Reporter well thats right, jessica. You know at 5 00 we talked a little bit earlier about the progress the department has made. He had a lot to say about, for example, the Body Worn Cameras Program going on but now he shared more personal thoughts about taking on such a troubled department and seeing light at the end of the trouble. Chief larry escavel spent 30 years with the Police Rising to the top of the department over the turmoil over pensions that led to a mass exodus of officers. Theres been ups and downs and ebbs and flows and not only accolades but headache and heart ache at times. Reporter today the chief announced hes leaving in january of 2016 after two years on the job. To be honest with you, robert i dont mind saying it it was a huge learning curve, from a deputy chief to the chief of a major city department. Reporter his advice for his successor i think in being realistic with what we can do and what we cant do being honest and being transparent. Reporter assistant chief eddie garcia will become the interim chief and he praised him. Were in a position to rebuild here and hes one of the reasons that were in that position to do that because hes gotten us in the starting blocks. Reporter as interim chief, what are your Top Priorities then . Continuing on what were doing now, quite frankly. The number one priority is staffing. Reporter well, the chief says if theres one thing he can now say he dislikes about the job, negative media coverage. Well, i did ask. Anyway, right now the city has not announced any plans for its search for a new chief. Live in san jose robert handa, nbc bay area news. Robert thank you. Terrifying moments for a palo alto mom. She woke up from a nap with her toddler to find a prowler attempting to break in. 44yearold Derrick Pitts was arrested. Police say he tried to pry open several doors at the home on Carlson Court yesterday afternoon. This is near mitchell park. After the mother spotted him, she quickly called police. Officers dont believe this case is linked to two other recent reports of prowlers in palo alto. Police are on the lookout for a missing dock worker. Ivan geeter was last seen thursday at 2 00 in the morning leaving his home in Alameda County. He told his wife he was headed for a job at the port of oakland but never came back home. Anyone with information is urged to call the Alameda County sheriffs office. Uber strikes a big deal in the big apple. New york city was ready to cap the number of cars uber can operate but city leaders have put the brakes on that for now. They have agreed to a fourmonth study on the impact of its cars on traffic and the environment in the big apple. There will be no cap on how many cars uber can operate during this fourmonth period. The new York City Council is ready to vote on limiting uber tomorrow. The citys mayor says uber is the leading cause of traffic in new york. I want to give you one more aerial view from our live nbc chopper over that fire near Lake Berryessa in napa county. There is smoke and lots of flames as firefighters try to extinguish this. Right now having a very tough time 0 containment. More when we come back. And im janelle wang. Ill have the latest coming up. Ride away by roy orbison begins to play i ride the highway. Im going my way. I leave a story untold. He just keeps sending more pictures. If youre a freerange chicken you roam free. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance you switch to geico. Its what you do. Two wheels a turnin. Back to our breaking news our coverage of this fire in napa county. You can see Lake Berryessa on the right side of your screen. You can see part of the smoke here. The smoke is much larger than what youre seeing here but the smoke heading east towards the central valley. In fact if youre in fairfield you can see it. Davis and sacramento covered now with the smoke. More than 700 acres. Some reports of 1,000 acres. Its been burning since about 2 30 this afternoon. Well continue to follow this story and the homes, or the structures we should say that are being threatened now because of this fire in napa county near Lake Berryessa. Well, the simple act of getting a passport is making headlines today in human rights circles. The photo of the disdenting chinese artist is big news. He had his passport confiscated by the government more than four years ago. At that time he was in prison for three months. Since then hes been speaking through his art, like a popular installation thats currently at Alcatraz Island that was there last year. He says he doesnt know why chinas government all of a sudden returned his passport. He is scheduled to travel to ireland in september. Twitter has announced this week it will large an on line Safety Center for its users. People will be able to set security settings and read up on privacy policies all in one place. Twitter says the Safety Center will better help track and cut down on online harassment. Super bowl mmxvi, are you read super bowl 2016 zephyr. Is charging a thousand dollars a night during the ones that arent like San Franciscos hotel zephyr are charging 1,000 a night during that weekend. 500 higher than what travelers are paying this summer. Hotel and ticket combos are running more than 10,000. A person. Jeff ranieri and i are going to rent out our homes and move in with you for a week. Bring it on. Ill charge you both rent. So we wont make anything. We need to make some money with all this. The airbnb thing . Nbcbnb. I like that. We are tracking that forecast. Of course we do have the fire up in napa county. Ill have details on the wind gust with that and details on how much longer this comfortable weather will last in just a few minutes. Table. Today, a federal indictment against the young man, accused of ll the Death Penalty is on the table. Today a federal indictment against the young man accused of killing nine people inside of that South Carolina church. Janelle wang joins us now with details of these charges and more on the motive. Raj, today the Justice Department said dylann roof wanted to ignite a race war and he researched and sought out the ame church in charleston. Thank you for coming. Reporter u. S. Attorney general Loretta Lynch announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted dylann roof on 33 counts. The charges include murder firearms violations and a hate crime, which normally is difficult to prove, but the a. G. Says she has evidence. An essential element of his plan was to find his victims inside of a church. Specifically an africanamerican church, to ensure the greatest notoriety and attention to his actions. Reporter the Justice Department said roof had a perception that africanamericans had committed wrongs against whites and for that he wanted to seek revenge. Authorities found racist postings online. The 21yearold was also seen in pictures holding the confederate flag. Then last month police say roof walked into bible study at the history Mother Emanuel Church in charleston South Carolina armed with a. 45 glock pistol and eight loaded magazines, they say he opened fire killing nine parishioners. Mother emanuel was his destination, specifically because it was a historically africanamerican church of significance to the people of charleston, of South Carolina and to the nation. The u. S. Attorney general says the hate crime charge carries a potential Death Penalty, but the Justice Department has not made a decision yet on whether to seek that. Roof also faces criminal charges in South Carolina but that state does not have a hate crime statute. Jessica. All right, thank you very much janelle. Lets take you back outside to that fire weve been telling you about near Lake Berryessa. Cal fire now confirming this fire has grown just since weve been on the air, now at 1,000 acres. There is a small level of containment now, about 5 but they have a long way to go. The fire started around 2 30 this afternoon and quickly spread through that area. It is now also entering the yolo county area. This is a popular hiking area. Three hikers rescued in cold canyon. Two campgrounds evacuated and the smoke is blowing toward davis and sacramento. It could be a long few days ahead of us for firefighters. Jeff ranieri joins us now. You recall last year in this area it was more than a week firefighters were on that fire. We definitely could be in a situation here with at least three to five days before we get containment. Just based on how fast this has spread over the past four hours. Firefighters are attacking this by air, by multiple different aircraft. You can see in the video back here behind me the smoke columns seem to be going straight up in the atmosphere but theres a strong southwesterly push thats moving a lot of this toward the sacramento valley. If youre traveling on interstate 80 you will definitely run into that smoke. If youre heading close toward sacramento, you can see the helicopter pilot pans out here just how expansive this fire again has become. It almost looks like its been burning for days but just hours at this point. So lets take you to the forecast. And again, this fire is just to the south of Lake Berryessa. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour. And the good news in my forecast tonight is we do not expect winds to exceed 50 Miles Per Hour, so were not looking at a major wind event. Its just the fact that this will be very erratic when those winds get going in the canyons. Its going to make it tough for the firefighters and also a steep elevation. Route 128 is closed as weve been reporting, and that fire is right near wragge canyon road. Its obviously grown a lot larger than that. As we go ahead and get a look what youre going to find in the forecast is that winds are out of the southsouthwest at 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour. We expect it to stay pretty much the same as we head throughout tomorrows forecast. Humidity during the daytime will continue to drop to around 40 and they want to get containment of this by this weekend because as we head into next week temperatures could likely hit 100 degrees in that area so not good news when it comes to that upcoming forecast. As we take you to tomorrow mornings weather, we have upper 50s and also low 60s. The fog will come back areas of drizzle in San Francisco and also the peninsula. Our forecast has been ruled by this trough of low pressure the past 24 hours. Thats the main reason why temperatures dropped for today. Thats going to keep the fog right up against the immediate coastline for the Morning Hours the next two days and then eventually looking ahead toward the weekend, yes, it does warm up but its not going to get extremely hot. No 100s expected to come our way, at least through saturday and also on sunday. So lets take you to the microclimate forecast as we head throughout thursday. Comfortable day in san jose 80 and sunny skies for the peninsula. 63 and foggy in pacifica, 69 in san mateo and palo alto up to 78. San francisco stays in the 60s with typical fog in the marina back towards the financial district. Youll get some breaks of sun. And for the north bay, east bay and trivalley, a mix of weather here. Well have low 80s up into napa county where the fire is currently burning. Back towards 76. Oakland in the east bay at 68 and ten degrees warmer back at fremont at 79. The trivalley will stay out of the 90s. 78 at danville its going to feel like the ac is on out there across the trivalley. All right, lets go ahead and get you into the weekend forecast. You can see as we head throughout saturday and sunday low 80s expected for the south bay. San francisco upper 60s and low 70s. The north bay will hold on to mid80s. Once again, that forecast will get a lot hotter next week so we hope they get this extinguished in the next two or three day period. Also ahead, weve got some sports to talk about. Jed yoeshrk the 49ers owner, with some curious comments about the 49ers culture. And guess what the giants swinging through san diego. Geraud moncure is next. K this out. With xfinity home we get 24 7 professional monitoring and video monitoring we can watch on our own tv. Thats way better than our old security system. [metal clanking] [chip crunching] [baby crying] dont be old fashioned. Xfinity customers, add xfinity home for 29. 95 a month for 12 months. Plus get a Free Security camera. Call 1800 xfinity or go online today. T alarm, just roll out of bed anytime, it appears okay want an egg mcmuffin, no need to set the alarm, just roll out of bed any time. It appears the golden arches will soon offer breakfast all day long. The company is notifying franchise owners to stock up on pancakes for potential breakfast any time kickoff come october. Mcdonalds has already been testing the idea in san diego and a few other cities and apparently breakfast any time all day has been a hit. Pancakes at 5 00 p. M. . That sounds fantastic. Lets bring in Geraud Moncure from our Comcast Sportsnet newsroom. Big day for the giants. Absolutely. Chance to win another series after the allstar break with the day off tomorrow and a chance to take another road series after the break. Giants taking full advantage of the getaway today at petco park. Rubber match of the series versus the padres. Pick this up in the top of the sixth, pads up 10. But this one over the deep wall in center field ties the game at 11. An inning later, para board for buster posey. Matt kemp plays indecisively. 31 lead. Top eight now, dale sayer greeted by brandon crawford. The shortstops 14th homer of the year. Giants win big, 71, as crawford continues to crush at the plate. I havent really changed anything. I mean maybe there was something in my swing that i just i didnt see or didnt feel and get a couple of days off and it helped. Are you going for the home run title . I dont see why not. Jeremy affeld reinstated after missing the last 20 games with a shoulder strain. He struggled a bit together giving up a hit and a walk without recording an out in the eighth inning. What did the warriors and the 49ers have in common . A lot if you ask 49ers ceo jed york. York made these comments to the monday morning quarterback today. Culture is huge. You look at the golden state warriors. They were the dumbest team in the nba for letting mark jackson go who won the most games in the franchises history. They bring in steve kerr. Kerr changes the culture, comes in with a different perspective and look what happens. York is hoping of course jim tomsula does for the 49ers what kerr did for the dubs but that might be asking a lot. Learning day in alameda as female raiders executives taught more than 100 young women about what they do as part of the first Youth Empowerment summit. The girls also took part in confidence building skills and learned the importance of fitness and continuing their education. There are women in every role in our industry and it is very realistic for anyone interested man or woman, boy or girl, to work in the nfl. Finally, remotecontrol car drag racing just one of the many competitions today for indy driver graham and his dragster fiancee, courtney force. Grape stomping was another thing with where the couple went head to head in several competitions as they get ready for an nhra race at sonoma. They are competitive in their perspective series with rayhall third in indycar points and force the nhras winningest female driver. Raj, back to you. Lets take you back outside and give you a final look here. This is the fire weve been following since this afternoon. This is near Lake Berryessa in napa county. Lots of smoke, lots of flames. A thousand acres now at least and about 5 containment. Weve seen this fire grow rapidly since 2 30 this afternoon. Jeff ranieri is here with us. Jeff, youve been saying that one of the key things here is they need to get this contained before the weekend, because its going to get much hotter. Definitely. Our forecast shows by next tuesday, wednesday, possibly by thursday, upper 90s to about 100 potentially in the same area where this fire is burning right now. So again, the next three or four days is always critical but its especially critical with that hot, hot weather coming next week. Now, you can see the smoke plumes are very impressive. It looks like this has been burning for days but again its just been since this afternoon. And heres the smoke plume on our doppler radar. Again, that green is not rain its smoke. Thats blowing right over dixon, davis and heading right towards sacramento. Now, the forecast keeps winds in the area anywhere from 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour out of the southwest over the next 24 hours. So a lot of folks in the bay area wont smell that smoke, but if you live in sacramento or are heading that way, youre definitely going to encounter it. As for our forecast we have the fog coming back for the morning and we have 70s inland for tomorrow. It looks really beautiful. Thanks for joining us here at 6 00. Have a great evening. scal good day, mlady i am sircanalot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. 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