Been popping up today. Firefighters knockdown flames of a new fire near lake sonoma. This fire started around 7 30 am west of geyserville. We have video from skyfox. You can see the fire burned a small area of brush. There were no major damages. And daly city, crews put out of the grass fire an hour ago. That was reported around 10 45 am near hamilton avenue interstate 280. No one was hurt and no word on how either fire started. Firefighters are optimistic about the progress overnight against the kincade fire. Allie rasmus was after their 40 containment and firefighters are considering that a victory for now. On this ongoing battle against the fire. Reporter you can see the smoke in the distance behind the house where we are. We are east of lake sonoma. Skyfox has a view of the fire lines from the Sonoma County, the other side of the fire. Sonomalake county borta. 5000 firefighters and personnel are on the front lines. The firefighters and Engine Companies across the western u. S. , we saw some of them at a briefing that cal fire had this morning at the fairgrounds. Its a morning meeting where everyone got the update about the new containment percentages and the new lines of the fire and where its most active. At the meeting we saw firefighters in uniform from as far away as evart, washington and from santa fe, new mexico. Cal fire leaders think the firefighters at the briefing for the work theyve done in the progress theyve made so far. I would say last night was a huge success. We had the wind surfaced just like we expected and we were able to make it through that most intense portion of the red flag warnings with no significant increase. We would try to get as much light around it as possible at some of the main concerns is the eastern section toward lake county because thats where the most heat is at and thats where some of those heavier materials are that are burning. Reporter also mentioned that the briefing, a warning from the Sonoma CountySheriffs Office they were following up on reports there may be people impersonating firefighters in those evacuation zones. To put that warning out to the other firefighters in case they saw someone in the evacuation zones who look like they maybe should not be there to double check their credentials. The Sheriffs Office said they have 300 Law Enforcement officers helping enforce those evacuation zones and road closures and helping to prevent looting. The overall message from cal fire is they made a lot of progress overnight and theyre happy about that but they are not out of the woods yet. They say they will focus their efforts today around mount st. Helena, Copper Mountain and Pine Mountain with this of theres a lot of dense vegetation that could burn. Allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. Evacuation orders for the kincade fire are in place for parts of sonoma and lake county. This is a map of the affected areas. The red part is where the fire is burning. The purple shows where there are mandatory evacuation orders including healdsburg and windsor. The larger zones blue, indicate where people were told they can return to their homes but they are still in an evacuation warning and there should be ready to evacuate again quickly if necessary. Lets get over to meteorologist mark tamayo. Where are we at right now . Looks like we are trending down. Heading in the right direction. We still have a red flag warning in place. We have improving conditions but not perfect conditions for the fire crews. Look at the peak gusts from this morning. This event was weaker than anticipated but still you can see some of the wind pulsing up. The healdsburg hills, gusts at 37. More details on the red flag warning and the areas in red from the santa cruz mountains, the east bay to the north bay in place until 4 00 this afternoon. Decreasing wind of 1020. The wind advisory has expired but its still very dry. Relative humidity around 815 . That is still a concern because that means the fire could still take off. Look at the current wind. Mount st. Helena, a gust at 15. Overnight i do see a guest at 45. Around the fire zone, if you sites showing you the relative humidity 91520 and the wind, thankfully were not talking about strong wind. Still a bit of an easterly push but that will gradually shift this afternoon. The forecast model showing you that we have these values and numbers beginning to go down. By 3 00 its not too bad and we should continue to have improving conditions as we head into the evening hours. It looks like the major wind event is decreasing, fading away but we still have some very dry conditions. While we are heading in the right direction, we are not completely in the clear. We will talk more about a big improvement in the weather and the forecast coming up. Crews were given the all clear to inspect lines to start restoring power to people in 20 counties. Kern county is expected to get the goahead tomorrow but restoring power to thousands could take days after nearly half 1 million customers were left in the dark. One of those areas affected most is Sonoma County and thats where we find allison rodriquez. Reporter this area is one of those spots that did not have power overnight. The smallmarket behind me was able to open this morning with the help of a generator. As you can see it was cash or credit card only. At last check pg e said they have thousands of employees and contractors and also 44 choppers up doing inspections and working on restoring power. Fortunately pg e did announce overnight they were not going to cut off alameda, contra costa, Santa Clara County santa cruz and San Mateo County because of improving conditions. That did save about 30,000 customers from dealing with a no power situation. More than half 1 million customers had no power overnight because the forecasted high wind in the area and the latest round of adages also affected parts of 22 counties. The shut off starting yesterday morning. Roughly 400,000 impacted customers were those who were originally hit by Public Safety power shutoffs over the weekend. This latest round came after the head of the company, bill johnson, agree to credit customers affected by the october 9 shut off. We spoke with one man visiting from switzerland who said he has never experienced anything like the wildfires and Power Outages. First of all, i was impressed how it was handled overall. I think people learn from the experience two years ago where you had the same situation here in santa rosa. Yes, i think that was improved but seeing all the block rose and everything, thats quite scary in a way. Reporter pg e Officials Say they are not expecting another weather event for the next week. That is welcome news for those dealing without power for the last several days. Allison rodriquez, ktvu fox 2 news. Governor newsom and no north bay today getting a look at the areas affected by wildfires in the Public Safety power shutoff. He was at a food bank in santa rosa this morning and met with evacuees for picking up food and checking to see if they qualify for fire victim power shut down for unemployment benefits. This is when our humanity shines through. This is when we put aside our differences. This is when people come together and it restores faith and its the antidote to a lot of cynicism and the fear and anxiety that exist and persist across this country and i just want to thank everybody for being bad example and for showing that humanity every single day. This afternoon the governor will meet with people in American Canyon who have been affected by pg es Public Safety shutoffs. It was in Southern California yesterday meeting with firefighters and people affected by the getty fire there. Pg e customers who lost power earlier this month will be compensated after the governors push for help. 738,000 customers were affected during the october 9 shut off. The pg e ceo announced last night that customers will receive a credit on their bill. The website was frequently unavailable to customers seeking information, in addition, call centers were overwhelmed and the company is acknowledging their communication issues. The credit is only for the october 9 outage. Eugenia says residential customers will get 100 and Small Business customers will receive 250 as the governor requested. No word yet on reimbursement possibility for the outage this week. Santa rosa firefighters investigating a house fire that broke out just before 3 30 am on mission boulevard and the Rincon Valley neighborhood. The response was larger than usual because the department had extra engines and firefighters on standby because of the kincade fire and the red flag warning in effect. A small fire that gets going to turn into a conflagration if the wind were to kick up. We are still under those conditions so we want to make sure anything that starts up that we really knock it out quickly and effectively and the way to do that is by adding personnel which are engines and ladder trucks. No one was home at the time of the fire. No injuries were reported. Power in the neighborhood was out as part of the Public Safety power shutoff. The cause is under investigation. Smart train is offering free rides on a limited schedule between santa rosa and san rafael. Service was canceled this week because of the power shut off. The Transit Agency hopes the service will help people needing the option. The free service is set to continue until november 6. Thousands of low income and disabled people in a dangerous situation. A look at how they are dealing with no light, no elevators, no hot food of all of them are in Apartment Building and we will get an update from pg e. Better weather on the way but fire crews are still dealing with windy conditions down south. The latest on the getty and kincade fire next. Those decreasing wind is moving into the bay area but still very dry. The relative humidity ann berry chilly temperatures in the forecast overnight. We will have more on your forecast coming up. Hey there, california residents on medicare. It may come as a surprise. But medicare doesnt pay for everything. So help bridge the gap with a medigap insurance plan, like an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Medigap plans help pay some of what medicare doesnt, reducing your outofpocket costs. There are also zero networks and zero referrals needed. 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We are following new fire in Southern California. This fire start just before dawn in the simi valley area north of los angeles. The fire forced evacuations of the Ronald Reagan president al library as well as many nearby homes. So for more than 800 acres have burned and the fire is spreading toward the 118 and 23 freeways. Ventura county fire officials call this the easy fire. Theres a strong west wind was pushing smoke and flames toward several streets. Simi valley in the southeast corner of Ventura County north of Thousand Oaks and malibu. The fire is not far from the sater ridge fire burned 8000 acres and destroyed dozens of buildings and resulted in one death earlier this month. Up north today is expected to be the last big day of windy weather in Northern California as calmer condition settling. Crews bettering the kincaid and the getty fires are hoping to keep the flames from spreading, killed by strong gusts. Reporter fire crews hurry to make progress on the kincaid wildfire ahead of powerful wind. Forecasters expect gusts Strong Enough to push the flames in new directions and carry embers that could spark new blazes. Those conditions combined with a lack of rain pose significant challenges. We havent seen any moisture in our fuel beds for an extended period of time. The fuels are critically dry. They are receptive to new fire as well as fire spread. Reporter the kincade fire has black and an area more than twice the size of San Francisco. Burnedout houses, rubble and ash are all thats left in pockets of Sonoma County. Thousands remain evacuated, some have lost everything. Weve been evacuated since 4 am saturday, sunday morning. And weve been staying at my office. Reporter meanwhile in Southern California, crews working the getty fire are mopping up hotspots and making sure the now smoldering blaze does not roll back to life. Surveillance video shows the moment it started early monday morning when high wind blew a tree branch into a power line. This was simply put an act of god. The wind broke off a tree branch, through the tree branch in strong wind far enough to cause a spark off of the line. Reporter with calmer wind of the forecast, pg e has canceled plan Power Outages and some bay area counties. Its also offering customers impacted by the first blackout some money back on their bills. Claudia cowan, ktvu fox 2 news. Many people who evacuated are relying on others while the kincade fire continues to burn. In san jose the owner of the moving company is collecting donations to be delivered to evacuees. He does not live near the evacuation zones but knows the fires are taking a heavy toll on many families. Anyone who was to donate food, baby supplies or toiletries can stop by orchard self storage. They are collecting donations today and will drive up to the north bay tomorrow. Actor and wrestler john cena is donating half 1 million to help First Responders battling the wildfires in california. He has been promoting his new movie, playing with fire, which is a comedy about firefighters and says making the movie gave him a greater appreciation for those on the fire lines. He is now calling on paramount, the film studio, to take action with them. Im watching the trees behind us on the oakland estuary and they are barely moving. Thats a great observation. And we will take it. Thats the pattern we are welcoming here in the bay area. Decreasing wind. The wind advisory has expired but we still have a red flag fire warning in place for today until 4 pm. Why so wind it . We have an area of High Pressure offshore in the upper levels. Low pressure to our east and the air wants to rush from the high to get below. Were talking about a northerly flow and thats the dry direction which dries out the surface with the low relative humidity. Was coming closer. Current numbers, the one temperature standing on the map is 72 in Half Moon Bay. The wind is coming down the coastal hills and warming. Dress whites a warm there. Most of the area in the low 60s but look how dry it is. The relative humidity reports, 7 in fairfield. Napa is only 10 . Oakland come at 12 . As far as wind at the surface, nothing to extremely strong. You can see Fairfield Commons in northeast wind at 18 Miles Per Hour. Palmer toward santa rosa and as you can see on these panels, 5915 Miles Per Hour in hayward. A live camera looking toward sfo where we have a bit of haze. We have a spare the air alerts for today. We will have to see for tomorrow as we checked the current airquality observations after showing a bunch of green dots indicating fairly good airquality but still that yellow in the south bay showing moderate. These observations change by the hour so we will be watching for that but still it would expect some haze in the bay area skies today and maybe into tomorrow morning as things cool off overnight. Some of that haze could be trapped in the lower levels. Watching for that first thing tomorrow morning. As far as the wind speeds, the wind will continue to decrease. At 4 00 this afternoon, we take this into thursday and this is a welcome change. No wind event for tomorrow. No wind event as we take this into your friday. Wind maybe around 1015 which is normal for us. Not talking about the extreme wind that boosts the fire danger. Force cast highs this afternoon mainly in the 60s and the 70s. Hes the sunshine still a breeze especially in the hills above 2000 feet. Overnight, definitely bundle up. Heres an early look at the projected numbers tomorrow. Subfreezing in santa rosa, 28 degrees. Hayward, 43. San jose, 40. You could be tracking some patchy frost first thing tomorrow. Just a minimal change as we head into the weekend. 70s across a good portion of the area. No raindrops in the forecast just yet but maybe a week from this weekend. I know thats a long ways out but some of the forecast models hinting at a pattern change. Chilly morning temperatures but even col