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It is now the largest in the state and we have learned this evening it has burned 480 structures, too. Reporter thats right, two main fires. The hennessey already devastating and deadly in the walbridge, which has the same potential if it gets away. At sunset west of hills burke winds pick up and fire stands up. It has been a long, turbulent week for crews and ranchers on alert. It actually started just in the back of one of our properties off of skaggs springs. Reporter jason saw the walbridge fire start from lightning, so small at first. Low hanging, white smoke smoldering. I knew there were some cal fire guys on it. We didnt give it much thought. The next day, the temperatures rose and it got some legs and started running itself. Reporter and it has run to 43,000 acres so far, helping drcomplex fires to 302,000 acres it is getting the attack people have waited for. Tankers and helicopters diving the landscape, working to stop the fires march into the Dry Creek Valley toward lake sonoma. Ground crews double today to more than 1000 fire personnel. I am happy to say there are resources all around the fire today and we have engines on all four sides of it working handinhand with the bulldozers. Reporter overall the containment doubled to 15 , lines cut and cooler nighttime conditions are holding, but there is no worry about a saturday shift in wind that could push the walbridge toward the russian river. That is not crossed, but i am concerned about the change in weather conditions and the possible change in the south to southwest wind. Make no mistake, it is a large fire. Reporter which is why evacuation the potentials we will have another round of lightning come to the area. It is still a cause for conc th doing all it can to be ready, but after a traumatic week for all, the prospect of more lightning, starting new fires, is almost too much. The punches keep coming. The jokes about 2020 [ laughter ] the one star rating on 2020 is pretty funny. Cal fire in the county agreed it is too early and too dangerous to consider letting people return. We move to this now, the scu lightning complex fire is one of the largest in state history. It is made of a of about 20 fires in three main zones, touching parts of Alameda County , contra costa, santa clara, san joaquin and stanislaus counties. The scu complex has burned 275,000 acres , but does not threaten heavily populated areas. Still, as many as 20,000 structures are threatened and five structures have been destroyed. Cal fire says the role terrain is making it harder to fight the fires. With those rules territories it is hard access. Theres a lot of of accessor firefighters to get in there and fight. More than 100 personnel and four toppers are battling this fire complex. Cal fire says those numbers may increase. Now to the Santa Cruz Mountains where the scu complex is devastating fire. Reporter cal fire says theyre going to be bringing in five investigative teams to assess the damage before they let people into certain areas. The cal fire chief says there have more than 11 personal on this fire and it is still not enough. Smoke billowing from the Santa Cruz Mountains friday as fires merged into one. The devastationdrive near teal road, burned homes, lined up. Flame still burning in some spots, a reminder of the blaze that blasted through overnight, driven by winds. This evacuate returning briefly, was relieved to see his house still standing. Its been racing. Even when i got a little bit of sleep last night. Reporter this residents say she saw his neighbors homes burn. There been his explosions just left and right. Protein tanks, cars, gas tank, that is been unsettling. Reporter cal fire says 1157 personnel are trying to fight the blaze, not enough. But there was one tent of good news. We have not seen erratic fire behavior throughout threpo establish contingency lines on the southern flank to protect you cc santa cruz in the city of santa cruz. All day friday police and sheriffs went door to door saying they dont take everywhere that doesnt desperation and despair for some residents, fleeing or trying to hold on. I should hold down guard. Reporter people need to leave. Overnight cal fire got three calls for rescues, forced to redirect resources. Those individuals didnt leave when they were originally asked to and then ended up calling for help. Reporter and the Sheriffs Office says they are focusing on security right now in evacuated areas, but they want people to know that going back into one of those areas and disobeying the evacuation orders, going around blowbacks could lead to a misdemeanor. So important to just let firefighters and crews do their work. Five people were arrested in Santa Cruz County today on suspicion of looting. Deputies said happened this morning on fall creek drive in felton. He was arrested on charges including looting,two cars leaving the area, one ended up in the ditch. Firefighters are making Good Progress on a two alarm vegetation fire that broke out this afternoon. The fire was reported at about 1 35 and quickly grew to 40 acres. The latest estimate stands at 143 acres. As of right now there are no injuries or evacuations. The fire is being called a coyote fire and is burned nearly coyote creek golf course. At last check, continuing was at 50 . California house members are calling on President Trump for a state disaster declaration. A group made up of 30 Democrat Congress calledmajor disaster declaration for the state due to the many destructive wildfires, especially in the northern part of our state. To come is pretty exciting to be highlighted for change. Shining the spotlight on blackowned restaurants around the area. Another inmate at san quentin prison has died from complications related to covid 19. The individual passed away today at an outside hospital. No Additional Information was provided. This is the 26th covid related death reported at san quentin. Officials say currently 36 inmates are positive. Earlier this summer that number was more than 1000. Napa county is off the States Coronavirus monitoring list as of today. Online bay area counties were put on the list in july as covid19 cases were rising. Napa is the first to be removed. That means and businesses, like restaurants, salons and gyms can reopen and local schools can potentially offer inperson instruction in two weeks time. San Francisco May be able to come off that list as soon as next tuesday. At 11 00, the riddler champagne barr in San Franciscos hayes valley joins a growing list of San Francisco establishments to close amid the coronavirus pandemic. Today the alert announced it would permanently shut it San Francisco and new york city locations. At least 10 other businesses in hayes valley have been forced to close, unable to survive the pandemic and strict regulations. The bay areas black Restaurant Week begins today, highlighting some of the best africanamerican chefs and caterers in our area. We look at what sets th reporter here i voodoo love , a creel restaurant south of Market Street in San Francisco, the owner is helping what happens over the next few days will help that her business and other africanamerican owned restaurants more prominently on the food matt. It is pretty ation processes the health we actually offer, the vegan dishes, all of that. It means everything. Reporter she opened the restaurant 11 months ago. Hers is a handful of African American owned restaurants taking part in black Restaurant Week which began friday. The event is circulating on social media and is designed to spotlight like restaurants. I feel like we face it all the time. It is felt that we cant be creative enough to step across the lines of just trying to enter just like with cooking and pork fat. Its interesting that we dont get the same style of focus. Reporter roman rogers, who started his own italian seafood and catering businesromes kitchen, and has a popup restaurant in San Franciscos bayview district, says hes treated differently because he is africanamerican. When i come into these buildings in these locations and im asking to sign up for Different Things sometimes i get the runaround, i might get the third i or not be treated with the same respect. Its difficult to completely put together your program and get people to invest. Reporter at the Business Owners to the black lives Matter Movement has raised awareness about these issues and arresting strands week can help them breakthrough. This helps my business on the Upper Echelon level as well as with inquiries coming in. We have more people asking us about what romes kitchen is. Reporter black Restaurant Week runs for 10 days, through august 30th. San franciscos drive city Farmers Market reopened today. The outdoor market operates on fridays from 10 00 to 2 00 right outside chase center. While the market was closed by the pandemic, the warriors and pfizer helped with more than 20,000 in bay area groceries to areas in need. Ebt cards and cal fresh benefits are welcome. Still to come tonight, cal fire resources stretched then. Just how many firefighters are working and the other counties Governor Newsom has requested aid from. Also ahead tonight, a couple returns to where their home once stood. [upbeat music] today was the day that i put everything in perspective. I fell asleep but when i woke up. boy hi, do you want to share my sandwich . vo good feeds our connections. Good feeds us all. Hormel Natural Choice lunch meats. Its a beautiful thing. Superfast internet with an xfinity flex 4k streaming device included . Even beautifuler. Anflooh la la. This rare bird lets you stream tons of movies, shows, news, sports and more. And with flex, its all at your beck and call. Show me parks and rec see . The best really did get better magnificent. Switch to xfinity internet and get a flex 4k streaming device with peacock premium included for no additional cost. The many wildfire are 12,000 firefighters are deployed in the chronicle says 96 of cal fire engines are in use. At least 10 states have committed to sending crews here to help fight the fires. Governor newsom has also requested assistance from australia and canada. Officials lifted evacuation orders for Travis Air Force bas reduced to rubble. This is the entrance to the house. The front door wouldve been right there where that middle opening is. Reporter gym and Rebecca Barnes are thinking about the home they had and what it will take to rebuild. Daunting when they look at what is left of their 4000 square foot home in vacaville off of Pleasant Valley road. We are devastated, as anyone would be. Reporter this is what their home looked like before the fire. It is just sad. Reporter this is video barnes says he shot while he and his family were evacuating early tuesday morning. Barnes says the fire was burning about a halfmile from his home when they left. Hours later he learned his home had been destroyed. He shared with me this video a relative took when flames engulfed his property. Michelle was here. It still hurts. I just put in a lot of work and toil. Reporter now surveying with left. This was sitting right on top of the rubble and it was miraculous. Reporter salvaging this Christmas Ornament offered some comfort. And irreplaceable gift from a friend. Christmas is really important to me. When i put them on my tree every year and exactly where they came from, who gave them to me. Reporter the rubble, a piece of a family heirloom. A little eerie looking, but there she is. Reporter they have evacuated in years past, but the fires never came close until now. This fire has a mind of its own. Reporter the barnes are looking towards the future. Im already thinking about what it is going to look like. That is all in the rearview, let it be there. Reporter despite their loss , the barnes tell me they are ungrateful they are unharmed and are far from being alone. There are many homes, such as this one, that have been destroyed. Hopefully we have this weather segment out to you. Take a look at the highs with the graphic with 80s and 90s for the hot spots today. Now lets take a look at the fire zones. We are just showing you the overall wind direction with more of an onshore breeze tomorrow. It will strengthen a little bit with the winds around 10 to 15 miles an hour into your forecast for tomorrow. But a fire weather watch, this begins at 11 00 a. M. Sunday could be headed for the bay area. It may not produce much in the way of rainfall, but maybe lightning strikes. That is a big concern with fire crews and residents heading into the weekend. Right now we have temperatures in the 60s and 70s. The satellite is showing you high clouds to the south of the bay area. Outside right now our life camera in oakland has haze and fog trying to make a comeback. As far as the haze and smoke, it will linger into the weekend and possibly beyond. We do have the spare the air alert in place right on through sunday. As far as overnight lows, temperatures will be in the 50s and 60s. We are watching the remnant moisture from what was once hurricane genevieve. Im going to watch that work its way up to the north. It will bring in clouds, humidity and the possibility of motion. Look what happens later in the day sunday. This is sunday night. The big cloud area represents instability approach the bay area. That it is a monday, possibly another surge monday night into tuesday morning. They are watching two time periods, sunday night and monday night. The hot spots will be high in the mid 90s tomorrow, the coast in the mid60s. We definitely have to keep an eye on a thunderstorm chance by sunday and monday. And looks like tomorrow should be the hottest day of the week. One of the Worlds Largest and most unique flowers is now on display at the San Francisco conservatory of flowers. It is a sight to behold and smelled, we are told. People who visited say it has a certain small. The flowers are so rare they carry a putrid scent of rotting flesh. The flowers can take anywhere only lasts a matter of days. Some grow to reach heights of 15 feet. Up next in sports, we have details on how the fires are affecting the 49ers in Training Camp with a special message from richard sherman. At first, if you take smoke, we would like you to send them to us. You can email your pictures and them on air or on our social media pages. Hey, my twitter is blowing up dear jack box, bring back the spicy chicken strips, still waiting for the spicy chicken strips, so many about spicy chicken strips. Wow, i hear you. So im bringing back my juicy 100 allwhite meat spicy chicken strips combo for only 5. 99 is it the juicy 100 allwhite meat . Or because you can spice them up or cool them down . Or because a little birdie told me you wanted them back really bad. Get my spicy chicken strips combo for only 5. 99. Second and back of the dodgers. We will go to yesterdays game, teddy took a softball in the back of his furry little head. We are happy to report hes okay and back in the stands to check out tonights game against the angels. And the as got going early, Marcus Simeon leads it off with a home run. That is the eighth time in his the as are up 10. Five batters later Stephen Piscotty doubles off the wall and left. That place tomorrow cannot, matt chapman, is up 30. That is all we are going to show you, folks. The as have two runs in the fifth and they go on to win 5 3, their third in a row and ninth street at the coliseum. And how about those giants . With Evan Longoria making history tonight, they have now won four straight. Longoria bounces his 300th career home run. Its a two player to reach that milestone. He also puts the giants up 20. Still 22 now in the fifth when wilmer florez homers for the Third Straight game. The first time in his career he has done that, number seven on the season for florez as the giants win it 62 to keep with all the fires going on right now its tough to be outside and tough to breathe the air. The 49ers are taking notice down in santa clara. There paying attention and started practice in our early, around 9 00 this morning, over concerns that the air quality would be getting worse and two players, including running back tevin coleman, did decide to set the practice out. Heres the deal, if they are quality index hits 200 and they cancel practice, but it never got higher than 152 in santa clara. But as you would expect, the ta after practice was not just about football. We would like to give a shout out to everybody fighting this wildfires right now. Those people are going through it and saving lives and you pray for all the people who have lost loved ones and property and are dealing with that kind of tragedy. Once again, in california, we are dealing with this. So raise those people up. It is time for our favorite segment of the night. It is time to check this out. The take inside then be a bubble in orlando, Freddie Vanvleet from beyond midcourt to be the halftime buzzer, that is a 50 footer, folks as the raptors role the net and lead 3 0. And remember when Kevin Bullard was making great catches with the giants . Now he is still making them, only for the boston red sox. Watch this, the all out diving catch down , actually in foul territory and off the bat of Pedro Severino is bostons 85 win over the orioles. Kevin lahr with the beautifuls catch. We will call it a night. The news continues that 7 00 in the morning tomorrow. Shh i am waiting to see if i get to go tomorrow. Jury duty. You know, you can just throw that away. Theres no way they can ever tell you got it. Jay, youre a bad american. It is a privilege to serve on a jury. Talk to me when youre eating a Tuna Sandwich out of a machine. Anyway, its a distressedoak model that i like to call wait, wait wait oh im in 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Parking structure c youre excited about a parking structure . Its not even a or b. Youre gonna have to take my place working at joes school. I cant do that. I have a job. Have claire cover for you. She knows how to yell at people and read the newspaper. What the hells wrong with that school . Arent we paying them so we dont have to take care of our kid . Thats not the way it works at the learning barn. So that they can bond with the kids

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