saturday afternoon in the lake county town of cobb. within hours the fire exploded. it's now burning on multiple fronts. one arm reaching for sonoma county. the other headed for napa county. >> we do have several reports on the scene this morning. bob, kari hall keeping an eye on weather conditions. we're going to start with stephanie in middleton. good morning, steph. >> reporter: yeah, kris and scott, this is the human element of the story really. more than 1,300 people call middletown home, but many people have lost their homes including this family here on jefferson court. you could see on either side what's amazing is those houses appear to be untouched. now, a viewer on twitter told me that this house belongs to her aunt. the family is okay because it was out of town when this fire broke out saturday. and that's what firefighters say is very critical. that life is more important. to never risk it in order to save things. >> keeps flickering up, but just staying. the fire right there. yeah, it's scary. very scary. >> reporter: jack stevens and his son jonathan are watching the valley fire flame lick closer toward their midtown property. >> it's as close as it's been so far. >> reporter: following the ridge at a pain staking pace. slow and unforgiving. flames and smoke seem to be headed straight towards them. >> it's probably half a mile from us right now. >> reporter: it's been a waiting game. >> oh, yeah. >> it's kind of been circling around us. and we haven't known where it's going to go. and it's just nerve racking. >> reporter: they left for some hours saturday, day one of the valley fire, before deciding to sneak back in past the road closures. they acknowledge the risk and danger sfiking around to watch the specks of orange. the rising smoke indicating the loss of something, usually a tree. >> when they would ignite, the flames would shoot probably 50, 60 feet above the tree. >> reporter: they say neighbors are taking turns riding atvs up to the ridge line to cut fire breaks. while cal fire checked up on the property off hild brand drive briefly this morning. fire officials warn while evacuation orders are not mandatory, they're more possibly life saving. >> when you're told to evacuate, you evacuate. you can see behind me there were only minutes to get these people out. >> i would like someone to tell them that and have them do the same thing with the fire burning in their backyard. put yourself in my situation. >> sure enough it's staying on that side of the ridge. >> reporter: 63-year-old jack steven says life already trained him to tough this one out. >> been through a lot. i'm a stage 4 cancer survivor. and there's not much going to scare me anymore. i swear. >> reporter: pretty resilient there. back here live this is unfortunately what many people will be returning to, this kind of devastation. here in middletown the earliest people can return is tomorrow morning that's dependent on the conditions. firefighters urging people in other communities that might be threatened to evacuate when told so as not to risk anymore life. here in middletown, bay area news. >> stephanie, thank you. even though the fire has moved through part of middletown, the danger is not over. if you look at the video there, you see some very large propane tanks. it's a scene that our photographers saw over and over again. the tanks exploding even after the fire moved through. >> the impact of the fire stretches well beyond the fire lines. people across the bay area have been seeing and smelling smoke from several of our fires. in fact, ash and smoke have been spotted from rim to santa clara county. air quality officials advise anyone with breathing issues to limit their time outdoors if they see or smell smoke. meteorologist kari hall, the winds, what are they going to do today? >> it is basically coming in from a toetally different direction from yesterday. yesterday we had a northerly wind. today it's a southerly wind. some of the showers starting to develop across the central valley, may be moving into parts of the bay area as we go into the next hour or so. we'll be watching that as we go through the afternoon. of course that will be much needed. here's the north bay. we're looking at the middletown area. we've seen a little bit of some light rain moving through the past couple of hours. so definitely some great news there at least we're seeing some light rain moving through. taking a live look at our camera in healdsburg cloudy skies, every now and then rain drops. it's cloudy and misty all across the north bay. we will also see improved air quality. we're not seeing that smoke and ash blown into the bay area like we had yesterday. it is moving more towards the central valley and farther off towards the north and east. as we look at all levels of the atmosphere, mostly a southwesterly wind even at the surface. so once again we are looking at improved weather conditions today and our temperatures are much cooler than yesterday. we're still in the upper 60s to lower 70s. and humidity is relatively high as we look at percentage of relative humidity in napa, it's 84%. and in parts of the bay area as you head farther to the south it's in the 50s and 60s. so looking much better here. and some rain would help. we'll have a chance of that as we go through the day. i'll detail that and we'll take a look at another chance of rain on wednesday. that's coming up in the microclimate forecast. scott and kris. >> thank you very much, kari. >> we mentioned lots of fires. in fact there are 12 large fires burning across the state. moments ago governor brown met with the state's emergency services leaders. >> it is the second most destructive fire that's happening right now in butte. that's in amadore and calavesa county. 135 homes are wiped out. that fire is now 30% contained. a state of emergency is now in effect for the areas impacted by both the butte fire and the valley fire. > >> firefighters have to be careful, but so do people who have to live in the cabins, or homes. they have to leave when they get the word. and this is not just this year. this is the future from now on. it's going to get worse just by the nature of how the climate's changing. >> the governor is also requesting assistance from fema and it is possible he will ask pd obama to declare a federal disaster which would open the area up to more federal resources. so far though that hasn't happened. for evacuees it's been a very long weekend. they set up in this tent city in calastoga. many of them not knowing if they will have a home to go back to. >> nbc bay area's bob live in calastoga. how are the evacuees holding up? >> reporter: many people here want to know if they have a place, a home to go back to. unfortunately won't be until tomorrow or wednesday before they can go back in. then there are those who barely made it out alive, like bill gavin. he's in the crowd here. he's one of the last people to escape whispering pines before that small community went up in flames. it's a wonder he's still here. >> told me evacuate going to be overwhelmed -- overrun n two minutes. so i got in the car and went. it was me versus the fire. >> reporter: bill gavin's voice still trembles. >> it was just something out of a science fiction movie. >> reporter: when he recounts his 20-minute drive through blow torch hell. sunday the valley fire chased him from his home in whispering pines, from one safe spot to another, each time he'd high tail it down the road, each time his pickup trum involved with ember and flames. >> 300 and 400 degrees through my cab, held my breath and just -- i don't know. i made it. i just kept going and kept going. >> reporter: where he was going he wasn't sure. north one moment. south the next. depending on how the fire corralled him. >> there's so much heat that unlike anything i've ever seen on television, ever. it was just beyond description. >> reporter: bill's instincts, luck and perhaps something else guided him eventually to safety along a river. >> i think i had an angel with me. >> reporter: how did you survive? >> just slipping punches. not counterpunching, slipping. i used to surf big waves in hawaii. >> reporter: bill gavin initially left his neighborhood because he watched an ember start a fire that incinerated his neighbor's house across the street. in spite of that, in spite of that proximity from what he's heard he thinks his house is still standing. reporting live here in calistoga. >> all right. hopefully it is still standing. thank you very much, bob. among the businesses in the path of the fire is a popular hot spring resort. >> harbin hot springs resort was evacuated early yesterday morning as that rapidly moving fire made its way toward the 5,000-acre property outside middletown. now, many residents and staff gathered also at the calistoga evacuation center where bob is to wait for updates. >> my partner, peter, had driven home. arriving in time to find that harbin was being evacuated. he assisted with the final evacuations getting all of the guests out and then finally getting the last of us residents out. >> photographs posted on the internet show that much of the harbin complex has been destroyed. stay with nbc bay area for the latest on these fast moving fires. you can download our nbc area app as well. for information we have a team of reporters in the north bay including raj mathai who will be anchoring our coverage during the evening news. that will start at 5:00 tonight. as if the region hasn't been hit hard enough, over the weekend the north bay was also rattled by a minor earthquake. it struck around 7:15 this morning in the geysers. the 2.7 magnitude quake hit just miles from where the fire broke out in cobb. no word on any injuries or damage, but certainly did not help those rattled nerves this morning. up next at 11:00, are you ready for some gridlock? preparations underway for the first-ever monday night football game at levi's stadium. and is it coincidence or collaboration? drones stolen from a store in santa clara, and how that theft may be tied to other burglaries in other states. got a tip for nbc bay area's investigative unit? call 1-888-996-tips, or e-mail theunit@nbcbayarea.com. nbc bay area, we investigate. here at humana, we value sticking with things. when something works, people stick with it. more people stick with humana medicare advantage. because we stick with them. humana medicare advantage. the plan people stick with. something "bigger" is going an overnight burglary in santa clara has some asking if something bigger is going on. last night someone stole several drones from the city's drones plus store. drones plus one of the biggest sellers of unmanned aircraft in the nation. surveillance video provided by the store appears to show two men breaking in through a front window and taking off with several drones. this is the third burglary of drones plus since the store opened -- rather at that store since the end of august. this is a video of a smash and grab burglary that happened at another drone store. that one in vancouver yesterday. a similar burglary took place at one of the city's stores in los angeles. that was in late august. police say they are still trying to determine if these burglaries are somehow connected. an industry bash like no other, record number of people expected to show up for this year's one of a kind cloud computing sh mooz fest. 150,000 people are expected to atte attend. that is far more people than will attend the super bowl. while there are some events today, dreamforce eventually kicks off tomorrow so you can expect a lot of traffic around the center. apple ceo tim cook is venturing into a new realm. cook will make his late-night debut on "late show" with stephen colbert and likely mention new apple products like iphone 6x and maybe the pencil. a late night for 49ers fans headed to tonight's homeowner which is also levi's stadium first monday night football game. by this time tomorrow we will know what dominates the headlines, whether it's gridlock or gridiron action. you might recall the very first game at levi's when it took fans hours to get out of the parking lot. tempers flaring and some drivers making some somewhat questionable maneuvers to get out. there are now more exit lanes, clearer signage for drivers heading out of the parking lot and with a later game start, kickoff being 7:30, perhaps things will be a bit easier. here's the advice from police and from the 49ers. they say use public transportation if at all possible if you drive. do not use your gps because it will not account for the traffic plan in place. road around the stadium shut down at 9:30 this morning will remained close until after the game. don't park in residential neighborhoods. there are lots that are open. they open up at 3:00. ticketholders can get into the stadium at 5:00. 70,000 fans are expected for tonight's home opener. and with every person through the gate and every purchase at the concession stand levi's stadium rakes in the dough. according to the stadium's first financial report the stadium made more money than expected. nbc bay area's mary ann favro looks at the numbers. >> reporter: from football game to concert, to wrestle mania, a new financial report shows during its first year levi's stadium wrestled in a million dollars more than expected, generating nearly $3 million in extra funding for santa clara's operating fund. and by saving money on operating costs, the city is much closer to paying down a huge loan on the stadium. >> it came in about $67 million under. we actually gained enough money because we're paying down the debt. so in the first year alone we've cut the debt in half from really a billion dollars down to $561 million. that's a real success story in one year. >> reporter: the city also received $239,000 from a ticket surcharge that will go to senior programs and extending library hours. >> it's not just the revenue from the report. it's these other things, that the businesses that are making money now because on a sunday or a monday night they didn't have that business. now they can actually bring in more revenue. >> reporter: critics however argue that some oflt revenues including one-time licenses will not benefit the community after the first year. they argue it will take at least three years to see an accurate financial picture of the stadium. marianne favro, nbc bay area news. starting today a little relief for b.a.r.t. commuters. b.a.r.t. these days experiencing record ridership. about 440,000 people ride on workdays. to help handle, more runs are being added across the board as are more train cars on the busy pittsburgh-bay point line. b.a.r.t. says further down the road there will be trains added to the fleet starting in 2017. and continuing our top rksz crews battling a massive fire. it's destroyed hundreds of homes and tens of thousands of acres. one person has been killed in the fire. crews have it 5% contained this morning. we have crews all over. >> we certainly know weather is a factor in the fire fight and also how much we can feel the effects of that fire here in the bay area. >> and the weather is very favorable today for those crews trying to get some containment on that wildfire. we not only have light winds but high humidity and some rain is falling in some spots. most of that rain has been really light, but that's better than hot temperatures and very dry weather. but some spotty light rain will continue to stream in as we go through the rest of the day. we will see that off and on, not much to really be measured, but we will have another chance of getting some measurable rain in the next couple of days. and it's in the 60s across the bay area. we have yet to hit that 70-degree mark for many spots. and we'll see those highs hitting 76 degrees in the east bay, a chance of showers there. and the tri-valley 78 degrees. san francisco 69. and the north bay 75 degrees. as you're outside you're feeling the mist in some spots. and the wind now coming in from the southwest. it is breezy though. it will continue to pick up as we go through the day. look at these wind speeds up to 20 miles an hour at lunchtime. then it gets stronger as the wind turns onshore as it continues as we go through the day. so mostly cloudy skies, a breezy southwesterly wind. if you're out at levi's stadium it is going to feel cool. as you tailgate at 5:00 mostly cloudy skies, some peeks of sun here and there. may even have some sprinkles thrown into the mix. and 68 degrees at 7:00. by the end of the game we'll be in the lower 60s. as i take you hour by hour in livermore, partly cloudy skies, temperatures in the 70s, briefly hitting 80 degrees there. and coming down from the highs we had last week that were over 100 degrees, the hottest temperature was 108. we'll look at this today, 80 degrees. that definitely looks much better than what we had to deal with. and early taste of fall is because of a trough that continues to move through. it also brings in a slight chance of some rain as this upper level disturbance moves through. we're looking at a lot of clouds today. and then the chance of some light rain. and we'll clear out as we head into tomorrow. and then we'll have another chance heading into wednesday. looks like most of that rain though does stay over the sie a sierra. and the rainfall estimate is giving us trace amounts of rain across most of the bay area. about 0.04 towards walnut creek. napa, .10, a quarter of an inch in santa rosa. farther north you are you may have more measurable rain into the next couple of days. it will be cool, cooler than average as we go through the rest of the week. and then it just heats up once again just in time for the weekend. we're looking at highs in the 80s and 90s across most of the bay area. in the tri-valley up to 93 by sunday. so the next several days we're looking at 70s and lower 80s. and then it just heats up once again as you start to make those weekend plans. scott and kris. thanks. updates at 11:00, kentucky clerk kim davis returns to work, but will she issue those same-sex marriage licenses that got her in trouble in the first place? coming up after nbc bay area news at 11:00 "access hollywood live" followed by "days of our lives." hey foster farms! looks like you left these two west coast birds behind! foster farm's chicken's california grown. you guys aren't from here. well do we get points for trying?! fresh and natural chicken. california grown with no added hormones. from foster farms. simply better. ♪ ♪ yoplait. the smooth and creamy yogurt your whole family loves. yoplait original with no artificial sweeteners, no artificial flavors, and no high fructose corn syrup. facing charges in copycat attacks near a string of new details this morning, three teenagers are facing charges in copycat attacks near a string of freeway shootings in arizona. the three are accused of slingshoting pieces of granite at drivers and pedestrians near phoenix. they are all 18 years old. they face charges of assault, endangerment and criminal damage. investigators say their alleged crime spree is not related though to recent highway shootings in phoenix. authorities are still looking for that shooter. the kentucky county clerk jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses is back on the job. but she still intends to defy the letter of the law. kim davis arrived for work this morning after a federal judge last week set her free. this is her addressing the media outside her office. deputy clerks in her office have started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. she says they will still be able to do so, and she will not stop them. but she also says they will not have the authority of the county clerk and that makes them in her opinion invalid licenses. still no word on why two planes clipped wings last night between terminals at los angeles international airport. one plane arriving from newark, new jersey, hit another plane leaving for portland. this all happened just a little before 8:00 last night. both planes suffered visible damage. and each carried more than 160 passengers, all of whom got off safely. those on board the outgoing flight were rebooked onto other flights. up next at 11:00, we continue to cover our top story and breaking news, the wildfire in the north bay as it destroys hundreds of homes. we'll have live reports coming up next. before. it spread so fast -- destrg we have had so many fires in california, but this unlike any seen before spreading so fast, destroying hundreds of homes. and now killing one person. there's concern this morning the fight to put out the flames is only getting started. the valley fire broke out saturday afternoon in the lake county town of cobb. since then it's spread to sonoma and napa counties. >> we have several reports on the fire. we'll begin with nbc bay area stephanie trong. >> reporter: last hour we showed you a house seemed pretty much untouched, firefighters say that's luck of the wind. you can see this row of houses on jefferson court not so lucky, completely destroyed. in the last half hour the wind has picked up. in the distance there you can see how hazy the ridge line is. it reveals the flames may be gone here but the valley fire still very active. >> they keep flickering up, but it's just staying. >> reporter: watching. >> watching the fire right there. yeah. it's scary. very scary. >> reporter: jack stephens and his son jonathan are watching the valley fire flames lick closer toward their middletown property. >> this is as close as it's been so far. >> reporter: following along the ridge at a painstaking pace, slow but unforgiving. flames and smoke seem to be headed straight towards them. >> it's probably half a mile from us right now. >> reporter: it's been a waiting game. >> oh, yeah. >> it's kind of been circling around us. and we haven't known where it's going to go. and it's just nerve racking. >> reporter: the stevens left for some hours saturday, day one of the valley fire, before deciding to sneak back in past the road closures. they acknowledge the risk and danger in sticking around to watch the specks of orange flickering in the hills above. the calm of rising smoke indicating the loss of something, usually a tree. >> when they would ignite, they would -- the flames would shoot probably 50, 60 feet above the tree. >> reporter: the stevens say neighbors are taking turns riding atvs up to the ridge lines to cut fire breaks. while cal fire checked up on the property off hildebrand drive briefly this morning, firefighters warn while evacuation orders are not legally mandatory, they are quite possibly life saving. >> when you are told to evacuate, you evacuate. there were only minutes to get these people out. >> i would like someone to tell them that and have them do the same thing with the fire burning right in their backyard. so, you know, put yourself in my situation. >> sure enough it stayed on the other side. >> reporter: 63-year-old jack stevens says life trained him to tough this out. >> i've been through a lot. i'm a stage four cancer survi r survivor. not much going to scare me anymore. i swear. >> reporter: back here live you can see plenty reminders not long ago, just 48 hours ago there was plenty of life here, swingset, barbecue grill, a lot of destroyed things here in this home on jefferson court. now, this is what unfortunately a lot of people will return back to. earliest in middletown is tomorrow. but firefighters encouraging people in other towns that might be threatened to evacuate when asked. it's not mandatory in the state of california, but they say it's not worth risking your life to save things. live here in middletown, stephanie chaung. >> and not just your life but the firefighters who go in and get them when it's time to go. >> now let's go to calistoga. bob redell is there live. >> reporter: scott and kris, several thousand people have evacuated the valley fire. and many of them have that one question on their mind, is my house still standing? about 1,000 of those people are here at this tent city that's been set up at the napa county fairgrounds in calistoga. this is a red cross evacuation center. it's one of three evacuation centers opened up for evacuees. and among those we found sam royce. seen rummaging through donations for a toy for her dog. sam evacuated from her home in middletown midnight saturday night and has not been back since. but she is aware of the destruction. she is aware that many people lost their homes in middletown. but she's not sure if hers was one of them. what is your gut telling you? >> i have no idea. it's going to be okay. all change is good. if things didn't change, we'd be right where we were yesterday. and this is better already. >> reporter: now, people like sam will not be allowed back into those communities until tomorrow, perhaps not even until wednesday so they can check on their property. and as far as the donations, you can see how many donations people have brought to this evacuation center. the red cross tells us that the outpouring was beyond generous, too generous, so much so that they don't want anyone to be bringing anymore clothes, water, food or dog food, pet food for that matter. the only thing that would be really helpful is money, cash. they can use that to help pay for rent for temporary residents while these people try to rebuild their homes. reporting live here in calistoga, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much, bob. well, winds carried ash from those fires all across the bay area. traveling at least a hundred miles to land on cars as far away as san jose. meteorologist kari hall keeping an eye on the weather conditions for us. good morning, kari. >> good morning. we are seeing a totally different weather set up from yesterday. now our winds coming in from the south. and we're also tracking some rain moving across parts of the central valley over towards fresno. we do see some rain spinning up there. and that may be moving into parts of the bay area. some of that moisture moving in as we go into the next several hours. we've only had some light rain and sprinkles across most of the bay area. really not enough to be measured. but here's a look at where middletown is and healdsburg, i was watching the camera and could see water droplets falling on the lens. definitely helping out in that wildfire fight and trying to get some containment on there. as we look at the wind speeds at each level of the atmosphere the upper level winds, winds coming in from the southwest, also at 5,000 feet, even close to the surface we do still see the wind flow coming in and pushing the smoke and the ash farther off towards the north and away from the bay area. so the air quality should be improved today. and we're also looking at much cooler temperatures from yesterday at this time. it's in the upper 60s to lower 70s and the humidity has been in the 90s, but now dropping back to still fairly good. 81% in napa and fairfield, relative humidity is at 70% with all of the clouds, some light sprinkles and a breezy wind it is looking a little bit better as we go into the next 24 hours. we'll dry out tomorrow. we'll have a chance of rain heading into wednesday. i'll detail that coming up in a few minutes. scott and kris. >> all right, thank you very much. well, in the midst of the devastation we're also hearing incredible stories of neighbors helping neighbors. yesterday we met the harpers who tell us their home burned to the ground saturday night in middletown. and then one day later they returned to open their hardware and grocery store. the family said it wanted to make sure the store was open for firefighters and anyone else who stayed behind because there is no running water in the town. they say they plan to keep it open 24 hours a day. >> it's awesome. it's the first time we've seen them open, life, sign of life i guess. for stuff to get things back on track i guess. >> life for the town. >> yeah, for sure. >> the credit card machines weren't working, so the owners were taking cash. but also ious from people who did not have access to their cash. we will bring you the latest on the valley fire as we get it. our coverage continues online and on our website nbcbayarea.com. also on social media, twitter and facebook. to international news now. migrants and refugees continue to stream into hungary before tougher security measures took effect and shut that country down. >> they're hoping to reach each other and other european countries seeking asylum. nbc's lester holt reports from hungary. >> reporter: migrants pour into hungary threatening to seal its border. this morning for the first time helmeted army troops began massing along a newly built razor wire fence. on sunday this little girl collapsing in sickness had to be carried across by a volunteer. where will you take her? this afghan teenager was separated from his family during the night. he has no money. only two eggs. two miles away a squal overrun unofficial camp, food, water, medical aid. police are also there to take migrants to government detention camps for processing. for this man the alternative, returning his son to syria, is too much to bear. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> reporter: the timing of hungary's crackdown on illegal crossers will largely depend on how quickly they can complete this border fence. once they do that, this may be the end of the road. what happens once this fence is completed? what's your prediction? >> they're not going to stop just because they reach a fence like this. they will find another way into europe. >> reporter: a way to -- at its breaking point but a place many now see as the promise land. european interior ministers have been meeting today trying to decide the issue of quotas for eu countries. there is resistance though about some of those quotas, especially here in eastern europe. migrants want to go to western europe, more prosperous countries looking for opportunity, but right now the folks we've talked to have no idea where they will end up or how they will get there. this is lester holt near the serbian-hungarian border. >> fence was completed about an hour ago. so it's cut off. a new "the washington post" poll shows that hillary clinton's e-mail controversy may be dragging her support down among democrats. numbers have dropped more than 20% since july when this e-mail story broke. >> but as nbc's hallie jackson reports she is ready to show a softer side to the country. >> reporter: hillary clinton now highlighting her family. >> when i look at my new granddaughter, i think to myself, we're going to do everything we can to make sure she has opportunities in life. >> reporter: and her faith with a rare appearance by her husband and their daughter. clintons getting personal in hopes of getting traction with voters flocking to rival bernie sanders. while she's ahead in south carolina, a new survey shows she's behind sanders by double digits in other key early states. >> enough is enough. >> reporter: clinton down 10% in iowa and 22% in new hampshire. >> i think we are generating a lot of excitement not just in iowa and new hampshire, but all across this country. >> reporter: clinton still dogged by her e-mail scandal with new questions about whether tens of thousands of deleted e-mails could be recovered. "the washington post" now reporting the tech company that set up clinton's home server has no knowledge of it being wiped. her campaign isn't commenting, but aware of the need to appear more accessible, clinton's doing more light hearted interviews. including jimmy fallon later this week. and then there's joe biden back in the spotlight looking like a possible candidate as his supporters ramp up ready for a potential biden run. >> if he got in, he would cut right towards her base and really exaggerate her perceived lack of authenticity. >> we're getting off the grid, and that's the greatest thing. >> scraping out every last drop of water the ground breaking ways one local winery is keeping business booming during the drought. ==kris/2shot== our drought is putting a scare in local winmakers. ==scott/2shot== but when it comes to water, one winery has figured out how our dry is putting a strain on the local wine mix. >> i like my wine dry, but not that dry. wineries figure out how to do more with less and still taste good. here's nbc bay area's rr. >> reporter: the art of wine making passed down the branches like the vine. an industry of tradition and science. >> we're going to run some small cycles here. >> reporter: just outside sacramento on the campus of uc davis, the education of wine making is streaming toward the future. >> we make wine more precisely than anybody on the planet. >> reporter: the school's program, winery, is cutting edge. fermentation tanks can be monitored from a smartphone. >> i can be in china and see that number. >> reporter: but as much as professor bolton is interested in things his department can do. >> some people can get -- >> reporter: even more obsessed with what it can do without. >> ultimate goal is to be self-sufficient in water. >> reporter: with california in the grips of drought, bolton and uc davis's program are looking to revolutionize the wine industry by easing its use of water. >> we want to use a lot of water, we want to use the same water over and over and over again. this one's tubes are in the floor. >> reporter: the school installed pipe systems that recycle water used for washing wine tanks, one of the biggest water consumers in any winery. >> wash the next tank, 90% of this water will be used in the washing of that tank. >> reporter: lights and electrical systems are powered by the sun, and soon the winery's entire water supply will also come from the sky. >> all this rinsing and cleaning of the tanks and everything will all be done through filtered rainwater. >> reporter: a new row of steel tanks is designed to capture rainwater supplying the winery with water even in years of little rain. >> the design of these tanks is for two years even in the droughts we're currently having. >> reporter: the school's newest frontier in wine making is this new state-of-the-art building, built to house experimental systems. inside recycled car batteries will power the winery at night along with hydrogen generators and ice-cooled tanks. >> the intention was to design a winery which would operate in what we call a self-sufficient or self-sustainable mode. >> reporter: with this year's harvest under way, the winery's edging closer to ending all dependence on traditional water and energy systems. >> we're getting off the grid. and that's the greatest thing. >> reporter: it's a theme that especially resonates during a drought. >> we want to show industry and the rest of the nation that you can make wine using less water than is industry standard. >> reporter: the winery's new systems are expected to be up and running by next year's harvest, but the fruits of this labor can soon flow through the art of wine making everywhere. nbc bay area news. back to our top story. crews battling a massive fire in lake sonoma and napa counties. it's destroyed hundreds of homes, tens of thousands of acres. one person has been killed in that fire. the fire is now 5% contained this morning. and it's getting bigger. that's the big concern. >> meteorologist kari hall has been watching the forecast, looking a little more favorable today you were saying, kari. >> yes, because of the high humidity and also the cloudy skies and lower temperatures. we've also been picking up on some rain moving across the central valley, not over where the wildfires are. but any rain in the bay area and farther off towards the east even it is going to help us out there. and as we take a live look from mt. hamilton we do have some better air quality today. and mostly cloudy skies at times. it is now 69 degrees in sunnyvasunn sunnyveil. napa it is 65 degrees. temperatures much cooler we are also tracking some clouds, some low clouds and some drizzle in spots. that will continue, especially near the coast and for parts of the north bay. and then tonight we start to see more of those clouds spreading across the bay area. we will start out with some cloudy skies early tomorrow, but then it does clear out quickly. and we'll go back to some sunshine. as we take a break from any chance of rain in the forecast until wednesday. and looking at the wind forecast, yesterday we had northerly winds, it was bringing all that smoke and ash to most of the bay area. well, today the winds have shifted and are now coming in from the south and southwest. it blows all of that up towards the north and over towards the central valley. and the winds picking up at about 20 miles an hour as we go into the next couple of hours and maybe even higher as we go into the evening. so keeping our temperatures cool with mostly cloudy skies and even a slight chance of rain. if you're heading out to levi's stadium tailgating, you'll have some breaks in the clouds. it will be about 70 degrees. don't be surprised if it sprinkles for a few minutes. but not expecting anything that would ruin your time out there. at 7:00 as we get ready for kickoff it will be 68 degrees. and as we go through the game into the mid-60s. going hour by hour in san francisco upper 60s and then quickly dropping back into the lower 60s. and by 4:00 in the morning we're in the upper 50s. so our temperatures much cooler than we've had recently. and in los gatos today a high of 79 degrees. palo alto 77 degrees. and the castro will be at 69 degrees. and 72 in santa rosa. you see we'll have a chance of rain there and antioch 82 degrees, san ramon, 79 degrees. we're getting a taste of fall kind of early. and with this area of low pressure that's producing all of the clouds and the dip in those cooler temperatures, we'll also have another chance of rain heading into wednesday. unfortunately though it looks like it moves into the north bay and then kind of fizzles out before making it into the rest of the bay area. but this is going to be better than nothing and could be moving over those spots where the wildfire's occurring. and that happens on wednesday. as we look at today we see mostly cloudy skies, a couple splotches of green popping up. that shows some light rain. very hit or miss. and it doesn't look like anything that will produce a high amount of measurement. but a look at the rainfall estimates into the next couple of days. there will be at least a chance of a good amount of rain for santa rosa. and then up toward -- where we could have anywhere of a quarter to half an inch of rain. and then the heat ramps up in time for the weekend. after a cool week saturday and sunday, our highs go back to the 80s and 90s. scott and kris. all right. and we will be right back. scott/2shot it's child passenger safety week across the country. but there's some unnerving new well, it's child passenger safety week across the country, but there's some unnerving new information that suggests parents don't know as much as they should about putting their children in car safety seats. >> those seats are so difficult sometimes. we have details now from nbc's kris clak em. >> reporter: how many parents don't know how to use them properly? >> three out of four car seats are actually installed incorrectly. >> reporter: fortunately many parents realize that. >> when we brought him home from the hospital, his infant car seat we took it to the fire department and had them install it. he's my first and bringing him home. >> reporter: the local fire station is still a good place for help with child seats to avoid common mistakes like loose anchor straps allowing the seat to move too freely, or the shoulder straps that fail the pinch test. >> so if you can pinch a wrinkle in the webbing, those straps aren't tight enough. and you want to pull them a little bit tighter. >> reporter: also remembering how to position your child and that the academy of pediatrics now recommends they ride in a rear facing position until age 2. >> children between age 1 and 2 are 75% less likely to be critically injured or killed if they're riding rear facing than if riding forward facing. >> reporter: plus, keep them in car/booster seats until they're at least 4'9", to avoid injury from seat belts. and don't allow them in the front seat until age 13. chris claken, nbc news. >> so important to make sure to get that right. >> yes. and now i won my argument with my nephew who's 10. we'll be back in a minute. are you still waiting to change your bath tub? not any more. when i finally did it, it changed everything! only bath fitter can give you the new tub you've been waiting for, in as little as one day. with their unique tub over tub process. isn't that amazing! bath fitter will measure and make you a new custom bathtub that they install right over your existing one, without tearing out your old tub. what an innovative idea! and every bath fitter installation is backed by their lifetime warranty, plus, 30 years of experience. that's what got me. so i did it. i called the experts at bath fitter, and now i have a gorgeous new acrylic tub, with beautiful seamless walls that guarantee a water-tight fit! look at my before and after pics. 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newscast is at 5:00. you can get the latest information at nbcbayarea.com. have a great day. devstation and ashes as the valley fire sweeps through ==take vo== devstation and my name is phil zietlow, and i've been an engineer on the cheerios team for 51 years. about five years ago, i found out that if my daughter-in-law, joyce, eats anything with gluten in it she feels pretty darn terrible. so my team and i came up with a way to remove the grains that contain gluten, from the naturally gluten free oats that cheerios are made of. so now joyce and i can have cheerios together anytime we want. and if you love someone with celiac, or gluten sensitivity, you can too. neal patrick harris. he is the only host of the show. >> he has been calling all his a-list friends and no celebrity is safe. >> one of my favorites is here. he is so money. john favro is in the house. you have black coffee and it's all yours. >> i am so excited. >> he brought us the world premier of the new live action version 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