The Sonoma County board of supervisors voted to declare a local state of emergency because of the kincade fire. The agreed to extend the previous Emergency Declaration for the Public Safety power shut off. Allie rasmus was at the meeting that just wrapped up in joins us live with the latest. Reporter declaring that local Cuming County with state of emergency is the first step for the county to eventually apply for state funding to pay for the kincade fire. The cost of which is still being tallied. At this meeting this morning the Sonoma County board of supervisors, the county leaders address the fact that they wont be eligible for federal disaster funding because the damage to public property was not great enough. But that is part of the overall Success Story here, see the supervisors. The response. They congratulated each other and congratulated firefighters and Public Officials and emergency responders. There were 200 structures and homes destroyed in this fire but compare that to th
That they can find from her home in the rubble. She is aware we are showing her on tv. She wants people to see the grief. Its a raw moment for her and her family. She is one of so many going through this right now. That was my house right there. Its totally gone. Reporter four generations of jesus gonzalezs family have lived and worked here in geyserville but his familys home is now gone. It was not only our home but the place where you hang out. This was our family place since they came here from mexico and i came here from mexico. It was the only place we have left. Reporter jesus took us back to the rubble. How surreal is this for you to see your house like this . Its something incredible. I would never imagine seeing this in my life. Reporter karen miller and her husband own the winery. She said they dashed into the vineyard to save some grapes. We didnt think the fire would come roaring down the mountain. Reporter the kincade fire destroyed 141 residential homes. A go fund me page
Reported more than 328,000 customers have now had their power restored. That leaves close to without power. Pg e says they will stay without power until it is safe to restore service. Residents in low income apartment complex says they felt trapped understandably. She is live now in novato. Reporter about a third of the seniors in the buildings behind me use wheelchairs or walkers to get around and when the power went out, the elevators didnt work. And they moving around in total i was coming up and she was right here. Right across. Reporter 87yearold helen stumbled on this landing during the outage falling on top of another woman who had already fallen down the stairs. I knew we were in trouble when we both had fallen down. Pitch black, pitch black. There was no emergency lighting whatsoever and the exit sign wasnt clear. People were screaming they were so terrified of being alone in the dark. Reporter the landlord said they had a Security Guard on premises within an hour. Residents s
Free food. The Redwood Empire Food Bank is partnering with Community Groups tell myself youre safe, but you cant help how you feel. For that event. Allio you can donate nonperishable food from 7 00 a. M. To 11 00 this morning. Starting at noon that donated food will be handed out and that handout process goes until 5 00 p. M. The time is 4 32. Well get a quick update on weather. Heres mike. Lets look at whats going on. Now, we dont have critical fire conditions, we still have a heightened fire level because we have gusts up around 22, 23, 24 miles per hour. Lower gusts are down where we live. Less than 10 miles per hour. Look at the humidity level up in the mountains. Its still very low. Anywhere from knoxville creek to about 30 in spring valley. Where we live, its a little bit better from about 40 to 80. Were improving but at a place where you need to be a little bit more vigilant than you normally would be about creating a fire. No flicking cigarette butts out of the car. You should
Very dry vegetation. Fire could ignite easily. Just wont spread as rapidly. We still need to be vigilant. Heres what we talked about yesterday. The air wasile until 9 00 in the north bay valleys. From sutro tower, a touch of haze in the skies today as we warm from the 30s and 40s this morning, mid 60s at noon. Everybody at 70 at 4 004 004 000 when were trick or treating at 7 00. Im staying on top of brandnew wildfire in Southern California. This is a live loow, sky map 7 from kabc. This is the hillside fire in san bernardino. Its burned at least 200 acres, extreme red flag conditions. Evacuation orders have been issued. Powerful winds are fanning the flame. Our reporter from our sister station is on the ground this morning. These homes at the top of saturn court, they were already burning when we got here around 3 30 this morning. To my right, this home was already burning and the firefighters are working on getting some of the hot spots around the property contained so it doesnt blow