Who to loot the homes of we have Team Coverage this morning. Lets start with bob redell. Bob, what do you know . Rcement ter well, scott and loot one problem that we are like inside the fire line is crime. Law enforcement tells us that st re are people trying to loot residen residents homes, homes of people not allowed back in their community yet places like middletown still inside the fire line. 911 is receiving several calls a day of looting or suspicious activity. This has been happening ever since people started to evacuate the fire zone. Now, the Lake County Sheriffs Office announced they did already arrest one man, royce sterling moore, a 26yearold man. Deputies arrested him yesterday morning after finding him inside his car allegedly with burglary tools and a pipe used for smoking meth. Thats why in addition to firefighters and pg e crews repairing downed power lines, we are also seeing more Law Enforcement on patrol throughout the local towns that have been evacuated. Not just
What is the story. Reporter yeah, a very active investigation. And some people are refusing to evacuate. Im here at jefferson court, you can see its reduced to rubble and ash. Theres activity here tonight. Sheriffs deputies are patrolling the streets, looking for looters and plenty of utility crews are working 24 7 to restore electricity, internet and phone service, theres two stores open in middle town, a gas station and a hardware Grocery Store and they are being powered by generators because theres no electricity to the town on. As for the latest on the wild fire, it has burned 67,000 acres in the counties. 9,000 structures are still threatened and one confirmed death. A 71yearold retired teacher. The focus is on the town of cobb, near the intersection of high valley and bottle rock road. We have Team Coverage tonight and we begin with terry mcsweeny, he is live in the town of cobb with the latest on the investigation. Terry . Reporter yeah, here in cobb is where the fire started, m
Learning the fire claimed the total of three lives. Two victims identified this morning. Nbc bay area Stephanie Chuang in middletown this morning. You spoke to one of the people who knew one of the victims very well. Reporter she heard early this morning she heard from Sheriff Deputies, but its not getting any easier. Were into day six and people are getting news of the latest death and making this a lot tougher. I want to say we are back in middletown and standing in front of ro sa gonzalezs house, or whats left of it. We met her in the Evacuation Center in calistoga today and yesterday. We said wed come and check it out. You really cant tell what is standing. Just some trucks and foundation and some of the garage. Meanwhile Lake County Office confirmed two bodies around 8 30 last night. A body found presumed to be bruce burns and based on a second location, the sheriff says the other body is expected to be the body of leonard neft. He told his wife saturday afternoon he didnt smell s
Nbc bay area news starts now. The valley fire continues to rage this evening. The latest from calfire says it about 50 contained and some of those who live in hardhit middleton came home for the very first time today. A week after the fire broke out incredible rescue stories continue to come out of there. It is slow going for these folks heading back to see what is left of their homes. Reporter yes, terry, peggy, look as we just said, we have some people leaving the fair grounds and going back home after the evacuation orders are lifted. We were there today, people said they were kind of their second family, some good acts, a story last night of a 93yearold woman and her dog saved by a gay warden, here is her family posting messages. Thank you, ryan. Thanks for everybody. Some good stuff there, yet, Catherine Ray who uses a wheelchair had fallen asleep as the fire hit her neighborhood. But she was found in time to be carried to safety. Moments later flames reached her house, all happen
It looks beautiful. It is calm right now, but it could change in the overnight hours. A tsunami could reach hawaii, could reach hawaii, at about 3 00. We will continue to follow this breaking news story and bring you the latest as soon as we get it. You can also get updates on your smartphone via our nbc bay area app. Steady rainfall falling all day but making things worse for evacuees. Jessica aguirres live. It could get tougher with the mud. Reporter its a tent city, but today they could call it soggy city. The tents now have tarps all over them. People are trying to get gear, things to keep them warm, dry clothes. It has helped firefighters significantly, because theyve been able to get to areas that they werent able to access before. Heres where the val owe fire stands right now. 70,000 acres charred. 30 containment and 580 homes destroyed. So they are making some head way, and they want to be able to use these next 48 hours in which conditions might be like this to get as much hea