Ground today. Now, along the coast, overnight fog helped firefighters finally gain some ground on the czu complex fire. Thats the one burning in san mateo and Santa Cruz County. Heres a look at what crews are up against. Flames have scorched some 63,000 acres, containment is at 5 , up from 2 last night. An update is set for 6 00. We will stream that for you on nbcbayarea. Com. This map shows you where the fires are burning. Nearly 670,000 acres burning in our region alone. 1 million acres statewide. From the fire lines to evacuations to the threat of wind and lightning, we are covering the fires from all angles. We begin our coverage with nbc bay areas roz plater in Santa Cruz County with more on the firefight there. Reporter cal fire says it has more resources on the way, more crews, more equipment. And in one ben lomond neighborhood, they say they need more help. Its as simple as that, getting down to the work. Reporter mark showing us how he and his neighbors have been using hand to
Destruction. In other parts of the bay area, relief. Evacuees being allowed to return home. Also total honesty is what we as citizens deserve from our president. Whether you like it or not, you always know what hes thinking. First Lady Melania Trump takes her message to the american people. A rare Public Comment about her husband. We begin tonight with the firefight. A lot of moving parts here, and that includes thousands of people and firefighters. Those firefighters making progress on the front lines. The lnu complex fire in the north bay, 27 contained. The scu complex burning in the south bay and east bay, 20 contained. In the Santa Cruz Mountains, the czu complex fire, 19 contained. Also tonight, many people now realizing their homes have been destroyed. We have team cove scotts valley. Ian. Reporter yeah, and, you know, i talked to a lot of evacuees tonight and theres this sense of anxiousness as they watch and wait for word from the cal fire chiefs here. And tonight as the fire c
Of its employees accused of pulling off her mask and coughing on a baby. Good evening, im ken bastida. Few weeks mark a critical and im elizabeth cook. It happened friday at the juncture. Its very frustrating. Frozen yogurt shop. Police say the woman did it i myself am at wits end, but this is important. Because she was upset the i really feel as though the fate of our region, even our childs mother wasnt keeping nation over the next few weeks her social distance. About whether or not we can she has not been arrested or get a handle on this. Publicly identified, but the reporter the metric you district is urging people not want to keep your eye on is hospital beds. To take their anger out on the when we talk about critical mass, think about the situation the city of houston schools. A lengthy Statement Reads in part, violence or damage to is in right now. Our students schools only theyre between 97 and 100 serves to harm the very capacity with their icu beds population that those who a
If thats something youve seen driving by before and youll go, ahha, its that place. Sadly, that is no longer here. The only destructure that remains on the property is this wooden barn. It was established in 1869. Cal fire had some crews out here to do some structure protection on this to make sure it didnt set on fire. Look south now beyond the vineyards here and you can see the smoke in the hills. Thats card of the main kincade fire. Doesnt appear the main part went through this specific area but the spot fires is what caused this place to burn and that im speaking to the itself, just because youre thy with these winds. And when they do, you can end up with something lyingif example of how dangerous it is. Even if you cant see the fire, you can have embers come and get things like this. You want to heed those warnings. Very devastating. Its got to be so hard to watch. You were saying they had a recent renovation . Its been taking ten years. Just looking at their website as bob was sa
Reportedly affected two businesses. Ktvus andre joins us live with more firefighters were slow to move in on those fires. Andre . Reporter well julian and frank, we are now six hours after the fire started right behind you. You can see they are in the mop up stages right now. And the ems truck still on standby. And they still extended here as we could tell you the details of what happened here sound chilling as they start trickling the captain and the Fire Department when they said they were called here about this fire they were also told there was a man inside one of the burning businesses with a gun. At 5 30 on sunday evening, san joses firefighters rushed to a force of a blaze that broke out inside a business on santa collar are streets between first and Second Streets. I saw them flying through like okay, something bad happened. Reporter several fire engines and dozens of firefighters could be seen on front of them in neighboring businesses. Adult super stores. And all the commotio