Are choosing to stay. Cornell bernard is in napa county tonight. Reporter a fastmoving wildfire in wine country, igniting acres of dry brush in the hills above st. Helenhelena. Sky 7 was over the hennessey fire late monday as the blaze exploded in size, burning through rugged terrain. Cal fire attacking the fire from all sides, including precise air drops of flame retardant. Hundreds of firefighters staging near Hennessey Ridge road. This fire possibly started by lightning strikes. Mondays weather certainly didnt help firefighters. When you have these hot conditions, its not favorable for fighting fire. And then with the little storm fronts we had coming in throughout the day, that brings a little wind in the front of those which gets fire pretty active. We know the fire son our property and its moving towards us. Reporter mandatory evacuations have been ordered in the area, but jeff is staying, ready to save the winery thats been in his family for 130 years. Were a little winery, but
Now, from abc 7, live, breaking news. Its just really hard. So because i just remember my parents building that whole house. Wildfires across the bay area continuing to burn tonight. Some families to the south being told to leave now. While, others in the north bay are finding their homes have already burned. And tonight, fear for firefighters about possible Lightning Strikes. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im eric thomas. This is a quick look at three big fires burning in the bay area. The lnu complex, in the north bay, has charred more than 347,000 acres. It is the secondestlargest wildfire in california history. The scu complex, which covers parts of alameda, contra costa, and santa clara counties, is right behind at 343,000 acres. And the czu complex is up to 74,000 acres. It is burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. A crew in the north bay at the lnu complex and a crew in the south bay at the scu complex. But we begin with weather. There was some rain today. A welc
Its not enough to pay the bills. This entire business sector is about to collapse co owner of next 3 fitness in San Franciscos castro neighborhood describes the grim future of small Fitness Centers in the city gave character is also a member of the San Francisco independent Fitness Studio coalition, a group of 60 small neighborhood Fitness Studios representing almost 700 employees just in the last 2 weeks character says the closures already started for 6 of the groups chance we anticipate many more on the horizon i was talking to a gym. Just the other day one of the bigger gyms and they have right now a quarter of a Million Dollars worth of debt. We have 20,000 worth of debt right now character says the gyms down 80 of its typical revenue prepandemic and that includes the sales from their recently opened a supervised sidewalk work out. Were 2 people can work out at a time for 55 minutes with deep cleans and in between its a bandaid to let us work out outside. But for so many businesses
Charm for those trying to survive. I think about it, i dream about it, i have nightmares about it. Reporter a brandnew gym. Adam kovacs opened this 20,000 square foot facility in late february after two years of planning. Covid closed it three weeks later. With limited classes outdoors only, membership went from 1300 signups to 400 and shrinking. I am an immigrant. I worked very hard to get here. Little by little i am losing everything i built. Reporter sonoma fit has two other gyms in Sonoma County wa permitted. Those locations qualified for Disaster Relief loans, but not the new facility. Denial from the Small Business administration states there is an arbitrary cutoff date and the novato gym opened up a month late to qualify. Nothing, nothing. On the federal level there is no help, on a local level there is no help. On the state level there is for sure no help. We support our Small Businesses, we support those folks that take risks and put everything on the line. Reporter Governor N
Near hey ridge road. This fire possibly started by lightning strikes. Mondays weather certainly didnt help firefighters. When you have these hot conditions, its not favorable for fighting fire. And then with the little storm fronts we had coming in throughout the day, that brings a little wind in the front of those which gets fire pretty active. We know the fire son our property and its moving towards us. Reporter mandatory evacuations have been ordered in the area, but jeff is staying, ready to save the winery thats been in his family for 130 years. Were a little winery, but we have a big family, and there are about a half dozen of my cousins around right now, and were kind of at the ready if the fire gets a little closer. We have the hoses out and ready to make a stand. Reporter right now the fire is burning at the top of this ridge. Lots of smoke here. It is too close for comfort for the folks who live in this house. Im here to protect my house and my property. Reporter phillips is