And im dan ashley. All of the wildfires are contained three weeks after they started. The focus is on clean up and recovery. A lawyer has petitioned the court that all lawsuits against pge be heard by the same judge. Seven claimants involved in lawsuits. A similar coordination effort was used for the lawsuits against pg e following the sam bruno explosion. Today napa opened a popup area where people have questions about dleening and rebuilding. Located in downtown napa. Tomorrow a Source Center for Small Business owners will open. Tail be able to find information about disaster loans and tools to help them keep theyre business going. All services are free. The center is in the santa rosa. The day after tomorrow its supposed to rain. New concerns about pollutants from the fire area that could run into the bay. That is right and create the potential for landslides. Laura anthony live with that story tonight. Reporter because its expected to be less than 2 inches this coming weekend, rain
Bent over backyards to help them out. Gray line tours discovered this is a great option to offer to offer guest. I think its a replacement to groups going to napa and sonoma. Tour groups that have reached out says its an addition to. I heard about livermore i thought it was a great chance to check out a new area. Reporter so its a new unexpected Business Opportunity for livermore. Wineries say they seeing out of state tourist and they hope it continues. Im lessly brinkley. Abc 7 news. Most napa and sonoma winery areas survived the fires with no damage or little damage. Most of damage was cosmetic, the winery will reopen for the First Time Since the fires. Today abc 7 news was out donating bikes new and used. The bikes lucky handed out to adults and children with homes listed as destroyed. The need for helping people that lost everything its the least we could do. If he felt like after going up there and seeing it we wanted to do something. This is a way everyone can give back. The bike
Napa is as famsz as the region its not the only part of the state known for grapes. There are more than 4600 bonded wineries in this state. Leslie brinkley visited one in livermore to see whats changed for them in a month seance the fires. Reporter wineries in livermore reported a 20 bump up this business and a sustained increase as a result of people being redirected here. I think there might be quite a change in overall perception about this area as a result of something terrible. Reporter steve berman says their phone range off the hook at this winery the last two weeks of the north bay fire for their planned corporate and personal events. Seems like this is been an increase in traffic thats been steady. It continues to increase. Reporter during the fires, cruise ships diverted passengers to livermore wine tours. The contractors ive worked with were very pleased. The biggest thing i heard from them was that the wine country bent over backyards to help them out. Gray line tours disco
Were going from ranking number 1 to number 2. Active weather ahead in a few minutes. Speaking of the upcoming storms raises the risk of mud slides. You can see drone view 7 showing us whats left of the Mountain Grove view in santa rosa. Abc 7 news was in santa rosa this morning as video technician sent tiny cameras into journd grand pipes to check for damage from last months fires. Over the weekend they found some pipes that were melted. You see it kind of deter rate away from years of use. To be melted out the ground is crazy. A lot of work ahead. 140 miles of pipe to inspect. Were past the deadline for homeowners in the north bay to allow the government to clean up damage on their property. Abc 7 News Reporter wayne fremont is live with the story. Reporter the county expected long lines and big crowds today. They were supposed to close at 6 00 so lets take a look inside. Is it closed at 6 00 . Are you closed . Theyre going to stay open stayn time. 6 15 well keep the door open. You go
Away from our first level 2 storm of the season. Im dan ashley. And im dion lim. That number 2 storm is caused for concern in the north bay. Last month where 200,000 acres burned. Heavy rains opened the door to mud slides. First Christian Spencer is here with the forecast. We have scattered of showers right now. We have a trail of showers moving through the golden gate area. Over the east bay we have a wider area of ran moving out towards vista. On the shore well still have pockets of rain forming. This storm ranks 1 on the impact scales. We can expect another tenth of an inch to maybe 0. 25. Look whats coming our way on wednesday as we look at our rain chances over the next several days. A stronger storm accompanied by heavi heavier wind and rain. It ranks 2 on the impact scale. Were going from ranking number 1 to number 2. Active weather ahead in a few minutes. Speaking of the upcoming storms raises the risk of mud slides. You can see drone view 7 showing us whats left of the Mountai