Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. Right now, on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look south down the peninsula. It is tuesday, september 29th. I am michelle griego. I am len keise. The glass fire continues to burn out of control. Governor newsom has now declared a state of emergency for napa and sonoma counties. This as flames of written homes and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate. The entire city of calistoga is under a mandatory evacuation order. The glass fire has exploded in size and it was just 25 Hundred Acres and is now more than 3600 acres and is still 0 contained and 113 structures have been destroyed in nearly 1500 fire personnel are battling the flames. We have coverage all morning long and we are tracking the dangerous weather conditions and of course, we are tracking all closures. We have the battle to save calistoga. The glass fire continues to ripped through the north bay. The entire city is under mandatory evacuation orders after the fire moved dangerously close to town. It was coming over the hillside near the edge of silverado trail. Calistoga police were present on every street, trying to get residents to evacuate immediately. You look at your house, saying what ever see it again. That is the thing, the uncertainty that is the scariest part, not knowing. We got back in our house and we were evacuating for 17 days and there we go again. A from napa to sonoma, residents are flooding Evacuation Centers looking for hotels and food vouchers. Nearly 70,000 people have been forced to evacuate due to the fire. For the latest on evacuation orders and warnings, you can visit our website, kpix. Com. Impressive displays of wind in the fire zone that has been sending embers flying for miles. It is how the fire got so big so fast because go to mary lee in the weather center. Will they die down today . You are watching the winds getting lighter. Thankfully, humidity is still pretty low at 15 to 25 where the fires are burning and temperatures are in the mid 60s to upper 70s and looking at wind gusts at five miles an hour, we are going to see the winds take a turn from the northeast out of the southwest and that could test containment lines and also push the fires in new directions, so really watching this in that area, dealing with unhealthy air with all of that smoke, so we have a spare the air alert that has been extended now today through friday. We are looking at unhealthy air for the north bay and unhealthy air for sensitive groups for the rest of the bay area. Taking a look at temperatures with the return of the onshore wind component, we are going to see temperatures a little bit cooler compared to yesterday. It is 86 in oakland and 93 in san jose but inland, triple digit heat in concord. I will show you and take you through as we go through today and show you our future cast in a few minutes. Good morning, as we look at the roadways, i will give you an overview of all the closures that are affecting the north bay. We have the closures near st. Helena and parts of calistoga enclosures in the santa rosa area. Parts of 128 or shut down and closures will be there for quite some time and the parameters have gotten a little bigger as the wildfire has grown, so expect them to be there. It is also affected around trinity road and highway 12 to calistoga and highway 12 right here. I want to let you know that all lanes are open on highway 29 only between deer park road and pine street. I will keep you updated if that changes and calistoga is under a mandatory evacuation. I will have more on the traffic in my next report. Firefighters have been working to save homes in Sonoma County. The three original fires became one. The massive place now called the glass complex. Flames shot east to west over the hills from napa county and the results are communities torched and houses burned to the ground. It looked like a big wave coming over the hill, a wave of fire. It was crazy. Evacuations have forced about 68,000 people from their homes in Sonoma County and it is not clear when they will be allowed back in. And a look from of, where crews were hoping to take a stand. They feared drifting embers could spark new fires and that is exactly what happened. We are learning police have already made an arrest in the evacuation zone in Sonoma County. We are not tolerating anybody being in an evacuation zone that does not belong there. Rest assured, we have a lot of deputies patrolling and officers are patrolling their neighborhoods. Cal fire says the 17year old was hopping fences near a high school on monticello boulevard and officers found the teenager in the backyard of the home and arrested him. It is not just the bay area dealing with wildfires. Another what is tearing through homes in shasta county. Three people have died in that area and the zogg fire is burning out of control, scorching more than 31,000 acres. There is a printing meant as crews battle the winds are there are also battling dry and windy conditions in butte county. The north complex fire came roaring back to life and is now threatening several towns that were already devastated in 2018, including the town of paradise. Crews are trying to stop the flames before they jump highway 70. Now to campaign 2020, here is cleveland, where President Donald Trump and joe biden will square off in their first highly anticipated debate. Laura podesta is there with details on what both candidates need to do to win. Tonights president ial debate will look nothing like the debates of the past. With the coronavirus pandemic forcing organizers to limit the audience to fewer than 100 people and President Donald Trump and joe biden will not shake hands. Both men will try to land that defining moment to sway voters especially ones in the swing state of ohio. The economy, it has to get back on. Bidens a message in the debate is similar to the one he is using today. The middle class has gotten the short end. The wealthy have done well. It might packet additional punch after report that President Donald Trump pay just 750 and 2016 and 2017. And mr. Trump has been remembered for his attacks on Hillary Clinton for years ago. President donald trump is expected to go after bidens record and his families overseas business dealings. In recent days, he has accused the former Vice President without evidence of taking performanceenhancing drugs. Im willing to take a drug test and i think you should too. They say biden should focus on his own message. It is ineffective for President Donald Trumps opponent but i also suspect that people are getting tired of that behavior. As many as 100 Million People are expected to watch tonights debate. 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That is your cbs money watch report for more, go to cbsmoneywatch. Com. I am diane king hall. The famed castle is one of the wellknown buildings that has been burned in the glass fire. Another structure is Still Standing but has been heavily damaged and millions of dollars of wine have been destroyed. We talked to the founder who was shocked at the power of this wildfire. I was over around silverado trails. I thought we were fine but i was wrong. I am sorry i went to bed. I should have stayed up. I do not even know what i could have done, if i had stayed up. The resort has learned in the glass fire they raced to save the Luxury Resort as the place threatened to burn the famed free michelinstarred restaurant, the grill. They also crawled onto the tennis complex. It is where he raised his children, so we are going to reopen. They say they have not been able to go back and assess all that damage. They have been owned and operated by the harlem family for nearly 6 decades. One of the main buildings at Foothills Elementary School has also burned to the ground. Several wine country districts are canceling classes, even Virtual Learning because of all the evacuation. Wine country is rescuing pet large and small that were left behind in the fire and animal shelters are now open and several north bay locations include the napa valley horsemans association on foster road in napa as well as Napa County Animal Services in napa. And the sonoma horse park on lakeville highway in petaluma. Lets get a check on the weather with mary lee. Good morning, looking at light conditions this morning, where the fires are burning. This is some good news, looking at northeasterly winds that are light and as we go through the day we are going to see the winds take a turn out of the southwest, so still looking at light conditions through our day, humidity levels will be increasing, so right now 15 to 25 and we should see more moisture in the atmosphere with that onshore push looking at temperatures in the mid60s to upper 70s at this hour. Firefighters are still getting some dry conditions this morning but with higher humidity levels, that should help but the winds are taking the turn out of the southwest and it could test the containment lines. I want to show you a lot of your photos, this one sent in by darrell shook, who took it in santa rosa. You can see the fires in the distance over the hills and all of that smoke, please be safe and evacuate if you need to if you feel uncomfortable with those fires so close to you. We are thinking of everyone who is had to evacuate, thousand to of had to evacuate their homes because of these fires. Lets talk about the air quality forecast. We have that spare the air alert has been extended now through friday. The entire work week is under a spare the air alert, unhealthy air quality as we go to the north bay and checking air quality conditions in the north bay, closer to the fires, very unhealthy air for sensitive groups for the rest of the bay area. As we look to the south bay, san jose is starting off at 66 degrees with clear skies and 65 in concord and livermore, 60 in oakland and 52 in santa rosa and 56 for san francisco. It is a mild start to our day. The heat dome, you can see that cloud cover going up and over that strong ridge of High Pressure and it is not going to affect us too much but especially as we look to the weekend we will get some relief from the heat with cooler temperatures. Hour by hour, we are stopping the clock at noon and you can see we will have clear skies but still the hazy and smoky skies as we look to this evening, we will see that fog push back along the coast, indicating that onshore flow. The smoke forecast, they have hazy and smoky skies and that will continue as we look to tomorrow. Daytime highs for the south they are cooler compared to yesterday by a few degrees, 93 in san jose and for the east bay, looking at triple digit heat, concord and Pleasant Hill and around the bay, you will see the cooler air pushing and. Temperatures are going to be significantly cooler compared to yesterday. 86 in oakland and for the north bay, in the upper 80s to even triple digit heat in sonoma. The extended forecast and we are looking at the warm to hot conditions through the week but we are eventually going to cool down for the weekend and early next week. Lets check in with a look at traffic and the road closures where the fires are burning. I want to look at this overview to give you an idea of all the closures in and around the areas of calistoga and other areas. Parts of 128 are closed. It looks like some areas are open but again we are seeing a lot of closures in and around calistoga. Crystal springs road and silverado trail are impacted. Highway 12 at hyvee on is impacted. This is a changing situation. We are seeing more between peyton road and polk street. They are open between deer park and pine street, so keep that in mind. Also, we have an accident on westbound grant line and north flynn and it is blocking one lane. It is a pretty extensive backup out of tracy into the allatoona pass. We are upwards of about 55 minutes, so it is safe to say almost an hour to go westbound 205 towards the 680. They have not issued a traffic advisory but you have the left lane blocked and as far as the rest of your commute, so far, so good. No delays at the bay bridge. The Golden Gate Bridge is problem free, just a little foggy across the span. That is look at your morning drive it was get the latest on sports with bennett. The lightning are trying to win the National Sports title. Here is a look outside in downtown san jose. I got it all from you im always pushing through i know well make it to the finish line i know youre waiting on the other side im like you ondemand glucose monitoring. Because theyre always on. Another lifechanging technology from abbott. So you dont wait for life. You live it. We are looking at hazy and smoky skies as we go through the day. There is a spare the air alert has been extended through friday. Unhealthy air for the north bay and looking at locations closer to where the glass fire is burning, very unhealthy air for sensitive groups for the rest of the bay area. We will talk about the smoke forecast coming up in just a few moments. 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Whether it was the travel or the protocol or game times or the air quality, the double headers, it was hard on everybody. The turf was hard on the 49ers. Jordan reed is is expected to miss 6 to 8 weeks with a sprained knee ligament. He grabbed his ankle after this against the giants. He returned from another injured knee. And the teevs paid him half 1 billion. Mecole hardman, 2710, kansas city, and he was spreading it all around. Eric fisher makes a touchdown grab, and they beat the ravens. They are counting up the scores, four passes, one rushing. They improve 30 and hold jackson, 97 yards passing. That is the latest in sports. Have a great day. It is for 56. Fires are burning in wine country and having an impact on distance learning. There is some good news on the Sonoma County site but i because when i get home, we like to play crocodile on the floor ocedar easywring removes over 99 of bacteria, even with just water. Easy and truly clean floors ocedar. It feels great to feel at home live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. Right now, on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, the entire city of calistoga is evacuated. We have the latest on the wildfires in the north bay. Two three counties are under a state of emergency. We have a look at the destruction and the damage. The heat and smoky air threatening the bay area once again. The dire warning from health experts. It is tuesday, september 29th. I am michelle griego. I am len keise. We have breaking news about the state of Emergency Declaration by Governor Newsom for napa and Sonoma County, with the flames threatening homes and forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate. The big area of concern is in napa county. The entire city of calistoga is under mandatory evacuation orders. We have Team Coverage of the firefight in the north bay and the return of smoky air to the bay area. We begin with emily turner, who was in the oakmont neighborhood in santa rosa. There is good news and that is thankfully the weather has calmed down as has the fire at least on this side of the fire lines