In a war zone. Reporter helicopter Tour Operator richie olson flew over the smoldering towns. Hundreds of homes leveled to the ground. The historic section of the town is destroyed. Even the boats in the harbor were burned to the water. They are gone. This is truly an all hands on deck situation. Reporter officials fear the death toll will rise. The primary focus is to save lives and prevent human suffering and mitigate property loss. Reporter the fires are being fueled by low humidity, Drought Conditions and whipping winds from a hurricane 700 miles away. Now that President Biden has declared a major disaster, more federal help is on the way, but that is little soulless to those who have lost everything. Is nothing but smoke. Cinders. We have only the clothes we have got on and a dog and two kids. Here we are. Reporter shelters are packed with people who have nowhere else to go. This satellite image captured what lahaina looked like before the fire and after. A once Thriving Community and lively Tourist Destination reduced to ashes. There are several bay area families now stuck in maui where the only thing worse than being trapped in a fire with your family is getting separated from them. That is exactly what happened to a family from mountain view. Kenny choi has been speaking with them as they search for their loved ones. He is at sfo with the latest. Kenny . Reporter liz and ryan, the death toll in the dozens is a somber ring stat and it is only expected to rise. Meanwhile, families on the island of maui, both locals and tourists are seeking to reconnect with loved ones, including one bay area family, some parents who got separated from their children when the fire erupted. As crews battle the devastating wildfires from above, desperate attempts on the ground to connect with family members and loved ones are getting nowhere. It has been terrifying, exhausting. We dont have any information. Reporter shawn paxton and his wife have not heard since the fire erupted. They drove to a Grocery Store in lahaina telling their sevenyearold son and 15monthold baby who were with their grandfather at a hotel that they would be right back. The last message that my motherinlaw left for my fatherinlaw was that we are engulfed in smoke. Then the line went dead. Reporter they tried but could not get back to their hotel by car, sleeping in a parking lot the first night. No calls or texts are getting through and communication with the Marriott Hotel in kaanapali has been difficult. Your kids dont know if youre okay. They have not heard from you. Things are frustrating to me. Reporter thousands on the island are without cell phone service. Power cut off to at least 14,000 homes and businesses in the area. It could take days or weeks to get the network up and running. Paxton says he has received vague texts from the hotel saying that all guests are safe, but the army veteran is waiting for confirmation that his children are accounted for. The messages that i am receiving, the words of encouragement, yeah. It is still exhausting. Reporter we also reached out directly to our contacts at Marriott Hotels asking if there is any other way that this family can try to get a message to their children and the grandfather in the room at the hotel on maui. We have not yet heard a response from Marriott Hotels. Meanwhile, he says that as soon as he is reunited with his children he plans to find a flight back here to the south bay and the bay area. Ryan and liz, back to you. That weight has to be exhausting. Thank you, kenny for keeping us updated. For all the latest on hawaii and how you can help with relief efforts, head to our website at kpix. Com. Air quality in the east bay is finally returning to normal after a smoky fire at the port of oakland. Anne makovec has been monitoring this fire since yesterday. What is the latest here . The fire is under control. We have heard from air quality officials who issued notices of violation to the recycling plant where the fire broke out. The good news is that air has significantly cleared. This was the scene earlier today near the port of oakland from our chopper. You can see fire crews spent the day on site to prevent flareups. You can also see how the fire burned through the huge pile of debris. It started around 6 00 yesterday evening at radius recycling, formerly known as schnitzer steel. It was burning in a huge pile of scrap metal like aluminum, 10, iron and steel. Smoke was still seen coming from the site this morning. We heard from a family catching alameda ferry this morning after writing it towards the fire yesterday evening. We knew we would need the ferry and we were wondering what was happening with that and if it would be allowed. It is nice to see that they got the fire under control. The recycling yard has had a number of fires at the facility in recent years and has had to pay millions to settle lawsuits related to violations. As recently as 2021 the recycling plant paid more than 4 million to settle a lawsuit by Alameda County and the state alleging that it allowed Hazardous Waste to pollute surrounding areas. Firefighters have not yet determined the cause of the fire but we just got word that they have left the scene 24 hours after the fire began. The smoke got really suffocating in nearby neighborhoods. People could not sleep because of the smoke in their homes. I know there is haze in the air but it is not smoke now. It is fogged. This is what we are seeing as we look from the coliseum towards port of oakland. We have that camera view loaded up right now, so no new smoke coming off of the site of the fire. Folks downwind of it towards alameda and san leandro, some of it drifted all the way down to the Santa Clara Valley. It smelled like anything from burning brakes to the smell a few left the plastic on to of the stove. Not an ideal situation, but at least the air quality is improving. A few outliers here and there, but when their quality was at its worst it was not good. This is the track of air quality from the official epa air sensor. So we have flat out unhealthy to even very unhealthy air quality levels in the immediate vicinity and downwind of the fire. The good news is it is out and there only is returning to the good category. We take a look at what the weather has coming up for us in a few minutes. The bay area air Quality Management district says that the refinery in phoenicia failed to install pressure relief equipment despite it being required by law. Regulators say this resulted in 165 tons of illegal emissions being released into the air. So now they are district is asking an independent hearings board to force valero to correct violations immediately. We reached out to the refinery for comment but they did not respond. In newark our chopper catching a birds eye view of a car that crashed into a house on wells avenue not far from jerry ash park. You can see the police were on scene investigating the damage. No word yet on injuries. A big truck carrying cooking oil overturned in San Francisco earlier today on the southbound lanes. Our chopper got video of the oil spilling out onto the road. You can see that little just that mess right there. Fire crews say one person suffered minor injuries and the wreck caused delays on the highway. We are just days away from the 49ers preseason showdown with the raiders in vegas. The niners arriving in sin city and so is our team lets head out live to vern glenn and Juliette Goodrich for more on the game and all that excitement reporter hello, ryan and liz, look. I know you think this is a fun assignment that we have been working hard to bring you some good stories and it is only thursday so vern flew in this morning for the first day of practice hit the ground running and went right to henderson, nevada, the headquarters of the las vegas raiders. Yes, sin city. The 49ers are getting ready to take on those raiders in the first preseason game coming up this sunday. You can catch it right here on kpix. Joint practices between the two started today, but the underlining story . The reuniting of the 49ers and Jimmy Garoppolo lets check out jimmy g no longer in the red and gold, he is in the silver and black facing his former team of six seasons in his first joint practice as a raiders garoppolo had ups and downs during his time in San Francisco but it was all smiles when asked about facing his former teammates. It was fun. It was fun. Just the first play, dray was talking. He has things going right away. Those are my brothers. I love those guys and we had a great time out there competing. I think jimmy was incredible for us for lots of games. Not many people can play quarterback at the level that jimmy can. There are not 32 and i really dont think there is even 15. To have one of these guys always gives you a chance. You know there is something about jimmy g, jules he is not only loved by his current team but his former teammates they mobbed him this morning. It was one big lovefest until they blew the whistle and that they had to get it going. When i got off the plane in the airport you are already seeing raiders gear and jimmy g swag. It is all out there. What brings people to vegas . 1 million reasons. You were on the flight and you had a bridal party on their way here yes i am not sure if they are going to go to the game but they are going to have some fun. True i had some niners fans on my flight. It really brings in the tourists. What are they going to do when they have the super bowl here . This is super bowl headquarters. It will be on cbs. So i talked with the tourism and Convention Bureau about how you will handle all these people reporter las vegas is ready to up its game as the host city of the super bowl. Mark your calendar. February 11th, 2024. Lori nelson craft is with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. We can host over 300,000 visitors at any given time. The great part of the sporting events as they are available to locals and tourists alike. Reporter Super Bowl Weekend is one of the busiest of the year in sin city next to new years, even without hosting the super bowl. We know how to welcome everyone and do it in the right way. We are looking at issues like transportation. How do we move everyone around . So the airport has been planning for a long time. The rideshares have been planning for a long time. Reporter the convention and Visitors Authority say they have really leaned into sports with the arrival of the allegiant stadium and all the events now. They even have a Marketing Ad Campaign that promotes las vegas as, quote, the greatest arena on earth. According to them it has been a tourism driver, for sure. We are best known for what happens here stays here, and that has gone through pop culture for more than two decades. Recently we evolved to only vegas, because what we learned over time is that what happens in vegas does not necessarily stay here anymore because of social media. Reporter that social media will out you and where your location is, but i have to say that it is driving a lot of people so you have these hotels with 300,000 people. That stadium will hold what, maybe 80 to 85,000 . What are these people going to do . So i did do a tour of the stadium and we have that coming up at 6 00. But they told me it holds 65,000 people, but people come to vegas for the experience. They just want to say that they were here for the super bowl, not necessarily inside the stadium. They want to be around it. You can actually take a tour on your own and we will have the fans. There is a big fan base that is happening right here in vegas. We will have that story as well. And we are working hope you can get to the buffet and get some blackjack in also well deserved to enjoy the sights and sounds of vegas all right, we will check back in with you guys later in the newscast. New developments in the case of the man accused of attacking nancy pelosi in their San Francisco home. After months of heated debate and delays, residents will find out whether they will see more Driverless Cars hitting city streets. A longawaited announcement from which hotel . Ah did somebody say which hotel . iim great atat this. Dance to y your favess inin the spallike bathroroom or enjoy l local craftft beers, withth breathtakaking viewss atat the cambrbria. B. A. R. T. Riders will soon be able to pay for rides using their phones. The announcement was made on the official twitter page. Users can pay with google wallet, apple wallet, debit or credit cards starting with the next generation of clipper cards in 2024. This also simplifies the fair system for writers who hop on multiple modes of transportation. Taking a look at San Francisco city hall this evening, homelessness advocates are inviting david hsu to settle the negotiations in a lawsuit filed last year against the city by the coalition on homelessness. The coalition alleges that San Francisco officials are violating Constitutional Rights since brutal policing practices such as destroying unhoused peoples belongings and arresting them for sleeping in public when they have no shelter to go to. Today advocates sent a letter to the City Attorney outlining settlement terms. They are calling for the city to prioritize more Affordable Housing in temporary shelters. Our lawsuit has demonstrated that the current response to homelessness is not only illegal and inhumane, but a tried and failed approach that perpetuates homelessness and ignores national proven best practices. It also requires the city to create a new framework for responding to encampments. The Attorney Says that if the coalition wanted to reach a settlement agreement, the political stunt is certainly not the best way to go about it. It goes on to say that despite antics, San Francisco will continue to advance our arguments in court and fight for our citys ability to maintain a healthy and safe San Francisco for all. Tens of thousands of people will fill up Golden Gate Park in San Francisco for the Music Festival kicking off tomorrow with the headliner being kendrick lamar. The following two days will be headlined by the foo fighters and odesza. Our very own liz cook will be guarding her driveway. So the question is will you need a jacket or not . You will always need a jacket she will be stylishly attired. With the traffic there you are not going anywhere anyway. I know what im getting myself into when you do that. People coming into town might not know what theyre getting themselves into with the weather at Golden Gate Park lets take a look at the forecast for the next three days. Foggust weather is still in full effect. There are similarly warmer temperatures or less cool temperatures, up into the mid60s by sunday. Looking outside right now from the top of the mark and the drizzle is accumulating on the camera lens. The fog is being aggressive and will spread across the bay area with patches of drizzle and sprinkles coming from the south. One more mild day tomorrow. Temperatures running below average with a warming trend over the weekend. Passing clouds are associated with the remnants of eugene which will still be with us over the weekend, but gradually the low cloud cover and fall will be less of a factor, so better viewing conditions for the Perseid Meteor Shower if that is on your particular agenda. Lets take a look at futurecast. There is the shower activity making a run in the south. This forecast model is the one that tends to go crazy for rain chances this time of year, so i doubt well see anything more than passing sprinkles. This is the wettest case scenario, showers running through the southern half of the bay area, and we will see passing clouds as we head through the rest of the day. Even once the fog backs up to the coast, similar conditions saturday and sunday with extra moisture in the air in the form of humidity. It will be far from muggy, not something we will have to worry about. Temperatures are still going to warm up. For livermore you are climbing the roller coaster over the next few days. You are up to the low 90s on saturday and a few days in the low 90s. Not the extreme heat we have had during burst earlier in the summer. This will last a little bit longer before we retreat to slightly below average temperatures again for the third weekend in august. There is the fog, and you see why we are not using our Salesforce Tower camera. Temperatures downtown are still 64 degrees. At that number will be a lot lower when we get the 6 00 update. Temperatures inland are mostly low 80s and already starting to cool off. The fog will be widespread to start tomorrow morning. Less of a factor by the time the weekend rolls around, but still backing up out of inland valleys quickly and retreating to the coast by mid day. Another day where we are gray along the coast with more sunshine in store by the second half of the weekend. Temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s by tomorrow morning. Highs tomorrow are just a little bit below average. 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