Had minutes to grab what they could and leave. And as the fire continues to burn into the morning, the residents of middletown are left be a skelton of skeleton of a town, driving through our crew says it looked like a bomb had gone off and entire neighborhoods were rush and ash. Rubble and ash. The flames is intense it melted the flames so intense it melted the tires off cars. Vehicles pulled off to the side that were on fire, multiple structures that were on fire. Apartment complexes that were on fire. Like a matchbook, just boom. A bunch of black smoke just covering up behind me. It was like something you see in the movies you know what i mean . It was terrifying. Reporter now the valley fire is the fifth major wildfire in lake county this summer. And by far the worst within 12 hours the flames had burned through 40,000 acres. That fire right now is currently up to about 50,000 acres probably bring and urostyle possibly growing. We do know that four other firefighters were injured in this fight. Those four firefighters are in stable condition. Frank, michelle back to you. And i know it was dark when you drove up early this morning but did you get a feel for what the town of middletown looked like right now . Reporter well, frank, i can tell you, it really feels just like a ghost town at this point. Theres really nothing left especially on this block that were in. No standing structures in this one area, it hasnt completely torn through the entire town of middletown we do know. We believe downtown middletown is still intact but i can tell you when we approached this area we still saw active flames burning into the Early Morning hours. Okay. Cate cauguiran live for us up there in middletown. Thanks. Evacuation centers are set up at the kelseyville high school, the Clear Lake Senior Center and the napa county fairgrounds in calistoga. One man caught in the mad scramble on saturday has now learned he wont have is a home to go a home to go back to. Still he says theres a little chaotic mountain was backed up. And we didnt know how fast the fire was chasing us. Lost my house. Its the same. My a shame. My wife lost the house she grew up in. Its a heartbreaker but weve got our lives. So you got to thank jesus for that. Well, the red cross says it has plenty of food and supplies for the fire victims. What they really need now are cash donations. If youd like to help out give online or text red cross to 90999 to make an ensubstantiate 10 instant 10 donation. We have a link at the website. Schools are closed today because of the fire. They include all the lake county public schools. Along with yuba college in clear lake, pope valley elementary and the Howell MountainElementary School district. And about 150 miles southeast of the valley fire, is the butte fire. And its destroyed at least 135 homes in the sierra foothills. Cal fire says containment in that fire 25 so far. Yesterday the smoke was so thick, it grounded aircraft for most of the day. Forcing firefighters to rely on ground crews over 4500 firefighters are working on that fire at this hour. So devastating in those communities. Just sad to see people losing their homes and tents and rvs. A couple of months ago we rode our bikes through that area raising money for diabetes and its just sad and heartbreaking because we knew how dry it was at that particular time. We have a slight chance of very light rain in the far north bay today and then again on wednesday. But as far as the weather conditions are concerned, for the valley fire, i got to tell you, this fire is so massive, it has been creating its own weather. But our weather today has a little bit lighter winds out of the southwest and west 10 to 15. Some gusts up to 20 in comparison to yesterday. When we had 30mileperhour wind gusts. Now right now, we do have mostly cloudy skies and lining the coast and into the bay. And even some overcast conditions as far inland a good 40 miles towards the tri valley. Thats the return of the refreshing marine layer. Producing even a little bit of light drizzle along the seashore at this time. Todays high temperatures will be considerably cooler than what we have been experiencing. The numbers are now below arch average especially away from the bay to the south and the east. 70 san rafael today. Partly to mostly cloudy skies and as the day wears on we do have a chance of some rain showers especially in the far north bay. Its muchneeded rain for the particular area. Frank and michelle . All right thank you. Tonight for the first time in its short history, santa clara is the levis stadium will host a regular season monday night Football Game. Were in red a little bit. That means the 49ers fans will compete with evening commuters. Hows it going to work out . Kpix 5s kiet do joins us to explain how they will handle the extra load. Hes live outside the stadium. Good morning. Reporter yes, good morning. Call it the stadium version 2. 0. The agencies all down here are taking everything theyve learned in the previous season and applying it to this on using it to improve and optimize the experience. For vta they have an keening commute and evening commute and 28 trains running in the system and today they will be adding ten additional tunes. So passengers wont have to transfer at the as theman metro lightrail station and get to the game quicker. The game took place on a thursday night around the evening rush hour. They estimate an extra 10,000 riders will join the regular commuters. On monday night, the vta will have a command post set up to monitor inflow of riders and then reposition the trains for the rush home. As we get them into the game, well know all of the numbers are coming from how many people are coming from mountain vie and so that we can figure out the resources to get them back home. If that changes, if there are more people coming from Mountain View than we thought, well be able to have more trains that are going back to Mountain View after the game. Reporter getting back to the parking lot should be quicker also. Red lot one and green lot one will have extra exit lanes on to Great America parkway. Blue lot one will have one more exit on to Patrick Henry drive and then on to Great America parkway from time to time red lot 8 you can go south and finally red lot six the biggest lot will now have double the exit capacity of what it had before. The stadium folks say they will have extra staff on tasman drive to improve traffic flow through the intersections after the game. And despite all these improvements, the city managers say give yourself a little bit of extra time and be patient. So kiet, does the vta have any advice about buying lightrail tickets . Reporter they say buy them ahead of time. Buy the round trip tickets ahead of time and also if you can preload the clipper card and dont get stuck waitings on the platform. Game time 7 00 p. M. Tonight. Right here on kpix 5. Im kiet do, were live in santa clara. Taking on the vikings, okay thank you for that. How about traffic on a monday morning . Traffic right now is doing okay but i want to focus on what you can expect tonight with the niners game at levis. Big delays along 101 and 880 and 237. So do keep that in mind. Now a typical commute from San Francisco towards levis without any traffic is already about 45, 40 minutes along 101 and 280. So give yourself at least an extra hour to kind of get through that mess. Its going to be in the heart of drive time. Kickoff is at 7 20 so lots of folks are going to be heading home from work anyway. Using mass transit. Caltrain and vta will be great choices and in fact if you plan on using caltrain transfer over to Mountain View. That will get you over to vta. Also well be very busy Great America parkway coming off of 880 and 237. Expect first street to have big delays as well. Again do plan though at least a couple of hours if youre going to the game tonight. Frank . All right gianna thanks. With the commuter theme now. Today b. A. R. T. Is implementing changes to try to ease overcrowding during commuter hours. The Transit Agency adding and lengthening trains. They will travel more frequently between pittsburg and bay point and sfo and in addition train cars are being added to all other transbay routes. Today is the last day for the proposals. An Oakland Community group will unveil today their Affordable HousingDevelopment Proposal for the east 12th street parcel near lake merritt. This is the same site of a high rise battle earlier this year between a private developer and Affordable Housing activists. On a monday, were following developing news in Northern California where that raging wildfire has destroyed hundreds of homes. Weve got a live report coming up right after the break. And rain could certainly help those fire first timing efforts fighting efforts, well tell you the chance of rain in todays forecast. Expect delays through the Altamont Pass for an accident. Plus busy conditions through san fran,,,,,,,,,, time check a 13 on 5 13 on this monday, september 14th. Good morning everyone, taking a look at Mineta International airport at levis stadium, for the 49ers home opener against the minnesota vikings. Game Time Temperature 72 degrees and falling into the upper 60s. The full forecast is still four minutes away. Thank you. A fast moving wildfire has destroyed at least 400 homes and is still raging out of control up north in lake and napa counties. One resident has died in the fire. Entire blocks of homes are wiped out in middletown and other hard hit communities include Hidden Valley lake and cobb. 17,000 people have been forced to evacuate. Still at zero containment and has burned 78 square miles as some 1400 firefighters are working on it. And here is a map of the current burn area. Right now, the fire is running to the southeast into napa county. And its also creeping northeast. And cate cauguiran is in middletown this morning with details on how despite heavy property losses, pets are being saved. Cate . Reporter oh, yeah, its the bit of good news this this sort of in this sort of tragedy were seeing here in lake county. The community is coming together to help people not only who lost their homes but to help them save their pets. We know that local vets have been helping treat the animals or even as an Evacuation Center catering to peoples pets from cats and dogs to calves and horses. Joy fleming evacuated her family along with her three horses from middletown. She says the donations from the animals alone have been incredible. You know i mean there is everything from water to rakes, to horse treats. Dog treats. Dog food. Some animals are going through a lot of stress. And fortunately, weve got a lot of great people around here and a lot of resources. So weve been able to get them housed appropriately and get them fed. Watered. Calmed down. Reporter volunteers say this litter of puppies. This morning, the vets treating them says they would have been euthanized if volunteers hadnt gotten them the help they needed. More help is on the way we know. Yolo countys sheriffs mountain posse is also coming this way to assist in the care of evacuated animals. Reporting live from middletown, cate cauguiran, kpix 5. Thank you. Dramatic video has surfaced on an escape here from the valley fire. The man who posted this on youtube says he was driving out of Anderson Springs about 8 30 on saturday night. Take a look. Thats west of middletown. You can see flames raging along both sides of the road. And what looks like at least one house burning when the driver sees the home up in flames he swears. He just punched the gas and he was able to make it out safely with very little time to spare. Some other drivers just simply had to give up and leave their cars behind. The heat from the fire so intense, cars melted along the side of the highway. Highway 29. So. Thats affecting road closures in that area. And for more on that gianna. Highway 29 in fact thats one of them through calistoga right now. The closures are in effect until further notice. 29 at tubs lane as well as 128 at ida clayton road. That area in and around there is completely shut down. Try to avoid the area if you can. Theres not a lot of alternates either to offer. Just use caution, the roadways in the Altamont Pass westbound 580 at 680 we have an accident blocking a lane there. You can see a few flashing lights there in our cam. Little bit slow and go conditions as a result. Thats right where that accident is there. You have some looks like the two right lanes are shut down now with emergency crews and chp there. Causing quite a bit of a backup. 28 minutes now through the Altamont Pass as you go to 680. Now just east of there we have this accident clearing at greenville as well. Westbound 580 right at greenville. This one is over to the right shoulder but as you can see a lot of red there. Slow and go conditions in that area again almost 30 minutes for that portion of your morning commute. Howard street shut down between 3rd and 4th. That gone on a thursday evening began on a thursday evening. We have big delays on surface streets in and around that area. That will affect harrison and mission plus the giants are in town taking on the reds tonight at at t. 7 15 pistol pitch. That will slow you down as well. Roberta hi. Good morning everyone. 5 17. Lets take a look at our weather watchers. We have so many people checking in with us this morning. And i thank you very much. Im really curious, well, when i was reading these reports just moments ago everyone is reporting mostly cloudy skies but at 58 degrees lets go to napa. This would be dave and dave is saying that they do have plenty of cloud cover at this hour. The winds are pretty slight and thats certainly good news firefighter Fire Fighting efforts. In fact lets go ahead and give you your valley fire forecast for today. Extremely dry and feels i got to tell you the valley fire is so massive its creating its own wind storm. Its own weather pattern. But the winds today southwesterly 10 to 15 not as gusty as they were yesterday at 30 miles per hour. We do have a chance of some light rain in that area. Nothing substantial. But anything would certainly help. Mostly cloudy skies. We have a little bit of light drizzle along the coast this morning due to the marine layer and temperatures are in the radios and 60s and boy are we cooling down today. Partly to mostly cloudy conditions, a slight chance of rain today. Then again midweek on wednesday. We do have this upper level area of low pressure to the north of us. Its in a Development Stage right now. So by midday hours is when we do expect that slight chance of some light rain as this low dips down in a southerly direction. A little bit of sun. A lot of cloud cover. And again, a chance of light rain. 78 in sacramento. What is certainly not good news is thunderstorm possibility in the hisser are and yosemite today. Meanwhile our temperatures in the 60s and 70s and in fact cool today. Another chance of rain showers on wednesday and then we start to realize some seasonal temperatures by the end of the workweek. And also drier air mass. We do have a Football Game tonight. Are you ready for some football . I got to tell you, we were ready for some football yesterday. It just didnt happen. At the coliseum. Maybe tonight you . Its not fair. Because i am a bay area sports fan. But i was getting all the these Text Messages from all the 49er fans and i was sitting at the raider game yesterday and there was a at night. It was at night it wasnt nice at all. Give the raiders some love. With the silver and were showing the 49ers some love. Its all good. Were representing here. The crowd yesterday was so amped up it felt like a super bowl. People are so great. All right. So this is kind of cool. Rooms are in high demand this week and Sales Forecast has come up with an force has come up with a way to experience its dream force conference. Its partnered up with Celebrity Cruises to charter this class sal ship at colossal ship at pier 27. It will be a Floating Hotel for hundreds of dream force attendees. But some neighbors in nearby telegraph hills say the impromptu accommodations could be a nightmare for them. Were delighted to have sales force here. We wish them every every success. But we want them to do is simply to manage their noise, their light, and their traffic. Like a good neighbor. Well, see if that happens. The convention runs tomorrow through friday. Brought about 135,000 people to town last year. Putting San Francisco hotels at a premium. Going to be crowded. It is 5 20 on a monday. The race for the white house heating up. What a new poll is saying about candidates ahead of this weeks big debate on wednesday. And im dennis odonnell, coming up the raiders have lost may have lost more than a Football Game. 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Xrays were negative. But well know more on that today. Andy dalton camped up the raiders defense for 249 yards and two touchdowns, the bengals beat the raiders 3313. Hey, gave up three early runs and made up for it. Theres the three run home run to give the giants the lead. They beat the padres 103 and sweep the series. Two of them to beltre. The rangers beat the as 124 to remain a game up for the second wild card spot. Mens final u. S. Open. Novak djokovic have a nice trip see you next fall. Djokovic would break federer late in the third set and take control of the match. He wins in four sets for his tenth career grand slam. Once again the 49ers and the vikings monday night football. Right here on channel 5. Will be with you for the pregame and well be with you for the fifth quarter to see if San Francisco can get off to a better start than the raiders. Im dennis odonnell, see you tonight. We can only hope. Okay dennis thanks. Were going to do a little baseball and on a monday your play of the day. Blue jays and yanks are at Yankees Stadium and bell hard with an pollard with an impressive catch. And boom holds on to the ball and gets his man. But in the end it was the yankees taking the jays 50. But toronto with your play of the day. It is 5 25 right now. Record crowds forceward to make major b. A. R. T. To make major changes. How this new change is expects to make your commute easier. One person died and four firefighters injured from the widespread valley fire. Widespread valley fire. Im cate cauguiran live in,,, with the new chase freedom mobile app, you can simply redeem, pay, and go. The new chase freedom mobile app. The card is for the essentials. The cash back is for the fun. Right now, fast moving flames from a raging wildfire destroy hundreds of homes in Northern California. Were live near the front lines with the very latest. Reporter and im kiet do, were live at levis stadium, this is the first season game happening on a weeknight during commute hours. Well tell you how to stave a couple of minutes of time coming and going to and from the game. From the kpix weather center, well have that 49er forecast for you coming up. And weve got a big traffic trouble spot westbound 580 at 680. A sig alert has been issued. Details coming up. Good morning everyone, its monday, september 14th. Im michelle griego. Hi everyone, im frank mallicoat. Nearly 5 30. Right now a Massive Wildfire continues to rage out of control in lake and napa counties. Leveling entire communities and causing at least one death. The valley fire has destroyed at least 400 homes plus hundreds more structures. A large section of middletown is now gone with buildings turned to ash. And many people escaped the flames with very little. This morning, the fire just keeps spreading. Fanned by strong winds. Most of the destruction has happened if the towns of in the towns of cobb, mountain, middletown and Hidden Valley lake. Including entire blocks in middletown. A map. The current burn area here, the fire is burning to the southeast into napa county and also creeping to the northeast. 17,000 people have now been evacuated and orders have been extended to the Clear Lake Riviera and soda bay areas and also in place along a 30mile stretch of highway 29 from kelseyville to middletown. Kpix 5s cate cauguiran is in middletown this morning where entire neighborhoods have been wiped out from that fire. Cate. Good morning. Reporter good morning tank and michelle. Parts of middletown here look like the aftermath of a war zone. You cant even tell that someones house used to be in this area. And there are hundreds more scenes like this in lake county and hundreds of families homeless this morning. This abandoned car on the side of the road is a reminder of just how quickly the flames are moving and how much devastation its leaving behind. Driving through middletown, the devastation is large scale. It looks like a bomb went off. Entire neighborhoods are turned to ash and many homes burned right down to the foundation. Dozens and dozens of homes that have been destroyed. Were looking at even possibly in this area, over 100 of homes up to 1,000 homes destroyed. Reporter the valley fire is the fifth major wildfire in lake county this summer and by war the forest. The far the worst, the others mostly affected rural unpopulated areas, this one is consuming big chunks of towns. First the town of cobb, then middletown. The fire started saturday and with the help of swift winds, it quickly began spreading in several directions. Within 12 hours, we had over 40,000 acres and thats unheard of. Thats really fast. Correct, this fire was moving from the getgo. Reporter witnesses describe 50foot walls of flames desending downhill sides charging towards their homes. Vehicles pulled off the side that were on fire and multiple structures that were on fire. Apartment complexes that were on fire. Looked like something out of the movies. Reporter now back out live, you can bet it definitely looks like something out of a movie and my familiar and i were familiar and i were talking about photographer and i were talking. We know the governor declared a state of emergency and will be meeting with Emergency Responders in just a few hours. There are 1500 firefighters on the ground. More on the way. Cal fire says that its all hands ondeck and some firefighters actually had scheduled vacations were asked to go off of those to come and help out fighting this fire. Reporting live in middle town, cate cauguiran, kpix 5. The red cross says it has plenty of food and supplies for the fire victims. What they really need are cash donations. If youd like to help, you can give online or text red cross to 90999 to make an instant 10 donation. And we have posted a link to the red cross website on our website. Cbssf. Com. Multiple schools are closed today because of the fire. They include all lake county public schools, along with yuba college and clear lake, pope valley elementary and the howell value legal Elementary School district. Number of fires all over the state right now. If you drive from the sierra down into the sacramento valley, this just smoke everywhere. Could you smell it also . You could absolutely. Yeah. Yesterday i was out for a run in pleasanton and we actually had light ash falling in our area. We have a little bit of good news today and then again on wednesday as far as the weather is concerned and certainly the cooler temperatures are going to be beneficial for fire firefighterring efforts as well. Heres your valley forecast for today. Again, i have to just reiterate that this fire is so massive. So powerful. It is creating its own weather pattern. However, our weather. The winds will not be as gusty as they were yesterday. We will have some cloud cover and also a chance of light rain. Temperatures out the door right now in the 50s and 60s. We do have la little bit of have a little bit of drizzle on the coast from the marine layer and the numbers are coming down. In fact below average for this time of the year. 60s will be common across the beaches today and 70s at the peninsula and up to 78 degrees morgan hill and gilroy. To the east also 78 degrees outside number. North bay numbers partly to mostly cloudy. 60s and 70s with a chance of light rain this afternoon. In the lake port and the clear lake area. Well have the full forecast in under ten minutes. Michelle and frank . Thank you. It should be an especially busy commute this evening in santa clara. Yeah, Little Something going on down south. Silicon valley workers will be joined by 49er fans heading to tonights big Season Opener for the niners and kpix 5s kiet do joins us live to explain whats being done to handle all the extra people on the roads and trying to get to that game. Good morning. Reporter yes, good morning you know typical Silicon Valley approach the doing things to doing things down here, try something new and continually making the small incremental improvements and try to make the whole experience better constantly all the time. For vta that means they are adding ten additional trains. They will be direct route trains. So passengers wont have to transfer at the tasman metro station and will get to the game quicker. The agency says they learned a lot during the preseason game against the san diego chargers. Which took place on a thursday night around the evening rush hour. They estimate an extra 10,000 riders will join the regular commuters. On monday night, the vta will have a command post set up to monitor the inflow of riders and then reposition the trains for the rush home. We feel in this case, that we know more about the habits of our riders. More about where theyre coming from. So that were able to make the appropriate plans. Reporter getting out of the parking lots should also be quicker. Red lot one and green lot one will have extra exit lanes on to Great America parkway. Blue lot one will have one more exit on to Patrick Henry drive and then on to Great America parkway. From red lot eight, you can go south on lafayette street and finally, red lot six the biggest lot, will now have double the exit capacity of what it had before. The stadium folks say they will have extra staff on tasman drive to improve traffic flow through the intersections after the game. Now despite all these improvements, stadium managers are telling you to be patient and to give yourself a little extra time. How much time . Well, nobody really knows. But better to be safe than to be sorry. Back to you. Yeah being patient is a little tough but the vta is actually recommending passengers buy lightrail tickets in advance . Reporter yes, so actually you know you fee see a lot of people standing on the platform waiting in line just to buy the tickets. Save yourself a lot of heartache and buy the tickets ahead of time. Also you can preload your clipper card. That will save you some time. That way once you get here on the platform you can jump right on the next train that comes. Game time kickoff is 7 20 p. M. Tonight right here on kpix 5. Im kiet do, were live in santa clara. All right thanks. Staying with the commute we have a Traffic Alert right now. Lets go right to 580 and 680 right now. The good news is chp is clearing everything over to the right shoulder as we speak but the big rig involved with a couple of vehicles as well as a motorcycle. It has three right lanes completely shut down and now being pushed over to the right shoulder. They issued a Traffic Alert. But its bumper to bumper out of the Altamont Pass to 680. Another map here just a heads up tonight for 49er traffic. If you plan on heading out to the game, youre going to see extra busy conditions along 101, 237, and 880. Now a typical commute out of San Francisco oakland via 101 or 280 is about 45 minutes to 50 minutes. Extra busy conditions. Its in the heart of the commute. So give yourself some extra time. Frank . Okay. Thank you for that. Well today b. A. R. T. Is implementing changes to try to ease overcrowding during the commute hours. The Transit Agency adding and lengthening their trains. They will travel more frequently between pittsburg and bay point and sfo. In addition, the train cars are being added to all other transbay routes. Today is the last day for developers to submit proposals to build on oakland city owned parcel. An Oakland Community group is expected to unveil today their Affordable HousingDevelopment Proposal for the east 12th street parcel near lake merritt. This is the same site of a high rise battle earlier this year between a private developer and Affordable Housing activists. With the republicans about to hold the second debate in a couple of days, polls are showing some interesting trends in the race for the white house. More now from cbs news don champion. Reporter the American People in my strong view are sick and tired of establishment politics of establishment economics. Reporter last night, sanders wrapped up a weekend of campaigning in the south. [ cheering and applause ] its in the south that for now, clinton is holding her own. The same poll that shows her losing to New Hampshire and iowa shows her firmly in the lead in south carolina. On the republican side, donald trump leads in all three states. But former neurosurgeon ben carson is just four points behind in iowa and trump is taking notice. Well, im a deal maker, ill make great deals for this country. Ben cant do that. Reporter over the weekend, trump said carson was a very nice man but does not have the energy to be president. I recognize that i have plenty of energy. You know. Operating on people for 10, 12, something greater than 20 hours at a time. Making critical decisions. Reporter and the man most thought would be the republican front runner broke out an old t shirt to try and rouse the faithful in his home state of florida. Thats the party i believe in. Reagan. And bush. Reporter this weeks debate may be critical for bush to try and make up ground. Tonight Donald Trump Holds a rally in dallas. Don champion, cbs news. A prominent restaurant chain is hiring hundreds of people with the goal to bring on more more many. Many more. Lets find out. Jill wagner, cbsmoneywatch. Com. Shes wearing 49er red too on a monday morning. Good morning. Good morning, the markets open today after one of the best weeks in months. The dow gained 102 points on friday. The nasdaq up 26 points. It looks like chipotles hiring binge last week was a success. Preliminary numbers show they hired 1800 people on wednesday. And another 2400 were asked to come back for a second round of interviews. And now you can preorder the iphone 6 s and 6 s plus. Apple reports that the rose gold color is the most popular so far. The new phones go on sale to the public september 29th and they are heavier than previous models. Frank and michelle . Because theyre better. At least we hope so. Okay jill. We hear a Major Airline is taking very good care of its employees. Tell us what thats all about. Reporter so Delta Airlines is opening up some five of that they are not to pass they ares, they are passengers, they are for delta workers. Employees can get discounts and massages and manicures and uniform alterations. The airline says happy employees mean happy customers. Frank and michelle may i suggest discounted massages here on the floor of the exchange if anyone is listening . I love the idea. I hope our boss is listening. Just gave everyone about a five minutes massage i bet productive would go up tenfold. I think youll right. Its a pipe dream but boy itd be nice . Sleepy newscast perhaps. Well maybe. Jill wagner, cbsmoneywatch. Com. Thank you. The latest survey shows the cost of gasoline has dropped 27 cents a gallon over the past three weeks. The National Average is now 2. 44 for regular uned leaded. As for unleaded. As for our local metro areas, the current average is 3. 02 in san jose gas buddy says. 3. 04 in oakland and 3. 20 in San Francisco and gas is selling for as low as 2. 55 a gallon at stations in san jose, santa clara. It is 5 42 on your monday morning. Following developing news here in Northern California where all eyes are on the valley fire. So far one person has died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed. We have a live update ,,,,, good morning, time check is 35 45 on this monday. Back to work monday september 14th. The bay bridge where we have overcast skies. We have a chance of rain in the forecast. Ill tell you what the best bet of rain is. Thats coming up in under four minutes. Okay thanks. Fast moving wildfire destroyed at least 400 homes and still raging out of control lake and napa counties up north. One person has died in the fire. And entire blocks of homes wiped out in middletown. Other hard hit communities include Hidden Valley lake and cobb. 17,000 people all forced to evacwait their homes and still zero containment and burned 78 square miles as some 1400 firefighters work on the fire. Heres a map of the current burn area. Right now, the fire is running to the southeast into napa county. And its also creeping northeast. Cate cauguiran is in middletown with details on how despite heavy property losses, pets are being saved. Cate . Reporter yeah, that is a little bit of good news here michelle. But one lake county resident told us that the fire spread so quickly, they had to paint their phone numbers on their horses hoofs and set them free. In order for them to run to safety. But we do know that the Lake County Community is certainly coming together to help people who lost their homes save their pets. Now local vets have been helping treat the animals or its even an Evacuation Center catering to peoples pets of all shapes and sizes from cats and dogs to calves and horses, one resident evacuated her family along with the three horses, she says the donations for the animals alone have been incredible. You known, i means there everything from water there is everything from water to rakes to horse treats. Dog treats. Dog food. Some of the animals are going through a lot of stress. And fortunately, we have a lot of great people around here and lot of resources. So weve been able to get them housed appropriately and get them fed. Watered, calmed down. Reporter volunteered saved this litter of puppies and brought them to the fairgrounds where many are staying this morning. The vet treating them says those puppies would have been euthanized if volunteers had not gotten them the help that they needed. We also know that more help is on the way. Yolo county sheriff is sending the mountain posse to come and assist those evacuated animals. Reporting live in middletown, cate cauguiran, kpix 5. All right, thank you for that. Switching gears now. Thousands coming out to show their pride in the east bay yesterday. That will get you moving. They were dancing and there was entertainment and even bull rising at oaklands riding as oaklands gay pride festival. A recordbreaking fundraiser year. The mayor libby schaaf says oakland is proud to be a city of progressive values and others shared that sentiment. Its very important because its 2015. And we all have to get along. And accept each other for who we are. Individually. Everyone just to see themselves and to come out and you know, its accepting. This was oaklands seventh pride festival. Though the city is celebrated the Lgbt Community through other festivals since 1997. A lot of people were having a good time out there right . I was in oakland yesterday as the raiders game. You werent celebrating though were you . I had a really great time. It was so amazing to see it so packed so filled. And gianna the traffic . I had no problem. I left my house in pleasanton 12 00. Got there at 12 30. It took me longer to get through the lines however. Yeah. Thats good. No problem at all but the outcome wasnt so good. Yeah no. They need some work. Some work too at 580. This major Traffic Alert. The good news is they clear everything over to the right shoulder but the damage is done. Your drive times along the Altamont Pass are pretty bad. 49 minutes now westbound 580. Altamont pass to 680. Again that accident right at 680 over to the right shoulder. There was an accident as well near greenville. That has been cleared out of the lanes but you have nothing but red and cuello as you work yellow as you work your way westbound there. Tracy for a typical morning traffic. Again give yourself a few extra minutes. Calistoga. 128 at ida clayton road. Completely shut down for the valley fire. Do avoid it if you can. Elsewhere we have a closure in San Francisco, Howard Street between third and fourth street. For dream force, expect gridlock in and around the areas throughout the week. That closure is in effect through friday. Also we have a game tonight. Reds and giants at at t. First pitch at 7 15. So its going to be very busy off of 280 extension heading into San Francisco. Now checking the bay bridge right now, looks like the metering lights may have been turned on. We are seeing a bit of a backup as you work your way through there. Also slow coming off the east shore freeway. All right thats a look at traffic. Roberta . Mostly cloudy skies heading on out the door this morning, some areas of drizzle along the coast due to the return of that refreshing marine layer. Current air temperatures in the 50s and 60s. It is now 64 degrees in throughout the trivalley. What you need to know today as we kick start a brand new workweek . Today for your monday, partly to mostly cloudy skies. Our temperatures are going to be below average in our inland areas away from the bay and we have a chance of afternoon rain. Right here in the bay area. This is it. Our satellite and radar, you can see upstream here. We have an upper level area of low pressure thats in full development its going to tap into the moisture thats kind of over the bay area right now from the remnants of what was hurricane linda. Its going to continue to move in a south southeasterly direction, we have that chance of rain which is certainly good news for fire firefighterring efforts fighting efforts for the valley fire. Anything would certainly help. I have to make note with the valley fire, the winds are out of the southwest 10 to 15 today. Not like yesterday. That fire is so massive its creating its own wind storm. We have a chance of thunderstorms later today. High sierra and also in yosemite. 82 degrees in fresno. Our numbers 60s beaches and 70s bay side and peninsula. And up to about 78, 79 degrees that outside number today with that slight chance of rain in the forecast. And then tomorrow, partly cloudy and remaining unseasonably cool in our inland areas. Wednesday, another trough breezes through producing yet another chance of rain at this particular time. We start to rebound with drier air masses as we enter the weekend. Football weather tonight. 68 degrees. Gang . All right roberta. Thank you. A new miss america has been crowned. Last night miss georgia Betsy Cantrell wrote an opera performance to win the title and a 50,000 scholarship. She was excited right . She bested contestants if all 50 districts from all 50 50 districts from all 50 states, the district ,,, it was just an ordinary night. Until he showed upwith a hungry look in his eyes. And then, he made the shot. And when jaws dropped. He had something for that, too. The new spicy nacho chicken sandwich. With two tacos, halfsies, and a drink for 6 bucks. All in a munchie meal. Geico motorcycle, thats a fact. But this whole blondes have more fun thing. Standing by for fun. Welcome back. Lets take look at the roadways right now. Chp just clearing an accident involving two vehicles west 80 accident is over to the right shoulder now. You are backed up though to richmond parkway. 34 minutes now. Thatsen extra 15 minutes now for the commute. Metering lights on at the bay bridge. Frank . Okay gianna thanks. Two passenger planes bumped into one another on the ground at l. A. X. The United Airlines plane being taxied into a gate clipping the wing of a departing alaska airliner. Nobody hurt but the passengers had to be taken off the planes. Rebooked on other flights. The faa and National Transportation safety board are investigating. 54 kayakers were rescued off the marin county coast when they ran into rough seas. Rescue boats picked them up at hog island and Pelican Point yesterday around 1 00 a. M. The kayakers were in the bay on a guided night tour when the winds picked up. One of the boats capsized and two kayakers were treated for mild hypothermia. No one was seriously hurt. 5 55 your time. 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Hi everyone, im frank mallicoat. It is 6 00. And so far that fire has burned 78 square miles. The fire is running to the southeast and napa county and it has also reached the edge of sonoma county. 17,000 people have now been