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grounded. helicopters are only able to drop water. 600 firefighters are in action. so far, more than 6500 acres have been burned. you might know, this was the second major wildfire in southern california this week alone. todays heatwave is creating a perfect storm for allergy sufferers. heres a look at contra costa county. the hazy weather, as you can see, and fires around the bay area are making things worse. jodi hernandez is live to tell us how bad it could get. jodi? >> reporter:...

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a blood red sunset over napa county, as thick smoke from several wildfires colors an ominous start to the fire season. good evening, everyone. im frank somerville. >> im julie haener. fire crews are in the hills east of napa at this hour, where a wildfire is burning on the grounds of a historic spa and resort. the fire started about 6:40 tonight. it is the fourth fire of the day in wine country, fueled by wind and warm weather. a red flag warning has been extended until noon tomorrow a...

lowered the minimum age to get plan b from 17 to 15. >> what this decision has done has removed a medical screening for young women who are sexually active and that defies common sense. >> reporter: critics point out it does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases but california laws allows kids to get condoms without parental consent and the county health council expanded the program to mail packages of free condoms to kids as young as 12 in std hot spots. shieder says her t...

force. >> at this point would be mandatory. our concern sthait would have pushed undocumented workers into an underground economy. >> we spoke to a professor saying he is worried it will pull the rights of his own computer science students in jeopardy. a very complicated ask contested issue but one of several thing thats people are demonstrating here. the demonstration come to accomplish all of the complicated. this protest is large and peaceful due to the nice weather here in san fran...

>> quantity of rubbing alcohol inside of the bottles was a lethal quantity in both. >> that could mean charges of attempted murder. the adult rated bottles had been flais plaised at the front of the display case. the suspect lives in this upper middle class neighborhood where neighbors said they didnt know her well thorks one answered the door at her rez den dechblts a upstairs window was left open. product tampering as a long history. >> the drug companies have taken great pains to sa...

humidities less than 30% and you get those winds going and, of course, we havent had much rain in the second half of the year so very dangerous fire conditions out there for today and, of course, we have already seen some of those fires already. temperatures right now because of the winds fairly warm this morning. 68 degrees right now in santa rosa. 68 in livermore. 66 in san jose and 69 in san francisco. i think as we head toward the afternoon today, average temperatures usually runni...

the national weather service tweeted out this map that shows the heat signature from fires burning an hour ago. the red dot shows the size of the heat signatures picked up by satellite. here are the specifics, crews are working three separate fires and one is at night valley near highway 128 and the fire is estimated to be 100 and 150 acres, and another fire is burning in yontville and it is 15 acres. three separate fires in knights valley and another in yontville and a crew is gatheri...

from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. im matt lauer. >> im savannah guthrie. its hard to say on may 1st im about to say this, but the snow is really coming down this morning in estes park, colorado, about 50 miles west of denver. >> it has the potential to dump an unprecedented amount of snow late in the season, up to a foot in some areas. >> we want to g...

im in yountville which is in napa county. let me break it down. we have four fires burning technically but we are going to combine them into two separate fires right now. thats what cal fire is doing. the yellow fire and the silverado fire. youre looking at the silverado fire right there that is near yountville about two miles from where im standing right now. silverado trail. 50 acres burning, 40% contained. they had bulldozers creating breaks around that fire all night and engines st...