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And citizen safety can allow. this is a very difficult event to stop because it exacerbates fire behavior so drastically. >> all 40 sonoma county school districts are closed today and tomorrow. more than 800 airbnb hosts in northern california have opened up their homes and rental properties for free for evacuees and relief workers. meanwhile, in southern california, l.a. officials say the tick fire has destroyed 22 structures and threatening more. president trump denies that john kelly warned...

>> its hot. >> its hot. >> people driving on i-80, terrified as fires roared around them. the customers lost power in the outages and they could be in the dark until thursday now. about 100,000 people lost power after powerful winds knocked down power poles or damaged infrastructure. gavin newsom described the scope. californians should not expect immediate relief. >> we have done everything that smart planning and firefighter and citizen safety can allow. this is a very difficult event to stop ...

>> people driving on i-80, terrified as fires roared around them. the customers lost power in the outages and they could be in the dark until thursday now. about 100,000 people lost power after powerful winds knocked down power poles or damaged infrastructure. gavin newsom described the scope. winds were reaching p 70 to 80 miles per hour. >> we have done everything that smart planning and firefighter and citizen safety can allow. this is a very difficult event to stop because it exacerbates fir...

Smart planning and firefighter and citizen safety can allow. this is a very difficult event to stop because it exacerbates fire behavior so drastically. >> all 40 sonoma county school districts are closed today and tomorrow. more than 800 airbnb hosts in northern california have opened up their homes and rental properties for free for evacuees and relief workers. california congresswoman katie hill has resigned. she was facing allegations of improper relationships with staffers. hill called st...

♪ ♪ >> we observed increased fire behavior, and there was containment lines installed and firing operations that were overtaken by the fire. jon: in california governor gavin newsom has declared a statewide emergency as powerful shifting winds make conditions more difficult for firefighters battling wildfires in the northern part of the state. this as crews make progress against the tick fire in southern california which is now 55% contained. dan springer is live in heelsburg in northern cal...

They did say that there was 25,000 calls made, 5,400 text messages sent out to folks. im not sure exactly where these numbers break down to, but butte county says there was an attempt made to warn people. they also said that this fire behavior is unlike anything weve ever seen. weve heard that consistently. huge firestorm comes in waves. it gets attracted to things that would be flammable. those go up, and then the rest of the town stays intact. that didnt happen in that case, probably added to ...

Rapid rates of spread and aggressive fire behavior. >> the images we are seeing are just devastating. a lot of people that dont leave in california here on the coast wonder what is happening to the people who have been killed. what types of warnings and how far ahead of time are people warned and are they heeding the evacuations? >> i cannot speak to the high number of fatalities in the northern california fire. we have not had that down here in the woolsey fire. we are very aggressive in our ev...

Presidents tweet, it makes no sense anymore to dig into why hes doing that. but if you sat down with the president right now, given your expertise, what would you ask of him as it relates to whats happening at this moment, because those fires are still raging. >> right. if we look at the federal level, the president has declared the end of july a federal emergency for the fires here in the state of california. i think that fema aid is necessary. i do think that more support for u.s. forest servi...

State of california. the ones that seem to be getting the most attention are a fair of fires burning north of san francisco. thats the mendocino complex fires. those fires, not much containment on them right now. forcing 10,000 people outside of their homes and firefighters say theyre worried that if they dont stop this fire soon, that it could start encroaching on nearby towns. >> the fire behavior weve seen and the burn rates weve seen and how quickly it moves, thats why were taking this serio...

To hit california. this fire again causing so much damage. it is fire behavior that is increasingly more erratic and leading to fires that are lasting longer and burn hotter and faster. we spoke to a fire captain of this happening and the behavior they are seeing of the latest fires. listen to this. >> extreme is not even the right adjective to use anymore. it is an under statement because fire is exploding in california. the biggest concern is the safety of our firefighters and the safety of th...