cornell bernard is live in lake county. reporter: it s a really nervous time for everyone, and the fire has moved north. you can see the smoke behind me. new evacuation orders have been issued for the golden eagle housing development. and all areas east of the cash creek recreationaway along highway 20. that s several miles from where we are now where the fire has scorched everything in sight. just keeping a eye and see when we can get back in there and give is the okay. he is waiting to go home his family has been living in this rv in the parking lot of david s feed store. hay bales are covered, protected from falling emberes. self dogs and eight, and a miniature horse are here, too. firefighters told the family to leave their home as the rocky fire grew more intense. luckily his house survived. been a scary time for you guys. absolutely. just don t know how the winds change. reporter: more than 1500 firefighters from across the west are battling the fire acr
we re doing everything we can to move as many people as we can and we re still encouraging people to use alternate means of transportation if they have them. reporter: in this video provided by bart you can see crews have been hard at work replacing a series of aging transfer rails floor the west oakland bart station that leaded to to transbay tube. that is why train service under the bay had to at the stopped this weekend. according to bart the crews are making pretty good progress and bus bridges will continue through regular service tomorrow and then monday morning trains will continue their regular service through the transbay tube. they ll be doing this again labor day weekend. reporting live in san francisco. abc7 news. thank you. san francisco bay ferry ridership is higher than usual this weekend because of the transbay tube closure. the alameda, oakland, san francisco ferry, experience ted% jump in ridership this morning from its usual 2,000 passengers to nearly 2
transbay terminal with more on how things are going. reporter: so far those passenger whose have taken the bus bridge tell us not much of a problem. they re getting plenty of directions on the ground by a small army of street guides guides and the buses of the bay bridge have their own dedicated lanes. a lot of the street guides have been here since early this morning to help passengers to connect bart trains to the embarcadero and then walk to the transbay terminal to continue to trains to downtown oakland. passengers from oakland told us the bus rise was not crowded. 25 to 30 minutes across the bridge. bart says typical ridership is down 50 and they have a fleet of buses to provide shuttle service. we have a total of 94 buses leaving every 45 seconds so we re doing everything we can to move as many people as we can and we re still encouraging people to use alternate means of transportation if they have them. reporter: in this video provided by bart you can see crews h
there s a new worry for firefighters. this stt first mandatory evacuation we ve had on the northern edge of the fire. several housing developments are located there. more than 1500 firefighters from across the west are battling this fierce fire through unforgiving steep rugged hillsides. finally, the weather is helping firefighters. we shifted a little bit. we don t have the high winds out of the north. humidity is starting to come up a little bit and temperatures are coming down. just keep an eye on it to get back in there. reporter: david s family has been living in this rv. many of their animals are here, too. firefighters told the family to leave their home on thursday as the rocky fire crew more intense. luckily david s house survived. a scary time for you. absolutely. you don t know how the wind has changed. reporter: the red cross evacuation shelter at middletown high school is open with room with more. we re expecting a possibility of more if the evacu
of pressure. bill: so the lead is two. rickie shoots 69. he was five under in his last four holes of regulation to get into the playoff at the players. birdied three of the last four to win the scottish open the week before the open championship. talked about husband ryder cup run. nick: but five bogeys today. he wasn t expecting that. go out thinking of making birdies. pretty impressive. makes troy merritt s just might be sweeter if he has the nervous to stand up and swing it nicely to the middle of the green. ian: 194 yards. scott has given him 6 and he hits his middle irons a long way. nick: well, he can forget the flag and just try and land it in that front section. get it over the ridge. get it in the back section and that s job done. david: he drives that one in low. it s a little left. nick: it s all right. it s going to hop up. david: that s a great effort. really a great shot. bill: didn t change his strategy much. went right at it, although he came up short. two-s