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Calistoga. The entire city remains evacuated. From the air, a scene of destruction in santa rosa, block after block of homes. Left in ash and rubble. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. The death toll from the many fires affecting Northern California has gone up once again. The Sonoma County sheriff said 17 people have died there. That makes 31 victims in Northern California. More than 1,000 people have reported loved ones missing. The sheriff said 745 people have been located...

Ghost towns. Its erie. The whole town is empty. Thick smoke bank ets the whole bay area. It burns my throat and nose and makes my eyes water. 8,000 firefighters are on the front lines, facing down the raiming wild fires with continue to threaten thousands of homes. Thank you for joining us tonight. I am pam moore. Heres the outlook, the death toll is at 31, 17 of the deaths from Sonoma County alone. 2800 homes destroyed in the city of santa rosa 400 people are missing in Sonoma County. Tonight w...

Still the winds, roads in the north bay closed. We have drew tuma in. They have that 24hour window. The winds will remain calm but overnight tonight into saturday morning they become active again. The winds are certainly going to be an issue as we head into saturday morning. A live look outside. You can already see the smoke and the haze. Air quality a big issue today. Very unhealthy in the north bay but unhealthy across the entire region and even into saturday we really dont get any relief from...

For it to cool down, we spoke with a sheriff. We have been up and down the highway, we went to a devastated area of coffey park, that was an eye opener, i have never seen fires moving through an area that fast being that devastating. The thing that sticks out was how many burned cars there were. More than i have seen, thats an indication that people were surprised and had to get out fast to protect their lives. Reporter unfortunately some people did not make it out alive. We have learned the nam...

For mike nicco. Calm winds today. Air quality is unhealthy across the majority of the region once again. And little in the way of improving air on saturday as well. Numbers right now mainly 40s and 50s. We have chilly spots like gilroy and ukiah in the upper 30s. A look at your winds today theyre pretty light. What were watching later tonight and Early Saturday Morning theyre going to increase greatly with winds over 30 Miles Per Hour in the north bay. So your 12hour planner is all about the smo...

Hour but watch what happens Early Saturday Morning. Those winds are going to increase once again gusting over 30 Miles Per Hour and that will send more smoke south into the bay area. It is hazy. Poor air quality across the entire region. Check out the roads with sue. Metering lights are on. Lots of cars stacked up into the mcarthur maze with delays at about 15 minutes to get all the way into San Francisco. A little sluggish on the upper deck. Slow traffic out of tracy up and over the altamont. A...

Fires burning out of control in the north bay, this is the miramonte neighborhood. We also taking a satellite tour with special technology that can get us into the burned out zones, we doing that on the morning news and also online at our website, kron4. Com. We will go to a neighborhood in santa rosa in a moment but first of all. All, we have a big number of changes, the death toll has gone up to 31, 17 victims from Sonoma County, many from santa rosa, we will have the names of those who have b...

Welcome to bbc news. The Spanish Government has stripped catalonia of its autonomy and taken charge of its government. The measures came early this morning after the Catalan Parliament voted to declare independence yesterday. The government in barcelona says it doesnt recognise the decisions. Meanwhile, the deposed separatist leader of catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, has called for peaceful opposition to direct rule by the Spanish Government. He says he will work to build a free country. Earlier o...

Of direct rule from madrid. And no ones yet sure quite what to make of it. Catalan organisations have told people here to carry on as normal. Right here, its hard to tell that anything has changed one way or another. Local Catalan Police officers still guard this, the catalan political headquarters. And separatist leaders, who have technically been sacked by madrid, are now trying to work out their next move. Carles puigdemont, the catalan leader, featured on todays front pages, refuses to accep...

Been sacked by madrid, are now trying to work out their next move. Carles puigdemont, the catalan leader, featured on todays front pages, refuses to accept that he has been fired. Translation we do not deviate. We continue persevering in the only way that can make us winners. Without violence, without insults, in an inclusive way, respecting people, symbols and opinions. Many here are worried about what may come next. Antonio and pilar, here queueing up for lottery tickets, just want a fresh sta...