Reporter dan, were on the edge of palo alto as we speak right now. You go see behind us, the flames inching up to about 200 to 300 people in this community. We spoke to several residents of la honda who are now packing and gearing up to evacuate. You cahahi sn s expanding through the ridge. You can see the flames raging in that community with about 60 homes. Lets look at sky 7. You can see the flames aggressively expanding. They are impacting two major communities. Loma mar and dearborn park. It is presumed this fire was caused by lightning sunday morning. Cal fire responded to about 22 lightning fires in this region. Le residents have been documenting the size of the blaze since sunday. Now there is nothing else to wait for. Theyre evacuating. Heres one of the residents. We are evacuating now. We had no instruction by the San Mateo County sheriffs thpartment to do so. E rangers, we have had no one come into our communiy to tell us what to do. So myself and my brotherinlaw rick took it upon ourselves to go around our middleton track and make sure all residents evacuate . You can see the massive cloud of smoke covering the buttano ridge. Yesterday it was closer to the ridge but now it is out of control. The smoke is covering the bottom part of the hill where according to residents, the flames are dropping into the canyon state into port olda state park. We just checked with several residents. The state park is open. Many in thom ceottye,nimu verark of response by cal fire. Gearing up to go into this community to help others evacuate. Very concerning, this community. And something about many people i interviewed,he t any cell reception. Theyre communicating through radio and telling only way to know that everyone around them is going to be safe. Luz pena. Abc7 news. Thank you. Just look at the smoke building in napa county and the flames. In about 24 hours, the flames have gone through 2,700 acres and three buildings and forced people to leave their homes. The newest evacuation orders affect those living west of lake berriessa. Reporter the latest is that this fire is getting bigger and bigger and bigger. People had hoped that that fire had laid down. Not now. Thats the hennessey fire behind us. It is growing, billowing, it has been blowing all day. And theres been a fire. Cal fire was not able to get planes in here. Too many other places needed help. First came the smoke. Then a few licks of flames. With them, napa countys veeressey fire sd this would be a day for moving and moving fast. Neil and his wife kathleen knew ball that first hand. Looked down at th of fire and it was rapidly increasing in size. Reporter they live in the house a few yards from line strike that startheed t all of. It was thunder and lightning all evening. But it really got loud. Reporter what had been one fire of concern yesterday evolved into a complex of three this morning. With the gamble fire and what they call the 1510. It was all caused when this part of napa county suffered some 60 known lightning strikes. There are all little spots, smoking up there, even some trees in the ceo at the bottom where they come out of the ground. There are little flames up there. Those little smoldering fires become big fires. Little time mbs. That is a concern especially given the number of fires in the area. Each has reporter little flames from dormant fires that with a puff of wind can turn into big ones. One big complication. In air suppit was all diverted. Those fires burned in the wild lands unabated. Within half an hour, what had been a line of flames on that ridge barreled down the mountain. For a while they threatened but never did cut off highway 128. Firefighters could do little more than watch and monitor. And that just one small drama among many todayn a state that feels inundated by flames. As we come back live, that is once again the hennessey fire billowing over napa county. We are in a spot where we can see not just this fire but two or three others as far as in Sonoma County. And the wind is beginning to pick up. It is not a strong wind at this point. But it is a bit of a breeze. As far as evacuationsgo, let me give you the latest on highway right now. All of steel canyon roarryessa subdivision, to all of the estates subdivision. Everything west lake berryessas waters edge and pope canyon road from pope valley road toye. Thats a lot of evacuations. Also a lot of fire. Wayne freedman, abc7 news. All right. Thank you. Evacuation orders remain in place for the dearborn fire on the east side of Contra Costa County of it is one. Several fires sparked by the lightning. People have been told to leave. The fires burned more than 1400 acres and there is no containment. Now abc7 with Spencer Christian, tracking conditions for firefighters and the continued threats of extreme weather. Youre right. There is not muchnche eisgie. Rau so lets look at the fire conditions. First well take you to the location of the fire in San Mateo County. The computer is a little bit slow here. 90 degrees. Very, very low relative humidity. Only 22 . The wind is, you can see that there is a reporting error here. A technical error. Lets go to the north bay fires and once again we have to hope the computer is functioning properly and it is. 101 degrees in the area of the gamble fire. Only 21 relative humidity. Wind out of the southwest at 7 miles an hour with goufts 15 miles an hour. Wayne made an accurate observation. The wind is increasing across the north bay. 101 near the hennessey fire. Gusts to 25 Miles Per Hour and all across the bay area, especially in the north it is. The wind isnt quite as strong in other locations. Ill update you as things change. Okay. Thank you. Happening now, a flex alert is in if he can asking all californians to save energy and reduce the risk of power blackouts. Right now it is a stage two emergency meaning blackouts are likely. If t ithree, that means rotating blackouts are actually underway. Now, this lasts until 10 00 tonight. Saving energy means doing things like set go your air conditioning, if you have it, to 78 degrees. Turning off lights that you dont need and not running major appliances like dish washers or laundry machines. The California Independent system operator, cal iso admitted it wasnt a iswares pp heat wave hit. On friday and saturday, we knew that it was going to be tight. And what we did not anticipate impact was on import. Until we got to that day. And we were caught off guard. Caliso has issued a flex 3 . Caliso decides if the power will be turned off. We can see it on pg es map. The biggest affects st. Helena and another close to napa. Thoundreofs c witushotout powe. Thats blamed on a transformer overload. Now turning to our efforts to build a better bay area, take care of our health by reducing the spread and speed of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the latest state data, the number of new cases, new hospitalized patients are all below average. The Santa Clara Countys Public Health officer made plea about the importance of getting tested for covid19. This came with a new high capacity testing site for people to know their status. At the Santa Clara County fair grounds, a new covid19 testing site offers new hope in the battle against this deadly disease. The county making Testing Available at scale with the ability to initially test 1,000 people a day just at this location alone. Eventually, the site will be able to accommodate up to five times that amount. That is how well get our businesses back to work and that is how we are going to get our kids back in school and learning. Its testing. All right . Reporter the Santa Clara CountyHealth System accounts for nearly 40 that daily testing. Thanks to a new parthirsneouitt those who get tested should be able to get their results within three days. Its drivethrough. So if you have symptoms, you can come to this site, stay in your car and get the fast, simple and free poup testing locations available to the public but this specific drivethrough site is targeted at those who may have symptoms or those at higher risk. Appointments are required for the time being. The location also offers testing for that he had strands and bcyclists. Really easy, super friendly people, explained everything they were doing. It made it really comforting. Reporter flu slots also be offered at the testing site and down the road, covid19 vaccines are a possibility. And oldershould be getting a n shot except for small groups of people with immunocompromised situations. And you should check with your providero see if you fall into that very small group. It is crucial as t the c flu and the coronavirus at the same time. In san jose, abc7 news. Dr. Anthony fauci, a leading member of the White House Coronavirus task force, of course, spoke today before an audience for the San Francisco based commonwealth club. He said wave w wnge hican get i rates down. Reporter dr. Anthony fauci says right now, the highest priority for the United States is to successfully develop more than one vaccine for covid19. Which i think is going to be essential if we really want to put a durable toenlds this pandemic. Reporter but before theres a vaccine, dr. Fauci said the problem is getting the whole country to act in what he described as a uniform consistent way. Before we can open up the economy. The Biggest Issue is that the United States is a big country. Not just geographically but also, in terms of demographics. You cant look at the United States just as a whole when there are so many different areas having different experiences. Reporter dr. Fauci said the wide range in how covid19 is impacting people makes it hard for people to understand just how severe the pandemic really is. Fauci says 40 of people infected have no symptoms. While others are sick for just a few days or weeks, yet others are hospitalized or even pass away. So you dont have a uniform threat or ani ufo anxiety in the population. Thcoroviruciau f as a moving target. He said the assumptions made in february and march have changed based on new research from july and august. Which al adds to much of the countrys scepticism. He warns, research now shows longer recovery times and medical reports of individuals who have recovered but whom car problems or neurological abnormalities. There were things we didnt imagine. This idea if it doesnt kill you, it will make you stronger. Abc7 news spent a week featuring a special series of stories and the role for the bay area with vaccines. Still to come, the political battle overhe t it brought Speaker Pelosi to the bay area today. Plus the coronavirus has made it clear that there are two americas. The america that donald trump lives inmerica that my father died in. She lost her dad to coronavirus and shared the story of the Democratic NationalConvention Last night. Tonight well speak live with the San Francisco resident about how politics are personal. And abc Network Coverage of the for spending a perfectly reasonable amount of time on the couch with tacos from grubhub . Rewarded get a free delivery perk when you order. [group] grubhub. Theres been more than a 40 sperse spike in home breakins and burglaries across San Francisco. Abc7 news report he stephanie sierra explains what specific areas are being targeted. San francisco resident taylor is reevaluating the safety of his home after his garage was broken into last week. I was like, a metal wire that they used to reach into the garage door and pull the line to pull the emergency lever. He was caught by surprise like many. Home. Rng fm he only hou lseveeas for quick errands but realized, someone likely kept note of his daily routine. Frustrating. It sucks to lose anything. Your trust is violated. Hes one of more than 3,300 people who have been burglarized in San Francisco since the shelterinplace orders. A 41 spike from this time last year. Abc7s analysis of Police Data Shows the biggest increases were in the mission, southern, and northern districts where at least 200 or more burglaries were reported in those areas this year compared to last year. There is more property crimes versus, you know, robberies and street assaults. He orcitys leading crime pr vehicles organization. He said in most cases, people working from home leave briefly but are not locking their doors or even close go their windows. Like that old adage. You see a red button and it says dont touch, what do you do . You touch it. You see an open door, what do you do, you open it. Not having surveillance cameras. Of the last one hundred homes wyatt has evaluated in San Francisco, how many did not have cameras . About 75. Crucial help to have an extra set of eyes. Because in his case it is likely someone was watching. Stephanie sierra. Abc7 news. The risk to save the u. S. Postal service as there were events all over the country. It seems it worked. The usps has reversed course saying it will n n until after the election. Today were having a day of action. At least 60 events across the country, members joining together to speak out in support of the Postal Service. This national day of action, a response to recent cuts announced by newly appointed louis dejoy. In my entire career, first class parcels have never been delayed. This is totally unusual. It is against our contract . Im hearing from our members, mail left unworked sitting on the work room floors. Reporter just moments before the news conference, dejoy said this. To avoid the appearance of any impact on election mail, im suspending these, any i have thes until after the election is concluded. He said there will be no change if retail hours no, removal of blue collection boxes, no Mail Processing facilities closed and approved overtime continues. I dont frankly trust the st means the bully has backed off. President trump has been critical of the financial woes of the posts and has repeatedly cast doubts on think ability to deliver a mailin ballot vote. To expect the u. S. Ostal service to deliver an election in 80 days or so is beyond the pale. They are set to vote the legislation. Pelosi expressed her confidence in the Postal Service to deliver the vote but said the funning is meant to be a life line i dont understand the election. Trump said pelosi is just playing games with this day of action and calling democrats back to d. C. I dont think there was a political as effect on this. We wrote a bill that we thought the republicans should support. I dont give them any reason to vote against what were here to do, which is to protect the post office. Reporter abc7 news. We have another six days of triple digit temperatures in the bay area. Plus the chance of more thunderstorms. And the air quality doesnt look so good we are contining to watch the extreme heat and the weather conditions on the fe exactly. Spencehr crantiis h latest. We have very unpleasant, unhealthful and uncomfortable conditions around the bay area right now. My computer is stuck again. Ill advance these graphics and here we go. I wont go to the other area right now. Just keep it here. Thhoue temperature change shows muchow h warmer it was than it was yesterday at this time. 4 to 12 degrees warmer in most locations. And you can see that it is quite breezy across the bay area, also with the surface wind speeds ranging from 12 to 25 miles an hour. From emeryville, you can see smoke checking in the skies. Thats smoke coming from the fires in San Mateo County. 72 in San Francisco, 100 in gilroy,4 6 moont a h bay. Another view here as soon asmph. Okay. Okay, there we go. Looking northward from the golden gate, you see a few high clouds. We dont see much of the smoke from this angle. Mid 90s, 89 in napa. 101 in fairfield ad. And from mt. Tam looking south, you can see lots of smoke moving northward from sandal mateo county. Dangerous heat will be with us tomorrow. Brief relief from the heat. Arrives on thursday. A hot weekend is developing. And this excessive heat has caused this excessive heat warning to remain in effect until 9 00 tomorrow night for most o bay area. F e it will be in effect for lake and mendocino counties. And with conditions like this, there is a risk of heatrelated illness. Tomorrow will be another spare the air day and the poorest air quality is likely to be in th inland easte bay and the santa clara valley. See a few more passing high clouds tonight but theyll probably becubs o increasing inr the bay area. 6 00, 6 30 tomorrow mo underwaye wont be much in the way of fog. Just smoky, hazy skies. Overnight low temperatures will be on the warm side again. Mid to upper 60s to it will be uncomfortably warm. Tomorrow it will be hot once again in our inland areas, probably not as hot as today. Areas about 106 today will probably be around 99 to about 101, 102 tomorrow. And res the accuweather sevenday forecast. A brief cooling will come our way thursday and friday with temperatures dropping off about six or eight degrees or so. Then it starts to get hot again over the weekend and well see triple dimming it is once again starting on saturday and sunday. Dan and ama . Its looking pretty bad. Sorry about the computer, spencer, but you handled it beautifully. Tonight, night two of the Democratic National convention. A preview of what to expect there this very unconventional event. Only preexisting condition was trusting donald trump. And for that he paid with his life. This San Francisco woman made politics personal lastsident tr fathers death from coronavirus. Well speak with her live, next. And abc Network Coverage of the Democratic NationalConvention Begins right after this newscast. It runs from 7 00 until 8 00 p. M. And because of the convention, keep in minds that gem, wheel of fortune, wont air at the usu