We hahave more stable air a the coast. And winds have been light for the most part. But we are looking at the poor air quality. And 240 in koncokokokokokokoko n and we stilt hal have the haze. And so maybe late in the day getting a bit better, but still try to stay inside. Very unhealthy fair for you. Wachbd t the fog returns later on tonight. And im some what wrrelieved. And you see the czu czu czu czuu com plenks is at 8 containment. And the update is at 6 00. And the caned. D is at 8 containment. And the update is at 6 00. And the of scu com plenks is 10 caned. Cis at 8 containment. And the update is at 6 00. And the of scu com plenks is 10 caned. Com plenks is at 8 conta. And the update is at 6 00. And the of scu com plenks is 10 caned. Amy hollyfield is live foris foris before. Reporter and we got a little bit rain. And there is a small square and there is fine. This area attracts pla s many p. And it is difficult it firefight because it is so steep and rugged. It has destroyed some homes. There is no count on that yet. We did traalk to a woman whose parents lost their home. It is just really hard. Because i remember my parents building that whole house with everything that they had. And it is hard. Reporter they 245d crhad cr trying to chip away at it. As the storm arrived, they wanted to make as much progress as they come. We have not seen any lightning. We did experience a little rain and so well get you know as soon as we get the assessment from the fire teams. Amy hole felyfielhollyfield, ab. Czu has burned more than 47,000 acre s and and and and d administers contained. And just lian glover is live fo us. Reporter yeah . 77,000 people have been evacuated as this fire is now only 8 contained. Some 74,000 acres. And weve seen the destruction. I believe this is from bowled id bowled ter creek as we see that i believe this is from bowled id bowled ter creek as we see that as been torched. Very could you says a rescues and this puts the firefighters in harms way as they have to try to rescue pipe. And a man left to safety earlier last week ochl nly to find out hair home was burned to the ground. Were devastated. This is just everything. Almost my entire life in a way. Reporter the state is saying that damage inspection steams are starting to as is he what elgs is burned. And hope to get new numbers at 6 00 a. M. Well bring you that News Conference at 6 00. Julian glover, abc 7 news. And additional out of state crews are arriving in marin county. The fire is burns in a remote area. And coastal sectios west marin, there is we come with significantly large number of folks to help manage the fire all over the done. And in fankts tin fact the Team California four or and this fire has destroyed more than 1600 structures. Cal fire has not said ho not san sfrukt structures have been destroyed. And san jose state is closing its campus today and tomorrow. Online classes will continue, but inperson classes are canceled. Distant learning is canceled in the north way. And we have a full list of School Closures loalong the botm of the screen. And take a look at this, a Trained Service dog that is on duty for crews and their families. Yesterday he helped those affected by the scu fscu fscu fu brought much needed calmness. And not just animals, this photo of nice young kids transforming the sign that marks the campus main entrance now covered with a lanlg sign that says thank you first responders. One of the best ways for Community Members to 1 through si r fr support is through signs lo like this. And we need a break in the weather. Weve had the lightning strikes, but right now looking at central valley, up and through the vieira nevvee air sierra never never, it looks like drive cryer air is moving g in. Main activity looks to be in the north gabay, but right now now w change the. So stay inside. 60s coast, a little cooler inland. And good morning, everyone. Well start with our road closures due to the fires briefly and then move on to other things happening along the bay area. And were watching in the south bay, we have full closures highway 1, 34, gilroy, we have 152 between ferguson road and very with an swrizry thro y alma matt pass. And this is meant for the military to use in warzones. But coming up next, were showing you what california firefighters just deployed. Plus were in for at least several more days of some poor air quality from the fires. Even if you are staying inside, you might not be a completely safe and we have tips on how to keep the air from seeping into i dont you are home. And how this jogger found himself some internet fame and its more than just fast. It keeps all your devices running smoothly. With builtin security that protects your kids. No matter what theyre up to. It protects your info. And gives you 24 7 peace of mind. That if its connected, its protected. 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And more than 343,000 acres have burned in the north bay. And Distance Learning is canceled. We have a full list scrolling at the bottom of your screen and you can also find it at abc7news. Com. And you will run into in hazy conditions could yan be du due to smoke. And we have the list of full cr list of road closures at abc7news. Com. And the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the case of scott mepeterson. Mo o appeal. And also coming up the napa kouptdi count differencity sheriff it is unclear what led up to the shooting or even if the two knew each other. Young is expected in court later among. And a runner is trying to stump out a brush fire. This goes against recommend dag recommendations. But he said he was just trying to do his part. Reporter no, this isnt an action movimovie, but on top of professional golfer and runner, he can add rookie firefighter to his resume. He woke up before the sun to hit his usual run and he can see the flames and he was right up on it. He felt he had a Good Opportunity to stop it. My feet were the most valuable really part of my body that i had. I was scrape all the dry brush so the fire couldnt cross. So i was trying to make it as wide as i could. Reporter he even called the Fire Department who already knew about the fire. I had no clue. Otherwise i would have worn reporter for two hours he tried to stop it from spreading across the trail. I had my shoe, i used some rocks. Which rolooked a little goofy. Reporter he may need new running shooutes. Yeah, stuff started melting off. It was pretty hot. Reporter all until a hard days worker , but dont try it home. I cinched my hairs and i broke my fair and got a park being ticket too. Reporter it was art worthll it. If questiwe can all help eac other, ifs for the greater good. Is that that fire ultimately burned about 600 acres. Oh, friend. Is he okay . Which was the helicopter out there like this was an action movie . I dont know everybody was playing along. So get in your car and leave. Uhhuh. You know what, e ishe is a pret man. He was cute, yeah. Im trying to look for positive things to say about this person. Good morning, lisa. And through last night said that he would call in and say that we may be out of the woods with the lightning and giving him a high five because i think that that is the case. You will notice that the moisture is still in the mort bay, but the instability central valley, and as we go in close erkts weapon did s, we see some scattered showers. But fourth to turther to the so will not seeing showers but looking at the bad air continuing. And then we should be out of the threat. Here we are 10 00, 11 00. And we see the fog forming along the coast. And look at the air quality, this is since last night, 240, poli pleasanton 241. And today a dwaur mile advise y the air alert through wednesday. And so even people who dont live near one of these huge complex fires are feeling its effects. The flames are generating the smoke and is it may it may be d the people with lung problems. So staying inside is the best and cheapest course of asks. If you cant afford a purifier. There have protective step also that you can take. We recommerecommend sealing doors and windows and using caulking. The worst air quality is in the mornings. And at abts oig, you cc7news. Co willable be some tips how you can keep safe. We have an air purifier. And it is huge. It makes a ton of noise. Im so gratefl for it right now. It is saving you. It makes a big difference for you . It does. Plus it shows you what the air quality is in your home so you know when you are dealing with a problem and when you need to pump it up. I recommend it. It is big. Coming up next, college versus the coronavirus. Also how the kufruniversity of arizona plans to use good morning. Still under a red flag warning. But there was one strike offshore near point reyes, but the mainage different agctivite central valley. As you head further to the south and west, activity gets even lighter. So throughout the next four hours or c to alleth gtinge. Still havee outhe bay and south bay. And the university of air air ard a arizona is using a special new app. Reporter and colleges versus the coronavirus. Were getting a behind the scenes look at how the university of arizona is preparing to reopen this it was an easy process. All rig reporter and they are using an app. I had tested positive and you signed up to the app, your phone would be buzzing me. Yeah, it would be alerts me that i was af around somebody t tus tested positive. Reporter and im mona kosar abdi, abc news, new york. And were coming back with another 90 minutes of news. And a firefighter on the front lines of the find fire now the where you can find games, news and highlights. All in one place, right on your tv. The xfinity sports zone. Use your voice to search every stat, standing and score. Follow the teams you love. And, even get notifications with breaking news alerts and more. So youll never miss an update. With the xfinity sports zone everybody wins. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Click, call or visit a store for details. A storm system that is extremely erratic with wind and light lightening. And the system a moving being a cross california. And you can see that the moisture is in the north bay right now. Good morning on monday, august 24. And lisa has been tracking the storms. Yeah, you know what, good news out there. We are looking at most of the activity away from the bay area as we go to our satellite and radar, you can see eight all the lightning strikes. And there is one off the monterey coast earlier. And one off the point reyes coast. But the air is more stable toward grass stable. Fire danger continues throughout nt afternoon. Couple hours, were out of the woods and the moisture lifts to the not arth. And look at pinks there, with the afternoon seabreeze, that continues to lift up to the north making it north in the north bay, but hazy elsewhere. So right now 9 00, 60s and 70s. Well look for the fog to set up later on. And through the monday and tuesday, it hooks like well get into our usual pattern. Warm inland but taking the threat of shower being a tiflacf the forecast. And were sgerktsing an update on the czu lightning complex fire. And that cluster has burned 74,000 acres. Julian glover is live with the very latest. Reporter 77,000 people have now been evacuated in san mateo and santa cruz counties. But were hearing that some are staying behind p staying behind trying protect their rot properties. And well show you some video. Weve seen completely scorched homes, and burned out cars. And we did want to tell you what weve been hearing from the sheriffs deputiedeputies. Again, warning people to take the Evacuation Orders seriously and to leave when they hear that it is time to go. I understand why they are there. But they could very well be doing as much damage as they are good if they are getting in the way of the mission. If there is an air tanker up and there is people on the ground, they have to abort that mission. Reporter zernl something we dont withant to hear. The shelters are up to capacity. And so today only 8 contained, and wondering if those red flag conditions, the warnings of potential dry lightning that we were worried about, if that will have any effect on how they plan on attack being tnin attacking. Julian glover, abc 7 news. And now the lnu complex which is currently the second largest in state history now scorching more than 347,000 acre, burning plrimarily in nap and sonoma counties. And Amy Hollyfield is live for us in healdsburg. Reporter and weve experienced a little bit of rain here in healdsburg this morning. It was about an hour ago, just a little bit, not a lot. But something. We havent seen any lightning and i know a lot of people worried about lightning. We havent seen any. Walbridge fire is burning just west of here. And the sheriff announced that residents in west side of Sonoma County could return home. He was downgrading the Evacuation Order to a warning. And some who did evacuate say it is not easy to do, but they understand why they had to gho. Id rather be safe than sorry. A pain in the neck . Yes. But rather deal with the pain in the neck or even sleeping in a vehicle than, you know, than the fear of wildfires coming in your direction potentially. This fire has destroyed some homes including in over the weekend. All in rural areas. It has not hit a heavily populated authorities have e authorities have worked hard on this\fire in anticipation of lightning. But they have a strategy in place in case new fires start. And in healdsburg, no fire has touched this area and the air quality is much better than what we experienced in the east bay. We dont smell smoke here in the downtown. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. And shave arrive deriff dep patrolling a first popped sor responders wallet was stolen. Yeah, this is just awful. Officials have a clear message for criminals. Stay away cal fire said while one of its commanders was out fighting the fire, someone broke into his vehicle and stole his wallet and emptied his bank account. I cant imagine a bigger low life than breaking into someone helping this community and taking his wal chaurnlging upchaurnlg i charging up a bunch of charges. If you try to take advantage of them and you can caught, we are going to prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. There have been at least eight arrests for looting. If you sigh see anything set up to helping this firefighter, use caution because there is not anything set the up yet. And all camp grounds will be closed trhrough august 31. And oakland Fire Department says that all 25 department stations are remain at full staff. And yesterday oakland firefighters were also fighting back flames in part of napa county. Atid with our tpdated with s the latesnformaon from formation in realtime. Are and also all the evacuation info that you need to know. Coming up, President Trump touting his administrations authorization for a new covid19 treatment using plaza insmplasm. And joe biden and Kamala Harris say how they would handle the coronavirusing for afford. And it looks like were dodging a bullet here. Check out the view of california and all the activity. The Sacramento Valley and sierra nevada, while the bad area sey just mist and drizzle. But as we go in closer, you will notice that looking at some scattered showers, but no lightning and offshore, there is still activity but the atmosphere looks a little bit more stable on this side of the system. So moisture continues to lift to the north. And still keeping with the red flag warning and the air quality horrible this morning from the east bay and livermore. Slightly better around the bay. And with the later winds overnight, we have the smoke settling into the livermore valley, that is where it has been staying. But the afternoon seabreeze, it should push it up into the north bay. That is why it should get hazy and smoky and drift around the bay. 78 in oakland today. Low minute tod90s today in inla. And so keep the mask on even inside the house and windows closed machine. And you can see the smoke along the drive. Much of that is closed due to the road blockages that have expanded particularly in santa cruz and san mateo counties. So i just want to point out two major areas. Highway 1, state route 9, also 35 and 84, the details are there on the screen machine and everything in purple is completely shut down. And in gilroy, you can see a similar situation. There aar is a full list on abc7news. Com. And now a live look outside at the Richmond San Rafael bridge. And pretty clear up there, and around the bay utshirnthgsreo a hh so youre a small bor a big one. You were thriving, but then. Oh. Ah. Okay. Plan, pivot. How do you bounce back . You dont, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable internet. Powered by the largest gig Speed Network in america. But is it secure . Sure its secure. And even if the power goes down, your connection doesnt. So how do i do this . You dont do this. We do this, together. Bounce forward, with comcast business. Here is look at the live doppler 7. Up to the north, showers in cloverdale and all looks good here off the coast. And through the south bands and i bay and east bay, not looking in the any issues. And looking at the air quality, this will improve in the east bay slightly with the seabreeze. President trump is toutinga. The federal government has granted emergency authorization to treat the virus with plasma. Lets go to jobina at the live desk. And that treatment focuses blood plasma taken from people who recovered from covid19. It is rich in antibodies that may benefits new patients. President trump says that several studies show th is safe and effective. I urge all americans who have recovered from the virus to go to coronavirus do the gi. Gov anp and donate plasma. And many say that the evidence is inconclusive and it may only help a person after they have be