Joy, but guess what we also have . Mike nicco is in studio with me today. I am no longer a lonely girl here. Hi, friends. Hi. Youre so cheerful. Im happy that you are here. It is even more he have investigatievery investigation sense and bubbly in person. Lets talk about what is going on. You see the wind at fairfield, about 23 Miles Per Hour. And look at all this clean air automatic there. We have green throughout the bay, yellow in mifr more, so moderate and glean all the way up into the north bay and yellow around ukiah. So nothing is unhealthy right now. And for the better part of the day, well have the seabreeze. So the air quality today i think will be just a touch better than it has been. But come tomorrow, i think that well reverse that a little bit. So lets not get ahead of ourselves. Walnut creek, you see some of the essential commuters enjoying slightly cooler conditions. We start at 55 to 60, we end up near 60 at the coast, 76 around the bay, 88 inland. Well talk more about the great conditions for the firefighters coming up. Firefighters in the north bay are showing steady progress in the lnu complex fire. Sky 7 was over vacaville yesterday, you can seeing some of the damage on oak canyon lane. Cal fire says as of this morning a total of nearly 1,000 12ruk9s have been destroyed. More than 356,000 acres have burned. And they have 27 containment. And this morning firefighters are seeing much needed help roll in. Amy hollyfield is live at the santa rosa fairgrounds with what is going on there. Reporter yeah, were at the fay grounds where the National Guard has pulled in and is staging to help firefighters here on this fire. We have video to show you of the firefight last night in lake county. Firefighters are stretched very thinly across three counties fighting this fire. It is a big one. They say that it has burned a total of 356,000 acres. Some residents in lake county are helping in the fight, some say that they have used dozers to dig out a line around their homes in the hopes of saving their property. We did our part, we put fire lines around the valley and saved it because i like looking at green trees instead of charred ones. Reporter and the area looked pretty calm last night, there vie ahe wds hied down. Sohat was a b hie camp, they have more than 2,000 firefighters on this fire. The weather is good this morning, it is actually pretty chilly. And there isnt any wind, so they are hoping to make a good amount of progress today. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. And as the lnu lightning complex fire continues to burn, were now learning that county officials struggled with confusing Emergency Alert systems when the fire first sparked. Joe bbina has more. Yeah, this is confusing. So listen closely here. In napa county, an alert meant to warn residents of possible evacuations did not send because of a coding error. That is according to the l. A. Times. The times says a similar alert was sent in Sonoma County to areas that required no evacuation. That alert lichked linked to ls kincaid fire. And the city Emergency Operations employee missed a call to report to work because their phone was set to vibrate. This is all just a year after napa, sonoma and solano counties introduced the high low sirens intented to e intended for alert of damage and they were not used. And a guerneville home owner is vowing to rebuild. It was destroyed in the lnu lightning complex fire. Of course it was a heartbreaking momt as he fou moment as he found his home of 28 years is gone. It is awful seeing all of this. I mean, my gosh , there is nothing. Three, four days in a row i went out and was driving around with my dog in the car and weeping. It is shocking that two stories can become like 3 feet high. I have my dog and my car and insurance. So that is good. He says his home was equipped with fireproof siding, but that was obviously not enough. The dolan fire has burned a facility at the sanctuary. The fate of a four month old condor chick is not known. The chicks parent flew away and the remote camera was destroyed. The sanctuary is run by a nonprofit group. On the peninsula, help is needed in San Mateo County and beyond for the fire evacuees who have nowhere to go and nothing to eat. And kate larsen went to Half Moon Bay to find out how you can help. Reporter even under his mask, the stress of evacuating and the possibility of losing his home is clear. If it werent for a hotel room, he says his family would be living under a bridge right now. Translator no, i dont know if my house is okay. There is no notice so far. Reporter with the czu lightning complex fire moving closer to the coast, hundred of families evacuated from the pescadero area last week. And farm worker, janitor, arbor wris democrat still going to work. Wed be sleeping in our car or putting a tent up somewhere. Due to covid and Everything Else going on, there is no other opportunity. I cant afford a hotel room every night. Ive been staying close to the center. Just one night i slept in my car. Reporter a nonprofit along with the red cross have provided 650 hotel 1r0u67ers. She and 80 of her staff have been swrak eighted from their own homes and they are still on the front lines supporting others. I think Community Members are helping Community Members. Reporter best thing that you can do is donate money or gift cards to places like safeway, target or ross. You can also donate physical goods, but because of covid, that has become complicated and they want to make sure that they match the right items with the right families. So go to abc7news. Com to find out all of the ways that you can help. In Half Moon Bay, kate larsen, abc 7 news. Residents are honoring the firefighters battling the fires. In santa cruz county, crews fighting the czu complex fire were met with cheers a they began another shift. And 12yearold tate robbins and 10yearold nyla brought food to the firehouse and firefighters are still working to save their own communities. My parents live around here, so no way im going anywhere until it is over. And good news this morning the famous california red wood trees in the oldest state park, big basin, have been saved. Dont you want to hug the trees . They are resilient in fires. That is their thing basically, to protect themselves from being burned down. You dont want to hug it though . Ive hugged it once. Im good. There is like thound who has the time . We have for if a care of these National Treasures and see them and take care of them. So lets not take it for granted. Hi, everybody. Here is a look at the Current Conditions. And you can see they are pretty ideal especially on the west branch of the lnu lightning complex. Look at that, 55 degrees, 92 relative humidity, calm conditions there. Calm on the east branch, a little bit warmer, 69, humidity only 62 . Let me show you what will happen with the winds. They will pick up around 10 to 15 Miles Per Hour. And the temperature, there is a lack of a seabreeze. And so it will be confined to the coast as we head deeper into the weekend. And that will keep the coast much cooler than inland. So well have varying conditions as we led deeper into the week. Look at this around the woodward fire, 54, 100 , and things will be ideal no matter what time of day. Ed a tand winds could get a little gusty this afternoon, but temperatures will be pretty ideal. Mid to upper 70s. We have a crash right now that im following in sunol. First i want to take everyone outside to take a look at walnut creek. It has been pretty slow on 680 this morning. You can see traffic is a bit busier than usual for 5 11. Road work was just picked up. But as you move further down sks is zep as you heas you head tow there is a crash and speeds tine to about 10 Miles Per Hour in that area. So heads up to anyone that way. And we have a fog advisory for the golden gates bridge. And you can see all these various road closures due to the fire he is. We dont have any new additions to the major closures. So that is positive news as well. And just ahead, a new update from californias head of Public Schools on what he is doing to fix early distanc struggles. And replace and repeal plpl inside look at one of the command centers. And the church and gym saying they do not care, they are defying governor ne 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. We love our new home. Theres so much space. We have a guestroom now. But, we have aunts. Youre slouching again, ted. Expired, expired. Expired. Thanks, aunt bonnie. Its a lot of house. I hope you can keep it clean. At least geico makes bundling our home and Car Insurance easy. Which helps us save a lot of money oh, teddy. Did you get my friend request . Uh, ill have to check. doorbell ringing aunt jonis here for bundling made easy, go to geico. Com. Hello . 2 50e soe50 sold engineers arrived to help fight the fire. And number two, the scu lightning complex is burning in seven south bay counties and is 20 contained. Three to four spots remain extremely active. And number three, crews are making progress on the czu lightning complex in san mateo and santa cruz counties. It is 19 contained. We expect to get an update in about 45 minutes. And number four, tremendous weather during the overnight hours for that firefighting and also for the air quality which is relatively clean. But as we talked about yesterday, the potential for poor air quality is out there and it was extended. The spare the air alert is through friday. And Governor Newsom will give an update at noon here on abc 7, our app and abc7news. Com. Fog advisory for marin county issued by the chp once i get to the northern part of the golden gates bridge and i want to let you know that we do have an update for all the road closures related to the fires on our website abc7news. Com. Number seven, the Republican NationalConvention Continues tonight. Vice president mike pence will make his case for reelection. Our coverage starts at 7 00 p. M. Right here on abc 7. And i hate to tell you about this, but this morning a second firefighter has had their car broken into, but this firefighter was from out of state here to help battle the wildfires in the bay area. So sarah lee discovered yesterday that all of her gear was stolen out of her suv. They need to be focusing on fighting the fires especially when we have so few resources and we need to be focused on the finance section of making sure that they are paid adequate lir f for their time. So it has really put us behind in our support to the firefighters in many ways. That is so terrible. So lee says when 7,000 worthst and cal fire took our abc 7 news crew along with them in scotts valley. More than 1600 call this camp home. And the massive 3r5ioperation s on a 2400 acre park. And out here, the terrain is a big fact to are. So just hiking the crews intois factor in how base camps are set up. Briefings that were once in huddles are now seated and spaced out. There are twice as many sanitation stations and isolation areas for anyone who shows symptoms of coronavirus. Happening today, tony thurman will provide an update on the department of educations ongoing effort to support schools. Most bay area Public Schools are now in their second or third week of distance learning. Thurmans virtual News Conference begins at 9 30 this morning. And coming up on gma, many where finding a shortage of desks and furniture. And Rebecca Jarvis has xwch xw t first look. Reporter and our study guy se guide continues as millions begin studies at home, the news of a desk and furniture shortage. You would think that the most important supplies would be pen, pencils, crayons, proceed tractors. But in fact the biggest searches are for kids desks. Proceedtract. But in fact the biggest searches are for kids desks. Chairs. Reporter and what can you do . One mom made a desk out of an old tv stand. It was posted that it was for sale for 40 and it took ten minutes to put together and it was perfect for her. Reporter and what kids can do to make sure that they are set up with the proper tools. With your first lofirst look, Rebecca Jarvis. And a Ventura County gym and church are being criticized for defying orders to stay closed. The churchs pastor and the gyms owner both have temporary restraining orders against their businesses. The Fitness Center shut do you know for two months, but it reopened in may for indoor workouts. You know for two months, but it reopened in may for indoor workouts. Clibtsz clienti clientings were calling. They were getting more obese, more money to the virus. We love our city, were not criminals. Buthe numbers didnt reflect the need to shut down anymore. You have churches popping up all over the county. They are meeting saying we dont care what the governor says any longer. The church is being fined 500 for every service that they hold indoors and the Fitness Center is facing fines up to 3,000 every day. Both plan to stay open though even though the state Health Department is tracking them now. Thats a lot of money. Im surprised that they can take on those bills right now. Im with you, after not probably having any income for five months right now, where are they finding the money . I know the gym i belong to filed for bankruptcy. One of my favorite gyms is closing too because it has been so long. I would say good ro a doing something they shouldnt. So lets take a look at what were doing outside. Our roof camera, yeah, right above where im standing first time in, what, five months. 55 degrees. Look at all the air is pretty clear. And increasing winds will lear the humidity, increase our temperatures away from the coast. But do the complete opposite at the coast. So the closer the fires are to the coast, the better the conditions there, the further inland they are, the conditions will get worse. Here is a look at our highs today. Low to mid80s through most of the south bay. You can see near 80 at los gatos, 90 at administmorgan hil. And 62 to 64 is along the coast today. And upper 60s to low 70s at downtown, South San Francisco and salgs leto. You c salgs l sausalito. 79 in fremont, quite a spread along the east bay shore. And mid80s to mid90s in our east bay valleys. Tonight a degree or two cooler than this morning with low 50s to low 60s. And lets take a look at the accuweather 7 day forecast, and there you go, you can see the temperatures after today climb before average away from the coast where 80s and 90s will be dominant at least friday through sunday. Have a good one. And new video this morning shows a hectic scene at a restaurant in Northern Ireland am mid the ongoing pandemic. It looks like there was a party going on. The video was tweeted and on lookers say that the crowd continued to grow and the owner couldnt stop them. This week uk Health Officials reported over 1500 coronavirus hospital admissions in Northern Ireland and 559 deaths. Kebab shop . They are not that good. I mean, how good could they really be . Huhuh. Europe is seeing a real wave now of an increase in cases. So this is concerning. Well, well talk about something else. New intensity overnight, hurricane laura is now expected to slam the souths a category 4 hurricane. So mike is backtracking its path to landfall. Plus ill try to wake up my dog because it international doggy day. And do. Once it getting past a category 2 with the surge issues, no way that ill that chance. All eyes are on hurricane laura which i believe will become a category 4 hurricane before making landfall. This is a look at galveston, texas where major evacuations were causing major traffic jams yesterday. Laura is gaining strength due to warm waters in the gulf. A storm surge could reach miles inland. And gogood morning america wi have coverage coming up from the storm zone. S if winds. And the timing, it will come in during the overnight hours which is absolutely the worst time because those people that try t will be dark and there will be water everywhere which makes navigating even worse. We have a 15foot storm surge and we could have 4 to 8 inches of rain. This is going to be a major mess for thankfully not a very populated area, but still tell the people in beaumont, lake charles and la fay sea fayette, louisiana that. And look at our air quality, it is moderate. Could get worse later. And it is time to flood social media with your cute ets dog pictures because it is national dog day. Each year they aim to raise awareness about adoption and the importance of providing rescue dogs with a safe dog adoptions spiked since the coronavirus pandemic began in march. A lot of people want to have some company. And coming up on gma, you will hear from experts broke the important things that you should consider. And my dog is right behind me and i woke him up and he is not well try anyway. He is not excited at all. Give him a moment. He is like can i just wake up . Can i just be . Now hes all tangled in my microphone. Were so happy to see him. Well check back with him in a bit. 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