Potentially violent winds. The fight to save homes in the glass fire remains a challenge. Last night san jose firefighters had to battle for water when there werent any fire hydrants available. But one of the main hot zones right now is in the Napa Community of angwin. Firefighters are working overtime there. Good evening. Im am ma date. Im dan ashley. Thank you for joining us. Lets get to kate larsen. Shes live in napa county. Kate. Reporter dan, ama, were up in angwin, and you can see were actually on a winery. This is shaughnessy estate winery, and fire got dangerously close to this area here today. In fact, were going to pan back at this house where you can see a vallejo fire engine is there. They have been protecting this home here all day. Joining me live right now is kevin brown with the vallejo Fire Department. Kevin, like us, this is your fourth day. On tuesday, fire burned through this area. No real structure destruction, but with the wind today, it became a problem. Thats correct, kate. Today in our morning briefing, what we were informed was that the temperature was going to rise again. Relative humidity was going to drop. The winds were going to change in a direction not in our favor. For that reason, the area that had a dirty burn earlier has now reburned again and has impinged along bell canyon road. Weve spent the last several hours prepping and defending these homes. We had air support as well and thats what made the difference. Reporter we have cell phone video of helicopters dropping water buckets directly over this house. You think it really saved it. If you guys werent here, if the air support wasnt here, it could be gone. Thats correct. Weve been working on this home proper probably four hours now. A lot of chainsaw work. The fire was gaining speed. They put two helicopters above, gave us the ability to get the upper hand. Reporter everyone was stressed out by monday and tuesday. Then by tuesday night, wednesday, everyone was sort of taking a sigh of leif, learning that their homes were okay and the wind picked up overnight and brought it right back into this area. Instead of burning itself out, it just found the spots that hadnt been touched yet. Thats correct. As i referred to earlier, a dirty burn, what that is when it burns certain areas but plenty of fuel Still Available to burn. When that change in wind direction, it pushes it back in an area that has available fuel. Reporter weve been up here the last couple hours. There hasnt been wind, maybe a touch of breeze. What do you think for the rest of the night . The winds have been blowing up canyon through most of the day, which is the direction that weve watched this fire push. Now what were going to prepare for as we have nightfall come, its going to push back down the canyon. The fire is going do change directions one more time. Fire at night usually tends to move slower because the winds are lesser. Even though we prepped this area very well, were going to keep a close eye on that and prepare for the fire to come from a new direction again. Reporter thank you for all your hard work. Vallejo Fire Department has been working so hard to keep all of these structures safe and secure. Of course well be here throughout the night and bring you more at 6 00 and 11 00. Live in angwin, im kate larsen, abc7 news. Back to you. Kate, thank you for that update. The glass fire is now into its third day of destruction. Cal fire confirms at least 143 buildings have burned. Another 24,000 structures are threatened. The fire has burned more than 56,000 acres and is stilt just 5 contained. Abc7 News ReporterWayne Freedman has more. Reporter for firefighters this might be the hardest part, mentally at least the waiting. Heres how the fire service spent this morning and early afternoon, a couple thousand feet above the sonoma valley. They made primary and then backup plans. Theyre an old fire road. Reporter this, the lull before a potential firestorm driven by winds that did begin to materialize from the northeast. Those winds that come across the land and not across the ocean are usually warmer and drier. Reporter its what this area doesnt need on yet another red flag day. 14,000 people remain evacuated with some memories more vivid than others. Douglas pane remembers a ridge behind his house. The trees on top of the mountain used to be 100 feet tall. This ball of fire that went through was 500 feet tall, astronomical. Reporter astronomy motivated these people too. Saving astronomy actually. This is our 20inch researchgrade telescope. Reporter it came from the Robert Ferguson observatory, 2,600 feet above kenwood in Sugarloaf Ridge state park. Fire burned to the fringes here sunday night. This team pulled the instrument this morning and hauled it away for safekeeping. It would be bad enough to lose the facility to a fire, but the equipment as well. The equipments worth more than the building. Reporter one telescope saved. An entire region on edge. In sonoma county, Wayne Freedman, abc7 news. Now we want to bring in abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel for whats happening right now with fire conditions. Sandhya. Yeah. Ama and dan, lets take a look at the conditions right now. It is hot there near the glass fire. 90 degrees. Humidity is 19 . Fortunately the winds are still light right now westsouthwest to 2, gusting to 7. As we take a look at the winds over the hills, theyre not that strong, but its the wind direction that is concerning. Relative humidity has dropped down to 10 at knoxville creek. You combine that with dry vegetation and this wind direction drying out the atmosphere even more, and the fire danger is elevated. Red flag warning until 6 00 a. M. Saturday. Gusting winds, dry fuels, any fires that develop will spread rapidly. As you take a look at the hour by hour winds, theyre picking up tonight over 20 miles an hour as we head into tomorrow. In the morning still a little breezy but really tomorrow night were expecting wind gusts as high as 30 miles an hour. Heat is another big issue. We have plenty of 90s in our y bayside and inland communities right now. Heat advisory until 8 00 p. M. Tomorrow. There is a risk of heat illnesses. Ill be back with a look at when you will experience some major changes coming right up. Ama and dan. Sandhya, thanks very much. The red flag warning that sandhyas talking about has residents of the east bay hills on edge. Abc7 News ReporterLauren Martinez shows you how theyre preparing. Reporter this woman just evacuated from sonoma to the Berkeley Hills, so the last thing she wanted to hear is to evacuate again because of a fire. Berkeley hills residents are under a red flag warning until 6 00 p. M. Friday. We get three alerts, i think, at least. Reporter we met with longtime residents tom and his wife, who are not only signed up for emergency alerts heres the instructions what to do. Reporter theyre prepared to evacuate. As soon as we get home, im turning the car backwards into the driveway so it can be pointing out. Reporter because the streets are so narrow, the city is asking Berkeley Hills residents to park in their garage or driveway to emergency vehicles can get through just in case. Just wish us luck. Thats all. Reporter the city says Berkeley Hills residents need to be ready to evacuate by car or by foot. In some neighborhoods, it will be faster to use footpaths like this one than city streets. I have actually explored all of them to see how to get down the hill. Reporter Barbara Bloomer showed us her go backpacked in the back of her car. You want to feel how heavy it is . Reporter shes not sure how long she can remain in these hills. For this season, im always very nervous, and i dont know how much longer i want to live like this. Its getting worse and worse. Reporter in berkeley, Lauren Martinez, abc7 news. Still ahead, the shifting covid19 testing. The new effort to reduce the Racial Disparity and how kids are getting checked for the first time. Plus the artist who is feeting prejudice by using his own face in his work. Proposition 16 takes on discrimination. Some women make as little as 42 of what a man makes. Voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. Its supported by leaders like Kamala Harris and opposed by those who have always opposed equality. We either fall from grace or we rise. Together. Proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the Playing Field for all of us. Vote yes on prop 16. After proceeding with caution, alameda countys Health Officer will allow more businesses to reopen for indoor activities and give the green light for Elementary Schools to hold inperson classes. Starting october 9th, museums, zoos, gyms, and libraries can welcome guests and patrons indoors but at extremely limited capacity. On october 13th, Elementary Schools that are approved by the county may hold inperson classes. Alameda county moved down a notch on the states covid19 ranking september 22nd, allowing for more reopenings. As for indoor dining, theaters, and worship, the county says it will wait another four to six weeks to see how things go. Lets move now to the push in San Francisco to reduce the Positivity Rate in neighborhoods that have higher than normal cases of covid. Today for the first time, children there were allowed to be tested. Abc7 News ReporterLyanne Melendez explains why it is important to include them. Reporter 11yearold josani had no hesitation in being tested for covid19. It hurts a little bit but you got to get it over with. Reporter her cousin wanted to get tested because she divides her time living with two families. I travel from city to city, and i just go a lot of places and im not used to staying home all the time. Reporter their aunt says a few months ago she tried to get a test for her son through their private doctor. They were asking questions like, why . For what . So theyre like, if he doesnt have symptoms, he cant get a test. So having this opportunity for younger kids is super, assumer important. Reporter this testing site at 701 alabama street in the Mission District is a collaboration between the San Francisco department of Public Health and the latino task force. Testing is free, no questions asked. These are multigenerational households that live together and we know the young ones are also in that same household. Reporter the state is trying to reduce the number of infections among certain groups like africanamericans, latinos, and pacific islanders. All counties must now meet californias new Health Equity metric before moving to the next color tier. Basically the new metric says that a county like San Francisco has to prove that the Positivity Rate in a neighborhood like the mission is not lagging behind the overall rate in this county. The Positivity Rate here in the mission has been four times higher than the entire city rate. If they want to get to this 50 opening of things and people want to get back to some level of normalcy, they will have to prioritize investing in underinvested neighborhoods and the most marginalized to ensure that they are also safe. Reporter the new equity metric goes into effect on october 6. Lyanne melendez, abc7 news. An artist is doing what he can to examine race and stereotypes. His work is prompted by a common question, where are you from . Anchor david ono from our sister station kabc has the story of roger shimamura. Reporter this is the face of roger shimamura, an artist, whose story is his face. To understand his art, you have to know where hes been. A man who has dealt with the same question a thousand times. Where are you from . I said, im from seattle. And he said, no, thats not what i mean. And i knew exactly what he was trying to get at. As it turns out, that was a very important conversation, perhaps one of the most important in my career. Reporter suddenly he wanted his art to reflect his life. Dealing with a country that has not been welcoming to someone who looks like him. Because of that, i think that has given him the opportunity to really create that Community Dialogue through his work. And roger has approached it with a sincerity that a lot of artists dont get away with. Reporter using his own face, he gives us glipss of what he faced starting as a toddler. In 1942, shimamur as family was among 120,000 innocent people of japanese descent locked up behind barbed wire. Just miserable living conditions. Its almost like why are we here, its so miserable. Roosevelt with a stroke of the pen, with his signature, changed the history of a people in the united states, most of whom were citizens, forever. It changed how they thought of themselves not just as americans, but now isolated as looking like the enemy. Reporter it was blatant racial profiling. If america is a melting pot of the world, then what does it matter what we look like . George Washington Crossing the delaware or shimamura crossing the delaware. I love it. It came from the insanity of trying to imagine what history might have been like if George Washington was japaneseamerican and how history would have had to have been so different to enable that to happen. Reporter he uses bold imagery to tear down racism, fighting stereotypes that portray people of color as foreign. When an asianamerican looks in the mirror, they see someone as american as liz taylor or marilyn monroe. What they dont see are these exaggerated cartoon faces. Every image here was actually used in some publication. None of these were made up. Some of the most horrible stereotypical images from world war ii. Reporter by doing so, he allows us to feel the shame that his family felt. Stereotyping is a key ingredient in a racist world. It created the fear that caused roger to be incarcerated at only 3 years old. Today stereotyping is behind hateful terms like kung flu, muslims are terrorists. Go back to where you came from. And its the reason black lives matter. Black lives matter its really disappointing to see that after all these years, something comes in society that shows that maybe nothing has changed at all, that no one has learned anything. Its so frustrating because theres so much to say. Theres so much i feel that i find that its easiest for me to say nothing. What it does is it stokes a fire in terms of going back to the easel and doing more paintings. Reporter so here he sits in his studio in lawrence, kansas, fighting back. Ive had a lot of people come through the show who were definitely taken aback by a lot of imagery, and they felt that the imagery was over the top. This is too much. Their own propensity for racism, its there. Painting introduces a person of muslim faith behind the barbed wire with a japaneseamerican woman all of a sudden opens the door to all kinds of possibilities. So its kind of a brave thing, i think, for him to place himself in the middle of all of this fury and humor and come out with pieces that speak to people in a very personal way regardless of whether his face is in the middle of them or not. I think its incredibly brave, incredibly brave. Reporter this is the face of roger shimamura. The closer you look at him, the more youll see yourself. David ono, abc7 news. Incredible artwork and so important as well. Still ahead, our deteriorating air quality. Taking california for a ride. Companies like uber, lyft, doordash. Breaking state employment laws for years. Now these multibilliondollar companies wrote deceptive prop 22 to buy themselves a new law. To deny drivers the rights they deserve. No sick leave. No workers comp. No unemployment benefits. Vote no on the deceptive uber, lyft, doordash prop 22. One ride california doesnt want to take. The unfair money bail system. He, accused of rape. While he, accused of stealing 5. The stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. The Senior Citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. Voting yes on prop 25 ends this failed system, replacing it with one based on public safety. Because the size of your wallet shouldnt determine whether or not youre in jail. Vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. How do you save a rustic building from a wildfire . You wrap it in something that looks like aluminum foil. Check this out. Thats what the Forest Service did with the kern canyon ranger station. Its actually called a structure wrap, an aluminum barrier that resists burning embers and high heat. Announcer now your accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. Hi there, everyone. Thats a pretty cool idea. Lets take a look at a live picture right now from our emeryville camera. Downtown oakland is just faded in the smoky conditions that we are experiencing right now. San francisco, mid70s. 85 in oakland. Its still hot around san jose and gilroy and mountain view, in the 90s. Look at this from our kgo roof camera. The sun has been dimmed by the smoke. 91 in santa rosa. 96 in fairfield and in livermore. It has been a hot one for many parts of the bay area away from the coast. Visibility is being impacted. San carlos just over two miles right now and just over a mile in santa rosa. Heres the air quality. Its bad. I mean youre in the red from napa to fairfield. Unhealthy air quality. Ukiah, very hazardous. Stay indoors. Concord, livermore, San Francisco, all unhealthy. San jose and redwood city, poor for sensitive groups. Best to avoid the smoke. Close your windows and doors. Put your ac on recirculate if you do have one. The smoke is going to be with us right on through tomorrow evening. Then we start to see some signs of change, a little shift in the wind. Tomorrow night may temporarily improve the air quality but unfortunately as we head into the weekend, looks like some of that smoke is still going to linger across parts of the bay area both