The big concern is the red flag warning that went into fekt at 1 00. Our concerns are with that northwest wind. The perimeter in the sugar loaf state park area, and if that fire gets across the line that we have established down there, it will create a much larger area to fall back to. Keep in mind, the red flag warning will remain in if he can through saturday morning. So were entering another critical time. The glass fire is moving dangerously close to the northeastern edge of angwin. Stephanie sierra went directly into the fire line where the flames are bordering that small town. Reporter the work thats happening this afternoon is critical to save angwin. The fire crews tell me theyre building a fire line from friesen road to spring lake road which homes to save angwin. Its day five, working in triple digit heat. Surrounded in dense black smoke. These heroes arent giving up. Dragging 140 pound hoses up the hill side, each crew pouring out 100 gallons of water a minute to fight the flames. My gosh, were so appreciative. My home is Still Standing and were one of the fortunate one. Reporter she is checking on her parents place. Its absolutely devastating and heart breaking, the destruction that i have seen, the people that i know that have lost their homes and their likelihood, its awful. Im really hoping that everyone on this mountain and everywhere where it is spreading is able to get out. Reporter they are working tirelessly a few miles away. At any point, did you lose hope . No, no. You cannot. You cant lose hopeful. Reporter its very difficult to breathe. Partly because the smoke is so dense and thick. Its been challenging for aircraft to make water drops. These helicopters have been dropping 1,000 gallons of water every drop. Reporting in angwin, stephanie sierra. Abc7 news. And Governor Newsom got an upclose look at the destruction. He toured the school this morning surveying damage at the k8 campus. He met with fire chiefs and Community Leaders to hear about the firefight. He said resources have been called in from around the country to help bring the glass fire under control. It is a scene very familiar with the people in the napa and sonoma region thats have been torn asunder by wildfires, seemingly every single year. Reporter the governor called this years devastating wildfire season historic with close to 4 million acres. State burned in 2020. A red flag warning is renewing concerns. Wayne 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 noma valley. They loaded up the trucks with water. They cooled every possible hot spot. They made primary and then backup plans. This is lull before a potential firestorm that did begin to materialize later, coming from the northeast. The winds that came across the land and not from the ocean are usually a warmer and drier wind. Reporter it is what this region doesnt mean on yet another red flag day following glass fires move through the valley. 14,000 people evacuated with some memories more vivid than others. Douglas payne remembers the 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 a tron me motivated these people, reporter it came from the have arer to 2600 feet above. Fire burned to the fringes here sunday night. This team pulled the instrument this morning and hauled it away for safekeeping. Bad enough to lose the facility. The equipment as well. The equipment is worth more than the building. Reporter one telescope saved. An entire region on edge. In sonoma county, abc7 news. Of course the weather conditions, absolutely critical. We turn now to abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel with a look at what the weather is like in the fire zone now and the next few days. Yeah. Right now near the glass fire, it is 89 degrees. So its warm. 20 humidity. The biggest thing now, the winds are so light and coming off the ocean gusting to six miles an hour. Unfortunately, this is not going to last which is why the red flag warning is up for the north and east bay hills until saturday morning. The winds gusting 25 to 30. Very low humidity. Dry vegetation means any fires existing like the glass fire will blow up rapidly and change drekds. As you look at the wind gusts, 25 to 30mileanhour winds are expected not just tonight but tomorrow night. And we are concerned about that. The high temperatures today, many areas from San Francisco to oakland, into fairfield, in the 90s, into san jose, really had to be in Half Moon Bay to get to 70s. The heat advisory remains. Ill be back to let you know how long this fire danger will continue. People in the Berkeley Hills are concerned about the red nag alert that sandhya is talking about. Some are already preparing to leave, if they are told to do so. Because the streets are so narrow, the city is asking residents to park in their garage or drive way so emergency vehicles can get through in case. As soon as we get home, im turning it backwards in the driveway so it can be pointing out. For this season, im always very nervous. And i dont know how much longer i want to live like this. It is getting worse and worse. In some neighborhoods, it would be faster to use foot paths than city streets in case of an evacuation order. And we found one woman vaeging from home and contract and is now facing the possibility of having to pack up again. So tough. Cal fire says the scu complex fire is now 100 contained. So, too, is the lnu fire. Both those fires burned more than 300,000 acres. The czu fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains is also 100 contained. And you can get updates on the weather and fires any time. Our weather tracker gives you the latest information in the state as well as the latest air quality date. A head to abc7news. Com to check it out. With all of this going on, we certainly need something to feel good about. The as are celebrating. They just won in 14 years beating the Chicago White sox 64 at the coliseum. The as closer shut the door on the sox striking out nomar mazara to end the game and the series. It breaks a long drought for the grown and gold. Well have much more coming up a little later in sports. Every registered voter in california will receive a mailin ballot. Well break down what you need to know to make sure your vote is counted. Plus, a Vallejo Police officer fired in the tubbs fire. The flames, the ash, it was terrifying. Thousands of family homes are destroyed in wildfires. Families are forced to move and higher property taxes are a huge problem. Prop 19 limits taxes on wildfire victims so families can move without a tax penalty. Nineteen will help rebuild lives. Vote yes on 19. 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. Doordash prop 22. All californians will be able to vote safely from home. Every active, registered voter will receive a votebymail ballot with a unique barcode. You can track it using wheres my ballot . And youll receive automatic notifications by text, email or voice call to let you know the status of your ballot once you mail it, drop it off at your polling place or at a drop box. Vote by mail ballots. Simple, safe, secure. Counted. Learn more at vote. Ca. Gov today marks the third anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in modern history. 58 people were killed when a man open fire from the mandalay bay resort in las vegas on to the route 91 music festival. Two women have died from their injuries in the last two years, putting the official death toll now at 60. Yesterday a judge approvd an 800 million Class Action Settlement to be divided among more than 4,000 victims. Today, several bay area counties signed an expanded memorandum of understanding to streamline a coordinated response in the event of a mass casualty crime incident. It includes San Francisco, alameda, sonoma, contra costa, marin, san mateo, solano, santa cruz and san joaquin counties. Any of them can request shared resources and person frel the other county to ensure there are enough victim and witness support providers. San francisco officials are reassuring voters that casting a ballot for the november election will be safe and secure. They appeared in front of the new Voting Center set up outside the auditorium. Thats where voters can go starting monday for early voting. 588 polling places will be open election day for voters who want to cast ballots on election day. Then there are the mailin ballots. Everyone registered will get one of those, too. We want to assure voters that the city, the darrel of elections has put much time and thought into making sure voters have the option to cast their ballots and they are safe and secure and they have a good experience on election day. He says hes spoken with the u. S. Postal service which reaffirmed to him his ability to get ballots from voters to the darrel of elections. All registered californian theres get a mailin ballot for next months election. Liz explains how to make sure your vote is counted. Okay. Lets talk about vote by mail. Youve probably heard those three words over and over again over the past few months as politicians have debated the best way to vote during a pandemic. Spoil alert. Nothing is the best during a pandemic. But here in california, we do have a long history of voting by mail. So grab a note pad. Heres what you need to know to make sure you do it right and on time so your vote is counted. First, you should know that every single registered voter in california will be sent a mailin ballot. Counties have to send it out by monday, october 5th. So expect to get it in early october. If youre knowledge rent sterd to vote yet, you can easily do so online or by mail. The deadline is november 19th. You have to register in personal after that. Those ballots take a little bit longer to count which brings us to timing. With all this talk about delays in the post office, we want to know, what is the best way to make sure our ballots are received and counted. The simplest answer is to send it in early. You can mail it in. No postage required, or you can bring to it a ballot drop box, your county registrar of Voters Office or a nearby polling location. Some of those will begin opening in early october. You can still vote in person. And if you do so, it is recommended that you bring your mailin ballots so you can swax it out. The number one most important thing that you have to do for vote by mail is sign it. A study by the California Voter Foundation found that at least three counties including snab clara and san mateo, young voters had their ballots disqualified at three times the normal rate largely because they either sent in it too late, didnt sign the ballot envelope or the signature didnt match the one on file. So sign it and take the time to sign it correctly. Oh, and use a black or blue pen. Lots of infoe. We promise it is simpler than it sounds. Good luck and happy voting. The official election day is tuesday, november 3rd. And we have voter information on abc7news. Com including how to register to vote and we break down the statewide prom sigss. Former president barack obama praised the young generation that has been active in calling for social justice but hes also worried about the deep divisions in society today. Abc7 News Reporter david louie has highlights of mr. Obamas online conference scheduled by a San Francisco company. The very things that tend to bring people together from Little League games to apparentlyteacher meetings disappear due to the pandemc. President obama speaking to a developers conference, sponsored by the Cloud Communications company said the result is a lack of could not sense us and agreement on facts that cast a shadow over Critical Issues on covid19 to the president ial election. Right now theresheresheree are vested with similar authority. And everybody wants to believe what they want to believe and become politicized. The former president said social justice protests are an exception that has galvanized an entire generation. You have a generation that says we should be living up to our ideals. There are things we were taught by our parents and teachers and maybe our parents and teachers did really believe everybody was equal. But we did. And were going out and take action to do something about that. Obama noted the proliferation of online sites has created islos in which some people might get stuck in narrow biases, combined with isolation, that cobble dangerous. If you have a bunch of lonely young men sitting in their basements, they are more subject to watching youtube videos and going down some rabbit hole and the next thing you know, they come out and they have a bunch of crazy conspiracy theories. Reporter despite problem, obama said that democracy needs voter paigs. I continue to believe that the instincts of most folks out there are good. We just have to make sure that those voices are heard. Reporter david louie, abc7 news. A lot more to come here. Another day of poor air quality in the bay area, as you know. Why doctors say you nee i do motivational speakingld. In addition to the substitute teaching. I honestly feel that thats my calling to give back to younger people. I think most adults will start realizing that they dont recall things as quickly as they used to or they dont remember things as vividly as they once did. Ive been taking prevagen for about three years now. People say to me periodically, man, youve got a memory like an elephant. Its really, really helped me tremendously. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. They do one of the most deven in normal times. S, our Frontline Health care workers. And when these heroes lack the resources they need, that risky job gets ten times harder. Prop fifteen makes corporations pay their fair share. To invest in our communities, in our clinics, in the essential workers who treat everyone rich, poor, and inbetween. Whether its this pandemic or the next health crisis, vote yes on prop fifteen. For all of us. Traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic. Thats why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. Which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis. To keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight climate change. And measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. Relieve traffic. Reduce pollution. Rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr. We are all dealing with another day of poor air quality, arent we . This is what it looked like in foster city earlier today. So hazy and murky. A spare the air alert has been extended through tuesday, so this is going to continue for a while. Abc7 News Reporter chris reyes has a look at the Health Concerns as the air quality continues to get worse. You are looking at a smoky, smoggy san jose. The air quality index reading just as bad as it looks. I would say 150 is very much like living in a house with someone who smokes. Reporter the air locks bad but i wanted to show what you it is like for someone like myself, a healthy adult, to do just a little activity in this air. We are walking up hill. A few steps, wearing a mask. And already im catching my breath. Huffing and puffing. Even worse for people with medical conditions. Dr. Katherine nelson has asthma and also treats it. She can tell you why she doesnt take chances on a day that looks like this. Several years ago i made the mistake of running during the 2017 fires and got incredibly sick for months. Reporter not easy for those who have to work outside. Its bad. Running up and down. It just gets hectic. Reporter at the clinic, a 10 to 20 uptake of patients since the pandemic started and she wants to remind people to take this seriously. It is smoke inhalation. Our amp qi area is somewhere in the 140 to 150 range which is extremely dangerous. Reporter i took message to outdoor diners. This is the air quality in san jose. Oh, unhealthy. I didnt know that. Kind of readjusted. 150 is not so bad anymore. Reporter for the doctors we talk to, a much more serious warning. Dont be outside if you have underlying conditions. Go out only if necessary. Your asthma can worsen. You might smell it a little bit. You dont necessarily feel it. About you the cumulative effect over time does matter and it does build up. It just persists. Lets find out how long it will last. Meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking it, of course, very closely. We need more of a break. We do, dan. And i think well see some improvement this weekend. The smoke is not going to leave us entirely. So let me show you a very hazy view right now from our mount tam cam. 81 degrees in San Francisco. Still warm in oakland. 92 in san jose and in gilroy. South beach cameras showing a very fuzzy view of the bay bridge as we are being impacted by smoke from the fires to our north. Not just the glass fire but the august glass fire as well. Still warm in concord and livermore and the low 90s. Look at our air quality. It is just awful. Red and even some magenta and burgundy. Were looking at unhealthy air quality, napa, san rafael, livermore. It is hazardous in ukiah and San Francisco into fremont. Poor for sensitive groups. Best to stay inside and avoid the smoke. Poor for sensitive groups in the santa cruz area as well. Heres a look at the hour by hour forecast. It will be bad going into tomorrow. But tomorrow night, notice most of that pink, which is more smoke, starts to get pushed as the sea breeze begins to develop. So yes, there is some fluctuation in the air quality. Hopefully for the better going into saturday afternoon. And them sunday locks like we might see some better air quality moving in here as the winds kick up. Spare the air extended through tuesday. It will be poor to unhealthy for several days before we can see a break here. The exploratorium camera showing a hazy view of San Francisco. Dry, dusty in the hills through early saturday. Hot, smoky and hazy tomorrow. Were looking at much cooler weatherful it will continue