We are here at bear creek road and highway 35. We saw two pickup trucks leaving with animals. I assume they are evacuating. A lady came by with animals. She e vk waited. She saw it and didnt want to have to deal with that. She is probably making the right decision. The areas that are evacuated, im going list off roads. Deer creek road, rons road, dons road, lost valley and favor ridge and oak ridge. The Santa Cruz County sent reverse 911 calls to people who live in the evacuation zones. You should have received those calls. Even in the evacuation zone, if you dont want to be down there and feel like you are in danger, leave the area if its safe to do so. Cal fire is calling this fire the bear fire. They are doing it as bearfire, if you are on twitter and want to follow the latest updates. The Evacuation Center is Boulder Creek elementary. We have a warm building and well try to get coffee and water and do whatever we can to make them comfortable. See, as they continue to make things comfortable for people evacuating the area, there. That is Boulder CreekElementary School. Of course, right now, the big thing we have talked about with the north bay fire and the fire with the Santa Cruz Mountains is the weather. How will it play a role as crews continue to fight. Meteorologist, kari hall, you have been tracking this. What do we have today . Calm winds and slightly low humidity, compared to where we should be at this time in the morning. We have very dry fuel there on the ground. Its been months since we have had rain. As we look at the temperature trend, starting out around that area, near the bear fire, it will be in the mid50s. We have to wait until sunrise until we are able to get action on containment on this fire. Our temperatures are going to be nice and cool, in the upper 50s, then making it to the low 70s as we go through the day. As we start out this morning, looking around the bay area, upper 50s right now. Once again, our humidity has been slightly lower. Around that Bear Creek Canyon area, we are at 41 humidity. It is going to start to rise as we go toward late morning, early afternoon, which is really good, but may help settle some of that smoke into the valleys. Well have another day of poor air quality. Those winds coming in from the north and that is what well see through at least the first part of the afternoon. There will be shifts in the winds that could change the direction of the fire, ill continue to monitor that. Now, as we head over to mike, updating on how to get around the closures in the area. Thats right, kari. Fortunately, the closures arent for the local roadways. If you are outside the Evacuation Orders you are okay as far as the freeways go. Highway 9 and 17, chp is reporting no disruptions. No problems aside from the construction that cleared on schedule before 5 00. We are looking over here at this area with the hazard sign. Bear creek and deer creek is where the hard closure is by chp and saying to avoid the area. We tweeted the closure information. Im going to give you a full list. I wanted to show the rest of the bay. That moves well across the Santa Cruz Mountains. Watch for all those flashing lights, guys. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Back to the fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains as it has burned 125 acres. As you can see there, those flames continue to burn, sparking there from those trees. The smoke filled air. Those evacuations for people in that area continue at this hour. This is video showing the growing fire in the mountains. Officials say they use reverse 911 to inform residents about the fire. They say even if you are not under mandatory evacuations, you feel you are in danger, leave your home, leave it now. There are several agencies fighting this fire. We have crews from Santa Clara County fighting those flames. They continue to grow. One of those evacuees saw the flames 3040 feet in the air and it was time to get out. The mandatory evacuations affecting 150 people. They had to leave their homes in the middle of the night. Firefighters are telling us the folks who he has homes are not under mandatory evacuation should be prepared to leave if they feel like they are in danger, as marcus said. If you dont feel safe, leave if you smell smoke or see fire, then go. Boulder Creek Elementary School is the play to go. It is the designated Evacuation Center. Some folks have been there as early as 2 00 this morning. Ellen arrived there, just grabbing a few things and getting out. A friend came, too. He said the sheriff is here. I said the sheriff is here . I didnt do anything wrong, honest. People here are very nice men. Set up chairs, put it over here because he said it was the warmest part of the room. We have an old lady to get special treatment. I brought a complete change of clothes. I have a vest and a jacket on. So, yeah, im set. All right. Nervous laughter there at the Evacuation Center. Its good she got out. She got a knock from a neighbor, but a lot of folks got resers 911 calls and had to leave. Some getting reverse 911 calls. The firefighters already on the line. It looks like they started with a structure fire earlier this morning around midnight. Then that spread to the vegetation fire. Yeah. Part of the challenge that we are seeing with the firefighters is the deep, rigid terrain. We spoke with bob sherman, who talked to us about the long wait for daylight to assess the situation. This area is very, very rough and jagged, as you can see behind me. Its very hard to see and its very hard to access. Once we get eyes in the air, well know more what we got. At 5 07, we want to go to the north bay wildfires and get you caught up on the latest numbers. Cal fire saying the tubbs fire is 75 contained. The atlas fire is at 70 containment. The nuns fire is 53 contained. Together, all three of those fires burned almost 140,000 acres since last sunday night. The number of wildfire deaths across Northern California stands at 41. That includes the driver of a water truck who died in a crash in oakville. Sonoma county Authorities Say there were 88 people reported missing and not yet accounted for. Today in the bays bob redell is there in the Santa Cruz Mountain tracking the Evacuation Orders as well as the fire crew that is are arriving there. Cal fire is there. Santa Clara County Fire Department is assisting as well. The rose closures are manned by the sheriff as well as the santa county sheriff. If you come across a hard closure, please observe that, fire crews are trying to get through. We are going hear from bob redell, next. Give your boring old breakfast a wake up call. Jacks two dollar breakfast pockets get a grilled pocket filled with your choice of ham or sausage, freshly cracked eggs and two melty cheeses. But if you snooze, youll lose out on this deal. Jacks 2 breakfast pockets. New from jack in the box. For just two bucks, get a forgrilled pocketh. Filled with your choice of ham, or sausage, freshly cracked eggs, and two melted cheeses. Jacks breakfast pockets, each for just two bucks. Only from jack in the box. It is 5 11 now. We are following this breaking news. These flames not in the north bay, folks, this is the Santa Cruz Mountains. The flames have been jumping from treetotree and climbing the rough terrain since about midnight. We know that cal fire is watching and assessing the situation. They cannot fly an aerial assault until the daylight hours. They are on the ground. We have seen heavy equipment and bulldozers. It prompted an evacuation for a lot of folks and burned about 125 acres. We first came on the air at 3 00 telling you u what was going on in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The flames grew rather quickly. The first glimpse of whats going on on ground, we have today in the bays bob redell there. Bob, this is really something that has grown so quickly from ten acres, then we heard 125 now. Reporter correct, marcus. Cal fire started around 10 30 last night as a structure fire and spread. Around 12 30, it was ten acres. In four and a half, four to five hours since, its grown to, unfortunately, 125 acres. We are on bear creek road, highway 35. Chp has a check point, a roadblock set up limiting the traffic going in and out of the areas because of the cal fire equipment. They want the firefighters to get their equipment on the steep, windy roads to have access to get the fires put out. This is a great concern for people. This area, the Santa Cruz Mountain is steep, full of vegetation and, of course, a lot of people have the north bay fires still fresh on their minds. Bob redell, today in the bay. Thank you very much, bob. Bob has been on the fire lines for the last week as well. This is very difficult situation because fire crews are stretched thin. Cal fire has a station in the Santa Cruz Mountains. They are never uncovered. Its got to be a difficult time. They are paying attention to the weather, the wind conditions. As we saw, kari hall, we are going to see wind. Not as much as last week. We are going to see a pick up. A small increase in the winds as we go through the day, which can be expected. Now, as we get you oriented where we are here, looking at bear creek road south of los gatos now and locater of where we are tracking that wildfire off of bear creek road and that area in the Santa Cruz Mountains. A call went to start out. Lets look at how the temperatures are shaping up as we start out this morning. Its in the mid50s there. By 6 00, the temperatures slowly warm after sunrise. Thats when the cal fire crews start to take action againls that wildfire and get containment on the bear fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Our temperatures as we go through the day will start to warm up into the 70s. A lot of smoke in the area. With High Pressure that we have had recently, that may cause the smoke to settle back into some of the valleys. We have to deal with the unhealthy air quality again today. And temperatures starting out in the upper 50s in the south bay. As you look at the north bay right now, temperatures in the upper 40s. We also monitor the relative humidity and the wind speeds and which way it may cause the fire to spread. Looking at the Bear Creek Canyon, its 41 humidity, which is relatively low for this time of morning. Its very dry. We have a lot of dry fuel on the ground. We will start to see that on shore flow bringing slightly higher humidity as we go into the afternoon. While in the north bay, with those winds coming in from the northwest, it is going to be very dry, even as we go into tonight. Starting to rebound as we go through the day. Now, calm wind speeds as of now, the winds stay calm throughout the day. The High Temperatures this afternoon reaching into the low 80s. Once again, poor air quality all around the bay area for the north bay and may become unhealthy this afternoon. Mike, you are checking in on the routes around the fire. Thats right, kari. We are talking silicon valley. Too early to see slowing. Highway 17 south or north through the Santa Cruz Mountains are what commuters are worried ability. Slowing southbound. There are overnight crews that typically move through the area. There are emergency crews traveling through the area. Bob redell saw them. Thats because of the bear fire. We are talking west of highway 17, east of highway 9. Both highways are moving well. A lot of local road closures. I want to show it to you on a list. Deer creek road. Deer creek at the bear creek is where the hard closure is by chp and local traffic control. Get back to the map and talking a smooth flow of traffic to and from santa cruz. We are tracking this. Back to you guys. All right. Assistant cal fire chief sherman joins us on the phone. You have been looking at the dry hillsides wondering if this is going to happen. What is the situation now . Caller we have approximately 125 acres based on our best intel because of darkness and ter wra terrain. We are making access to the fire. Crews are coming in. We currently have 100 structures that are threatened. As of this morning, at first light, well have aircraft ordered to come out and help with this. I imagine the time of day may be your biggest challenge at this point. Explain to me, what is the biggest challenge . Caller right now, access. We are in very steep, rugged terrain. The roads are not paved, they are access roads for a few residents. Its hard access getting in and out. We know, with the north bay wildfires, we saw so much mutual aid. Were you all left stretched thin because of the north bay wildfire fight . Caller we had enough initial resources for ordinary fires that we normally get. A fire this size and this intense, we had to go bigger. Our reporter said it appeared it started initially as a structure fire that quickly spread into that dry grass and now into the wildfire situation we are seeing. Did you anticipate this could be a possibility . Caller as i heard the weather person say, we took weather readings a bit ago. Sitting at the command post is 20 . Usually it drops this time of day, before sunrise in this area. So, the winds are light. Thats good. The current fire is very steep and a lot of timber. We have seen you all bring in a lot of equipment, a lot of dozers and things like that. Explain to us the plan to target the fire now. Caller right now, we are doing direct attack. Fighting fire on the direct edge of the fire. We are doing that with hand crews, engines and dozers. Explain what those dozers do . They cut access as best we can. Dozers are limited around here due to the steep access. Thats why we have land crews. We know you are getting assistance from the santa cruz sheriff on the hard road closures. What is it like when folks bust through those road closures and occupy the road when you are trying to get that heavy equipment in . Caller its a safety issue for us and the individuals when it happens. They have been good at keeping people out of the area. We havent really had that issue, yet. Okay. How many personnel do you have on the line and, at this point, can you tell how many structures are under threat . Caller right now, 20 structures. We are looking at personnel. Probably 150. Okay. Last question for you, sir, we know Boulder CreekElementary School is the official Evacuation Center. We did talk to an evacuee and he couldnt get that direction he could only get out black road. Is there a chance people will get caught in the fire as they head to the Evacuation Center . Caller this is a very not dense populated area. Most people evacuated are on the other side of the hill. They have been given direction on how to get out. If you have questions regarding that, contact the Sheriffs Office. Will do. Thank you so much, sir. Rob sherman with cal fire, thank you for that update. Coming up on today in the bay, we continue to follow that fire burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains. We will continue to bring those updates as soon as we return from this break. Were on a mission to show drip coffee drinkers, its time to wake up to keurig. Wakey wakey rise and shine oh my gosh how are you . Well watch this. I pop that in there. Press brew. Thats it. So rich. I love it. Thats why you should be a keurig man fullbodied. Are you sure youre describing the coffee and not me . Fullbodied. Right now mandatory evacuations are underway in bear back to that breaking news. If you are just joining us, right now, there is a mandatory evacuation under way in Bear Creek Canyon. This is a look at the location of the brush fire in Boulder Creek. It is burning southwest of saratoga and los gatos as well as north of ben lomond. This is video of cal fire as they watch the fire as it burns 130 acres. The last five minutes or so, the cal fire assistant chief said 100 homes are under threat. We have been telling you all morning 150 people are under Evacuation Orders. Turning to the north bay wildfire fight. Hospitals are expected to be a safe place when disaster hits, but several in santa rosa were closed because of the size and scope of the wildfires. We saw the evacuations as the flames were coming toward the structures. This morning, one is expected to get back to business as usual. Pete suratos is live in santa rosa with the hospital set to reopen in a matter of hours. Pete . Reporter thats right, marcus and kris. In an hour and a half at 7 00 a. M. , santa rosa Regional Hospital will finally open their doors after being closed for a week due to the north bay wildfires. As you mentioned, this is a safe haven, a safe place for folks when disaster hits. It changed last week when the wildfires encroached. We have video we want to show you. We have shown it for the better part of the week. This is in front of Kaiser Permanente in santa rosa. You had nurses, doctors, everything jumping into action, geting them out of harms way as they had to evacuate the area. As for the Regional Hospital we are standing in front of, they evacuated last week as well, transferring 77 patients and evacuating 100 people who came there to get help because of the wildfires. The hospital has its own well water system that is separate from the city of santa rosa. The reason i bring that up is the system was extremely helpful to firefighters. Firefighters, to date, used 500,000 gallons of water from the well water system at the hospital to battle the wildfires. It was very useful in that sense. The hospital officials are eager to reopen and help out the community and bring in a sense of normalcy. Their doors will reopen with full