Ghost town. Im 100 ready to leave. The entire town under mandatory Evacuation Orders as flames close in. Were there live this morning with the latest on the overnight firefight. And with fog on the coast and winds dying down firefighters are hoping to gain the upper hand on those fires in sonoma and napa counties. The wildfires are bringing back that smoke to the bay area prompting once again a spare the air alert. The third hour of today in the bay starts right now. And a good morning to you on this tuesday. Im marcus washington. I call this our terrific tuesday. It is terrific for a lot of people. It is National Coffee day and we just happen to be out of coffee here at nbc bay area. Look here. Oh, no. Good thing you are at home because the coffee machine here is broken. Our 6 00 a. M. Producer, hes a little grumpy right now so be careful for the next hour. Uhoh, hes going to get you know now. Nobody messes with our producer. And cheers to you. Hoping for a better tuesday. The firefight continues. Well talk about the evacuation routes. Kari, youve had your coffee, tell us about the forecast. We are seeing much Better Weather conditions around the area. 60 degrees, a calm wind and higher humidity so that should help slow the spread of those fires as our winds continue to calm down. Were also going to see the smoke settling in. Well talk about our air quality and still some heat in our forecast. How is it looking for the morning commute . We have construction crews southbound 880. Havent cleared yet. Theyre slowing there. The two arrows in san jose and out of the altamont show where the earlier crashes have cleared. A quick look at the bay bridge shows you the backup. The metering lights are not yet turned on. Thats a little bit lighter there and of course we talk about the evacuations in calistoga though more of 128 is open, you do avoid the area because of that situation and more for the latest back to you. A record setting 3. 7 million acres have burned during the wildfires this year. Its hard to believe, marcus. The glass fire complex and zogg fire are adding to what is a really devastating season which is far from over. The governor declaring a state of emergency. 68,000 people are under Evacuation Orders due to the glass fire complex. Another 10,000 are under Evacuation Orders in napa county. Back to the bay area team. I want to bring in Cierra Johnson. You have the latest there for us this morning. Reporter yes, good morning. The town of calistoga is nearly empty because of mandatory evacuations. This community no stranger to those evacuations, and i want to show you why in this case the town is evacuated. Its whats burning behind me, that orange glow on these hills, so many hills are on fire and because of that residents here have been ordered to leave. The extent of this fire was shared, take a look at the video posted to twitter. It shows what the drive looked like. All those familiar hills and flames in this town. Cal fire has a tough battle ahead. The fires are raging and the weather did not help in the firefight. Things are a little cooler here in calistoga and in some of the other areas so that is a plus on that side. Nearly 5,000 neighbors are being asked to evacuate to help in the firefight. This town has witnessed the devastation caused by that fire. You can see a wellknown winery, castello di amarosa, was damaged by those flames. The owner there saying it will cost about a Million Dollars to prepare. Officials urging folks to leave. There are about four pit stops that i had to pass in order to get into town. Theyre not letting anyone in or out. Its because of those flames on those hills and the smoke in the air you can see. Thats why theyre asking folks to leave. Please heed those warnings. Live in calistoga, im Cierra Johnson for today in the bay. So important because they have a lot of work to do up there. Thank you, cierra. We have new video to show you of a cal fire helicopter flying above the town of angwin. Cal fire merged the three fires burning in napa and Sonoma County. They say it all merged into one fire. Its now burned over 36,000 acres. At its peak cal fire says the flames were burning one acre every five seconds. Wow. Lets bring in bob redell in santa rosa for us this morning. Hes in the skyhawk neighborhood. We saw a lot of those homes yesterday morning burn right here live on tv for us and that has changed that neighborhood forever. Reporter you have a few of those homes here behind me and behind this home something you cant see in the hills, the lights of fire trucks are driving up and down the hills. Youre not going to be be able to see it, its too dark out. Were not seeing the fire activity. Yesterday in these hills you could see the flames. But right now its black, its darkness. Im assuming a lot of the flames are suppressed for whatever reason. It could be the change in the weather. Its much cooler, about 30 degrees cooler than it was 24 hours ago and, of course, were not seeing the same winds. Last night a number of people went up to Fountain Grove to look down into the valley here in eastern santa rosa which burned yesterday and they were looking for a fire last night to see where its headed. We do know its moved south into the Annadel State Park. One woman, her third mandatory Fire Evacuation since 2017. She says its just devastating. We got all the horses out and were safe. Pretty scary, yeah. My wife was packing, getting ready and i was just about ready and i was on the edge. I guess its normal. We pay a big price to be here in california, dont we . Reporter theres still a mandatory evacuation in effect for this part of eastern santa rosa. Youre not going to get in here unless youre Law Enforcement or the Fire Department or with the media. There are Law Enforcement checkpoints throughout as cierra was talking about in her area. Were seeing here long stretches of highway 12 still shut down. Bob redell, today in the bay. Thank you very much, bob. Its certainly been a very long night for evacuees, many of whom are still looking for a safe place to stay. Many dont even know if theyre going to have a home to go to when the evacuations are lifted. Today in the bays Sharon Katsuda joins us live at sonoma raceway where were finding theres plenty of room available there. Reporter thats right, laura. I just saw some of the evacuees wake up and they turned their lights on in their cars and they were about to take off. I asked them if they would talk to us. They didnt want to go on camera but said they were heading off to work and did stay here overnight. They are very grateful to have this location. There are only about ten vehicles out here right now but this space is called 50 acres usually used for nascar events, this space holds up to 2,000 vehicles, so people are welcome here. Thats good news. Yesterday morning i spoke with one evacuee. He showed us on his phone how close flames got to his home in st. Helena. Thats why his family fled even without the nixle evacuation alert. His family stood in line. As of 7 00 last night they still had received no phone call from the red cross or the church on a hotel where they could stay so they were heading back home even when they knew they had no power there and there are possible hazards that i told him about, because i went to that location in st. Helena and there were hazards such as downed power lines and the risk of active fire still in the area. I texted him but still havent heard back from that family. Back here live you can see there are about 12 vehicles out here. One person from sonoma raceway just drove up so he said he will be here for the next 12 hours. They are getting this area organized. If you do have the transportation to get here, be prepared. Have your mask. They may provide water but very little other resources. Possibly you could have water and sewage hookup at a cost but very few other resources. At least its a safe place to stay overnight. Reporting live at sonoma raceway im Sharon Katsuda. Back to you. Thank you, sharon. Right now at 6 10 lets get a look at all of the smoke we have drifting into the bay area and the numerous fires burning across the state and thats going to cause a lot of issues for just getting outside today. Unhealthy air quality continues for all of our microclimates. Its going to be especially bad in the north bay in those fire zones. Unhealthy air quality today and were going to see that once again continuing into the end of the week. But we also have some really hot temperatures continuing today coming down a few degrees in yesterday where we set some records. Where we will feel the difference will be near the immediate coastline as well as San Francisco reaching into the upper 70s with some upper 90s in the valleys. Well track that with another update in a few minutes, marcus and laura. Thanks so much, kari. Keeping our eyes on the wildfires. They come amid the pandemic that were in. Next on today in the bay at 6 25 this morning, another covid19 milestone passed. As a promising new rapid test gets the green light. Plus meanwhile in congress theyve passed another Coronavirus Relief bill in the house. Will the senate accept it . Well take a look. Youre watching today in the bay. When it comes to flooring, im hard to please. So, i go to floor decor where i find every imaginable tile, wood, laminate or stone without compromising my design. Cause one aisle doesnt cut it. I need an entire store. Explore floor decor in person or online. Right now at 6 14 our microclimate weather alert continues due to unhealthy air quality. A light wind this morning but weve seen our weather conditions improving near those fire zones. Im tracking that as well as heat for the rest of the week. Thats been the microclimate forecast coming up in a few minutes. And lets take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Metering lights were turned on just about 6 00 in the morning. Theres the backup forming very quickly in the last 15 minutes. The map shows you the same thing with the arrow only at the toll plaza not for the maze. 880 cleared. We have a new crash near golden gate field. The fire zones in the north bay we continue following that. Over to scott right now. Good morning, mike. Well get back to our fire coverage in just a second. A business update. The house unveiled its latest version of its coronavirus stimulus bill. It had one earlier this year passing a massive stimulus bill back in may which the senate never approved. The democraticled house now back with a smaller version of the same bill which extends the Paycheck Protection Program and returns that popular 600 a week supplemental unemployment payment as well as a stem lar check to americans. Speaker pelosi scheduled to meet with treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin today. Mnuchin has been representing the senate and the white house in negotiations. Wall street kept its streak alive with stocks moving higher on monday. Today is the second to last day of the financial quarter. Futures calling for a lower opening but experts say if theres a clear winner in tonights debate we could see quite a rally tomorrow. And pilots at united have reached a deal with the airline to work less and get paid less to keep their jobs. The deal mens united will not have to furlough as many people as expected. United still plans to lay off about 13,000 poem and of course, marcus and laura this is very important to us. San mateo county United Airlines is one of the largest employers there. And hopefully more people will get back on the planes and some type of normalcy in all of this. Thank you, scott. All right. The wildfires that weve been talking about, theyre having such a huge impact on animals as well. Take a look at this new video showing a couple of horses approaching a photojournalist out capturing the fire, what was going on. Eric castro says they approached him. They nuzzled up to him off calistoga road. Probably looking for that people contact there. Lovable animals. Look at this one, a hopeful story out of butte county where the north complex fire is burning. Firefighters last week found this little kitten in the fire zone covered in ash. It was choking on smoke but they saved it and now theyve since named her baby yoda mostly for those big ears. An Animal Rescue group is helping baby yoda recover and put it up for adoption soon. I thought they were going to name it smoky or ash. A pretty good name. That was a twist we werent expecting there but certainly well deserved name. As cute as that kitten is. Very cute. You know what, stepping outside you probably see it, too, smoke in the air in a lot of places because the fires burning, kari, certainly affecting all of us in the bay area in some type of way. Right, and so good we are seeing improved weather conditions. Hopefully the fires wont be spreading as fast as they were yesterday. Take a look at our temperatures right now across the bay area. We are in the lower 50s. Now if you remember yesterday we were talking about the fires and we really done cool off very much in a lot of spots near those fire zones. Now were seeing some low 50s as you take a look at sonoma, napa and 62 in st. Helena. Looking much better. We time it out hour by hour taking you through noon with all of our microclimates showing here. It will still be a hot afternoon. Were at 90 degrees in danville at lunch time. The south bay in the mid80s but some noticeable cooling in San Francisco. Yesterday we hit 96 degrees. Today it looks like we stay in the low 70s. And well still see some upper 90s for the inland valleys but as we go into this evening it will gradually cool off and well see some upper 70s and low 80s and a cooler night as well. Looking at the overall weather pattern and whats happening still a lotra well to the north of us as High Pressure blocks our chance of getting any cooler air or strong westerly wind. This is going to continue to give us some light and variable winds and push that smoke down to the surface. High pressure means its exe exerting a high amount of pressure on the earth and the air is sinking. We will see the smoke and air quality be the main issues not only for today but throughout the rest of the week and thats the reason the spare the air alert has been extended throughout the end of the week into the weekend. Were also seeing that coming along with some hot temperatures that really dont cool off very much at least for the next several days. Well see our inland valleys reaching into the upper 90s and triple digits. For the weekend we have some upper 80s in the forecast reaching 86 degrees and that will actually be our coolest day on sunday. San francisco will see more significant changes here. Well see some 70s over the next few days and then some 60s for the weekend. Mike, youve been tracking the roads. How is it looking right now . Well, kari, in the fire zone, stick with me. Were looking at highway 12, the red stretch you see right here, still closed. Bob is talking about skyhawk and oakmont and calistoga over there just jumping further up on the map as we take it full to the screen. It looks like 128 is open but do avoid the area. Calistoga down to st. Helena. More evacuations through the area so dont go through that zone no matter what the conditions. Follow the local Traffic Control if you are local to those roadways. Meanwhile recovery bottom of the screen, san jose northbound 101. Crash cleared there around 680, 880 and the altamont pass. More traffic heading into the dublin interchange but without any problems. The earlier crash cleared. Recovery south 880 through the Construction Zone in oakland and the crash or whatever was going on near golden gate feel has cleared. A look at the east shore freeway shows a smooth drive to the berkeley curve. There is the backup at the bay bridge and some low clouds are hovering around. Back to you. All right, thanks, mike. 6 21 this morning. On high alert. People in Southern California are also facing the extreme fire danger. Were going to talk about some of the steps theyre taking this week. Weve been talking about all the fires here in the bay area. People in Southern California are on high alert this week as well as the fire danger has been intensifying there. Less than a month ago San Diego County was dealing with the valley fire which burned more than 16,000 acres. This week a red flag warning is in effect and i power shutoffs. One woman says shes learned exactly what to do and if she has to evacuate again. The horses need to be set up with like a piece of tape with a phone number on it. It is a little tough. I am a little on edge. It is hard. Talking about her horse there and how to protect it. Firefighters are stocking up on tools like extra long houses and sna staffed 24 hours a day. The pandemic and the world passing a significant milestone. More than 1 Million People have now died from the virus. Here in california more than 15,000 people have died with 813,000 confirmed cases. And President Trump is announcing a new rapid covid test that he says will soon be available across the country. Abbott labs makes the test and it uses a small piece of cardboard, a special liquid and a nasal swab to deliver results in minutes. It also does not require the use of any machinery. Officials say that it will still be administered by Health Care Professionals but selfadministered with supervisi supervision. Fighting the twindemic. Governor gavin newsom taking off his jacket, rolling up his sleeves, getting a flu shot during his online briefing on the wild foirs and the pandemic. He says its vital in the twindemic. Getting a flu vaccine is the best way to avoid putting a strain on hospitals and frontline medical personnel. He just wanted to show us his muscles. He had to bring out the guns. 6 26 for you this morning. Coming up here on today in the bay, our live breaking News Coverage continues from the north bay. Thats right. Thats where the fast moving fire forc