And firefighters cant catch a break. We have an update on the new fires that started today. Good evening, everybody. Lets start with the latest now on a fire burning in the santa cruz mountains. A new fire north of Boulder Creek. Its still only 5 contained. We get a clear sense of where its burning tonight. You can see there at the top of your screen, and deer creek near the bottom. Abc 7 News Reporter chris nguyen has more. Reporter in the santa cruz mountains, the bear fire near Boulder Creek rages on as fire crews struggle to contain it. When the material up the slopes burning, what happens is it breaks apart and starts rolling down the hill. And it rolls down below where theyre putting the fire lines in. Reporter the dry conditions and steep terrain are challenging to navigate. The trees, the redwoods and all of the litter on the forest floor burn almost as well as if they were dead fuel. Reporter the bear fire initially started as a structure fire monday night before spreading to surrounding brush. Investigators are still trying to determine what caused it. Overnight more than 150 homes in a fourmile diameter around the fire were evacuated to safety. This family found shelter at the fire station in felton, one of two official evacuation centers. The packing up is a frantic time, grabbing passports, grabbing phones, forgot the chargers, grabbing toothbrushes. And, you know, a comforter here, a pair of boots there. Reporter the weather so far has been favorable for crews. But at least four structures have been destroyed. Cal fire Officials Say of the roughly 600 personnel currently on the ground, five of them have suffered minor injuries. Residents nearby are grateful for their service. Were here. Weve got our kids, weve got our dogs, thats all that matters. The panic of getting out of the house is over. Reporter families hoping for a sense of normalcy sometime soon. In Boulder Creek, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. Stunning images there. Firefighters, they are closely watching the weather in the area of the fire. So is meteorologist drew tuma, who has more on the conditions theyre facing. Guys, the winds right now are thankfully cooperating with all the firefighters in the santa cruz mountains. The bear fire right now, winds are generally on the light side, 4 to 7 Miles Per Hour currently. Future wind gusts well show you as we go through the Early Morning and midday hours, the winds will likely remain similar to where they are right now, from 2 to 6 Miles Per Hour, if not tom. Even into the early evening hours, 8 00 wednesday, the winds are still cooperating to battle that fire there. We take you into the north bay right now. We still have active fires. The winds are cooperating up north as well. Calm to 7 Miles Per Hour. We do expect similar wind over the next 24 hours. The changes are approaching. Live doppler 7 along with the sal light, look off to the north and west and you see this cold front, area of low pressure as well, this will sink to the south in the coming days and not only bring rain, but pick up our winds a little bit as well. We bring it back anytime we have a chance of rain, the system coming in late thursday night to early friday morning. A 1 on our storm impact scale. Were expecting light showers. Not a lot of rain, but any rain is beneficial right now. North bay could see up to quarter of an inch. The time line of the system in the full forecast in a few minutes, guys. Drew, thanks so much. Now to the fire in dublin. Evacuation orders have been lifted in the area near the wildfire. Its burned at least 180 acres. The fire is now 75 contained. Thats where people began leaving their homes when the evacuation orders went out about 5 00 this evening. Its now safe for them to go back. Its not clear what sparked the fire. It started before 2 00 this afternoon. To the north bay fires now where fire crews have made more progress against the flames today and more evacuation orders were lifted. We got new numbers from cal fire. The acreage has held steady. The redwood fire is at 70 containment. The sulfur fire remains at 92 . Meantime, the nuns fire containment went up to 87 . The tubs fire up 5 to 87 . And the pocket fire 58 contained. Napa county officials lifted evacuations for partrick road and part of green valley road. In Sonoma County, part of the oakmont neighborhood of santa rosa were reopened. In the last 24 hours, weve repopulated 13,000 homes. At a pretty brisk pace. Its about as fast as we can possibly do it. There are still mandatory evacuation orders in napa and sonoma counties. We have a list on abc7news. Com. While crews gain control of the north bay wildfires, a danger still remains, sky view 7 shows you a landscape of utter devastation. One of the hardest hit areas, the coffee park neighborhood in santa rosa. Among the ruins is a lot of toxic debris on these streets now. Katie utis with the immediate and longterm recovery effort. Reporter hundreds of north bay fire survivors line up for help in santa rosa. I need to get a passport. And i need to sign up with fema. Youre more than welcome. Reporter volunteers hand out food, water, even stuffed animals. Amber mccarthy and son eddie stopped in to Research Relief options. People need to get back to life, huh . Yeah. Reporter they escaped the coffee park neighborhood. Its an example of the toxic cleanup that needs to take place. Houses are full of all kinds of different chemicals when they burn. It leaves a lot of residue. Thats the First Priority is removing that material and getting disposed of appropriately. Reporter one of many officials meeting with fema. Who landed in santa rosa this morning to see the fire destruction firsthand. Were going to be here through the Fire Suppression piece, and also support californians through the recovery. Getting people back in their homes or back on their properties, or care and shelter. Those are the discussions going on right now. Reporter long said hes never seen a fire like this. This is a tremendous event for an urban area. Which is scary. Weve got a lot of thinking to do about how you mitigate this from happening in communities down the road. Reporter while theres not a lot that residents can do in neighborhoods like coffee park because its simply too toxic here, the fema administrator said you can register at the local assistance center. Senators Dianne Feinstein is raising the system that sends alerts to your cell phone. You may have seen one as an amber alert. They said it didnt transmit information during the fires because of technical deficiencies in the system. They said they sent out the warnings through the alert service, but those systems do require residents to register in advance. The senators say currently a wireless Emergency Alert cannot be sent without reaching large numbers of unaffected residents and they say that would risk mass panic. A lot of people have been worried about looting. It hasnt been a huge problem, but 14 people have been arrested in Sonoma County. As officers keep watch in the fire zone for looters. Of the 14, we had a fake fire truck. So decommissioned fire truck that someone drove in acting like a firefighter. And one coming in in a security jacket. Theyre getting creative. While none of those arrested by sheriffs deputies were actually caught in the act of looting, Santa Rosa Police arrested a 50yearold man over the weekend. This photo shows some of the things officers say he stole. Investigators now believe someone deliberately sent this wildfire in novato sunday afternoon. It burned about three acres in an open space area near 7th street and carmel drive. The flame threatened several homes and forced evacuations there. So if you saw anything suspicious, the novato Fire District wants to hear from you. Lets move on to something else, very different. The warriors are playing their Season Opener right now. Larry beal at oracle with the thrilling start. Not to mention all those diamonds. Reporter its Opening Night. All kinds of fun. Its electric inside. The warriors Opening Night show, not about staff, not about kevin durant, would you believe its the swaggy show, new guy, nick young is lighting it up. Well have first half highlights when we come back live at oracle. How fun. Thanks, larry. The air quality in the bay area gets worse. Now, meteorologist drew tuma is next with the full forecast. The Golden State Warriors are back on the court tonight for the Season Opener, and the ring ceremony. Larry beal is at oracle arena tonight with more. Larry . Reporter how are you doing . I met a couple of fans leaving at halftime. They felt the game was comfortably in control. Warriors up nine, by the way. Nothing comfortable. The warriors have their Championship Ring ceremony. And had to quickly refocus, because after you stare at the rings, you have to go out and play a game against the rockets. Lets start with the ring ceremony. Warriors chance for the second time in three years. Kevin durant finally getting his bling. This is what he came to golden state for. Steph curry, his second Championship Ring. And the new banner hanging from the rafters there. Time to play a game. Steph curry, knocking down his first three of the year. In early foul trouble. Klay thompson started the game 3 of 3 from beyond the arc. The feed from k. D. And knocks it down. He had 11 points in five minutes. And swaggy pete nick young, 5 for 5 to start out as a golden state warrior, sticking the tongue out at kobe right there. But james harden so difficult to deal with, has 18 points at the half. The lead is cut to one. Second quarter, swaggy p is feeling it. Hes got 20 at the half. Kevin durant, maybe a little over amped early. Took 16 minutes to get his first field goal. With over five minutes left, the pass to draymond green. And another swaggy sighting here. 5 of 6 from beyond the arc in the first half, my goodness. Right now theyre at halftime. The warriors are leading by a score of 7162. Weve been talking about it throughout the preseason that injuries really might be the only thing that keeps this Warriors Team from repeating as nba champions. There was a gruesome injury tonight in the celtics game. I want to warn you right now, well show you the before and after the injury, because its too hard to look at. New celtic Gordon Hayward on the drive here. And you see the reaction from the opposing team, and all the players on the court. They were just stunned. They put Gordon Hayward in an air cast. The diagnosis is a broken ankle. And he is almost certainly done for the season. Played less than six minutes in his debut as a boston celtic. Everybody that looked at that tonight at the arena just shuddered, because it was horrifying to see. Best wishes for his recovery in the future. As for the warriors, second half still to come. Well have the highlights and postgame reaction tonight on abc 7 news at 11 00. Dan, deion, back to you. Thanks very much, larry. Former Major League Baseball player johnny gomes is helping fire victims recover. Youre looking at pictures posted on twitter showing gomes helping people remove destroyed cars in napa. Gomes is also online hoping to raise 1 million and urging others to help in any way they can. Open your homes if youre in the area for these people. Please, any little dollar helps. And boy, its going to go to a great cause. Thank you. Youll find a link on abc7news. Com. If you want to help the former oakland a raise 1 million for fire relief, go to the go fund me page. Smoky skies triggered a spare the air alert today. It will remain in effect through tomorrow. Many people could be seen wearing face masks from downtown San Francisco and other areas. Late this morning, air quality decreased to red, or unhealthy levels according to city officials. The regional air Quality Management district was tracking the pollution with sensors which says it can provide an accurate picture of exactly whats going on in your area. The air district has 30 Different Air monitors across the bay area that measure pollution every hour. That data is then put into that map, and it will show you what the latest readings are in your area. Now, the district is giving the now familiar advice to stay indoors if you can, and avoid strenuous activity until the air quality improves. Smoke certainly causing problems for flights at sfo tonight. At least 31 flights were canceled there. More than 250 flights were canceled last week. Abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma has been following whats happening on the fire lines very closely, and the smoke. Indeed. Lots of prayers for rain, drew. Yeah. Well see some of that rain later on this week. But that air quality today at some point was unhealthy across the entire region. Were seeing fresh air move in tonight. We expect the air quality to be a bit better tomorrow. What its showing you up above, what we had for much of the day, a few high clouds passing from time to time. A very nice evening at hand in terms of weather conditions. Outside we go, the golden gate bridge, look what has returned, yes, the fog. We have cooling air moving in. And that fog is just really an indication that a marine layer is back. Thats going to bring in some fresh air overnight tonight. The fog was a beautiful picture earlier this evening. This coming in from morgan and piedmont, taking a look at the San Francisco skyline. Thank you, morgan, for sending that in. Winds right now, we are seeing that onshore push finally. Sfo right now coming in at 13 niles per hour. Fairfield 12 Miles Per Hour. The noticeable thing is the wind is moving onshore from the ocean. What thats going to do, improve the air quality ever so slightly tomorrow. So well see moderate air quality, widespread. Still, we have issues in the north bay where we have the active fires with poor air quality. The combination of the onshore breeze and a little bit of rain moving in here thursday night into friday, youll see air quality improve areawide over the weekend. Out there right now, some spots are running almost 20 degrees cooler right now. Than we were this time last night. Were down to 52 in San Francisco. 50 the current number in santa rosa. 63 in san jose. Antioch checking in at 67 degrees. Overnight tonight, a bit of fog developing on the coast. Patchy fog developing in and around the bay first thing tomorrow morning. Still hazy skies in the north bay. Most spots will fall into the 40s over the next 12 hours. On your wednesday, were getting back to near average in the temperatures. Not too many 80s like we had today. 68 in oakland. 76 in san jose. 79 in antioch. We do expect partly cloudy skies, haze in the atmosphere once again thanks to our fires. Future tracker, winds, as we get into thursday night, especially, we do expect the winds to increase. This is all ahead of that cold front that will bring us some rain. The winds from 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour. Throughout the day on thursday. We bring in the storm impact scale. Were tracking that system late thursday night. It is a 1 on the storm impact scale. Light showers. Not a lot of rain, but certainly beneficial in the areas that we need it, like the north bay. Hour by hour, well time it out for you. We get you into 11 00 on your thursday. The north bay will likely see the showers first late thursday, early into friday morning, likely sinking south, becoming more widespread in nature. A quickly moving system. By sunup we expect the showers to be out of here. Rainfall potential, take a look at this. Light, but still appreciable for this time of year. In the north bay, likely the highest, close to a quarter of an inch. Cool marine air moves in. That will help our air quality. Theres the chance of the shower thursday night into early friday morning. It clears out. Our air quality gets better over the weekend and warm weather returns for early next week. You have to go see the big sun in the forecast. Yeah. Well take it. Thanks, drew. One family is doing all it can to help its stake in the wine industry. The race to get the liquid gold into barrels and ready for drinking is turning into a m marathon effort. That, and more. Cal fire said crews are making significant progress on nearby fires as well. West of the mendocino fire is about 70 contained. The fire has blackened nearly 36,000 acres there and blamed for eight deaths. The sheriff said all mandatory evacuation orders in Mendocino County have been lifted, but Potter Valley remains under evacuation orders. The sulfur fire burning in lake county, is 92 contained and burned 2,200 acres. Evacuation orders have been lifted but warnings are still in place. The fires in lake and mendocino counties have destroyed a total of 436 homes. The search for the missing in the north bay fires. Plus, a new view of damage in the north bay from the air with emergency responders. Also it feels great to be able to support someone whos just lost everything. A group of students learns an important lesson about loss and the power of kindness. Plus getting back in their houses, getting recovered, getting reimbursed for firefighters and first responders. Hes done that. Hes provided funds for fire victims, but is President Trump falling short in his role as consoler in chief . Even a well begin this half hour with the north bay fires. Late tonight napa county officials lifted the mandatory evacuations for parker road and in santa rosa theyre let back home now. Search and rescue teams continue to comb through t burn area looking for victims in sonoma. There are still more than 50 outstanding missing persons reports. According to the latest numbers from cal fire, acreage has held steady this afternoon. The nuns fire went up to 10 to 87 . The atlas fire is 87 contained. 87 tubs