About three times the size of oakland. Joining us now by phone is janet with the county of napa. Thank you for joining us, as we have been hearing this fire is spreading prompting evacuations and warnings, so what do people need to know at this hour . We are asking people that be vigilant and stay aware is what we are asking them to do. In the event they are called to evacuate and we have a lot of resources and specific in and Media Outlets ready for wildfire. Org is a good one if people need to remind themselves of what they should do. Facing the car out with the keys in it accessible, having a go bag ready talking about pets, paper, people, etc. Have that in the front of your mind. It could happen at a moments notice. With all these fires burning across the bay area, fire crews have to be stretched to the limit. What are you seeing in terms of crews getting to where you are and what you have seen there in napa . Are they able to get to where they need to get to or is it moving too big and too fast . As we speak, there is active firefighting in the highlands. In another area of napa county bulldozers are working to protect atlas peak and Populated Areas around napa county. I know it all depends on the wind conditions as we go into the evening is the fire going south or stopping where it is . I know theres a lot of different complex fires. The topography lends itself to erratic fire spread with different canyons and drainage. It can be unpredictable, coupled with wind and other factors makes it extremely challenging. Overnight the gamble fire made a run to the northeast impacting the counties and highway 80. Very unpredictable and ferocious would be a word i would use to describe the fire we are seeing. The urgency there with people getting their livestock out as well. We will check back with you, thank you so much. And, right now flames from the outofcontrol fires burning in napa and sonoma counties are in both directions, widening evacuation zones and cutting off highways. Eakio milifo t of r home the homeowners themselves for more than 48 hours. The smoke was so thick, your eyes were burning. The flames were at the top of these trees. Family fight. They have lived in the valley since 1929. Even as we were speaking. Fighting to save our house. A call from help from one of the nephew. The house was in trouble. The fire was coming down on the house, but with the help of even more neighbors the fire was stopped. Know everyone pitches in. E fighuept water and keptilg mi in napa, kpix 5. Since 4 30, kiet do were live all morning as the fire tore through some neighborhoods. Lots of smoke and flames out here. We saw it creep up into the trees going at least 100 feet into the air. It gives you some sense of the unpredictable nature. This house, that was an explosion from a propane tank . So this is just south of the creek and about a block south this can orient you to where you are. Hours ago dozens, what looks basically like a worstcase scenario. In the southeast a cluster of about 20 different fires has burned more than 85,000 acres and is restricted in stretched across five different counties. Its burned more than the fire last year and one and half times the size of oakland. At least two firefighters have been hurt in these fires, more than 1400 structures, thousands of people have been forced from their homes. A fire burning in the seashore, more than 1100 acres right now. People in the area west of highway 1 who were immediately threatened. The top cop firing back. The legal battle and why she says she was ousted for trying to expose corruption. Look, this isnt my first rodeo. And let me tell you something, i wouldnt be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior, or worse, that it was some way to take your home. 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But also expected to take on the traditional attack dog role , questioning President Trumps leadership, calling for all americans to have better opportunities as the economy is rebuilt. Some experts excerpts that have come out. She will say right now we have a president who turns our tragedies into political weapons. Joe will be a president who turns challenges into purpose. Speaking from this building behind us, this modest event center in wilmington delaware that might normally host a garden show or an rv show. Harris will speak from a studio built in the last few days, biden will speak from there tomorrow night and up the road on the east coast in philadelphia. Former president obama will speak from the museum of American Revolution where he will raise concerns about the democracy and call on americans to vote. Similar to the one he delivered at the funeral for the georgia congressman a few weeks ago. And reiterating a message that he has been delivering since the spring which is that he has big concerns about President Trump and they need to change leadership. Speaking tonight the former first lady kind of set the bar pretty high so specifically what point is he going to hit to make the case for a former Vice President. First off what i find interesting is hes going to deliver a message similar to what mrs. Obama said, she talked about how shes one of the few people alive with a unique understanding and proximity to the power and skills of the presidency. She made the point that she doesnt think donald trump can cut it because hes had to time to grow into the role. Donald trump hasnt grown into the job because he cant is what the former president will say and the consequences of the failure are severe. But he will also remind viewers that the last person in the room with him every time he made a big decision was joe biden and the person he put in charge of rebuilding the economy was joe biden. To implement the Affordable Care act and the guy around the world to deal with crises was his Vice President who he thinks will do a good job as president. Cbs, live coverage starting at 7 00 p. M. , a special edition will air at 10 00 p. M. With reports and analysis of the speeches followed by kpix 5 news at 11. The police chief has filed an explosive lawsuit claiming she was fired in retaliation for exposing corruption. In her lawsuit against the city of oakland, former chief levers levels a series of claims against the commission. Alleging commissioners routinely abused power and harassed staff and sought unlawful access to confidential documents. She is suing for damages including lost wages, claiming she was terminated for trying to take action in stopping the misconduct. Have reached out to the city of oakland and we did get a response from the city. Attorneys are saying no comment. It was a powerful surprise visit in court today for Golden State Killer joseph dangelo. His former fiance named bonnie was victimized by dangelo in 1976. The survivor demanded that dangelo look at her as she recounted the morning he attacked her. Yes, its been 44 years. On october 5th, 1976 when you broke into my home in the early hours just after my husband had left for work and you shut your knife into my neck, you bound my wrist and ankles, blindfolded me, and then gagged me with a cloth. Do you remember that . But you also did the same to my precious threeyearold son, how dare you . He is expected to be sentenced to life without parole on friday. Apple is now in a rare class. The historic milestone that no other u. S. Companies achieved. More than 2 trillion. The market value briefly hit that mark today when its shares climbed past 468 over two years after apple hit the 1 trillion mark. Apple stock has surged 60 dropping briefly as the pandemic hit. Touring breaking news. Interstate 80 shutdown, this video just into the newsroom can show the backup right there with the stretch going on for quite some time, that is because of the fires coming dangerously close to interstate 80. And some homes in that area have been scorched, some getting some pictures of them burned to the ground, but this is off interstate 80 as you can see, traffic is moving slowly in one direction, but completely stopped and another as they get the fire under the control because it becomes dangerously close to the lets bring paul heggen in, and so, that is the effect of the fire coming close to the freeway but even if the freeway is open, that smoke is another problem as well. Reducing visibility and reducing air quality across the bay area. Everything showing up on the satellite picture is smoke, it is streaming off of the fires and the north bay, south bay, santa cruz mountains, east bay. This drifts around, occasionally the air quality will improve slightly as the wind picks up and stirs the atmosphere, but its going to be a factor but switch over to an experimental forecast model, this is the highresolution smoke model showing us how the smoke will behave or an estimate of how it will behave. You can see little pulses where theres not as much smoke, but then the atmosphere heats up, they flare up to a greater extent and we see more smoke being blown around, the winds of the northwest, parallel to the coast, meaning the fires tend to flow down into the bay area and collect. Because of the bull ship of the geography gathers smoke and keeps it in place. Content with poor air quality for the next several days. Challenging conditions and hot temperatures around the fire temperatures are in the 90s, humidity in 15 to 30 , higher closer to the coast wins all of the northwest gusting to around 20 miles per hour. This is the one raging over the past several hours. The lighting complex to parts of Alameda County and further to the east, these temperatures are the hottest in the 90s to 105 degrees as you had further east that means the humidity is lower. 10 to 20 gusting up to around 25 miles per hour. A couple of different maps. The lighting complex will start with napa county, numerous fires ongoing temperatures are 90 to 100 degrees, still 99 degrees napa, 15 to 25 relative humidity is quite low. Wins gusting to around 20 miles per hour, sustained winds are lower than that the winds are even lower in sonoma county. Temperatures in the 90s but the temperatures will drop a little bit over the next couple of days, that helps, the humidity goes up and the problem is the wind is going to pick up. Challenging conditions, look at the smoke at salesforce tower, this is going to be the issue for anyone with sensitive reading issues over the next several days. In livermore and concord today, 100 degrees in napa all of the fire crews are trying to get a handle on things and content with triple digit heat. The city made it up to 77, 73 in the upper 60s downtown, it is still hot inland, 100 degrees plus upper 80s in san jose, low 90s in santa rosa and upper 90s around napa. The temperatures will drop off tonight, not as warm as the past several nights in the upper 50s, low 60s by early on thursday morning. And, while we will heat up it is not going to be quite as hot, temperatures maybe 5 to 10 degrees above average instead of what we have seen during the heat wave that isnt really ending, but abating somewhat. Upper 60s along the coast, a mix of low to mid 80s upper 80s and low 90s for the santa clara valley, upper 80s in san jose. Mostly low to mid 90s the fires are ongoing, temperatures in the upper half of the 90s, some improvement but not much. Temperatures around the bay, topping out in the low 70s, mid to upper 70s on the east side of the bay, upper 80s, low 90s with hotter conditions topping out in the upper 80s and low to mid 90s. The heat inland is going to continue but its a matter of how hot, its not looking like we will get real relief until the end of next week and temperatures that are not going to be in the 80s but in the 70s through the weekend with an outside chance of moisture sunday and monday. We need the humidity, we dont need any chance of additional showers or thunderstorms causing so many problems as we speak. More on air quality coming up at 6 00. At this hour. New evacuation orders issued this evening, sending thousands of people scrambling to get out of their homes, we talked to residents who watched their homes burn. We are waiting on an update. We will bring you that next at 6 00. 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Grants and private and corporate donations and they say theyre always looking for new partners. A fantastic nominate your local hero for a jefferson award, kpix. Com hero. Newst agnst right news at. 00 with ken bastida and juliette goodrich. Raging wildfire spreading around the bay area with no contt ennm sideinright now. There are several homes that have burned down. Just minutes to escape the flames. One woman forced to make a break for it on foot. Smoke is spreading out well away from where the fires are located. Looking life from the sales tower, the smoke is over the bay in the north bay. Another view of the bay. A desperate fight to save lives and property. Lets give you a snapshot of the fires around the bay area right now, its a little confusing. But cal fire is grouping them into what are called complexes, each one is made up of several fires spanning several counties. Lets start with the complex fire, flames have now closed east and westbound lanes of interstate 80. Between airbased parkway and cherry glen road in fairfield. The fires have spread to just over 72 square miles in no