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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 7pm July 12, 2024

Containmt t 97 go , s crews are also trying to locate two missing people and again this evening cal fire is saying resources have been an issue. As ive said before, we have very few resources, typically in an area of that aside, we would have probably 10, 20 times the resources to combat that fire, we dont have police say a group of suspected looters crashed their car trying to get away from police, in all, five people have been arrested. The buyer is being called the czu august lightning complex, the flames are burning through acres of thick forest, forcing overstretched crews to navigate rugged terrain in the fight to save homes, kenny choi is in the middle of this evacuation zone. Reporter some residents we spoke to our expressing frustration, wondering where the help is, but with dozens of fires burning in the region, firefighters are going frflames destructive paths through the santa cruz mountains. My house burned down two days ago, two nights ago. My concern is the valley i know and love will not be here in a week, i just keep my fingers crossed. Reporter Boulder Creek became one of the hardest hit areas according to officials. Cal fire has been around 100, 120 years, there really hasnt been fires of this magnitude in this area. Reporter home after homebur official tally nearly doubled overnight of firefighters are doing what they can with limited resources. We are having a hard time combating the fire, we are doing the greatest good for the residents here by assuming that defensive role and going house to house, we are firing out around the houses. Reporter at least 50 structures have been destroyed, cal fire anticipates that number to increase with more than 24,000 structures threatened, Garrick Gordon believes his home is okay for now, but not his coworkers place. There were houses on fire, including the house across the street, there was cal Fire Fighting fighters out there actively putting out things. s reporter the official number of evacuees doubled from fer and r people in th moment, kpix 5. Lets switch our focus to wildfires in the north bay, the number of cruise battling the fire in sonoma, napa, solano counties have doubled, more than 1000 firefighters working quote is called the lnu lightning complex fire, the mandatory evacuation orders have expended, they cover for us to bill and areas around lake sonoma, kpix 5 reports from near. Reporter good news appear, Officials Say the spread of this fire has sl, certainly welcome news for the thousands of people that have been affected by the fire. It feels eerie, it feels scary, but it is something we are used to. This amount of ash, that is the part that is unsettling. Reporter if healdsburg needed a reminder of what is happening, it came falling from the sky this afternoon. You could see the tables, porter where was comingm . I the t ry crk valley a lot a lot of erty ayad wineries, jobs for people. Reporter a skeleton staff was still here trying to protect the property and keep the gears of the winery running. Mother nature doesnt stop for fire or for the pandemic, we have to keep growing grapes. I have been on the fire line on Skaggs Springs for the last four days. Reporter Lawrence Boyd left one side of the fire, only to find the other side looming over his home, he and his mother used a garden hose to save this house in 1972, only that time, the power stayed on. Now the electricity is off, i just bought that generator, i am not going to stand by and watch this place burned, im going to do my damnedest to keep it heteth have benumberfirn resources, which we have seen throughout the day, the hope is the marine layer contributes again tonight to the slowing of the spread of the walbridge fire. That same fire has killed at least five people, three are believed to have died at this property on the 6900 block of highway 128 in napa county, the closest neighbor is about a quarter of a mile away. They seemed like good people, my condolences as this, it is a tragedy. Other fire casualties include a worker and a person who lived on Pleasant Valley road in solano county, that man apparently refused to evacuate. Smoke from those wildfires is blanketing the bay area as we look live outside from our exclusive tower camera, you can see haze across most of the region, kpix 5 has more on ways to protect your lungs. Rr s nearlyte it is really bad, i am having a little bit of trouble myself, breeding. Reporter it isnt just hanging high, but also filling our lungs, making problems like asthma and copd was, that is not. We also no exposure to wildfire smoke makes especially the elderly more susceptible to cardiac outcomes, things like heart attacks, strokes, arrhythmias, all increase. Reporter the best advice the director of air pollution and Health Research at stanford has, is stay home if you can, because there is still more than smoke to be worried about. Increased air pollution, there are increased covid19 rights. Reporter you will want to change your air filters, this o look likat ace ware, eyen seg i old fier to the store. Sometimes people just measure that little frame the filter sits in and they come in with a measurement that is different than what you see on the filters. Reporter read the label to see what is getting pulled from the air. Smoke in particular is important, it will say specifically on the filter what the filtration level is. Reporter which one of these do you want me to wear . For the air pollution, you would want to wear your n95 with the vent, for the covid 19, the vent does not work, so you want the other, so if it is possible to double layer, that might be a solution. Reporter it is not just the lung and heart problems, if you have a headache right now, if you have got that scratch on the back of your throat, this is all related to the smoke in the air right now, doctors also say you should be drinking more water, because the smoke is very dehydrated, live in concord, kpix 5. As if the smoke and fires are not bad enough, this weeken to lastweekpaulthe air and the possible, we underscore possible, lightning strikes on the horizon. We are under a fire weather watch, that kicks in midday sunday, extends through tuesday because of the potential for more dry lightning strikes, this is very unlikely to be a copy of last weekend, last weekend was historic, thousands, a couple thousand lightning strikes sunday morning with more on monday, but a couple dozen would be enough to start new fires, those dry lightning strikes are very problematic when conditions are as dry as they are, any storms that develop, even if the rain doesnt reach the ground, they can produce gusty winds, that can result in erratic fire behavior, the fires that are already ongoing, this is something we are going to watch carefully, most likely timeframe for that first round would be late sunday into early monday, of course, we dont need any additional airquality issues, plenty of just nasty air quality across the entire area, unhealthy, some of the worst air quality and more of the same tomorrow, we are going to take a look at futurecast to show you how that storm threat is going to evolve in a few minutes. In marin county, fires cruise continue to battle a challenging fire, the woodward fire at point reyes is growing, and with the wind getting stronger, authorities have issued a new evacuation order, officials are warning residents and urging them to stay off roadways, nearly 1600 homes are threatened and the fire has consumed more than 2100 acres so far, it is 0 contained. With so many people in need right now, if you would like to donate, you can visit red cross. Org donate or text red cross to the number on your screen, easy to remember, 90999, that makes an automatic 10 donation. If you are keeping track of friends and family in the zone, we have links to county evacuation orders, all of that on kpix 5. Com. Still ahead first it was the coronavirus, now the fires are forcing one stretch of the bay for the first time, the man known as the Golden State Killer stands up and speaks out in court, his unexpected message to his victims. From full house to the bakehouse, the plea deal for a hollywood actress who admitted dear california. We know these are challenging times. Rest assured, you are not alone. Weve all had to adapt. And with summer here, your energy bills might go up with rising temperatures. Together, we can save energy and money. Try closing your shades during the day. Setting your ac to 78 or higher. Or cooling off with a fan when you can. United we are always stronger. Stay well, california, and keep it golden. The latest on the coronavirus, tonight napa county is no longer listed on the states covid19 monitoring list, making it the first bay area county to come off that list since it was added in july, businesses wont be allowed to open for indoor operations just yet, until the california reported more than 5500 new cases, the state sought 135 additional debts, hospitalizations are down, they are falling about 17 , just over the last two weeks. On the fire watch, crews are battling a couple of new grass fires in the south bay, one is burning near the coyote creek golf course, the fire has consumed 40 acres, crews say they have succeeded in halting the spread, at last check, it was 20 contained, no evacuation orders have been issued and no word on the cause. If you had plans to head to the beach this owbeoffioday, th monday. The coty is urging people to stay away, keep those roadways clear for emergency vehicles. Again, the shots of that smoke, a little bit of a breeze we saw from andrea, hopeful sign , while it can play havoc on the fires, it does move this a breeze, it leaves some moisture in. Every little bit does help, looking life, this is from one of the wildfire cameras, you can see there is blue sky up there, you can also see how the current weather pattern really time getting rid of this with more fire conditions favorable as we head into the weekend, smoke and haze remaining place, part of that he is parked over the desert southwest. Then there is a potential for tropical moisture to sneak up, moisture sounds like a good thing. Uns cosi want too it would be most likely beginning late sunday into early monday, that moisture begins to sneak up with a little bit of cloud cover saturday, we will freeze the maps, nothing on the radar simulation yet, by late sunday afternoon, it will be possible we will see some of that sneaking in, the rain will evaporate before it hits the ground, we are not likely to get any of the moisture to help us out, any of these, especially the yellow shaded areas indicating stronger cells would be capable of producing lightning strikes and gusty winds would play havoc with trying to contain the fires. Look at all of that smoke, 67 downtown, 78 degrees in san jose, temperatures still in the low to mid 80s, dropping back to upper 50s and low 60earlowg, dry enough, especially as the stduring the oon hours, 15 to 25 mile an hour wind gusts, it is still going to be hot inland, temperatures into the 80s and 90s, upper 60s and low to mid 70s with mid60s along the coast, spirit the air day tomorrow, the worst quality over the east bay and santa clara valley, the heat foreseeable future, still warmer on the bay with highs in the low 70s, updated model run to look at the potential storms coming up at 11 00. Here are your top headlines, golden state, Joseph Deangelo apologized for the crimes he committed and this evening, his attorney is speaking out. A judge said he deserved no mercy and sentence him to 11 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. I listened to all of your statements, each one of them, and i am truly sorry to everyone i have heard. Thank you, your honor. Over the last two years, his defense team has visited the Sacramento County jail weekly to check on their clients, who, while many consider him to be a monster, his attorneys say they were doing their job and it was not easy. I listened and i heard what they said, it was painful. It was difficult, it is part visurvivors f being a defense rt. Deangelo wont be going anywhere for a while, department of corrections has indefinitely halted transfers to prisons because of covid19. Another big case tonight, actress and Lori Loughlin is headed to prison, she was to t judge accepted her guilty plea and the College Admissions scandal, her husband was sentenced to five months, the pleaded guilty to paying half 1 million to get there doctors admitted into usc. A new york mother and her six children were kicked off a jetblue flight in orlandos airport, it happened after her twoyearold kept taking off a face mask, the airline has a policy that said, quote, all travelers two years and older must wear a face coverings. Still ahead, a man shot catches fire, but he didnt have any water, so he turned to the next best thing. Popping it, just spraying it, grabbing another one. Restor wiped out their entire ranch in. A fanfavorite venue, ever since they got gigspeed internet. Hey, amy . Wanna grab a seat . Were live. Its game on, with gigspeed internet from xfinity. Start him. Sit him. Trade him. Xfinity delivers fast, reliable internet with speeds up to a gig. Learn more, or get started with xfinity internet for 24. 99 a month for 12 months. Plus, switch to Xfinity Mobile and for a limited time get 400 off an eligible Samsung Galaxy 5g phone. Click, call or visit a store today. A vacaville man tried to protect his home from the lnu lightning complex fire. He says he didnt have any water, so he used the next best thing, beer, his cars were torched and his shop was going up quickly. When i ripped up the sheet metal, it had a no, i was shaking it up, popps ase me abo drinking water, i say, hey, save my shop. Firefighters arrived soon after and they put out the flames. Beers my favorite story, a heartwarming moment in the midst of all the destruction caused by the czu lightning complex, this morning, our crew stumbled upon a trio of horses who had survived the fire storm, flames destroyed their barn, they look tired and desperate, look at this, our kiet do had exactly what they need it. Emergency crews are working to reunite the horses with their owners, that was water. That was water. That is right. 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