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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 11pm July 12, 2024

Now 11 00, new evacuations of the glass fire rages on in the north bay, while some communities are finally getting to return home tonight. Its very scary. And also, it took time to load my car, because i thought that this was it. Reporter plus, much cleaner air across the bay area today, but will it stick around . And, how soon could reign return . More conflicting reports on president Trumps Health tonight, why he could be out of the hospital as soon as tomorrow. Early voting starts tomorrow, in some parts of the y u caget your in ahead of electi day. Ahead of election night, new residents returning to calistoga after being forced from their homes. Good evening, im brian. Im juliette. Tonight, the glass fire has torched nearly 65,000 acres, despite low humidity and high temperatures, fire crews have made major progress bolstering fire lines, upping containment to 25 . Check out this latest evacuation map, new evacuations have been ordered in northern napa county today, with the flames marching towards lake county. But, some good news for calistoga tonight, orders have been downgraded to warnings, kpix5s kenny choi spoke to residents returning home six days after the entire town was forced to d the main part of calistoga, but it is still a threat. Tonight, residents returning days after leaving their homes, wondering if they would ever see them again. Reporter as the ferocious inferno devoured hillsides close to calistoga, many thought it was the end of the historic town. Did make sense to stay. It was very scary. And also, it took time, to load my car, because i thought that this was it. Reporter tonight lights coming back on and cars slowly driving through a city that went dark almost seven days ago. Its fantastic to be home, for sure. Reporter ted osborne showed us the last picture he took of his home before leaving monday not sure he would see it again. But a lot of people lost their homes, but theres a lot of homes that were saved, it is surprising up there driving to the mountains. So grateful to the firefighters, we are just so grateful that our town is saved. Reporter they are the lucky ones, the city of calistoga has been evacuated twice in the last three years after the tubs fire in 2017 also threatened to devour the city. Despite we were spared the brunt of this, in the city limits, neighbors and friends to the rest of us, the east of us and certainly to the south of us have not been as lucky. There is so much loss and its going to take a long time to rebuild, but, its a pretty strong community. Reporter in calistoga, kenny choi, kpix5. California officially had a milestone today that was once considered unfathomable. Wildfires have torched 4 million acres in the state, this year alone, and the fire season isnt even over yet. The burn area it larger than the state of connecticut is more than double the previous record. Now to a clear day across the bay area, look at oakland, as the sunset this evening, and fog moved into the bay. I live look at San Francisco from our Treasure Island camera. Would that we could see it clearly tonight. Meteorologist darren peck joins us with muchneeded relief. Take a look at that view, the Golden Gate Bridge is in there somewhere, it looks like august out there and its still going with clouds surging onshore. Lets leave behind that beautiful sunset view and i will show you the same camera now from salesforce north looking that direction. If we go back to the camera on top of the Salesforce Tower looking east it hasnt gotten here yet. Tomorrow morning at will. Be prepared foandaportions tomo morning. If you are still doing the traditional monday morning commute, you may run into slowdowns if you are on the Golden Gate Bridge or along the immediate coast, maybe even a sprinkle or two, that is how impressive this on short surges. Look what it did for our air quality. Green dots everywhere with a few exceptions, hayward moderate, same at fairfield and same at santa rosa. If we look at the forecast for tomorrow theres a lot of green on here now unless you are in the north day, the potential is there for some unhealthy air and maybe even moderate. We can talk about the big drop in the temperatures this week and we still have the possibility for rain by next weekend, all of that is coming up in the forecast, i will see you in a few minutes. Despite welcome news. Another county is opening up a local Assistance Center to help people affected by the glass fire, santa rosa residents will have access to recovery and Police Resources tomorrow, the center will be located at maria carino high school, and will be open from o 2 00 1 00 to 7 00 bm also open saturday starting at 10 00 a. M. Stay with kpix5 and kpix. Com for the latest development on the glass fire. Tonight, we begin the 30 day countdown to election day and in a few short hours, you can start early voting in some parts of the bay area. Kpix5s betty yu reports from one early voting site in San Francisco which is getting ready to see an influx of voters, tomorrow. Reporter maryland and breed says the goal of this Voting Center outside the Civic Auditorium is to keep voting a safe and easy as possible, and to encourage a strong turnout. Reporter the city hall Voting Center has been moved outside this year under these large tent on grove street. The department of elections saw an 80 turnout in the last president ial election, so the city is preparing for record numbers. Despite im going to try to get down tomorrow to vote. Im really excited that they have the early voting, to just get it out of the way, then i can work to get everybody else out to vote. Reporter this Voting Center is just one option presented the skins. On election day it will be one of 188 in person polling places spread across the city. Everyone choosing to use one will be given ppe on site. If you are voting by mail, you can drop your ballot in one of nearly 1400 collection boxes. We are not going to let covid19 stop us, from making sure that you have access to vote in San Francisco at your convenience. Reporter the Voting Center has been set up to maintain social distancing. The department will also offer hand sanitizer, gloves, and facemasks to all voters. Either voted at city hall before, and its fine, but it does get to be a lot of people in a small space. So, i have looked at the space across the street, and it seems to have good distancing. I voted in the last november, filled out my ballot early than i like to go drop it off on as a n thing to do. Ow, so reporter if you are not registered to vote, there is still time, you have until october 19 in california. You can do so at the Voting Center, or go online. In San Francisco, betty yu, kpix5. Kpix5 is committed to helping you vote smart is november 3 two hour special section on kpix5 for links to voter information, specific to your county. President trump is spending his third night at Walter Reed Medical Center today, the president briefly ventured out of the hospital in a motorcade, to salute cheering supporters, disregarding his own administrations precautions to contain the coronavirus. Skyler henry reports at a weekend of contradictions and confusions about the president s health. Reporter wearing a mask, President Trump drove past supporters gathered in front of Walter Reed Medical Center. Despite him telling anybody with you. Reporter he teased the visit on twitter and just that he has learned a lot about covid19. Despite i learned it by really going to school, this is the real school, this isnt the lets read the book school, and i get it i understand it. Reporter one attending physician from walter reed criticized the president s outing on twitter, saying everyone who is in the suv with the president was exposed, and now they need to quarantine and might get sick. Whiteout physician sean conley is reporting the president s condition is improving and he could go home as early as monday but he also said President Trumps oxygen level dipped to concerning levels, both friday and saturday. Leading doctors to begin treating the president of the steroid shown to improve outcomes for patients with severe cases of covid19. Doctor conley painted a rosy picture of the president s condition saturday. Despite i was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude to the team, the president , his course of illness has had. Reporter democratic senator Chuck Schumer called on to be transparent about his health as a matter of national security. Despite when it comes to something as vital as this, the health of the president , the health of the people around him, we need to know the whole truth and nothing but the truth. It reporter just hours before President Trump tested positive, he attended a Campaign Fundraiser at his golf course in new jersey. State officials have contacted 200 people who were there as they try to contain the spread. Skyler henry, cbs news, washington. According to his campaign, democratic president ial nominee joe biden tested negative today, it was bidens third negative test since he shared the debate stage with President Trump for more than 90 minutes. New at 11 00, tonight, sentences go police are asking for the publics help locating a missing young woman, 19year old sidney west has not been in contact with her family or friends since last wednesday. She is a student at uc berkeley, she was last seen near chrissy field, her family says she is 510, weighing 130 pounds. She also may be carrying a black backpack. Anyone who may have seen her is urged to contact San Francisco police. Coming up, dramatic video shows the moments to firefighters are rescued from a california wired wildfire. Hear from the chp officer who saved their lives. Plus, where you soon may not see homeless and cabinets pop up in oakland. Who once midtown . We want midtown. A large crowd of angry protesters responded outside they do one of the most difficult jobs there is, even in normal times. Our Frontline Health care workers. And when these heroes lack the resources they need, that risky job gets ten times harder. Prop fifteen makes corporations pay their fair share. To invest in our communities, in our clinics, in the essential workers who treat everyone rich, poor, and inbetween. Whether its this pandemic or the next health crisis, vote yes on prop fifteen. For all of us. Is a time lapse of the moon out tonight. Tonight, for firefighters, there we go, for firefighters recovering after being airlifted to safety, from the side of a mountain, by a chp helicopter. Look at that, the crew have been battling the bear fire in butte county yesterday when they suddenly got trapped. Reporter steve large has the story. Reporter this camera shows the view from a chp helicopter over the smoky wilderness in and around the bear fire in butte county. The camera zooms in and spots for firefighters stranded. They seemed happy to get out of where they were. Reporter flight officer Matt Gaudette was the paramedic on board for this rescue mission. Despite the complexity is that it was in steep rugged terrain, and also in the fire line, so it was theres all sorts of conditions that we had to take into consideration before and during the call. Reporter there are more than 600 National Guard members assigned to california wildfires, working under the supervision of cal fire. This crew was carrying hand tools, cutting fire breaks, in a remote area, when they got injured in stock. Despite i cant even really begin to describe the conditions they are working in, its so extreme. Some of our crews had to hike three hours, to get into the area where they started working. Reporter a long hike in and in airlifted out, this wildfire danger is not only for the People Living along the fire lines, for these National Guard members, the only way out was up. That was steve large reporting, the four National Guard members were treated for injuries to their legs and also heat exhaustion, they have all been discharged from the hospital. Tonight, a new proposal in oakland would significantly restrict where the citys Homeless Population can set up tents. At this encampment we visited today, some sidewalks were blocked with trash everywhere, the proposed encampment management policy would ban tents near highsensitivity areas like schools, homes, and businesses. One city leader does not want to criminalize the homeless, but he says there needs to be a balance. And some homeless say the band would make it tough to find a place to sleep. Reporter talking with the homeless residents, meeting with them, telling them they really cant be somewhere. Letting them know where they can go. We are not trying to be a blight, we are not trying to be a bother to anybody. Reporter the city council will discuss and likely vote on the encampment management proposal on october 20. A group of activists in Southern California gathered to protest amazon and they took their protest all the way to the founders doorstep. Current and former amazon employees marched to jeff bays owes Beverly Hills mansion this evening, activists saying they are calling out to the company for its working conditions and impact on the climate. They also wanted to call attention to the plight of the working class. You should really be less greedy, and help people. Pay your employees a living wage so they dont have to be in government subsidies. Just pay them enough, so they would have to get government subsidies for babysitting. Reporter demonstrators also called for tax reform and accused billionaires like baize us of not paying their fair share of taxes. We showed you a picture earlier of the Salesforce Tower, and it has got a red light on the top of it, and in case you didnt know why, that is in recognition of National Fallen firefighters weekend. We are paying tribute to firefighters who lost their lives in the work of saving others, and that is why the Salesforce Tower is lit up like that tonight, it sure looks pretty. Lets put some numbers just to the side of that, 65 in concord, oakland 60, livermore 66. Santa rosa, our cool spot at 53, that is actually not that far off from the other locations, we are getting back into that time of year now, where we will see santa rosa in those sheltered valleys, experience much colder temperatures than other locations but i digress. Here is the headline in the forecast. This is the accumulated rainfall, for friday afternoon through sunday afternoon. This coming weekend. It looks pretty impressive, but it is still too early to go to the bank on this. Since we are in such dire need of rain, this would be such excellent news, if it happens, we have been talking about it all weekend, we will continue to track this closely, and we can show you the other long range forecast models take on this. If that is the gfs, the Global Forecast systems model, heres the other one sometimes is referred to as the european model, these are the two most important longrange and most trusted longrange forecast models, that one is in agreement. Thats a good sign thats like getting a second opinion. So, stay on top of this with us, you really will be in tomorrow morning she will have the latest update, and paul hagan will be tracking it all weekend long, it has held steady for the last 48 hours now, with these longrange forecast models keeping up a reasonable degree of confidence we will get rain next weekend, too early to say but it could be promising. Thanks to the falling apart of what was a hurricane marie which will get pulled into our first fall system of the year, that looks pretty good going into saturday afternoon. Not only the amount of rain here, but the long stretch of moisture into the pacific. So boy, we could use that. As far as the rest of the forecast, the main thing about tomorrow is the morning because he has a deep marine layer, coming in down at the lower levels, its pretty thick you coult fog roady tomorrow morning maybe you could see lightness just be aware of that in addition to morning lows in the 50s, daytime highs tomorrow, we will still be in the low 90s for inland, mid70s and low 80s for the bay. In the seven day forecast, look at that cooldown. Mid and upper 70s by the time we get into the mid and late part of this weekend then yes, chance of rain showing up as we get towards late friday, saturday, maybe a stray shower on sunday, towatch on very gooinfous ge crossed. Thanu. Movithears ge thokay to reopen in area, coming up, why some theaters may have to stay closed. Im dennis odonnell, coming up next on game day, the 49ers go prime time, but did not exactly play like it. The way im playing its black and white right now. Reporter remember the readers redhot start . Its gone. The as have a little score to settle with the houston astros. As a vindictive thing, we want to take out the astros. Reporter and, can the heat get back into the nba finals game day coming up right after this newscast. Some Movie Theaters across the bay area may have to stay closed, even if their counties allow theaters to reopen. Regal cinemas says it is considering closing all of its theaters, reporter Britney Hopper has more on why and how it could impact the movie industry. Reporter just days after the opening of the newest bond film no time to die, it was pushed, from thanksgiving of this year to easter of next year. The Company Behind Regal Cinemas said enough is enough. The company says it is now considering closing all 543 of its theaters in the u. S. , as well as theaters and downs

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