Because there are multiple fires erupting across the bay area tonight, one of those fires is burning dangerously close to the benicia bridge. While in the south bay another fire is forcing people to evacuate their homes. Good evening, thanks much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 6 im Justine Waldman and we have a team of reporters following all these breaking news stories of all these fires are erupting across the bay area right now strong winds are fueling the flames will talk to lawrence about that well go to the south bay first 4 firefighters continue to battle the crews fire thats burning in gilroy evacuation orders are still in effect there. But first we go to the east bay where there are 2 fires burning right now one is in benicia the other rodeo and thats where we find kron fours tell the sacking she joins us live now with more on the progress that crews have made just in the past hour at the she seen that shes at right now they and just seeing as you mentioned as you could tell my hair is blowing in this win in this wind played a huge role and how this fire behave today. Now firefighters say they do have better control of it if you can see behind me youll see a lot of those berlins unburned areas because were not seeing that heavy smoke. Any longer but as we mentioned this wind really played a role because it started at as to smaller fires. Well that wind then took control of the both of those small smaller fires, then eventually those smaller you know at this point. A vicious, but theyre still theyre not ruling it out, but they still are determining the cause but typically when they have fires on the side of highways here its typically a cause of Tobacco Products or car issues now we talked to the Public Information officer for the Contra Costa Fire Department this is the latest on what he asks the 24 so crews that are out there working on the fire along with cal fire air assets have managed to stop forward progress thats great news is that moving forward or more. And now theyre working to contain the fire that quite contained at this point. Notwithstanding these windy conditions are making kind of tough i expect that well have him contained youre pretty soon still burning right now. Last count it was about a 150 acres burned. For as we mentioned you know things are looking better though out here they said no structures are threatened at this point and they have a better control that Fire Fighters think theyll be out here for another few hours. Theyre also going to have crews to watch over the fire to make sure theres no more flare ups throughout the night but again they are still working here behind me to make sure everything is contained for now live in rodeo Taylor Bisacky kron 4 news. Thank you so much taylor will stay in the east bay and there is another fire burning in benicia near the interstate 6 8780 split. A tree was reportedly burning on the right hand side near the east 5th street offramp right now the left lane on 6. 80 southbound is closed as the fires burning very close to the benicia bridge. Drivers are being asked to avoid the area try to find a different route if thats possible. Theres also another fire burning in the east bay thats near fremont these pictures coming to us from the Fremont Police department cal fire says the patterson fire burning near highway 5. 80 in paterson pass road has burned 150 acres and right now its 50 contained. And firefighters are making progress in the battle against the crews fire thats burning near gilroy evacuation orders remain in effect that fire is threatening several homes in a very rural area. Kron fours rob fladeboe has the latest for us right now. Battle against the crews fire which broke out near crews road on sunday afternoon is burning in the hills east of gilroy at least 2000 acres have burned much of it along kenyada road to structures were lost, but no homes as of monday afternoon the fire was just 20 contained says cal fire deputy chief mike were out here trying to get this thing buttonedup trying to keep it out of the henry coe state park. In trying to keep emitting high one 52 that traffic order obviously a very important target for us to miss that probably of. Save the solar panels. The road resident eric hall and showed me how the fire surrounded his home at the top of the hill at one point crediting firefighters and Defensible Space for saving it, i was relieved, i was i was only able to make it up last night and i was able to tell couple the neighbors. That there are places where intact fire retardant help save collins vehicles and barn these horses will need a bath but they were not hurt. The winds have been fairly erratic all afternoon. Firefighters contending with the on again off again hot spots like this one which will burn right up to a canny on a road here everything on the other side of the road has already burned. It is mostly ranch land 70 people were evacuated from the few homes here much of the battle is being conducted from the air tankers and helicopters. Firefighters expect to be here for several days tackling hot spots or small islands of unburned grass sparked up by the wind. Not a densely populated community out here in south county. But with that a lot of structures are save offenders a lot of valiant work done by a cal fire local government cooperating crews. Getting in front that fire between the residences and savings lot of property. Near gilroy rob fladeboe kron 4 news. And to our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow tracking the conditions for us right now we talk with calfire live during kron 4 news at 5. The representative telling us that with that fire thats burning in gilroy the winds going in such a direction that the fire is burning away from the city of gilroy which is great news. Thats exactly what they want they dont want any homes or people to be threatened by this fire, but theyre concerned that the winds could change direction and that could change their plans quickly. Yes, certainly does and the winds will do that will change directions throughout the night mainly a predominant westerly wind though right now they can have some issues with some smoke. In the gilroy area overnight tonight but right now up toward rodale you can see the fire burning in and around there the winds gusting almost 20 Miles Per Hour some points but not only there weve got more fires to contend with and this one is in and around some oil tank so certainly something to watch out for theres are fighting that one winds the delta breeze blowing right through you can see the benicia right now and the right along the 16 in the 70s but weve got a fire burning there certainly get those winds blustery at this time going to cause some problems in that area now not only there but also in toward fremont were seeing another fire this one mainly toward the bay right now on a par but a lot of that smoke is moving westerly so you get into fremont you get in a union city get into hayward some of that smoke could be an issue in and around that area and of course were talking about the crews fire now the winds coming out of the west pushing a lot of the smoke and the fire away from gilroy but overnight tonight, those will start to become slack and that means decrease overnight and all of a sudden some of that smoke is going to see and kind of fill back into parts of the gilroy area made in morgan hill may even southern san jose another fire to be concerned with this one up and marine that was burning near white cold stare, but the winds have really been within their look at that dylan beach to 31 Miles Per Hour doesnt look like these winds are going to be as strong by tomorrow afternoon the fire conditions still going to be running high will be watching and thank you lawrence and fire crews in the south bay continue to gain control of the park fire thats burning in morgan hill. This fire started over the weekend and has burned more than 340 acres. Evacuations were in place at one point but crews were able to stop forward progress and all the evacuation orders have since been lifted. We will continue to follow all of these fires throughout tonights broadcast and always bring the latest information as soon as we get it, were continuing to update our website kron 4 dot com and you can find the latest information there. Other news were following tonight governor Gavin Newsome revealing new information about the states response to covid19 over the Holiday Weekend in his daily update the governor announced there are 23 counties, currently on his covid19 watch list you can see the listed here on your screen. It includes 3 bay area counties. Contra costa. Marin and solano Santa Clara County which was originally on the list has now been removed and contra costa which was removed from the list on friday was added back today because of the uptick in cases there counties that are on this watch list are expected to close most indoor businesses, including restaurants to try and keep the virus from spreading any more today the governor also explained how the state will continue to enforce its covid19 guidelines in the days ahead. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala has those details. Governor Gavin Newsome pleased that many californians cautiously celebrated the 4th of july i just want to compliment. The local efforts the county efforts. The educational and the social persuasion that very i think well represented demonstrated over the 4th of july Holiday Weekend. Celebrations were underway. The state added a handful of counties to his Community Spread watch list with now 23 listed most of the counties have shut down bars indoor operations at restaurants and Family Entertainment centers as of monday. The state was waiting for 6 of the counties to take actions. 6 just joined weeks peck theyll move. In the next few days, california also boosted its enforcement of guidelines in the states face mask mandate it businesses cal osha contacted 440,000 of them. The majority of which made corrections immediately while the alcohol Beverage Control visited 6,000 restaurants and bars citing 52 of them to overwhelming majority of people. Were doing the right thing and i just i want to applaud that said monday this type of enforcement will continue as the states covid19 Positivity Rate reaches 7 and more californians than ever are getting tested for covid19 in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. California once again set a new record for the most coronavirus cases in a single day this is according to Johns Hopkins university we saw 11,786 infections that were reported yesterday across the state we now have more than 264,000 infections and more than 6300 deaths here in the bay area were seeing more than 27,000 cases and 599 people have died. Santa clara county and the state of california are butting heads over reopening. This all started over the weekend with restaurants being told they could not offer Outdoor Dining. And now it has put a stop on any further reopening plans. Kron fours dan kerman live now for us in palo alto with more on this story good evening dam. Good evening just in were in california avenue where for weeks now here and other parts of Santa Clara County you could partake. And Outdoor Dining. Now Santa Clara County is hearing that while the state issued guidelines for really didnt give Santa Clara County the approval to do it and now they want Santa Clara County to step forward and get that approval before theres any more Outdoor Dining. It was friday when alcohol Beverage Control officers visited morgan hills lidera grill telling them Outdoor Dining was not approved by the state because the county of santa clara had not submitted a request for a variance we believe that. Outdoor gaining is allowed at a News Conference monday. The countys Public Information officer said. As far as the county is concerned no request is necessary the way people havent heard believes the order says that. Something is in the day when it is expressly prohibited that when the state is silent that is left to the jurisdiction to decide how to proceed with their grill like many others in the county is continuing to serve food outdoors and the county is awaiting clarification from the state. In the meantime the county requests to further expand reopening to include hair and Nail Services as well as gyms and small gatherings has been rejected by the state because hospitalizations jumped more than 5 in a single week, so we had numbers in the in the 30s. And and you know the fact that they may have done to somewhere in the 80s, no percentage wise that certainly would go beyond the 5 increase but in terms of numbers. You know, its still a as doctor coady said we went from very low. To love county Officials SaySanta Clara County still has one of the lowest infection rates for 100,000 residents in the bay area and the state which is why theyre hoping eventually to get the ok to expand reopening. We are cautiously optimistic that we can resolve that issue but ultimately the ball is on the state court. And its very possible that that variance that Santa Clara County has been seeking might end up coming through. Thats because while hospitalizations had jumped a couple of weeks ago they had a very slight increase in the last week which means that its very possible that all of this could be open or at least get the state seal of approval, well just have to stay tuned live in palo alto dan kerman kron 4 news. Thank you so much dan coming up tonight here on kron 4 news at 6 there is fallout over comments one educator made regarding the death of soldier vanessa game. Now the community is calling for that teacher to be fired. I mean a warning he in washington the Supreme Court blocked President Trumps attempt to end dhaka but immigrant advocates say thousands more are still waiting for answers. Ill have that story coming up. And the aids memorial quilt is now on display in the bay area and you can see all 48,000 of the quilt panels online well happening today, the aids memorial quilt is now on display in oakland and san francisco. The displays are part of the International Aids Conference which is being held virtually this year because of the coronavirus all 48,000 panels of the aids memorial quilt are available to view online at aids memorial dot org. This year marks the start of the 2020 40 story telling initiative where the organization will be sharing stories of heroes. Survivors and those who have lost their lives to aids. Thousands of young undocumented immigrants celebrated the victory last month when the Supreme Court blocked President Trumps attempt to end daca or the deferred action for childhood arrivals program. The migrant policy is to says 66,000 young people are not eligible to sign up for dhaka but Us Immigration stopped accepting applications in 2017. And theres no word on when or if they will resume and warning key reports now on the uncertainty of what could happen next. And hundreds of thousands of dhaka recipients celebrated last month Supreme Courts ruling keeping the program another group of people were left waiting there are many thousands more that qualify for daca and that have been unable to buy sear appears with the Migration Policy Institute says when President Trump moved to end the program the u. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services stopped accepting new dock applications since september 2017 u. S. C a s has only been adjudicating dock applications and those who currently hold back or or had who had held doctor previously, but usc i s has announced plans to reopen the application process leaving 66,000 young immigrants who came to the u. S. As children and are now old enough to apply for dhaka wondering whats next for them. I dont know how many of the dhaka eligible folks are going to try to move forward with an application when the administration is still trying to dismantle it texas republican congressman will hurd said the feet of the program and those children is up to congress. But Texas Democrat henry clay or says congress cant do anything if President Trump keeps fighting back the president will come in and say a good deed opt out if you give me the wall us. The irs is also looking to congress saying in a statement quote if Congress Wants to provide a permanent solution for these illegal aliens in needs to step in to reform our immigration laws. In washington, im anna warren, a key. Lets talk about our 4 zone forecast right now so take a live look outside here at the Golden Gate Bridge facing north headlines looking pretty today but its about to get a warm out there summer heat is on the way so lets check in with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow to find out when this heat wave is going to hit us. Yeah good evening day good evening just we talk about the wind and the f