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Screen that map shows the outline of the fire and it has spread now to the coast, new this morning that fire has turned deadly as firefighters discovered the body of a 70 yearold man. In the last chance area of Santa Cruz County kron fours will tran is live at the Cal Fire Base Camp and scotts valley, he has the latest for us will. Learning just add on to what you said about that victim we do know that he was not inside his home, but in fact near his car. That leads them to believe that he was trying to flee the fire but just simply ran out of time and just overcome by the heat the smoke or the flames and thats how he was not able to get out, but his name not being released to the public at this time as far as the fire they are making progress. Good news to pass along they were so fearful of lightning strikes in the overnight hours but they did not see any lightning strikes in the Santa Cruz Mountains and that and just favorable conditions have helped them make headway. We are now sitting at 13 containment up from 8 in the overnight hours the acreage however did go up from 74,000 to 78,000 acres burned 231 structures destroyed and keep in mind structures could be anything from a bar into a home. We do know that 6 people actually had to be rescued over the weekend because they went back inside their homes and in the process they were fearful for their lives because of the conditions that fire the flames, the smoke and what not thats when they had to call the Fire Department in to rescue them, nobody was injured just a reminder dont go back into their homes at this time until they tell you its safe for them to escort you in to those areas as far as the fire. Favorable conditions, including the rising humidity. That has helped the firefighters make a little bit of progress. Obviously over the last 48 hours a lot of success. A lot of small wins and the showed no to to larger ones on this incident we continue increase or personal neighbors assigned to this incident as well as engines. Crews and we continue to do that until we have sufficient resources. The incident to mitigate the the entire perimeter. Obviously the Mother Nature itself is quite a bit. On a pass along other things that people need to be aware of they have checkpoints in place now because over the weekend they had to deal with possible burglars and looting so they are keeping a close eye on that. In fact the Santa Cruz County Sheriffs Department. They did have to stop 10 people for suspicious activity ended up arresting about 3 people for warrants outstanding warrants and one person from San Francisco was arrested for having a backpack and an area that they should not have been so they are cracking down on that as far as santa cruz, the city itself im in scotts valley. Santa cruz is several miles from my location, theyre saying the city right now things could change but the city of santa cruz is not on fire. It is protected its whats burning around santa cruz thats their major concern. The areas that are hard to reach very steep very rugged very remote. You can clearly see marty and robin just how smoky the conditions are and something i want to just leave you with this that just blew us away from this location as far as the information. Yes, they do expect containment to happen over the next several weeks or so hopefully days. But the fire will continue to burn for months because its happening in an area this extremely dry. Full redwood trees in redwood trees are very dense and they say the redwood trees will burn for 3 to 5 months. Its 5 months marty that goes well into the new year. Yeah back to you that is so sobering all right, well thanks left that live report. From the south bay robin. Well, another problem that theyre having lets continue our Team Coverage shot on the lnu complex fire in the north bay this map check it out it shows where the complex fires are burning in sonoma napa and solano counties and so far at least 4 people have died and 4 others have been injured, lets check in with kron 4 Sarah Stinson who is live near hills for where the fire is threatening homes, sarah. Hey there live off of mill creek road. If you keep driving down there and then turn on Wallace Creek road thats where well see a lot of the devastation caused by the wall bridge fire all a part of the l a new lightning complex take a look at video that i just shot within the last hour you can see a home that collapsed in has burned to the ground. Its devastating to see all thats really left is rubble. And that is kind of the reality on walls creek road there some houses that have made but others that did not in this is what firefighters have been working so hard to avoid. But as we know across the napa sonoma lake in Solano County is its hard because theres 30,000 structures that are threatened already 871 have been destroyed in today. A red flag warning continues until about 5 oclock thunderstorms are still predicted throughout the day which could cause some erratic winds wind is not what we want because that will just pick that flame up and rage it towards the communities that theyre trying so hard to protect so. They expect continued fire grow throughout the day see a lot of fire trucks heading out to try and start to restart the fighting this fire in working all weekend long but still again the small brush fire. Theres only 5 contained has burned 54,068 acres now a lot of people made it out of their homes just in time and they describe to us just how devastating this all is. I stayed a couple extra days i voted my truck with all my tools and everything and waited a little bit and then its are coming over the house kind of so and to go. Yeah, i feel really bad for the people that have lost homes and you know were going to go back in their place is going to be there so it is hard enough like this, but if you go is all your stuff in your house. The environment right now. And my opinion. Yeah, it is. And needs weve taken care of better. All right live up on this hillside off mill creek road which i can usually see more from here. But the visibility is pretty awful its very smoky out here. I cant even see very far because usually theres a ridge behind me, but its so smoky. Theres absolutely no visibility again, im not feeling much wind right now. But firefighters expect to feel more drafts of wind coming through and so theyre using fire to fight fire to hold that fire line to prevent it from burning into the communities. I expect a tough with the cal fire Public Information officer were going to try made up right now so liking an update on know what theyre trying to do today in Sonoma County to avoid more homes from burning for now, im live west of healdsburg Sarah Stinson kron 4 news all right sarah, thank you well look forward to your update robin. Well looters victimize a member of cal fire in Santa Cruz County they actually stole his wallet from his car. And thieves took everything of his bank account just rain did this happen while the firefighter was actually out there saving lives and homes. Cal fire calls the crime sickening. Its unfortunate sickening one of our our ground commanders in that area. While out taking care of business directing a firefighting crews. Somebody entered his vehicle his apartment vehicle and stole person vehicles include his wallet. And rain as they could tell so thats the extent that these people have gone again this is why we have asked. For people to evacuate the Sheriffs Department has done a fantastic job in trying to derail this but again. This is what we have as a its saddening its sickening and were doing everything we can to try to help the community. Well theyre also warning about a fake go fund me account thats circulating to raise money for the firefighter, they say dont fall for this account is not associated with cal fire or anyone connected to the department. Well the story will make you smile 2 girls in santa cruz transformed the you see santa cruz entrance sign and there you see it their names are broken maliyah and they put up signs thanking First Responders Police Fire Fighters and pg and e the you see Santa Cruz Police Department Also thank the girls and the community for all the support that theyve given them during these unprecedented times. And we have an interactive map on our website kron 4 dot com that will show you all of the fires that are actively burning and the location of all the Evacuation Centers as well. We also have a list of up to date evacuation orders and warnings at kron 4 dot com. The fires burning out of control across the bay area of course having a major impact on the air quality that weve been dealing with over the past week. Lets take a look at a map that shows just how bad the air quality is in the bay area and we understand that the darker the color, the worst the air quality in right now the worst air is in the east bay, especially in the tri valley area want to learn more about this from a days far in the Weather Center heidi ok good morning marty good morning, everybody and what were going to see is a little bit of those onshore winds so thats a kind of picks everything up and sends it over the east bay at least. During the day and for now going on we did have some rain showers occurring overnight. Most of that is up to the north bay is now where its kind of bottled up for now not seeing much the way of lightning strikes that we like it gave us some rain showers overnight that we like also got some of that marine layer coming in overnight which is good to serve all the elements kind of work a little bit of our favor, however we do have little clear patch coming in and because of that theyre still has the potential for dry Lightning Development that means aloft will be a thunder shower occurring in the rain has to go to dry air and that can also cause even if we dont get any lightning. You can have a outflow boundaries develop and thats just the winds that are radack and thats not something we need to hear. So heres the Coverage Area Solano County is the only area not in this until 5 oclock speaking of those winds again youll notice the error directions pretty much coming in from the west. Most of the winds are calm as far as the synoptic sense, but there is a little bit of that on shore wind just a touch of that again its the erratic winds later on today. Theyre the most problem by robin. All right. Thank you day coming up next. Another Police Shooting leads to violent protest overnight. Well show you what led up to the shooting after the break. And as we head to break were taking a look at the damage caused by the czu lightning complex fire in santa cruz and san mateo counties check out these photos just devastating these pictures are from boulder creek. Holmes just reduced to rubble and ash as that fire continues to spread this morning. Well have another welcome back everyone, a Big National Story that were following for you this morning outrage and protest in wisconsin. After an unarmed black man was shot by police 7 times in the back the shooting was captured on video but we must warn you that the video may be upsetting to some viewers. It happened yesterday in kenosha wisconsin, which is about 40 miles south of Milwaukee Police were responding to a domestic. Incident at a home the victim as 29 yearold jacob lake. Hes in serious condition at a hospital this morning in milwaukee and then heres video of the demonstrations that erupted overnight near the scene of the Police Shooting police clash with protesters who are denouncing the police and police brutality. State officials are now investigating the shooting. And this morning more prominent republicans are speaking out against the president that includes former arizona senator jeff flake this comes as the Republican National Convention Gets Underway tonight in a scaled down fashion. Ryan nobles has the preview. The Republican National Convention Kicks off tonight and President Trump. Well make an appearance every day according to a source familiar with the planning youre going to see a great uplifting message from the president and from our allies and chuck when i tell you some of the stories that you hear theyre going to be some breakout stars and some people that you would not expect to be supporters of the president is going to tell a very beautiful story trump has told his team he wants it to be bigger and better. The democratic National Convention last week. Do you have a Great Convention coming up. And i look forward to it. And despite most of the speeches being given remotely President Trump and Vice President mike pence are expected to appear in person in charlotte sometime today where he will be in North Carolina unlike joe biden who didnt go to wisconsin. The state where he held his convention. Throughout the week President Trumps family will be the focal point of the convention. With donald trump junior speaking tonight. Some of the president s biggest allies congressman matt gates, jim jordan and Steve Scalise will also speak tonight as well as former ambassador to the United Nations nikki haley and mark and Patricia Mccloskey the couple who were seen in this viral video waving a gun at protesters outside their home. They face a charge of unlawful use of a weapon stemming from this incident. A source tells cnn that one night President Trump will be appearing alongside a group of Health Care Workers who been responding to the pandemic the speakers throughout the week well try to make the best case for President Trumps reelection by focusing on his first term achievements unlike the democrats last week where theres a lot of complaints they didnt offer much by way of policy or solutions. President trump will be laying out in a real policies, real visions, Real Solutions and President Trump says it will be negative i think the overall is going to be very positive as opposed to a dark. A very very positive message. 8. 17 this monday morning take a look behind me at walnut creek this morning you can see the heavy dense smoke. That is plaguing so much of the east bay, lets go ahead and get a check of the Weather Forecast with dave spahr heidi a good morning marty good morning, everybody the picture from radar is we still have some imagery that still lingering up their way up in the north bay just a touch. This flow pattern has all been from south to north that we have way out to see a little frontal boundary, its going to remain out there to provide a little bit of a month to get that on shore flow going a bit now well get that marine layer coming back again tomorrow a little stronger than we saw today. So thats good news to kind of moisten up conditions overnight into much of the bay area this is what were looking at. At the Golden Gate Bridge you can see the towers completely covered up in this fog even at this late hour. A check in the winds most locations are calm, theyll pick up a little bit today but some not the clean little bit of an onshore wind but were most concerned about is erratic winds developing because we have a very high level shower that may develop potentially want to show you those moisture levels back at the surface again now today conditions dry out we usually show this when we have this fire weather watches and so forth but usually the numbers are much lower than this all right thats today now overnight we get the nice recovery. Thats good tomorrow morning. And not too bad into tomorrow afternoon got 60s and 50s and the far east bay like that so we have a little bit of a recovery humidity levels that definitely helps out the firefighting efforts 73 San Francisco, the high today open about 7888 meanwhile for san jose calling a basically warm with smoke again theres a chance of an isolated shower or thundershower, maybe even just a down draft wind that ceramic midnineties going on in the far east bay we have 80s up to the north bay 88 meanwhile for san jose coming up in a bit well check of course of the 4 zone forecast in the extended right now robin has a look at a hot spot. Robin we do its starting to pick up out there some slowing in a number of spots the hot spot is westbound 37 at one 21 in Sonoma County. It is completely blocked right now because of a fatal accident involving a big break and a car. No other details but i believe along that stretch only have one lane doesnt look like traffic is squeezing by but youre backed up for miles once again west 37 all lanes blocked there right at one 21 to investigate this fatal crash and theyve issued a special Traffic Alert a lot of folks are going to start looking for alternate you can take 5. 80 or 12. If you take 5. 80 use the richmond sandra fell bridge. This is what youre dealing with which is probably why its starting to get heavier. Were at 11 minutes now to the north bay. Checking in on