Mountains and also in southern San Mateo County thousands of people have had to evacuate these communities where the fire is burning and also where the fire continues to threaten theres been extensive damage in areas near Boulder Creek and also in bonny doon homes. Theyre just incinerated by the fire hundreds of other buildings have also been destroyed and many more are still threatened fire crews have been dealing with these intense fires for days now fire Officials Say that it is actively burning in heavy timber and thick undergrowth one of the big concerns has been burning trees which have been breaking apart hitting the ground and then causing the potential for more fires to spread however, firefighters have reported that there have been better firefighting conditions, thanks to improved. The weather. More aerial attacks and an increase in the number of crews that are working the fire. But evacuees that have been staying in nearby santa cruz have been patiently waiting for more updates as they struggle with uncertainty, im glad that we left them that we were. In the midst of many many many other people who were leaving its a little bit emotional but i i dont know we dont have our jobs weve been lucky through the pandemic to begin less so and i mean its a lot worse for people who have already lost everything many people were hoping they werent going to have to be away from their homes, this long, but crews are hoping that people do not try to head back into these communities right now to survey the damage or any of their property that is up there right now fire crews are out there taking a look at what they can theyre actively fighting these fires and making sure that property is protected, but as they are doing this theyre also going out and surveying the damage on their own and they will be giving us reports as soon as they have that reporting in Santa Cruz County dan thorn kron 4 news. Were getting a closer look at the man whos wanted for stealing a wallet of a firefighter who was battling the czu complex fire. Santa cruz county investigators say the man used a stolen credit card at a shell gas station in santa cruz and a safe way and capital up Officials Say he even tried to use a stolen credit card to buy Virtual Currency that wallet was stolen between friday and saturday right from the firefighters car and that car was parked at the body dune fire station. He was out there on the front lines battling the czu lightning complex fire check out the photo, heres a closer look of them and the police are looking for investigators say that he was wearing a green San Francisco giants cap. What the white and black checkered mass yet on a black tshirt light blue jeans and black vans shoes. Officials believe that the man is likely of bonny doon resident, if you know this man or have any information youre asked to call the Santa Cruz CountySheriffs Office. Now lets go ahead take a closer look at the lnu complex fire that continues to burn in the north bay that fire is burning in napa solano and sonoma counties more than 351,000 acres have been burned. But that fire is now 25 contained in napa county there are still plenty of evacuations in place but several areas have been downgraded to evacuation warnings. The fire is still burning close to where highway one 21 1. 28 meet that fire damaged homes on steel canyon road and hillsides on both sides of the highway were scorched. We talked to one man who stayed behind to defend his property while his wife left the scene today hes breathing a sigh of relief and his property is safe. His wife is back home. More relieved a lot more an for us to get prepared for the next we knew that it was here when it was in Lake Hennessey then it got to bury a son and we knew that it was their. We really werent expecting that to come sell too much so but but it didnt. Kind of caught us by surprise a little bit. Well residents werent just worried about fires of course you know that looting has been an issue. Evacuations have not yet been completely lifted in cal fires urging anyone in the area to be ready to go if conditions should change. Of course one of the areas hit hard by the l a new lightning complex fire is healdsburg and thats where the wall bridge fire continues to burn its already destroyed many homes in get a look at the damage here. One of dozens of homes that were burned along mill creek road. We found a family who had lost everything their home along with precious and priceless items reduced to ashes and rubble. Very startling my husband is a Custom Furniture designer and name the pieces that weve had in the family for 20 years or more design pieces beautiful custom pieces are all gone. Family heirlooms jewelry. I these are all things but i think the most important thing is that each object has a. As a human story connected to it and thats thats really what we do. Im morning. Well despite the destruction only the familys garden survived. Well now back to the north bay thats where monitoring the work for the fire in marine county. And its grown to nearly 2500 acres and is only 5 contain flames just continue to burn in a remote area of the Point Reyes National seashore a dense smoke is affecting moran and San Francisco counties among others 3 firefighters were hurt, but theyre going to be okay. There are more than 1600 structures still threatened this morning. Well now moving to the scu lightning complex and you can see on your screen check out the map where the fires are burning in alameda contra costa and santa clara counties. The flames have spread more than 360,000 acres, its a 15 containment this morning. 5 people have been hurt including 2 firefighters who are recovering after being badly burned. Dennis shanahan has the story. As the scu lightning complex fire raged into the Del Puerto Canyon area. Step brothers james shultz and tom shelton were the last ones on their property in these rugged hills between san joaquin and alameda counties they were just basically protecting them their property Steven Nelson is the brother of 22 yearold tom and stepbrother of 32 yearold james he spoke with us outside you see the med center where the 2 men are being treated for serious burns, steven says they were setting up sprinklers and grabbing valuables when they suddenly found themselves surrounded by flames they listen to all the warnings they were prepared for everything. The winds shifted and caught him by surprise it can happen that quickly. And they were not trying to be heroes. Tom said the in a matter of 3540 seconds it just changed and they got caught their cars caught on fire they caught on fire but working together they made it to a water tank on the property the 2000 gallon water tank. And thats what say their life turn the water on top of them as the fire passover. Steven says there was one car on the property that hadnt burned. But it didnt have a battery and tom as his bloodied and burn and everything gets a finds a battery on the property. That still has juice after starting off the sprinklers in the toads and everything with his bloodied hands in a rustic restaurant and the better didnt fit he pounded it into the fit in there its a tight knit. But theyre not having gas they found 10 gallons of gas on the property to that hadnt burned likely he says the badly burned men drove to a company of firefighters who were down the street. The family appreciates the firefighters who then helped the brothers get to safety. But steven has a stern message for one of them specifically the firefighter who decided it was time to videotape my brothers as their burning alive. That is not okay more importantly, steven wants people to know his brother and stepbrother are going to need a lot of support moving forward to go fund me account have been set up a 3rd expected to make a full recovery and theyre both they want to live thats what thats really what we care about in us shanahan fox, 40 news. Well we have an interactive map on our website at kron 4 dot com that shows all of the fires that are actively burning and the location of all the Evacuation Centers. We also have a list of up to date evacuation orders and warnings and kron 4 dot com. Well those fires continue to have a major impact on the air quality in the bay area were taking a look at a map that shows just how bad that air quality is there it is now the darker the color, the worst the air quality and you can see those pockets of dark color right now has the worst air quality is in the east bay, lets go ahead and get more on this from days for in the weather center. Hi good morning welcome morning. Marty good morning, everybody and were not having as much of a clear on shore flow pattern like we did yesterday we had more weather kind of happening around us, theres a general drift if you will on shore but you can see kind of also a northerly wind in the east bay happening as well and we had enough for the marine layer to come over us which was certainly would take with the fog working its magic as well, heres what we got here from u c berkeley everythings pretty much covered up by that fog. And its going take a while for that fog really to lift later today despite the fact of the fires that are still going. You should the mixing a process the sun joins us heats the ground we have the ground heating and little Little Pockets obviously but not enough for a macro sense to really get everything cleared out and along the coast. The fog will linger in sometimes for firefighting efforts. Well, i guess the one up in marin county, heres the only one that maybe would be impacted directly by that sometimes that can be a problem for firefighters because they get lost the cant find their ways easily with the fog there its nice to have the moisture but they cant see is easily. Here comes back again for tonight into wednesday, filling up the same kind of territory as well also this dampening helps Cool Conditions down as well. Temperatures for us right now were in the mid 60s through most of the east bay up to the north bay the 50s 50s also into the peninsula with 64 san jo4e this is cooler all over the region today, even though yesterday was a day were treated to some rain going on and minus the lightning. Thank you and cleared out by the afternoon. We expect the same today too but thats going to be more inland and i think along the coast you could be battling more that fog in cloud cover 69 by 09 00am by high noon were only about 81 little bit of a warmup is expected as we head on to the weekend while morning forecast coming up in a bit robin. Sounds good. Thank you. Coming up next on the kron 00 04am morning news as wildfires rage out of control. California is now bracing for even more fires in the coming days, how the state is preparing to get ahead of the game. Plus tensions protests and a curfew for one wisconsin city after police shoot and on armed black man will have the latest on the investigation and the protests coming up. And more than a 177,000 americans have now died from the coronavirus well have the latest on the pandemic and the fight to contain the spread just ahead. Its my 4 10 noexcuseson gameday migraine medicine. Its ubrelvy. 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Closed for the next 2 weeks as cases rise in the college town greek life feeling concerned on a number of the university of kentucky retesting its 5500 greek life students in atlanta, a spike in cases at a georgia tech fraternity, forcing all residents of that house into isolation. Plus weve got our first exposure we did tie or ties to the people who are not. That Living Community outside of that. Weekend parties at the university of kansas earning 2 fraternities theyre a cease and desist letter ive kind of given up a little bit on the on the fraternity and Sorority Members i think its just going to get worse canned is among the midwestern states seeing a rise in new cases south dakotas numbers are also up. At least 26 cases in 3 states. Have now been linked to the sturgis motorcycle rally there earlier this month. Much of the south is among the 25 states posting a decline in new cases over the past week average daily deaths finally under a 1000 for the first time in nearly a month. Yet even in areas doing well concern remains new york announcing plans to offer voluntary testing at jfk and laguardia for arriving passengers as the mayor of danbury connecticut says travel barbecues and youth sports are fueling the spike in his town this is a good time to pause. Get our numbers down and then we can maybe look at reopening it if at all possible as more children return to the classroom, the w h o says kids under 5 shouldnt be required to wear masks, new york citys mayor making a push for Outdoor Learning im certain cases we can close off streets for period time in certain cases we can make Space Available in local parks. Zoom out of reminding many just how reliant we become on technology. Atlanta, Public Schools on their first day back among those impacted. Meantime the president praising the fdas emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma to treat the virus just days after several experts warned more data. He is needed for going to get through this pandemic and were gonna take care of people the best way we can weve got to let science drive not a political timeline. That was erica hill reporting for us this morning. Were also monitoring the latest saw the covid19 pandemic right here in the bay area. And so far the state has recorded more than says the 676,000 cases and more than 12,000 deaths across the bay area. There are more than 77,000 reported cases and more than 1000 deaths. You can always find a running list of numbers broken down by city and county on our website just head over to kron 4 dot com. And is the first airport in the country to launch rapid 90 a covid19 testing for its workers. The airport is teaming up with Dignity Health for the airport is located in the International Terminal and launch just late last month. Officials are say the results will be available in less than an hour. Its open for air pro airport workers every day from 8 in the morning till 6 oclock in the evening. Now on to another big story were following this morning all muni rail service we will be by bus today is the rail service shuts down in San Francisco for the next several weeks. The muni metro system is shutting down because of equipment problems also someone in the control center tested positive for covid19 muni resume service on saturday 5 months after being suspended because of the pandemic if youd like more details on how this is affecting various muni lines. All you have to do is check it out at kron 4 dot com. Welcome back and thanks for staying with us another update on todays forecast we have another spare the air day in store, lets check in with tanks for kate. Hey good morning robin good morning everybody live shot coming in from the Golden Gate Bridge a little bit of glaze going on and we have fog across the bay this morning little bit of an onshore rift will call it its not a really strong flow but at least is coming for the right direction. Well coming in that cooler marine layer really helps out a little bit whats going on its not particularly thick, so it will mix out for most of the bay over along the coastal areas it will be slow going in terms ofoclearing. 60s cover most of the east bay for now weve got 50s up to the north bay and 64 to check in at san jose futurecast for watching this going emotion, theres the clear out job but remains along the coast in carl comes back again. Tomorrow morning it looks like even as early as tomorrow evening starts filling up the bay and venturing a little bit inland. We dont see any rain happening in the nearshore to read the short term period for this week ahead minor warming trend though were expecting toward the end of the week. Heres what happens with the moisture now as we watch this afternoon. Temperature conditions dry a little bit inland we get in the 50s in the 60s. But thats it will drop into the 30s so pretty decent job on that front get flooded again, byron marine layer by tomorrow morning again look at those numbers in the 90s like to see that. Tomorrow afternoon a little bit of drying into the 40s but again not getting too much into the danger zone. So again with all of that being said thick early fog at least in spots than