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KTVU KTVU FOX 2 News At 5pm July 12, 2024

Davenport, and ader row. Agency. The scu lightning fire is but we have brought in significant numbers of resources from other parts of the state. We have called upon our western now the 7th largest wildfire in state partners. In fact, we have requested california history. Firefighters from other states. Nearly 230,000 acres or 360 we have activated the National Square miles have burned. The fire complex is now 10 guards, including their guards contained, and cal fire says so troopsmen, who are going to create introduce, and brought have been evacuated from their in the federal activation with homes, and five structures have air tankers, aircraft, thats weve been able to transform been destroyed. The lnu complex fire in the north bay is now 7 contained into fire tanker. We are drawing upon every available resource. Not only to help us fight the current fires, but, as was at 219,000 acres. Five deaths are being reported mentioned, we are looking at in connection to those fires. The napa sheriff said the body the potential of more lightning come sunday and into the next of three people were found at a week. So we want to make sure we have home on a rural stretch of every resource we can, should highway 128 in napa county just south of lake berry. New fires ignite. We saw kyla grogan tracking the coroner is working to that weather possibility coming identify them. The body of a man was found, up later this weekend. I was y off of mines road. One of the julie and ben, who and a pg e worker died near own a small goat farm there. Vacaville wheel clearing lines. They didnt see much air the governor urged people today support in their area. To stay safe. Every single one of my what do you want to tell folks who are saying we know were in counties is on fire. An evacuation, we see a lot of listen to what were see say, to be evacuate. Dont stick around. Smoke, looking to evacuate, but we havent seen any air support it brakes my heart weve lost yet . Those folks seem very concerned four lives. I almost thought i missed one about that. We actually have a pretty Large Air Force of air tankers of my best friends. Couldnt find her for 12 hours, and we found her and she is and helicopters. Almost 100 helicopters battling these fires. Fine, luckily her homes are but we are continuously prioritizing our resources, and fine. We have over 12,000 our aircraft. The aircraft may be on one fire in the morning, and if a fire firefighters now actively working. Takes a run and starts to go reporter Governor Newsom into a populated area, were said the is it a is pulling going to redivert all of that resource from southern aircraft to the area that its california, as well as bringing in mutual aid from 10 other needed. So aircraft are corn standpointly moving point may states. Seem, when you look out there, the three major wildfire that at the moment, just like the footage youre seeing you complexes are the lnu, scu, and be dont see any aircraft, that may be because theyre needed somewhere else, where there is czu. Together ray is have burned nearly half a million acres. Immediate life threat. So we have to prioritize out tens of thousands of people have been evacuated, and dozens resources. Of homes, if not more, have the firefighters are on the ground, make their way in these been destroyed. Real rugged areas to put in we want to give you a look line to slow down these fires, from about the czu fire. But in some cases, in these this is above one of the communities that has been evacuated in san mateo county. You can see the fire giving on areas that are completely rural, where there is no threat to life or property, we may a massive amount of smoke. Have to allow the fire to get a little larger to come to a for a time this afternoon, air point where we can safely, from a distance, be able to stop it. Yeah, ive been in the middle of those rural areas conditions were rated adam where firefighters are work hazardous. Thats the worst rating Cities League lengthlessly. Theyre under those trees. You cant see them. But definitely near working, ghost towns. Jesse gary is of those and that family saying the same thing to me yesterday, they evacuated towns and joins us know you guys are doing tonight with the latest on everything you can to stamp out this. Jesse in. Reporter cristina, good these flames. Thank you for your insight this afternoon to you. And an update from the last hour. Ive been told that the santa evening. Thanks. The survivors have spoken cruz county Sheriffs Department is investigating reports of missing persons, perhaps as many as three missing persons in this incident. Thats all in the information clearly. Deserve no, sir mercy. We have right now, but of victims described him as a course well follow this story monster, and a sociopath. For you throughout the rest of the evening and on the 10 00 and 11 00 news. As for the california high we patrol and county deputy is, plus back to our fire coverage, they are shifting their operations to provide support the fire has become the 7th for evacuated areas. Largest fire in the history of you can see one of the checkpoints here on highway 9 california. Up next, a look at where cal on the roads that lead up to fire believes its burning to next. Reporter spent the day in Boulder Creek. This as many remaining residents are preparing to leave. Sonoma, on the lake napa reporter nearly 24 hours complex fire. After a mandatory evacuation what were funding out is this order, the last few residents in scots valley are preparing vary is just plain stubborn and it means to keep burning. To leave. Its just surreal. No words to describe it. Even being here for the past however many days its been going on, everybody day you just cant believe that this is really happening. Reporter overnight, the czu august lightning complex fire flared in the Santa Cruz Mountains, growing by at least 10,000 ashes. Mandatory evacuation orders forced many more people from their homes, stretch from the hill tops to a university campus, to coastal areas. When people do that stay behind and try to take matters into their own hands, it creates a bigger issue for our first responders. Reporter cam fire Officials Say three separate rescues of residents who remain behind were needed overnight, police and sheriffs deputies are sweeping neighborhoods and school right minding procrastinators its time to move. I just want to make sure you guys were aware. And you guys are planning on evacuating . Im on my way. When you evacuate, its hard to decide what you want to take. Reporter how do you decide . Exactly. Dont know. Reporter ryan hope and son making a trip to their Scotts Valley home. As they and others head out into the murkiness of an uncertain future. Its crazy. I dont know. You get attached to thing, and its hard to let them go, no matter what they are. You look at anything in there, and youre thinking maybe i need that, maybe i need this, because you dont know when youre coming back. Reporter many residents rates bying and packing for weeks away from hole, without the knowledge of whether or not theyll have a home to come back to when this is all over. Gain, headline from just over the past hour, Santa Cruz County sheriffs deputies investigating reports of possibly flow people missing. Well have more on this as the evening goes along. Back to you. Jesse, thank you. Well, Santa Cruz County had a half dozen Evacuation Centers for the more than 60,000 evacuees they are dealing with right now. As ann rubin explains, they had just a short time to grab whatever they needed and go. Reporter for thousands of families in san mateo and santa cruz counties, evacuation has meant saving what you love most. For some its a peg, for others ationyearold turtle, for lynn, its a horse she raised from birth in her backyard. She is not used to all of this commotion, but were all hanging in. There. Reporter she is camped out the wallbridge fire is at the Santa Cruz County burning west of healthcare in fairgrounds while the czu fire Sonoma County. Fires expect to deal with runs its course. Significant spread today. Heed the fire is one of a others evacuated to a local cluster of fires. College. We got one little box, these fires have been burning whatever was important 20 us. Since monday and they continue we had just done the laundry to merge and move, and are causing mandatory evacuation conveniently, so we just put those box herself in the back orders in the lake sonoma area. Tom vacar spent the day in Sonoma County visit something of those areas that have been of the car. Reporter residents described gridlock as they tried to leave. Cars and trucks backed up, evacuated. He joins us live at the Sonoma County fire attack base, where motor homes leaving. It was very slow crawl. Cal fire is launching those reporter many here are sleeping in their motor homes. Firefighters planes. Tom . Reporter in the decades that ive covered this base up told the here, ive never seen it as evacuation could last weeks. Busy as it is today. This family from Scotts Valley just about four or five minutes is trying to stay positive. Ago, there weup here is deep down, it feels like im going to lose my house, and country until reserve, and there are six of them working pray to god we do not, but unfortunately we already have right now, and another thing to friends that is. Reporter for now all they can do is wait. Notice is, look at the pall, out to the far. You can see that its blue. Surrounded by the people and things they love most is hope but for a miles and miles, this for the best. Well take any of the luck pall is hanging over the area, and prayers anybody has got. And with an evacuation that because that is the remains of may last weeks, some are all of the trees and the other choosing to stay in their motor homes. Others are off to visit family, things, buildings, houses, that and some are looking at hotels. Have burned. This is a because as we see and with the a growing list of hotels is threat of more lightning, this is not, i repeat not, getting offering discounted rates for evacuees. Ann rubin, ktvu fox 2 news. Were going to get a glimpse into what it looks like inside big basin redwood state park after fire tore through better. West ofs agoerville and that area of the santa cruz healdsburg, this threatens the mountains. A crew with hiking near entire region. Overnight the fire claimed a through five miles througe lot of acreage, as well as structures. There was evacuation after redwoods had some sort of fair damage. Those that are sometime Standing Bear these scars of evacuation ordered as the fire grew marriage that is why a the massive firestorm that host of aerial attack contractors have been working passed through the park. Fire also destroyed much of the from Early Morning into late parks infrastructure, including dusk. Cal fire tanker pirate jerome the headquarters and visitors lavell. This is the last five or six center. These fires are responsible years being very bad, but this for unhealthy air quality this week. Here is a look around the bay is, like, incredibly bad. Reporter with a lot of the area. From mount diablo in walnut state on fire, resources are creek to a camera in jack truly stretched then. Right now were pretty much london square. Scattered all over the state. We also see downtown san jose, difficult to have a plan for and san francisco. Theres just no escaping the haze and smoke. One fire. Lets get over to kyle grogan. So were adding plans, but its fit windy, then its harder you could see the ash falling to contain. All around us coming into oakland today. Yeah, i had the ash on my a number of large contractor and emotional aid aircraft have been called into action. Car as well. It is pervasive. It is everywhere. When the fire gets big, you youre lucky if you see any need big airplanes to draw big blue sky out there, and there are a few spots that have. I wanted to started off with a lines of retardant. Reporter many communities all the way to the sea are in tour of whats happening weatherwise where some of evacuation mode and remain these fires are being fought. I want to saturday off with the virtual ghost towns. Near gurnville, the armstrong lnu collection fire. It is in 80s between about 32 state Redwood National resource years, but way up ees that have to 40 . As we head over to the north here, way above the redwoods, bay, part of that wind has to are a lot of trees that very do with the offshore flow as we much burn when there are fire, have our normal pattern going and they also shed, and what they shed are leaves and other on in the afternoon. Wind is not too bad in places debris, and those, if they get kicked up in a firestorm, can cause embers that can spread like againville. Lets head a little further this fire far, far away. South now. Down to the south bay. Throughout this region, our you can see we have the czu craft are doing their best to slow down the fires, but it lightning complex fire. This one the humidity is a will take ground crews to stop little less there. They dont get a lot of the the fires and keep the embers influence of the marine layer, so that kind of puts them from reigniting, and the two behind with that moisture you two worst months for wildfires can pick up closer to the coast. Are still ahead of us before you can see as we head to the the rains come. Seeing this ahead of August Santa Cruz mountains, humidity is very concerning. Reporter as one of the at about 61 . Wind is something im going to tankers leaves to go be be keeping an eye on adam we go replaced by another one that throughout the night tonight. This is a live look at san will be coming in, theres also francisco, poor air quality. A spotter. In fact, two tankers are leaving, and four others involved in this process. What will happen is they will sprayer the air alert, and it goes through sunday at this point,s and pretty much go do their assignment goes, to pervasive just about everyone. A break in the north bay. Another assignment, perhaps, certainly you see the north way and the central bay. Depending on what the situation is, which changes literally theyre under the air quality from minute to minute. Also a spotter aircraft out alert for tomorrow for earn here is off to the left. Healthy sensitive groups, and then as you head down to the and that is what actually guides the fire retardant santa clara valley, you know see those numbers will be tankers on to their targets. They actually follow them down to the target, just to make higher for tomorrow. And a fire weather watch is kip sure that the drop is very, kicking in sunday for the very precise, and they serve as entire bay area, because we kind of airborne air travel have thunderstorm possible with control officers in your the pocket of draw lightning, opinion the sky, too make sure which, of course, can spark that there arent collisions more fires. That, of course, makes and all of that stuff. Everybody stand up and notice. Very, very busy. Ill tell you hat the genesis very significant, because this is anything but over. Of those storms is, where its coming from, and how long it tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. Will be with us in a bit. For now, back to you. Using a critical tool try to thanks, kyla. Joining us on the phone is stomp out these vicious flames. Thank you for that live report, daniel, cal fires a deputy dir tom. One of the thinks that firefighters keep a very close eye on, of course, are the weather conditions, and today things were a little bit improved, as far as wind was concerned. We had our marine layer this morning that brought in a little bit of moisture. That is helpful. But this is not helpful. Were under a fire weather watch starting sunday at 11 00 a. M. Until tuesday at 11 00 a. M. , because we could see more thunderstorms roll through that could kick off dry lightning, again, which is how many of these fires start fond tell you why that is happening, i have to go down to the tropics, and over off the coast of mexico, where we have post tropical genevieve. It was a Tropical Storm, and now is a post Tropical Storm. This moisture will move to california, and that will lead to storms with dry lightning where we have spark fires. That is not the case right now. Right now we have anyway reason layer moving in. We expect that to be about 1,000 feet, so relatively shallow tonight. As you can see, the air is very hazy as we take a live look at san francisco, where it is 78 right now. We have heat out there. Oakland is at 77. San in at 83at this hour. Temperatures will be 56 to 73. Ant york into theantioch into the 70s tonight. So that wont be much of a cooldown. 68 degrees for san francisco. 76 for oakland, which is still slightly above average, but not bad. 94 in livermore. Thats where some of the heat is going to hang on in those east bay inland communities, and 86 tomorrow in san jose. As we look at our air quality, its going to stick with us through you the weekend. Were in that spare the air alert through sunday. The worst part of it is expected tomorrow, which will be the east bay, and then down to the santa clara valley, but thats not to say we dont have part tick lats in many other areas, as you can see. 60s at the coast. Well see some of those 90s inland tomorrow. Ill be back in a few minutes with your extended forecast. For now, back to cristina. Kyla, thank you. Ive listened to all of your statements. Each one of them. And i am really sorry to everyone ive hurt. A convicted serial killer and serial rapist finally apologizes. Up next, the sentence hand down to the man known as the Golden State Killer. Ed to the man known as the Golden State Killer was sentenced to life in prison. For now from henry lee in sacramento. Reporter convicted Golden State Killer Joseph Deangelo was wheeled into court in sacramento for his final reckoning on friday. After days of hearing from survivors of his 13 murders, kidnappings, and scores of rapes, he stood up and took off his mask. Ive listen could of your statements. Each one of them. And i am really sorry to everyone ive hurt. Reporter the judge was quick to respond. Are you capable of comprehending the pain and anguish you have caused . A monster, formally sentenced him to life terms in prison. The survivers have spoken clearly, the defendant deserve no, sir mercy. Reporter prosecutors from across the

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