Of the northern napa valley, not only to here in angwin, but to the towns of st. Helena, and calistoga, 1500 feet below. The fact is, this is a big fight, and this is a fight to the finish. Unfortunately nobody knows where the finish line is. The fight against the glass fires eastern flank took place uncomfortably close to angwin, population 3,400, already under mandatory evacuation. This is largely an intense and relentless aerial battle, putting aircraft including Air National Guard helicopters against the fire that could still make it way to angwin should continues make it possible. Thats because this part of the glass fair is too big and too close to ignore. Angwin is higher and a little further up the road from deer park, which was destroyed fire coming up slope towards angwin from below. We mote john be a both, an evacuationee in st. Helena, who loves the angwin, but has been staying in the valley for the last threes. I monday afternoon about noon, i went to a mandatory evacuation. There were sheriffs deputies, trucks on the road, blasting sirens and intercoms, any announcing the situation, and they came door to. Do many cars left behind are humidded in shopping areas and School Parking lots to hopefully avoid insin race. Its a hardy community, and these people are there to stay, and they live there because they like thereto, and theyre willing to put up with inconveniences and things, but you have to give them a some kind of situation they can handle. Reporter on the valley floor, st. Helena, population 6100 remains under an evacuation warning. Almost no businesses are open. You would love to have some business, but if its not safe for your employees, and some of our employees are evacuated. Reporter its just one more burden machine a half decade full of burdens. Well get through this. We just want our friends to be safe. But, you know with just been disheartening. Reporter calistoga, which was already a ghost town under partial evacuation, saw its mandatory leave ordinaries wide were today. If it werent for mutual aide across the state, between states, and even with other countries, the fight against these wildfires would be hopes, and as it is, its becoming challenging as they get worse and worse. So why arent we deploying more planes to get on these things early so they wont become these catastrophes. It seems like were light on airplanes, and ive heard reports that we are. Reporter brought with so many massive fires and so so many places, Climate Change seems to have overwhelmed all existing resources, signaling the dire need for more resources and more resources very, very soon. As we come back live, the ash fall continues to fall, and of course its meaningless when its just ash because it doesnt do any damage. You pick up the winds and some of that ash is on fire, and thats a really problem. Its called spot fires, and they can do a lot of destruction, tom vacar, ktvu, fox 2 news. And now everybody bracing for more hot gusty weather and the return of those winds to come back tonight. You mentioned the spot fires, the winds, tom, e of this fire. As you know from covering fires, so its erratic, and those em are pushed, meaning those fires and spot fires have embers that can be pushed anywhere. And thats the scary thing. Reporter yeah, and as they become bigger, these fires can make their own weather, and that makes them evenmore erratic. Theres no way to perfectly predict what theyre going to do, but at least one thing, we have a whole lot of folks out there fighting these things, and theyre willing to continue fighting, even though theyre exhausted. All right, tom vacar, reporting live for us. Thank you. Those gusty winds died down earlier this week, and that helped firefighters make progress on the glass fire, but today forecasts are saying another red flag warning will take us back in the north bay starting tomorrow. Mark joins us now for more on all of that p. K. Mark . Hi there, julie. Yeah, the upcoming red flag warning is highlighting the heat and dry conditions heading our way. Temperatures have been coming down little bit over the last now days in most bay area neighborhoods, but tomorrow a quick rebound in temperatures. The winds will pulse up. Not as strong as the event we had over the weekend, but still any wind, even fit 20, 25 miles an hour, is still a huge challenge for the fire crews. Were looking at the fire conditions, at least the sensors right now. It is a warm and hot day, especially as you work your way closer to napa county. Temperatures in the 90s. Winds around 6 to 15 miles an hour, and those readings, relative humidity, coming down to 15 to 18 . With this pattern developing, youve been hearing bout the red flag fire warning in place for the north bay hills and the glass fire area. This begins 1 00 p. M. Thursday to 6 00 p. M. Friday. The winds not as strong as the last event, but still wind be moderately strong, gusts approaching 25 to maybe 30 miles honey hour. Its very hot and dry. Could be in the single digits. Here is the general forecast for tomorrow, as you can see, with the relative humidity coming down around 8 to 1 . Showing you this, that were showing you the wind forecast model, and youll notice the winds do pulse up into thursday evening. Instead of a northeast wind, were actually seeing more of a northwest wind. So its kind of an interesting pattern setting up, but still the same result. We still have dry winds in that area. Now checking out the temperature forecast, the relative humidity, off a barge start tomorrow morning, 60s and 70s into the afternoon hours. Youll notice temperatures really going up. In fact, that santa rosa reading should be closer to 100, even warmer than that, but lots of triple digits around the fire zone. Relative humidity coming down quite a bit. Heat will continue into friday as well. Well have more on the fire zone forecast and also this heat head our way with your full update just minutes away. We want to get an update now on the glass fire. This is a zoom News Conference from cal fire and Sonoma County officials. Well listen in live. Supporting those helicopters to start helping the Ground Troops with that long process of getting in there and mopping up those hot spots. So as we stand coming into the evening tonight, 48,440 acres, 2 contained. Today we have 2,099 firefighters on the line, and we are working to strengthen the lines that we got put in yesterday. So there was successful firing operations completed in anadel park yesterday, and in the sugar loaf state park, down to highway 12 along adobe canyon road, as well as on the northern portion of the Sonoma County side of the line from the end of gates road out to the end of sharp road to secure those two flanks of the fire here in the county. That popup is continuing. Was out on the fire line today. There are a lot of pockets of heavier fuels, like we saw on the wall bridge, especially in the st. Helena rode area, so those crews are diligently works out there to mop up that line. With that, ill call it end of report. Okay, that press conference updating us. I can just recap the specific numbers. 48,000 acres have now burned. The fire is only 2 contained. There are now 2,000 firefighters on the fire lines. Thats up from about a thousand firefighters earlier this week. Also, they have increased the number of helicopters, firefighting helicopters dropping retardant on the flames. They now have 16 helicopters, up from 7 yesterday. S the big news here is red flag conditions again tomorrow. As we heard mark saying just a couple of minutes ago, were looking at winds up to 20 miles an hour. That has been one of the big issues here is battling the fire with the winds. Theyve gone up, died down, came back up. Makes it very difficult to fight the flames. Also looking at temperatures over 100 degrees once again tomorrow. So, again, those are the headlines right now that we know of with the glass fire. Well continue to monitor the briefing and bring you any new information that we get throughout the newscast here. Cal fire has now narrowed their investigation into the possible cause and the origin of the glass fire. Our Investigative Reporter evan is here. Investigators have found the vineyard where they say this fire may have started. Reporter thats right, frank. I watched as wildfire investigators focused on an area next to an electric fence and small structure on the only this vineyard and spoke to a neighbors whose new video of the fires early moments burning in that same location. Wildfire investigators looking here in the cause of the glass fire are concentrating on a remote hillside tucked away in the Howell Mountain region of napa county. Its the standard setup for a wildfire investigation team. The vineyard isnt near any home, and its almost impossible to reach by vehicle. Its down a steep hill from the top of the north forecast of Crystal Springs road. Just east of the silverado trail, north of st. Helena. Almost nothing survived on the fire scared mountains. The vineyard is surround by an electric fence, and there are no power lines around where victors set up. Im in shock. Im devastated at the loss of my neighborhood. Not good. Reportersunday when the fire broke out. She took this video of the flames marching down the same hill side where investigators are now looking. I could see northeast here, a big blaze up on top of the mountain. Reporter soon the fire would engulf everything around here, include something several of her neighbors homes. When felt my hair was going to start singling in i didnt evacuate, you know. Reporter the first calls came in around sunday morning, just down the hill from where cal fire is now investigating. Spotting out ahead of itself. Reporter robert fox worthy described the early chaotic moments of the fire. He could not name a cause of the fire yet, though. They are trying to eliminate what didnt start it and try to figure out what it did. Reporter investigations can take sometimes months or a year. Investigators need to rule out all other possibilities and sometimes they never come up with how a fire started. Determining the cause of a wildfire can have monumental ramifications. Pg e has accepted responsibility for some of californias most devastating fires caused by its equipment. The company declared bankruptcy and settled with the Wildfire Victim inches use this for 13. 5 billion. The utility was quick to distance itself from the glass fire saying in a statement we have no indication that the glass fire is attributable to our facilities. Neighbor told us the vineyard is behind cake bread sellers. Weved out to the country, and they just returned our message saying they are cooperating and providing information to cal fire. And we have continuing coverage of the glass fire this evening. At 5 30, a look at the devastation if Sonoma County, as people return home to see the damage for the first time. Also, a fiery first debate between President Trump and joe biden. Coming up, how the nominees are responding, as the Debate Commission now saying it is preparing to make changes to future debates. 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What it doesnt mean is well be seeing any big crowds congregating indoors anytime soon. San francisco is the first bay area county to move from red to orange if the states color coded coronavirus ratings system. The mayor releasing a statement, saying while the move is encouraging, quote, this does not mean we can relax. The reason we are the first urban or suburban county in the state to move to the orange level has everything to do with taking this virus seriously. Among the major expanded freedoms with moving from red to orange, Indoor Dining at up to 25 capacity, up to 100 people for the first time in more than six months. Restaurateur michael said that means only 10 or 12 people would abe howed at one time in this restaurant. Not enough to upindoor service. Between my staff that i have in the kitchen, which is about three people all the time, and two were three people in the front, so its a lot of payroll for not too many customers. Reporter restaurants are now trying to anticipate how the weather could impact plans for continued outdoor dining. Its almost like a day at a time. Right now were trying to work something out with some kind of fabric to cover, you know, the sun and the heat wave, and but in five or six weeks, well probably have the rainy season starting, so that will be a different ball game, and im not sure how well handle this. Reporter the citys new status also means in Person Religious Services can resume with houses of worship allowed 25 capacity, ortion people, whichever is smaller. It is unlikely that many houses of worship will move quickly to bring congregants into one location said the leader of interfaith ministries. For those faith communities who have sack a mental needs, this will be very desireious for them, however, there are a great number who are hesitant and cautious to proceed. Reporter he said in many cases attendance is up for house of worship for sir cal services and said the citys Faith Community has been working in concert with health and political leaders on on developing best practices, facilitating communication to help the city get to where it is now. When the city declared its state of emergency, and activated its community brandon, we became that liaison between the city and our citys 800 communities of faith. Reporter some schools that applied for permission have begun limited in person instruction. That is expected to expand in the weeks and months ahead. Looking forward, the city is look at reopening limited indoor movie theaters starting in early october and for families outdoor playgrounds are on track to reopen sometime in midoctober. Christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. President trump and joe biden are back on the campaign trail today after their chaotic first debate. The former Vice President launched a whistle stop train tour through ohio and pennsylvania this morning. Mr. Biden called the president s interruptions last night quote a national embarrassment. Democrats and some republicans also criticized the president for failing to strongly condemn White Nationalist groups. Stand back and stand by. I just want to ask my republican colleagues how are you not embarrassed that President Trump represents your party . I think he should correct it. President trump declared himself the winner last night, calling biden quote week. This afternoon, the president headed to minneapolis for a fundraiser before attending a Campaign Rally in duluth. Preliminary numbers show more than 65 million americans watched the president ial debate on Television Last night. Thats the largest audience since the last super bowl. Instead of a traditional dhec. , it was slugfest of insults, interruptions, and name calling. Our political reporter, greg lee, is with us gain to talk about changes organizers could make moving forward. Julie, frank, good evening. There is no question last night was a disaster. Now, the commission on president ial debates is looking at ways to clean it up. And one of them is reportedly turning off microphones. Will you shut up, man. Listen, who is on your list, man. Youre the worst president america has ever had. Commonly come on. Let me tell you, joe, ive done more in 47 months, more than youve done in 47 years, joe. Reporter in the aftermath of a chaotic first president ial debate, joe biden and President Trump gave their assessments today. I thought the debate last night was great. Weve gotten tremendous reviews on it. Were hitting what people want, law and order. What i tried to do last night, i tried to speak directly into the camera to the American People to talk about their concerns, to talk about whats on their mind, to talk about what i would do were i president. Reporter in response to the disastrous 90 minutes, the commission on president ial debates said its considering changes to future formats to add structure. Everyone was talking over each other, and i dont think that it provided any more clarity, unfortunately, for those undecided voters who are still out there. Reporter thats spoke about issues like the supreme court, covid19, and Climate Change, but all of it overshadowed by interruption