Anchors our coverage live from middletown now. This is one of the personal stories directly behind me. This is whats left of the sanchez family home. Investigators think the fire that caused so much destruction like this home here started about a 20minute drive away from here on Cobb Mountain. The public is not allowed up there, so kpix 5s john ramos went up there to give us a look. Reporter the search for the fires origin began with an ominous sign. Cobb mountain is not the same place anymore. Once known for vacation cabins and small resorts, cobb is now a silent display of natures most random devastation. Work crews are everywhere on the main road and as you climb higher, the mountain crests give a disturbing view of the size of the blaze. And if you look closely, there are plenty of grim surprises. There were warnings that something bad could happen but who really could have imagined this . Finally on a narrow street called high valley road, something unusual. Caution tape. Theres so much damage up here that no one has bothered to put tape up. There it is on a nondiscript hillside. This is the place where the fire started. Officials say they dont know where it got started, only that it began here about 1 00 saturday afternoon. Theres a downed fire line but its hard to tell if its a cause or the casualty of the flames. The house at the top of the hill is gone, and so is its neighbors. But it was from here that the inferno climbed over the hill and headed down to middletown with nothing but fuel as far as the eye can see. John joins me live now. With that truck up there about 20 miles away from here, that must have been an eerie feeling to know that was the exact origin. It is strange to stand there on the site and realize something happened here that started the fire. You wish you could do something to go back in time and be here to stop it. Navigating was also difficult, correct . Honestly no, because the roads are completely deserted up there. All the residents are gone. Theres emergency vehicles and a lot of pg e crews. Ultimately youre all alone over there. I happen to have the address. We found it and you wouldnt know because you see so many blackened fields around. But all of the sudden i saw this caution tape and it was weird because there is no caution tape anywhere around here. They just dont bother to put it up. All of the sudden i saw this. I see two of those trees and you could see the surveyors up there. Theres a reason why theyre paying so much attention between the field between the two houses. Here we are in middletown and it is 20 miles away from the origin of the fire which was Cobb Mountain. Joining me now is joe vazquez. Hes also in middletown. I know you got a real sense of what it was like for a lot of people to return home to nothing today. Just an emotionally wrenching day. Authorities were letting people in 15 minutes at a time, just a few people at a time to check on pets and livestock. But they didnt know what their home was going to look like. Would it be Still Standing . Or would it look like this . Looks like hell. Looks like lake county is actually in hell right now. Reporter most people havent had a chance to see that devastation until now. Sheriffs deputies spent the day escorting families back in to the fire zone. Ralph found his home unscathed. The moment you saw your house just now, what did you think . Like total relief. I was like, wow. This is great. Our dogs are there. Theres hercules at the gate. Reporter carol found her dogs and her house also untouched by flames. Im just really happy. God is watching over us. Reporter jenny parkers house is o but look at this. The tool shed on the edge of the property looks like a bomb blew it out. I thank the lord our stuff is here and our family is safe. But im looking around here, as you can see, my neighbors didnt fair so well. Reporter Kenneth Gingrich is one of the neighbors who is not so lucky. I still cant fathom that this really happened. I have a home and i just want to go home at the end of the day and i cant. And thats what i feel. I cant go home. Its just gutwrenching for so many people. And even the folks who returned home to find that their houses were intact, its very emotional for them too as they look around and see neighbors just wiped out. An entire neighborhood has been changed. Joe vazquez. Now lets go to kpix 5s emily turner at the evacuation site with all the evacuees. I know at 5 00 you first told us about some looters and the problem with looting. Now you have new information. Some new information is some good information. That information is that the sheriff says the arrests theyve been able to make, theyve been able to make because of social media. A few of the people have been able to go back in to the neighborhoods and theyve taken their phones with them. Those phones have taken pictures and video of the people that are now behind bars for that crime. Reporter first fire, then theft. Were getting a constant stream of reports. Weve made several arrests for looting, people in the areas not supposed to be in the areas. Weve had a run from Law Enforcement officers on occasion. Reporter its a crime of opportunity in the worst kind of way. Thousands of people stuck in evacuation shelters have spent days fretting about their homes being burned, and now even the ones who did make it cant breathe a sigh of relief yet. Truly saddened and heart broken thinking about the years of all the things theyve lost. But to have things taken while youre vulnerable. Because everybody here is vulnerable. Reporter crews are working around the clock to get people back in to their homes. Law enforcement is on patrol. But the lake county sheriff says protecting lives is a bigger priority than protecting stuff. And until hes certain of that, no one is headed home. The best defense to looting is to get people back home. Part of the reason for being up here is to do an evaluation, to make sure we can do it safely. As long as things are happening like this, clearly its not safe at this point for people to return in to the evacuated areas. The Sheriffs Office said while its thankful for the videos and photos that were able to lead to that arrest, they want to remind everyone do not take the law in to your own hands. Maybe take a picture or video and post it, but certainly dont pursue those individuals. Thank you. Good advice. We hear those stories about looting and the possibility of arrest. Theres also the stories of community and neighbors helping neighbors. When we locked in to a local hardware store, one of the only Hardware Stores open here in middletown we saw firsthand what community is all about. This is where i need to be. Reporter craig works at one of the only markets open in middletown. He says this is his temporary home now. The only thing i own right now is in my truck outside. Reporter craig lost his entire home to fire. He lives just a few blocks away from where he works and showed us whats left. Where the house was right here, the whole house went around the chimney. The chimney was the srnt the center of the house. Reporter craig says what matters is he and his family are safe, and they can rebuild. Its going to be a blank canvas and were going to start over. Reporter he said hes focused now on helping others and in a way, helping others helps him. The atm was down. If somebody came in and needed supplies and they didnt have cash, we couldnt run a card. So we just wrote their name and address and all the information on it and said come back when you can. Were live in front of what was the sanchezes home. This afternoon the couple did return back to be see if there was anything salvageable and there wasnt. Theyre just so thankful they were able to get out and be healthy with their three children. These are the stories youre hearing here. I should note i talked to some firefighters who said the main question evacuees were asking is when can we return home . They dont even have the answer. I dont know if you can tell but there is a breeze. The winds are still shifting and it is fueling the fire. So the fire fight continues in to the night. Well hear from you later. Thanks. Another live look right now. These are live pictures from chopper 5. This is giving us a better idea of the smoke over the fire zone. Chief meteorologist paul deanno joins us. Lets talk about how the weather plays in to all of this mptz all of this. It certainly has. Everything is so tinder dry. Now finally a little bit of help. Help in the form of rainfall. Kpix 5 hi def doppler. It will give us steady rain, a few scattered showers are possible with also continued breezy conditions in lake county and north napa county tonight. The winds will be gusty. But theyre coming up out of the southwest, keeping the temperatures down, and keeping the relative humidity levels high. The big headline is rain is likely this time tomorrow. As we look at futurecast the latest computer models say the steadiest rainfall will be exactly where we want it to be. Mendocino and lake county up to a half of an inch of rainfall. Wont put the fire out but man, would that help, and its coming as soon as tomorrow. Well talk more about the impact for the rest of the bay area and what happens after that. Within the past hour big donations to valley fire victims, pg e is kicking in 250,000 to the relief effort. This is the dropoff site at faith lutheran in danville. People are dropping off everything from canned food and clothing to even animal food and treats. The red cross is taking cash donations. You can call in a donation, 1800red cross. You can go to redcross. Org, designate your gift to the victims of the valley fire. You can text red cross to 90999 and give a 10 donation to the Disaster Relief fund. Tonight californias wildfires getting political. Coming up, how the governor is using images like these in his message on climate change. Plus, things get ugly outside levis stadium. The fight between rival fans that fight between rival fans that was caught on camera. Great change comes from doing the right thing. Like the radical idea that health isnt an industry. Its a cause. So we do things differently. We combine care and coverage. And believe prevention is the most powerful of cures. So forgive us for not going with the flow. We just think the flow should go with us. Which makes us rebels with one cause. Your health. Live pictures now from chopper 5 as we update the valley fire. Its burned 67,000 acres, 13,000 people still evacuated and nearly 600 houses and hundreds of other buildings destroyed. 2300 firefighters are on the fire lines tonight, trying to protect other homes and communities but people are still evacuated because firefighters say theyre just unsure of this fire and how its going to move. Weather is going to play a factor. Well keep updating the valley fire for you throughout this newscast. That fire has not only devastated neighborhoods. Its also managed to burn its way in to california politics. As kpix 5 phil matier shows us, the governor today brought up our disastrous fire season while speaking on a summit on climate change. Mankind has to rise to this incredible existential challenge. Reporter for a governor who likes to talk about climate change, jerry brown knows its a topic some people dont want to hear about. Whenever we talk about climate change, its a bit remote. So to make the issue less remote, brown got specific today, pointing to the very visible challenges facing california. Were talking about lowest snow pack in california in 500 years. Were talking about a forest fire season that now extends several months more than it did just a few years ago. Reporter brown says disasters like the valley fire and the drought represent the new normal or in his words, the future. He says politics are standing in the way of solutions. America has its own political pollution that prevents people from taking climate change. Theres a lot of that. Reporter this is also coming at the tail end of his not too great showing when he tried to get his climate initiative, cutting gas in california in half, and they said no. That was a bitter defeat for him. He doesnt like losing. No, he doesnt. Do any of them . Other news now, video has surfaced of a parking lot brawl at levis stadium. Tonight police are looking for witnesses. Devin fehely on the ugly incident that followed the home opener. Several 49er fans attacked a Minnesota Vikings fan. Reporter it was the ugly aftermath of what had been a beautiful night of football, with a kickdown and stomping and punching a man wearing a Minnesota Vikings jersey outside the stadium. A lone Security Guard can be seen trying to intervene and break up the fight, but not before the unruly mob gets a few more shots in on the helpless victim. The stadium denounced the fight while reiterating their, quote, steadfast commitment to ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience for all our visitors to levis stadium and unacceptable behavior such as this will not be tolerated. Its not the first time the violence has reared its head. In another incident, fans watching a 49ers game in downtown san jose attacked fans from the opposing team. In this latest incident, Santa Clara Police say theyve managed to track down the victim and are now working to identify the attackers seen in the video. Thats the real challenge in front of Law Enforcement, figuring out who the people are that can be seen in that video but the Police Department says identifying, catching, and prosecuting them is important because they hope that will have a deterrent effect. In santa clara, devin fehely, kpix 5. Heavy rainfall in Southern California triggered dramatic rescues. This is los angeles where three men and a dog had to be saved when the l. A. River rose in a park. The Southern California rain also created a mess on the roadways. Massive mudslides covered the streets in orange county. Silverado canyon road was blocked off to traffic because of it. Wonder if thats whats in store for us maybe this winter with an el nino. Interesting to see both extremes. Wet and dry playing out in the same state right now. Southern california, mudslides. Saw whats going on in utah and arizona. We have a lot of extremes going on right now. For us we need to put an end to one extreme which will be our fire danger. It will be reduced significantly tomorrow with rainfall moving in. Were looking at san jose. Sunny most of the day in san jose. Mountain view, high of 76. Now the cloud cover moving in. Thats about a oneday warning that rainfall will be moving in. Dublin, 74. Fairfax, berkeley, daly city breezy today. Scattered showers on the radar. Dont get your hopes up. Not a drought buster. Not going to be a huge deal, but given the fire were dealing with right now in lake county with the rainfall heading there tomorrow it is wonderful news. Rainfall especially for the north bay mountains. Big area of low pressure. This is something well see several times throughout the winter. As it digs to the south our opportunity for rainfall will also increase. Theres a front coming about 24 hours away. It will hit the north bay first and stay there for the majority of the day. Thats why these numbers being picked up by our futurecast are higher north of the golden gate. San rafael, about. 8. Look at mendocino and lake county. Some of the blues will indicate a quarter of an inch to half an inch of rainfall. San jose, youre farthest away from the front, about. 02 of an inch of rainfall. So it will be raining late tomorrow in to the thursday morning. By thursday afternoon that rain maker moves out. Our next ridge will move in and yes, that means sunny weather returns and warmer weather returns. Well see some 90s away from the water by the weekend. If you like it cool, tomorrow will be a wonderful day. Rain moving in for the evening commute. Redwood city, 73 degrees tomorrow. Rain primarily for the north bay tomorrow afternoon. Then were right back to the sunny stuff. Here we go through the weekend. Hot. 80s near the bay. 90s in lnd 90s inland. I looked at the calendar, okay, wet season begins november. That sounds so far away. But in six weeks from now the wet season begins. Let us hope and pray it starts off with a bang. Im cleaning my gutters. Smart move. Do it now before it rains too much. Still ahead, dream force becoming a nightmare for some folks. How the Business Confidence is affecting everything from traffic to lunch lines. Plus, were getting a new look at designs for the look at designs for the wa it took Serena Williams years to master the two handed backhand. But only one shot to master the chase mobile app. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. Because at t and directv are offering yesterdays technology, today. Tv from space. [whispered] space as long as its not too rainy. [whispered] rainy or windy. [whispered] windy or there isnt a branch in the way. [whispered] branchy welcome to the moment no ones been waiting for. 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Thats what it was like today. Reporter many of the 160,000 people with dream force described the convention. Amazing. Reporter heres how some of the other 800,000 residents of San Francisco describe it. Everyone is in a hurry. Reporter and not going far. What are we in line for here . Im waiting to get down the escalator. What are we waiting in line for . Lunch. Lunch . Do you think its a lot longer because of dream force . Absolutely. Reporter theres good news abouthat. Burgers are like 12, 13. Reporter and theyre lin