from santa cruz ... to the north bay ... and the east bay: flames race through hundreds of acres as the fire danger moves south.in the wine country ... returning evacuees face new challenges.we have made 18 arrests for theft or burglary or looting.new warnings about thieves and scam artists preying on fire victims ... and new tales of heroic efforts to save abandoned pets.these guys lost their homes .... we don't want them to lose their animals. (pam) as 11-thousand firefighters battle back flames in the north bay.... new fires erupt. the 'bear fire' in santa cruz county has already taken a destructive turn.... plus, yet another fire broke out today ... this one in the east bay ... (pam) thank you for joining us i'm pam moore. (grant) and i'm grant lodes - tonight we have team coverage on the firefight across the bay. kron-4's dan kerman is in sonoma county

where more evacuations are being lifted. and steve aveson is showing us how napa is taking steps to recover from devastation.(pam) but first, kron four's spencer blake joins us live from santa cruz county ... where a new fire erupted overnight... spencer? (grant) the so-called bear fire erupted overnight in the santa cruz mountains. you can see just massive flames. the fire has burned 200 acres so far. tonight it is only five percent contained. this is burning on bear canyon road...and bear creek road. in boulder creek-- that's in santa cruz mountains. evacuation orders are in place for the areas of las cumbres....and deer creek there are evacution centers open tonight. check kron 4 dot com for

those evacuation centers. we have a (pam) and another fire is erupted in the east bay. at one point, there were mandatory evacuations --- those have now been lifted (grant) the fire broke out in dublin around two this afternoon near tassajara and fallon roads. north of interstate 580 and east of 680. this fire has burned already 118 acres... the alameda county fire department shared this image. containment is now up to 75- percent. crews will be on scene all night making sure hot spots don't flare up. (grant) the other fire that broke out was in sausalito... near highway 101. it started just before

noon... north of spencer avenue. at one point the flames forced all southbound lanes of highway 101 to shut down. tonight...all lanes are back open. the fire burned about four acres. firefighters will stay on scene overnight to monitor the area. (grant) kron-4's meteorologist lawrence karnow is tracking these wildfires.(pam) lawrence are there any weather concerns for crews tonight? temperatures began to cool today as high pressure weakened. this is the beginning of a cooling trend that will have temperatures running below normal through the middle of the week. fires continue to burn but the weather conditions are

improving for firefighters. the winds have been very light. the sea breeze will stretch further on shore over the next few days and the humidity will switch from very dry to almos wet as early as tomorrow. on the satellite and radar you can see the clouds and showers moving into california. most of the rain will be south of monterey. we'll see increascing clouds as this system moves through tonight. on the satellite image you can see the storm developing in the gulf of alaska. this storm will bring a chance of showers late on thursday and into early friday. highs tomorrow will be cooler and in the 80s inland, 60s and 70s around the bay, with 50s to mid 60s at the coast. we will conitinue to cool over the next few days with partly cloudy skies tomorrow. late on thursday there is a chance of showers developing in the north bay and spreading south overnight. warmer and dry weather is exppected this weekend with offshore winds increasing on sunday and into monday. (pam) to the north bay now .... where firefighters are gaining more ground on a

series of wildfires.(grant) here are the latest numbers. containment is up from yesterday on all of the fires you see on your screen. more than 11-thousand firefighters are on the front lines. they are battling 16 large fires across the state. that have burned more than 245-thousand acres. (pam) and as firefighters push back the fires --- more evacuation orders are being lifted.(grant) more people in both napa and sonoma counties are being allowed to return home. that includes the oakmont neighborhood of santa rosa -- where flames burned near homes last week. kron-4's dan kerman joins us live from santa rosa tonight ...dan have you seen neighbors return home? nats c'mon you guys lets get in the

houseafter being out of his oakmont home for more than a week due to fire, joe henderson and his dogs abbey and oscar are returning now that the evacuation order has been liftedsotwe ended up with friends down in novatoyou could still see smoke in the distance from a backfiring operation joe says it was a difficult week not knowing if his home would survivesot joe henderson/oakmont resident 24-30were you worried about the house, oh yes certainly all the time, you could see the smokebut this house and every other one on stonecroft terrace is standing and while his wife shopped for groceries, joe surveyed the place electricity on and no

smokey smell, but when he got to the backyard, all was not as he had left it.. natsit's a bit of a messthose gusty winds sent his patio umbrellas flying, one into a glass table. sotthis is nothing compared to people losing their home, like a lot of people did.but for joe, that was no big deal.sotthe house is still standing we're fine, we're healthy108/we're healthy (pam) in napa county, thousands of homes and businesses have been destroyed or damaged by the north bay fires(grant) and as firefighters turn a corner in their fight ...some residents are beginning a long road to recovery steve aveson joins us live from napa

tonight steve --

ahead at eight.. as fire victims turn to rebuilding --- an urgent warning about who you hire to fix your home. and neighbors in one of the hardest hit areas able to save their whole block...after banding together.. we'll be right back

we are following breaking news in santa cruz county... where the "bear" fire is growing tonight.(grant) we want to check in with kron-4's spencer blake ... he joins us live from santa cruz county ---with an update on

the fire. (grant) the so-called bear fire erupted overnight in the santa cruz mountains. you can see just massive flames. the fire has burned 200 acres so far. tonight it is only five percent contained. this is burning on bear canyon road...and bear creek road. in boulder creek-- that's in santa cruz mountains. evacuation orders are in place for the areas of las cumbres....and deer creek there are evacution centers open tonight. check kron 4 dot com for those evacuation centers. we have a crew on scene tonight. we will have a live update later in the show

(grant) our breaking coverage continues in

the north bay. and since the fires broke out ---we've been hearing so many stories of heroism.(pam) many of them about neighbors helping neighbors. in santa rosa's fountaingrove neighborhood ... many homes there burned to the ground.(grant) but kron4's maureen kelly found one street that is still standing, thanks for a group of residents that banded together to keep their homes, and their neighbors' homes from being i'm on lake park court and neighbors here on this cul de sac and some other neighbors living on the street above banded together to save approximently 22 homes in this area.not once, but three times over three days.this neighbor up on bicentenial way

who owns a heavy equiptment rental place, got a portable water tank and a pump up here .and along with another neighbor who's a retired firefighter and a handfull of homeowners ran water from this pool and beat back the fire burning on the hills around this areauntil firefighters arrived to help up midday monday .it was a big group efforts. with all the neighbors who came around and worked his teams together put now it's gone fires all over the property all the way to the down to the retirement home down there and all the neighbors banded together and worked in teams and they were running around and all working as a team making sure fires are being put out everywhere ricardo uribe had been away from his home when the fire destroyed other homes in the fountaingrove neighborhood and threatened his property..but he jumped in to help when the hill at the end of the cul de sac ignited on tuesday morning. by then, the impromptu fire brigade used fire hoses left behind by firefighters to help squelch those flames which threatened to take out the whole block and then some.if anything we saved was probably the convalescent home back here because the fire was starting again until we came in there with the hosespolice came trying to evacute this block again on tuesday night..when another fire that broke out to

the east.but once again the band of neighbors stayed behind and worked together to put out the fire until a strike team got there. in the end they saved their homes and homes of neighbors who evacuated the area. and made new friends.we lived here for 15 years and i really didn't know the people behind us now he's my buddy were bosom buddiesfriendships forged by fire.helping a stronger community rise from these ashes.maureen kelly kron4 news. (pam) as fire victims turn their attention to re- building... they are being warned about the possibility of scams.(grant) investigators with the contractor's state license board are out in the north bay telling people what to look out for. rick lopes (low-pes) with the contractor's board says there is a good chance unlicensed contractors will try to prey on vulnerable victims. so before you hire a contractor.... ask these questions. are licensed?...and ask to see

that license -- making sure it's current. also beware of people asking for money up-front. and contractors asking you to sign over your insurance check.. sometimes a scammer may also offer to negotiate with your insurance company. for you. lopes says if it sounds too good to be true ---it probably is. (grant) lopes says the message for scammers is ....don't even think about it. if the contractor's board catches an unlicensed contractor in the disaster area ---even if they are just trying to get work. they could face felony charges. time in state prison and up to a 10-thousand dollar fine. (grant) turning to our

four zone forecast now. meteorologist lawrence karnow is here.(pam) lawrence is tracking how the weather conditions are affecting the firefight around the bay temperatures began to cool today as high pressure weakened. this is the beginning of a cooling trend that will have temperatures running below normal through the middle of the week. fires continue to burn but the weather conditions are improving for firefighters. the winds have been very light. the sea breeze will stretch further on shore over the next few days and the

humidity will switch from very dry to almos wet as early as tomorrow. on the satellite and radar you can see the clouds and showers moving into california. most of the rain will be south of monterey. we'll see increascing clouds as this system moves through tonight. on the satellite image you can see the storm developing in the gulf of alaska. this storm will bring a chance of showers late on thursday and into early friday. highs tomorrow will be cooler and in the 80s inland, 60s and 70s around the bay, with 50s to mid 60s at the coast. we will conitinue to cool over the next few days with partly cloudy skies tomorrow. late on thursday there is a chance of showers developing in the north bay and spreading south overnight. warmer and dry weather is exppected this weekend with offshore increasing on sunday and into monday. (grant) relief is greatly needed as north bay residents begin the road to recovery. (pam) you can help by donating to the salvation army. the salvation army uses

100% of disaster donations, in support of local disaster relief operations. to donate visit go - sal army- dot -org.

(pam) president trump is voicing support for a bi-partisan deal to restore obamacare subsidies --- only days after he decided to cut off those payments. the president called it a 'short term" deal.... that will only last one to two years. but he is also said, that subsidies -- which help lower- income americans buy insurance -- were simply a boon for insurance companies. the president insists.. he is still intent on fully repealing obamacare -- an effort that has repeatedly failed in congress, despite full republican control.

a judge in hawaii has blocked the latest version of president trump's travel ban. u.s. district judge derrick watson granted hawaii request to temporarily block the federal government from enforcing the policyit was supposed to take effect at midnight wednesday. the new restrictions were to cover eight countries -- chad, iran, libya, north korea, syria, venezuela, somalia and yemen. however judge watson says the travel ban quote "plainly discriminates based on nationality." ahead at eight.. we meet a pair of first responders going out of their way to save family pets in the north bay firestorm and we are tracking the destructive bear fire in the santa cruz mountains. it's already destroyed structures ...a live update ((brittney tease))i'm kron 4 meteorologist lawrence karnow. coming up, i will take a look at your 7 day forecast.details are right after the break.

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takes us to the santa cruz mountains tonight. where the "bear fire" is growing tonight. this is video of that fire which erupted overnight. and has already taken a destructive turn. destroying four structures. (pam ) this fire is forcing

evacuations tonight ... as it threatens more than 100 structures. kron-4's spencer blake joins us live from santa cruz county.. he's tracking this wildfire... spencer what do you know about the evacuations tonight

(pam) containment is up on the major fires burning in the north bay as firefighters make progress.(grant) here is the latest on the firefight up there. more than 245-thousand acres have been charred in the fires. 60 people are still missing in sonoma and napa counties. 41 people total have been killed so far. and today in sonoma county ---police say there have been 18 arrests for theft, looting and burglary. (grant) and despite the devastation... we continue to hear stories of people doing extraordinary things to help their neighbors

or community through this tragedy.(pam) one duo found a unique way to save the lives of pets in burned out neighborhoods who are estraged from their owners. kron-4's gabe slate met them .. he joins us live from santa rosa with their story. gabe i did a ride along with two amazing people who took it upon themselves to save animals. house pets. and they did it because no one else couldthey had the vehicle and credentials to cross the road blocks into burned out neighborhoods. . neighborhoods burned out blocks into cross the road credentials to vehicle and they had the else could because no one and they did it house pets. save animals. themselves to took it upon people who two amazing along with two amazing people who took it

upon themselves to save animals. house pets. and they did it because no one else couldthey had the vehicle and credentials to cross the road blocks into burned out neighborhoods.

(pam) toss weather temperatures began to cool today as high pressure weakened. this is the beginning of a cooling trend that will have temperatures running below normal through the middle of the week. fires continue to burn but the weather conditions are improving for firefighters. the winds have been very light. the sea breeze will stretch further on shore over the next few days and the humidity will switch from very dry to almos wet as early as tomorrow. on the satellite and

radar you can see the clouds and showers moving into california. most of the rain will be south of monterey. we'll see increascing clouds as this system moves through tonight. on the satellite image you can see the storm developing in the gulf of alaska. this storm will bring a chance of showers late on thursday and into early friday. highs tomorrow will be cooler and in the 80s inland, 60s and 70s around the bay, with 50s to mid 60s at the coast. we will conitinue to cool over the next few days with partly cloudy skies tomorrow. late on thursday there is a chance of showers developing in the north bay and spreading south overnight. warmer and dry weather is exppected this weekend with offshore winds increasing on sunday and into monday.

still ahead at 8. the scandal surrounding disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein grows --- how it now involves his brother. and next. a passenger dragged off a united airlines flight --- in video that went viral=== what just happened to the police officers involved.

(pam) the chicago department of aviation has fired two security officers. (grant) the officers were involved in dragging a man off a united airlines flight...after he refused to give up his seat. officials say one of those officers...a sergeant...also was part of an attempt to cover up some details of the incident...that happened at chicago's o'hare international airport. four officers

were involved in the incident involving passenger david dao...a doctor who had been aboard a flight to kentucky. the department suspended the two other officers. (grant) after being ousted from his own company, disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein is now officially off its board of directors. according to a source weinstein "resigned" from his board position during a tuesday morning board meeting. on october 5th...a new york times report detailed a decades-long pattern of sxual harassment by weinstein. on october 8th, the board fired weinstein as co-chairman of the studio he founded with his brother, bob. now his brother is also being accused of harassment... but those are allegations that bob weinstein's attorney strongly refutes. as the containment on the north bay wildfires grows... residents are trying to get back to normal.. we're live in downtown napa -- with how people are

coping there.

♪ with the alaska airlines visa signature card you get a companion ticket every year. so why not take someone that you see all the time. someone like, i dunno, me? i mean i always spell your name right and put a little unicorn in your foam. no pressure but i really need to get out of here. they've been playing the same playlist for three months and i'm pretty sure you're not supposed to eat scones for dinner this many days in a row. mexico, hawaii, costa rica, i don't really know. i'm a quick packer. ♪ (grant) in napa county,

hundreds of homes and businesses have been destroyed or damaged by the north bay fires(pam) and as firefighters turn a corner in their fight ... some residents

are beginning a long road to recovery... kron four's steve aveson joins us live from downtown napa tonight steve -- (gary) (gary)

warriors opening the season at home against the houston rocketsright now... the warriors getting their nba championship rings in a pre-game ceremonythe finals mvp kevin durant gets his first ring after 10 years in the leaguesteph curry gets his 2nd in three years as did draymond green, klay thompson anndre iguodala and shaun livingstonthe ceremony was without any fireworks in respect to the victims of the north bay firesthe championship flag is unvieled

next to the ones for 2014-15 and 1974-75(wipe to celtics-cavs) lebron james taking on his former teammate kyrie irving now with the celtics1st quarter gordon hayward goes for the ally-opp is challenged by james comes down akwardly and snas his ankle players stunned by the brutal injury hayward immobilized and carted off itinial pronosis is a dislocated ankle and broken tibia his season certainly already over4th quarterjames spin move in the lane and scores 99-98 cavs(james: 29 points, 16 rebounds, 9 assists) final seconds cavs up 3 irving has a shot to send it to overtime but his 3-pointer is short(irving: 22 points, 10 assists)final: 102-99 cavaliers

alcs game 4 in the bronx alcs game 4 in the bronxjoe girardi his yankees down 2 games to 1 to the astros bottom 7th/ 4-0 astros...aaron judge with a hige blast to straight-away center solo home run his 2nd in 2 games 4-1 astorsbottom 8th/ 4-3 astrosgary sanchez goes the other way into the gap judge and didi gregorious score 6-4 yankees(chapman got the save in the 9th)final: 6-4 yankees series tied 2-2 game 5 tomorrow in the bronx the raiders trying the break a 4-game losing streak thursday night against the chiefsderek carr how effective can he be with the back injury?navorro bowman wearing his familiar number 53 practicing with the silver and black for the first

timeafter being cut by the 49ers friday bowman signed a 1-year, $3 million contract with the raiders yesterdaycarr and defense coorninator ken norton jr. where talked about the newest raider(sot: carr & norton) another amazing story of survival in the north bay... how a couple got out of the fires alive ---by jumping in the pool.

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story of survival out of the north bay firestorm. after a couple trapped by fire --- jumps into their swimming pool to stay alive.(grant) these are photos of daniel and cindy pomplun's pool from the washington post... they'd eventually spell out the words "walk out" in stones...to let anyone know

they were walking off the property. but that was only after spending a terrifying half hour huddled in their home as the fire raged by....and when it became clear that they were going to die if they didn't get out -- they jumpedinto their swimming pool. daniel pomplun: i actually something on television a long time ago about how to survive a wildfire. we tried to apply as many of the principles we learned from that show as we could. when the flames was at its worst, we would have to dunk down underneath the water, maybe every five seconds or so just to cool off, and then i take a breath or two and then dunk back down. and we did that for maybe 15 minutes, 20 minutes just to keep ourselves cool. cool. (grant) their house collapsed....which they watched happening from the

pool. but they survived.... and are now talking about whether to rebuild in the same spot or move somewhere else. last weather and goodbye 811 is a free service to keep our community safe. before you do any project big or small, pg&e will come out and mark your gas and electric lines

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its burning in in boulder creek near bear canyon and deer creek road... four buildings have been destroyed and five firefighters have been injured battling the flames. (grant) kron's spencer blake in live in santa cruz county with the latest details... spencer?