Wild Fires still raging

Dry, windy weather threatened to propel the Glass Fire on a destructive path through the heart of California’s famed Wine Country on Thursday, as new evacuation orders were issued and worried firefighters on the front lines did all they could to keep the huge blaze at bay.

Residents in the rest of the Bay Area were hit with a familiar lineup of bad news — a heat wave, unhealthy, smoky air and the possibility of rolling blackouts. With a heat advisory in place until 8 p.m. Friday and poor air quality expected to linger, people stuck sheltering-in-place without air conditioning once again faced a miserable choice — open the windows and breathe smoke, or close them and feel the heat. Even those with AC were asked to use it as little as possible as California’s grid operator urged residents to conserve power or risk another round of rolling blackouts.