Ceremony is taking place at oracle park for jason cortez. Earlier, there was a solemn procession with jason cortezs casket carried on the back of a fire engine. He was a 13 year veteran of the San Francisco fire department. He fell 3 stories at a training facility. He was a husband and father of three Young Children and the son of a retired San Francisco firefighter. In jackson, grayson, nobody can ever be your dad. Your dad loves you and nobody can ever take that away. You loved you to the moon and back and now he loves you to the heavens and back. There will be a session following the ceremony from oracle park to holy cross the ceremony. That is where a private family burial will take place. It is an it the week for another high fire danger. A red flag warning is in effect. We have morning on we have more on this impact for residents. Northern california has already seen several devastating wildfires since august. This time of the year is the heart of wildfire season. The hope is to
Mallicoat joins us to take a look and take a deeper dive into the numbers. The numbers are very strong. Nearly 2 as you mentioned. Unemployment went from 13. 2 in july and it dropped 11. 4 in the month of august. California added nearly 100 2000 jobs as well. Of course, all welcome news for what is the 5th largest economy in the world. California near the nation. The u. S. Unemployment rate dropped 1. 8 that month. Now at 8. 4 overall. Californias dropped. The numbers can be former edd director and labor attorney Michael Birbeck says california still has a lot of work today. Todays numbers are really not consistent with all the other Economic Indicators we are seeing. In terms of the new yesterday. California was way above those of the National Rate in terms of consumer spending. Way down in the bay area compared to other parts of the nation. In terms of job postings, here in california, way below what we had in january and below the other parts of the nation. He points to urban areas
It will be hot and muggy today. Did your seat for those well inland. Fire dentures go up and possible showers sunday night into monday. We are just getting a lot of high clouds. 60s and 70s. 74 in san jose. Thats very warm. Record highs likely today for many including San Francisco. Heat advisory from the bayside location starts at 11 am. Inland areas heat watch starts at 8 am. Temperatures are soaring above average highs for this time of year with livermore penciling in 108 and should be 88. And now we are seeing things picking up at the bridges. Lets start at the bay improved, actually. We had a bigger crowd at 6 30 am and now its 7 00, it seems to have disappeared. Traffic is moving along very nicely here. Looking at your screen, not a lot going on. Also, as you see, interstate 880 in oakland with traffic moving along okay in both directions. Because of the hot weather today, the organization that manages our states power grid is urging people to conserve energy. Demand for energy i
This week is cool, cool, cool. We are looking for a lot of low clouds and fog and drizzle will pick up over the next couple of days. 50s on the temperatures and 60 in san jose. If you enjoyed yesterday, it will probably be better today because it wont be as windy. It will be breezy but we were rolling on that wind yesterday. Napa and concord and oakland and santa rosa in between 510 miles per hour. It will be sunny and breezy with thunderstorms erupting over the sierra but we are all below average on the temperatures present cisco and oakland and especially in the areas. Over to sell now. The area there is the slowest traffic. Lets go right to and show the the macarthur maze leading to the bay bridge and you will see that traffic is okay at the maze. But when you get to the bay bridge, there is a backup for 1015 minutes. This is normal and it should start going away after 7 30 am and by 8 am it should be completely gone. This is interstate 880 n. And south moving well. No slow traffic
50s and 60s in santa rosa and san jose. Morning fog with cool lows with some errors in the upper 40s. Warming to hot with an onshore breeze. The fog will retreat slowly for some. Thunderstorms over the mountains. And temperatures, if you like the last couple of days, not much change. Near average. Highway 17 s. , you want to focus on that first . We are looking at that. I was 17. And looking at other commutes but first we will look at the bay bridge. But yes, we will get to hide something. I want to remind people that the bay bridge does have a backup in case you have not seen it. See mentioned i was 17. In case you havent heard, there was an overturned truck stop on something at the summit. Northbound traffic has also slowed. Bigger problem force up on something. We will update that all morning long until they clear. Lets get back to the headlines. Arthritis put out a fire in pittsburgh and rescued one person after regards went up in flames overnight. It happened at 245 on crestview d