Hottest nights of the summer, nearly half a Million People crowded on to the national mall. They were not there for a protest or to celebrate a National Holiday and they were not there for a concert or to watch a fireworks show. No, instead half a Million People went there drenched in sweat to watch the story of the apollo 11 mission as it was projected on to the Washington Monument commemorating the neal 50 years ago when armstrong and buzz aldrin took that giant leap for mankind. If there is half a Million People on the lawn and it is not a protest, Something Big is going on. Land on the moon and returning safely to earth marks as one of the epical moments in the history of mankind. What we see now is very different than the landscape of 1969. Not only did we succeed going to moon and back again but we have gone on to put robotic rovers on distant planets and are k literally peer into the beginningings of the universe and we have established a human presence in lower earth orbit. In
Now because of an agreement between the city and environmental groups, 937 acres of this lands will likely be purchased and set aside as a permanent open space. This agreement is enormous. Reporter environmentalist Roger Castillo says it traps fresh water for san jose beneath the ground and also benefit wildlife that will be able to pass from one mown range to another without significant barriers. It is really important to get animals their corridor to move from one peak to another and keep biodiversity. Reporter but its not what long time Property Owners wanted close to 90 years in the valley. Reporter kens family has grown cherries in the area for years, and hes afraid the land will stagnate. Were just looking for existence, thats all. Reporter and he questions why san jose will let go of space for industry and housing. I dont know any place in the world where they dont need homes more than in this area. Reporter the City Council Still has to vote to approve the agreement, and they m
Maps. In tracy, this is westbound 580 past grant line, there was a big rig hit from behind by a car. Thats cleared up. 14 Miles Per Hour and 9 Miles Per Hour there. We want to jump over to oakland. Road work wrapped up here at eastbound 580 between macarthur boulevard and dutton avenue at 6 00 a. M. Speeds are slow so be prepared. Thanks. This morning a new resource for those affected by the kincade firement an Assistance Center is opening in Sonoma County as crews continue to make progress to contain this fire. Heres the latest. The kincade fire has burned more than 77,000 acres. Its now 78 contained. Crews hope to get full containment by thursday. Liz kreutz is live with more. Liz . Good morning. We snow know Sonoma County has been through this before, and this Community Center will help anyone impacted by the fire. From cleaning up homes, to permitting information for those rebuilding. Lots of services for many people. This has been a difficult time for the community. I want to show
Bay for today and tomorrow and the hottest times of the day will be between 11 00 a. M. And 7 00 p. M. Today and tomorrow. Santa rosa expected to be the hottest area and maybe in the triple digits. Red flag warnings were issued for Sonoma County until tomorrow, 5 00 a. M. Opening up several cooling centers today. And the complex opened up at 8 00 this morning. And the steel Lane Community center opens up at 8 30. And at 8 00. And all of this is keeping people busy. Steve . We will go from more extreme to the other. This is the extreme that we are heading up on the temps here with the heat advisory out. Temperatures will be hanging out there, they will continue that march today and tomorrow and warm and hot for very many low humidities so far and we have been fortunate with the mostly stronger gusts above 2,000 feet and it is not that bad yet where it is plenty warm. Yet you can find 50, 60. Thats warmer than livermore and san jose. Mid50s including in town, los altos, atherton 55. Hill
Red flag warning in effect, rose marry. Things heating up as we get outdoors. Well check on those numbers in a moment. The red flag morning began in the overnight hours, actually 9 00 last night. Well go until wednesday, our early morning, notice where that shade of red is. Its for our north bay hills and down through the diablo range. The winds are expectedded to increase and be at 40 Miles Per Hour at times and relative humidity will be dropping as we get into the afternoon. The heat advisory for most of our bay side communities as well as inland, the only area that i can see from here that doesnt include that advisory for today is right there along the coastline. So, the moment you get away from the coast, we do have the heat advisory already in place. You can see from gernville through santa rosa, napa. All the way down into areas near mill valley and tiburon, for the east bay, widespread along the east bay shores. As you look over towards the peninsula, widespread, stretching towa