Frank somerville. And im julie haener. Fire danger is increasing around the bay area tonight as temperatures heat up. This afternoons fire broke out at a home on will a view toward in danville. It spread to rush and forced evacuations. Live coverage now from ktvus amber lee. She spoke with the family who lost their home and neighbors who tried to fight the vegetation fire. Reporter the family tells me the loss of their home very difficult to deal with, but they do plan to rebuild. There is also gratitude for their neighbors, fire crews and their 13yearold daughters quick action. Three children were inside their danville home when a fire broke out shortly after 3 30 thursday afternoon, causing severe damage. I looked out the window and there was smoke outside and flames outside about the render. Reporter 13yearold Madison Hoffman quickly got her younger sister and brother along with their pets outside to safety. She tells me they had just finished their first day of School Learning from
Strikes. Partly cloudy skies. 74 livermore and san jose in the 24hour temperature change i dont think ive seen that. Everyone is in double digits. Anywhere from 1015 degrees warmer than yesterday in the cloud cover has a lot to do with it along with yesterdays warm to hot temps. They are hotter today and we are way above average on these highs and we will continue to do that into early next week. Over to sal now. 6 01 a. M. Anything new you want to get to . Bridges are somewhere . Right now we are off to a good start, steve. Many people thought on friday even if they have to drive the drive early or something is going on because it is lighter than usual now and some of these commutes. I can show you the bay bridge whole plaza. We usually have some slow traffic and fridays is lighter volume and we see what happens in the next halfhour. 6 01 a. M. And lets go back to the headlines. Thanks, sal. The agency that runs californias power grid expects the demand for power to shoot up. Ktvu all
Lot, lets get to the news this morning in the east bay, the Oakland City Council unanimously approved a ballot measure. To make sure that the Citizens Police commission is more independent in its decision making. The oakland Police Commission was established by voters back in 2016. Under measure l l earlier this year, the commission made headlines when it was involved in the firing of former Oakland Police chief Anne Kirkpatrick the lead author of the Measure Council member Rebecca Kaplan says this will protect the cities. Public of the public civil rights and also help increase Police Accountability and oversight. The residents of all clinton voters, the bulk and tired of this and we want to make sure than we have someone in there that can make sure that these reforms are man. Well if this measure passes in november civilian Inspector Generals Office will be established within the commission the office will research an audit the commission on the Police Departments effect in this at f
In the cloud cover. Notice from noon to 4 00, we have dont warm much at all and that is the winds keeping the temperatures down even though well see more sunshine today. Weekend forecast coming up. At the live desk, a new poll shows that across the board americans are still very appreseap pre apprehensive about participating in a number of activities. Among those a majority are willing to do, 54 say that they would eat at a restaurant, 51 say that they would stay at hotel and 78 say they would go to work. But only 27 are willing to go to a bar and 22 a sporting echtsd and event and 33 are willing to fly on an airplane. And the politicization of reopening the country is reflected in this new poll with republicans showing a far greater willingness than democrats to do nearly every activity, but the only activity democrats are willing to do more is attend a protest. Very interesting. No mask, no flight, no exceptions. A number of airlines are now cracking down on Face Covering requirement
There is an onshore breeze, oakland airport, up to 18. Between the surface flow and west northwest areas and higher elevations, we get a little bit of a change here. The north bay temperatures, we look for 50s and 40s. Ellsberg is at 49. Can one is at 50. There are core readings today. Look for highs to be in the 60s and 70s, a little bit cooler and lynn. Highs today will come down a few degrees. It will be warmer on the weekend. Lets head over to sal. Lets see if anything new has popped up on the screen here, at 6 01 am. Is it still okay or is there something new . Everything is still okay. The traffic looks very good. We dont have a big backup at the bay bridge, which is where we look first. That is the first backup of the morning, usually. That matter th mateo bridge. We can show you the san mateo bridge looks very good. Traffic continues to look at all the way across. Lets go back to the headlines. Today is the day that the Trump Administration says a chinese consulate in texas wou