Poorer as you look into the distance. If youre going to be outside today, its a moderate air quality day and that means you should limit your outdoor exposure and no wood burning over the next three days. Our temperatures have been in the upper 50s for the past couple of hours or so, heading into the mid60s and low 70s for the rest of the day. When well see a shift in the wind, thats coming up in just a few minutes. All right, kari, thank you. Oakland city workers continuing their strike for the fourth consecutive day. The mayor of oakland, libby schaaf, is speaking right now. Well go to her live to hear what she has to say. To go back to that fiscal instability. It is not good for our workforce and it is not good for our residents. To be more specific about the raises that are on the table right now in the citys offer, all City Employees over the next two years would receive a 5 Salary Increase, that could be as much as 6 if we hit certain revenue projections. But for some of our lowe
Alex savidge is nearby at oakland city hall. Alex is live to preus what the mayor has to say about the situation. Reporter good afternoon mike and gasia. And you have hundreds of Union Workers in the city of oakland and their supporters, and they spent a half hour blocking the intersection of 14th and broadway in downtown oakland. And you can see that they are on the move, headed back to the plaza in front of city hall. And Union Employees here in the city are fighting for better wages and improved working conditions, and thus far, we heard from the mayor this morning, the two sides have not been able to reach an agreement on a contract. And this strike is now in the fourth day here in the city of oakland with 3000 Union Workers off the job right now. That includes librarians, building inspectors, street sweepers, and Parking Enforcement officers. The union has rejected the latest contract being offered which includes a 4 race the first year. And a guaranteed 1 race the second year wit
Two new blazes that fired up thursday. One is known as the lilac fire, which is about 45 miles north of san diego. Sot nick schuler, Cal Fire Division chiefpeople who have not been currently impacted the fire. They need to prepare as if they are going to be impacted by the fire. Where are they gonna go. . What are their escape routes . What is their communication with their family . What are they going to do with their pets . And do they have their vehicles loaded to go. Meanwhile firefighters battling the fast moving flames across ventura and Los Angeles County are taking a beating,as they work around the clock to contain a series of difficult fires. Sot i use to be a firefighter and fires like this, wildfires, are just absolutely scary. You just dont know whats going to happen, they change on a whim, Mother Nature is powerful. robin thanks kristen. The smoke from the fires the smoke from the fires could be affecting the bay area today. Now lets move on this morning with a check on we
Continued dry weather with mild days and clear but cool nights. No rain is in the forecast for the next 7 to 10 days. A spare the air alert is in effect for today, saturday and sunday. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james james we continue to follow breaking news this morning out of Southern California. Wildfires causing mass devastation and now there is another fire burning in san diego county. darya this is new video from that fire. So far all of the fires have forced more than 200thousand people out of their homes. The fires have also combined to burn more than 140thousand acres. james and here is a map showing exactly where these fires are burning. Firefighters are still struggling to get the upper hand on any of these fires. darya Kristen Holmes is in Ventura County this morning with the latest. Purple is the new red in california as officials announce the fire weather is so extreme they are amending its colorcoding system to include
Vallejo. That is down ten. Except for the higher clouds and the haze, it is a dry, dry forecast. 60s on the temps again. Alex has been very busy. What do you want to start with. I have indeed. A new issue unfortunately, steve, to let everybody know about. This is on the peninsula and could impact your commute trying to get into San Francisco this morning. This is a new crash that just popped up right now on northbound 101 at sierra point parkway. And it sounds as though a car went off the freeway here and landed in a creek on the side of the roadway. Obviously you are going to have emergency crews out there. The chp will be there dealing with the person inside of the car and obviously retrieve the car from the creek. We will keep tabs on that and let you know if we see backups as a result of this accident. Northbound 101 at sierra point parkway. Now lets take you over to the east bay. We will show you a live picture here of the drive on highway 24. That looks pretty good as we move int