Smoke at levels releasing. Rarely seen. Today mark 25 days of spare the air alerts and they are now extended through at least monday. Take a look at this view from jack london square. Visibility severely limited. The oakland estuary disappearing into the smoke. He was was to blame, a massive smoke plume that extends off the california coast, breaking it up wont be easy. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Our meteorologist tracking changes that will start to help. And how much exposure is too much. First we go to how the smoke is affecting everything from trash pickup to whether the 49ers home opener will even happen on sunday. The air quality has gone from simply being a nuisance to downright dangerous for a lot of people. Especially those with respiratory problems. Its also forcing some to respond in ways like weve never seen before. Folks, its smoke all over the place. No matter where you go. Mcnair quality expert assuming the big picture view of what many throughout the bay area ar
Skies got worse today, prompting advisories to stay indoors and keep windows closed. The smoke is considered very unhealthy in some areas and unhealthy everywhere else. Here is a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge tonight. You will have to take our word for it because you can barely see it. You can see how thick the smoke is at this hour. Our reporter begins our coverage. For people who have to work outside, exposure is really unavoidable. Reporter you really have to feel for people who are out stuck in it, or have respiratory problems. Whats the Tipping Point for smoke exposure . It turns out that answer is murky too. Servers may not have a choice, the customers do. My hunger is overcoming the dangerous, i guess. Make this dad and daughter aware smoke is bad for them. Yes, so is the pollution and Everything Else in the air. Is bothering me, i just dont think it should inhibit my life in any way. Reporter but modify is exactly what doctors order. With West Coast Air quality they warne
I am michelle griego. I am len keise. Lets get to meteorologist mary lee with the hot forecast. Here we go, we are looking at our extreme heat continuing for us today and with it, with those daytime highs, likely tying or breaking records. We have some cooling centers open. Santa rosa will have them from 11 00 to 7 00 four people trying to get some relief from the heat at Rincon Valley library and the Salvation Army senior center. If you do go out there, you will need to wear your mask as well as social distance. In santa rosa, highs are in the triple digits. It is 104 in concord and around the bay, low to mid 80s. 80 for San Francisco and 86 for oakland. Because of this extreme heat, excessive heat warnings remain in effect due to this persistent and dangerous heat and it remains in effect not just for today but actually through 9 00 wednesday. So we are still looking at the heat and going to cool down a little bit. Temperatures will be slightly erdeils up in just a bit firefighters a
To begin with. Thank you so much for joining us tonight. Im Justine Waldman and we are tracking the coronavirus outbreak in the bay area and the future of the grand princess cruise ship. That is circling off the california coast. We have Team Coverage tonight kron fours dan store and talked with cruise ship officials about the passengers on board and when and where they could possibly doc. But first kron fours gayle ong has the latest on the new cases just reported today in the bay area gales. 3 women and 3 men are the newest coronavirus cases in San Francisco. Each of them hadnt known contact with the person with the virus and with the situation changing so rapidly City Health Officials expect more confirmed cases. The San Francisco department of Public Health says there are now 6 patients in the city who tested positive for coronavirus this is a indication of increasing circulation of this Novel Coronavirus Deputy Health officer doctor Susan Phillips as the new was cases in the city
Coming to the port of oakland within the next 24 hours going to the old port of america site saying that that is that that is the safest place for the ship to be off loading passengers. We want to get the very latest now from kron fours dan thorn. He is live for us after talking with cruise ship executives who also get some information on how the virus may have gotten on board that ship in the first place he is live now for us in San Francisco. Justine weve reached out to cruise ship executives tonight to see if they would also confirm this information we havent heard back from them. But as you mentioned this on this in the grand princess will be going to the port of oakland here in the bay area and then some of those people will be getting quarantine at either local medical centers here or on as weve heard through a congressman in texas Joaquin Castro at Lackland Air Force base and were still working to confirm a lot of information but as you mentioned crews executives on did mention