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
Two miles from 162 at bald creek starting to calm down after high wind gusts yesterday as we take a look at current wind speeds at road. Now im back on 162 just because the fire is moving really fast within the last 30 minutes. Five to seven and highs that will reach into the low 90s for its a pretty crazy experience the inland and east bay and some being out here. Very intense. We appreciate you bringing us low 70s near the coastline and those pictures. Of course, your safety is what is of utmost importance to us as what we are expecting moving into the weekend coming up in a few minutes. Well. Stay safe out there, jonathan riv rivas, a freelance reporter, capturing these amazing pick mike, how is it looking for the commute . A smooth drive around the terse f pictures for us. Our hearts go out to them. Perimeter of the bay. The big concern the crash at the the rest of us in the bay area dublin interchange for west 580 affected by these fires in which is now clear. Somewhat of a sense
Mike, how is it looking right now for whats happening around the bay . Kari, overall things are improving. The trivalley had a couple issues coming into the area. Starting in the south bay north 101. Capital expressway theres a crash involving a couple vehicles one in the middle of 101, some slowing for the sensors right there holding folks up from 680 up to oakland road where we typically see the slowing starting to clear about now. Well track that and also clearing south of 80 through sunol out of pleasanton, that crash cleared a while ago. Back to you. Thank you, mike. Were going to continue to monitor all of the fires across the bay area. The latest this hour for you. The lnu fires in the north bay have burned more than 356,000 acres. And right now its 27 contained. Five people have died and nearly 1,000 south bay the scu fires are still the biggest in terms of acreage. It has burned nearly 366,000 acres and is 20 contained. Three First Responders have been hurt and 18 structures d
Off. s make a bad combination in place tonight, excessive heat, driver dictation and now diablo wind. Good evening, everyone. Im frank somerville. I am julie haener. To try to prevent fires, theyre taking a protective step to the first time this year and shutting off power. They confirmed the shutdowns are already underway, they are scheduled to happen between 9 00 and midnight. A total of 100 they confirmed the shutdowns are already underway, they are scheduled to happen between 9 00 and midnight. A total of 172,000 customers in 22 Northern California counties are affected, that includes the east side of santa rosa and Sonoma County and the calistoga area in napa county. Power is expected to be restored no later than wednesday evening. We have Live Team Coverage on the weather conditions, greg shows us how people are coping with the recordbreaking heat. Deborah gives us a look at how people in the north they are bracing for the power shut off but first lets go to our chief meteorologi
20 counties in looting alameda, santa clara, and contra costa county. The acronyms at the beginning of the names where each fire, were tasked with fighting the wildfires. Lm you is the sonoma lake napa unit. Scu is the santa clara unit. And cz use the san Mateo Santa Clara unit. We have Live Team Coverage for you this afternoon, we are monitoring the lm you lightning complex in solano counties. Mark tamayo tracking the air quality around the bay area and the fire conditions. We want to go to jesse gary with more of the mandatory evacuations under place for the ccu fire which is burned more than 40,000 acres. 0 contained in thousands of people forced into evacuation shelters. Because of that they want to open more evacuation centers. We are standing outside the Civic Auditorium in downtown santa cruz which is one of two sites currently open. But ive just been told that a third is opening. Officials here in Santa Cruz County will open the Seventh Day Adventist parking lot on san jose soc