Lotus and im Vicki Liviakis some gusty winds mean that any fire that has sparked a can spread rapidly chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow here tracking those winds for us tonight want various he has some breaking down guys down below me the urban areas where most of us live not much in the way of wind 5 mile an hour winds in oakland youve got 6 right now in the nevada 6 in the petaluma but certainly up above. Its a completely different story in fact those winds getting very gusty across some of the mountain tops and thats what were concerned about thats red flag warnings have been posted weve seen winds over 30 almost 40 Miles Per Hour across some of the peaks in the north bay expected to pick up here as we head through the next few hours and probably top out about one 32 oclock in the morning. Before we watch the winds begin to subside so red flag warnings are posted of course we just had a record heat wave things very dry out there now weve got the gusty winds above a 1000 feet also
And then increase fire danger weekend ahead of us as well that means enjoy today as much as possible even though we do have some low clouds and fog that a push in across the bay. There are some spots of low visibility to watch out for near the coastline and we will see that through the course of your morning commute pretty great start to the morning unlike yesterday. More like we had on Tuesday Morning. If you remember with the fog angry that we had then we do have sunshine this afternoon and that is going make for a beautiful finish to the day after this fog in great that we have this morning air quality remains good a solid flow of marine air continues to push in across the region. Coli in up that air all the way from the bay area even towards sacramento in our inland valleys, so that has been really nice for these areas to see 60s for your current temperatures, pretty mild start to the day you can attribute this to some low clouds that sheltering any heat loss from being hit seen he
The april shooting. It took just 40 seconds from the time the officer entered the walmart to open fire. Police received a call about a man carrying a baseball bat and trying to steal some items. The man is steven taylor. The family said he is homeless and was suffering a mental emergency. A criminal suspect versus someone suffering from a mental episode should be different. D. A. Nancy omalley filed the charges. The new state law said deadly force should only be used by police when they believe its necessary. Other deescalation options. Reporter eleven fletch officer fletcher did not wake for backup. He wrote it is important that we allow the judicial process to take its course. The officer is scheduled to be arraigned september 15th. Public Health Officials are urging you to be very safe this Holiday Weekend. Make sure you wear the face coverings. We all know what happened after the memorial day weekend. Ktvus allie rasmus joins us. Throw in some triple digit heat and theres a desire
I was happy to welcome you back. It is always good to see you. I have to point out that you are golfing on vacation. Pam cook had a hole in one. Her first holeinone. I had to shut that out to everybody. I am always proud of you. You did it. Congratulations. It was fun. Along the coast of oregon. It was a nice way to get away. Plenty of space. Golf is one of the things on the market, i know that youre a surfer. You can do that in social distance. Right . Absolutely, when youre stressed and stuck inside, it is great to get outside and enjoy the outdoors without the crowd. Congratulations to you, pam. Hopefully more great accomplishments in the future for you. Weatherwise, we are tracking patchy fog out there. Right around the bay, heres the plan this morning. Mid50s to 60s into the afternoon hours. Hazy sunshine, temperatures are in the 60s to the 80s around 90 degrees. They are quality, actually okay this morning. Were showing you the current numbers out there. 50s and 60s. Heres a came
At cal fire currently has its hands full with a number of wildfires burning up and down california a fastmoving wildfire in butte county has burned more than 250,000 acres, its killed at least 3 people. The creek fire in Fresno Madera counties has burned more than a 175,000 acres. Its 0 contained and in Southern California, the eldorado fire in San Bernardino county has burned more than 12,000 acres. After that fire was sparked by a smoke machine at a gender reveal party over the weekend. As wildfires continue to ravage a state with some of the largest fires burning here in the bay area. It seems like every year these wildfires break new record and what is most concerning is that experts say things are likely going to get worse kron 4 Sanaz Tahernia takes a look at the wildfire trends in california. The state of california is typically associated with sunshine, sandy beaches and surfers. But now it seems like wildfires are making the list what used to be a rare event is now commonplace