Contained but the smoke isnt going away yet. You can still smell it in the air. Good evening. Im frank somerville. And im jewel jul. Experts tell us the longer the exposure the more potential for damage. We have Team Coverage tonight. Chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the smoke and where its the worst. First, its ktvus Jana Katsuyama with the prolonged effects andesh poseur. Reporter julie, they say that smoke particles can inflame the lungs even in healthy peoplement and air quality told me today they might have to extend the spare theair alerts through the week. Reporter smoky skies have hovered over the bay area through the weeks. In the north bay and santa cruz and east bay. Our house smells like smoke and my husband insists that we close the windows instead of letting in the cooler air. You can still smell the smoke now. Reporter the bay area air Quality Management district sparetheair alerts have been extended to tuesday, a record 15 days. Thats one more day issued in 2
In santa rosa, some pockets around these areas actually seeing visibility below a mile look what happens especially after 10 00am fog starts to really burn off and then we have sunshine hazy sunshine will be up for the rest of the day. 50s and 60s for your current temperatures with san mateo and alameda each at 58 degrees right now conquered in pittsburgh at 5759. I mean San Francisco youre the 57 currently later today, daytime highs in the 90s for just a few spots 70s for bayside cities and 80s for areas like conquered livermore and san jose. Thats your forecast time for traffic with robin. Thank you john what a difference just one 15 or 20 minutes makes of the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. Its pretty heavy now we went from slowing that spilled out to west grand to now a backup. Thats all the way through the bottom of the maze in fact its spilling over to the 5. 80 west connector. That brings you over to 80 west and up to the bay bridge toll plaza so it is packed not only here.
About to collide with coronavirus overwhelming hospitals. Thank you so much for joining us here tonight on kron 4 news at 5 im Justine Waldman and we have lots of news to get to tonight. Well start with the wildfires that are still burning around the bay area and threatening thousands of homes. The czu lightning complex fires have now burned more than 80,000 acres in the mountains of santa cruz and san mateo counties more than 500 structures have been destroyed 51 damaged. One person has died. Containment did go up slightly overnight us now at 19 . Many structures are still threatened and there are several Evacuation Orders in place and for more right now we go to kron fours rob fladeboe he joins us now live from felton which is about 7 miles from santa cruz. He has the very latest on the firefight good evening drop. Good evening just seen thats right out here in the Santa Cruz Mountains once again firefighters are quite literally a fighting fire with fire as you say i am here in felto
This is near la handa and right terrorized women in the bay area and beyond in the 1970s and 80s. Joseph deangelo also took off now it is 0 emoke napa, solano his mask today in the courtroom and had a breach meief message sonoma counties. Thousands have been evacuated from their homes and this fire victims. Judge Michael Bowman handed has proven itself deadly. Down the harshest penalty four people have lost their lives to this fire. Possible, 11 consecutive life lets begin in the north bay, sentences and no chance of the big collection of fires parole for the golden state called the lnu complex fire. Killer. The survivors have spoken it has turned, as we said, very, clearly. The defendant deserves no mercy. Very deadly. Were going to take you now to [ applause ] i think he got exactly what cal fire, which has just started he deserved with one exception, which is that he needs to be in its Evening Press conference. General population becau lets listen in. Reporter jennifer carroll, for
Moderate conditions in yellow for most of the east bay and peninsula and then good conditions once you head north of petaluma up to santa rosa. So its definitely a mixed bag this morning as far as what were talking about some of us sitting a little bit nicer than others. A lot like we have the past couple days right now temperatures are in the 50s and 60s low clouds overhead business as usual weve been this way the past few mornings were keeping the nice conditions around as we will into the afternoon to daytime highs, nice and moderate with highs at their warmest only in the upper 80s to add one low 90. Vacaville Hayward Fremont in the 70s will 60s up the coast. I am talking a lot hotter of weather just around the corner stay with us for that rob. All right. Thank you lets check in on your morning commute for those of you heading out there getting ready to roll around the bay area this morning. Oh im so sorry thats a graphic thats actually left over from yesterday i should have delete