Mess. Lets ta the fire. You can see some smoke sight now, this was in the chinatown district on webster street. It broke out around 8 30 a. M. Crews think it raced between two buildings in a tight space and got inside this building. They had to cut into the roof as you see there to gain access to the fire on the second floor. Here is another view from the ground. The building houses several businesses including the rang dang vietnamese restaurant. 70 firefighters on scene successfully prevented the fire from spreading to the buildings next door which were evacuated including a bank. The old buildings, were they built really closely to their neighbors so it always creates an issue with exposures. We want to protect the exposure at the same time that we are taking care of be so tight. People all over oakland and alameda posted video and pictures from the scene this morning of the smoke and the flames. We found this video on the citizen app. No injuries to report. Webster street is going
Looking outside this morning. There is some cloud cover that streaming through the bay theres the very top of the sales first hour about the only building that is rising above the foggy layer that is streaming on into the bay area visibility, although just fine for most areas right now will suffer at times this morning from livermore to the north bay visibility falling at times below a mile in this cloud cover and fog is going to stay with us for longer this morning. And it has the past few a deep in marine layer going to take longer to burn off under a tree towards the coast going to have a big impact on our afternoon temperatures, one of the reasons why today is so noticeably cooler in the days before it. Now air quality moderate across the board still in a spare the air alert we will have pockets of green indicating better conditions at times across the bay but not much change in air quality as compared to the past couple of days. Daytime highs today eventually only in the 80s right
Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. N cbsn y area, were looking from our transamerica pyramid. It is friday, and i said friday. It is september 18th and i am michelle griego. It is friday. Good morning, i am len kiese. Glad to have you with us. I am sure mary lee is happy this friday. We have the weekend in view. How is it looking . We are so thankful it is friday. We are looking atity inueday but some changes for the weekend. I will get to that in just a moment but lets talk about the air quality. Looking at good air quality, that clean and fresh air across the bay area. Great to see all of that green indicating the good air across our region. Now lets show you a live look outside with our Treasure Island camera. It is a cloudy and foggy starting even some patchy drizzle because of that strong onshore flow. Temperatures are running in the upper 50s to low to mid 60s at this hour. Through the day, we
President trump arrives in california today in a smoky haze is blaming the wildfires plaguing the west coast. Not on Climate Change but on the failure to properly manage the forests this came up in a public discussion between the president and governor newsome and those 2 kept a very civil very point. The governor has acknowledged that Forest Management is an issue but not the issue newsome pointing out that most forest land in california is federally owned still should our leaders be addressing more thoroughly both concepts Climate Change and Forest Management i asked our political analysts. Over 45 of californias 33 million acres are controlled by the u. S. Forest service and therefore its measured budget has all gone to fighting fires. So trump can blame this all in california. And you can remove Climate Change from the equation. The droughts are killing all vegetation that are tinder for fires. We didnt have fire tornadoes before the world got warmer, super fires are now the norm n
Red flag warning its causing that to go really affects everyone in the bay area, not just here in the east bay, but also those in the north bay where that fire is burning right as well as east bay hills and Santa Cruz Mountains last time we saw a red flag warning the glass fire erupted over the weekend. So now more than ever we need to take this seriously its no joke time to get that go bag there are going to be northwest winds up 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour with gusts of 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. They also have dry conditions throughout the bay area with very low humidity which is a recipe for a wildfire. Power flex alert is going into effect at 3 this afternoon and youre being asked to conserve electricity, everyone if they put in a little bit the maybe we can prevent Power Outages because we know those can be a pain. Heres some tips on your screen turn your thermostat to 78 degrees turn off unnecessary lights close your blinds and drapes to keep your home cool dont use major appliances d