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Good evening. Im ken bastida. Im Juliette Goodrich in for elizabeth. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay ea hos in danger as crews try desperately to get a handle on dozens of wildfires tonight. We have Live Team Coverage on the fires and the heat. First kpix5s joe vazquez is near the front lines of the hennessey fire in napa county. Joe. Reporter it is a warm night here in napa county along the grapefields here and there [ technical difficulties ] reporter folks here keeping their fingers cr...

County mayor accuses pg e of lying to its customers amid widespread power outages. And a bay area woman makes a powerful statement on the first night of the Democratic National convention. My dad, marc anthony erkesa, should be here today, but he isnt. Hundreds of bay area bus drivers about to lose their jobs and their Health Insurance, some after decades behind the wheel. I just think its immoral. Good evening. Im ken bastida. Im Juliette Goodrich in for elizabeth. Now at 11 00 and streaming on...

Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. Right now, streaming on cbsn bay area, were looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look out east this morning. It is tuesday, august 18th. I am michelle griego. I am len keise. And lets get your forecast with meteorologist mary lee and it is going to be another hot one for many of us. It will for sure. Temperatures are on the rise and it looks fabulous in green. I want to talk about what is going on because we ha...

0 contained five another day of dangerous heat is on tap. Of flex alert is in effect. We are asked to conserve energy today and tomorrow. Mary has another check of the forecast in a couple of minutes. Back to fire watch, or keeping an eye on a wildfire burning in Santa Cruz County that has doubled in size. It broke out north of davenport and flames have gone through 120 acres and it is 20 contained. The river fire continues to burn in the hills of south of salina, at least six structures have be...

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 a...

Remove them from office. Thank you. Hello, rosa linda . Rosa linda . Im here. Can you hear me . Yes. Hello. My name is rosa linda. Im a bilingual teacher at horace mann elementary. In order for school sites to meet these needs, they will need more resources, not cuts. Now is the time for the school board to show what true leadership is, to be creative and use resources of our very affluent city to address our district financial needs so that the burden doesnt continue to fall on our school sites...

By joining us on twitter at bpshow and on face bob at facebook. Com billpressshow. Is president obama about to turn down the Keystone Pipeline and reject it . Well, we dont know for sure but that would seem to be the case after an interview he gave to the New York Times in which he said that republicans are dead wrong when they say the Keystone Pipeline will create thousands of new jobs and the president also said not only will it not create as many jobs as republicans say, it will also increase...

The consensus among railroad unions and workers is that without new regulations, disaster will strike again.

The charges, combined with an earlier safety claim filed by the union, assert that the company unlawfully disciplined and terminated union supporters.

WASHINGTON —Beset by heavy criticism from rail unions, safety advocates, Railroad Workers United, and lawmakers, Norfolk Southern Railroad has apparently dropped its plan to eliminate the conductor from all its freight trains, leaving only the engineer.