Oakland, 95 so far. San jose, triple digits. These are not the official highs. These are highs so far. There will be a lot more added to this list. Look at this map. Everyone other than Half Moon Bay in the 90s and 100s. Extreme heat, absolutely. 109 in fairfield. We have the dangerous heat wave prompting much of the bay area to go under that excessive heat warning until 9 00 p. M. For the inland spots on wednesday. There is a high risk of heat illnesses. Ill let you know how long this heat wave will last and what is changing for your weekend, coming right up. Right. Anyou. With te power grid operator has issued a statewide flex alert. It asks to you conserve energy as much as possible until 10 00 p. M. There was a flaring incident at the she have ronachevron in spewing black smoke into the afrlt you could see it for miles and miles. Live with more on the story, eric . Reporter larry, most of us know around here, the hot weather and spare the air days go together like salt and pepper. It is very unfortunate, when bay area air quality folks dont want us pumping smoke into the air that something huge like this at the chevron refinery, happens. Reporter this is the last thing anyone wants to see on a spare the air day. Just before noon, thick plumes of smoke began pumping into the air from the stacks at the chevron refinery. The industry calls it burning overessurized gas preventping hydro carbons into the atmosphere. Chevron said it was due to an upset in a process unit. It went on to say, flares are a safety device used in refineries to relieve pressure during the refining process. Firefighters and county Health Officials quickly took air quality readings. Fortunately, it was in the parts per billion. There were no injuries at the plan and no reports of Health Issues in the surrounding areas but chevron warns there could be intermittent flaring throughout the day. They are usually harmless but they go pose a threat to those with exist go respiratory problems. An ominous worry in the age of coronavirus. Thats why theyll be watching and investigating. We expect the highest standards from all our refineries. Ot done for safety purposes, or it was done in a way that does not go by the district violations. So folks can keep one eye on the refinery stacks and another digits. And most public pools are shut down because of covid19. These two women tried to get up early today for a morning walk at walnut creeks Heather Farm Park and quickly found it a little too warm for comfort. We got stuck in what feels like maybe 88, maybe 90 degrees already. Reporter it was 99 00 and 10 00 this morning so it was already hot. You can call around to see where the cooling centers are. Call the county Health Department or your local officials in yourtown. Keep in mind with covid19, they are limiting the number of people who can go in there and making they will maintain social distance. Eric thomas, abc7 news. Thank you. You were mentioning the cooling centers that are open around the bay area. Three in contra costa county, located at 4545 delta 400 ellen hill way and 1305 mcdonald avenue in richmond. The hours are 1 00 to 5 00 p. M. As for the south bay, cooling centers are open there. They are covid19 ready as the heat wave could affect many of the people who are already struggling. Heres chris reyes where you can get relief. Reporter running a cooling central in the time of pandemic means more resoce everyones masks must be worn at all times. Disaster workers are on staff and inside, plenty of social distancing. We need to make sure there is enough hand sanitizer, bottled water. So there is a lot of consideration that goes into our cooling center. Reporter in the past, cooling centers in san jose have not been used anywhere near capacity. With the pandemic, it is a different situation with so many other options closed. This fountain in down san jose shut down. Any other summer, it would have been a place families could gather to cool down. Same with mlk library. Closed. It was a place for top get support from bill wilson central and thats why theyve prepared their dropin space to help with the heat. We have tables with umbrellas. We do offer water. We have support groups and we offer popsicles or ice cream during that time, a little cooling period. Reporter the central open to youth 18 to 24 offers wifi. The same with san joses three cooling centers, open from 1 00 p. M. To 9 00 p. M. Wednesday. We have tables set up. Family style tables. Were not sure what to expect. We could have a higher turnout. Especially with families doing Distance Learning. Were here to help and serve our community. Reporter downtown san jose, we spotted some with their masks off. At bill wilson central, theyre giving extra reminders. It may be hot but keep your masks on. Because of times like this when it is hot, people dont want to walk around with a mask on at 100 and something degrees. Reporter abc7 news. San francisco restaurants offering Outdoor Dining may see a boost from this warm weather. We were at way fair tavern in the financial district. They do have 16 tables set up out front. Most were filled this afternoon. There is a sweet spot between 11 30 and 1 30 where the whole alley way gets lit up in sunshine. People are starting to find out about that. And well be bathe in the sunshine all day long. The restaurant says they have a great loyal following that has helped sustain them during the pandemic. Surfers and beachgors were out early today at the beach in pacifica. The citys mayor is sending a message to out of town heres rthing about heading west this weekend. That message is, why dome you weekend. Home, please . Bri touofy they may do it Labor Day Weekend as well. For now they are open. Some other bay area beaches drew crowds today. In san rafael, offering beachgoers relief from the heat but temps still above 90 degrees. Large crowds gathered at crown beach this afternoon where the temperatures will top 90 degrees. There are few better places to escape the heat than the coastal it is scorching there as well right now. Heres a picture. A live shot from the boardwalk. The main beach in santa cruz. From the looks of the crowd, everybody appears to be social distancing. So that is good news. It is. Global coronavirus cases today though, past the 2lion that number includes many people who have already recovered. Nearly 5. 3 million of those cases are here in the u. S. The bay area is approaching 71,000 cases and nearly 1,000 deaths. Governor newsom provided an update today on the data glitch which led to thousands of under reported covid cases. Melanie woodrow has the very latest. Reporter ahead of the weekend, Governor Newsom said the state had finished organizing thousands of back logged covid19 cases which resulted if a reason data glitch. This will be the last day. Well have to report back logged cases. Reporter the governor reported 7934 covid19 cases as of thursday. But said 4429 of those cases had been back logged. Putting the new number at 3,505 covid cases. On monday well break down by county a detailed so people will have with clarity and precision every single number. Again on the county by county basis. Reporter the county watch list has been frozen since the data glitch was first noticed and reported. In order for a county to be removed from the watch list, that county must meet its threshold for all metrics for three days. A critical score card as individual counties make decisions about students returning to the classroom. The governor estimated more than 90 of california students are likely to start the school year with Distance Learning. Please wear a mask, continue to physically distance. These are rules and guidelines that we put out within our education system, when, not if we reopen for inperson learning. You ask when they will open . Sooner than later if we continue to wear a mask, continue to take seriously the need to physically nnedn executive order has alreay and initiatives to minimize the divide and Internet Access for all students. Abc7 news. Parents of San Francisco school kids received a breakdown today on what Distance Learning will look like for the fall semester which starts on monday. The Virtual Meeting hosted by supervisors and the district officials among others, outlined a long list of goals and expectations. Most notably, each student will receive a minimum of two hours of teacher instruction and interaction each day. We want every one of our students should have daily live interaction. Every day. There is a phone call, a zoom call, some way that the educator is connectioning with that student. Just about wellness and checking in but also about teaching and learning and instruction. Classes in most schools will begin at 9 00 in the morning. Unlike last spring, students will receive devices and materials at their school sites, not a hub. And there theyll get to meet their educators face to face. Staffing shortages. The state digging into Nursing Homes staffing shortages. A race for a vaccine. Well catch you up on the race for a vaccine. Motorcycle riders love the open road. And o help even helping riders ge with the geico giveback. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. The geico giveback. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. The geico giveback. Its game day live, here at bia fanfavorite venue, ever since they got gigspeed internet. Hey, amy . Wanna grab a seat . Were live. Its game on, with gigspeed internet from xfinity. Start him. Sit him. Trade him. Xfinity delivers fast, reliable internet with speeds up to a gig. Learn more, or get started with xfinity internet for 24. 99 a month for 12 months. Plus, switch to Xfinity Mobile and for a limited time get 400 off an eligible Samsung Galaxy 5g phone. Click, call or visit a store today. Maybe normal isnt normal. But at dennys, were still here day and night creating new ways to safely bring you the food you love. Because we love to feed people. And that will always be normal to us. A make victory. A major victory for gun rights activists. A recent appointee by President Trump judged kenneth lee wrote with more than ten bullets strikes at the core of the second amendment, the right to arm selfdefense. There is no word yet on whether california will ask the full Appellate Court to reconsider this ruling or appeal it directly to the supreme court. New at 4 00, nursing home staffing shortages tied with Infection Control problems. The iteam is digging into both issues as facilities face a looming dead line to report staffing data to the state. Stephanie sierra has the story. People are dying in Nursing Homes. I find out yesterday that she tested positive. The phone would ring and ring for 25 minutes. These three families all ngshare in n homes. Lisas mother, a resident of milbury skilled care, said she could never get her medicine. I couldnt get ahold of her for days and then i find out shes sick. She was scared about infectioncontro p without masks. And scott didnt get to say goodbye to his father before he died at the gateway care and rehabilitation central in hayward. He said staff couldnt answer the phone. It was hard. Im sorry. Reporter according to an abc7 analysis, Nursing Homes across the bay area failed to meet staffing requirements last year more than 1,600 times. The hot spot is in alameda county. The abc7 iteam flagged 23 facilities in the county that failed staffing requirements. State regulators have issued 481 deficiencies. New data shows more than half the facilities were also cited with infectionrelated deficiencies. Why isnt the California Department of Public Health flagging publicties . The state declined our interview request but sent the following statement saying, we conduct surveys to check on compliance. The agency add, we have strike teams deployed to assist Health Care Facilities with preventing and improve Infection Control. Attorney mike dar said both those efforts are inadequate. The California Department of Public Health kind of per pleflingly, during this pandemic, has shifted away from enforcement, away from citing bad facilities, into a kind of supportive role which is a weird thing for a regulator. I am inspectors who, youly write citations are now acting like consultants. That creates a terrible conflict of interest. Reporter for the iteam. Learso hand out a commendation to a good smarlt an who helped a lady to cross the street. She got out of her car. This happened on wednesday. And she help another woman across the street. The video was taken by a local lions chuck member and one city councilmember wants to connect with that good samaritan. I recognized the area right away as san bruno and i was relieved that it was good news. My heart just melted. I thought this woman jumped out of her car. Nobody was honking. Everybody saw what was going on. Fantastic, right . San bruno calls it selfcity with a heart. It even as a neighborhood in the shame of shape of a heart. That commendation would be handed out at the next city council meeting. Good samaritans . We can use as many as are out there. We need some good stuff out there. What did sandhya call this . Scorcher tour yeah even san bruno is probably hot. And its usually pretty cool there, sandhya. Yeah. Everyone is dealing with this hot weather. It is torture. Especially for those people who faurlly to go book stores and movie athleters to get air conditioning. This is extreme heat and it is dangerous. So take it easy. You can see very hazyki as we look back toward sutro tower. 91 in San Francisco, 98 in oakland. Triple dig fritz redwood city to san jose. Look at gilroy. 109 degrees. I would call that oppressive. Temperature in the triple dimming Fritz Santa Rosa to concord. 105 degrees. We have an excessive heat warning until 9 00 p. M. Wednesday. This is know even over yet. Two days down. Five more to go. This covers all the inland area. We have the excessive h warning. The temperatures up to 110 degrees and until 9 00 p. M. Tonight. Adding to our misery, weve had all this. There are thunderstorm in the sierra. This system did produce a few sprinkles earlier today and it is pretty much moving out of here. The up is is shining in San Francisco. The heat wave continues through next wednesday. Record temperatures again over the weekend. Were looking at heat risk and danger being elevated. You look at poor air quality for parts of the bay area due to smog. Temperature in the morning, upper 50s to low 70s. Another mild to warm one of we had records this morning. Expect more tomorrow morning. Tomorrow in the south bay, 103 in gilroy. The temperatures down down just a touch. 96 in san jose nooxt in sunnyvale. Well lose the humidity on the peninsula. 79 in Half Moon Bay. Down San Francisco, 80 degrees. Still warm. Not as hot as today. 92, san rafael. 92 in fremont, castro. 105 had antioch, 104 in livermore, 101 in walnut creek. The accuweather seven day forecast. Intense heat continues tomorrow. It eases a little bit on sunday and then extreme heat setting up again on monday. Up to 108 degrees inland. Mid 70s. The heat wave continues through midweek and then cooling begins at the coast on thursday. Mid 60s there. Relief for everyone on friday. Im just looking to idits goin days. Especially with kids sitting in front of their computers trying to focus with that heat. Thank you. Its torture. Dig in. 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And here we are in a pandemic. Were paying the bay bridge series like weve never seen it before. Remember, the giants and as played in the bay bridge series before the season began. I was going to say march but it was july. The giant won both games. The as are first, they are rolling right along. The giants are struggling in last place. There is stale chance, even if you grew up in this area, rooting for both teams. I never really knew about it when i was a kid. I thought could you like both teams. Experienced now as a player, and it is definitely more intense than i thought it was. And especially with fans at the park. You see it a little bit more. Whatever reason, the as are always the underdogs. And probably the underdogs again to the chronicle guys. Were coming in there and well prove that we deserve to be where we are now, on top of the a. L. West and hopefully we can put a stamp on that and do what we need to do. Bragging rights, always on the line between these two tales. A late scratch for the as. It is jesus luzardo. A pretty good pitching matchup to start the game. Well have much more tonight in a live report at 6 00. Me and my cardboard cutouts send it back to you. And Ramon Laureano will be sitting out this series with the giants. No offense, live baseball, live sports, were grateful for that. Chris, thanks very much. All right. A successful collaboration between kaiser permanente, east bay restaurants. It has been extended to provide east bay families with nourishing meals. We expand and expand and expand. The needs are i